"Hello." Amy saw David Underhill greet her as he opened the door. He saw the handsome man and wondered – was this the person who drugged and beat up Sheldon?
"Hello." Amy said. She began to cry, fakely, in front of him.
"Oh, what is it?" David asked in a comforting voice.
"It is my work colleague." She said between fake sobs. "He has disappeared."
"Ok." He said with zero comfort. "Are you looking for him?"
"Yes." She cried "He was in my house and someone broke in and he went missing. His name Dr. Sheldon Cooper." She bought up a picture on her phone, which came from the AU Sheldon's Facebook profile. "He is sweet and smart and kind of annoying if you're not used to him."
"I haven't seen him." He said.
Amy couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Are you sure? He must be somewhere in Pasadena…"
"I'm sorry I don't know. " he told her "I'm really sorry."
"That's okay." She said in-between more fake sobs. "I'll move onto the next home." She began to walk down the house's driveway.
"Goodbye then." Dave said before closing the door. Amy walked up the driveway and back into her car where Dave was still waiting.
"So?" Dave asked "What did he say?'
"That guy is crafty. He looks and acts comforting and warm but he really is a worm." She explained. "He was lying the entire time!"
"So you think he does know?" Dave asked.
"Yes. We might need to get in that house and find Sheldon, like I suggested." Amy told him.
"But how?" Dave asked.
"We'll need back-up. Call the police!" Amy demanded.
#
"Are you okay Sheldon?" Leonard asked as he drove him home.
"A whole day." AU Sheldon shook his head. "A whole day and I have zero evidence that Dr. Fowler is from a parallel universe and that she is hiding me somewhere."
"Well you tried." Leonard justified.
"I questioned Dr. Fowler and her husband and got nothing." He shook his head.
"Could you think of any other reason for experiment anomalies?" Leonard asked.
"I read all the articles Dr. Barnett put on the internet and I have three conclusions 1. Conspiracy by the scientists of the world to trick me, 2. Time travel or 3. Parallel Universe Travel." He explained.
"You do realise why that might sound farfetched?" Leonard asked.
The other Sheldon nodded. "True. I don't see why anyone would want to trick me! I'm so nice!"
Leonard couldn't help but laugh. "Okay. Whatever you think." He said. "I just thought you'd be sad about Penny as well."
"Well of course. I've made many changes to schedule and I am disappointed that it will be disrupted during this 'break'." He said.
"And what if she decides to make the break permanent?" Leonard asked.
"Not going to happen."
"Let's play hypotheticals then?" Leonard asked. "What would you do if she hypothetically breaks up with you?"
"Okay." Sheldon agreed. "If she does I'll be sad for the same reason."
"You'll only be sad only because it disrupts your schedule?" Leonard asked with curiosity.
"Is that not a valid reason to be sad?" Sheldon questioned.
"Yes, it is, but I would have expected a larger emotional response to losing your girlfriend of about two years…"
"Leonard." Sheldon interrupted. "We haven't talked in some time but you must remember that I'm not a hippy. Emotional responses are for people with arts degrees."
Leonard couldn't believe that Sheldon was telling him. If Sheldon really loved Penny, then he'd have a bigger response to Penny breaking up with him. Or was he just hiding his emotions?
"Can you hear that?" Sheldon asked.
"Hear what?" Leonard questioned.
"The sirens." Sheldon pointed out. Suddenly Leonard heard it as well. There were two police cars driving up the road. Leonard slowed down and changed lanes to let them pass.
"I wonder where they are going." Leonard said.
"Wonder on your own time." Sheldon said "Concentrate on driving. I can wonder for you."
"Oh, wow I've missed this." Leonard said sarcastically, remembering their old car banter before Sheldon dated Penny.
"It seems to be going down Euclid Avenue!" Sheldon noticed. "Go down it!"
"You hate Euclid Avenue!" Leonard argued.
"Just drive down it, okay?" Sheldon requested. Leonard shrugged and indicated. He turned down the road and followed.
"Is this because the address you gave to Dr. Fowler was for Euclid Avenue?" Leonard asked.
"No." Sheldon disagreed. "But since you bought it up, make sure to go past number 73."
Leonard couldn't help but laugh at Sheldon disguising his interest. Since going past number 73 was towards Sheldon's apartment Leonard didn't complain.
The two were shocked when the police cars were parked outside of 73 Euclid Avenue. What had happened?
#
Sheldon's pain from all the punches Underhill pulled had decreased. He could feel the blood running down his face and onto his good shirt as well as seeing a bruise develop on his shoulder. He also threw up again, which increased his discomfort. His mind did still try and push out the discomfort and pain by thinking of ideas. Ideas that might actually get him out of this world. To his Amy. But it wasn't enough.
Light re-entered the dark room and Sheldon saw Underhill walked back in.
"I've dealt with your girl." He said. "Now back to you."
"What do you mean 'dealt with'?" Sheldon questioned with worry.
"I'm not telling you." He said. "Maybe the thought of what I might've did to her will wipe the smile off your face."
Sheldon couldn't tell if he was telling the truth but he knew that either way, he was playing games with his mind. Sheldon had to try and ignore the pain Amy might be going through. He needed to feel more discomfort so more ideas about getting home would come to him.
"We might as well get back to the beatings." Sheldon said. "Have your goons grab me and get started."
Underhill sighed. "I don't know why your attitude suddenly changed but I'm not going to play into your games. You won't be getting a beating now."
"But I really want one!" Sheldon insisted. He didn't actually want one but more discomfort would trigger his brain to continue to think of ways to get home.
"Too bad." He said. "Grab him!"
"What? I thought…"
"I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just going to give you one of our drugs." He reached into his pocket. "This miracle skews the mind and causes memory distortion. So your mind is tortured as much as the body. And if you escape you won't remember details of this place."
Two of his security guards grabbed Sheldon. He tried to get free but he wasn't strong enough.
"Do you hear that?" One of the security guards asked.
"Do I pay you to hear things?" Underhill asked in a tone that reminded Sheldon of himself.
"I'm pretty sure it is sirens." Another guard added.
Underhill shouted in frustration when he heard them to and sweared. "I'll deal with this." he handed one of the men the drug. "Give him this!"
#
Amy was close by 73 Euclid Avenue when the police arrived. She was waiting in her car with Dave. Dave called the police and told them that he was being held captive inside and made it so that it sounded like the phone was being pulled away. The police responded right away and now two officers were walking towards the building. They saw Underhill opening the door and looking confused. Then the officers forced their way in his house.
"What if they don't find anything?" Dave asked.
"They should." She said. "He was lying."
Suddenly the two of them saw another stop at the side of the road.
"That car looks familiar." Amy said.
The two of them saw Sheldon and Leonard step out of the car.
"Oh no!" Amy exclaimed. "If they see them taking Sheldon out of there, this whole thing will go wrong!"
So Leonard and AU Sheldon are near where Sheldon is. Can Amy stop them from going near Underhill's house?
Thanks for reading. I know I was meant to upload yesterday but my internet was down for most of the day so I had to upload today. Next chapter is a very good and intense chapter so I can't wait for you to read it next week. If you wish to leave feedback please favourite, follow or review. Thank you once again.
Clint Cooper.