Chapter Twenty Five
"William is getting a bonus from me when we get through with all this," Paul said. "Damn! Best assistant I ever had!"
"Yes, but we must be cautious," the Doctor said.
"You think that Diablon doesn't believe him then?" Ringo said.
"I don't know but it pays to keep alert. The Diablons might have seen through his scheme and let him go so they can follow him and gain access. Just keep your eyes open for anything suspicious."
"After being friends with you, I think keeping my eyes open for suspicious things is becoming second nature now," Paul said.
"So what do we do when they get here?" Roger asked.
"I'll let the TARDIS run a scan of the surroundings to make sure everything's clear and I still think we should interrogate Altok. We still need to know where William and Jane were at and where those lorries were going since I'm pretty sure they were driving away to another location. I'll do that while you lot wait at the TARDIS door for William. William, don't say anything but once you arrive with Jane, keep your eyes open and come back to the TARDIS. Knock on the door and come in and all of you shut the door immediately in case someone cloaked themselves and is following right behind him. I'll tell the TARDIS to keep up a constant scan in here so if someone does enter with them, she'll catch them. Let's go do that now so I can begin interrogating our prisoner."
"Oh, William, I'm glad you're safe," Jane said, hugging him once he came inside her cell.
She looked over his shoulder and looked at him.
"Quick thinking," she mouthed to him.
William nodded. He put his fingers to his lips and took her hand.
"I discovered how to get back to the transmat room," he said aloud, hoping what he was saying sounded natural. "Just follow me and we'll go back to the TARDIS."
Jane nodded and smiled. She gave him a peck on the cheek and they hurried out of the room.
Paul and the others waited by the TARDIS door while Margaret, Richard, Devon and Carol sat on the floor by the console with their legs dangling over the edge.
"So William managed to talk himself and Jane out of there?" Richard said to Paul.
"Yeah, but…we still have to be careful because they could have twigged that it was a ruse," Paul replied.
"You've become very paranoid, you know that?" John said.
"After the last six months and everything that's happened to me? Yeah, I s'pose I have," Paul replied. "The Doctor said he does the same thing and if he does that and managed to survive after fighting all these aliens maybe we should do the same."
"He's right," Amy said. "Trust me, after traveling with the Doctor, it pays to be cautious."
"Hey lads, remember the good old days when all we did was make music and we didn't have to worry about insane aliens chasing us?" Ringo said to them.
"Yeah, wasn't that six months ago?" John said to him. "Seems the good old days stopped the moment someone thought Paul would make a good corpse."
Paul frowned when John put his hand over his head. He glanced up at it.
"What are you doing?"
"The open palm of doom, oooooeee!" John said.
He laughed when Paul slapped his hand away.
"What? That's the meaning behind that, yeah? It means you're dead?"
"No, it means you're dead because if you do that again, I'll snap your hand off at the wrist and shove it down your throat."
John leaned in to George and Ringo.
"Seems the walrus is a bit cranky today," he said while Paul glanced at Amy and Rory and rolled his eyes.
They looked at the door when someone knocked on it.
"What's the password?" John said.
There was a moment of silence on the other side while John sniggered.
"This is William and Jane," William finally said.
"Is that the password?" John said with mock confusion.
"Open the door for them, John," Paul said.
John unlocked the door and opened it. They quickly stepped back when Jane rushed in and Paul caught her in a hug. William stepped in behind them and smiled when the two of them shared a kiss. Paul held her close and smiled at William.
"I owe ya, mate. That was a great performance," he said to him.
"Yeah, well, I figure I have to use some acting skills since I was gonna pretend to be you," William said. "Did a bit of acting in school plays when I was a kid so I s'pose it's paying off now."
Roger started to close the door but William stopped him and shook his head. He put his fingers to his lips and beckoned them all away from the door.
"Have another idea," he mouthed to them.
Everyone looked at each other and followed him towards the console. Margaret was about to point out that the door was open but William put his fingers to his lips and shook his head. Everyone gave him a confused look as he ducked down. Everyone got in a huddle and bent in to listen to him when he spoke softly.
"TARDIS, the Doctor said you can hear us. I hope you can hear me. I have a feeling we've been followed so I left the door open. If someone comes in here, even if they're invisible can you scan for them and capture them in one of those force field things?"
Everyone's eyes widened in understanding and John patted William's back.
"Good one, mate," he said.
They all stood up and acted casual while they left the door open. John tapped William on the shoulder as they walked up the stairs to the console.
"I dread asking this, Billy, but who was seducing you? I hope it wasn't a male demon thing."
"No, she was female," William said.
"So they have girls?" Ringo said as they walked over and sat down beside Margaret, Richard, Devon and Carol
"Course they have girls, they breed, don't they?" John said to Ringo.
"How should I know?" Ringo said. "I never even heard of these Diablons until a few days ago, I don't know how they breed."
"So, one of these female Diablons wanted you?" George asked William.
"I don't know. She said she wanted a pet. Maybe some of them keep them as pets. She's the first female I've ever seen though."
"No females work at these buildings of theirs?" John said.
"I…don't think so. If they do, I've never seen them out in the open," William said. "She was different though. Black skin but then again Lucifer had black spots on his red skin."
"Another one that uses a biblical name," Paul said, shaking his head. "I s'pose the leaders do that since that one in the back is called Altok and I don't recall any demon in the bible being called that."
"Maybe these leader demons are what the rank and file humans deal with on a daily basis," George said. "You know, the ones that are into Satanism. Maybe that's why they pose as biblical demons; it's a way to seduce humans into working for them."
"Well then, these humans are thick," Roger said. "You couldn't pay me enough to do those things bidding."
"Well, you know, that's what people think we're into, rock and rollers and Satanism," John said.
"Nonsense, I know you boys and you're not Satanists," Richard said.
"Yes, but there are some who are," Paul said. "Some of them are into black magic and the occult and I have a feeling those are the ones the Diablon try to recruit. They're only interested in us because we're the most successful band out there."
"Sure, rub it in," Roger said, rolling his eyes.
"Nothing wrong with being number two, mate," John said. "Oh wait…The Rolling Stones are number two. Nothing wrong with being number three, mate. Oh wait…The Monkees are number three. Nothing wrong with being number four…"
They laughed when Roger swatted his head. John grinned and shrugged.
"Look!" Richard said, pointing ahead of him.
They looked and they saw that the TARDIS had thrown a force field over something near the front door. They couldn't see what it was but they heard someone cursing and hitting the solid barrier of his prison. Paul raised his eyebrow and smiled at William.
"Yup, you're definitely the best assistant I've ever had," he said. "Let's go tell the Doctor we got one of them."
They got up, walked down the stairs and walked over to the front door. They closed it and as they passed by the force field, John rapped on it with his knuckles.
"Stay right here, sweetie, you have an appointment with the Doctor," he said as the invisible Diablon cursed him and banged his fists against the barrier.