Chapter 50 - Let's Kill Hitler

CORN FIELD, DAY

Birds are singing and suddenly a Mini drives through the stalks.

MORRIS MINI, DAY

Amy is holding what appears to be a map and gives directions to Rory.

"OK, left, sharp turn!"

Rory turns and crosses over another path.

"OK, right! No, no, no I mean left." She turns the map around. "No, sorry right, right! I definitely meant right. Now loop the loop! Stop! Stop!"

Rory slams on the brakes.

CORN FIELD, DAY

Amy and Rory get out of the car to see the Doctor and the TARDIS in the middle of the crop circle they just made. The Doctor holds up the Leadworth paper with a headline that reads "Leadworth's Crop Circle".

"Seriously?"

The circle they made reads "Doctor".

"You never answer your phone," mutters Rory. He closes the car door.

Amy walks to the Doctor. "OK, you've had all summer. Have you found her? Have you found Melody?"

The Doctor hands Rory the paper. "Permission?"

"Granted."

The Doctor hugs Amy. "You know who she grows up to be, so you know I will find her."

Amy ends the hug. "But you haven't yet?" The Doctor shakes his head. "Jenny?" The Doctor shakes his head again.

"Hang on, what's this bit?" asks Rory. He shows them a picture in the newspaper that has an extra line through the word.

"That wasn't us," notes Amy.

The Doctor grabs the paper from Rory and tries to locate where it would be. The Doctor stops and lowers the paper, Amy and Rory standing behind him, as they hear an engine and see a red Corvette coming straight at them. They scream and dive out of the way. The car stops, inches away from the TARDIS. A young black woman steps out of the car. Amy and Rory stand and the Doctor is lying on the ground at her feet.

"You said he was funny, you never said he was hot," remarks the woman.

"Mels?" asks Rory.

"What are you doing here?" asks Amy.

"Following you, what do you think?"

The Doctor uses the car to stand up.

"Um, where did you get the car?" questions Rory.

"It's mine..."

Police sirens wail in the distance.

"..ish."

"Oh, Mels, not again?"

"You can't keep doing this. You'll end up in prison."

"Sorry, hello, Doctor not following this. Doctor very lost. You never said I was hot?!"

Mels points at the TARDIS. "Is that the phone box! The bigger-on-the-inside phone box?" She caresses the TARDIS. "Time travel - that's just brilliant." The Doctor leans against the TARDIS next to Mels. "Yeah, I've heard a lot about you. I'm their best mate."

"Then why don't I know you? I danced with everyone at the wedding. The women were all brilliant, the men were a bit shy."

"I don't do weddings."

The police sirens sound closer.

"And that's me out of time." Mels pulls a gun on the Doctor.

"Mels!"

"For God's sake!"

"What are you doing?"

"I need out of here, now!"

"Anywhere in particular?" the Doctor asks.

"Well, let's see! You've got a time machine, I've got a gun. What the hell - let's kill Hitler."

A LONG TIME AGO IN LEADWORTH….

AMELIA'S BEDROOM, DAY

Amelia is going through her box of Raggedy Doctor crafts as Mels watches.

"Is he hot?" asks Mels.

"No, he's funny," responds Amelia.

"But how can he travel in time?"

"Because he's got a time machine, stupid!"

Rory enters the room. "I thought we were playing hide and seek. I've been hiding for hours!"

"Well, we just haven't found you yet!"

"OK. Hi, Mels."

"Hi, Rory."

Rory leaves.

CLASSROOM, DAY

Mels is standing as she is questioned by the teacher.

"Mels, did you not understand the question?" asks the teacher. "I'm asking you why the Titanic sank."

"Because the Doctor didn't save it. Except you don't know about the Doctor because you're stupid!"

SCHOOL HALLWAY, DAY

Mels exits the Head Teacher's office. Amelia is waiting and follows.

SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, DAY

Amelia questions Mels as they walk through the playground.

"Why are you always in trouble? You're the most in trouble in the whole school, except for boys."

"And you," points out Mels.

"I count as a boy."

They walk past a blindfolded Rory. "Am I getting warm?"

"Yes, Rory."

CLASSROOM, DAY

Mels and Amy are now teenagers. Mels is standing being questioned by another teacher.

"Mels?"

"A significant factor in Hitler's rise to power was the fact that the Doctor didn't stop him."

SCHOOL HALLWAY, DAY

Mels exits the Head Teacher's office. Amy is waiting and follows.

"I can't keep doing this!" she yells.

POLICE STATION, HALL, DAY

Mels is released from her cell and Amy is waiting.

"Mels!" Amy runs after her.

AMY'S BEDROOM, DAY

Mels flops on the bed and picks up the toy TARDIS. Rory is sitting in a chair and Amy paces.

"It was late, I took a bus."

"No, you stole a bus," corrects Rory.

"Who steals a bus?" asks Amy.

"I returned it."

"You drove it through the botanical garden," comments Rory.

"Shortcut."

"Why can't you just act like a person?" asks Amy. "Like a normal legal person?"

"I don't know, maybe I need a Doctor." Mels waves the toy TARDIS tauntingly.

Amy takes the TARDIS toy. "Stop it!"

"Er... I'd better go, I'm on earlies tomorrow," explains Rory. He packs his schoolwork into a bag and stands.

"It's all right for you," starts Mels. "You've got Mr. Perfect keeping you right."

"He's not even real. Just a stupid dream when I was a kid." Amy tosses the TARDIS to Mels.

"I wasn't talking about him." Mels looks at Rory as he opens the door.

"What, Rory?" questions Amy. "How have I got Rory?"

Rory stops at his name and turns. "Yeah, how... how's she got me?"

"He's not mine."

"No. No, I'm not hers."

"Oh, come on!" yells Mels. "Seriously, it's got to be you two. Oh, cut to the song, it's getting boring."

"Nice thought, OK? But completely impossible," says Amy.

Rory turns to her with a hurt look. "Yeah, impossible!"

"I mean, I'd love to, he's gorgeous, he's my favorite guy," she pats him on the back, "but he's, you know?"

"A friend."

"Gay."

Rory looks at Amy. "I'm not gay."

"Yes, you are."

"No. No, I'm not."

"Course you are, don't be stupid!"

Mels watches from the bed, amused.

"In the time I've known you, when've you shown the slightest interest in a girl?"

"Penny in the air!" says Mels softly.

"I've known you for, what, 10 years? I've seen you practically every day. Name one girl you've paid the slightest bit of attention to?"

Rory can't answer and runs from the room.

Amy realizes what she just said. "Oh, my God! Rory!" She runs after him.

"And the penny drops!" Mels gets off the bed.

"Rory!"

"Catch you later, Time Boy!" Mels tosses the TARDIS into the air.

DAY

Above the cornfield, the TARDIS spins out of control. There is a gunshot.

"You've shot it!"

TARDIS

The Doctor is staring at a bullet hole in the time-rotor casing. Amy, Rory are clinging to the console and Mels is hanging onto the railing.

"You shot my TARDIS! You shot the console!"

"It's your fault!" yells Mels.

"Argh! How's it my fault?!"

"You said guns didn't work in this place. You said we're in a state of temporal grace."

The Doctor frantically works the controls. "That was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie!"

The TARDIS continues to spin out of control and Amy screams.

REICH CHANCELLERY, BERLIN 1938, DAY

The imposing façade is adorned with a stylized eagle, wings outstretched, above a wreath inside which is a swastika. To either side of the main entrance are large, draping red banners bearing the black swastika within a white circle. A general, Zimmerman, enters the building.

REICH CHANCELLERY, CORRIDOR, DAY

Zimmerman strides down the hall past a janitor mopping the floor. The janitor stops and turns his head slowly with the sound of mechanical whirring.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

The officer is seen through a view screen. A computer scans him. The Captain, Carter, watches.

"OK, we like him."

A female crewmember, Anita, listens to her headset. "Costume wants to know about the suit."

"Color, shape, nothing detachable," responds Carter.

Another crewmember, Jim, enters the bridge and heads to his station. "Musculature good to go."

"That was quick," remarks Carter.

"Showing off. Art department want to talk skin tone," Jim tells him.

An older woman, Harriet, enters the bridge. "Yes, I do. I don't trust sensors, I want to take a look myself."

"We're in a hurry, we're not trying to win an award," mutters Carter.

"That's what you said when we made Rasputin green!"

"OK, get your fat one up there. Run!"

"Yes, Captain." She leaves.

Carter sits in the command chair. "Harriet's going to eyeball. Everyone else, good to go, please!"

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

Zimmerman is standing at his file cabinet looking through a file as the door opens and the janitor enters and closes the door behind him.

"What do you want?" asks Zimmerman.

The janitor walks forward until he is face-to-face with Zimmerman.

"What are you doing?"

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Musculature on line."

"Five foot 11, confirmed."

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

The janitor grows until he is the same height as Zimmerman. Zimmerman stares, stunned.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

Carter reaches up and grabs a microphone. "Harriet, are you up there yet?"

SHIP, LIFT, DAY

Harriet stands in the lift. Just as the doors are about to open, the light on her wristlet changes from green to red and alarms begin to sound. The doors slide open.

"Welcome. You are unauthorized. Your death will now be implemented."

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Harriet, have you updated your privileges?" Carter asks into the microphone.

SHIP, LIFT, DAY

"Yes, of course I have!" Harriet presses buttons on wristlet until the light changes back to green. "Look, I'm staff, see? Look, staff!"

"You are authorized. Your existence will continue."

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

"I don't understand."

The janitor's clothes change to Zimmerman's uniform like scales flipping over all the way down his body.

SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY

Harriet runs along the hallway.

Carter's voice is heard over the radio. "Harriet, shift!"

Harriet speaks into the radio. "Five seconds to eyeball."

Harriet reaches the end of the corridor and opens an iris by pressing her hand on a panel. She looks out.

"Shades 44 to 89, peaking at 60. Standard density. He's sweating a bit, so compensate."

Harriet is literally looking out of the janitor's eye.

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

"Wh-What are you?"

SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY

The iris closes behind Harriet and she walks slowly back. There are a number of corridors-which are more like enclosed catwalks—at different levels.

"All hands, prepare for tessellation. Prepare for tessellation."

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

The janitor's face changes to a duplicate of Zimmerman. Zimmerman gasps and falls back against the cabinet. The duplicate reaches out a hand and takes his glasses putting them on its own face.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"OK, clean up," orders Carter.

REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY

A beam of light shoots out from the duplicate's right eye, miniaturizing Zimmerman.

SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY

Zimmerman falls to the floor just inside the iris.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

The crew watches Zimmerman on a monitor.

"Who is he?" asks Carter.

"Eric Zimmerman. Loyal member of the Nazi Party, guilty of Category Three hate crimes," responds Anita.

"Well, then. Leave him to the Antibodies."

SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY

Zimmerman stands. His vision is blurry without his glasses. He slowly walks forward. There is an electronic buzzing as something rises from the floor behind him. Zimmerman slowly turns around and sees what looks like a metallic jellyfish complete with dangling tentacles floating towards him. It is an antibody.

"Welcome. You are unauthorized. Your death will now be implemented."

Zimmerman runs and is confronted by another antibody.

"Welcome. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death."

Zimmerman tries another corridor.

"Remain calm while your life is extracted."

Zimmerman screams as the tentacles reach out for him and he disappears.

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

The duplicate Zimmerman enters a large wood-paneled office and shuts the door. There is a man at the desk.

"What do you want? Who let you in here?"

The duplicate walks forward.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

Inside, everything shakes and Carter's mug falls to the floor.

"What's wrong with the shock absorbers?"

"Problem in the knees," responds Jim.

"Let's hope we don't have to run."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

"Do not call for help," orders the duplicate. "This room has been sound screened. You have been found guilty. Justice mode activating."

The duplicate opens his mouth and a beam of light wraps the man at the desk who cries out in pain.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Hang on!" yells Jim. "This is 1938. We're too early, we need to go later in his time stream."

"Something else!" yells Anita. "We've got incoming!"

"On screen!" orders Carter.

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

The duplicate closes his mouth and turns to the window.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"What the hell is that?"

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

The TARDIS bursts through the window, knocking the duplicate to the floor.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

Sparks fly as they reel from being knocked over by the TARDIS.

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

The Doctor exits the TARDIS followed by Rory, Amy and Mels. All are coughing from the smoke.

"Out, out, out! Everybody out. Don't breathe the smoke, just get out!"

"Where are we?" asks Amy.

"A room."

"What room?" asks Rory.

"I don't know! I haven't memorized every room in the universe. I had yesterday off." He sees Mels standing at the open TARDIS door. "Mels, don't go in there!" He closes the door and takes her gun.

"Oi!"

"Bad smoke! Don't breathe the bad, bad, smoke. Bad, deadly smoke, because somebody shot my TARDIS!"

Rory sees the duplicate on the floor. "Doctor, this guy, I think he's hurt."

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Transmit normal life signs!" orders Carter.

"Artificial gravity holding. We should get upright when we can."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

"No, hang on. No, he's... he's fine."

The Doctor doesn't know what to do with the gun. He finally puts in in a fruit bowl on the desk. The man who was attacked climbs up from behind the desk.

"Ooh, hello! Sorry, is this your office? Had a sort of collision with my vehicle. Faults on both sides, let's say no more about..." the man turns around and the Doctor sees who it is. "…it."

Amy and Rory come up beside the Doctor to see Adolf Hitler.

"Is that...? No, it can't be, Doctor?"

"Thank you. Whoever you are, I think you have just saved my life."

"Believe me..." starts the Doctor. "…it was an accident."

Hitler sees the TARDIS. "What is this thing?" He walks over to it.

"What did he mean we saved his life?" asks Amy. "We could not have saved Hitler."

"You see? You see, time travel, it never goes to plan."

"This box, what is it?" asks Hitler.

The Doctor walks toward Hitler. "It's a police telephone box from London, England. That's right, Adolf, the British are coming!"

Behind the Doctor, the duplicate stands.

"No, stop him!" Hitler pulls his gun and fires at the duplicate.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

More sparks as they suffer from the impact of bullets.

"Damage report! Damage report!" yells Carter.

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

Rory punches Hitler on the chin, knocking him to the floor. Rory picks up the gun and aims it at Hitler.

"Sit still, shut up."

Hitler puts his hands up. Amy helps the duplicate.

"Are you OK?" she asks.

"Yes, yes."

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

Carter speaks into a special microphone and his words are echoed by the duplicate.

"Yes. I'm fine."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

"I think he missed."

"He was going to kill me," says Hitler.

"Shut up, Hitler!"

"Rory, take Hitler and put him in that cupboard over there now. Do it!"

"Right, putting Hitler in the cupboard. Cupboard, Hitler. Hitler, cupboard." He pulls Hitler to his feet. "Come on."

"But I am the Fuhrer!"

"Right, in you go!" Rory shoves him into the cupboard.

"Who are you?"

Rory closes the door. The Doctor studies the duplicate.

"Are you OK?" he asks.

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

They watch the Doctor on screen as he peers at the duplicate's face.

"Sir, what do we do now?" asks Anita.

"Suggestion: we should go into surveillance mode," says Jim.

"Agreed," decides Carter. "Let's faint."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

"Oh, I..." The duplicate falls backwards in a faint.

"I think he just fainted," says Rory.

"Yes, that was a faint. A perfect faint."

Amy notices Mels has a hand on her stomach. "Mels?"

"Hitler..."

"What about him?" asks the Doctor.

"Lousy shot." She falls to the floor.

All three run over to Mels.

"Mels! Mels!"

"Rory!"

"No, no, no! I've got to stop the bleeding!"

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Sir, that blue box... I've got a match," says Jim. The screen shows information about the TARDIS. "We're trying to bag war criminals, we've got the biggest one ever right under our noses. Forget Hitler. We take this one down, the Justice Department will give us the rest of the year off."

"Are you sure?"

"There's no question." He looks at Carter. "It's her."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

Amy is stroking Mels' hair as Rory tries to stop the bleeding.

"How bad is it?" asks Amy. "Rory, what can we do?"

"Just keep her conscious! Stay with us, Mels," says Rory.

"Hey, look at me," says the Doctor. "Just hold on."

"I used to dream about you. All those stories Amy told me."

"What stories? Tell me what stories. Vampires in Venice, that's a belter."

"When I was little, I was going to marry you."

"Good idea, let's get married. You live and I'll marry you, deal? Deal?"

"Shouldn't you ask my parents' permission?"

"Soon as you're well, I'll get on the phone."

"Might as well do it now, since they're both right here."

The Doctor, Amy and Rory exchange glances.

"Penny in the air."

The Doctor stands as Mels begins to glow with regeneration energy.

"Penny drops!"

"What the hell's going on?" asks Rory.

The Doctor grabs Amy and Rory, pulling them away. "Back! Back! Back! Get back!"

Mels stands. "Last time I did this, I ended up a toddler in the middle of New York."

The Doctor, Amy and Rory are standing against the desk.

"OK, Doctor, explain what is happening? Please!" yells Amy.

"Mels. Short for..?"

"Melody," responds Mels.

"Yeah, I named my daughter after her," says Amy.

"You named your daughter... after your daughter."

"Took me years to find you two," says Mels. "I'm so glad I did. And, you see, it all worked out in the end, didn't it? You got to raise me after all."

"You're Melody?" asks Amy.

"But if she's Melody, that means she's also..."

"Oh, shut up, Dad! I'm focusing on a dress size."

Mels gives in to the regeneration and screams as the change takes place. When it is over, she is in the now-familiar form of River Song—though she doesn't know it. She pants as she regains her breathing and becomes familiar with her new body.

"Right, let's see, then. Ooh, it's all going on down there, isn't it? The hair!" Melody runs to a mirror. "Oh! The hair, it just doesn't stop, does it? Look at that! Everything changes! Oh, but I love it, I love it!" She faces the others. "I'm all sort of... mature!" She puts her foot on a piece of furniture, attempting to look seductive. "Hello, Benjamin!"

The Doctor covers his eyes briefly then turns to Amy. "Who's Benjamin?"

"The teeth!" Melody looks back in the mirror. "The teeth, the teeth!" She runs to the others. "Oh, look at them!" She forces herself on the Doctor. "Watch out! That bow tie! Excuse me, you lot, I need to weigh myself!" She runs to the restroom.

The Doctor, Amy and Rory sit on the edge of the desk, stunned.

"That's Melody?"

"That's River Song."

Melody stands in the doorway. "Who's River Song?"

They turn to look at her.

"Spoilers," says the Doctor.

"Spoilers? What's spoilers? Hang on, just something I have to check!" She runs back into the other room.

Rory puts a hand to his head. "Is anybody else finding today just a bit difficult? I'm getting a sort of banging in my head."

"Yeah," says Amy, "I think that's Hitler in the cupboard."

"That's not helping."

The Doctor stands and walks across the room. Amy and Rory join him.

"This isn't the River Song we know yet. This is her right at the start. Doesn't even know her name."

"Ah, that's magnificent!" yells Melody.

They turn to see her leaning with her hand against the door jamb.

"I'm going to wear lots of jodhpurs!"

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"That's her, all right. Melody Pond…the woman who kills the Doctor."

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

"Well, now, enough of all that!" Melody pulls a gun and aims it at the Doctor. "Down to business."

"Oh, hello. I thought we were getting married."

Melody walks towards them. "I told you, I'm not a wedding person."

"Doctor, what's she doing?" asks Rory.

"What she's programmed to."

"Where'd she get the gun?"

"'Hello, Benjamin.'"

The Doctor flashes back to Melody standing by the chair when she said "Hello, Benjamin". She reaches back and takes the gun from the seat of the chair.

"You noticed!" says Melody. She fires but the chambers are empty.

"Of course I noticed."

While Mels is regenerating, the Doctor falls by the chair, sees the gun and removes the bullets.

The Doctor walks forward. "As soon as I knew you were coming, I tidied up a bit."

Melody tosses the gun away. "I know you did." She reaches into her vest.

When Melody pressed herself against the Doctor, she took the gun from the fruit bowl.

"I know you know."

The Doctor spins the fruit bowl around so Melody actually grabs a banana.

Melody pulls out the banana thinking it's a gun. "Goodness, is killing you going to take all day?"

"Why?" The Doctor takes the banana. "Are you busy?"

"Oh, I'm not complaining."

Melody takes the letter opener from Hitler's desk and swipes at the Doctor. The Doctor uses the sonic to make her drop it.

"If you were in a hurry, you could've killed me in the cornfield."

"We'd only just met. I'm a psychopath. I'm not rude."

Melody takes the gun from the fruit bowl and fires. The Doctor holds up the clip and blows on it.

"You were not a psychopath! Why would she be a psychopath?" asks Amy.

Melody and the Doctor circle each other.

"Oh, Mummy, Mummy, pay attention. I was trained and conditioned for one purpose. I was born to kill the Doctor."

"Demons Run, remember? This is what they were building, my bespoke psychopath."

Melody and the Doctor end up face-to-face.

"I'm all yours, sweetie." She kisses him.

"Only River Song gets to call me that."

"And who is River Song?"

"An old friend of mine."

"Stupid name."

Melody walks to the window.

"Oh, look at that!" She steps onto the sill. "Berlin on the eve of war. A whole world about to tear itself apart." She turns back. "Now that's my kind of town. Mum, Dad, don't follow me. And, yes, that is a warning."

"No warning for me, then?" asks the Doctor.

"No need, my love. The deed is done and so are you."

The Doctor's legs wobble and Rory and Amy hold him up. He grips his chest in pain.

"Doctor, what's wrong?" asks Amy.

"What have you done? River!"

"Oh, River, River, River! More than a friend, I think."

"What have you done?!" The Doctor collapses.

"It was never going to be a gun for you, Doctor, the man of peace who understands every kind of warfare, except, perhaps, the cruelest."

The Doctor rubs a finger against his lips and recalls the kiss.

"Kiss, kiss." Melody blows a kiss and jumps outside.

"What's wrong with you? What's she done to you?" asks Rory.

"Poisoned me... but I'm fine. Well, no, I'm dying, but I've got a plan."

"What plan?" asks Amy.

The Doctor, Amy and Rory are standing against the desk.

The Doctor groans. "I'm not dying. See, fine!"

SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY

"Scanning him. He's dying all right," confirms Anita.

"But he can't be," says Jim.

REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY

The Doctor groans as Amy and Rory help him stand.

"OK, what do we do? How do we help you?" asks Rory.

"Take this! The TARDIS can home in on it." He hands Amy the sonic. "Now, go, get after her!" He pushes Rory towards the window.

Rory looks out the window down to the street and sees Melody approach a group of soldiers.

BERLIN STREET, DAY

Melody strides confidently towards the soldiers.

"Hey what are you doing here?"

"Halt!"

Five soldiers aim their rifles at Melody and the officer aims his automatic.

"Hello, boys!"


Hey everyone. Happy late What If Anniversary! I was going to post a chapter yesterday but i kinda forgot. Sorry... But anyway thanks to everyone who reviews and favorites and follows. Your the reason I continue to do what I do. I might put Jenny back in the next chapter, I'm not sure yet. Reviews would help though. Thanks so much, bye!