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Chapter 50 - Lewis' Plan

The Doctor and Rose reappeared back into the kitchen's cupboard. The Doctor opened the door and started to walk out. Rose grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"What?" he asked her.

Rose covered her mouth and laughed at him. "You forgot your jacket, vest and tie. Even your shoes!"

He looked down at himself and bit his lip. "Maybe I shouldn't have told them we were shagging. Looks like it for sure, now."

Rose laughed at him. "Oh, let them wonder. Just make sure you come up with a good reason why your hand is numb in that story."

He ran his good hand through his hair and laughed. "Oh, wow! What could have caused that?"

Rose smiled at him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you."

He smiled back at her as he held her. "You bet."

She kissed him quickly. When she looked at him, his eyes were still shut. "Mmmm. Right. House full of people. Later."

Rose took his hand and pulled him out of the cupboard. Jack was rummaging in the refrigerator and spotted them immediately. "House full of people and you two have to run off for a snog in a cupboard?"

Jake lifted his glass. "Well done!"

The Doctor smiled in embarrassment. He slipped his numb hand in his pocket.

Rose laughed at them both. "Don't even start, Jack. You're just upset you didn't think of it first."

Jack smiled. "I didn't say I didn't think of it, Rose Tyler. And I'm not saying who with."

Jake rolled his eyes and smiled. "Jackie was looking for you, Rose."

Rose smiled. "That's got something to do with my Sam. I can tell."

The Doctor smiled at how happy Rose felt. He leaned into the cabinet and watched her walk out to the deck. She picked up Sam and kissed him.

"Well, that's the face of a very happy man."

The Doctor looked to his side and saw Tony sitting at the bar, drinking a scotch watching him. "A very happy man that looks as if he needs a drink."

The Doctor laughed, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to President Shepherd. Unfortunately, I'm about a bottle too late. I'll have to talk to him about it later." Tony told him as he handed him a glass.

Jack laughed, "Yeah, you should have heard him, Doc. He went complete Texan Cowboy and passed out on the couch."

Pete sat down next to Tony at the bar. "That man's out of control. Seriously. He wants you to endorse him for re-election, son."

The Doctor laughed in surprise. "Endorse him for re-election!?"

Jake and Jack laughed. Tony nodded his head. "Clearly, you need to get caught up to us, man. Hand me your glass."

The Doctor handed Tony back his glass. "The hell? Are you serious, Pete? I'm not an American. I'm not an anything!"

Pete pointed at him with the same hand that he held his glass in. "As far as anyone knows you are. Just lie. It's politics."

Tony nodded his head and handed him back the drink. "And you can help us celebrate."

He looked confused, "What are we celebrating?"

Pete held his glass up, "My grandson! Who's named after a great man. Myself!"

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Several great men, Pete."

Jack teased him. "I don't remember hearing that child's full name. What was it? Sam Jack what?"

Tony pointed at him, "That's further proof that you don't know Jack Shit, man."

Pete laughed, "Samuel Alistair Peter Tyler-Smith"

Jake whistled and shook his head. "Damn. Hell of a name to grow into."

The Doctor drank the Damn Whiskey and smiled.

Tony smiled, "Of course, Sam's birth. But also, I got the news that this huge pain in my ass was arrested this morning. Looks like he's losing his fat government contracts and I'm getting them." Tony smiled as he and Pete toasted.

Pete took a drink. "I never liked that Hammer. He seemed like a little, yappy dog always humping my leg whenever I went anyplace."

Tony laughed as he slapped Pete on the back. "Hell! What do you say about me?"

The Doctor laughed, "He says you are a pain in the ass. I've heard it."

Tony nodded and laughed, "Yep! And he's right!"

Pete took a drink and laughed, "What was he arrested for?"

"Working with North Korea, on tech he's already sold here. Classified shit."

"Woooo…." Jack said, "Espionage."

Jake laughed, "Dumb ass. I love it when someone messes up, and it's not me."

"It happens so rarely, right?" The Doctor teased him.

Jake smiled, "Yeah. It's a problem I have."

Lewis walked in with Legate, Shakes and Aemilius. Lewis put his hand on the Doctor's shoulder. "Got a minute to talk about something?"

The Doctor held up a finger. "Hang on." He drank the rest of his shot. "Alright. What's going on?"

Lewis smiled at him. "Actually, you're going to want to do that again."

Pete shook his head, "Shit. This isn't good."

The Doctor drank two more shots of the Damn Whiskey and then gave Lewis the thumbs up. "I'm really good. What's the problem?"

Shakes crossed his arms, "Adriano just reported that Idles has put a hit out on your assassination. He's planning on having a meeting with you at your office in London, and having a sniper take you out through the windows there."

The Doctor looked confused, "You're on holiday, Summus. Why are you telling me this?"

Shakes smiled, "That's true. Lewis is in charge. But, he alerted me to the threat."

Pete looked at Shakes. "So, just cancel the meeting. Easy."

Lewis shook his head. "No, I don't think that would be the wisest course of action."

Legate sensing what was coming next stopped Lewis from speaking and said, "You might want to have another drink before you hear the rest of this, Doc'."

Tony sat back dramatically. "Oh, this will be good!"

The Doctor sat down his glass, "No, I think I'll just hear it. Go on then."

Lewis crossed his arms. "I want you to have the meeting. Let us get the shooter."

"Hopefully, before he shoots you." Legate added quickly.

Pete shook his head in surprise. "I'm sorry. You're using him as bait?"

Lewis nodded his head. "Yes. Everything this guy has done, we can't prove it. If we can catch him in the act, we'll have him. Problem solved."

"Well. No, not really. He's not the one doing the shooting." The Doctor reasoned.

Lewis nodded his head. "No, he's not pulling the trigger. But, we do have it in his e-mails that the Hamlet is monitoring. All that has to happen, is that shooter to show up and fire his weapon."

"And not kill me in the process." The Doctor added.

Lewis nodded his head. "That's the plan."

The Doctor shook his head. "I don't like it. As long as we have Idles under surveillance-"

"As long as we have him under surveillance, he is going to continue to plan terrorist acts against the family. If we can eliminate him as a threat, either we'll have peace, or someone else will take over leadership. There are already several men he meets with regularly. We can put guys in the shadows on them. Getting him will show that we really one step ahead of these people. Getting him can scare these people into reconsidering what they might plan in the future."

The Doctor leaned into the cabinet and crossed his arms absentmindedly. "People like this aren't the sort to just give up. Or reconsider. They are the sort to retaliate."

Lewis nodded. "That's true. I realize that."

The Doctor looked at Shakes. "You hear this mad plan?"

Shakes pointed at the Doctor's hand. "What happened to your hand?"

The Doctor closed his eyes, "It's fine. It's numb from…. Something. Don't worry about it. What do you think about this Summus?"

Shakes nodded his head. "Lewis makes a very good point. It would have to be discussed with President Jones, but if it can be a very harsh sentencing, it could send a very strong message. Something very tactful."

The Doctor rubbed his chin, "Churchill told me once that, 'Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to Hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip'."

Pete looked surprised, "You knew Churchill?"

The Doctor looked back and nodded his head. "We like the same cigars."

Jack pointed out, "Doc. Out of everyone in the family, you would be the one safest to take a shot at."

"Regeneration is not a goal." The Doctor shook his head.

Jack held his hand out, "Yeah, but it's an option. If you get hurt, you won't die. You have a better chance."

Tony waved his hand, "No, you're forgetting something, man. You have that personal shield in your wristband now. It will stop a bullet. You will be fine."

The Doctor nodded, "That's true. Have you tested that?"

"Well, on my stuff. Honestly on that, no. I did test the one on Rose's though." Tony told them.

Jake pulled his gun out of his holster, "Hell, I could-"

The Doctor quickly grabbed Jake's wrist and pulled it behind his back. Jake was forced to let go of the gun. The Doctor released the clip from the gun and handed it to Jack. "I don't feel like getting shot today. Thanks, Jake."

The entire room looked at the Doctor in shock. He leaded back into the cabinet and took a drink as if nothing had happened. "That's a question I have about this. Jake isn't the one that will be shooting me from the window, is he?"

Jake finally found his voice. "NO! I wasn't going to shoot you today. I was just saying-"

"Ha! I've been shot twice by you! I'd rather you not touch a gun when you are standing near me!" the Doctor shouted.

Pete looked back at Tony. "He disarmed him, with one hand. Did I see that right?"

Tony rubbed his face and laughed in disbelief. "Yeah. Damn. Wow."

Rose walked into the room, "What are you lot in here doing?"

The men all got quiet and looked at one another. The four Quauhtin had disappeared. The Doctor shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing. Just talking about… stuff."

Rose narrowed her eyes at him. "Stuff?"

Jack nodded his head. "Yes. That's it. Stuff. Don't worry about us, Rose."

Rose looked back at Jack suspiciously, "Stuff that involves that gun in your hand?"

Jack looked down at the gun. "How did this even get here? I really… wow. I just am at a loss for words."

Pete and Tony were laughing quietly under their breath. Rose noticed them. "Dad. What's going on?"

He pointed at her. "Rose, what happened to Doc's hand?"

"Are you going to answer my question?"

Pete took a drink and looked away. "No, ma'am."

Rose looked back at The Doctor. He smiled at her like a loon. "Have I told you how lovely you are, today?"

Rose laughed, "How many in are you?"

"Not too deep. You can tell. I'm sure."

Rose rolled her eyes at him, leaned in and kissed him quickly. "I thought I heard Summus in here. Who's with the children in the pool?"

The Doctor rolled his eyes back in his head. "Lance is. Lance and Poltoius. They just got out."

Rose nodded her head. "Alright. I'm going back outside with the ladies."

All of the guys nodded. "Sounds good." The Doctor said as she walked out.

He turned his head and all of the Quauthin had reappeared.

He threw his hand up in the air at them. "Going into the shadows out of fear of Rose Tyler? Is that's what's happening here?"

Shakes laughed, "No. She would have known something was going on if she came in here with all four of us like this."

Tony took a drink and nodded his head. "That was a good trick! Doc'. Explain that to me later."

Lewis crossed his arms, "So, what do you think?"

The Doctor took another drink. "I think I need to be more sober before I agree to this."

Pete held his glass out to him, "Probably a wise move there, son."

Lewis nodded his head. "I understand that. But, think quickly on this. We're not sure when he plans to make his move. It could be as early as tomorrow morning. I'm doubling the guard on you."

The Doctor crossed his arms as he leaned back into the cabinet. "Fine."

Just then, Jacob, Tony and Genie ran into the kitchen. Jacob jumped into the Doctor's arms. He barely caught him with his one good hand. "Jacob! Where did come from?"

Jacob smiled at him. "The pool! We just changed out there in the pool house. Genie said you had a surprise for us. What is it?"

Little Tony was jumping up and down in excitement. "Please say it's a pizza, brother!"

The Doctor knelt down to face them all. "We are getting pizza. Gobbo is bringing it in a bit. No, the surprise is in my workshop. I can bring it in here. Are you sure you want it now?"

Genie nodded her head and smiled, "Yes. Nanna Jones said we had to come in the house and play. It's starting to rain now."

"Oh. Then let me get it then." He walked out the backdoor.

Genie saw Pete and climbed up on the barstool between him and Tony. "Hi there, Grandfather!"

Pete smiled at her. "Well, hello there, Granddaughter."

Genie turned to Tony. "Hello, Mr. Tony."

Tony bowed his head to her. "How are you today, Miss Genie?"

"I'm fine, thank you. Are you going to come see me dance ballet?" Genie asked him.

He shook his head at her. "I think I'm sick that night."

Pete laughed quietly. "I'll be there, Genie."

Genie smiled and looked back at Tony. "How do you know when you are going to be sick?"

Tony looked at her and shook his head. "It's a thing I do."

Genie looked confused at him. "I don't think that's true. I don't know anyone who can do that."

The Doctor walked back in the house with a box under his arm. It was the same box he used for so long to keep his growing TARDIS in. He stood behind Tony and Genie and listened to the conversation.

Tony smiled at her. "Maybe some people just know. That could be me."

Genie shook her head at him, "But, it's not."

The Doctor tapped Genie on the shoulder as he held the box under his arm. "My Sara Gene, haven't we talked about this? How many questions have you asked Mr. Tony?"

Genie shook her head and looked embarrassed. "I'm not sure, Daddy."

"You're not in trouble, Little One. No one is cross with you. Can you tell Tony is uncomfortable?"

Genie looked at Tony. "Yes."

"It's rude to ask someone more than two questions. Unless what?"

"I'm interrogating someone." Genie said.

"That's right. You are very clever, and you have good judgment. Trust it. Three things need to happen now. What do you think they are?"

Genie looked back at Tony. "I'm sorry, Mr. Tony."

Tony smiled at her. "It's alright. I'm not sick that night. I just don't like ballet."

The Doctor looked firm at her. "Very good. Now, second."

Genie looked at him, "Try not to do it again."

He smiled at her. "Yes, ma'am. And third?"

Genie looked at Pete as she thought. She whispered, "Grandfather, what else?"

Pete shook his head. "I'm not sure. It's always a better idea to ask the person making the demands."

The Doctor raised his eyebrows at her, still looking very stern.

Genie sighed, "Daddy. I'm sorry. I don't know the third thing."

He leaned down and tapped himself on the end of his nose with his bandaged up hand. "Third. You need to kiss your Daddy right here on the end of his nose."

Genie giggled, "Daddy! Really?"

He smiled at her. "I told you I wasn't cross with you. No one is. It's a hard thing to learn. You are doing fine, Genie."

Genie kissed him on the end of the nose and jumped off the stool.

Pete smiled at him. "Nicely done, son."

Tony spoke to The Doctor. "She wasn't bothering me-"

"She's got to learn not to do that. And it's going to be a very hard thing for her to do." He told him as he walked into the sitting room with the children.

"Alright. Here's your surprise!" The Doctor sat it down on the floor.

Genie looked at it curiously. "That's your plant's box. Where did you put your plant?"

"It's safe. Don't worry about it. I don't need this box anymore, but I put something in it for you lot." He told them.

The Doctor didn't notice the ladies had come into the kitchen and were now watching him speak to the children along with the men. Everyone was extremely curious as to what the box held.

Tony looked at the box. "What's inside of it?"

"Probably art stuff. To make crafts or something." Jacob groaned.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Jacob. Would I do that to you? Give me some credit. This house is really new, and I've not gotten around to making you children a room to play in when it rains. But, I have everything I want to put inside of it. Swings. A merry go round. This really cool balance beam. And the best part. A huge dart board. Instead of darts, you use footballs. You kick them and the force field makes them stick."

"Just like in London?" Tony smiled.

The Doctor smiled back at him. "Yep. Just like the window in London."

Genie put her hands on her hips. "That sounds great, Daddy. But, what's in the box."

He smiled at her as he took off the top and put the box on its side. "Everything that I'm putting in the room is already in the box. You lot can go ahead and just play in here. When I finish the room, I'll just put the stuff in there."

Jacob laughed, "Oh! This is the same box you put Tony and me in that night!"

He smiled at him. "The very same. There's nothing in there that you can't touch this time, though. Have a good time!"

The children all climbed into the small box one at a time.

Jackie put her hand on her hip. "That's the box my Tony talks about? The one that is bigger on the inside?"

Jack smiled, "It's a thing he does."

Tony pointed at the box sitting in the floor. "That, I want you to explain to me later, too. Alright, Doc'?"

The Doctor smiled as he walked over to Harriet and Caroline and greeted them. Harriet held Sam in her arms. The Doctor leaned down and kissed Sam on the top of his head. He fussed.

"He hates my beard." He explained to Harriet.

Harriet smiled, "Sticks him I imagine."

Jackie smiled and told the ladies. "There's just another room over here. A lovely sunroom where we can sit and chat."

The ladies walked out of the room.

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