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Chapter XIII (II): You have my same …
Meanwhile, right in that room, the Doctor made the newcomer sit down.
"I have a lot of cakes available, help yourself, anything you want," the Time Lord invites him, cordially.
"Sugar? Oh, please, I just got over my heart problems, do you want to give me new ones with cholesterol?" Alec snaps with a disgusted expression.
He gets up from the table and wanders around that room, nervously adjusting his forelock.
"You have so many of those absurd junk that I didn't even know could exist …" he grumbles, with the Doctor who smiles proudly, ready to show him around.
"Why don't you have a damn microwave? How can this be bloody possibile?" Alec catches him unprepared.
It's certainly not the question a Time Lord would expect.
"Huh? Of course yes, I have everything. Wait for me here." he tries to please him, walking away.
"Even if I wanted to leave, I don't remember the labyrinthine path we took to get here." Alec grumbles, left alone.
The Doctor is back after a few minutes with what has been requested.
He also took the opportunity to take off that tunic, now he's wearing his typical blue pinstripe suit again.
"Luckily I still had one, mostly to use if I had to assemble something, but it's still perfectly intact and functioning." he explains, plugging it.
Alec doesn't give him any satisfaction, he doesn't bother to thank him, he just looks for a ceramic cup among those available, fills it with water from the sink near there, puts it in the microwave and then turns back to the Doctor.
"Do you have tea?"
The Time Lord's smile widens.
He opens one of those drawers more like filing cabinets, which seems to have an infinite length.
"Are you asking me if I have some tea? I have a collection from all the planets and galaxies of the Universe; there is a tea with stardust, one with a black hole, not the best if you want to soak something inside, then there is an infusion with the ring of Saturn, about the waters of Mars...I preferred to leave it where it was …" he begins his exposition, saddened by bad memories in the last part, but then he doesn't need to go on any further.
"Okay I've found it!" Alec exclaims satisfied, who has flipped through most of the variants, until he found the one of his interest. "Red tea."
"Red tea?!" Ten repeats incredulously "You have the opportunity to taste teas from every spot in the whole space ... and you want one of the most banal that can exist for a human being, as your final choice?"
"Yes, I do!" shrugs the detective. "Even if I recognize that you have a respectable selection, have you ever thought of leaving the car showroom and opening a tea room?" he asks him as he inserts the filter into the cup, before reheating it in the microwave, for greater safety.
A third shock comes once the operation is over, luckily it is lighter than the others.
-Breathe, Doctor, breathe. You won't throw him into the heart of the TARDIS. It wouldn't be hospitable.- the Lord of Time relies on his centuries-old self-control, rubbing his face with his hands.
- Well, without making me do other unsolicited intercontinental trips ... do you have some milk, classic milk, 'terrestrial' milk, as you would say? - Alec asks him.
He still hasn't managed to understand the Doctor properly.
-He must have escaped from an asylum and thinks he is running a car showroom, he is also dressed like a car seller ... but there's not even a car around this place, indeed.- the detective, considers taking a sip of his tea, before the Doctor hands him the milk.
"Perfect. Now that I am a little calmer, while I enjoy the tea and wait for the side effect of the hallucinations to disappear, will you tell me what I am doing here with you and what do you all want from me?" he asks him, in an almost affable tone.
About a quarter of an hour later, Kevin, the two Peters and Barty are chatting when they see Alec darting among them.
"An alien? A sorcerer? A vampire hunter? A mind manipulator? What is it, a joke? Do you really think I'm so stupid that I would believe it?" he thunders. "I will not stay here and let you make fun of me one more minute longer!" he decides, marching towards the doors of the TARDIS.
"I wouldn't do it, if I were you," Ten advises him,
He has run after him, but if he allows Alec to do it, it's because he wants to prove something to him.
As a matter of fact, Alec opens the door, but then immediately backs away.
"Oh, bloody hell, it can't be!" he comments, stunned.
The TARDIS has already been previously set by the Doctor and is now in full space, without a precise goal, hovering suspended in orbit.
A more unique than rare show.
"There was ... there was a road .. not more than half an hour ago ... -" Alec mutters confused, taking out the medicine tube again. -"Ah-ah, here we go: 'possible alteration of the perception of spaces.'" he looks for a logical explanation among the side effects.
However, there is nothing logical.
"Forget those pills, you won't need them here, I can give you tablets of ultra mega hyper advanced technology, coming from the New New York hospital and they have shortened it because it should be said fifteen times!" the Doctor confuses him even more, this before to understand that it's better to show him the facts. "The point is that you must understand that you are not hallucinating, we really have your same face, your same voice, I have already explained to you why and ... Barty!" he calls the one who is now his Companion and lover.
"Tell me, my Doctor," the Dark Wizard rushes to reach him.
"Would you do some harmless magic to show our guest that it's all true?"
"You don't even have to say it. Lumos!" Barty says and the tip of his wand lights up like a torch, radiating light.
"And this should convince me? It looks like a toy that people give to babies, press any button and that's it, I'm amazed that it doesn't even make sounds!" Alec grumbles, more skeptical than ever.
"Aguamenti!" Barty replies and a strong water jet comes out of the wand and floods the unfortunate detective.
"Barty!" Ten scolds him, but deep inside he's rather amused.
"My Lord, he was heating up too much!" the Dark Wizard strikes back in his own defense. making him smile.
The one who is not laughing at all is Singy.
"You can't leave him like this, don't let him get cold, please, he has such a weak heart!" he begs him, almost crying.
Barty snorts, but seems to accept that request.
"Exsicco," Barty casts a new spell, this time to dry Alec's clothes and hair.
-Yes, this reminds me of the shower they give you at the New New York hospital ! - Ten cheerfully comments, while Alec must necessarily believe what has just happened to him.
Maybe it's still not enough for the Doctor.
"Killgrave, would you mind …"
The persuader doesn't even need him to finish the sentence.
-What the fucking reason was there? Wasn't the Pedigree Wizard's show already enough? Why does my brain-fucker have to give him orders? Isn't it enough for him to give them to me anymore?- Drinky mulls, not liking the situation, but at least he manages to keep it to himself.
"Well, I would say that with you it takes something incisive, probably something you have not done very often in your life: smile." he tests him and his victim's features change drastically, when he finds himself showing off a dazzling smile .
The corners of his mouth may also ache from how little he is used to do it.
"Say something nice to us all," continues Killgrave.
"Something nice to us all." Alec executes too literally, continuing to smile.
"The usual slip-up …" Killgrave rolls his eyes. "Well, that can be enough, right? Stop smiling, you almost scare me," he brings everything back to normal.
"Of course that's enough, you've done even too much!" Drinky holds him possessively by the arm.
"It is enough for you? Do you believe me now? Also because I don't have a way to show you that Drinky is a Vampire Hunter, unless I take the TARDIS to Transylvania, but then we would be late on the schedule… " the Doctor keeps blathering on.
"Don't get these fucking ideas, Ten!" Peter Vincent immediately makes him desist. "And then, let's be clear, Vampire Hunter does not mean that I'm going to find those fucking bloodsuckers, if they stay in their place I'm more than happy, but if they annoy the hell out of me then somehow I have to react!"
Alec is still too shocked to speak.
"I was just bluffing, Drinky, no Transylvania, be quiet." Ten giggles.
"Then it's all true ... or maybe I'm having a nervous breakdown, Millah always tells me that I work too much …" Alec regains the ability to speak.
"Ten, I think that for him there are too many emotions to bear in a single day, can I take him to his room that you have already shown me?" Singy offers.
"It seems an excellent idea to me, and given his health conditions and the fact that you are still new after all, I would say that you are exempt from the naked rule," approves the Time Lord.
"The naked what?!" Alec's eyes widen.
"Do not pay attention to it, do not worry about anything, just come with me," Peter Carlisle leads the way, taking him gently by the arm.
When they enter the room Peter notices a last-minute modification that was not there before, by the Doctor, if not by the TARDIS herself: on the walls there are holograms of the same cliffs in Broadchurch, perhaps one more attempt to make their guest relax. They can also hear the crashing of the waves on the shore.
"Wow! In my room they haven't done such a thing, but thank goodness, I live in a kind of arcade town, nothing but relaxing!" the youngest makes him laugh. "Oooh, so you do know how to laugh! You are even more beautiful when you do it"
These words from Peter are enough to make Alec return as serious as ever and close in an awkward silence.
Peter still manages to get Alec rid of his shoes and jacket and lay him on the bed, he sits on the other side.
-If it's true what that strange guy, who calls himself the Doctor, told me ... then I'm just a character from a TV series, I don't really exist ... -
"What nonsense, you exist, as I exist, only in another universe, the one that for another universe is just a TV series, but it still makes you as alive and real as I see you now and the same goes for me and everyone else here in the TARDIS and we owe all of this to David. The Doctor told you about David, didn't he?"
Alec nods.
"It's just that it seems all so absurd to me, well ... how did you manage to accept it so serenely?"
This time it's Peter who bursts out laughing.
"Serenely!? I tried to escape, I even succeeded, but they found me immediately," he surprises him with his revelations.
-No need to tell them why they found me so easily.- he meditates.
"Anyway, trust me, they are not bad. They may seem evil; no, okay, Barty really is, Kevin is rather evil, too, but all in all it's just a matter of getting used to it." Peter reassures him.
"If you say so …" the other mumbles.
"I say so, as I say you should get some sleep, it was a busy day, but now everything is fine, everything is calm, there is peace ... Shhh. Shhh."
Alec gradually lowers his eyelids, but then he hears something like music.
"It's, oh, so quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
It's, oh, so still
Shhhh Shhhh
You're all alone
Shhh Shhh
And so peaceful until ... "
Peter's voice, so like his own, singing over the original female voice, is a balm , this before the music and rhythm suddenly change.
Peter jumps out of bed and starts a few dance steps, choreographing the rest of the song.
"You fall in love
Zing boom
The sky up above
Zing boom
Is caving in
Wow bam
You've never been so nuts about a guy
You wanna laugh you wanna cry
You cross your heart and hope to die
'Til it's over and then… "
The music returns calm and slow, as does Peter's tone.
"Shhhh, Shhhh
It's nice and quiet
Shhhh, Shhhh. "
It is only in that moment that Alec realizes that he didn't just imagine the music. It was real.
"Wait a minute! Are you the one who plays music? How the hell do you do it? Are you some sort of alien too?" he grows alarmed, jumping off the bed.
Peter stops instantly.
"Huh! No, no aliens, in my universe we use to do this, sometimes people start singing over existing songs, in line with what they feel at the moment." he explains.
"This explains why they call you Singy.- Alec deduces, returning to bed.
"Exactly, you can imagine why they call the other Peter Drinky!" the younger one snatches another smile from him.
"It seems that the most normal guy here is me." Alec mumbles.
"I wouldn't be so sure."
"Huh?"
"I mean, I don't think a temper like yours is normal!" Peter makes fun of him.
-Hey! You, insolent spring chicken! - Alec throws a pillow at him, making him laugh.
"I like 'spring chicken', if you're the one to call me that." he winks at him, putting the pillow back on the bed ."Now I'd better go. See you tomorrow, when you wake up you will figure out that it's not a dream at all, but together it will be easier to face everything. Goodnight, Alec,"
"Goodnight, spring chicken,".Alec greets him, before he goes out.
-Wait a minute. Why did the song talk about falling in love?-
This is Alec's last thought, before he falls asleep.
In the meantime, silence has fallen in the TARDIS room, the three remaining Companions and the Doctor are motionless looking at the panorama beyond the door. The universe is an incredible sight with its colors that stand out against the dark background of the Open Space. In one corner there's a rising star with its clear golden colour while further away, near a galaxy, a dying Mega Nova makes its magnificent appearance.
The first to approach as attracted by the show is Barty who observes everything with an ecstatic gaze. He has already studied the constellations at school, but seen from there the sky is something else entirely. He approaches the door and sits down on the edge of the threshold.
"Fucking shit, what a fucking cool show!" Peter exclaims, taking steps towards the wide open doors, which makes the Doctor smile, who in the meantime has approached in turn.
"Yes, it is…" he stops, because he noticed Barty is shaking. "But you're cold, Barty!" he exclaims, worried, taking off his jacket and placing it on the wizard''s shoulders. The Death Eater smiles, while Ten slides to sit beside him.
"My Doctor ... " Barty murmurs, placing his hand on the Time Lord's one.
"What fucking lovebirds you are!" Peter laughs at them, since he has observed the whole scene, but he's not heard by the other two.
Kevin is already behind him, wrapping his arms around his torso.
"Shut up, Peter .. until the doors close." he whispers in his ear, standing there watching the light show in front of him.
Peter doesn't need to speak to give his consent by placing his hands on his favorite brain-fucker's wrists.
TBC
Notes:Let's leave them like this, as tender couples enjoying that enchanting night landscape 3
and what about the two Detectives? We hope you liked them, we have a name for their ship too, but we want to hear your proposals if you have any;)
ah, by the way, Disclaimer: in this chapter Singy sang 'It's oh so quiet' by Björk ;)
ps from Lu: I know that 'Exsicco', as well as' Tingo 'are spells that do not exist in HP, but by now I am too fond of them so, please, be kind
As long as these characters give it to us because they always do what they want, maybe, and let's say maybe, in the next episode you could begin to spot again two (occult / ethereal) familiar presences, who knows? ;P
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. in the meantime, if you still want slice of lives and missing moments of that CRAZY universe you'll be more than welcomed to my (check my account Lu82) #Flufftober where you can find tons of one shots about them (starting with 'Barty Bear') a little forward compared to when we've arrived with the posted chapters, such as...
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The Ineffable Husbands abroad💙❤️
Alec and Singy growing a lot closer 🔍🔎
David joining the CRAZY crowd 😁
and a huge amount of fluffy BarTen, of course 💚💞
see ya in December with the updates on this one