Chapter 4

Menaced

Disclaimer: Heh, some are definitely bound to get a chuckle from this chapter. Or so I hope anyway!

Several Hours Later At Clara's

"And there I was, completely on the wrong side of a battlefield that others wouldn't have dared gone too unless heavily armed or sending the enemy on the run. I was certain that enemy fire could come my way at any moment since I wasn't the most well liked by any of them and I was proven right when a single Dalek came my way and said I was to surrender myself or be exterminated if I didn't!" Here, the Alien formerly known as the Doctor, paused in his story telling to take a sip of his Alcoholic drink.

One that he was certain came from the planet of Thynapolopis but had decided to leave it be since the drink wasn't truly harmful to humans in any form. Unless of course they were foolish enough to go driving about in their vehicles while drunk off the stuff. He himself was rather close to being drunk himself since he hadn't been too enthused about coming here once they had gotten to Clara's. Since apparently it was a night for Old Soldiers to gather and Alistair had apologized profusely as he hadn't a clue about it while his old friend glared at him. But then a girl who seemed to be the runner of the place, came up to him and quickly helped him and his friends to a table of their own before Theta could so much as try and back out. Though oddly enough, the girl seemed familiar to him. The fact she seemed to have a kind of fondness in her eyes that was directed at him hadn't helped but figured that maybe she was just someone from his future. Soon after, he began to relax thanks to the rather friendly atmosphere of the place.

Even seeing why Ace felt so reminded of a certain Ice Cream Parlor from so long ago since it seemed a bit similar to it. And for a time, he had even listened to the stories of the Old Soldiers that were present as he sipped on his drink from the planet of Thynapolopis. Which was probably why he ended up telling a story of his own later that evening and gaining quite the audience in the process! "And so, for whatever reason that I still can't think of to this day, I point at the old boy and say to him 'Then I suppose its off with your head before you can get me!', and sure enough, his head pops off!"

Laughter rang through out the building while those closest to him were in shock that such a thing had happened. Not knowing that he had had a gun on him during that moment that had taken the Dalek's life thanks to the fact he wasn't exactly sober while telling his story and forgetting a detail or two. "Oh! I love a dashing man in a uniform!" Gushed a lovely older woman by the name of Minnie as she ran a hand down Theta's arm while his dearest friends shot one another amused looks.

"Now now Minnie, no need to go scarin' him off with your type of advances." Called out a rather kind looking old fellow from near by.

The woman known as Minnie turned to him with a smile on her face. "Oh hush with that, Wilf! I've not scared anyone with my kind of advances in all my years of living!" She told him with a laugh while pressing herself closer to Theta.

"Its a good thing Sarah Jane's not here." Whispered Grace to Alistair as she leaned in to him to do so.

"Yes, a very good thing as she would certainly not approve."

For his friend's feelings for their mutual friend hadn't ever quite left and she would no doubt feel some sense of jealousy at the sight of this woman hanging on to the Doctor. Even if she refused to show said jealousy since it wouldn't do to do so in her age in her opinion. "Wow, that lady's certainly quite handy." Remarked Mickey with raised eyebrows.

"Too right." Ace muttered disapprovingly as it just wasn't right since the Professor was like her father!

The fact he wasn't fighting the old lady and her wondering hands all that much bothered her a great deal as well! "Wilf, was it?" Began Theta curiously.

"Aye Aye! Private Wilfred Mott of the 6th Airborne Division of Her Majesty's Army during World War 2, at your service!"

"Ah! Well met, Private Mott! Well met!" Replied Theta and gaining quite the number of agreements from their fellow Old Soldiers.

Alistair among them. "Any stories of your own then, Private Mott?" Wondered Alistair curiously.

But the old fellow shook his head. "I suspect not since I never fired a single shot in the entire time I was serving for my country in the British Mandate of Palestine."

The diner went deathly quiet as everyone present processed this until a certain Time Lord broke the silence. "Hah! To you, I salute! For it is not easy to avoid using your weapon in a time like war." Declared the centuries old man as he drank from his glass as a sign of respect to Wilf.

Who was truly shocked and touched by such a thing! Everyone else followed suit shortly afterwards. "A round of drinks on me!"

Cheers went up at Theta's words. "Wilfred my good man, you are a sign of hope for me that one day there will never be a need for war ever again in all of time and space."

Whether that was the alcohol in his system talking or him speaking from the heart, no one, even those who knew him fairly well, weren't sure of. "I'll drink to that!" Wilf enthusiastically declared and caused a round of 'hear hear!' to go up into the air.

None of them knowing that the owners of 'Clara's' were thoroughly enjoying what was going on due to the fact they were from a point in the Doctor's future. And to see him like this so fresh from the war was an experience for the ages to witness. "War… A truly terrible thing that can taint even the most purest of souls..." Murmured Theta to himself lowly as he stared at his empty glass.

"Sounds like you need a night with a vision like myself to forget all about that nasty war of yours." Purred Minnie in his ear.

The sight of such a thing making Ace bristle! But she watched as the Professor looked at the forward woman with a small smile on his face. "Oh my dear Minnie… While I am sure it would be a night to remember for as long as I live, I swore off such things after the last time resulted in the birth of my son, Atthris. Who has so far turned out to be the 4th most annoying thing in all of Space and Time."

He frowned at the thought of his youngest, who was also amongst the few of his 14 children to even still be alive at this point. That boy could literally drive him to regenerate with his high energy levels and hands waving about for no real reason. Minnie let out an amused laugh. "Ohh you delightfully yummy man! I am well past my prime to be able to get pregnant!"

"Hah! As my life has taught me, the Universe can throw surprises at you when you least expect it."

"Hmm, I suppose you have a point there. But really, why let that stop a couple of old fossils like us from having a bit of fun, hmm?" She asked as she grabbed him from behind and causing him to let out a noise of shock as he looked at her in surprise.

Which caused Ace to spring into action as she rushed from her chair to the two despite the place being crowded! "Okay! Dad, I believe its time to head on home!"

"What!? Why!? Its only 10:32!"

"I'm aware of that but we have that thing to do tomorrow, remember?"

He looked at her in confusion while noting that Minnie had yet to remove her hand from his posterior. "No, I don't! What thing?"

Ace frowned unhappily at him, vowing to never let him go near alcohol again since it obviously kept him from realizing certain things. Things like getting him out of a potentially sticky situation with a far too forward woman! "You know what thing! Or has all the alcohol you had tonight robbed you of your senses!?" She asked of him with a hiss and her frown still in place.

"Ah! Minnie, its time we best left if we don't want to miss our bus home!" Came Wilf's voice after he had looked at his watch.

A groan could be heard from the quite forward woman while Ace inwardly cheered. "Oh, but I was having so much fun!"

"A little too much fun." Muttered Ace under her breath while the Professor shot her a look.

"Maybe next time, eh? Now come on, time to shake a leg, hey?"

Sighing to herself, Minnie reluctantly left the side of the handsome man with the nice feeling posterior. "Well, do take care of yourself, luv, okay? As it would be a shame for the world to lose such a sexy man like you." She told Theta with a purr that had him chuckling as he was enjoying her attention more then what he normally would thanks to the alcohol in his system.

"I'll do my best to see that that doesn't happen."

Smiling happily, Minnie made to leave but thought better of it and turned around and shocked everyone, even Theta himself as well when she grabbed him by the sides of his face and landed one Hell of a kiss on him! Wilf could be seen pinching the bridge of his nose at the sight of his misbehaving friend! "Oh yes, a truly good thing Sarah Jane is not here." Muttered a shocked Alistair.

Minutes later, roughly 3 if you asked Ace, the kiss ended and the far too forward woman let out a satisfied noise. "Well then… A good night to me!" Minnie declared with a delighted laugh and made her leave with Wilf following close behind as he shook his head at her antics.

Theta could only stare at where she had been standing and it was something the inventor of the Nitro-9 didn't like one bit! "Oy! Professor!" She snapped irritably.

And satisfactorily snapping him out of his daze! "Huh!? What!? Who's invading!?"

"The only invader is the one who just left, you pervy old man!"

He gave her a look at that but she ignored it. "Now I would hard pressed to think of that woman as an invader, Ace. Just rather… Friendly."

"Hmmph!" She replied before walking away as Alistair and Grace came forward.

"Well old friend, I think you've done it now."

"What he said, I think it best we got you back to Alistair's so you can sleep off the alcohol, hmm? Especially before you get another woman's attention."

Their words frustrated the centuries old man. "For Heaven's sake! The three of you are over reacting!"

"Maybe, maybe not. But I doubt you should be drinking alcohol at your advanced age." Reasoned Grace and gaining a glare from the older man.

"Not to mention you could likely speak of things you shouldn't. Thus, endangering not only matters of national security, but your own." Added in Alistair.

At first, Theta was going to protest that they were concerned for nothing. But then he looked at their faces and saw just how worried they were when it came to him. Causing any means of protest to die as he began to see reason. "Oh, very well! Let's be off then. Ricky, where are you!?"

"Its Mickey, boss." Came Mickey's voice as he came up to the group with two of its members being rather pleased.

"Isn't that what I said?"

"Uhh no, but I'll let it pass this time since you've had a bit much to drink."

He got an understanding nod in return and soon, the group was off and on their way back to Alistair's with Ace refusing to speak with her favorite Professor. Which certainly confused and even upset him quite a bit as he wasn't understanding why she was being like that to him!

Author's Notes: Heh, poor Doctor! This was certainly a fun chapter to write! Hopefully I captured Wilf and even Minnie fairly well here! As for Atthris… Let's just say he's based off an odd idea I got for this fic involving Matt Smith's version of the Doctor actually being a child of the Doctor's. I do have plans for him to show up later on and as for who is mother is… Well, have to wait and see on that one! R and R!