~~Obedience~~

Clockwork's POV, Words: 496

"You can't let it happen Clockwork! We forbid it!"

"You seem to think that I can stop him," I answered coolly, despite wanting nothing more than to laugh hysterically at their retinas, "I am not his master, and neither are you."

"You know full well that the only one he obeys is you!" The one on the left argued.

"I have never commanded him to do anything." It was true.

"Insolent-!" the one on the right started before the sound of the front door creaking open stopped him.

"Hellllooooo! Clockwork are you- oh, am I interrupting something?" Danny asked as he poked his head from behind one of the monitors.

"Nope!" I replied cheerfully, just to spite the Observants, "In fact they were just leaving."

I waved my staff and a giant clock unceremoniously pushed the two eye balls out of my lair.

Danny floated over, "What was that about?"

"Oh, they were just being killjoys again. I see you decided to stop by before visiting the Far Frozen."

"Yeah, it was either visit them now or have them holding a celebration in town tomorrow. Frostbite is the nicest person to ever strong arm me into doing something."

"He is good at that isn't he?" I should find out why the Observants haven't bugged him yet, "Any plans for tomorrow?"

"We'll probably just go out for dinner and come home to have 'special birthday fudge'. I want to dosomething. I'm just not sure what. Any ideas?"

"At precisely 7:14 and twenty six seconds tomorrow morning you will able vote, join the army, get a tattoo, and… how are things going with Sam?"

"Good, why do you…?" Danny put two and two together, "Clockwork! I'm not spending my 18th birthday getting married!"

I laughed at the shade of red Danny was turning, "Just wishful thinking!"

"I'll just buy a lottery ticket or something!" Flustered and blushing, Danny turned to leave.

"One last thing," I called after him, "When your ghost sense goes off during dinner, you might want to let Valarie handle it."

"Ok…" Danny looked confused, but knew better than to ask, "Whatever you say, you're the Time Lord. See you later then."

After Danny left, I counted down from five on my fingers before letting myself give a very unprofessional punch to the air. I turned to one of my monitors and watched as Valarie chased a lion-like ghost through the restaurant Danny's family happened to be in. After the ensuing chaos, his parents will offer the chance to make it up to him for having those 'blasted ghosts' ruin his birthday. Satisfied that the future will stay the course, I quietly hummed to myself as I returned to monitor the other future events.

"And his lucky numbers will be 8, 23, 29, 42, 46, and 51."

I never commanded Danny to do anything, but that didn't make him any less obedient. Besides, with those grades he's been getting, he could really use $500,000,000.

Author's Note:

Danny's lucky numbers are from a fortune cookie fortune that I've kept for eight years. It reads : "You have a natural grace and consideration for others."