Disclaimer: I do not own 'Doctor Who' or any of the characters in it. All rights belong to the BBC, though I would love to own it myself. Sigh.

A/N: As promised, here's the next chapter :) Thank you for all of your reviews, I've gone past the '50' mark! Waheyyyy ;D

After this chapter, there are only two more chapters left of the alien zoo because their journey continues elsewhere :)

Enjoy!

Being VIP's, Amy and the Doctor had to queue separately, and one of the Oblooga began to slither over to them. Amy watched it approach warily, but the Doctor was grinning from ear-to-ear.

"Oh Amy, they're so beautiful! I wish I was still friends with them," The Doctor sighed dreamily. "Imagine travelling with one of them! 'Course, they can be very slimy, which is a hassle."

"Doctor, if you ever replace me with an Oblooga, it will be the last thing you do!" Amy hissed; her eyes still trained on the alien.

The Oblooga came to a stop in the front of them then, and Amy couldn't help but take a step back. They were bigger than she'd previously thought, and she couldn't help but feel slightly intimidated by it.

The Doctor however, didn't seem to mind.

"Hello old friend!" He grinned, grasping one of its tentacles and shaking it profusely, "How are you?"

The Oblooga just blinked at him.

When it didn't reply, the Doctor sighed, and his smile faded. "I just remembered…the Oblooga can't speak at all. They don't even have a voice. Shame really, they're magnificent creatures and they can't even talk!"

Amy found her voice then. "They'd be a rubbish companion then. You love having someone to banter with."

The grin reappeared. "Ah yes, that is very true Pond!" The Doctor exclaimed. "Who else could I—hey!"

The Oblooga had cut off the Doctor by shoving him backwards with its tentacle.

"Another disadvantage, they're also very impatient," The Doctor grumbled to Amy, beginning to remove his Tweed Jacket. "Patience is a virtue!" He scolded the alien, handing it his jacket. "Now, be careful with that—no, no, no!"

The alien had taken the Doctor's jacket and turned it upside down, causing a large array of items to fall out. Items included library cards, a packet of Hubba Bubba, a pink fluffy pen, and a Wallace and Gromit fridge magnet.

"I didn't know that your jacket had so many pockets!" Amy remarked, staring in amazement at all of the items on the floor. "How do you carry all of those things?"

The Doctor shrugged distractedly, too busy watching the Oblooga examine his items. "I'm not sure…maybe I'm the Time Lord version of Mary Poppins."

His companion couldn't help but snort at that. "You? With children? Don't make me laugh."

The Doctor suddenly lost interest in the Oblooga and spun around to face her. "What's so funny about that?" He asked, bewildered. "You've seen me around children! I took care of you when you were a child yourself!"

"But I can't imagine you caring for children all of the time! You'd get bored and whisk them off to another universe, and then forget all about them as you whiz off to do your own thing."

The Doctor sniffed, clearly offended by her opinion. "Well, maybe when you and Rory have children, I can baby-sit and prove you wrong!" He retorted, scowling at her.

That remark stung both Amy and himself, and he regretted making it when he saw Amy's face darken for the second time that day.

"Note-to-self, don't mention the fiancée in tense situations." He muttered to himself, though Amy heard him.

"I'd appreciate it if we didn't mention him at all!" She snapped. "You promised we'd talk back at the TARDIS."

"Oh, that's right!" The Doctor replied, slapping his head as if he'd forgotten, though of course he hadn't. "Not something I'm looking forward to, mind. It's not everyday that—aaah!"

The Doctor suddenly found himself airborne, dangling in the air from the encasement of the Oblooga's tentacles.

"Doctor?" Amy cried fearfully, her previous anger at him forgotten momentarily.

"No worries Pond!" The Doctor called back cheerfully, his voice strained from being tossed around in the Oblooga's embrace. "Normal procedure!"

"Normal procedure my arse." She grumbled back. "There is no way that I'm letting that thing do that to me."

The Oblooga stopped then, but kept one tentacle around the Doctor as it used its others to search him.

"And it's definitely not doing that either!" Amy continued, watching the search go on in horror.

"Physicality is key!" The Doctor reminded her, not particularly liking the situation himself, but wanting to reassure her.

The search only lasted a couple more seconds, and then the Doctor was released. He snatched his jacket up quickly, relieved that he was allowed to keep all of his items. Especially his Hubba Bubba.

The Oblooga turned to Amy, who shook her head adamantly. "I'm okay thanks, go find someone else to search!" She told it firmly.

The Doctor expected the Oblooga to just snatch her up, so when he saw it politely offer her its tentacle to take; he nearly choked on his bubblegum.

"Is there any way of getting out of this?" Amy called to him, taking a step away from the Oblooga. But it just followed her.

"Nope, sorry!" The Doctor replied, watching the pair of them in astonishment. "I'm surprised it hasn't picked you up already. I think it likes you."

"You can't be serious!" Amy protested, "It's an alien!"

"And it thinks you're an alien too!"

"Oh hell!" Amy muttered, finally taking the Oblooga's tentacle. "Let's get this over with."

~I~

The next few minutes were some of the best in the Doctor's life. He didn't think he'd ever laughed so much at an Oblooga search before.

Amy had wriggled and screamed persistently as she was tossed around in the air, and the Doctor kept calling out, "Don't scream like that! You'll encourage it!"

By the end of the search, Amy was well and truly flustered, her face bright pink from embarrassment and her hair completely dishevelled.

But the Oblooga wasn't quite finished.

It placed one of its tentacles on Amy's leg, and started to slide up her thigh, causing her to shriek, "Do you mind?" at it.

The Doctor had to step in then. "Excuse me!" He hissed, poking the Oblooga in the stomach. "That's my fiancée you're touching. Now release her at once!"

The Oblooga did so immediately, and began to slink away, it's head bowed in shame.

"Thank you so much!" Amy sighed in relief, giving the Doctor an awkward one-armed hug as she used her other hand to wipe the slime off her leg. "I can't believe an octopus alien tried it on with me! That's so embarrassing!"

She was set to continue her complaint, but the Doctor's random breakout into dancing distracted her.

"I won! I won!" He chanted, hopping up and down, waving his arms in the air. "I won the bet! I knew you'd get embarrassed!"

"Okay Doctor, you won," Amy said hastily, eyeing the group of aliens that had stopped to watch his humiliating spectacle. "Now stop dancing, you're drawing attention."

"And I was about to bust out my robot moves." The Doctor sighed in disappointment, but he obeyed her command. "Oh bugger it."

Amy looked up at him in confusion. "What's wrong Doctor?"

The Doctor looked crushed, which worried her instantly. "Doctor?" She repeated anxiously, resting her hand on his arm lightly.

"Oh Amy…" He sighed, bowing his head.

Now Amy was frantic. "Doctor, tell me what's wrong!"

"I swallowed my bubblegum! And it was my last piece!"

Hope you enjoyed it :)

Hayley x