Chapter Fifty Nine
(A few minutes before the Doctor rescued Rain.)
"Those bastards," Adam shouted as he stormed into the house and slammed the door behind him. He had felt Namid's pain and panic and his hearts slammed inside his chest. He knew what it was like to have a daughter taken against her will and the terror she was going through from nearly being burned to death. He slumped down on the couch as he closed his eyes and placed his hands on his stomach.
"Uncle Adam?" Namid thought as he smiled and brought her mind forward.
"Hey, Princess, are you ok?" he thought.
"Yeah, I'm taking a bath now while Uncle Alan and Dex are helping Daddy save Mommy. But why are you upset?"
"I wanted you come help rescue you but your daddy wants us to stay here in case they try to take someone else."
"I don't like it when you get mad."
"Yeah, I'm not nice when I get mad."
"Mommy says that same thing about Daddy."
"So, Squeaky Clean Jelly Bean, do you want me to tell you a story?"
"Yeah, I like your stories!" Namid thought when he set up a privacy block and a study appeared in her mind. Classic music started playing and she looked at the large high back chair in front of her. The walls were a dark wood with bookcases filled with all sorts of books against the walls and a dark blue carpet was on the floor. The large high back chair slowly turned around as she giggled and Adam blinked at her. He was dressed in a dark blue smoking jacket, blue and white striped pajamas and blue slippers and had the top of a curved pipe in his teeth. Blowing soap bubbles into the air, he nodded for her to sit at his feet and she sat down.
"Are you comfortable?" he asked.
"Yep," she said then noticed that she was dressed in a pink nightgown and white bunny slippers. He reached over when he took the storybook off the table to his left and opened the book.
"Tonight's story is called "Who is the Doctor?"," he said when the scene changed and she saw cartoon red grass, a burnt orange sky, trees with silver leaves and a cartoon city under a glass dome. "Once, long ago on the planet Gallifrey, there lived a Time Lord called the Doctor."
Suddenly a cartoon version of the Doctor in his first life appeared and Namid blinked, looking at what her father looked like at the beginning.
"That isn't Daddy," she said.
"Yes, I am," the Doctor said with a smile.
"But you're old!" she said and he huffed and puffed, getting flustered.
"Is that anyway to talk to your father, hm?"
"Sorry," she said then looked at Adam. "Uncle Adam, how can Daddy talk to me when he's off saving Mommy?"
"Uh, you're right, he shouldn't be talking to you," Adam said then sensed Theta's mind in his head. "Hold on. Theta, what are you doing here?"
"I heard you were going to tell her a story and snuck into your head before you set up the privacy block. Besides, you know I like your stories," Theta said. "So, Namid, is it ok if I'm your daddy for this story?"
"Yeah, it's ok," she said as she smiled and he sent love into her mind.
"Now, the Doctor was bored from living on Gallifrey and decided to leave," Adam said as the Doctor headed into the junkyard and the TARDIS sat among the rubbish. He opened the door then went inside and the TARDIS vanished.
"Daddy found the TARDIS in the rubbish?" she asked and Adam nodded.
"Now, the Doctor traveled through space and time, fighting aliens, monsters and bad people but the worst of all the aliens were…THE DALEKS!" Adam said as he showed her what a dalek looked like and she giggled.
"They look like pepper pots," she snickered and he smiled. Suddenly the Doctor was surrounded by the cartoon daleks and they wiggled their eyestalks up and down.
"THE DOCTOR IS OUR ENEMY! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" the head dalek said when the Doctor ran at them and whacked them on the heads with his cane. "RETREAT, THE DOCTOR IS TOO STRONG!"
"WE OBEY!" the daleks said as they scooted off and the Doctor leaned on his cane, waving his fist at them.
"Yay!" Namid said and he did a little bow.
"The Doctor was brave but, alas, he fell over his own big feet and crashed to the ground," Adam said while the Doctor walked along then tripped, falling behind a rock.
"Ow, that hurt!" the Doctor said when Namid saw a flash of golden light and a hand appeared on the top of the rock. The cartoon version of the Doctor's second life stood up and looked at his hands and clothing. "Oh my giddy aunt, what happened to me?"
"The Doctor had changed his look but he still was the mightiest of the Time Lords," Adam said and the Doctor shyly smiled.
"Oh, I wouldn't go that far," he said.
"You are!" Namid said and the Doctor beamed.
"Why thank you, my dear," the Doctor said then took the recorder out of his pocket and started playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Namid sang along while he played and Adam coughed, arching an eyebrow at them. "Oh, sorry about that, dear boy, do go on."
"The Doctor fought many foes and monsters while traveling in his second life then, one day, he fell into a dark hole and screamed like a girl," Adam said while the Doctor walked along then fell into a hole, screaming as he fell.
"Oh, that smarts," the Doctor said as the golden light flashed again and a pair of hands appeared at the edge of the hole. The cartoon version of the Doctor's third life climbed out of the hole and dusted himself off.
"He's old again,'" Namid said and the Doctor frowned.
"Wasn't I old in my second life?" he asked.
"Nope, just grumpy looking," Namid said then giggled and the Doctor smiled, rolling his eyes.
"The Doctor, at this time, was sent by the Time Lords to live on Earth for a bit and encountered very strange aliens, monsters and bad people. He also got a car called Bessie and turned her into a robot car. Now, Bessie was cranky at times and wouldn't listen to the Doctor. The Doctor use to get really mad at her and would yell at her. Being tired of being yelled at, Bessie drove him into a tunnel and they got hit by a truck," Adam said and the Doctor looked at him.
"You really are enjoying hurting him, aren't you?" Theta asked and Adam smiled.
"Just wait to you see what I do when he gets up to his ninth life," he said with a wink and Theta sighed. Getting into the car, the Doctor drove Bessie down the road until they came to a tunnel and went inside the tunnel. A loud blast of a truck horn filled the air then a loud crash and two of Bessie's tires rolled out of the tunnel after the truck left the tunnel.
"Ouch," the cartoon version of the Doctor's fourth life said as he staggered out of the tunnel after a flash of golden light and took the floppy hat off. Namid giggled as he looked at her and pouted. "What are you laughing at?"
"You're all hair and teeth," she said and he sighed.
"By this life, the Time Lords decided that it was time for him to come back to Gallifrey but he didn't really want to. He did like traveling with his friend, Sarah Jane Smith…." Adam said and Namid blinked.
"Are you talking about Aunt Sarah Jane?" she asked and he nodded.
"One day, the Doctor faced the daleks again but this time he met the one that created them," Adam said when a cartoon version of Davros appeared and Namid frowned.
"Who's that?"
"This is Davros," Theta said he and Adam sensed the fear in Namid's mind.
"The Doctor didn't like Davros very much and kicked him out of the TARDIS when Davros came to fight him," Adam said as the Doctor and Davros appeared in the control room and the Doctor grabbed hold of Davros' life support chair, pushed it toward the doors then shoved it out the door and Davros shouted that the Doctor hadn't seen the last of him.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," the Doctor said as he wiped his hands on the scarf then closed the doors.
"Yay!" Namid said as the Doctor did a bow, walked around the console, tripped on the long scarf and fell to the floor. There was a flash of golden light when the cartoon version of the Doctor's fifth life stood up and Namid's mouth dropped open. "Wow, Daddy looks really cute!"
"As cute as he is now?" Theta asked and she nodded.
"It was during this life that the Doctor started playing cricket between trips with his friends but, one day, a cricket ball hit him in the…." Adam said then coughed while the Doctor tossed a cricket ball in one hand and glared at him. "Um, one day, he got really sick while helping his friend and fell to the floor."
Tossing the cricket ball into the air, the Doctor made dramatic choking sounds when he fell to the floor behind the console and the golden light flared.
"Namid, promise me that you won't laugh when you see him, ok?" Theta asked.
"Ok," Namid said and Adam smiled, knowing what was coming.
"That goes for you, too, Adam," Theta said and Adam nodded. The cartoon version of Doctor's sixth life stood up as he adjusted the multicolored coat and walked around the console. He blinked then gave them a smug look and Namid cupped her mouth, trying not to laugh.
"What's so funny?" he asked in an angry tone.
"You look like a clown!" Namid said and the Doctor snorted, turning to one side with his arms folded across his chest.
"Now most would say that this life was when the Doctor was a really nasty bugger and no one liked him too much," Adam said when the Doctor's mouth dropped open and his eyes went wide.
"I say, that was rude!" the Doctor said and Adam shrugged.
"So, not having that many friends, the Doctor just stormed out of the TARDIS and…." Adam said and the Doctor placed his hands on his hips.
"You got that right!" the Doctor said as he stormed out the door when the golden light flared and a cartoon black rectangle appeared with BLEEP written on it. Slowly the cartoon version of the Doctor's seventh life peeked out from behind the door and looked at them. Coughing, he walked into the control room and hooked the umbrella on his arm.
"Hullo," he said with a Scottish accent and Namid smiled.
"The Doctor was called the Professor in this life by his friend, Ace, and like to play the spoons and do a little magic," Adam said as the Doctor took his hat off, reached inside then took out a small bunny and Namid clapped. The Doctor did a little bow, placing the bunny into his hat and placed the hat on his head. "Then, sadly, he walked out of the TARDIS and was run over by a bus."
"Well, it's better than what really happened," the Doctor said when he walked out of the TARDIS while they heard the sound of tires screeching, a thud and the Doctor zoomed back into the control room, falling behind the console. They watched as the golden light flared and the cartoon version of the Doctor's eighth life stood up. He walked around the console as he leaned against it and smiled at Namid.
"He looks really handsome," Namid said as the Doctor did a bow and she giggled.
"The Doctor traveled for a long time until war broke out between the Time Lords and the Daleks and the Doctor went into battle, even though he didn't really want to. One day, while fighting the daleks, the Doctor was shot down in his space fighter and crashed into a lake," Adam said as the Doctor fought for control of his space fighter and it smashed into a lake. The golden light flared when they saw bubbles on the surface of the water and the cartoon version of the Doctor's ninth life walked out of the water. He shook off the water when he folded his arms over his chest and glared at them.
"Right, you better tell her the truth about what happens next or I will give you such a wedgie," the Doctor said and Namid giggled.
"So much for death by cutting your tongue on an envelope," Adam sighed and Namid laughed.
"No, I want to see that!" she said and the Doctor's eyes went wide.
"Oi, what did I ever do to you?" he asked and she laughed harder.
"The Doctor had returned to Earth where he fell in love with a young lovely named Rose Tyler…" Adam said.
"That's Aunt Rose, right?" Namid asked.
"Yep, and he was so in love with her that he wrote her long love poems but he never sent them. One day, he thought "What the heck!" and wrote her a really mushy love poem. He placed the poem into the envelope then went to lick the envelope close, cutting his tongue open with a really nasty paper cut," Adam said while the Doctor sat at the table and licked the envelope. He made choking sounds then fell to the floor and the golden light flared. Bouncing up to his feet, the cartoon version of the Doctor sat on the table when Namid noticed that he only had one hand and frowned.
"Where is his right hand?" she asked when the Doctor reached down and brought out a jar with the hand bouncing in blue liquid. The golden light flared again and his right hand appeared.
"The Doctor and Rose traveled together for a long time until she had to leave and the Doctor was sad," Adam said while the Doctor cried and Namid sighed. "He traveled with his new friends, Martha and Donna, when Davros and the daleks returned and placed Donna in the TARDIS with the jar. Donna and the TARDIS were in trouble so she touched the jar and it broke."
Namid watched as the jar broke then fell to the floor and a golden light flared. She gasped when a cartoon version of Alan hopped onto the table and sat down next to the Doctor.
"Yes, the hand grew into an annoying copy of the Doctor and he helped the Doctor get rid of Davros and the daleks. The Doctor decided that Rose would be better off with his clone so he sent them to live in another universe and left," Adam said when the Doctor pushed Alan off the table and Alan stood up, his lower lip quivering.
"Rose!" he shouted then ran away and the Doctor sighed.
"Now, the Doctor became really, really, really, really, really, really sad until he met a lovely woman named Rain and felt in love," Adam said when a cartoon version of Rain appeared and sat on the table next to the Doctor. The Doctor took one look at her and little cartoon hearts filled his eyes. Namid giggled when the Doctor kissed Rain and Adam smiled.
"In the end, the Doctor and Rain got married and had three amazing children. The end," Adam said as the scene faded and he felt Namid sending love into his mind.
"Did you like that story, Mi-mi?" he thought after lowering the privacy block and felt Theta's mind moving away.
"Yep," she thought and kissed his mind. "Why did Uncle Theta leave?"
"I think he knew we wanted to talk in private. Now, I want you to know that I would have been there if I could. No one messes with my niece and gets away with it."
"I know," she thought. "I love you."
"I love you, too, my brave girl," he thought and stroked her mind.
"Uncle Alan's here. I have to go," she thought.
"Oi, who are you thinking to?" Alan thought then felt Adam's mind in his mind. "Ah, hello there, Old Sweat Sock."
"Sorry that I can't be there to help you kick their butt," Adam thought.
"Yeah, I bet they'd be surprised if we unleashed you on them," Alan thought.
"You got that right. The On Coming Storm is nothing compared to me!"
"Well, got to get Miss Squeaky Cleany out of the tub before she gets all pruney!" Alan thought and Namid giggled.
"Right," Adam thought when he felt their minds moving away then opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling. Smiling, he got off the couch when he walked to the kitchen and went to fix himself something to eat.