HELTER SKELTER
Chapter Thirty Five Everyone gathered in the console room while the Doctor ran a scan for any spaceships above the Earth. "Normally, there's a lot of space traffic above the Earth but most ships are just passing by," the Doctor said. "Um…should we be concerned that there are spaceships going by Earth on a frequent basis?" John asked. "Nah, most alien species want nothing to do with you lot. They think of you as backwards apes and this planet is not worth their time. 99 percent of alien species don't bother coming here." "Gee, why does that not make me feel any better?" John said as everyone laughed. "However, there is the 1 percent who are interested in this planet and those are the ones we have to keep an eye on," the Doctor said. "Aha, found a rather large ship hovering above the Earth right above the British Isles. I'm willing to wager that's our quarry. So I'll have the TARDIS save the coordinates of the ship so she can get onboard it. Now before we do that, all those who aren't going with me need to go back to the quarters the TARDIS set up and I want to seal it away while we're in the ship just in case on the slim chance they get in here you'll be protected. Also, I need to shield everyone's mind that is going in case you're captured. So who's going, raise your hand." Paul and William raised their hands along with John, Ringo, George, Amy, Rory and Jane. John looked at Roger. "Not coming?" he said. "Don't feel like getting a bit of revenge on what they did to you?" "Are you sure this raid'll work?" Roger asked. "No, but it's better than sitting around and letting the Diablons picks us off one by one," John replied. "I'd rather go down fighting than be led to the slaughter like sheep. Not to mention my best mate is in danger." Roger looked at their faces while they looked back at him. "Come on, Roger," George said. "We need you to help out when we beat them within an inch of their lives." "Now, wait, Roger is entitled to his own decision," the Doctor said. "Don't pressure him if he doesn't want to go." Roger sighed and held up his hand. "What the hell, I can't live forever, right? Besides, you're right. We need to stick together and even though he's my musical rival and I shouldn't care, Paul's a nice bloke and I don't want him ending up in an incinerator. Count me in." "Thanks, Roger," Paul said. "Anyone else?" he said, looking at Richard, Margaret and Jim. "Paul, if you're gonna do this, be careful," Jim said. "I will, dad." Jim came up to him and hugged him while Jane's parents did the same. "You be careful as well, young lady," Richard said as he hugged his daughter. "I will. We're gonna look out for one another up there." Richard looked at his future son-in-law. "Hear me well, McCartney," he said to him. "This girl is your responsibility. You keep her safe because if she dies, you're getting emasculated with a butter knife, got it?" The Beatles and Roger howled with laughter as Paul put his hand over his crotch and nodded. "Yes, sir, I promise I won't let your daughter die," he said. "Oh, I don't know, might be interesting watching Richard saw through Paul's wedding tackle with a butter knife," John said as George, Ringo and Roger snickered. "Might gain a whole new audience if we had a she-male in the group. Lots of curiosity seekers would wanna watch Paul Paulina McCartney." "Okay, John, that'll do," Paul said while they laughed. "Sorry Paul-Paulina, got carried away there for a moment," John said, giving him a playful shove on the back of the head. He paused a moment and grinned at George and Ringo. "You know," he said, pointing to the back of Paul's shaved head. "This might come in handy. We can tattoo lyrics on the back of his head and while he's standing at his microphone I can read his head and won't have to memorize my songs." "Or…George said while Paul groaned and everyone else laughed, "we could tattoo filthy things back there." "Or bury a lot of money and jewels and make a treasure map on his head so we won't forget." "Why am I still sane?" Paul said as everyone laughed. "Why these three haven't driven me insane yet, I'll never know!" "Anyway…" John said. "If you wanna put up that block in my mind, I'm ready." Everyone else except Paul and William murmured their agreement and the Doctor took them aside so he could do it. Jane kissed Paul's lips and walked over with them. Paul stood with William, Richard, Margaret and his father watching while the Doctor started to put up blocks in John's mind. "Actually, I think a kitten would be cute. It would definitely go with your cute one image." "William!" Paul said, turning to face him as everyone laughed. "Not you as well." "I'm only saying that if you're gonna tattoo something back there, it should be a kitten," William said with a playful gleam in his eyes. He ducked when Paul tried to give him a playful swat on the head. "You're my assistant, you're not supposed to say such things to your boss," he chided playfully as he wagged his finger at William. "Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, Boss," William said. "You're forgiven, now go and fetch me a woolen cap, my head's cold." "It is?" William said. "Yeah, actually it is," Paul said, running his hand down the back of his head. "Ever since I got my hair sheared off, I feel cold. Used to have a full mop top to keep my noddle warm, not there's nothing but a little fuzz and it's freezing in here. I need a hat." He grabbed William's arm when he started to walk off and laughed. "I was havin' ya on, mate. I don't need a hat, honestly," he said to William. "I know. But I need to use the loo and I figure it'll probably be hard to find one once we got on board the ship." Paul nodded. He let go of William's arm and William started towards the back door. While he walked towards it, he thought for a moment he saw someone standing there in the darkness that quickly ducked out of sight when he approached. But by the time he went through the door, there was no one there. He scratched his head and looked around but he couldn't see anyone. Figuring it was one of the other people in the TARDIS; he dismissed it and headed for the restroom. "Master." "Speak," Lucifer said. "Another report from our spy. They are coming, they have the coordinates and they're heading this way." "Excellent. Prepare for our guests and tell the others." "Seize them as soon as the TARDIS lands, master?" "No, let them be for a bit. Perhaps they will split up and we can pick them off one by one and ready the McCartney clone so he can be sent among them. Tell his handlers that he must pretend at first to be their friend and gain their confidence. Perhaps with the real McCartney there, it will create confusion." "Yes, master, I obey." Lucifer chuckled when his human slave hurried away and sat back in his chair. "This will prove to be interesting," he said to himself. William neared the restroom when he suddenly heard someone running behind him. He turned around and gasped when he saw Tom and Charley running away from him. "Hey!" he said, running after them. The teenagers looked over their shoulders and their eyes widened when they saw William pursuing them. They put on a burst of speed. "TARDIS, stop them!" he yelled out. Suddenly a wall was thrown up in front of the boys and they grunted when they smacked into it. They fell to the floor in a daze as William jogged up to them and folded his arms over his chest. "How did you get out?" William asked them. "I…uh…picked the lock," Tom said sheepishly. "I have a penknife." "Yeah, well, the Doctor put you in that room for a reason so you wouldn't wander around and muck with things." "Who the hell are you anyway?" Tom said as he and his brother stood up. "You're not a Beatle, you look like another square." "My name is William. I'm Paul's assistant and friend and I'd rather be a square than a drug abuser and Satan worshiper." "Wait, you mentioned that mind control mask," Tom said. "You were a prisoner too?" "Yes, I was. I was going to replace Paul before I was rescued." "Replace him, you look nothing like him," Tom said while Charley snickered. William let out an angry sigh. "Yes, I've heard that a million times since I first met Paul face to face. That's not the point, the point is you need to stay in your room." "You can't stop us, you're not our dad," Tom replied. "Yeah? Well, I can get the Doctor and believe me; he'll make you obey him since this is his ship." "And then you guys would be just as bad as Lucifer," Tom taunted. He gasped when William grabbed his shirt and shoved him back against the wall. "Don't you dare compare us with him," he said angrily. "I assure you even though we're adults and the enemy to you and your brother, we're nothing like him. If I were you, I'd start trusting us before you end up in the same place you were before." "Yeah, well, as they say, never trust anyone under 30," Tom said. "Well, I'm 30 so I s'pose I'm on the cusp of not being trusted," William said. "As for the Beatles, Paul and George are 24 and John and Ringo are 26 so they're well below the borderline. So I think it would be in your best interest to trust them and the Doctor and stay put in your room. We're about to do something dangerous and we don't need you underfoot." "What are you about to do?" Tom said. "We're going to go stop your god from harming any more people. Now…TARDIS, is there a way you can put them back and make sure they don't get out." "You can't tell us what to…" Tom was cut out when there was a flash and both of them vanished along with the wall. William looked around in surprise but didn't see them. He looked up at the ceiling. "Um…I hope you put them back in their rooms and didn't just…disintegrate them," he said. "Since you've been kind so far, I'm assuming you did put them back and I thank you." He raised his eyebrow when the TARDIS rumbled warmly at him. An amused smile spread over his face and he quickly hurried back to the console room. By the time he got back, the Doctor was finished blocking the minds of everyone who was going to participate. William told him what happened with Tom and Charley. When he finished, the Doctor glanced up at the ceiling. "You did put them back, right? You didn't disintegrate them?" he said while everyone laughed. The TARDIS rumbled and he nodded. "She did and she sealed the door and made it into a wall so there's no way they can escape now. I'm glad you found them. I still don't trust them completely and we don't want them running out the door once we're gone and helping Lucifer." There was another rumbling and the Doctor grinned. "The TARDIS also says you're welcome and she likes you," he said to William while everyone laughed. "Nice to know she does," William said. The Doctor patted his shoulder. "Right, I think we're finally ready so let's set a course for the Hades," he said, running towards the stairs that led up to the console.
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