PARENTHOOD

Chapter Seventy Five

Amos

The lush green leaves blew slowly in the warm breeze while the Amos flew from one nest like structure to the other and sounds of chirps, warbles and squawks filled the air. The largest of the nest like structures sat at the center of the tallest tree in the forest and large spiraling towers rose toward the sky.

Standing near the window, King Daros watched his subjects when he turned and headed for the throne. His bright red feathers shone in the light from the torches while several feather stood out on the top of his head. His black eyes blinked while he folded the large wings against his back and sat down on the throne, folding his hands over the arms of the throne. He was wearing a gold robe with white accents and golden sandals on his feet. On the ring finger of his right hand was a gold signet ring with the royal seal engraved on the top and three silver rings sat on the fingers of his left hand. Around his neck was a gold chain and a large red ruby sat in the amulet at the end of the chain. Above the black feathers that were his eyebrows sat a gold crown with rubies embedded in it and Daros rapped his fingers on the arm of the throne.

It had been almost a year since the civil war ended and he had conquered those that had the nerve to rebel against him. He had taken great pleasure in publicly execute the former king, Pothos, and his wife but he was furious that the princess had escaped.

"Damn, Gimalt, where have you hidden her?" he growled when the doors to the throne room opened and an Amos guard walked toward the throne. His bright blue and green feathers gleamed as his yellow eyes looked straight ahead and his wings were folded against his back. He was dressed in a black armor vest, a black helmet and black boots and three metal armbands clung to his biceps. He had a sword hanging in a scabbard on his belt and the sword gently swung back and forth against his hips. The guard knelt down on one knee as he looked down at the floor and pounded his fist against his chest.

"Sire," he said as Daros sighed and cupped his head in his right hand.

"What is it, Tarmez?" he asked and Tarmez looked up at him.

"A trade ship from Ballnari III has arrived and the captain had given me some information I thought you needed to hear immediately."

"What is this information?"

"He told me that he has seen an Amos on the planet of New Gallifrey," he said as Daros sat up and leaned half way off the throne.

"What?"

"He told me that he was on New Gallifrey when he saw an Amos working at the docking bay. Curious, he followed the Amos and noticed that there were several of them. What he found interesting was the Amos baby he saw at a park."

"What was so interesting about the baby?"

"He took a picture of it and gave it to me," Tarmez said as Daros waved for him to stand up and Tarmez stood up, walking to the throne. He took the hologram photograph out of the pouch on his belt then handed it to Daros and Daros looked at the photograph. Holding Aderyn in the air, Koschei smiled while Julie laughed and Adeyn had her arms out to her side, her wings were sticking up on her back. Daros scrunched the photograph in his hands when he stood up and a loud squawk filled the air.

"No! This cannot be! She is alive?" he shouted as Tarmez stood up and looked at him. Daros tossed the photograph across the room when he turned to Tarmez and growled. "I want you to take a squad to this New Gallifrey and I want you to bring her here!"

"Yes, Sire," Tarmez said as he pounded his fist on his chest and walked to the doors. He left the room as Daros walked to the window and looked out at the others. Tossing his head back, he screamed as the others looked at the large nest like structure and blinked.

New Gallifrey

"Peep...Peepa...Peep," Aderyn said while she sat in the pushchair and snuggled with her teddy bear. She was wearing a white, backless t-shirt, denim overalls, white socks and white converse sneakers. A pair of white frame sunglasses covered her eyes and she gently tapped her feet together. Koschei and Julie had asked nearly sixteen year old Namid to watch her while they were planning for Aderyn's birthday party. They had decided to pick a day to celebrate Aderyn's birth since they didn't know when she was born and the Doctor agreed to have the party at his house. After several rejected dates, they decided on the eighteenth of April and that was three days away. Namid was listening to her MP3 player when she noticed someone coming closer and smiled.

"Hello, Teacher," Namid said as she stopped and took the ear bus out of her ears. Stopping and holding the stick in his hands, Hamish smiled and Aderyn looked up at him, blinking her eyes. He was wearing a blue t-shirt, jeans, a black leather belt, a denim jacket and white converse sneakers and his light brown hair was tied back with a brown cord.

"Hello, Namid, and you dinnae have tae call me that outside of class," he said with a grin.

"Sorry, Hamish, where are you going?"

"I was just out for a walk," he said when Aderyn started peeping and he reached out with his right hand. "Ah, that sounds like a wee birdie."

"Hammy!" Aderyn said as he found the edge of the pushchair and knelt down on his knees.

"There she is!" he said as he gently went forehead to forehead with Aderyn and she rubbed her hands against his cheeks. "Have you been good for Namid?"

"Aye!" Aderyn chirped and he smiled. Suddenly he stood up when he closed his eyes and held the stick tightly in his hands. Namid looked around as he slowly tilted his head side to side and she placed her hand on his arm.

"What's wrong?" she whispered while he placed his finger to his lips and hushed her.

"I hear something," he whispered as she bent down and picked Aderyn up, holding her in her arms. A warm wind moved through the leaves while they stood still on the pavement and fear started creeping into her mind.

"Rainbow, are you alright?" the Doctor thought after feeling the fear in her mind and she held Aderyn against her chest.

"I don't know, Daddy. I'm with Aderyn and Hamish and Hamish hears something," Namid thought and Hamish moved the Doctor's mind forward.

"Hamish, what are you hearing?" the Doctor thought and Hamish held the stick in both hands, angling it in front of his chest.

"It sounds like....no, that cannae be. It sounds like wings," Hamish thought as Namid smiled and looked around for birds in the sky. She knew what it was like to be blind but Hamish's hearing was better than hers and saw only a few birds in the sky.

"Are you talking about those birds?" she asked then showed Hamish what she was looking at but he shook his head, moving around her and Aderyn.

"It's much bigger," he said when several shadows appeared overhead and Namid looked up, seeing the Amos flying toward them.

"Daddy, there Amos here but they don't like Gimalt or Tersha," she thought then showed the Doctor what the Amos looked like.

"They look like soldiers. Namid, where are you?" he thought when the Amos landed and Tarmez walked toward them.

"Hand over the child!" he said when Aderyn started crying and Hamish walked in front of them, holding the stick firmly in his hands.

"No," Hamish growled and Tarmez looked at Hamish's eyes.

"Stand aside, Sightless One, this does not concern you," he said and Hamish growled.

"If it concerns the bairn then it does."

"Stand aside. I do not want to harm you," Tarmez said as he gently pushed Hamish back and Namid gently rocked Aderyn, hushing her.

"Daddy, help, they want to take Aderyn," Namid thought.

"Don't worry, Love, I contacted Koschei and we're coming!" he thought when Tarmez walked closer then stopped when Hamish smacked the stick into Tarmez' stomach.

"Keep away from the bairn!" he said and two of the other Amos guards aimed their laser blasters at him.

"Daddy, they have guns and are going to shoot Hamish!" Namid thought, gently rocking Aderyn.

"Namid, listen tae me, I want you tae run," Hamish said and she looked at him.

"No, Daddy's coming and he'll handle it," she said but he shook his head, holding the stick in his hands.

"Right, as your teacher, I order you tae run!" Hamish said as the Amos guards came closer and he swirled the stick around in a circle then held it under his arm.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tarmez asked as Hamish smiled and wiggled two fingers at him.

"Run!" Hamish shouted when Namid nodded and ran.

"Daddy, hurry, Hamish is going to fight them!" she thought.

"Hamish, don't fight them!" the Doctor thought when Hamish heard footsteps coming closer and Tarmez watched as the Doctor and Koschei ran toward them. Nodding, Tarmez pointed toward Namid and Aderyn and two of the Amos flew into the air.

"Leave my daughter alone!" Koschei shouted when he held his hand up and two lightning bolts flew out from his hands. The Amos guard flew around the lightning bolts as the Doctor ran to Tarmez and placed his hand on Hamish's arm.

"What is the meaning of this?" the Doctor demanded and Tarmez smirked at him.

"We are here for the princess," Tarmez said and the Doctor blinked.

"Are you here to take her home because the civil war is over and it's safe for her to return to Amos?" he asked when they heard Namid scream and the two Amos guard lifted her and Aderyn off the ground. "Wait, what are you doing?"

"We are here for the princess and that is all you need to know," Tarmez said as Koschei ran to the Doctor and took aim at the Amos guards.

"No, Kosch, you'll make them drop Namid and Aderyn!" the Doctor said and Koschei sighed, lowering his hands,

"But, Doctor, you cannae..." Hamish said as Tarmez blinked and looked at the Doctor.

"You are the Doctor?" he asked and the Doctor glared at him, his eyes turning jet black.

"Yep," the Doctor said, popping the "p". Before they could move, Tarmez made a high pitched whistle and flew into the air. The Amos guards followed as they flew away and Koschei fell to his knees.

"No," he said over and over as the Doctor knelt down next to him and placed his hand on Koschei's shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back," he said softly and Koschei nodded. They stood up as Hamish reached out his hand and the Doctor took his hand.

"Doctor, I normally dinnae ask but I want tae come with you," he said and the Doctor looked at Koschei. He knew that Jamie would be pissed off if anything happened to Hamish as he sighed and patted Hamish's hand.

"No, Ham, I can't let you come with us. But you can go and tell Rain and Julie what happened and stay with them until we come back," he said and Hamish frowned.

"Aye, Doctor, I understand," he said with a nod of his head and headed down the pavement.

"Thete, what's going on? Why is Namid screaming in her head?" Rain thought and the Doctor sighed.

"Some Amos guards came and kidnapped her and Aderyn. Koschei and I are going after them. I'm sending Hamish to fill you and Julie in on what happened and I want you to take them to the house and wait until we come back," he thought and send love into her mind.

"Want me to come, Brother?" Alan thought.

"Count me and John in," Amato thought.

"And Adam and I," Duer thought when the Doctor heard the others asking to come and he smiled. He knew that he could count on his ever expanding family when something happened but he saw the look on Koschei's face and Koschei balled his hands into fists.

"As much as I'd love all of you to come, I'm going to get my kid back on my own," Koschei thought then smiled at the Doctor. "Well, the Doctor's going to help me, but I need to do this."

"Of all of us, I know how you feel, Mate," Adam thought and Koschei smiled. "But there is safety in numbers."

"Yeah, what he said," Alan said and the Doctor looked at Koschei.

"Well?" he asked and Koschei sighed.

"Fine, anyone that wants to come with us, be at the Doctor's house in ten minutes," Koschei thought as they turned and ran down the pavement.

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