PARENTHOOD
Chapter One Hundred and Forty One "Right, stand back, let the professionals handle this!" Alan said while Adam moved around the room and the little black box in his hand beeped. He walked to the dresser as he scanned the dolls when Moira walked into the room and pulled on his arm, causing him to look down at her. "You can look, but no touching," she said as she pointed to the dolls and Adam nodded, patting her on top of the head. He walked toward the window seat while Moira followed him and Duer glanced over at the Doctor, both of them smiling. "The noise came from under the bed," Jamie said when Alan placed two fingers in his mouth and whistled. Adam stopped short when Moira walked into the back of his legs and he turned around, looking down at her. "You ok?" he asked and Moira nodded her head. "See, this is why we don't allow people in the room while we're investigating! Out!" Alan said while pointing to the door. "But we might need some bait." Adam said as he looked around then room then looked at Moira and picked her up. "Ah, I found some!" "Yes, I think she'll do nicely!" Alan said when Adam carefully placed Moira over his shoulder and she giggled. "I dinnae want tae be bait!" Moira said as she playfully kicked her feet against Adam's chest and he shook his head, heading for the bed. "Nope, sorry, you're going under that bed," Adam said as he tickled her side and Moira laughed. "Wait!" Alan said when Adam stopped near the bed and rubbed Moira's back. Alan reached into his pocket when he removed a tape measure then measured Moira then placed the tape measure back into his pocket. "Nope, she's too big." "Aw nuts," Adam said when he placed Moira on the bed and sighed. "Then what are we going to use as bait?" "I was thinking about using Rain, but her big butt wouldn't fit under the bed," Alan said while the Doctor glared at him and Alan started pacing back and forth. "What we need to do is take the mattress off the bed," Duer said while walking to the bed and picked up Moira, holding her carefully on his right hip. "Close the door, will you, Jamie?" the Doctor asked as Jamie nodded and closed the door. The Doctor walked to the bed when he removed the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket, knelt down and lifted up the corner of the dust ruffle. The blue light lit up the darkness when something growled and he saw the red eyes glaring at him. "Blimey, what is that?" Duer handed Moira to Jamie when he knelt down next to the Doctor and looked under the dust ruffle. The growling grew louder as he looked at the Doctor and the Doctor placed the dust ruffle down. "Bugger, I think we need to call in an expert," Duer said and the Doctor nodded. "No, we'll handle this!" Alan said as he and Adam walked to the other side of the bed then knelt down on the floor and Alan lifted up the corner of the dust ruffle, looking under the bed. The red eyes glared at him when Adam knelt down and looked at the red eyes then looked up at the Doctor and had a slightly stunned look on his face. "Does anyone know where Frazer is?" Adam asked and Alan let go of the dust ruffle and sat on his bottom, brushing his fingers through his hair. "Grooga," Loch grumbled while Frazer moved the brush along Loch's neck and softly hummed. Loch lifted its chin as he scrubbed under Loch's chin and Loch purred. Placing the long handle brush against the railing, Frazer patted the soft skin when Loch vanished under the water and Frazer watched Loch swim toward the island at the center of the tank. Frazer didn't mind working the late shift at the zoo as he watched Loch crawl onto the island, curl up into a ball and close its eyes. Picking up the long handle brush, Frazer pushed the button that turned the overhead lights off and the tank grew dark. He headed down the ramp while the long handle brush bounced on his shoulder and he walked to the maintenance cart, placing the long handle brush inside the cart. Suddenly cartoon images of Adam and Alan being chased by what looked like huge cartoon bunnies made of dust and lint ran across his mind while Frazer blinked and shook his head, closing his eyes. "What?" he asked while the cartoon images ran by again when the cartoon Alan stopped, holding up a big cartoon sign that read HELP! THERE ARE KILLER DUST BUNNIES AT HAMISH'S HOUSE!. One of the huge cartoon dust bunnies slowly appeared behind the cartoon Alan as the shadow covered him and Cartoon Alan slowly turned around. His eyes sprung out of his head when the huge cartoon dust bunny growled and Cartoon Alan screamed like a girl then ran off. The huge cartoon dust bunny ran after him as Frazer opened his eyes and frowned. "Right, I better go see what that's all aboot." Jenna opened the door while Frazer walked inside and kissed her on the cheek. "What are you doing here?" Jenna asked as she closed the door and he took his denim jacket off, placing the denim jacket on the peg near the door. "Uncle Alan just sent me a weird message that you have killer dust bunnies," Frazer said then showed her what Alan sent him and Jenna softly laughed. "Well, we're not sure what it is, but they're upstairs in Moira's room," Jenna said as he nodded and headed for the stairs. Zoe was sleeping on the couch under a Penguins of Madagascar duvet as Frazer quietly walked to the couch, leaned over then softly kissed the top of her head and Zoe sighed, snuggling under the duvet. Heading for the stairs, he went up the stairs when he walked down the hallway then stood in front of the door and knocked on the door. "Everything ok in there?" he asked when the door opened and Jamie looked at him. "Nae really," Jamie said as he opened the door enough for Frazer to come inside the room then Jamie closed the door, standing against it. Alan and Adam stood on either side of the bed while Duer sat on the rocking chair with Moira on his lap and he was gently rocking her, stroking her hair. "So, where are these killer dust bunnies?" Frazer asked while he walked to the rocking chair and knelt down, smiling at Moira. "How are you doing, nighean brathair?" "What did he say?" Adam whispered and Alan shrugged. "It means "niece" in Gaelic," Duer said. "Oh," they said at the same time and Moira smiled at Frazer. "There is a uamhas under my bed," she whispered and Frazer softly smiled, stroking her hair. "Really?" he asked and she nodded her head. Slowly crawling toward the bed, Frazer lifted the edge of the dust ruffle when he peeked under the bed then looked up at Adam. "Do you have a torch?" "Yep," Adam said then reached into his pocket and brought out a torch, handing it to him. Nodding, Frazer turned the flashlight on when he shined the light under the bed and saw the sneakers, toys and candy wrappers. 'Blimey, it's a mess under here. I'm amazed you dinnae have namkeys under here," Frazer said when Moira got off of Duer's lap and walked to the bed, kneeling down next to him. "What are namkeys?" she asked while Frazer went down on his stomach and shined the light around until he saw the red eyes. "Those are namkeys," he said as he pointed to the red eyes and she settled down next to him, looking at the red eyes. "Are they dangerous?" "No, but they are cheeky little buggers," he said when one of the pair of red eyes moved closer and he turned the torch off. The namkey stopped a few inches from him when Frazer looked at it and the red eyes blinked at him. "Hello there." The namkey was about two inches tall with gray and white fluff and it opened its small slit of a mouth, making soft gurgling sounds. Moira smiled at it when the namkey moved toward her as it blinked the glowing red eyes and made a purring sound. "Can I touch it?" she whispered. "I dinnae think so," Frazer said when the namkey moved toward him and tilted what he thought was its head to one side. "Where do they come from?" Adam asked as he joined them on the floor and looked at the namkey. It moved quickly toward him as he smiled and it blinked the glowing red eyes at him. "They come from the edges of the fey lands," Frazer said as Jamie walked closer and knelt down next to them. "I thought the Great Queen said that the fey cannae see us anymore," Jamie said, reminding them what Great Queen Titania had told them when she freed Frazer from his godmother's control. "Aye, they cannae do that, but this isnae a mystical being as it is a mystical creature," Frazer said as the namkey purred and he smiled. "But how did they get under Moira's bed?" Duer asked as he joined them on the floor and looked at the namkey. "Well, there are several ways, but they are mostly attracted to..." Frazer said when he saw Alan and the Doctor looking at him from the other side of the bed and Alan was about to poke one of the namkeys with a stick he had gotten out of his pocket. "No, Alan, dinnae do that!" "Why?" Alan asked. "Because it's rude," Duer said with wide eyes and Alan sighed, placing the stick on the floor. "As I was saying, the namkeys are attracted to the sweet smell of candy an', from what I can see, someone had been hiding her candy wrappers under the bed," Frazer said and Moira smiled at him. "Mommy doesnae like it if I eat too much candy," she said and Frazer shook his head, rolling his eyes. "So how do we get rid of them?" Alan asked when they heard a louder growling sound coming from under the bed and they looked at each other. "What was that?" "Uh-oh, I think we are in big trouble," Frazer said then stood up and they followed him. "What's wrong?" Duer asked when the bed started shaking and he picked Moira up, holding her against him. "Momma's here an' she doesnae sound happy," Frazer said and the bed slowly started rising off the floor.
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