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Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Two WHERE DID DADDY GO? Little Alan signed as he looked over her shoulder and Xashon wondered if she should tell him. She wasn't sure if the aliens to their left could read Gallifreyan sign language as she took his hands and set up a privacy block. Little Alan smiled when she appeared in his mind and she knelt down on her haunches then softly smiled at him. DADDY WENT TO HELP THE DOCTOR FIND THE BOMB, she signed and he frowned. OH, DON'T WORRY. THE DOCTOR WON'T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOUR DADDY. I KNOW. I JUST WANT TO HELP. YOU HAVE HELPED! IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THEM USING SIGN LANGUAGE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS A BOMB AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. YOU MEAN LIKE ALPHA CENTAURI AND THE EWOKS? YES, she signed and he smiled then wrapped his arms around her neck. Xashon dropped the privacy block when she saw him hugging her and she rubbed his back, sending love into his mind. The Doctor and Adam walked down the hallway as they used their sonic screwdriver to scan for the bomb and the Doctor noticed the sonic screwdriver Adam was using was Duer's sonic screwdriver. "Borrowing your brother's toys again?" he asked while wiggling his eyebrows up and down and Adam softly smiled. "No," he said as he elongated the "o" and the Doctor gave him a stern look. "Do you remember when my brother and I went to check those lave tubes on Minos Three?" "Yeah," the Doctor said with a nod of his head. "Well, I….um…my hands were sweaty and I…" Adam said as the Doctor softly laughed and rolled his eyes. "You dropped your sonic screwdriver into the lava tube?" "Yeah, I never saw anything melt so fast. Duer said I can use his sonic until my TARDIS grows me a new one." "It is going to look like this one?" the Doctor asked as he pointed to the sonic screwdriver and Adam shook his head. "Nah, this one's got too many buttons," Adam said when the Doctor's sonic screwdriver pinged and they stood in front of the doors. The Doctor scanned the doors when he sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. "Bugger, I should have known. The aliens Alan saw were Ornetz and they are at war with the Krystans." "And they are the ones we agreed to represent in the treaty signing," Adam said and the Doctor nodded his head. "Don't worry. I scanned for a bomb in our box before we left. Alan, Xashon and the others are safe," the Doctor said as Adam sighed and brushed the hair from his eyes. "What we need to do is find where the bomb is." "Can't we just go inside?" Adam asked when the doors slid open and they looked up at the large, muscular figure standing in the doorway. Standing roughly ten and a half feet in height, the figure looked male, but was made of iridescent crystal and the red eyes sparkled in the light. The face was oval in shape and the crystal that formed the nose stuck out a bit. The figure's long, white hair was tied back with a black cord and the figure was wearing black body armor and helmet with a laser blaster hanging from the holster on his right hip. "Hello, I am the Doctor. Who are you?" he asked. "I am General Maxar," Maxar said and the Doctor nodded his head. "Is Lady Onyxia present? I need to speak with her," the Doctor said and Maxar made his eyes into tight slits. "She is busy at the moment," Maxar said while Adam was scanning him with the lowest setting on his sonic screwdriver when his eyes widened and he set up a privacy block. "Um, Doctor, hate to say this, but we've found the bomb. His whole body is saturated with enough explosives to blow us to the next planet," Adam thought and the Doctor cursed whoever was in charge of security. "Right, we need to get him out of here," the Doctor thought. "And how are we going to get Mount Diamond here to come with us?" "Follow my lead," the Doctor said as he looked at Maxar and folded his arms over his chest. "Right, I know that I am breaking all sorts of protocol, but the reason I need to speak with Lady Onyxia is we found out there is a virus going around that only affects crystalline beings." "And you believe that she has it?" Maxar asked. "That is why I need to see her. In fact…" the Doctor said as he took his sonic screwdriver and pretended to scan him. "Yep, just as I thought, you have it!" "I do?" Maxar asked with wide eyes and Adam pressed his lips together, trying not to laugh. "Oh yeah," Adam said as he pretended to scan Maxar and looked at the screen. "You are in the first stages. If we don't get you tended to right away, well, I wouldn't plan on reading any long books in the near future." Maxar's eyes went as wide as they could as the Doctor assured him he would be alright if he came with them and they walked down the hallway, heading for the lift. The senate was gob smacked when news of the bomb spread and Adam searched the crowds for any sign of Little Alan. The Doctor was speaking with security as the Ornetz were placed in the prison transfer vehicle and the anger he felt boiled deep inside him. "Val'yak!" Xashon called out as she and Little Alan walked closer and Little Alan let go of her hand, running toward Adam. Kneeling down, Adam held his arms out as Little Alan wrapped his arms around Adam's neck and hugged him. "Are you alright?" "Yes, we're fine," the Doctor said while looking at Adam trying to stand while Little Alan held onto his neck and softly smiled. "Oh dear…oh dear….oh dear," Alpha Centauri said while coming closer and was lightly bouncing up and down. "I can't believe this is happening! Someone planted a bomb?" "Yes, but we've gotten rid of it," Adam said as he held Little Alan in his arms and Little Alan placed his head on Adam's shoulder. Suddenly several Krystans walked closer then parted when a tall Krystan female with long, black hair and ice blue eyes walked by them and the Doctor placed his hands together then bowed. "Lady Onyxia," he said as she stopped in front of him and her gold gown swirled around her flawless body. "Greetings, Doctor," Lady Onyxia said then looked over at Maxar and softly sighed. "I wish to thank you for saving us. I knew that Lord Grafelk was against the treaty, but to use my brother as a bomb is inexcusable!" "Uh, yeah, about that," the Doctor said when he looked over at Maxar and brushed the hair from his eyes. Security was able to remove the explosive from his skin as Maxar looked at the Doctor and alarm bells started ringing in his head. "Is there something wrong?" she asked, looking over at her brother. "How did Lord Grafelk get hold of your brother? I don't think someone that big and lumpy would just let Lord Grafelk turn him into a walking time bomb without a fight." "I….uh…." Lady Onyxia said when she walked to Maxar and Maxar looked down, tilting his head to one side. "When were you captured by Lord Grafelk?" "I don't remember," he said as the Doctor walked closer and Maxar glared at him with his eyes in tight slits. "What do you want, Flesher?" "You will not talk to the Doctor that way!" she shouted and Maxar growled, his fingers flexing over the handle of his laser blaster. "What are you hiding?" the Doctor said while walking closer when Maxar grabbed onto Lady Onyxia and she screamed. Maxar held her against his body while pointing the laser blaster at them and Adam sighed, taking the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. Pushing a few buttons, Adam pointed the sonic screwdriver at Maxar then pushed the button and Maxar screamed as his hand exploded. The laser blaster landed on the ground as Maxar held onto the shattered stump when the security guards walked closer and the Doctor nodded his head. "Onyxia!" Maxar shouted as the security team placed him in the larger prison transfer vehicle and closed the door. Sighing, the Doctor walked to Lady Onyxia as she lowered her head and he gently lifted her chin up. "I am so sorry," she sighed, but he shook his head and she softly smiled. "Where is the young Flesher?" Adam walked closer when he stood in front of her and Little Alan smiled as she walked closer then stroked Little Alan's hair. "Is it true that he was the one who found out about the bomb?" she asked. "Yes," Adam said with a nod of his head. "Please place him down," she said as Adam placed Little Alan down when Lady Onyxia knelt down in front of Little Alan and he smiled at her. The Doctor had informed her about Little Adam's deafness and how he was able to understand the sign language the Ornetz were using as Little Alan moved his fingers over her hands and she smiled. She slowly moved her hands toward his head while a blue light flickered along her fingers and hands and she placed her hands over his ears. Adam looked at the Doctor, but the Doctor shook his head and the blue light pulsated on and off. Adam didn't feel panic or fear coming from Little Alan when Lady Onyxia lowered her hands and stood up, smiling at him. "Thank you." They watched her walking away with the rest of the Krystans when Adam knelt in front of Little Alan and Little Alan was looking around with a shocked look on his face. "What did she do to him?" Adam asked as he held Little Alan's head in his hands and Little Alan smiled, placing his hands on Adam's cheeks. "I have heard that Krystans are great healers," the Doctor said as he softly walked behind Little Alan and clapped his hands. Little Alan jumped when he turned around to look at the Doctor and Adam stood up with a shocked look on his face. Clapping his hands together, he watched Little Alan spin around as he smiled at Adam and tears dribbled down his cheeks. "Rassilon," he whispered when Adam picked up Little Alan and hugged him. "He can hear?" Xashon asked. "Yep, but let's take him to Martha. She can tell us for sure what Lady Onyxia has done to him," the Doctor said as they started to walk away and Adam sent love into Little Alan's mind. Standing in the doorway, Adam watched Little Alan sleeping as he leaned on the doorframe and softly smiled. Martha had done tests to find out what Lady Onyxia had done and they were stunned when the scans showed the nerve damage was gone and his eardrums were fully formed. She gave them a name of a child speech therapist so they could make an appointment to start teaching him how to talk and Little Alan was amazed how loud the world was. Alan was gob smacked to find out that Little Alan could now hear and had come over for dinner, giving Little Alan a big hug and kiss. Adam felt a little guilty for the sense of relief he was feeling as he brushed the hair out of his eyes, softly kicked off the doorframe and headed down the hallway. What he didn't see was Little Alan half open his eyes as he signed NIGHT, DADDY then closed his eyes and drifted off back to sleep.
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