TRIAL OF A TIME LORD: THE VALEYARD

Chapter Thirty Five

The party was over as Hamish stood near the window and watched the stars blinking in the night sky. His mind was buzzing with faces and voices as he placed his forehead against the glass and sighed. Closing his eyes, he reached out with his hand as he headed for the bed then stopped, his toes touching the edge of the stick. Lucy had asked if he wanted to get rid of it but he told her that he wanted to keep it, just in case.

"Just in case I wake up an' this is all a dream," he thought.

"It isn't," Namid thought and he smiled.

"But what if it is? I've had more than one dream where I can see but wake up in the dark," he thought and she set up a privacy block.

"Then it's time for you to come out of the dark and come into the light."

"I'm scared," he thought and she sent love into his mind.

"There is nothing to be afraid of."

"I'll have tae take your word for it, mo ionmhuinn oileanach," he thought as she giggled and he smiled.

"Good night, Teacher," Namid thought as he felt her mind leaving and he sighed, patting the soft wood of the stick.

Walking to the bed, he slid under the duvet when Lucy snuggled closer and placed her head against his chest. His hearts thumped in her ear as she moved her finger along the edge of his nipple and he smiled, wrapping an arm around her.

"Are you alright?" she asked and he kissed the top of her head.

"Well, my eyes hurt from all this looking around but Grace says that it's natural," he said and she nodded.

"Were you disappointed when you saw me for the first time?" she asked and he frowned.

"No, why are you asking?"

"You seemed tae be looking at Namid more than you were looking at me," she said and a cold chill ran through him. He hadn't noticed that she saw him looking at Namid and sighed.

"Well, she is a pretty lass, I'll give you that," he said with a smile and she rolled off of him. "Lucy?"

"Do you want her?" she asked and he rolled onto his side and slid his arm around her. He kissed her shoulder then her neck as she looked back at him and could just see him smiling at her.

"No," he said then reached over and turned on the light and blinked a few times. He turned back to her as he moved the strap of her nightgown down and kissed her shoulder. Seeing what he wanted in his shining eyes, she slid out of the nightgown as he moved his hand along her arm and a grin cut across his face. "Now, this, I want!"

"Then turn off the light," she said as he shook his head and kissed her lips.

"No, I have spent too much time in the dark," he said then crawled on top of her and she moved her hands up his chest. "It's time for me to come into the light!"

Alan flipped the crystal the Doctor gave him in his hand when he walked toward the bedroom where Mirza was going to sleep when he tapped on the doorframe and Mirza looked at him. Dressed in the blue and white striped pajamas that Rose had given him, Mirza was lying on the floor as Alan walked closer and knelt down next to him.

"What are you doing on the floor? Don't you like the bed?" Alan asked and looked at the bed covered with the Buzz Lightyear duvet. He did think it might be too childish for Mirza but Christopher used to love to snuggle under it and Mirza looked at the bed then at Alan and sighed.

"I'm not worthy to sleep on a bed," he said and Alan's hearts hurt.

"Uh, yeah, you are worthy. Now, get your bottom under the covers," he said and Mirza backed away from him with fear in his eyes.

"Don't beat me!" he said as Alan blinked and frowned.

"I wasn't going to do that."

"You are angry with me," Mirza said then covered his head. Alan was shocked as he crawled on the floor and scooped Mirza into his arms. Mirza was stunned but relaxed when Alan started rocking him and gently kissed his hair.

"There is one thing you got to understand about me and that is I have NEVER beaten any of my kids. Though they have given me reason to," Alan said with a smile and Mirza looked up at him. "And, I am not mad at you."

Mirza nodded as Alan rocked him when he saw the crystal in Alan's hand and Alan looked from him to the crystal and smiled.

"What is that?" Mirza asked, pointing to the crystal.

"This is what we use to become Time Lords and Time Ladies," Alan said then told him about Imiko and her giving the Doctor the crystals and Mirza touched the crystal.

"And it will make me one?" he asked and Alan looked at him.

"Only if you want to."

"Do you want me to, Father?"

"Well, it would make things a lot easier if you did," he said and Mirza looked at the crystal. Slowly, he took the crystal from Alan's hand when he broke the crystal open and the golden light moved through him. His eyes went wide when Alan appeared in his head and a big WELCOME banner appeared over Alan's head. "Right, seeing that you are now a Time Child, there are some rules that you have to follow without question. One, there will be no making fun of your father because that will make me sad. Two, making fun of your Aunt Rain is totally acceptable."

Suddenly Rain appeared in Mirza's mind as she smiled at him then glared at Alan and Alan coughed, continuing with his lecture.

"Yes, it is totally acceptable to make fun of her because she is a booger head and..." he said then ducked as she tried to hit the back of his head and Mirza cupped his mouth, trying not to laugh.

"Three, you must defend your father from Aunt Rain! Help!" Alan said as he ran behind Mirza and he looked up at him.

"What if I don't want to?" he asked as Rain smiled and Alan gasped.

"It's starting already, is it?" he asked as Mirza shrugged and Rain walked away. Alan left Mirza's mind when he hugged him and Mirza looked up at him. "So, are you going to get into bed now?"

"Yes," Mirza said as they got off the floor and walked to the bed. Alan moved the duvet back as Mirza crawled onto the bed and Alan tucked the duvet around him. Kissing the top of his head, Alan walked to the door when he turned around and looked Mirza smiling at him.

"Right, eyes shut and go to sleep."

"Good night, Father," Mirza said as he snuggled under the duvet and Alan left the room, leaving the door open enough for the light to come in from the hallway.

"Good night...Son," Alan said with a smile then walked down the hallway and did a little dance, spinning around in a little circle.

The courtroom was crowded while Duer and Adam made their way to the front and sat down behind the table where Pete was sitting with the barrister Xashion had provided him. Pete turned around to look at them when he growled and balled his hands into fists.

"Get away from me," he growled while Adam looked at Duer and blinked.

"Is he talking to us, Te'lesau?" Adam asked.

"Just ignore him." Duer said as Adam nodded and Alan sat down next to them.

"So, do you think they'll give him the chair?" Alan asked, pointing with his head toward Pete.

"Nah, they might feed them to Loch though," Adam said and Alan gasped. Loch was a water horse that Jamie's son, Frazer, had brought back from Loch Ness and resided at the zoo.

"Oh, that would be cruel!" Alan said with wide eyes.

'Yeah, I don't want Loch to get sick," Adam said and Pete frowned.

"What are you gene jokes talking about?" he asked and Duer glared at him.

"What did you call them?" he asked and Adam hushed him. The judge had entered the room as they stood up and the judge sat down. He was a tall, heavy set man with black hair and gray eyes and his robes were a black color with gold Gallifreyan writing on the cuffs. He looked at Pete when his eyes became tight slits and Alan leaned over and tapped Adam's shoulder.

"Someone's in trouble!" he sang softly as Adam smiled and nodded. The trial went on for days while the evidence and witnesses were presented before the judge and Pete was stunned to see the Valeyard, who Compassion brought to the courtroom to testify against him. Finally the judge had decided what was to be done with Pete and they stood as the judge looked at them.

"After listening to the testimonies of the witnesses and reviewing the evidence, I have no recourse but to find Pete Tyler guilty of all charges and..," the judge said as Pete pounded his fist on the table and his eyes were in tight slits.

"This is bullshit! You have not right to judge me! I'm not even from this world!" he shouted.

"That may be true, but you are guilty of attempted murder, stealing and abusing the DNA of a Gallifreyan citizen..." the judge said as Pete turned and looked at Adam, who was sitting next to Marion and Jackie.

"Are you talking about that piece of gene trash?" Pete shouted as he pointed at Adam and Alan, who was sitting behind Adam, leaned over the back of Adam's chair and smiled.

"Oh, I love trash...Anything dirty or dingy or dusty..." Alan sang.

"Anything ragged or rotten or rusty..." Adam sang.

"Yes, I love trash!" they sang together and Marion and Rose gently whacked their arms.

"Oh, very funny, you should've been aborted years ago!" Pete shouted and the people in the courtroom gasped.

"Order!" the judge said but Adam nor Alan made jokes about what food they wanted to order for lunch and a guard walked to Pete, gently forcing him to sit down. "Now, as I was saying, Pete Tyler has been found guilty of all charges and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He will be sent to Volag Nok and parole has been denied, seeing that he is a flight risk!"

"No!" Pete shouted as the guard dragged him out of the room and the doors closed behind them. The judge dismissed the case as he left the room and Duer sat back in the chair, looking at Adam.

"You ok, Tiri'me'su?" he asked as Adam placed his head on Duer's shoulder and shook his head.

"I know that I should feel some sense of relief, but all I feel right now is numb," he said and Duer nodded.

"Well, just remember that we all love you and no one blames you for any of it," he said and Adam nodded, though a part of him wasn't convinced that it wasn't his fault. Standing up, they left the room as Duer placed his arm around Adam's shoulder and the doors closed behind them.

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