"Alright, so first things first, and don't worry, I've gotten my dates right, don't worry about the war. The negotiations will have been taken care of by tomorrow morning. But you're in for a whole lot of trouble now, or later, more like and later but never mind, the Child Of Time is more dangerous than she may seem. I know this doesn't make sense now, but don't worry, you'll understand soon." Cece said. "Wait, can't you tell us more?" Alison asked. "No, not yet. I don't have long now, they're coming for me. Alison, tell the Doctor nothing of this. Also, I know this is changing time, and I only do this when there is no hope, when the fate of the universe is at stake, when trillions upon trillions could die, but the universe is in a bad enough state as it is, or is going to be in your case. I don't see how it could get any worse. Now listen to me carefully. Don't let the Mas-" the screen turned off, then turned back on to the movie. Cece was gone. "Oh great, very helpful." Alison said. "The universe is at stake, or is going to be, or has already been, and I don't know how to save it." she muttered. "I don't even know what she was going to say! How am I supposed to do anything!"
One on one? (Closed!)
(Good evening! Just got back from the ER, I'm super tired lol. How are you?)
"Should we get the doctor?" Nico asks as he watches the video.
(Not good. You okay?)
(I'm fine, just a little tired. Wanna talk about how you're feeling?)
"She said to not tell him…" Alison murmured.
(Not really)
Nico shrugs. "But he's the one in charge technically…"
(Alright. If you ever change your mind, I'm here.)
"I'm not sure if would be wise to tell him." Alison yawned. She didn't like keeping secrets, but she felt this was necessary. She felt a little guilty too, but not for the same reasons… she still hadn't told Joe about travelling, but when they got married… she couldn't keep this from him much longer. "Either way, she could be lying. And besides, the Doctor would just make a big deal over it, and then we wouldn't get a break from the whole thing." she said, reassuring herself and justifying her opinion more than anything.
He nods and looks down at Will. Will was resting against him, the poor son of Apollo looked completely done with everything, his eyes shut as he slept.
The movie ended with a creature roaring in unnatural tones. "One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. The day might be sooner than you think." it growled. Alison jumped a little, she wasn't ever the biggest horror fan. "And now, I think it's time to get some sleep, all of us. Will seems to be doing just fine with it, however." Alison chuckled.
Nico raises a brow at the creature before nodding. "Will is always exhausted after a visit from his dad."
"Well, you said he wasn't getting much sleep, so this is probably for the best. Do you want me to help carry him to his room, or should we just leave him here?" Alison asked. "I don't really want to disturb him, but, you know, he might like a proper bed a little better than the sofa." she said sheepishly.
Nico chuckles and picks Will up gently. "He'd kill me if I left him on the couch." He replies, before looking at Will who was in a dead sleep.
"Well then, off to bed for everyone." Alison smiled.
"Goodnight, Alison." He says kindly before walking towards their rooms.
Alison trudged off to her room, putting on a pair of royal purple silk pyjamas and then flopping onto the bed. She fell into a deep sleep, her mind either unwilling or simply unable to dwell on the craziness of the day.
Both of the boys slept soundly, resting beside each other. It was something Nico did to keep the nightmares away.
When Alison woke up, she found the Doctor had barged into her room, bolting the door shut. He was holding a saber and looking as if he had just been running a 5k at a sprint nonstop. "What the hell, Doctor?" Alison shouted. "Shh, shh, keep your voice down. I think I lost him." the Doctor said. "Lost who?" Alison asked sarcastically. "The Master. I foolishly challenged him to a fencing match. I'm a little nostalgic, and either way, I always find a good battle of the wits stimulating and refreshing." he coughed out. "Are you sure you don't find other things he does with you stimulating?" Alison said. "Oh, shut up." the Doctor replied, miffed. "Okay, but why invade my privacy?" she asked. "Things got a little out of hand. That's the short version, anyways. And also the only version I'll give, so hush." the Doctor ordered.
Nico and Will had no idea about the whole fiasco with Alison, the master, and the doctor. They slept soundly, since both rarely rose early in the morning anymore.
Alison pulled on her dressing gown and pushed the Doctor out of her room. "Okay, leave now. It's to early in the morning for me to deal with your crap." Alison said, disgruntled. "Look, Alison, I-" the Doctor was cut off when the Master suddenly came down the corridor. "My dear Doctor," he purred, "what exactly are you doing down here? If you truly wish to forfeit, you could just say so instead of running away like a coward." he gave a hearty chuckle, strolling closer to the Doctor with sword in hand. "Or do you not want me to have destroyed your fragile ego?" he continued, studying his nails on the hand the Doctor built. "In case you've forgotten, I'm the taller one without the rubbish beard. I don't have the ego, you do. And you know I never forfeit-" "Liar. You've surrendered to me hundreds of times, what's once more?" the Master asked. "Well, mainly because there isn't the constant threat of death if I don't surrender. Besides, I could simply deactivate you at any time, if I really wanted to stop." the Doctor said. Alison shot a glare at the Doctor, she'd already voiced her opinions on the Doctor deactivating his robot. "It doesn't work like that in the real world, Doctor. My world. You don't get to switch friends off when things get tough." Alison had said, after the unfortunate incident with a psychic vampire. And she had argued with him over the memory deletion, too. It was unfortunate but mostly a right if it wasn't on purpose, but otherwise… either way, she didn't feel it was all that moral. "My dear, I know exactly what you can do. But you won't, we both know that." he said, less than a meter away from the Doctor now, cornering him. What the Master did next both surprised Alison and made her want to laugh out loud; he had started ticking the Doctor, causing the other man to giggle hysterically. "St-stop that, you know I'm-" he didn't finish the sentence. What in the bleeding hell's name are they doing? Alison thought. She hoped Will and Nico didn't wake up, but by the level of noise it probably wouldn't keep even a big cat sleeping. If there was a cat, it would have probably woken up suddenly and started yowling at the top of it's lungs from surprise and annoyance.
Nico cracked one eye open when he heard the others outside. He sighs and covers Will's ears so the other could sleep peacefully. He mumbles a few curse words before falling asleep.
The Doctor dropped his weapon, squirming around, trying to get away. "You two are crazy." Alison said. She'd seen weirder from those two, though it was normally them taking board games far too seriously for their own good or having a battle of poetry. "My dear Doctor, never release your hold on your weapon. It makes you highly vulnerable to all kinds of attacks." the Master said, holding a dagger to the Doctor's neck. "I win." he said, storing the wickedly sharp blade back in his pocket. "Alright, that's unfair. You caught me off-guard." the Doctor protested. Alison thought it strange that anyone would accuse someone of cheating rather than confront them about holding a knife to their throat, but the Time Dorks didn't quite fall under the category of anyone. "Okay, I'm going to get some breakfast since I'm not going to be able to get back to sleep after your crazy swordfighting nonsense. Also, just a passing comment, when you intend to have a fight to the… well, not exactly death, more like fight to the surrender, avoid the bedrooms." she said, lightly whacking the Doctor on the shoulder. She got to the kitchen and made herself some beans on toast and a glass of juice (whatever fruit it was, it tasted good. She assumed it was probably not from Earth), sitting down at the counter and munching on her breakfast. Those two are completely, utterly mad. I honestly don't know why I haven't gone mad with their escapades yet. she thought.
Nico sighs at the loudness, kissing Will's forehead before leaving the bed. He exits the room, looking thoroughly pissed off. "Alright. What in the name of Hades is going on out here?"
"Absolutelynothingwhatwhywouldyouassumeanythingisgoingon?" the Doctor spat out, talking faster than you could exactly process the words. "Ah, good morning Mr. Di Angelo. The Doctor and I were having a simple duel, nothing to worry over. He and I both find fencing a stimulating and awakening way to start the morning." the Master said. They were both in a slightly awkward position, a tangle of limbs, as they hurriedly attempted to stand up. "Er, I think Alison's gone off to the kitchen for a spot of breakfast, I think I might do the same." the Doctor's face was turning redder by the second. "Sorry about the commotion, ah, well, I mean, these things happen, yeah? We can chat later, I've got a very important, erm, uh, thing to attend to that is very important because… things." the Doctor was unable to come up with a legitimate excuse, so he walked off. The Master took a moment to regain his composure, and then followed.
Nico growls. "You have a sick son of Apollo and a late owl son of Hades. I'd watch yourself. And seriously. None of that business in front of my room." He motions to their tangle of limbs before walking back into his room, shutting the door quietly and retirning to bed with Will.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that, Nico!" the Doctor called from down the hallway.
Nico rolled his eyes as he relaxed next to Will. He sighs as he takes in Will's pale complexion.
The Doctor decided to head off to the library. He needed to be alone for a little while, he was incredibly annoyed and either way he didn't want to have Alison go mocking him about the swordfight fiasco. He sat there for a few hours, reading and checking some of the monitors that lined the walls, in need of a good distraction and not finding it. It seemed the war had resolved practically overnight, and since there wasn't much else to do and he didn't feel like going anywhere at the moment, he sat around idly for a few hours in silence, the only sound produced was the heartsbeat, twin pounding inside his chest. The Master knew the Doctor wanted to be left alone after the embarrassment, and had probably went off to rearrange the medical cabinets or color code some section of the console room. He honestly had no idea, the Master was always slightly OCD. It reminded him of their academy days. They were so young then, so naive. The Doctor had something of a crush on the Master then, and it was a few decades before he had said anything. It was the same night he asked the Master to travel the stars with him… even before then, they had a pact. Every star in the universe, they were going to see them all. But it didn't work as planned, the Master kept burning stars and the Doctor kept saying them. Their paths had diverged, and the Doctor wasn't sure if even now they had come back together. Lost in thought, he didn't realize that the phone was yet again ringing for a few minutes. "Honestly, so soon? Alright, listen. I stopped the bleeding war, I think I deserve-" he started to rant into the phone, but was cut off. "Doctor, it's UNIT. We need your help." a voice said. "Brigadier! Ah, I didn't realize it was you. I didn't remember you had my number. So, you were saying?" the Doctor asked.
Alison heard something about a unit and Earth, the Doctor was babbling nonstop. She wondered where Will and Nico were. "Slow down Doctor, what the heck are you talking about?" Alison asked. "Oh, bit of a trip, day out for the kids, what? Old friend called-" "Wait, who is this friend exactly? I don't want a repeat of the Rani." she said. "Oh, don't worry, the Brigadier is a good friend, human obviously. I worked with him during my exile to Earth, it made it almost bearable. Anyways, I owe him a favor. Several favors. Okay, to many favors to count, but I'm just popping in to say hello and fix whatever needs fixing, and whatnot." he explained.
Will woke slowly, groaning in pain. Nico was still holding him. "Breakfast?" Will asks. Nico nods and gets out of bed. Will follows after, yawning tiredly. The both of them exit the room and walk to the kitchen, Will leaning on Nico tiredly as they do so.
Alison decided to go check on Will and Nico, finding them in the kitchen. "Morning you two. How're you feeling?" she asked.
Will looks up and smiles weakly as Nico cooks. "We're alright, how about you?" He asks, looking toward Alison with a smile, something rare for Nico.
"I'm tired, I don't understand half of what the Doctor keeps babbling on about, and I'm kind of annoyed that he'd wake me up when it's far too early in the morning for it to be early in the morning, but otherwise yeah, I'm totally one hundred percent fine." she said.