John, Kaori, and Octavio made their way to Octavio\u2019s quarters. He opened up his private kitchen and pulled out a bottle of vinegar. \u201c\u2026You cook?\u201d asked John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course I do!\u201d replied Octavio. \u201cA real king can\u2019t rely on servants for everything!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHm, is that Takoyaki I\u2019m smelling?\u201d asked a Slitheen woman\u2019s voice. The group found hiding places in the room as the Slitheen entered. She sniffed the air. \u201cOh, playing hard to get, eh? Well, that\u2019s all right. This old girl could use the mental exercise!\u201d She continued sniffing. \u201cMmm! That smell of adrenaline! It\u2019s intoxicating!\u201d Octavio was trying to load the ink tank with the vinegar quietly. \u201cOoh! That fear! Flooding your bodies with instincts that tell you to run because fighting is impossible!\u201d The Slitheen then heard a click. She then pulled the table away to reveal Octavio having finally closed the lid! \u201cThere you are, Your Majesty!\u201d cackled the Slitheen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cONE OF YOU! FIRE!\u201d shouted Octavio. John and Kaori leveled their blasters at the Slitheen and pulled the triggers. John\u2019s didn\u2019t fire, but Kaori\u2019s did. The Slitheen was doused in vinegar and gasped in horror as the acetic acid in the vinegar did its work. There was one last prolonged fart\u2026then the Slitheen exploded, her green meat scattering all over the room. \u201c\u2026Okay\u2026\u201d mumbled Octavio. \u201cI\u2026don\u2019t ever want to see that again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Doctor had finished making her psychic communicator. Amy looked down the hall when she heard the fart and resulting explosion. \u201cWhat was-?!\u201d she yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe acetic acid in vinegar causing bubbling in the Slitheen\u2019s calcium phosphate anatomy, causing an explosion,\u201d explained the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Vinegar makes a Slitheen blow up?!\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMakes any Raxacoricofallapatorian blow up,\u201d replied the Doctor. She then inspected her handiwork. \u201c\u2026Welp, all done here. \u2026Just wish I had brain lube for this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBrain lube?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust a joke. I\u2019m going to be in some considerable pain, considering I\u2019m trying to telepathically reach halfway across the galaxy. \u2026Well, Doctor, brace yourself!\u201d The Doctor put the electrodes on her head and switched her communicator on. She then felt incredible pressure in her head, like her mind was about to explode! As she groaned and strained, she tried to send her thoughts concerning the Slitheen\u2019s presence and a plea for help to the Galactic Council. For the Doctor, it felt like hours. For Amy, it felt the same, seeing the Doctor in pain with no idea how to help her. In reality, it was only minutes. The Doctor then switched off her communicator and tore the electrodes off her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor!\u201d yelped Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m all right!\u201d panted the Doctor. She then slowly smiled. \u201cHelp was a lot closer than I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome on, Amy,\u201d directed the Doctor. \u201cWe\u2019d better go greet them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGreet who?!\u201d Amy HATED it when the Doctor acted like this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is taking her so long?!\u201d complained Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know how she likes to toy with her prey,\u201d replied his brother. \u201cI\u2019m more concerned with what\u2019s taking Inkadia so long! Those codes should be released by now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErm, guys-!\u201d called a young Slitheen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot now, son,\u201d replied Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDad, it\u2019s really-!\u201d insisted the young Slitheen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn a minute!\u201d hissed Tafrasa. That was when the New Squidbeak Splatoon burst in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!\u201d shouted Captain Trey, the original Agent 3. The Slitheen just laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy dear boy, if that\u2019s all you\u2019re worried about-.\u201d said Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo! Dad, listen to me!\u201d insisted his son. John, Kaori, and Octavio then arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNOBODY MOVE OR THE VINEGAR MAKES YOU ALL GO BOOM!\u201d shouted Kaori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You DARED kill my cousin!\u201d snarled Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDad, believe it or not, there\u2019s someone worse coming!\u201d interjected his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, what is it?!\u201d snapped Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Wrarth Warrior ship!\u201d his son finally explained. \u201cThey were hiding right behind Earth\u2019s moon! Someone called them for help!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Wrarth Warrior ship?! Impossible!\u201d Tafrasa finally checked the instruments. As he did, the Doctor and Amy arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, here we all are!\u201d she said. \u201cAnd judging by your panic, Tafrasa, I see you discovered the Wrarth Warrior ship I contacted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow?! You couldn\u2019t contact the outside world!\u201d snarled Tafrasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou left me in a room with hypno-shades,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cIt was easy to make a psychic communicator. I was prepared to send a plea for help to the Galactic Council Chambers, but a psychic among the Wrarth Warriors intercepted the call, taking a load off my mind quite literally. They should be arriving in about\u2026\u201d That was when flashes of light appeared, then formed humanoid arthropods with a pincer claw replacing the left forearm and five tendrils making up the right hand. They had huge red eyes and digitigrade legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right, you Slitheen scum!\u201d snapped one of the creatures. \u201cWhich one of you is Tafrasa Dav-thon Thackarin-Day Slitheen?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU\u2019LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!\u201d shouted Tafrasa as he readied his claws. He was then gunned down by the commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait a minute-!\u201d yelped Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, no worries, Amy,\u201d soothed the Doctor. \u201cTheir sidearms are stun guns. No lethal settings at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course, Doctor,\u201d confirmed the Wrarth Warrior Commander. \u201cI take it you ARE the Doctor that sent that psychic distress signal? The same one that helped us bring Beep the Meep to justice?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s me!\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWh-What\u2019s going on here?!\u201d asked John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEveryone, meet the Wrarth Warriors, a proper space police force,\u201d introduced the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSergeant Zivka, at your service, everyone,\u201d said the Wrarth Commander. \u201cMy troops and I have been tasked with bringing the Thackarin-Day Slitheen back to Raxacoricofallapatorius for life imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019re still doing that these days?\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019re reserving the death penalty for the worst of the Slitheen,\u201d explained Zivka. \u201cWe\u2019ll put the Slitheen onto their ship and send it away to their homeworld via remote control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd then what?\u201d asked Captain Trey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, the humans ARE coming,\u201d revealed Zivka, \u201cbut they\u2019re not preparing warships, but embassy ships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmbassy?\u201d asked Kaori. \u201cYou mean\u2026they really want peace?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNaturally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile usually surrendering to their knee-jerk reactions,\u201d said the Doctor, \u201chumans genuinely don\u2019t want to fight their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After they were cuffed, the Slitheen were marched back to their ship. The Wrarth Warriors oversaw the whole operation and keyed in a command for the ship. The Slitheen ship then rose into the air. \u201c\u2026I do have to apologize for the death of one of them,\u201d the Doctor said to Zivka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was self-defense,\u201d replied Zivka. \u201cI cannot hold-.\u201d He was interrupted when a massive laser fired from the ground. It struck the Slitheen ship and destroyed it. \u201cWhat in-?! Who fired that?!\u201d demanded Zivka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was self-defense!\u201d replied Octavio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey had surrendered! You executed them unnecessarily!\u201d snarled the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey were too dangerous to be kept alive, Doctor!\u201d argued Octavio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was a kid among them!\u201d shouted Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had to make that sacrifice to protect my people!\u201d retorted Octavio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you dare start with me about that, Octavio!\u201d growled the Doctor. \u201cI know one word that could remove a psychopath like you from power!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have that kind of power!\u201d laughed Octavio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re right, that\u2019s giving myself too much credit,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cI know six words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re lying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSix little words.\u201d She motioned for Zivka to follow her as she approached Octavio\u2019s aide. She then whispered something to them. Zivka looked back, then nodded. The aide\u2026looked uncertain. The Doctor then walked away. \u201cCome on, Amy, back to the TARDIS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Wait, what did you say?!\u201d demanded Octavio. \u201cDoctor, WHAT DID YOU SAY?!\u201d The New Squidbeak Splatoon, John, and Kaori then followed the Doctor as the Wrarth Warriors returned to their ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Doctor and her group made it to Inkopolis Plaza. \u201cSo, it\u2019s back to adventure for you guys?\u201d John asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, the Doctor\u2019s gotta cool off first,\u201d replied Amy. \u201cLet\u2019s just say there\u2019s a lot of personal pain from her I don\u2019t fully understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPray you never do,\u201d replied Trey. \u201cI saw that look in my predecessor\u2019s eyes and I occasionally have that look. Doctor, I don\u2019t know the scope of the war you fought in, but I hope I never do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026So do I, Captain Trey,\u201d said the Doctor. She opened the TARDIS doors and she and Amy went inside. The TARDIS then dematerialized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Fresh!\u201d whispered Kaori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, there\u2019s something I DO need to know,\u201d said Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d asked the Doctor as she focused on the controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat did you say to Zivka and Octavio\u2019s aide?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I just asked them a question,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cPerhaps you can answer it like they did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat was that question?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Don\u2019t you think he looked tired?\u201d Amy\u2019s eyes goggled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You killed his political career!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not the first politician whose career I killed like that,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cFrom what I glimpsed of the Octarian Nation\u2019s future, he\u2019s forced to abdicate thanks to the stresses of the Slitheen Incident and his successor’s role as King is rather like that of the Japanese Emperor, a ceremonial head of state with the Prime Minister of the Octarian National Diet as the real political powerhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026And the humans?\u201d asked Amy. The Doctor grinned at that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey make peace with the current dominant life of Earth and bring them to the stars!\u201d she revealed. \u201cInkling and Octarian colonies dot the edge of the galaxy, even moving to other galaxies, like humans and Mobians!\u201d Amy smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a future worth seeing!\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026Are there still Inkling and Octarian colonies in my time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, actually! Wanna see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHeck yeah!\u201d With that, the Doctor set the controls and the TARDIS spun through the Time Vortex!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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