The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

Among the Evergreen Pt. 5

Uncomfortably, Lila went about her day until dinner's served, and she rejoined Theodore having himself a bit of everything served in the food line, he noticed instantly the look on her face, and asked what's wrong, but she wouldn't verbally communicate with him, couldn't risk someone overhearing them.

"I... I found out why we're here," Lila tells him as they communicated through telepathy as they're sitting across from each other at one of the tables.

Theodore sees her fidgeting as he asks what she meant and she reminded him of the incident with the Plague Doctor, how at the end of it, it's lured away by the presence of its mate.

"There's a patient here, he says the administrators' holding him against his will here because he found out. Jon transferred out because he set the fire trying to keep them away and their counterparts went after Sara. The orderly who's connected between them, the guy thinks he's at most, dead. I guess there's a lot riding on keeping their little secret," Lila regales what Lovett told her about what he found.

Hearing this, Theodore asked if Lila's able to trust him, they're in a mental hospital with patients afflicted by a varied of illnesses, and Lila says that Lovett... told her that she told him about the Plague Doctor and its mate.

She doesn't know him, obviously, he won't let her see him, so she can't figure out if she did or not, but she knows that she never told anyone else about those two.

There's no way anyone would've known and she tried calling his bluff, but Lovett described how inhuman they looked, their eyes, down to a 'T' that Lila couldn't try dismissing him as fishing for material.

"He says they don't come out at night, just like what you found. Said their counterparts moved on after Jon left, so he thinks that they're hunting him if they haven't killed him already," Lila shrugged her stout shoulders as she tells Theodore while he's munching on his sandwich about what Lovett told her about the female counterparts.

She wanted to make him talk more, but he convinced her that she needed food and sleep, he even far as saying that she shouldn't miss dinner, one of the most important meals of the day, all that, and he reminded her that if she keeps asking him questions, she risks someone catching her.

"Well, he's right, you shouldn't miss dinner," Theodore tells her that while Lovett's an enigma, he wasn't wrong, Lila needed dinner, and her sleep, that much apparent.

Frowning, Lila replied that she can eat after they figure out why the female variants were doing in the area and how to stop them.

Sleep, well, tomorrow's her day-off, she can sleep then, besides that, she doesn't want to sleep while there's terrifying things outside the building.

"Lee, I know my dear brother gets on me for my mistakes, but I know him well that he'll get on you for yours, understood?" Theodore passively tells Lila that she shouldn't put off either, else he'll tell on her.

Hammond worries about him, yes, but he also worries about Lila, since she's the de facto companion for Theodore. If she's not 100%, then Theodore's alone, and well, Hammond can't have that, he can't go along with Theodore, he's got a library branch that needed him.

Pushing his tray filled with untouched food, Theodore tells Lila that she needed to eat, after they clock out, they'll go back to the TARDIS, figure out what to do, then.

Since Al's repaired, he shouldn't have problems finding what they needed. He might even have an idea how to deal with the female variants.

"What about Lovett?" Lila asks about him, he knew more than he let on, and if not for the fact they're playing the part, she can't hound him for answers.