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Peggy winced as another one went off.  How were they to know that the police box wouldn’t be next?  But for once in her life she didn’t have any better ideas and… well, the young man had a trustworthy face.  She grabbed his hand and stepped up into the box.

"If you say so!" Peggy kicked her shoes off, so her own feet would crunch less, and turned around. This was madness, she thought... she was on another planet, about to fight god-knew-what that she couldn't even see! Still, she assumed a fighting stance. They couldn't run forever, and going down fighting was better than not.

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Melinda smiled a bit at Peggy. Unlike most, she wasn’t intimidate by her. She held a lot of respect for her, knowing what it was like for her when she started having heard stories from her mother and knowing what her mother had gone through as well. “I guess my mother trained me a little too well. Well that and all the martial arts classes my dad let me take growing up.”

“That does give you a leg up,” Peggy agreed.  “Perhaps while the novices practice, you and I ought to have a go?”

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“Combat classes are boring when no one is willing to spar against you,” Melinda sighed, shaking her head a little. 

“Oh, I know that feeling well,” Peggy sighed, having wandered down to watch some of the new agents training.  In her case, they wouldn’t fight her because they didn’t want to risk hurting their boss... as if she couldn’t have laid them all out on the mats, even at her age.

"i don't think I can do this all day"

“I don’t know what to tell you.  My brother went off to fight, too,” said Peggy.  “He didn’t come back.  When I first got the news I thought it would kill me, too.”  She... still wasn’t so sure it hadn’t.  She felt like a very different person from the Peggy Carter who’d still had a big brother.  “I’m doing what my brother would want me to do.  What would your friend want you to be doing?”

"i don't think I can do this all day"

That was a difficult question.  They certainly weren’t doing any fighting right now, were they?  “Well... it’s like the films, isn’t it?  It’s something for people to rally around, something to give them hope and make them believe we can win.”

"i don't think I can do this all day"

“It’s only a press tour, dear.”

"I don't mind helping out.. but if i have to do the speech again" he said exhausted. "Please teach me your ways.. " he wanted to help maybe fight but this was something new to him. He felt out of place.

“Everybody’s here to see you.  You’re a national hero,” Peggy reminded him.  “Just a few more smiles and then you can turn in early tonight.  Tomorrow we’re flying to Philadelphia, I believe.”  She was also exhausted.  “I’m tired, too, it just doesn’t show because I’m wearing far too much makeup.”

"i don't think I can do this all day"

“It’s only a press tour, dear.”

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She leaned against him and sighed. “That is very true. Though I can say that being alive now has had it’s perks. Like the serum and getting to know everyone.”

“Yes.”  Perry enjoyed the warm weight of her against his shoulder.  “I’m glad I am alive to meet you and the others, and everything else, I’ll just have to bear as best I can.”  He paused.  “Though it does make you wonder what other lives we might have had.”

@thedoctornumber11

Peggy winced as another one went off.  How were they to know that the police box wouldn’t be next?  But for once in her life she didn’t have any better ideas and… well, the young man had a trustworthy face.  She grabbed his hand and stepped up into the box.

“A human I can fight, but I’d prefer to be able to see. I’m not sure these farmers are quite the nice sorts you thought,” she added dryly.

The Doctor then heard something.  It sounded like a loud roar, almost like an animal and it sounded like it came from the close by two legged creatures.  “I don’t think those are the farmers,” he told her, “I think we should run.”

Peggy took a step backwards when she heard the sound. She automatically reached for her blindfold, but then thought maybe that wasn't a good idea. She reached out and found the Doctor's sleeve, and when he suggested running Peggy didn't hesitate. She had no guidance on where to go except away from the sound, but that was enough. Still holding onto his arm, she ran and dragged him behind her.

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“Are you lost?”

“…Maybe.”

“Well, where are your Mum and Dad?”

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Stacey rubbed his back softly to comfort him. “I can understand how she feels in a way. It can be very painful to lose someone who is that close to you.”

“I’m sure you do,” Perry agreed, putting an arm around her shoulders.  “Unfortunately, in our world almost everyone knows what it’s like to lose family.”  He was silent for quite some time after that.  “Sometimes I want to say it’s a dreadful time to be alive, but none of the alternatives are nice, either.  I can’t let myself go down that hole.”  If he did, he felt he might never climb out again.

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“Oh god, maybe I can talk with her and help convince her that it’s not a good idea,” she mused with a hum. 

“I hope somebody can,” Perry grumbled.  “I suppose it’s because she misses him as much as I do... maybe more, since she knew him longer, as Mike was fond of reminding me.”  He sighed.  “I wish she could find some other source of comfort, though.”

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“Are you ok? It’s ok to tell me if you’re not. I won’t tell anyone.”

“Yes, they do,” said Perry, reaching up to put his hand over hers.  “Mum’s letters said she was thinking about consulting a psychic medium... I told her Houdini showed they were all frauds twenty years ago.  I hope she has better sense.”  The idea of somebody speaking vague nonsense to Mum and claiming it was on Michael’s behalf made him feel sick.