War and Peace
This story is set 6 months after the last episode of Season 2 when Lexi and Benny Jr run to Tom for help because they are being pursued by some sort of evil entity. How will the family unite to stop this new threat?
Chapter 1
She always marvelled at how the sun's rays reflected onto every single blade of grass, thinking it a spectacle to see, no matter how many times she had already seen it. Lexi noticed that she had changed a fair amount since becoming human, she was calmer and seemed to notice the beauty that was around her a lot more.
She lived in a small house that backed onto parkland with her 6 year old son Benny, though that wasn't the only home they had had. The two of them had been moving around constantly because they had no money except from what Lexi could earn doing cash in hand jobs and also because there were no official records of them even existing. All the houses had differed in size and all backed onto or were close to forests and wooded areas to remind them of being the on the Neverside. Their nomadic life suited them and they were happy together, Lexi even talked to her son about his father all the time, never wanting the youngster to forget him. Truth be told she thought about Tom Clarke often as well. Benny didn't go to school as his mum home-schooled him, teaching him lesson plans she had gotten off of the internet (after she had learned to use it herself of course). The two of them enjoyed learning all about Earth and its modern ways, they enjoyed spending time together and having fun. Four peaceful, happy months passed before Lexi began to notice that something was wrong.
It had started when she was in the garden with Benny 4 houses ago, they had been playing football, she having picked it up from Tom, when she thought she saw someone watching them from behind one of the trees on the edge of the forest that the house had backed onto. She had dismissed it, thinking it a trick of the eye, that was until it started happening a lot more, when she was in the garden, when she was at work, and even when she was simply walking along the street. So instead of moving every couple of weeks they had begun to move every week, scared that whatever was watching them would eventually capture them.
On this particular day she was hanging out the washing to dry when she heard her son scream from inside the house.
"BENNY!" she exclaimed in anguish, heading inside towards her son, however she was stopped at the backdoor when a creature with blue skin, a smooth head, red eyes and a long tail, who was dressed in black armour appeared out of nowhere, right infront of her.
"Who are you, what have you done with my son?"
"Step back"
"Not until I see my son"
"I said step back"
"And I said ..."
It was then that the creature pushed Lexi away from the door.
"Hey, who do you think you are?"
"We are the Rugan, from the planet Rugar of the Toshga region".
"I don't care, now where is my son?"
"Mummy" screamed Benny as he was followed by another of the blue creatures and came running out to his mum, and gave her a big hug.
"Are you ok, they didn't hurt you did they?"
"No, I'm ok"
"Good"
"Cease your interactions"
"Do you think you can do what I told you?" Lexi whispered to her son.
"Yes"
"Good boy, when I give you the signal"
"I said cease"
"All right, all right, I was just comforting my son, he's scared, surely you understand that?"
"Do you know why we are here?"
"No, but do tell"
"We have been watching you for some time, we believe you can help us, well specifically your son and his magic" said the creature that had been inside the house.
"You will not get anywhere near him"
"You cannot stop us"
"Stop you doing what?"
"Carrying out our plan"
"And what is that, perhaps if you told us nicely instead of capturing us, we might be willing to help".
"Do not fall for it Thex, the human female is trying to trick us" said the first creature.
"That's where you're wrong, I'm not human, I am Nekross, now Benny".
Lexi then takes her sons hand and Benny uses a spell which makes them disappear from the garden. When they reappear they are outside the Clarke's house.
"Did I do it right mum, is this the place?"
"It most certainly is, good boy, now come on"
Lexi once again takes her by the hand and leads him up the garden path, taking a breath she knocks on the door, to have it answered by Tom's dad.
"Lexi, what are you..."
"Is Tom here?"
"Yes, he's in the chamber with Ursula and Benny, why?"
"We need his help"
End of Chapter