CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
I do not own Doctor Who or Dracula and I am making no profit off of this.
CHAPTER 1
This story takes up the story of War of the Guardians and Children of the Wolf. It picks up where Children of the Wolf left off.
Davros somehow wasn't surprised to find Cassie waiting for him when he entered his private quarters. He had had reports from several Dalek units about the vampires' emergence on Earth and their ongoing efforts to subjugate the human race.
"You've come to ask for my help, have you?" Davros said as soon as he saw her.
"Well I could make them obey me, but I figured it would be more polite to ask first," Cassie said with a half-smile.
"What do I gain from helping humanity? Why should I care whether they live or die? I say good riddance to them all! They've been a thorn in my life long enough. Let the Doctor's precious pets be extinguished once and for all!" Davros said with a smile on his face.
Cassie started to glow with amber energy, and she touched Davros' shoulder. Before Davros could even speak, the two of them had left Skaro and were now on a devastated street in London.
"Think of me as the Ghost of Christmas Future. I'm going to show you images of what will be if the events of today are not soon altered!" Cassie warned him with a stern face.
Davros nodded even though he didn't understand who the Ghost of Christmas Future was or even what Christmas itself was for that matter. He got the gist of what the young Time Lady was saying to him anyway. He was surprised at how he felt no fear at all as she used her power on him. Others were afraid of the power of the Bad Wolf and Davros would admit that he was afraid of Rose Tyler, but he was not afraid of her daughter at all.
They could see humans running for their lives before armies of vampires, and then being cut down before they could only get a few feet. Suddenly time sped up, and they saw the vampires no longer hunting the humans but leading them around in chains. Davros understood that this was the possible future that Cassie had told him about.
He saw humans being forced to rebuild the city for the vampires. Paintings and statues of Dracula were now everywhere, and vampires walked outside openly with no fear of reprisal. Vampires would routinely attack their human slaves for food or just on a whim for fun.
He saw human processing plants where the humans were gathered in large groups, and then slowly bled to provide food for the vampires. They were left with just enough blood to keep them alive until they could replenish their supply. Then, they would be bled all over again. They were being treated like cattle! Davros thought with a mixture of admiration and fear.
He feared what such a ruthless foe would someday become. Cassie seemed to anticipate this thought as now the scene before them switched to show the vampires going out into the universe in great ships. They started to conquer and enslave other worlds now as well. Whole empires fell before them in months or even weeks.
Then he saw them battling his Daleks. The vampires were unable to be affected by Dalek weapons, and they laughed as they easily tore the Dalek fleets apart with their great strength and their tremendous powers over time and space. Davros could see now that each of these vampires could warp and manipulate reality itself. They were not like any vampire that he had ever seen before. These vampires would more like gods!
"Are they all this powerful?" Davros asked Cassie in a blind panic.
"Not yet. At this moment, none of them are but Dracula himself and even he is not this powerful. Very soon though, he will start to create vampires like the ones that you see here in this possible future. When he does, they will be nearly unstoppable. They will sweep across the universe like a plague, and no one will be able to stop him. Not even the Daleks!" Cassie warned him.
"How do we stop him?" Davros asked her, now concerned.
"We have to keep him from gaining control of my mother. If he ever gains control of the Bad Wolf, he will use her power to create these unstoppable uber vampires, and the whole universe will belong to him!" Cassie said.
Davros nodded. He understood now exactly why he needed to help Cassie prevent these terrible events from happening. Cassie brought them back to Skaro and the present day, and they stared at each other in uncomfortable silence for a moment.
"My Daleks are at your command," Davros said finally.
"Mine? Aren't you going to lead them?" Cassie asked surprised.
"I could not do half as good a job as you I think. I'm a scientist not a soldier. You are a natural born leader and warrior, Cassie. If not for your insufferable compassionate nature, you would have made a good Dalek! You let your emotional attachments get in the way of your good judgment sometimes I think," Davros said.
The Dalek creator knew what he was doing. He was trying to prepare Cassie for having to possibly fight her own mother one day. It was his way of telling her not to let her love for her lead to her downfall without actually coming out and saying it. He didn't know why but he had no desire to see anything happen to Cassie.
Actually, he did know why. She reminded him of his lost daughter even if he would never admit it even to himself. It hurt too much to remember. It was the last bit of feeling left in his soul, and he hid it well. This girl just brought it out of him though somehow. He secretly knew that this was why he was helping her and why he always would.
Cassie understood what he was saying to her and part of her agreed with what he said but another part knew that if she were to ever go against her mother that she would not be able to harm her. She just couldn't. She was the person that she loved the most!
Cassie led a vast Dalek fleet off of Skaro and toward Earth. She would have to hope that the Daleks lived up to their reputation and exterminated the vampires before they could go too far!
Rose Tyler stood before the High Council of the Time Lords. She had to convince them to help her save the Earth. She was dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Prydonian Chapter of the Academy that she belonged to but instead of using their traditional colors hers was all in pink.
Romana addressed Rose in her role as Lady President and said, "The High Council recognizes the Lady Arkytior, Matriarch of the House of Lungbarrow. What news do you bring us today, my lady?"
Rose had to restrain herself from asking them to call her Rose. Instead she said, "I bring you terrible news from the planet Earth. Dracula, the heir to the last of the Great Vampires, has arisen again. He is now leading an army of the undead to take over the human race. If Dracula takes Earth, he will use it as a launching platform for universal conquest. His kind will one day threaten us as well. We fought the First Time War with them to keep them from enslaving all life in the universe once before, and I propose that we stop them now while we still can before they get the chance to do so again. We must strike this monster down in its infancy before it is too late!"
Rose hated talking so posh and refined like this. It was anathema to her, but she knew that it was the only kind of language that the others would respect and listen to. She had to make them see how important her mission was!
"Do you propose that we go to war with Dracula and his fledgling army of the undead then?" Romana asked.
"Yes! We need to destroy them now before they take the Earth!" Rose pleaded.
Romana nodded and whispered with the others for a moment. Then, they seemed to all come to an agreement.
"We have come to an agreement, Lady Arkytior. By the order of the High Council, you are now the Lady President of the High Council of the Time Lords and Supreme Commander of the Army of Gallifrey. We shall follow you into battle against the vampires and free the Earth from their pestilence!" Romana said with a big smile.
Rose stood there shocked! She didn't know how to respond. This had totally blindsided her.
"For Lady Arkytior! For Gallifrey!" the Council started to chant.
Rose was still speechless. She could say nothing while they continued to chant her name.
She didn't realize that the Time Lords would do anything for her. They owed their very existence to her after all and felt grateful to her for their return. They would have stormed Hell itself if she had asked them to! They didn't realize that in a way they were about to do exactly that.
Next: The new Time War begins! Daleks and Time Lords united in common cause against Dracula and his undead horde while humanity struggles to survive. Meanwhile Ileana seeks out a strange woman named Daisy. How can she possibly help against Dracula and who is she? Eagle eyed readers of War of the Guardians will already know.
Plus Lily, Robin Hood, Allison, and Cleopatra from Lily and Robin arrive and offer their services to Rose.
