Okay, new story. From now on, I will be posting 'The Steven Smith Adventures' during the week, and a seperate story every Saturday. This is the first in the Luke/Maria series, set just after series 3. Since series 4 will most likely make this AU, I'll most likely modifity the later stories. Just say that most of this series will avoid alien threats, though most likely some may make an appearance in sort way, shape or form.
Before anyone asks about Harry, in the novel version of the Wedding, it implys that Harry had died. And before anyone asks, Susan is extactly the same as in the SSA, same mum, same jobs, just without a half-brother.
Go on, enjoy.
Chapter 1 Maria's arrival
13 Bannerman Road is a tall, imposing house that stood at the corner of the street, towering over the other houses. It was the home of Sarah Jane Smith and her adopted son Luke. Among the residents of Bannerman Road, the Smiths were regarded as nice but a bit strange. Until the arrival of Luke, Sarah Jane was regarded as a bit of a loony, driving round at all hours of the day and known to be seen talking to herself in her back garden. Even after Luke, she was known to be getting involved in strange going-on, though now she was more down to earth with have Luke and his friends. But what nobody knew was that the Smiths spent their spare time hunting aliens, protecting the world. But the last few months had been tough on the gang.
And now, Luke was lying on his bed, trying to keep out of his mum's way. She had been fussing over him ever since the end of his exams. He had been trying to keep out of her way since then, but it had been hard. For a few days, he spent the day out with his best mates Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra. But now he was on his own. Clyde had gone on a three-week holiday with his mum Carla to the South of France and Rani had gone with her mum to India to see her distant relatives. Which meant Luke had no way of getting out of her way apart from staying in his room. And all he had to do was think.
And all he thought about was his life, his very short life. He was nearly sixteen, although he had only been 'born' two years ago. In that short time, he had faced a number of problems. He had been born in the body of a teenager with the social skills of a baby and the mind of a genius. He had struggled with his life, but had come on leaps and bounds; thank to the help of his friends Clyde, Rani and Maria. Maria Jackson had been his first friend, the one who had rescued him from his creator Mrs Wormwood the first time and had been there for him. Until her dad was offered a job in America. When she told him, he was both mad and upset with her, for think of leaving him. He sighed, remembering how he had been in the weeks after she had left. It was only after meeting Rani that he sort of got over her leaving. Clyde had actually after him the day they meet Rani if he fancied Maria. Although he denied in at the time, he knew now he did. His time on Earth had been traumatic, for him and his friends. Within his first six months, he had stopped the Slitheen from freezing the Earth by taking the power of the Sun. Luke had unwittingly help the Slitheen by giving them the equation to their machine. He then helped face the Gorgons, having been given an ancient talisman, which was really the key to a portal in space and time, although it had been Maria who had defeated them using Mrs. Nelson-Stanley's mirror. They then faced Kudlak, who was taken children to fight in his people's war by using a laser tag war game called Combat 3000. He and Clyde had gone and had been captured by Kudlak. It was Luke's technological knowledge that had saved them, having found a message in the spaceship's computer memory that revealed that the war had ended ten years early. After that, Luke and his mum had been taken out of existences or so Luke had been told as he didn't remember anything. From what his mum and Maria had said, his mum had been swapped with her friend for her School days, Andrea Yates, who had fallen from a pier in 1964. As a result, the Bane had never come to Earth; meaning that he hadn't been created. He had been told later that this had been the first time his mum had fought the Trickster. After that adventure, from which Maria's dad had found out about the aliens. Then the Slitheen had returned, led by the young kid that had been at the School the first time. They had pretended to be his 'real' parents, to help a Xylok, later revealed to be their supercomputer Mr. Smith, to get him to pull the Moon into collision with the planet. It had been Alan's contacts, the Slitheen's teleportation device and the help of their robot dog, K-9, to defeat Mr. Smith. With Alan's help, they reprogrammed Mr. Smith.
Then, there was the burning sky with the problem with ATMOS. Afterwards; they faced down a Sontaran who had been behind ATMOS and his mum's oldest enemy. It had been then that Maria had told him she was leaving, while he was using the chemicals in Kaagh's ship. A few weeks after defeating him, the Earth had been taken across space by the Daleks. It was then he had finally got to meet his mum's mentor, the Doctor. His mum had gone to the Dalek ship to help, leaving Luke in Mr. Smith's care. He had helped them get the Earth back, alongside K-9. Then a few weeks later, Maria left.
A few weeks later, Rani arrived and they stop a fear entity from the Jeggorabax Cluster, who had been taking children for hundreds of years, having been the Pied Piper. Luke had been taken by him to be used to provoke his mum. It had been Clyde's joking personalities that had defeated it. After that, they faced Martin Trueman, an astrologer who had been taken over by the Ancient Lights. Due to him not being born in the normal way and not having a star sign, he had been the one that had to defeat them. Afterwards, he had met Clyde's dad, Paul, who had ran off with his sister-in-law to Germany, but returned after he got her pregnant. Clyde had shown him the attic, breaking the gang's pact that nobody is to know about what they did. Paul had taken a pedant that Rani had put there the night before for his mum to look at when she got back from Tarminster. He and Rani had decided to get help from Maria and her dad. They had then found his mum and she came and helped Clyde, who Paul had made forget about him, Rani and his mum, save his dad. After that, his mum told him about her parents – his grandparents though he still didn't feel comfortable calling them that – and when back in time with her to meet them. It had all been a plot by the Trickster to defeat her by using the temptation to save her parents. They had defeated him, when her parents had worked out who she was – they had used the names Victoria and David Beckham in the past – and had driven off. The next day, he came face to face with his creator once again, this time with Kaagh at her side. She planned to awaken an ancient computer-of-sorts called Horath to take over the entire universe, and she planned for him to be her prince, considering herself his mother. In a shock, it had been Kaagh who had defeated her after she turned on him. He pushed her into the portal to Horath's dimension.
Then they had faced Androvax, a veil life-form who took over his mum's body. It was had been his quick thinking that had save the day twice. First he had stop Mr. Smith from self-destruction, then stopped the nannobots that Androvax had used to build a ship to escape the Judoon, intergalactic policemen, to prevent them from destroying the earth. Then, they had gone after Rani, who they had upset early in the day, had gone to the place she used to live, a seaside resort called Danemouth, to investigate rumors of a red demon in the old theme park. Luke had stayed with Rani's old friend, Sam, at his care home. He had had his life shown to him, his past and a major event in his future – his graduation from university. His mum had saved the alien, Eve – the last of her kind – and she, Sam and the caretaker of the park had gone off into space.
Then came the biggest shock of his life. His mum had got herself a boyfriend, called Peter. And that they planned to get married. However, it had been another plot by the Trickster. And this time, he, Clyde and Rani had some help from the Doctor. After his mum had worked out how to defeat the Trickster, who had trap them in a time trap: him, the Doctor, Clyde, Rani and K-9 – who had returned to the gang after the Eve adventure, when they had used to black hole to power her ship – in one second, while his mum and Peter were trapped in another, he got to look round the Doctor's TARDIS. After that, for him anyway – his mum, Rani and Clyde had faced someone called Erasmus Darkening during their ghost hunting night at Ashen Hill Manor, during which he had stayed at home as support – he enter a painting of Clyde's into a competition to see the Mona Lisa at the International Gallery, in which in won first prize. They faced down the Mona Lisa, who came to life due to the pigments used to paint it and another painting in the Gallery, Giuseppe di Cattivo's The Abomination, which also came to life. Using Mona's own powers of bring drawings to life; he brought a drawing of K-9 that Clyde did to life. Before this, he had had his first fight with his mum over the state of his bedroom, but he had felt guilty for falling out with her after Mona had put her in a painting. After they defeating Mona, they hugged and made up.
The next adventure was a painful one for him. After meeting the Blathereen, who helped them stop the Slitheen's plans to crush the Earth into a diamond. They had given them a gift, a plant called Rakweed, which the next day was revealed to be highly infectious. He had been the first one to be infected. He had survived longer that the others, who fell into the deep coma Mr. Smith had explained to Sarah Jane. Luckily, Clyde and Rani, with the help of K-9 who Clyde had smuggled to school to help with a biology test, they had worked out how to defeat the Rakweed, and used bells, phones and car alarms across the city. The sound not only destroyed the plant but also the seeds that had infected people. After he had recovered enough, his mum used the frequency to destroy the Blathereen, who were revealed to be Slitheen-Blathereen, using the undigestive Rakweed in their stomach, covering the attic and them in their guts.
Now, his mum was concerned. The Rakweed had been the first time he had been ill, and she wasn't sure if he had fully recovered. Almost imminently after that, he had started his exams. Now they were over, his mum didn't want to let him out of her sight. And he had had enough of her. He was just glad that he had Maria's visit to look forward to. She was coming back for her mum's wedding to her boyfriend, Ivan. And apparently had a surprise for him and them. Her and her dad would be staying with them.
Just then was a knock on his bedroom door. "Coming in," he sighed as his mum opened the door.
"Luke. Are you ok? You've been in here all day. I'm worried about you." She said.
"I'm fine," he replied. "Anything else?" he asked her.
"You are turning into a proper teenager. Maria's just rang, to tell me they're on their way."
Luke sat up. "But they're not suppose to be coming for another two weeks. Is this the surprise she was talking about?" He asked.
"Yes. Well. One of them. We better get set up." His mum said, looking round his room. "You have to clean up a bit. I'm putting Maria in here with you, on the spare mattress. Give me a hand."
"Sure Mum." And for the first time in weeks, he smiled at her.
It was to be back, Maria Jackson thought, as she stepped off the plane at Heathrow Airport. It had barely been a year since she had left to move to Washington DC. Now, she was back, even if it was only for a few weeks, one reason for her mum's wedding to Ivan. The other was to see her best friend even, Luke Smith. She didn't want to admit it, but in the time since she meet him, she had fallen in love with him, and the time apart had made that feeling grow stronger.
Smiling, she turned to see her dad, Alan, holding hands with his girlfriend. A few months ago, he and Maria had started helped a number of aliens hide from the US government. After a short time, their efforts had been discovered by UNIT. They had sent an officer to see them. The meeting had resulted in the officer, a Captain Susan Sullivan, becoming an official link between them and UNIT. Soon, she and Maria's dad had fallen in love, and had given Maria a big surprise, and would give the Smiths and her mum a surprise as well. Her dad had proposed two days early, and Sue, as she told Maria to call her, had given them some good news of her own, after accepting his proposal she announced she was pregnant. And now, she was smiling at her future stepmom in joy. Unlike her further stepfather Ivan, she actually liked Sue. And she knew about aliens – apparently her father had worked for UNIT in the seventies – and was very similar to Sarah Jane.
"Come on slowcoach," her dad shouted. "Get a move on. We've still got to ring Sarah Jane and tell her we're here. Plus there's the train to get as well."
"Alan, stopping shouting," Sue told him. "She's just happy to be back home. I'm the same. It's been ten years since I was last here. I can't wait to get in touch with everyone and tell them the good news."
"Yeah, I can't wait to tell Luke and Sarah Jane. There'll be so please for you, dad." Maria said.
"And you too," he replied. "Sarah Jane will be happy for you. A baby brother or sister on the way and a step mum as well."
"Yeah. Come on, then."
"The cheek on you."
A while later, Sarah Jane opened the door to a surprise. "Sarah Jane." Maria cried, as she gave her a hug. As Sarah looked up, she saw Alan and a blast from the past.
"Sue?" Sarah asked.
"Aunt Sarah?" Sue said
"Aunt Sarah!" Maria and Alan said shockingly.
Sarah was shocked. "What are you doing here?"
"Sarah Jane, how do you know Sue?" Maria asked.
"Sue's my god daughter. Me and her dad travelled together with the Doctor for a while. When I was left back on Earth. It was Harry that came and rescued me. When he and his wife, Sue's mum, had her, they asked me to be her god mother. Now, Sue, can I have an answer? What are you doing here?"
Sue raised her hand. "Me and Alan here. We're getting married."
With that, Sarah let go of Maria and hugged her god daughter. "Oh, Sue. I'm delighted. I am. For all of you." She said, directing the last comment at Maria and Alan.
"And," Sue said. "I'm pregnant."
Sarah stepped back. "Oh. Sue, Harry would be delighted. His first grandchild. Does the other know yet?"
"Can we get inside please," Alan said, breaking up the moment. "These bags are heavy. Where's Luke anyway?"
Sarah sighed. "In his room. He's been in there every day since Clyde and Rani went away." She knew that she was pushing him away. She had spent the last few weeks keeping a close eye on him. She wasn't sure if he had fully recovered from the Rakweed scare, or from the wedding. She knew she had got over Peter. "Anyway, is this the surprise you were telling Luke about?" She asked, pointing at Sue as she shut the door.
"Yes and no. There is another one." Maria said.
"And what's that?"
"We're here for the rest of the summer."
"Oh, Maria," Sarah said, pulling the girl she saw as a daughter into a hug. "Luke will be pleased. Clyde will be as well and I better Rani can't wait to meet you properly. I know she will be pleased to talking to another female with experience like ours." She smiled. Rani had only meet Maria once, via webcam during the Berserker crisis, and since had been put out when they told her about Maria's secret work in America that had led to the investigation in Danemouth and Sarah, Luke and Rani seeing their future. Sarah had already come true – the Doctor and the Tardis in the attic – Luke and Rani's were still to come. Sighing, she moved on. "Right, sleeping arrangements. Alan and Sue, you're in the guest room. Maria you're in with Luke on the spare mattress. That ok?"
"Are you sure Sarah Jane?" Alan asked her. "Letting your teenage son and my teenage daughter share a room?"
"It's either that or one of us sleeps in the attic. I don't think anyone wants to be up there, especially with Mr. Smith up there. At least Luke and Maria with have something in there with them anyway."
"What's that?" Maria asked both glad she was sharing with Luke and shocked that her dad thought she would jump into bed with Luke. Not yet anyway, she thought. She hadn't told him she loved him yet.
"K-9," Sarah replied, seeing the look on Maria's face told her that Luke had failed to mention it to her. "He's been out the safe for months now. We used the black hole to power a spaceship for an alien called Eve, meaning K-9 could come home. Luke never told you?"
"No."
"Oh," Sarah replied, now even more worried about Luke. "Why don't you go up and see him? I'm sure he'll be happy to see you."
"Ok." And with that Maria grabbed her bags from her dad and sprinted up the stairs.
"One quick question Aunt Sarah," Sue said. "But who's Luke?"
"Luke is my son. An artificially-grown human being by the aliens behind Bubble Shock, The Bane. Me and Maria rescued him and I took him in. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner but I couldn't risk UNIT finding out about him." Sarah replied.
"But UNIT still don't know, do they?"
"No. And I know you won't tell them."
"I won't. Besides, once the baby's born, I'm going to stand down. It's bad enough that they lost one member of the Project Indigo team last year, but losing me won't be as bad as losing her."
"Martha Smith-Jones." Sarah said, surprising Sue. "Travelled with the Doctor. Meet her during the Dalek invasion. Was at her wedding to another friend of the Doctor's, Mickey. Meet him at Deffry Vale. Don't worry. Just wait 'til Alastair finds out. He'll probably well say the same thing. The baby comes first. How many weeks?"
"Just a month," Sue said. "Me and Alan have only know each other a few months."
"Right. Does Chrissie know you're here?" Sarah asked Alan.
"No. Not yet. Could I us the phone?" And with that, Alan headed for the hallway. Sarah and Sue sat down and chatted, catching up on everything that had happen to them since they last saw each other.
A knock on his bedroom door gave Luke a start. His mum had gone downstairs to answer the door. He had heard her going into the front room with whoever it was at the door and had heard someone bounded up the stairs. "Coming in." He said and gasped as Maria came through the door.
"Surprise," Maria said. "Hey Luke." She was thrown back as Luke rushed in and hugged her.
"I've missed you." He said, knowing Maria wouldn't expect less.
"I've missed you too," she started. "I've got so much to tell you, so many secrets. But first, why didn't you tell me about K-9?"
"Sorry, I forget."
"Where is he anyway? Your mum said he'd be in here."
"He's in the attic, having his daily..." Luke started.
Maria interrupted. "Update?"
"No. Daily row with Mr. Smith. They don't like each other. So, what are you doing here now anyway? I thought you weren't coming until your mum's wedding?" Luke sighed. Not too long ago, he was saying that about his mum.
Maria picked up on his sigh. "So, where's Sarah's Man? Where your new dad?"
"Dead."
"Dead?"
"Yes. He died weeks before Mum meet him. But the Trickster..."
"Him again."
"Yeah, again. Second time I've faced him."
"Second?"
"He used mum's..." he thought for a moment. Sarah Jane was his mum. He started again. "My Grandparents against us. Mum changed time. They died when she was three months old. Me and her went back in time to the date they died. Mum stopped them leaving by sonicing the car. The village they lived in was on a fault in time, allowing the Trickster to manifests and take over the world. Luckily, Clyde and Rani," he saw Maria cringle at that name, "where protected by that box you had the first time. The Graske that took you out of time, he help Rani come back and help us sort everything out. Once we saved the day, Clyde gave the Graske the box to protect him from the Trickster. Then he used Peter against us. He tried to get Mum to say I do and forget about her old life. Luckily, we had help that time."
"Who?" Maria asked.
"The Doctor. He came to stop the wedding. He been trying to stop it for weeks. Bet you wished you'd came now."
"Yeah. Did you guys get to, you know?" Maria didn't need to say anything else.
"Yeah. It really is big on the inside." Luke said sighing.
Maria could work out something was up between Luke and his mum. "What's going on between you and your mum?"
"Nothing." Luke replied. Maria was shocked. This wasn't the same Luke she had left when she went to America.
"Come on Luke, you can tell me."
"It's nothing." His voice was rising.
"Luke, what is it?" Maria asked one last time. "Come on, tell me. I won't tell anyone what you tell me. Promise."
"Fine. Just before the exams, we fought the Slitheen. They nearly had us defeated. But then these orange creatures the same as the Slitheen appeared, captured them and sent them home for trial. They were called Blathereen and gave us a gift, a plant called Rakweed. It infected me and that scared mum. Even after we defeated them, mum seems to think that there may be some after-effects so she been trying to keep an eye on me since then. And since the exams finished, she's been watching me all the time. It's driving me crazy. It was alright before Clyde and Rani went away, I spent all my time out with them or at their places. But now, well it's just me isn't it. Nowhere to go. I don't feel safe on my own, out there." Luke said.
"Well, I'm here now, aren't I? And I'm here till the end of the summer. That's one surprise." She stopped because she couldn't breathe for Luke hugging her tight. "Could you stop squeezing me? Now, next surprise. My dad's getting married as well. Well, he only propose two days ago, but still. And even better, his fiancée's pregnant. I'm having a little brother or sister. Luke?" Luke had let go of her completely and had moved and sat back on his bed. "Luke? Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." He said. When, he thought, when can I tell her that I love her? When would be a good time? He had two weeks with her all to himself, with Clyde or Rani poking their noses in. Two weeks of the good times again. He never told anyone, but he hadn't felt as much at ease at school and in the gang since Maria left and Rani moved in. He felt pushed out by the way Rani had spoke to him that first day they met. She called him 'weird'. Even after they revealed the aliens secret and the secret of his birth, she stilled didn't get him the way Maria did. And Clyde was just, well, Clyde. He knew he would have to tell her his true feelings. Just when could he? And would he been able to go through with it?
Chapter 1 complete. Don't worry, there won't be as much in the future chapters.
Chapter 2 posted next Saturday, and ever Saturday from then on.
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Kuyoyo