CHAPTER 12
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Shadow of the Daleks Part 1
It had started out as an ordinary day like any other for the planet Earth, but then everything changed. Suddenly there were Dalek ships floating all over the planet, and everyone wondered if this was the end of time. The ships started causing massive destruction everywhere, and people started to have flashbacks to the day that the Earth was stolen years ago. There had been rumors that a mysterious man called the Doctor had saved them that time. Those people who had heard of him hoped fervently for his return.
In London, many parts of the city were still largely unaffected by the Daleks as of yet. They seemed to be concentrated on certain areas of the city only. One of those areas was the Powell Estate. The Daleks were attacking that area intensely. They were trying to send a message to one particular person.
Jon Baker and his brother Patrick didn't really care about what messages that the Daleks wanted to send. All that they cared about at the moment was surviving the rest of the day. They had been living together at the Powell Estate until the Daleks attacked and sent them running for their lives.
The two of them had managed to make it about a mile away from home without being seen by any Daleks. They had hoped that they might actually make it out of the city. They were trying to get to some other family members of theirs that lived a few miles away from London.
Their luck ran out though when they were spotted by a Dalek patrol. The Daleks fired on their car and instantly destroyed its engine. The two brothers ran out of the car and sprinted for cover inside of an abandoned building. The Daleks started firing on the building immediately, and it started coming apart around them.
"We've got to get out of here, Jon. This place isn't safe. They're tearing it down around us!" Patrick screamed.
"I am aware of that, Patrick. I've been looking for another way out for the last minute, but everything's locked. None of the doors will open. The only way out is the way that we came in that's blocked by about a billion killer pepper pots. If you have any suggestions though, I'll be glad to hear them!" Jon shouted back at his brother.
Patrick looked at him in despair. He had no idea what to do. The two brothers slowly started to lose hope. They began to wonder if this was it for them.
Then Jon was taken totally by surprise as a beautiful blonde girl appeared from out of nowhere and grabbed his hand. She grabbed ahold of Patrick's hand at the same time with her remaining hand.
"Come with me if you want to live!" Jenny said with a serious face that quickly turned into a huge smile.
The two brothers stared in disbelief at this strange girl who was smiling in the face of certain death.
"I've always wanted to say that!" Jenny said as she started to pull the two brothers away with her.
"Who are you?" Jon asked her as he stared at her in disbelief.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't say did I? My name's Jenny. Jenny Tyler. Nice to meet you!" Jenny said as she led the two of them steadily away from the entrance of the rapidly crumbling building.
"I'm Jon Baker, and this is my brother Patrick. We thought that we were trapped in here. I couldn't find another way out. So you know of one? You can get us out of here?" Jon asked hopefully.
"I have a way out alright. It's not what you're expecting though. You'll see what I mean in a minute," Jenny said mysteriously.
She led them to a red telephone box like the kind that you would see on the street for public use. This one though was in the middle of the building in a stairway!
"Well, go on. Get in," Jenny said as she opened the door to the box with a strange looking key.
We're getting out of her through the telephone box?" Patrick said as he spoke to the girl for the first time.
"Of course. There's no other way out. Come on. Hurry up! The building's about to fall apart any minute now," Jenny said with a serious look on her face.
Pretty but insane! Jon thought about the strange girl.
The two brothers started to move away from her, and then she realized that they didn't understand. She had been in such a hurry to save them that she hadn't explained that this was no ordinary phone box.
"Wait! I'm not crazy. This looks like a phone box, but it's really my ship in disguise. It travels through time and space, and it's called a TARDIS. You have to get in now, or you're going to die in here! Please trust me!" Jenny said with a pleading look on her face.
Jon didn't know why, but he did trust her. He realized at that moment that he would follow her anywhere without question. There was just something about her that made him believe in her. He felt safe around her.
Jon went into the box, and Patrick shrugged his shoulders as he followed him. The two of them stared in shock at the huge room that they found inside of the small red box.
Jenny raced inside and went to the console in a hurry. She began to operate controls at a rapid pace, and her TARDIS dematerialized seconds before the building came down around them.
"This box it's bigger on the inside," Patrick said in shock.
"Way to state the obvious. I believe we've already established that fact," Jon said with an eye roll.
Jenny looked at him with a newfound appreciation. He was adjusting to things quickly! She liked that. He wasn't that bad to look at either she realized with a grin.
She had to stop herself from staring at him. She didn't realize that he had been staring at her too. Patrick noticed though. He smiled for a minute as he thought to himself that his brother always did like the strange girls.
Patrick decided to start up a conversation with her when no one spoke for a moment. You could cut the tension in here with a knife.
"So this is really a spaceship then? So does that make you an alien?" Patrick asked her.
"Yes and yes. Is that going to be a problem?" Jenny asked them. Patrick noticed that she was looking more at Jon than at him when she asked that.
"Not for me. I don't care where you come from. You saved our lives so that makes you my hero. Thank you!" Patrick said honestly.
"I was glad to do it. You're lucky that I happened to be passing by when I did. I've been trying to help rescue everyone that I can until help can arrive. I have no idea where Mum and Dad are. They're the only ones that can stop this. I'm not quite up to their level yet. I can take on a few Daleks but a whole invasion force? Not quite!" Jenny said with a grimace.
"Is that what those things are? I remember seeing them before, but I never caught their name," Jon said.
"Yes that's their name. They're totally evil. All they live for is to kill everything that isn't them. Their goal is to destroy all other forms of life in the universe," Jenny explained.
"So they're here to destroy humanity?" Jon asked.
"Usually that would be their goal. This time I'm not so sure. This seems to be being done to get the attention of my mother. She used to live at the Powell Estate, and that has been the heaviest hit in this area. Also the Daleks aren't doing anywhere near as much damage as they could do," Jenny reasoned.
"What do you mean they aren't doing as much damage as they could? They're destroying everything around here!" Patrick shouted.
"The Earth is still in one piece, isn't it? That means they're holding back. If they weren't, your planet would be in ruins everywhere right now. They're not interested in Earth for once. They want my mum," Jenny said with certainty.
"Where is she? Why isn't she coming forward to put a stop to all of this then?" Jon asked.
"I don't know. Any other time she would already be here by now. I'm worried about her," Jenny admitted with a sad look on her face.
Jon felt a sudden urge to comfort her but decided against it. He had only just met her after all.
"I know who might know though. I'm going to find my grandmother. She'll be able to find mum if anyone can," Jenny said hopefully.
"Wait a minute. Can't you just drop us off somewhere first? We don't really have anything to do with this," Patrick said as Jenny started entering coordinates into the console.
"There's nowhere safe right now. If someone doesn't stop them quickly, they might decide to stop going easy on the Earth and destroy you all on general principle. You never know what to expect with Daleks. Right now you're probably safer with me than anywhere else," Jenny said as she continued to operate the controls of her TARDIS.
"So you're kidnapping us?" Patrick said as he started to panic.
"No! I'll let you go eventually. I just don't have the time to make an extra stop right now. I need to find my grandmother as soon as possible. It looks like I've finally located her too which is good. She's back in the London of 1890 again. She loves that time period for some reason," Jenny said with a fond smile on her face.
"So now we're going back to the past?" Patrick said in full panic mode.
"You wanted to be somewhere safe, didn't you? At least there's no Daleks in 1890. Count your blessings!" Jon said as he grinned at him.
"What's the matter with you? You act like this is a ride at an amusement park," Patrick said as he looked at him like he was crazy.
"Don't you think that all of this is just amazing? I've always dreamed of going on an amazing adventure like this all of my life! This is just like all of the science fiction movies and television shows that we've always loved, Patrick. It's all coming true. Why aren't you enjoying it too?" Jon asked him.
"That's fiction. This is real. We could both die at the hands of horrible aliens out to destroy the world. I don't enjoy that idea at all," Patrick said honestly.
"Oi! No disparaging aliens! We're not all out to destroy the Earth. I like humans myself," Jenny said with a frown.
"I didn't mean anything against all aliens. I certainly didn't mean anything against you. You seem to be very nice plus you're gorgeous. Being kidnapped by a pretty alien is always a plus in my book!" Patrick said as he smiled at her.
Jon glared daggers at his brother while Patrick looked at him puzzled. What did he say? He wondered.
Jenny blushed at the compliment but said nothing in response. She looked at Jon to see his reaction to what his brother had said. She liked it more than she cared to admit that he seemed to be very jealous right now.
Jenny's TARDIS materialized inside of her grandmother's living quarters at Oxford University in 1890. She got out and was immediately greeted by her grandmother, Lily.
Lily knew from looking at the worry on Jenny's face that something was wrong immediately. Jenny explained about the Dalek invasion and how Rose wasn't appearing to save the day this time.
"Something is definitely wrong then. Rose always comes to save Earth. It looks like we're going to have to track her down together, Jen. I'll come with you in your TARDIS. Maybe I can show you a trick or two that you can use to find your mother with," Lily said as she entered the red phone box.
As Lily entered the TARDIS, she saw the two men and said, "Hello, I'm Lily. I'm Jenny's grandmother."
The two of them looked at each other with raised eyebrows. This woman looked more like Jenny's older sister than her grandmother! She did bear a striking resemblance to her though.
Jon smiled with relish at the strangeness of it all while Patrick just felt overwhelmed. What had they gotten themselves into here?
Shadow of the Daleks continues in Lily and Robin Chapter 23 coming soon and then finishes in The Adventures of Rose Tyler, Time Lady Chapter 41 also coming soon.
Next Time: Jenny takes on the two brothers as her first companions. The three of them go on their first real trip together as they go up against a deadly threat in the time of the Old West.
