The mood in the room was tense as the Darlion refused to talk. Sarah Jane was sat down by Luke and lightly stroked his hair, both for his and her sake. Clyde had long since made the cups of tea, but no one was really interested in drinking it. And Rani couldn't help but twiddle her thumbs. It was a trait she got from her parents. When she was nervous of bored. Often a mix of both. Sarah Jane stood up.
"Look Darlion!" She shouted sternly moving closer and closer to the alien "This light of yours as hurt my son and I demand you tell us what its done to him." The Darlion crossed his scaly arms and shook his head.
"The light is my master, you don't have the power, nor the skill to control the words I say." Sarah Jane simply smirked.
"Don't have the power you say?" She turned to look at Mr Smith behind the monster. "Mr Smith, please run a scan on the Darlion." The large computer whizzed into life. A small red beam encircled the alien and began to scan it.
"What… what is this sorcery" The Darlion stuttered. Sarah Jane smirked again
"Oh just your local Mr Smith." She said smiling. Rani stepped forwards once Mr Smith completed the scan.
"What can you tell us Mr Smith?" She asked the computer. Mr Smith made a few noises before speaking.
"The Darlions are from the planet Ifisha and are prone to follow an almighty being known as the light. Who; as you may be able to calculate, is a ball of light which is used to control, wipe or even alter a beings mind" Sarah Jane gasped and looked back at her son
"Luke." She breathed. Clyde waked over to his friend also.
"That...that light thingy... it did something to Luke's memory. He forgot all of us, even Sarah Jane." Rani walked up to the Darlion.
"But why Luke huh... what could wiping his memory possibly do." Then Darlion made a rude gesture at Rani.
"You won't get anything out of me." He growled. Rani growled in unison and then turned back to Mr Smith. "Mr Smith can you tell us anything more about the Darlions. Like weaknesses and other things." The computer whirred a little more.
"The Darlions are somewhat like fish Rani." The computer explained. Rani held out her hands
"And that means..."
"They depend on one thing so much that when that thing alters, their lives are at risk." The Darlion found himself shivering in nervousness, guessing that Mr Smith knew exactly what to do
"Go on..." Clyde encouraged but then Rani stepped in.
"No wait! A fish... fishes live in water correct." She tested. Sarah Jane and Clyde both nodded, the Darlion was growing increasingly anxious. "Well, if a fish is not in the water, then it's weakened and eventually dies right?" he two nodded and Clyde suddenly smacked his hands together.
"Obviously," here he turned o the Darlion "You lot support this... light thingamajig... and you kind of depend on him, so we take away your light, your scared, you even get weakened. " the Darlion showed some signs of fear but immediately resumed his poker face.
"Believe what you will, but nothing, not even your... interesting display of lights and sound could stop us." Sarah Jane simply smirked and put and arm round each of the teens.
"Well then, I suppose it's time you showed us what we want to know." She turned to face Rani and Clyde in turn, with a content look on her face. "You two know what to do." They both smiled back and set to work.
"Alright, finally, some alien whooping!" He exclaimed as he waited by the light switch. Rani lowered the shutters and covered anything up that was showing any outdoor light. Sarah Jane walked slowly over to the lamps in the corner, shielding most other light.
"Clyde, will you do the honours." She asked cheekily. Turning to face the Darlion she smirked at his face. "Now you'll know the fear I've felt for the past 3 days. Losing something you desperately need." And with that Clyde flicked the switch, leaving only the small lamp glowing in the corner of the room. Thought there was limited light in the room, the small group could clearly see the shape of the Darlion decreasing.
"No, what are you doing, I beg of you release me from this darkness!" The creature cried. Sarah Jane looked at Clyde and the boy reluctantly turned the light back on. The woman walked up to the Darlion who was now curled into a foetal crouched position. She bend down and forced the creature to look into her eyes.
"Now. Tell me what you want with my son." The creature found an ounce of strength from inside and snarled at Sarah Jane.
"I will tell you nothing." He spoke although the shake in his voice said otherwise. She looked back at Clyde.
"Oh Clyde!" She sang in a taunting voice deliberately giving he Darlion one last chance. As Clyde's hand once more approached the switch, the Darlion finally got the message.
"WAIT! I'll tell you!" He begged, unable to suffer through the pain once more. Sarah Jane returned to glaring at the creature.
"Tell. Me. Now. What do you want, with my son?" She demanded. The Darlion breathed a sigh and straightened.
"For years, my people have been tracking your planet, and many others around it. My people are not naturally evil, I promise you this, but we can be protective, especially of our own." Rani stepped up
"Right so you've established you're good, just not when you're threatened, but that still doesn't explain what you want with Luke, and why losing his memory is so s good to you." The Darlion continued
"You must remember the bane invasion some time ago when this creature was created." Sarah Jane's glare intensified at the description of Luke but nonetheless she nodded. "That was not the first time the bane had intention to create a being to control the planet. Many millennia back, the bane created what looked and acted relatively like a Darlion. That was until the bane took over and this being was truly unleashed. It destroyed vast areas, killed, tortured and created havoc wherever it went. This became a one versus thousands war and took over a year before he was finally pushed back. But by that time, there was too much damage that The Darlions could no longer allow the bane to control anymore. We pushed them from our planet but they returned and scattered across the galaxy. Attempting to recreate the same process wherever they went." Here the Darlion looked at the three humans "the planet earth was their final invasion for some time and curious about their demise we decided to investigate and here was where we discovered the archetype." He finished. Rani looked to Sarah Jane
"But Luke's different compared to what the Bane last created, right?" She questioned. Clyde walked up to the Darlion
"Got that right, our Lukey couldn't hurt a fly. Literally, he wouldn't let me swat one the other week, talking stuff about it being natures gift." Here the Darlion once again rose to its full height.
"That is what we first believed the creature (better known as Experiment K) was like. For a while, he interacted with us, got a job, began to settle down then the bane took over and he became a monster. It is our belief that the archetype will soon be once again under control of the bane and it is our mission to protect your planet from these monsters." Sarah Jane was in deep thought, internally worrying that her by would become a monster but she immediately dispelled the thought.
"Regardless of what happened to your planet, and while we are greatly sorry for it, the Bane are gone from this planet, the bane mother was destroyed and Luke was freed from their control because of this. Not to mention Luke has not only fitting in with us, but he has also helped save the world on a number of occasions including by destroying the bane." The Darlion looked solemn.
"You truly believe this, Sarah Jane Smith?" He asked.
"With all my heart. And he is my son, so should they ever return, a mother's love is stronger than any powerful control and me and Luke are proof of that." The Darlion nodded.
"Then... I put the planet's safety in your hands Miss Smith. And I will return your son's memory." As Mr Smith released the holding cell and the Darlion prepared to leave, Rani suddenly shouted.
"Wait!" The Darlion turned to face her "Everybody else things Luke is dead, what will they think when he turns up to school on Monday?" The Darlion simply smiled, or it looked like he was smiling.
"Do not fear. The Flash's powers will erase all proof of these last few days to all those necessary. It will seem as though 3 days ago was simply yesterday." With that the Darlion held out his hand and a bright white door opened.
"Good Luck Miss Smith, and thank you." And with that he walked through the door. As he did, the entire room became engulfed in white light...
Wow talk about a Cliffy - I have a little note that I'm posting on my other stories as well so if you've already read it that's fine but if not - READ IT!
To all my faithful readers
The length of time this update took was on my own part completely unacceptable and I should have had it up quicker. For that I apologise and hope I can get updates up quicker. So far I am in the process of writing
TWNTATTNA,
baby sister,
Unwanted and
My Son Luke.
Don't worry I haven't stopped writing my others, it's just I'm trying to right chapters for these stories all at once so I'll finish these one's then get started again on the others. I've also nearly finished one or two of my new ones but as I said I'll focus on these first. Again sorry for the lateness, ever though I'm finished college I still have work so my days are still taken up a little :(