CHAPTER 21

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As the psionic disrupter caused the Animus to scream in agony, Lily released another of her armor's new weapons against her enemy. She shot a dart into Ron's body that contained millions of self-replicating nanotech drones. The robots were designed to aggressively seek out anything that wasn't human or Time Lord in Ron's system and to destroy it as quickly as possible.

So now in addition to having incredible mental pain, the Animus was also suffering immense physical pain as well. This pain was only felt by the Animus and not by Ron in any way. Lily had made sure of that by having his brainwaves and cells remain unaffected by her weapons.

The Animus mentally ordered his Carsinome to swallow up Lily as well as the Doctor. The Doctor was almost completely covered up with fungus now and had had to go into a self-induced coma to preserve oxygen.

As the fungus headed towards Lily, she held up one of her armor's gauntlets; and it glowed with energy. It was a recreation of Rassilon's Gauntlet that he had used to destroy disobedient Time Lords with during the Time War.

Lily had a wide and cruel grin on her face as first the fungus heading toward her and then the fungus surrounding the Doctor began to disintegrate rapidly!

Then as the fungus died, she turned the Gauntlet's effects onto the Carsinome itself. She could feel it scream in her mind as she began to destroy it as well.

Lily grinned and began to laugh with joy!

Allison was chilled by the sound. This wasn't the woman that she considered a mother. She had never taken joy in killing or destruction! Lily had become a total stranger to her. She was now a person that she was getting close to becoming terrified of.

What if she didn't stop with the Animus? She was now becoming scared of someone that she loved. She felt a hand on her shoulder and was surprised to see that it was Isabella.

"She'll be alright. I know she will. I believe in her. She loves all of you too much to give up. She won't let the darkness in her take control," Isabella said confidently.

Allison smiled at her and nodded. That was the most the Isabella had talked to her at one time since she knew her. She mostly talked to Ron and not anyone else. She had realized from the start that the girl was incredibly shy and was glad that she was finally coming out of her shell around them. She supposed that seeing what had happened to Ron would have that effect on someone.

She could only hope that Isabella was right about Lily overcoming her inner darkness. She didn't even want to think about what could happen if she didn't. She did know that if Lily attacked her, she wouldn't fight back. She could never bring herself to attack her not even to save herself.

Robin continued to look helplessly on as the woman he loved fell apart in front of him and became someone unrecognizable. He shook with anger because he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to watch this. He wanted to do something about it before it was too late if it wasn't already.

Lily didn't realize what effect that she was having on her friends nor would her current persona have cared if she did. All that mattered to her now was saving her children. That was her one goal, and that was the only thing that she could focus on now. There was nothing else that existed in her world at this moment.

The Carsinome died completely and turned into dust now. Even the dust dissolved as the Gauntlet continued to glow. Once every last trace of it was gone from existence, Lily then turned the Gauntlet on the Animus.

Now the once powerful creature was being attacked by three weapons all at the same time! Its screams filled the air as Lily continued to laugh at its pain. She sounded like the Master at his most evil the Doctor thought with a shiver as he came out of his coma.

The Animus started draining Rose of even more power in order to try to free himself. Rose screamed in pain and then and only then did Lily hesitate. Her daughter was in danger, and this caused her to escalate her plan of attack. No longer could she simply sit back and bask in the glory of the creature's destruction. Now she had to proceed with a quick and efficient extermination of the being in order to preserve the life of the children.

She powered up her armor's ultimate weapon, a demat gun that would erase the Animus from time and space while leaving Ron intact. The gun was built into her other gauntlet, and she pointed it at the Animus as it glowed. She quickly shot the beam of the weapon at him, and he screamed out in incredible pain one last time before he dissolved away forever!

Lily stood there laughing at his total destruction, and everyone around her was very afraid of what she might do next.

Isabella ran toward Ron and put her arms around him as he came back to himself.

"Isabella? What happened?" Ron asked her in confusion.

"You were taken over by the Animus, but your mother defeated him for good. You're free now. You're safe. I love you, Ron! I'm so glad that you're safe!" Isabella said as she kissed him for the first time.

Ron's eyes went wide with surprise at first, and then that quickly changed to joy as he realized what she had just said.

Lily turned to Isabella and eyed her carefully. She was trying to see if she posed a potential threat to Ron or not. She decided that she was harmless and let her live . . . for now.

Robin saw this look with horror. He knew that Lily had actually been thinking about doing something to innocent Isabella just because she was kissing Ron! This was crossing the line way too far. He had to do something right now.

"Lily, you can come back now. It's over," Robin said as he walked up to her.

Allison's heart leaped into her chest. Don't do it, Robin! she said silently to him.

"The mission is never over. The children must be protected against all possible threats forever. This is the primary duty," Lily said like a machine. Her voice had no emotion in it whatsoever.

Robin was horrified. This was not his love. This was an automaton. What had Rassilon done to her so long ago to make her this way?

"He brainwashed her to become someone that was more of a mindless machine than a Time Lord. The only way that she ever became her normal self again was by regenerating," the Doctor said in response to Robin's unspoken question.

Robin didn't see anyone being able to stop her in that armor. It looked like nothing could get through to make her regenerate now. Not that he would even think of doing such a thing to her.

He had another plan with a different approach to freeing her entirely. If this didn't work, then he would die. If it did though, he would have his Lily back. That was worth potentially dying for!

He suddenly pulled out a bow and aimed an arrow at Ron's head. Lily saw the action and immediately moved to stop him. She grabbed the bow from his hand and destroyed it with her copy of Rassilon's Gauntlet. She then looked at him menacingly but did nothing more to him.

Robin proceeded to run over to Ron, who had long ago stopped kissing Isabella as he watched Robin in shock and puzzlement, and he put him in a headlock.

"Pretend I'm hurting you," Robin whispered to him.

"What? What if she kills you?" Ron said afraid.

"She won't," Robin said confidently,

Ron started to scream fake shouts of pain, and Lily shot a stun blast at Robin that had him fall to the ground unconscious for a few seconds. Again she didn't use lethal force but just stood by watching him for any further attacks.

Robin woke and said loudly, "You're going to have to kill me if you want to stop me. I won't stop trying to kill Ron until you do. Go on, Lily! Do it!"

Allison screamed, "No!"

Lily began to power up her Gauntlet as she looked at Robin with angry eyes. She pointed the Gauntlet at him and then stopped. Her arm shook and soon her body followed it. She was at war with herself now inside of her psyche. Robin eagerly awaited the outcome as everyone around him looked on in silence.

Lily screamed in agony with what sounded like soul crushing pain, and then she looked at Robin with her own eyes once again. She pulled off the armor's helmet and kissed him with all of the passion within her as she had tears flowing down her face from shame at what she had almost done!

Robin was full of joy. He had done it. He had finally saved her for once! Maybe he wasn't so worthless after all.

Next: The aftermath of the battle with the Animus as Lily reacts to what she has done. Also, the return of the assassin and the Zygon as this storyline finally wraps up.