Chapter 2

The Quasi-sentient construct felt the growing pain surging within the mind of her pilot. Powerful force fields instantly activated, modulating their bandwidth and tuning their frequency to the upper most limits of the psychic spectrum to neutralize the effects form the outside disturbance. The Humanoid females closed their eyes a moment retreating from the trance- like state that they seemed to had been pulled into. The clutched their heads, slowly massaging their temples, in an attempt to drive away the headache that resulted form the experience. Then, looking around, they say their male companion kneeling by the TARDIS console. The wave of energy was well gone now, and the Time Lord began to mutter something that sounded like Ancient High Gallifreyan. Starting in a low mumble, it rose into a crescendo of vaguely familiar uttering, echoing ominously through the large room. The words drifted into their minds, numbing the pain that still existed. Then, like a passing jet, the echo fell until it was a whisper. For several minutes, the room was silent, save the exception of the Time Rotor. Gracefully, he began to rise form the floor, regaining mental control as his mind shields returned to their normal strength.

"Is everyone alright?" He asked, checking the systems.
"We are better Auden." Lyssa began. "However, what about you?"

"I'm much better since the TARDIS activated the shields." He looked over at them with great concern. "What happened back there?"
"I'm not sure." Julie trailed off, trying to find the words for it. "It seemed like a psychic disturbance of great magnitude. We couldn't pull away from it. And before it stopped, we saw this disturbance right over the planet of our destination."
"Metebenus III?" Auden frowned as they nodded. "What we probably experienced was an incredible tremor in the astral plane brought on by the geo-crystalline forces that so perfectly align the planet."
"Nice technobabble you put in there." Lyssa whispered.
"Thanks." He said and turned quickly away as the color drained from his face. A look of possible realization crossed his face as he began to check the sensor reading from the small console monitor.
"If you say so." Julie ended with a skeptical gleam.
The TARDIS monitor was activated, and a stunning view of the Space/Time Vortex appeared upon it, its' energies streaming past the TARDIS in a shimmering veil of milky light. Gradually the milky glow began to fade as the planet began to come into view. It was blurry at first, but then became vivid and detailed in a matter of seconds. The TARDIS slowed to a halt as Auden began to bring up the rematerialization coordinates from the Navigational Computer.
"And here it is," He announced with a grin. "The famous Blue Planet of the Acteon Group."
"Auden," Lyssa began as a light flashed upon a panel. "There's a message coming in." She brought up the schematics and looked up nervously. "It's from Gallifrey."
"Well," He began with a visible tremble. "Bring it up on the Console Monitor."
"Greeting from Gallifrey Auden." The Chancellor announced as her beautiful green eyes met Auden's dark ones.
"Ch. Chancellor Theora." He respectfully bowed. "What brings this great and humbling honor?"
"Gallifrey has detected a built-up of psychic energy that increasing in intensity every twelve cycles. At present the energy built-up is stable as seven-nine-three-point-three-six."
"Seven-nine-three-point-three-six." He muttered, as his heart seemed to skip a beat or two. "What is the present location of the disturbance?"
"The year twenty-nine-six-three, in the Acteon Group above the planet Metebenus III."
An 'I told you so' look materialized quickly onto Julie's face and her eyes narrowed into twin points of sapphire lasers. Lyssa shook her head with a knowing grin.
"Does the High Council wish me to investigate this matter?" Auden's grave expression faded into a more relaxed grin. "After all, to do so would violate our Law of Non-Interference, and I."
"Very well Professor Lorizhon," She issued an understanding smile. "You have full authority to investigate this matter by whatever means necessary, and act accordingly."
He bowed respectively as the screen faded to black.

Twin moons circled a presently dead world orbiting a now prematurely dying star, the result of actions by an immature race that believed they could harness their star's power with technology far advanced beyond their limited capabilities. The resulting cataclysm wiped out all traces of life, including the oceans, most of the atmosphere and scorched much of the planet's surface. The only thing left was the power converter, a black obelisk over five miles in height coruscating with white tendrils of energy extending into the upper reaches of where the exosphere once existed. It appeared a daunting task, which was more reason why Rosalynd was sent to tackle it.

A wheezing sound echoed throughout the surface of the planet as a tall gray object, akin to a cabinet materialized onto the planet's surface. From the strange gray monolith exited a brunette in dark clothing carrying a small brown duffle bag and a breathing apparatus on her face. Looking behind her, she saw eerie light given off by Tolan's sun, once a young G- Class star, now reduced to ancient red giant. Such events should not have occurred for another several billion years.
Within several feet of the spire, she stopped, put down the duffel bag, and opened it. From its depths, she removed eight transparent-red pyramids and placed them evenly around the immense object, and then hurriedly headed back inside her TARDIS.
"Time to nova?"
"Thirty minutes, twelve seconds and counting." The Computer responded.
Closing the TARDIS doors, The Time Lady materialized the time ship exactly midway between the dead planet and its' dying star. Activating the holographic scanner, she brought up a detailed map of the system, and studied it carefully. Pressing a button on the console, the view changed to the surface as eight red points of light shone brightly through the energy tendrils like a beacon in a thunderstorm.
"So what exactly are we doing here?"
Rosalynd looked up momentarily as Clint walked into the console room with a bemused look on his face and faced the screen once again. A teenager from the early twenty-first century, Clint Blazier entered her TARDIS out of total curiosity as to what lay within it. Things worsened as the Time Lady entered while he was exploring a corridor and dematerialized before he was able to get back to the Main Console room and stop her. Two weeks passed when he had barely begun travelling with the Time Lady, and wasn't ready to leave just yet.
"We're trying to stabilize and stop a prematurely dying star from blowing up half the sector in a matter of minutes."
"So why aren't you doing anything?" He asked nervously approaching with haste.
"I'm about to, I just need direct the energy at the right time. The obelisk on the planet's surface is powering up for another charge. I set the energy converters down in a perfect octagonal pattern. Now all we have to do is a little bit of synchronicity. If we get this right. The star will revert to an aged G-class giant and not go postal on us for another couple of million years."
"And if we don't time it right?"
"Then you and I, along with the TARDIS will be scattered across this sector of the Galaxy in a impressive display of pyrotechnics."
"Oh," He began as that sinking feeling began to hit him. "Is that all."
"Think about it like this, if it doesn't work, we'll be part of a greater whole!" She proclaimed with mock wonder. "Our atoms will unite in time to perhaps form another star, or maybe fall upon a planet's surface, becoming the basis for that world's humanoid form!"
The spire came to life, charging with an incredible surge of galvanic power. As if on cue, the stabilizers encircling the obelisk activated, sending a thin cord of energy to the point of discharge, changing the color of the beam from yellow-orange to heliotrope. The obelisk ejected the energy into space, screaming towards the star at sub-light speed. Nearing the TARDIS, the Time Lady activated a quasi-temporal particle field around the TARDIS and waited very patiently for the energy to arrive.
"Three. two. one."
The beam hit the particle field from the rear, twisted and cavorted into something different, and hurled towards the star. Upon impact the star halted in expansion and after several minutes, began to shrink, uncovering what was left of the first world, now a cinder in itself, and flash-fried the second planet's atmosphere a huge solar flare ejected from the star's surface.
"Readings indicate a success." She smiled. "We shouldn't have any more problems in the foreseeable future." She said to Clint. "Of course, by that time, the star will have exploded naturally, without any help from us. Will become one impressive Nebula I believe!"
"Do you know the name of it?"
"I believe when your race discovers it, that it'll become known as the Eagle's Head Nebula. A rather beautiful sight in times to come.
As Rosalynd inputted the coordinates to dematerialize, a blue light began to flash upon the console panel. Looking up from the scanner Rosalynd reached over to tap it, bringing the screen to life with a regal looking female clothes in the robes of a Gallifreyan Chancellor.
"Chancellor Theora," The Time Lady said pleasantly. "What brings us the honor of your presence."
"Lady President Romana wishes me to congratulate you in averting the crisis in sector thirty three. I take it the Obelisk has been rendered inoperable?"
"The stabilizers have taken care of that, sapping all power to energy array below."
"Good. The High Council has another assignment for you."
"I'm always happy to serve the whims of the Council." She said with slight sarcasm in her tone.
"I'm sure you are." The Chancellor agreed with a slight grin. "You are to set coordinates for the planet Metebenus III in Mutters Spiral, the year twenty-nine-sixty-three in the Humanian Era. Your mission will be to locate and assist Doctor Auden Lorizhon in locating a psychic disturbance emanating form the vicinity of the planet. He is presently accompanied by Juliegliocarmenistera and Lyssa of Karn. "
"And our policy of Non Intervention?"
"Will be superceded until this mission is over."
"Understood."
"Good luck."
The screen went blank as Rosalynd inputted the coordinates with a growing smile on her face. As finished with the coordinates and re- calibrated the sensors to follow Auden's Time ship, Clint couldn't help but look at her curiously. She finished and looked up at him.
"We're going to meet some old friends I made and graduated with back at the Prydon Time Academy on Gallifrey."
"Cool, do I need to change or do anything?"
"No, nothing at all, just keep your head down if we get into any trouble. You never know what's crawling on a planet like Metebenus III."
Clint nodded as Rosalynd moved a lever, dematerializing the Time Ship. If sound could have been heard in the vacuum of space, all within the vicinity would have heard the distinct signature of Gallifreyan Warping, dematerializing the time ship from their relative continuum and into the Time Vortex.

"Commander."
"What is it Ensign?" He asked, approaching the station rather hurriedly
"I'm receiving an unusual reading from the sensors." Dan replied.
"Define unusual."
"Well, if you call the whole infrastructure of Quantum Physics in retreat normal, than I have no idea what you consider unusual!"
"Someone get Captain Fall, he's going to want to see this!"
As an unnamed Ensign hurried to his private office, another disturbance of a different origin flashed to life on the sensors. It began to fluctuate erratically on the sensors and had one constant: it was increasing rapidly with intensity.
"What is it?" Captain Fall asked, as he approached Navigational Control.
"We detected an unusual Space/Time disturbance for you. However, that was blotted out by an even quirkier quandary. Tracking..." His head jerked up. "Captain we have a shockwave heading right for us!"
"Lieutenant Smith, SHIELDS UP!"
The screen flashed to life and revealed a yellow-green shockwave screaming towards the ship in a bow-echo or indeterminate origin. The screen then black out as the energy collided

The screen flashed to life, revealing a yellowish-green shockwave heading towards the ship in a bow-like fashion. The screen blacked out as the energy collided with the ship, the shields withstanding the worst of the impact.
The hull might have withstood the devastating impact. It was composed of a Duralinium-reinforced Argonite/Titanium superstructure, with coating of Siligtone matrix, the hardest metal in the Universe. However why take that chance?
After it was over, the ship was in total disarray. Even the Shield Generators were shot, after handling so much energy. Ensign Bowen activated the screen in time, as traces of the wave could be scene amidst the Metebenus III. Then, as if on cue, an object appeared on screen, then disappeared as fast as it had entered. Silence so thick you could walk through it flooded the area, and then interrupted by the new Lieutenant Commander.
"So, where did it go?" The blue-eyed humanoid asked.
"It didn't go anywhere." Captain Fall stated. "Ensign, replay that grid, when the object appears, pause and magnify for us please."
The screen flashed to life again with the picture of the planet. Before it, the object appeared. Ensign Bowen paused the screen, and then magnified the object. It appeared as a blotch at first, until he increased resolution. Slowly, the object flickered into life: a quasi-terrestrial column hovering above the planet's surface.
"Holding at ninety-percent magnification."
"That object that you see before you is a TARDIS."
"A what"" He asked.
"A special ship used by the Time Lords. It's bigger on the inside than on the outside." Commander Post said. "This particular TARDIS belongs to one Professor Auden."
"I read the reports... he and two other humanoids exited from a strange structure, and helped you on Skaro, shortly after a squadron of Daleks ambushed you."
"We would have died if not for them." Captain Fall replied. "But, enough of the past. Let's get to work repairing this bucket of bolts so that it can safely take us home."

She kept the edicts decreed by her race, except for one, and for that, she left her Homeworld and journeyed to Earth to be with the one she loved. The High Council decided to stay out of the matter, seeing her as no threat to the timelines and abided by the Laws of Time well enough to know her responsibility as a Time Lord of Gallifrey.
Ryan Willis looked up from the chair he had been sitting, and smiled as he heard the distinct sound that heralded his fiancée's arrival. He ran out the door, the sunlight danced upon his short, brown hair, and his hazel eyes twinkled with anticipation of her arrival.
They mad met over a year ago, and instantly he became captivated by her rare beauty. She was slightly shorter than he, with long, coppery hair that danced like radiant fire in brilliant sunlight. When he drew near, he could smell a natural fragrance of the sweetest honey, snaring his nose in a soft aroma that never left her. Then, there were her eyes. Though his own were hazel, they were not as vibrant as hers. Fittingly matching her hair, and spoke of things that should not be, should not have been, but would happen nevertheless. He grew to love her, and showed this rare gem the wonders and sights of his world. Then, with great hesitation, she finally revealed her identity, and or origin among the stars, and he almost doubted her, thinking it all a joke. With tender eyes that could pierce the depths of eternity, she led him into her TARDIS, and showed him the wonders of her world. After a week of coming to terms with this, he realized that it didn't matter who she was or where she was from, he loved by unconditionally, and asked for her hand in marriage. "Are you sure this is alright with your people Jonie?" He asked with worry in his eyes as she led him into her TARDIS. "I don't want you to get into trouble."
"We have nothing to worry about," She assured him as they entered her TARDIS. "I'm not exactly the most popular person on Gallifrey, but I don't care."
The interior of her Console Room had changed again. Upon his first view of it, the room had a sterile, laboratory feel to it, with while, roundelled walls, and a console panel littered with knobs and buttons. Now, it was far larger, walls that looked of stone, and a purple ceiling that seemed to stretch into forever. The central column, formerly a pale pink, was now emerald green and glowed upon a console full of touch sensitive panels, and the odd one of two levers and buttons.
"Uh." He closed his eyes to clear his head. "So, when do I get to meet your family?"
"Not within this lifetime!" Jonie declared as she began to input coordinates. "Except for the Kithriarch, the rest of the House of Firesong has really-"
"What's wrong?"
A button began to flash oddly on the console near her. Pressing a few panels, she tracked the origin and almost went pale as she reluctantly activated the viewscreen.
"Lady President Romana!" She said in surprise. "What brings this honor?"
"I have a mission for you, if you want it?"
"Uh. sure, what is it?"
"As I understand it, you graduated with Doctor Auden Lorizhon, correct?"
"Of course," She grinned. "He's not too hard to forget."
"Excellent. You are to journey to the planet Haderath and retrieve an Artron Crystal Resonator from the Temple of No'lutek. A member of our race carelessly left it behind on some ill-begotten mission, and it has been there ever since. I am transmitting you all the data we have on that world as we speak."
"And then?"
"You are then to journey to Metebenus III, Mutters Spiral, in the Humanian Era, twenty-nine sixty-three. Doctor Lorizhon and the Time Lady Rosalynd will be down on the planet busy with locating a major psychic disturbance emanating form the system, and nullifying the threat."
"Yes Lady President, and our Doctrine of Non-Intervention?"
"Circumvented." She smiled. "Discretion is your ally."
"Understood, is their anything else?"
"Nothing else, except good luck."
The screen went black and Jonie stood for a moment in silence, then began inputting coordinates, and activated the sensor array for a precise trajectory on the crystal. Ryan stayed, not wishing to disturb his fiancée, but had many questions in the back of his head. The first among them was, would they get out of this alive?