Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, I know I'm getting these chapters out fast, but like I said, I'm on vacation so I have time to work on these. I have nothing better to do. Well, I'm going to get my hair cut and colored on Friday. I need something different. Anwyas, there's a line from Buffy the Vampire Slayer in here. Its a line from season seven, one of the last 3 episodes. Just thought I'd give you a little work to do while reading this. Oh, and I have no idea how the Gallifreyan goverment works, I'm making this up as I go along. Forgive me!Oh, more language in this chapter! Watch out!
Another rough landing in the TARDIS, followed by muffled curses and grumbling, found the five Time Travelers in the year 4908. Alexis landed her ship right next to the TARDIS, chatting rapidly to her communications device.
"Yeah, I know. If I can, I'll drop by to see ya but I'm not promisin' anythin'. I've got a whole race of beings to fight to save another whole race. Yeah, All in a day's work for Alexis Harkness. Alright, I'll get back at ya later. I've got work to do! Okay, love ya, sweetheart. Bye." Alexis pressed a button on her wristwatch, and looked up at her brother, whose eyebrow had risen.
"What? I'm not allowed to have a boyfriend? Sheesh, Jack. The old lady told me to look out for ya, not the other way around!" Alexis said, and Jack shook his head and turned away.
"Okay, the TARDIS is detecting other Time Lords and their TARDISes all over this city. If we're lucky, it won't take us long to find them. Or the other way around, whichever way you prefer to look at it. Oh, God, not him." The Doctor groaned, seeing a group of people walk towards them, and Rose assumed they were Time Lords. One of which the Doctor didn't seem to like.
"Doctor. It's about time you've graced us with your presence to explain what you were thinking when you blew up Gallifrey. And who are your companions?" The tallest of the group, the Lord Master of Gallifrey, asked in a tone that implied that he was better than any of them.
"My companions are my daughter, her mother, Captain Harkness and his son, Lord Master. And when you hear my explanation and why I have returned, I'm sure your tone will change." The Doctor returned in an equal tone. Emily really didn't like this guy.
"Listen here, you pompous asshole. My father probably has seen and done more than you have ever done in your life. How old are you, anyways? Five, maybe six hundred years old? My father is nine hundred years old, and I'd talk to him respectfully if I were you.. He blew up Gallifrey to save you, and you talk as if you are ungrateful. The Daleks are back, Lord Master. You'd best start preparing for war." Emily told the Lord Master, catching his eyes and holding them in her own powerful sapphire gaze. The Lord Master visibly paled, while the Doctor reminded himself to treat his daughter with whatever she wanted when this was all over.
"Is this true, Doctor? Daleks? I thought they disappeared with Gallifrey!" The Lord Master gasped, and the Doctor nodded.
"And you think that humans can help us stop them? Doctor, if we can't do it then no one can. There isn't –"
"Oh my god, are you twelve? Just because you may be more intelligent than us, or possibly more advanced than humans doesn't mean that we can't stop the Daleks. If you hate humans so much then why do you choose to live among them? Explain that to me, Lord Master." Rose spat, and the Lord Master appeared flustered. This was unthinkable, getting told off by a human and insulted by a half-breed.
"These humans and my daughter are more than capable to fight the Daleks. Rose and Captain Harkness have done it already. Rose nearly defeated them herself. She is Bad Wolf, Lord Master. Remember the tales of Bad Wolf? How the wolves would come and save the Time Lords from their greatest enemies in their hour of need?"
"Doctor, wait. I thought you didn't-"Rose tried to interrupt. What was he talking about, Tales of Bad Wolf? He didn't want her to become Bad Wolf again, he'd said it before. Then why was he saying it now?
"Rose has saved this Time Lord from his greatest enemies in his hour of need. She nearly died to do it, and instead I regenerated. Tell me now that she isn't capable of destroying Daleks, Lord Master." The Doctor said, and Rose heard the tone in his voice that meant he wasn't messing around.
"You will have to explain yourself in front of the Council of Elders, Doctor. Your friends will have to wait here, the Elders won't see humans." The Lord Master replied, and Emily stepped up beside her father.
"Then I will go with him. Like it or not, I am a Time Lady. I may have a human mother, but my father is a Time Lord and has passed the honor down to me. The Council of Elders will see me." Emily said, and The Doctor's heart swelled with pride.
"Very well. Come, Doctor, and …" The Lord Master had no idea what her name was.
"She is the Guardian, Lord Master. She watches those she loves." The Doctor looked at his daughter and smiled. She returned the grin. Getting a name meant that you were mature.
"Come then, Doctor, Guardian. The Council is waiting." The Lord Master and his entourage led the Doctor and the Guardian away, both standing tall.
Emily could hardly contain her excitement. Finally her father saw her as an adult and saw fit to give her a name. She would have chosen something different, but her father obviously saw something about her she didn't, which was odd. She stood taller, proud of herself. The Doctor noticed this and smiled inwardly. Imagine that, his Emily, standing tall amongst the Time Lords. She had grown up quick, something the human blood had attributed to, but she had been raised as a Time Lady. She was athletic, bloody brilliant and beautiful. A Time Lord couldn't ask for more in a daughter.
Reaching the tall Council of Elders building, the Lord Master pushed open the wide doors and waved them inside.
Rose leaned against the TARDIS, letting out a sigh. She always got left behind when something interesting was happening. Jonathan was sitting on the ground leaning against the TARDIS. Jack was pacing and Alexis was halfway hanging out of one of the exterior compartments in her ship, grumbling about crappy craftsmanship.
"Why d'you think that the Doctor called Emily 'The Guardian?' It's not like she protects us. She watches out for us, yeah, but how does she fulfill the title?" Jonathan asked, and no one answered. No one really knew.
"Maybe he sees something in her, a potential to be a Guardian. I don't know. It's the Doctor. He's strange like that." Rose said, and Jack stopped pacing and leaned against the TARDIS next to her.
"They'd better hurry up. I've got a bad feeling about something, and I think it's the Dalek fleet coming closer. I don't know." Jack said, and Rose sighed. She felt it too. The rising dread that she wasn't going to see the end of this beautiful day. It really didn't make sense that the day was brighty and sunny, when the Dalek fleet was planning on coming here to destroy them all. Which brought up the question, how was the Dalek fleet getting here? Last time she checked, they didn't have time travel technologies, unless…
"We've got to get to the Council building! The Daleks have the technologies to time travel! Who says they're going to come here and fight? They might go when we're all young and kill us, one by one! They might go back to Gallifrey, and help the fleet that's already there destroy the Time Lords there!" Rose exclaimed suddenly, making Alexis start and nearly fall out of her ship.
"Dear god, you're right! C'mon, we've got to tell them!" Jack said, and Jonathan stood up rapidly, looking at the sky.
"No, they're coming here. They want a fight." He said, pointing up.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Dalek ships filled the skies, blocking out the sunlight. Rose could see the massive ship that belonged to the Dalek emperor. Memories came back to her, filling her mind.
/I see every atom of your exsistence and I divide them/
/I want you safe, My Doctor./
/I am Bad Wolf. I create myself./
Rose took off running towards the direction the Doctor had disappeared too, Jack, Jonathan and Alexis following her.
Seeing a large building with strange writing on it, she figured that must be the Council building. She pushed open the large doors, and hurried inside.
"The Daleks! They're here! In the skies, hundreds of them! Come on, you dolts, don't sit there, do something!" Rose cried, seeing the Doctor and Emily standing on a round platform that was surrounded by rows of chairs. On the far wall there was a balcony of sorts which held seven chairs, each occupied.
"Rose, are you serious?" The Doctor asked, stepping off the platform towards Rose. Rose nodded her head rapidly, out of breath.
"Then it has begun. The Second Time War has begun. Sound the alarms." One council member, an elegant woman, stood, taking charge.
"Alexis! I need you to go back to the year 2006. I want you to go to this address and find the woman called Sarah-Jane Smith. Bring her back here." The Doctor handed her a slip of paper and Alexis ran back towards her ship. Even though it was midday, the sky was dark. Alexis looked up at the sky. The fleet was just sitting there. They were probably trying to destroy the organized militia with fear, one of the best weapons possible.
"Hey, Alexis!" Jack called, and she turned around. Her brother was standing there, a Harkness grin on his face.
"See you in hell!" Jack said, and Alexis, smiled, biting her lip to avoid the tears that were threatening to slide down her face. She had a feeling she might not ever see her brother again. She didn't reply, instead she turned and bolted up the ramp into her ship.
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