Firstly to anyone who has read my previous series and is awaiting a new chapter, I'm sorry but you'll have to wait a bit longer, due to my old laptop going kaplooey all progress made was lost, but fear not i will get it done, soon, i hope. In the meantime here is a series I was planning on starting afterwards, but decided to release now to fill the gap.

Secondly, It's time to take another dive into the world of Sarah Jane Smith and to correct a mistake of some of my previous writings. to that end I have made a start in a new series that will improve upon mistakes both grammatical and otherwise. This is not part of another series I have written and will hopefully be a completely seperate story more in line with the TV episode

Disclaimers: I don't own Sarah Jane Adventures or any of its characters, I do own my original characters and the plots

Luke had often wondered when he was younger just how it was that he and his odd little family always seemed to find aliens. Sarah Jane had explained that alien events happened all over the planet and at all times of the day, and that the reason they kept encountering them was because they knew what to look for. At the time Luke felt proud that he was capable of noticing what so many people overlooked; now he sorely wished he wasn't.

"Get out of the lab before someone sees you" said Luke circling an alien that had snuck into his workplace "This is your last warning"

Luke had attempted to be intimidating but the alien just sneered and leaped up onto one of the desks housing a host of computer equipment. Two yellow spherical eyes jutted out of the front of the things face and focused on Luke, the alien's toothless mouth curled into a sneer.

"Not a chance human" said the alien running a too long tongue over his mouth "you caused me trouble letting that cat get away, I'm gonna give you trouble back"

The alien swept a scaled tail across the desk it was perched on and sent most of the computers crashing to the ground in an avalanche of noise. A liquid gurgle erupted from the alien's stomach and the desk to Luke's left dissolved under a rain of projectile acid. Luke barely had time to dive out of the way before a second glob of acid destroyed the workstation behind him. Down the hall Luke could hear the approaching sounds of his manager.

"Time for me to go human" whispered the alien focused on the hall "But don't you worry, I'll be back soon"

Flashing a triumphant grin at Luke the alien slipped out of the long leather coat it wore and every inch of green scaled skin shimmered and became completely invisible. It was only seconds later that Luke's manager appeared through the door. The man's nostrils flared outwards like a Judoon and he surveyed the destroyed room with barely concealed fury before aiming a questioning glance at Luke.

"You wouldn't believe me if it told you" muttered Luke wishing not for the first time that he was oblivious to the alien world.

In the end it was late evening before Luke managed to get home. He had moved out a few months ago at the end of his time at Oxford, the house he had moved into was small, cheap and had the advantage of being close to his workplace. It only had two advantages now, but at least it was quiet until his landlord could find people to rent the other two rooms. Luke shambled up to the door and opened his key to unlock it, but it swung open before he got the chance.

"Hey Lukey boy, how was work?" asked Clyde letting Luke through the door "and what the heck happened to you"

Clyde was looking at Luke's shirt that had several holes burnt into it. Luke looked down and grumbled under his breath, he was running out of clean shirts. Stepping into the small living room Luke dumped his bag on the floor and collapsed into the small comfortable sofa.

"That stupid alien came back again and trashed the computer lab" said Luke with a tone of anger "It's still mad at me for interrupting its hunt"

Clyde grabbed a chair and pulled it up close to the sofa. Luke noticed the specks of flour still covering his face and smiled despite his frustration.

"I'm guessing from your expression he got you fired" asked Clyde, sighing when Luke nodded his head "alright padawan, I suggest you get your CV up on some job sites while I sort out dinner for the pair of us"

Luke gave him a small grateful smile; it amazed him that Clyde was still able to enjoy cooking after working in a kitchen all day. Pulling off his shirt Luke chucked it into the bin before disappearing up to his room. It wasn't much but Luke loved the view out of the window. He took about 30 minutes to place his CV on as many sites as possible before collapsing onto his bed.

"Luke foods up!" yelled Clyde from the bottom of the stairs.

Putting his laptop to sleep Luke grabbed a T-Shirt from his wardrobe and slipped it over his head on the way down the stairs. He could smell the aroma of Clyde's food and his stomach growled happily in response. There were a couple of plates of pasta on the side in the kitchen. Luke grabbed one of the stools and tucked into the meal hungrily Clyde sat opposite him and ate more slowly.

"This is good Clyde thanks" said Luke between bites "managed to get my CV up on plenty of sites, none of them are all that big though, not going to be doing more than creating computer simulation software"

Clyde didn't miss the disappointed tone in Luke's voice; looking up from his food Luke placed a comforting hand on his friends shoulder.

"Hey don't worry about it Lukey boy" said Clyde catching his friends eyes "you get some experience in the little jobs and before you know it you'll be in the big leagues rewriting the laws of physics"

Luke smiled and Clyde returned the gesture both of them laughing. Sarah Jane had been grateful that they both moved out together, one to keep an eye on the other. They both did the dishes after finishing the pasta and Luke went back up to his room to check his emails. Most of them were spam, one from Rani and Maria in america and one from his landlord reminding him about a tenant viewing in a week, but at the top he had a reply to one of his job applications. With a wide grin Luke pulled a clean shirt out of his wardrobe and dashed down the stairs.

"Clyde I got a response to my CV already" said Luke setting up the ironing board "I've got a job interview tomorrow"

Clyde looked up from the sofa and smiled sleepily. Luke managed to avoid burning his fingers this time and hung up his shirt on a hanger ready for the following day. After the excitement his email caused Luke was tired and Clyde had already fallen back to sleep on the sofa. Prodding his friend gently to wake him up Luke steered Clyde to his room. Once his friend was settled Luke collapsed into his own bed. The next day Luke found himself outside a Serf Industries building, enjoying the irony in this Luke went inside and waited in the reception. After a few minutes a man came down the stairs and offered him a hand.

"Hey names Stephen, everyone calls me Steve" Luke got up from his seat and took Stephen's hand "If you'd like to come upstairs we'll get this interview started"

The building Stephen led Luke through was pretty cramped and stuffy; Luke could feel the low hum of the computers that were operating in the building. Stephen led him to a small tidy office that was connected to a small room of computers.

"Now then let's get started" said Stephen glancing over Luke's CV.

The interview was much like Luke had expected, Stephen led him through a series of questions and Luke found his initial nervousness disappear.

"Well Luke I gotta say I'm impressed" said Stephen writing a few things down on his notepad "I've been given the choice on who I hire for this project, if you still want the job it's yours"

Luke couldn't really help but laugh while he shook his new manager's hand. Stephen went over a brief list of things Luke needed to know before letting him loose in the computer room, there was only two other people working in the room so Luke went over to introduce himself. The nametag on his chest read Neil

"Hi I'm Luke-"Luke began

"Don't bother kid, I don't really care, you think you're all smart and impressive but you're just another cog in the machine so buzz off" Replied Neil pushing passed Luke to a different computer

Disappointed Luke turned away and found himself face to face with the other person in the room. She had a nametag as well that read Kathy

"Ignore him he's just annoyed because he got turned down for a promotion in favour of the last kid genius that passed through here" said Kathy offering Luke her hand.

He shook her hand and she helped Luke learn a little about the project. Luke in turn helped solve at least four of the problems that Kathy had been trying to deal with in the programme code. After a couple of hours she was impressed. Before Luke could continue he felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Stepping outside to stretch his legs Luke answered and found a frustrated Clyde on the other end.

"Luke I need you down at the kitchens, that lizard guy is here and he's tearing thing up, everyone's gone home for the evening but if he keeps this up the whole kitchen's gonna end up trashed" shouted Clyde from the other end of the phone.

Putting his phone away Luke stepped back into the computer room and walked up to Kathy

"Kathy my friend is having some trouble at work; can you cover for me here?" Luke asked

Kathy nodded and Luke quickly ran from the room back down to the street. He started his little yellow car and drove towards the kitchen where Clyde worked. The back door was open and Luke slipped inside. Inside he was met by a scene of chaos; the entire kitchen was in disarray. The chameleon alien was stuck to the ceiling and spitting a rain of acid down on the room. Clyde was trying to knock him down with a broom but it had melted down to the handle, his clothes were suffering similarly. Luke grabbed his friend and pulled him out of the line of fire.

"Thank god you're here Lukey boy, this things melted down half the kitchen already" said Clyde throwing what was left of his broom at the alien "how do we get it out of here?"

Luke held a finger to his lips and pointed at the fire extinguisher. Clyde nodded and grabbed it. From their place behind the counter Luke counted down from three. On one he sprang out from behind the counter and waved at the alien to get his attention, he was met by a wave of acid that burned through the fire blanked he ducked under. On the other side of the counter Clyde sprang out and doused the scaled alien with freezing cold blast from the fire extinguisher. The alien shrieked and dropped from the ceiling in surprise.

"Push him into the fridge!" yelled Luke opening the door.

Clyde nodded and fired one more burst from his extinguisher before pushing the alien towards the fridge. Luke grabbed it as well and they wrestled the disoriented creature through the door and slammed it shut. They heard it slam against the door a few times but the door was too thick to be easily burned through. Luke slid down to the floor and rested against the door.

"Nice thinking Luke, the fire extinguisher worked great" said Clyde sitting down next to his friend "how did you know it would work?"

"His species is reptilian in nature, cold blooded" said Luke turning his head slightly to listen against the door "without enough heat they become sluggish, a couple of hours in there and he won't have the energy to cause trouble"

"I'd best get tidying then" said Clyde surveying the wrecked kitchen "Oh, I never asked how your interview went?"

Luke grabbed the spare broom when offered and tried his best to help Clyde fix the kitchen while tidying he told him about his new job. It took them an hour in total but by the time they finished the kitchen was pretty respectable, no chance of Clyde getting fired. They ended up having to carry the alien outside and left him to warm up under a blanket, from what Luke knew of their species the alien would move on to weaker prey. It was another half an hour before Luke made it back to work; Stephen was waiting when he got back with a questioning expression.

"Sorry about this Steve it's just my friend Clyde had trouble at work and need my help-"began Luke

"Loyalty is something I appreciate in the workplace Luke, after all the progress Kathy made today I wouldn't have minded if you needed to go home early to help your friend, just warn me next time"

Steve smiled and returned to his office missing the look Luke shot towards Kathy. she simply sneered at him as she walked out the door. Luke wanted to be angry at her but after the day's events he was just too tired. Leaving the office too he went down to where he had left Clyde in his car and the two of them headed for home. Luke settled on his bed once back home and set up video chat with his mother.

"Well it sounds like you had quite the day" said Sarah-Jane after he had explained everything for her "I think I might have a word with those two at your work"

Luke smiled at the idea of Neil and Kathy standing in the terrifying presence of his mother.

"Thanks mum" he said "but I need to deal with them on my own, anything interesting happen to you guys at home?"

She turned her head to speak with Sky and Mr Smith momentarily before shaking her head

"Whispers of a development in the Rutan Host's war with the Sontarans, the Davek ambassadors daughter almost caused an intergalactic incident when her tea party invites where misspelled oh and Sky got top marks for her homework" she answered

Luke congratulated his little sister and laughed at the rest of the news, after a few more minutes chatting he switched off his computer and went to sleep. Elsewhere their chameleon captive was beginning to stir watched by a shadowed figure.

"Congratulations" spoke the figure "you played your role well"

The alien simply scoffed and stumbled to his feet

"Yeah well the moneys how you congratulate me"

He stepped forwards arm outstretched expecting payment

"Oh I'm afraid that won't be necessary" replied the figure grasping the alien's wrist "you are no longer needed"

The streets rang out with screams of pain as the aliens body was wracked by electricity. Nothing but ash remained.

Unfortunately one mistake I am not likely to fix anytime soon is cruel cliffhangers and questions hidden in questions. but hopefull this is an improvement on my writing style from previous stories. any comments or criticism is appreciated. until next time