i wish i could be reliable with my chapter upadates and apologise for taking so long between chapters. to anybody waiting for an updata on my other story i must keep asking for patience, it will be done i'm just not sure when. my poor writing skills aside i have a new chapter for you inspired by the somewhat unusual suggestion made by pachysam who sparked an idea that may also end up in crossovers. without further adue pleas enjoy

Three people stood facing each other across the room. It was sparsely furnished and very dim barely letting in any light from outside.

"The facility is key master" said a UNIT soldier "whatever the results of our other plans we will need the technology inside"

The second man in the room, the leader nodded in agreement. They had been making slow progress towards their goal but had succeeded at least in staying under the radar.

"Such a theft would not go unnoticed" said the third person, a female in formal attire "we would bring investigations down on us-unless we can provide a distraction"

The leader closed his eyes to consider this again, their primary objective was to remain undetected any other goal was secondary.

"It is a risk, you must insure UNIT is blind to our actions" he said indicating the soldier in the room "and you must deal with any other local authorities" he said indicating the woman "I will deal with the Smiths"

Sky quietly opened the door to her brother's house and slipped into the lounge/kitchen/dining room/whatever other room it happened to be. The place was clean, surprisingly so because she hadn't warned of her visit. On the breakfast bar sat josh with his eyes closed and legs folded, his face set in deep concentration. She could almost feel a cloak of electricity hang around him as he meditated both him and Reid oblivious to her presence. Sky found her brother sat on the small sofa staring at Josh as well entranced by the display just like her, after a couple of seconds she sat down next to Luke. The slight movement brought him back to reality and he put and arm around his sister.

"Hey Sky, Happy birthday"

It was over an hour later before Josh came back to himself, a minuscule shrug of his shoulders aimed at Luke before he stretched out and went up to his room. With the kitchen more or less clear Luke set about a making breakfast for Sky as a birthday treat. She eyed the finished creation dubiously, it was only cereal but Luke was a Smith, and that meant he just couldn't cook.

"Thanks Luke" she said tucking in once she realised it wasn't too bad "why isn't Clyde cooking today"

Luke poked his tongue out at his little sister before fixing some cereal for him and sitting down next to her.

"Because little sister, Clyde and Kylie are working on a very special birthday present for you" said Luke messing up his little sisters hair "they'll be down in a minute to explain, in the meantime"

Opening one of the kitchen draws Luke revealed a small wrapped gift inside. Sky lit up when she saw it and quickly pulled apart the wrapping paper. Inside was a phone, similar to her old one but it had been customised, Sky guessed with help from Rani. She gave her brother a hug and quickly swapped SIM cards.

"Thanks Luke" she said admiring it "it's so pretty"

Smiling Luke took the phone and quickly placed the phone down on the table. Without warning he took a fork from the draw and slammed it onto the phone. Sky was about to get angry with him when she realised the fork had bent.

"I know how much luck we have with phones" he said handing her phone back undamaged "so mum and I worked on this one, almost completely indestructible, me and Josh were testing it all day yesterday"

Josh came back down the stairs running a hand through damp hair and grinned when he heard his name.

"Yeah it was good stress relief, after spending all this time battering my head against a mental wall" he said running a static hand over Sky's hair and making it stick up "happy birthday sparky"

Sky flattened her hair with a giggle which caused the toaster to rattle ominously. Luke shot a warning look at Josh before they all carried on with breakfast. It didn't take long after that for Clyde and Kylie to come rattling down the stairs armed with what looked like most of their art studio. Standing in the centre of the room Clyde gave an introduction.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special birthday treat, inspired by the muse and our combined love of comics" he said theatrically "today we are going to make Sky a superhero"

At this Kylie revealed one of their large paintings showing Sky painted as different superheroes. Luke and Josh clapped while Sky tried her best not to laugh.

"You see Sky a friend of mine works making actual set costumes used on TV" explained Kylie "so if you want he could make you and actual costume based on one of the designs"

Sky ran up and gave them both a hug which they took as a sign of agreement. Luke threw his keys to Clyde and told him to get everything packed in the car, Kylie helped while Sky followed buzzing with excitement. Once they had gone Luke turned to Josh, his friend looked tired out and he felt a surge of guild for pushing him to recover Reid's memories.

"I know what you're gonna ask Luke" said Josh shaking his head absently "we found nothing new about earths mysterious enemies, the ones that shot downs Reid's ship"

Luke placed his hand on Josh's shoulder in what he hoped was a reassuring gesture

"I know it's okay, I'm sorry I keep asking" Luke said comfortingly "why don't you go back to sleep for a bit, I'm sure Sky won't mind if you drop out"

Smiling gratefully Josh took himself up the stairs leaving Luke in the kitchen. After Reid's initial revelation Josh had been pushing himself to help the symbiote remember more, but they had only made slow progress. Stepping out the front door Luke found his friends gathered around a large package at the bottom of their front steps, Luke felt an amused smile creep across his face.

"Is this for me Luke?" asked Sky clearly hoping for another birthday present "it's addressed to your house"

Luke shrugged his shoulders and helped Clyde and Kylie get the last of the tape off of the outside. The last thing Luke remembered for a long time was a flash of light before losing consciousness.

"Luke? Luke! Are you okay?" asked Sky nervously circling her friends

Sky looked over the unconscious form of her brother and his friends with concern, whatever was in that package had knocked them all out cold, before she could ring an ambulance all three of her friends stood up simultaneously. Each of them stretched like they hadn't moved in a while before turning to Sky, she felt afraid.

"Hmm a little girl has wondered into Fox's path" said Luke eyeing his sister and licking his lips "how delicious"

He said each word with precision and care but moved with clumsy actions like he wasn't used to his body or how it should move. Clyde and Kylie were watching silently and moved in the same clumsy fashion that Luke did.

"Come Fox leave some for us" said Clyde licking his lips in the same way as Luke

Sky could barely scream as she was thrown over Luke's shoulder and carried away, Clyde and Kylie followed behind, No they were not Clyde and Kylie; something had taken over them whatever was in the package. She tried to struggle against them for a few minutes but gave up eventually. After what felt like hours of being carried by Luke she was put down, clearly Fox hard clearly encountered Luke's physical limits. Sky was half tempted to run but her legs were numb and one glare from Clyde put the idea out of her mind.

"Sky can you hear me" said Luke turning to his sister

Sky almost screamed in surprise hearing her brother talk normal, his eyes were focused and he had lost the slow and careful speech of Fox. Looking over at Clyde and Kylie to make sure they weren't listening Sky nodded.

"I haven't got long" Luke said with strain in his voice "you need Arianna, she's smart enough to force these beings out of us, but remember she can't put things in people's head, she needs something in our minds to work with"

The last few words came out as barely a whisper and soon looks eyes had lost focus and were returned to the unfocused hungry stare of Fox.

"Well it looks like this body isn't as pathetic as I first thought" said Fox with a sneer that looked out of place on Luke's face "What did he say to you?"

Sky felt herself pushed up against the wall behind her, and she felt something sharp push into her back through the thin fabric of her backpack. In her hurry to leave the house she forgot to leave it behind. After a few seconds she realised it was the book that Arianna had given her. It gave her an idea.

"He was reminding of something" said Sky focusing on her captors "if I'm to leave the city I need the permission of the Cities ruler first"

Fox's curiosity was overwhelmed by his sneer once more and he started to drag Sky towards wherever their intended destination was.

"Please don't take me without asking!" screamed Sky faking panic "she's a terrible beast with terrible Jaws, and terrible teeth and terrible claws"

Fox stopped his dragging and turned to Sky with curiosity deep on his face once more. Looking over to Clyde and Kylie they communicated silently for a few moments before Fox turned back to her.

"Well then lead the way little one" he said in mock courteous tone pushing Sky roughly down the street.

Hoping her plan would work Sky glared at Fox before leading him in the opposite direction. It was a long walk to Arianna's bookshop but gave Sky time to work on her plan. After about twenty minutes walking Fox grew curious behind her.

"So this Ruler is she really so terrible little girl?" Asked Fox in his same jeering tone.

Sky grinned without turning her back, it was working.

"Oh yes she has knobbly knees and turned out toes and a poisonous wart at the end of her nose" Sky almost chanted remembering the lines from her book.

She watched Luke's nose wrinkle in disgust and recognised just the tiniest flicker of something, not fear but caution in his eyes. They continued walking through the City sky taking the most direct route she could manage. It wasn't long before Fox spoke again.

"Why do you need permission from this woman anyway, surely she can't be that frightening?" asked Fox, a note of caution present in his voice.

Fox's wary caution showed in his body language and Sky could see it in the corner of her eye. She suspected Luke was helping as much as he could, adding to the fear she was trying to generate.

"She is indeed, I remember the first time I met her, her eyes are orange and her tongue is black she even has purple prickles all over her back"

Even as she spoke Sky caught sight of Arianna's shop and felt her heart race a little, in her mind she felt a small surge of confidence, a gift from Arianna. Stopping at the front doors Sky feigned fear at entering the shop before being pushed roughly inside by Luke. The shop was dark and sky didn't have to do much pretending when it came to being afraid, but inside there was no sign of Arianna.

"Hah your fearless ruler appears to have run away little one, guess we can take you whenever we want" said Fox with gloating lilt to his voice.

In his confidence he never heard the door open behind, or the gentle jingle of the bell.

"I wouldn't say that gentlemen, after all it's so rude to take things without asking" said Arianna entering the shop behind them.

The kindly old lady that Sky remembered was gone, replaced by a towering façade of the gruffalo, in the face of such a monster Fox and the other two parasites cowered crippled by the fear the Arianna was weaving together in their minds.

"Run both of you"

A flash of light emanated from Luke and the others disappearing out of sight behind Arianna leaving Sky's friends free of the influence. Sky checked they were all alright before hugging her brother, behind him she could see Arianna back to normal holding the three small statues that had been in the package, with a wink she carried them into the back of her shop and returned with a birthday cake complete with candles. Sky took some time to explain throughout the party.

"Well Sparky I'm impressed, can't believe you pulled that off" said Clyde who was having trouble believing the whole thing "even with help from Lukey-boy and Arianna"

They had all ended up sat outside the shop enjoying the last of the summer sun with Arianna, Sky curled up next to her brother. Luke looked down at his sister who was poking her tongue out at Clyde for making fun of her story.

"Of course she pulled it off Clyde" Luke said smiling at his sister "She's my little sister and she's brilliant"

Sky was glowing with praise all the way back to Sarah-Jane's house where the second party of the night commenced, Luke left a little early and went back to his house to check on Josh and explain what had happened that day. He found his friend sat on the breakfast bar. Feeling a surge of guilt Luke shook his friend slowly and watched his eyes refocused.

"Look Luke I'm sorry alright I keep trying but these memories aren't coming any quicker with me trying to force them" said Josh frustration evident in his voice

Luke shook his head and helped Josh down off of the bar

"I know and I'm sorry" Luke replied with an amused smile on his face "don't waste any more time on this, whatever happens we can deal with it Sky proved that today"

Josh faced creased into a look of confusion to which Luke just shrugged his shoulders and dragged Josh out of the house intending to bring him back to the party and for the first night in a while didn't give any thought to looming evil.

i'm afraid by evil hinting habit isn't going to end anytime soon i just can't help myself. i really hoope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter because i certainly had fun writing this one, i can't say when the next chapter will be up but i can hopefully promise the return of everyone's favourite Rani because she hasn't had much of an influence up till now. untul next time please review because it makes me very happy.