"Rani no" Clyde shouted as the bane went for Rani.
Suddenly a laser blast came from nowhere, knocking the bane out of the sky, followed by another which hit the bane holding Clyde, covering the teen in green slime.
"Oh not again" Clyde said as he pushed the remains of the bane off him.
Just then a figure walked up to Clyde.
"Well I didn't expect to find you and Rani here Clyde," the figure said.
"Mark" Clyde said as he looked at the figure.
"Long time no see" Mark Harkins replied.
"Wait you know who we are?" Rani asked as she claimed down from the gate.
"Sure I do, Not going to forget Sarah Jane's friends, who helped the space marries defeat the trigiods now am I" Mark answered.
"Of cause, the time line must have been changed after that point" Rani continued.
"Come again" Clyde replied.
"Even though we're in a new time line, we still went back to 94, otherwise mark wouldn't remember us," Rani explained.
"Hold on, I think I've missed a few pagers here" Mark said.
The teenagers explained about the new time line, Mrs wormwood, and of cause Luke.
"So Sarah Jane's supposed to be living in Ealing instead of me" Mark added.
Rani nodded.
Yeah, that's why we need to find her" Rani told him.
"Finding her isn't the problem," Mark simply said.
"What do you mean?" Clyde asked.
Mark slowly turned to him.
"She's in a mental institute," Mark answered.
"What?" Clyde and Rani replied in unison.
"She was committed about 2 years ago, now she just goes on and on about her metal Dog and a man in a blue box" Mark explained.
"What happened to her?" Clyde asked.
"She was investigating a school, that she believed an alien race had taken over, but there was an explosion that destroyed the school, Sarah Jane was in hospital for months, she was never the same again" Mark continued.
"Poor Sarah Jane" Rani replied.
"We still need to see her," Clyde told mark.
"Wait Clyde, what about odd bob" Rani said.
"Odd bob" Mark repeated.
"That's who's behind the recent disappearances," Clyde told him.
"I thought that was the bane" Mark replied.
"No, odd bobs an alien entity that feeds off peoples fear, he's had many incarnations including the pied piper" Rani explained.
"Of Hamlin, you're kidding" Mark answered.
"Afraid not, in our time line we defeated him with Sarah Jane and Luke" Clyde added.
"In that case, it's our job to stop him" Mark replied.
The bell rang to signal the end of the school day, and as Luke left his classroom Ryan joined him.
"You walking to the bus stop" Ryan asked.
"No mum's picking me up," Luke answered.
"Guess I'll see you tomorrow then" Ryan told him.
"Yeah ok, see ya" Luke replied.
"Catch ya latter" Ryan said as he left.
Luke walked down the school corridor until he was out side, Luke then headed for the car park to wait for him mum, but someone was waiting for him.
"Well, well if it isn't mr important"
Standing in Luke's way was Zeke Hungerford, Luke turned to leave but two other teenage boys were behind him.
"We have some unfinished business," Zeke said.
"Look I don't want any trouble," Luke answered.
"That's two bad, because you've cause me a lot of trouble," the teenager told him as he cracked his knuckles together.
"That wasn't my fault" Luke replied staring to sound scared.
"Oh but it is, because your a swat and important for the school exam results, your getting special treatment, otherwise I wouldn't be litter picking everyday this week" Zeke explained.
He walked up to Luke.
"So it is all your fault, and no one makes a fool out of Zeke Hungerford," he continued.
Luke tried to run but the other two boys grabbed him.
"Now lets have some fun shall we," Zeke added as he punched Luke in the stomach.
Luke doubled over and coughed as Zeke had winded him, he then grabbed Luke and threw him to the ground, Luke tried to get up as Zeke and his friends approached.
"Please just leave me alone," Luke pleaded trying to fight back tears.
"Please just leave me alone," Zeke mocked as he kicked Luke.
Luke lay on the ground holding his side; Zeke then knelt down next to him.
"Now what shall we do with swat boy here" he asked his friends.
"Why don't we see if he can swim" one of the friends answered.
"Now that's a great idea," Zeke replied.
Zeke and his friends dragged Luke to the school swimming pool, and threw him in.
"I guess he can swim" Zeke said.
The 3 Teenagers laughed as Luke climbed out of the pool.
"See you around loser" Zeke added as he left with his friends.
Luke pulled his keens up to his chest and hugged them with his arms, as tears ran down the 14 year olds face.
"Hey are you ok"
Luke turned to see a teenage boy who looked a year older than him.
"Not really" Luke Answered as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Come on, let's get you into some dry clothiers before you catch a cold, I'm Sanjay by the way" the teenager told him.
"Luke" Luke replied.
Sanjay led Luke to the changing rooms.
"So what did you do to upset Zeke?" Sanjay asked.
"He pushed me into some lockers this morning, but the headmaster saw him" Luke explained.
"Well that would do it" Sanjay replied.
Luke dried him self and got changed, into a sports kit Sanjay had given him, They both then headed to the car park, where mrs wormwood was waiting.
"Oh luke, I was starting to get worried," she said.
"Your son had a run in with local school bully I'm afraid" Sanjay explained.
"Oh luke are you ok" Mrs wormwood asked as she hugged her son.
"I just want to go home," Luke told her.
Mrs Wormwood then turned to Sanjay.
"Thank you err…." Mrs Wormwood started.
"Sanjay" The teenager replied.
"Thank you Sanjay" Mrs Wormwood told him.
"No worries, see you around luke" Sanjay answered as he left.
Mrs Wormwood then took Luke home.
"Now you get settled down on the sofa Luke, and I'll make you a nice hot chocolate," she said as they walked into 13-bannerman road.
"Mum I'm alright now" Luke told her.
"Luke you were beaten up, you've had a nasty shock" She replied.
"But I'm fine honest" Luke continued.
Mrs Wormwood ran her hand through his hair.
"Such a brave boy" she added.
Meanwhile Clyde Rani had arrived at Spellman's circus museum.
"Here we are the circus of horrors," Clyde said.
"Clyde this is no joke" Rani told him.
"Who said I was joking" Clyde answered as he slowly opened the door.
The teenager stood in the doorway, and took a deep breath before going any further.
"Never thought I'd ever have to come back here," Clyde continued.
"Same here" Rani replied.
"And your sure this odd bobs inside" Mark asked.
Rani nodded.
"But we need to be careful, he's tricky and dangerous" Rani warned.
They entered the dark foreboding museum, which was full of stuffed animals, pictures, and artefacts from circuses around the world.
"Man, I forgot how creepy this place was" Clyde told Rani.
Just the circus music began to play.
"Welcome" a voice boomed.
Clyde, Rani, and Mark turned to see a man in a circus ringmaster's outfit.
"Welcome, to Spellman's magical museum of the circus" The ringmaster continued.
The ringmaster walked slowly towards them.
"The story of the most wondrous family entertainment of the world" he added.
"Save it Spellman, we know who you really are pied piper, or should I call you odd bob" Rani replied.
"So you have an interest of clowns, this way please," Spellman answered as he walked past them.
"We better follow him," Mark suggested.
Clyde and Rani nodded in agreement, and all 3 followed Spellman who led them to another part of the museum, which was lined with manikins of clowns.
"Mankind has always needed someone to make them laugh, slave or king" Spellman Said continuing his tour.
"But your not making people laugh are you, your making them disappear" Rani snapped.
Spellman suddenly appeared behind Rani
"Well I'm afraid even clowns have their dark days" He replied.
"Those days are now over, because this ends here and now," Mark told him.
"But how can you hope to stop me, no one has come close to defeating me in seven centuries " Spellman explained.
"Earlier this afternoon we visited the Pharos Institute, and we brought something back you might recognise" Mark answered.
Mark then took a rock out of his pocket.
"Time to go back where you belong mr Spellman" Mark continued.
"The rock no longer has any power over me" Spellman mocked.
"Only while you can feed on fear, and I'm not afraid of you in fact clowns don't scare me at all," Mark replied.
"So you don't fear the painted smile, but we all have our fears" Spellman told him.
Spellman then morphed into odd bob.
"And yours is the greatest fear of all" the clown added.
Odd bob then vanished into thin air, His laughter echoing around the museum.
"What does he mean greatest fear of all" Clyde asked.
Mark's face suddenly dropped.
"What is it?" Rani asked him.
"Sanjay" He simply answered.
But before anyone could move one of the clown manikins grabbed Rani.
"Clyde" Rani screamed.
"Get off her" Clyde yelled as he hit the clown over the head.
"Lookout there all moving" Mark warned.
"Run" Rani shouted.
All 3 ran for the entrance, but another group of clowns were waiting for them.
"Oh no there's more of them" Rani yelled.
They headed back the way they came but the clowns behind them had caught up.
"We're surrounded" Clyde said.
"Don't worry I know how to deal with robots" Mark told them.
He pulled out on of his guns, and shot one of the clowns destroying its head, but the clown kept walking towards them with the others.
"Ok not robots" Mark continued.
"Spellman's controlling them with his mind" Clyde explained.
"Telekinesis, of cause" Mark replied.
Mark then threw a circular metal object onto the floor, and the room was filled with a flash of blue light, which made all the clowns freeze.
"Come on" Mark added as he headed for the main entrance.
"What was that?" Clyde asked.
"Sonic pulse, its frozen there joints but it won't hold them for long" Mark answered.
Mark, Clyde, and Rani, made there way though the clowns and ran to the entrance, but when they tried the doors they wouldn't open.
"He's sealed us in," Rani said as she shook the door handles.
"Stand back" mark Shouted.
Clyde and Rani took cover as mark fired his laser at the doors, but nothing happened.
"What the hell" Clyde yelled.
"He must be telekinetically shielding the door with his mind" Mark answered.
"We're trapped" Rani replied.
"That you most certainly are"
Everyone turned to see Spellman behind them, who then turned into odd bob.
"And now you all mine to feed on" he added
The clown then shirked, as he showed his jagged teeth.
To be continued.