CHAPTER 10

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Lily's TARDIS materialized in the middle of an open field that stretched in all directions for as far as the eye could see. It was a bright, sunny day and Lily and her friends stood there in the sunshine and took a moment to admire the beautiful scenery.

They were all grateful to be able to admire anything after the horrible ordeal that they had just gone through. Cleopatra still couldn't look any of them in the eye, and Lily knew that she was still full of guilt. Lily had talked to her in private and had assured her that she harbored no ill will for her. Cleo wouldn't listen though, and she still seemed horribly depressed. Lily hoped that someday her friend would come back to her fully intact. For now though, Cleo was staying in her TARDIS and was not coming out.

At least she had gotten Ron back. She was so enjoying him being able to remember her again! They were talking again and joking around just like they used to do when he was a child. He had told her dozens of stories about his life growing up and about his adopted parents. Lily was glad to hear that they had been good to him, and that he had a good life. Now she was so grateful that she could share in that life again. He had agreed to travel with her again for at least a few trips. It would be just like the old days again!

"This is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Can you do that thing that you used to do in the old days and tell us where and when we are, Mom?" Ron asked with a grin.

Lily's smile filled her entire face. She loved him calling her Mom again. It made her grin every time she heard it!

She sniffed the air for a minute and used her time sense to identify where and when they were.

"I'd say that it's around 800 AD, and the place is in the middle of England somewhere. The nearest city is probably miles away. We'll hopefully find a castle somewhere nearby though. I can feel a lot of timelines. They seem to be changing by the minute. That's strange! Such temporal activity usually only occurs when a massive change has been made to the timestream," Lily said as her face changed from happy to concerned.

Then, she felt a presence nearby. It was a familiar one that explained the change in temporal activity that she was experiencing. It was another Time Lord. One she was all too familiar with. She had crossed paths with him before in the past. He was a trouble maker of the highest order and very, very annoying!

"What is it, Mom?" Ron asked. He always had known when something was wrong just by watching her body language and expression.

"Another Time Lord is here. He's messing around with the timestream. It's what he does. He's a trouble maker. He likes to make changes to time just because he can, and it amuses him to see the consequences that come about because of his actions. He's an irresponsible child," Lily said as she got angry at the thought of having to deal with this particular pain in her posterior again.

"Does this scoundrel have a name, my lady?" Robin asked. He had noticed that Lily hated him so much that she wouldn't even mention his name. She treated it as if even mentioning it was like bringing down a curse on the speaker.

"His name when he was young was Mortimus. Now though he just calls himself The Monk. Others had less flattering names for him. Some call him The Meddling Monk or The Time Meddler. I call him A Pain in the Bum!" Lily said with a smile.

"My lady always has such a lyrical quality with words," Robin said with a chuckle.

"Yes, I do and don't you forget it," Lily said as she gave him a quick kiss.

"I would never do such a thing. I would sooner forget my own name than to ever forget one single detail about you, my love!" Robin said to her sincerely.

Lily just swooned when he talked like that. She had no idea how he did it, but he made her fall in love with him all over again every day. Every day was like the first one with him.

She put her arms around him and gave him a strong passionate kiss for what he had just said.

When she pulled away she said, "Make another comment like that and get another one!"

I shall endeavor to come up with such passion filled quotes at least every couple of minutes then!" Robin said with a sly grin on his face.

"Fine by me! I enjoy both the quotes and the kissing!" Lily said with a wicked smile.

"You two are terrible! If you will stop flirting with each other for five seconds, you might see that there's a knight on horseback riding toward us right now!" Allison said.

She sounded worried so Lily quickly devoted her full attention to the approaching warrior. He was riding at full speed, and it didn't look like he was going to stop in time to avoid running them all down!

Robin Hood quickly pulled out his bow and started shooting arrows all around the horse in an attempt to spook the animal. He never actually hit the horse, but he eventually did come close enough to nick it a little with a passing arrow just as he had intended. He didn't want to deal with a wounded animal, but he did want the horse to knock the rider off and change course. It turns out that that's exactly what it did do!

The horse reared up on its hind legs and knocked the knight off of its back. It then turned around and ran in the opposite direction. The knight was protected by any serious injury by armor. The problem it seemed was getting back up. The knight struggled to get back off of the ground. Robin knew that armor could be very hard to move around in unless you were an expert in wearing it and sometimes even then.

He went towards the knight with his arrow drawn and ready to fire into his eye slit. As he got closer, the knight stopped struggling to rise and started screaming, "Please! Don't fire! I mean you no harm! Please just let me go! Don't kill me!"

Robin's eyes widened in surprise as he realized that this knight sounded like a woman! He was proven right when the knight pulled her helmet off to reveal the head of a young blonde woman with long flowing hair in her early 20's.

"Why do you act so surprised, Robin? You've seen women fight before. Like me for instance," Lily said to him with a grin.

"I know what you are saying; and I mean no offense to you or to your gender, my lady. I still haven't quite gotten used to the idea yet though. You will have to give me some time to adjust to such a new concept. In my time, such a thing was unheard of," Robin said.

"This is before your time actually," Lily said with a smart alecky grin on her face.

"You always have to have the last word, my lady!" Robin said in a playful tone.

"Yes, I do!" Lily said with an even more playful grin.

The young woman was still confused, but she had started to calm down a little. These people seemed to have more interest in flirting with each other than in killing her!

Allison walked up to her with a reassuring smile on her face and reached out her hand to the young woman to help her up.

"They're not going to bother you. They're too wrapped up in each other to notice you right now," Allison said with a giggle.

The young woman took her hand and got back on her feet.

"I noticed that as well, my lady," the woman said with a big smile on her face.

"It's Allison. Your name is?" Allison asked her.

"I'm Isabella," the young woman said nervously.

"There's no need to be anxious, Isabella. None of us want to hurt you I promise!" Ron said to her in a reassuring voice.

Isabella nodded at him and seemed to be a little more at ease now.

Lily knew that Allison and Ron would handle it so she had been spending her time just flirting with Robin. Why get in the way if you didn't have to?

Now, however, she decided to find out what was going on here. She knew that Isabella wouldn't have been galloping away in a blind panic like that for no reason at all.

"My name's Lily. I just want to help you. Please let me know what happened. What were you running from with such fear?" Lily asked her in a calm, gentle voice.

"My village is under attack, my lady Lily. This strange new machine that I have never seen the likes of before appeared and started to attack us! It blew apart several of our homes and killed many of us. I found a dead knight nearby that had been killed defending us. I took his armor off in an attempt to disguise myself, and then I took his horse and fled. I shouldn't have taken his things, but I was afraid to stay there a moment longer! That horrible thing is killing all of us!" Isabella said as she started to panic again.

"Calm down, Isabella! It's not going to hurt you now. You're safe here. Also don't worry about taking the knight's armor and horse. I'm sure that he would have wanted you to have them. Knights are all about chivalry you know. Where is this machine? How far away is your village exactly?" Lily asked her.

"You can't go there, my lady! It will kill you! Nothing can withstand its power!" Isabella said in worry for her.

"Oh, don't you worry about me, Isabella. I'm a lot tougher than I look!" Lily said with an evil grin on her face.

"I can attest to that, my lady Isabella," Robin Hood said with a mischievous look in his eyes.

"You certainly can!" Lily said with a smirk.

"Focus, people! Focus!" Allison said with a groan.

"This is how I focus, Ally!" Lily said with a mock pout.

"I should have guessed," Allison said with a snicker and a shake of her head.

"My village is about two miles back that way," she said as she pointed back the way that she had come.

"That's where I'll go then. I'll have this all sorted out in no time!" Lily said confidently.

"I don't see how, my lady. That machine is indestructible!" Isabella said in fear.

"So am I!" Lily told her with a mad grin on her face.

Isabella did a double take when she saw Lily actually smiling at the idea of taking on the horrible thing that had destroyed her village. What kind of people had she gotten herself involved with? she wondered to herself.

Ron could tell what she was thinking by the expression on her face.

"She's crazy all right but the good kind of crazy! She'll save your village, Isabella. Then, she'll send that machine back in pieces to whoever sent it. After that, she'll tear his home down around his ears in payback for what he did to yours!" Ron said with absolute certainly.

Isabella nodded. Something told her that Ron was speaking the absolute truth, and she looked forward to seeing it. She wanted to see the monster behind all of this pay for what he had done to her once peaceful home!

Next: Lily vs. The Monk!