CHAPTER 11

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The Sherman tank continued to fire on the devastated village as the thug within it laughed. This wondrous machine had been given to his lord, William the Fearless, by a strange man in monk's clothing who appeared out of nowhere inside of an Iron Maiden of all things that had suddenly materialized out of thin air!

The Monk, as he called himself, was obviously a very powerful wizard and had somehow pulled this tank, as he called it, out of the Iron Maiden. He offered it to William the Fearless with no strings attached. All he asked for was that William would use it to subjugate his enemies and to conquer new lands for himself. William had certainly wasted no time in doing so. This pitiful village was but the latest in a series of conquests that the thug had given his master lately as he had attacked and annexed one village or castle after another.

He had never experienced any real opposition since he had been using the tank so it surprised him when a lone woman stood in his path and refused to move out of the way!

"Hello, there!" the woman said to him with a cheery grin as she waved at him.

Was the woman mad? He could kill her instantly with the fire that came from the top of this machine, or he could simply mow her down. What was she playing at?

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave. If you don't, I'll have to stop you. Believe me, you don't want that!" the woman said as her face began to change from a smile to a look of anger at her last statement.

The thug, whose name was Richard Oxbow, laughed at her.

"What do you think that you can do to me, woman? You're just a mere slip of a girl! You barely look old enough to be an adult. Don't try to scare me with your false threats!" Oxbow shouted at her from inside of the tank.

The look in the woman's eyes frightened him to the core as she gazed at him. It was like she could see right through him. Her eyes were young and yet incredibly ancient at the same time. He began to wonder if she might be a sorceress as he saw a strange glow beginning to surround her hands.

The glow surrounded her entire body soon, and then she walked towards the tank and touched it.

The tank exploded around him into a thousand pieces, and Oxbow went flying into the air!

Lily's eyes still glowed with regenerative energy as she advanced towards him.

Oxbow was terrified of her, and he started to run from her as his heart filled with sheer terror.

"What's the matter? I thought that you weren't scared of this mere slip of a girl!" Lily taunted him.

"What are you?!" Oxbow shouted at her as he ran from her.

"What I am is angry, Richard Oxbow! Very, very angry!" Lily shouted at him in fury.

Oxbow stopped and stared at her in disbelief.

"How do you know my name?" he asked as his fear of her began to grow out of control.

"Oh, I know many things. I know that that infernal machine was given to your master by a man called The Monk for instance. Am I right?" Lily said to him with a menacing grin as she continued to advance on him.

"Y - y - yes, my lady!" Oxbow said to her as she drew closer and closer to him.

"Oh, am I a lady now? I've gone up in the world then," Lily mocked him with a small smile.

"Please don't!" Oxbow said in fear as she stood right in front of him.

"Is that what they said to you, Oxbow? Is that what the people you killed said to you too? Is it? TELL ME!" Lily said as she screamed the last part at him.

Oxbow had never been so afraid in his life. He stood there mute with terror before the anger filled face of this woman who had appeared out of nowhere to challenge him.

"Just like all bullies then. A coward!" Lily said with disgust as she placed a single finger on his forehead, and he slumped to the ground unconscious.

Robin rushed towards her and placed an arm around her as he said, "You didn't –?"

Lily shook her head and grimaced.

"Of course not! You know me better than that by now, Robin. I'm not a cold blooded killer! This man would certainly deserve it though," Lily admitted.

Robin let out a sigh of relief. He wouldn't have thought any less of her of course, but he still didn't want that for her. He knew the guilt that taking a life could put on a soul.

What he didn't realize was that Lily had fought in countless wars long before the first civilization arose on Earth, and she knew that guilt very well. All of this killing had paradoxically taught her the value of life, and she had long ago decided not to take it unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Thank you!" one woman said that hesitantly came up to Lily.

Lily smiled at her with a kind smile to show her that she had no reason to fear her.

"I'm happy to do it. I'm so sorry for what happened here. I wish I had known about it sooner," Lily said sadly.

"We're just grateful that you were able to put a stop to it at all. He did so much damage and killed so many," Another woman said to her.

"I know. I'll make sure that his master never bothers you again though. I know who he is and where he is. I'm going to pay him a visit as well," Lily told them.

"Be careful, my lady. It's said that he has an evil wizard working for him who has more terrible machines at his beck and call," a young man warned her.

"Don't worry about me! I know this wizard that you speak of. I can deal with him! I'll soon put a stop to all of this, and you can all go back to your lives again. At least you can try to anyway. I know that things will never be the same again. I can at least stop anything worse from happening though," Lily said as a feeling of guilt came over her.

"You have no reason to feel guilty, my lady! You came as soon as you could, and you stopped that ignoble monster over there from ruining any more lives," Robin reassured her as he kissed her on the cheek.

Lily looked at Oxbow who was still unconscious and being dragged away by the villagers. She smiled a little. Maybe she hadn't done too badly she thought. She still could have done more. She should have known about it sooner and saved more lives she berated herself.

Robin pushed those thoughts out of her head as he lovingly kissed her on the lips. The man knew her dark moods eerily well now, and he also knew how to dispel them just as well.

As he pulled away from the kiss, she looked at him with love filled eyes and a look of gratitude. She was so glad that she had him around to save her from herself when she needed it. She was also glad to have him around for other reasons too of course. She smiled a mischievous smile to herself as she thought of some of those other reasons!

Allison just looked at her with a frown and shook her head.

"What?" Lily said to her with a huge grin on her face.

Allison had gotten to know her very well too it seemed!

Lily, Robin, and Allison soon returned to Lily' TARDIS; and they soon arrived covertly inside of William the Fearless' castle. Lily could sense The Monk nearby, and she knew that he could sense her too.

"So, what are we going to do now, m – Lily?" Allison asked.

Allison turned red for a minute, and Lily knew that she had almost made some kind of slip of the tongue. What it had been though was anyone's guess. She didn't read peoples' minds without permission except in the case of life or death when she had read Oxbow's mind to find out where his master lived.

"The Monk is here just a few feet away. He knows that I'm coming so he's going to be very dangerous to be around now. I need to go in there alone. The rest of you need to stay here in the TARDIS," Lily said to Allison with concern on her face.

"No, m – Lily! I won't let you go in there alone. Someone's got to go with you and guard your back!" Allison said to her with a look of concern on her face.

Lily watched Allison with curiosity. Allison was acting strangely. She had been ever since she had saved her from being trapped as a clone of hers forever. She had caught Allison smiling at her a lot more and hugging her more often with obvious affection. She had also been making breakfast for Lily and delivering it to her in her room. She was also always offering to help her around the TARDIS. She wondered if maybe Lily had some kind of hero worship towards her. She hoped not. She was no hero she had known that a long time ago! Now Allison kept trying to call her something besides her name. She hoped that she would figure it all out soon.

Lily smiled at Allison and said, "Well, of course you can go, dear. I just didn't want you to get hurt. He's very dangerous."

"I will watch over her, my lady," Robin assured her.

Lily smiled. He knew that Robin thought of Allison as a little sister and was very protective of her. She could trust him to watch out for her.

"I'm going too, mum. I'm not about to let you go into danger without me being around to help," Ron said with a determined look on his face.

"I suppose that I will go along too then. I would not wish to be considered a coward," Isabella said as she smiled at Lily. Lily noticed that Ron and Isabella were standing very close to each other, and she smiled. She wondered if something were going on there. She hoped so. She liked Isabella.

Cleopatra had been standing there silent as usual but now she spoke.

"I will certainly go, and I will protect you with my life. I'll die before I let anyone hurt you," Cleo promised her friend.

Lily was touched that they all were so eager to help.

"All right then. Let's march straight into the belly of the beast then!" Lily said with a wide grin.

They walked silently through the castle until they came to a large meeting room where they heard several voices talking at once. Suddenly one voice shouted down the rest of them.

"Silence! My master is about to speak! All hail William the Fearless! Future ruler of Albion!" the voice proclaimed to the entire room.

Lily carefully snuck her head around the corner and watched William the Fearless step forward to address the others.

He was a very tall and muscular bearded giant of a man with a huge axe in one hand and a large shield in the other. He had a loud voice that boomed as he spoke to the assembled motley collection of hairy, bearded warriors gathered before him.

"What we have done lately is just the beginning, my fellow warriors! I will have this entire area under my control in no time, and then soon, very soon, the entire country! Then in a year perhaps, the world!" William the Fearless shouted to them with a great sense of joy on his face.

"It's all because of this man to my right. My mighty sorcerer, The Monk! He has given me the use of his mighty weapons, and I have used them to take my rightful place as the ruler of this land! Let's thank him, gentlemen! Without him, none of this could have happened!" William shouted to the others.

They all started to clap and cheer for The Monk who stepped up to take his place in the front with William.

"Thank you! It amuses me to think of Albion and maybe the world under the control of so noble and great a warrior as the mighty William here! I could not think of a better choice for the ruler of this world. He and it belong together!" The Monk said with a smirk. Lily could tell that he had just insulted both the Earth and the human race even if the others could not.

"I'm afraid that I'm going to have to cancel this little party on account of the rain. That rain being me," Lily said as she stepped forward.

The assembled warriors all got to their feet with their weapons drawn, and Robin quickly pulled out his bow and pulled his arrow back as he aimed it at them in response.

"I always was a party pooper when it came to squashing all of your fun, wasn't I? Isn't that right, Mortimus?" Lily said to The Monk as she walked right over to him.

"You won't stop me this time, Persephone. I've brought some back-up along in case I ever ran into you again. A little perk from my former days of working for the Ouroboros. I introduce to you my new friend, Thelonious!" The Monk said with an evil laugh.

A moment later, a Dalek came out of the shadows and pointed its gun stalk at them!

"HALT! DO NOT MOVE OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" the Dalek shouted at them.

The Monk laughed at Lily with an evil grin as the Dalek moved closer and closer to her.

She wondered how she was going to get out of this one. Whatever she came up with though, she was sure of one thing. It would be fun! She looked forward to it! Daleks in the Dark Ages! You just had to love it!

Next: Lily vs. Thelonious! Also, we find out why Allison is acting so strangely around Lily. See if you can guess why!