CHAPTER 18

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Author's Note: The story now takes place after Children of the Night. The events in this story take place in the future of that one.

Holly suddenly appeared inside of Lily's TARDIS and completely surprised Allison, who screamed out before she realized who it was.

"What is it, Allison?" Robin said as he came running at her scream.

"Sorry! It's just me," Holly said chagrined.

"How did you get here?" Allison asked.

"Lily's daughter sent me here I think. She just made a gesture with her hand, and I was suddenly standing here! She was trying to save me. Lily's been possessed. She's in trouble!" Holly said with an alarmed look on her face.

"Where is she?" Robin said with a look of worry on his face.

"A planet called Vortis. I have no idea where that is though," Holly said.

She felt useless because she couldn't tell him anything more.

Robin put an arm around her in comfort and said, "It's okay, my lady. You've done all that you can."

"I wish I could do more. I need to go back and find her. I need to know that she's okay!" Holly said as she got more and more upset.

"If she's with Lady Rose, then she already has all of the help that she needs. She is very powerful. I'm sure that she will make sure that she's okay. I still want to go make sure of that though of course. I wonder if we could convince this machine to take us this by attempting to talk to it," Robin said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"I don't think that it works that way. You have to be linked to it mentally to communicate with it I think," Allison said with a frown.

Robin' face fell as he had no other ideas to find Lily. Cleopatra wasn't there, or he could have gotten her to help with her own TARDIS. She was off somewhere back in Ancient Egypt visiting some of her friends and relatives to assure them that she was alive and well. They all thought that she had died from the Asp's bite of course.

Robin suddenly felt as helpless as Holly. He didn't like this feeling at all. He wasn't used to it. Usually he always found some way to help or save the day.

The three of them began to study the TARDIS console for any button or switch that might help them in some way. Since none of them knew Gallifreyan though, this seemed to be a useless gesture.

Thankfully for them, Rose suddenly appeared in the TARDIS in a burst of golden light.

"Hello! It's so nice to finally meet you! My mother has told me a lot about you, Allison," Rose said with a wide grin.

Allison smiled back at her as she said, "It's nice to finally meet you too. Lily always talks about you, Jenny, and Cassie all of the time. She really cares about all of you!"

Ron came out of the back of the TARDIS with Isabella. He stopped suddenly when he saw Rose. He studied her for a minute, and then a light bulb went on over his head as he recognized her from holograms that Lily had shown him once.

"Rose, right?" he asked her.

"That's right. You must be Ron. She's been very happy ever since she found you again. She used to tell me stories about you when I was growing up, and I could tell that she really missed you. It was so terrible what the Time Lords did to the two of you. I'm glad that she finally got you back! Welcome back, brother!" Rose said as she gave him a tight hug.

"Thank you! I'm so glad to finally meet you! It feels good and yet kind of strange to suddenly have a sister. I never had a brother or sister before. I was an only child. I'm glad that I can remember her again too. I always felt empty inside all of my life, and I never knew why. Now I do. I was missing my mum!" Ron said with a sad look on his face.

Isabella put an arm around him in support as she said, "What you told me about what happened is so heartbreaking. I can't believe that anyone could be so cruel! At least everything's turned out all right now."

Ron flushed a little bit as Isabella had her arm around him. He had already hopelessly fallen head over heels in love with her. He was afraid to say anything to her about it though. He wondered if she knew how he felt or if she felt the same way. She was rather shy even around him and wouldn't say much. He did most of the talking in their relationship. She did seem to like him however and was always around him a lot. So that might be a clue he thought to himself wryly.

When it was explained that Lily was in trouble, Ron became all upset and said, "We have to go find her. I can't lose her again! I only just got her back!"

"Calm down. We will get her back. She hasn't gotten under the Animus' control yet. Mum's a fighter. She's won't let it win!" Rose said with confidence.

She went to the TARDIS console and input the coordinates for Vortis, and they were off in an instant.

When they arrived, they were greeted by an army of Zarbi; and Allison screamed at the sight of all of the giant ants.

"I hate ants. I know it's all girly to scream at the sight of bugs, but I can't stand them. An army of giant bugs really freaks me out," Allison admitted when everyone stared at her for screaming.

Lily appeared behind the Zarbi with an evil smile on her face. Ron's heart fell as it seemed that Lily was gone now.

"Mum!" he screamed at her in fear and pain.

Lily's face changed, and her usual cheerfulness returned for a moment.

"It hasn't gotten me yet, Ron. There's no need to worry," She told him with an air of nonchalance.

She was trying to act like it was no big deal for his benefit, but she was secretly terrified because she knew that she was weakening against the Animus' mental assaults by the moment.

"Whoever said that I wanted you? You were never my true goal. Even the Monk was mistaken as to whose body I really wanted. Everyone assumed that I wanted a Time Lady, but why would I want a body that would house an intellect capable of fighting back against my own? No I want a body with a weaker intellect. One that is already immortal thanks to being injected with the blood of The Other. I want a body with a mind that has already been proven to be capable of being manipulated and controlled in the past. I want your son!" the Animus said through Lily's mouth.

It then jumped from her mind to Ron's, and he started to glow with power as the Animus instantly took total control over him!

"A new body at last!" the Animus said.

Next: Lily must fight the Animus in order to get her son back. Is she already too late though?