CHAPTER 23

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Shadow of the Daleks Part 2

This story is continued from Part 1 in Jenny Tyler, Time's Angel Chapter 12.

Lily was busily at work at the console of Jenny's new TARDIS as she tried to input Rose's unique Vortex energy signature into its system. She intended to use the TARDIS' sensors to locate her still missing daughter.

The Daleks had invaded Earth but they were only attacking certain parts of it such as the Powell Estate as a message for Rose Tyler to get her to come to them. Rose hadn't turned up yet though after several hours which had worried Jenny. Jenny came to find Lily in 1890 in the hopes that she could lead her to her mother. Along the way she had apparently picked up two brothers that she had saved from the Daleks, Jon and Patrick Baker.

As Lily worked, she managed to catch the looks that Jenny and Jon Baker kept giving to each other out of the corner of her eye. She noticed after watching them for a minute that the two of them had some serious sparks flying between them. She smiled to herself at the thought that maybe Jenny had found someone at last.

"I noticed you watching the two lovebirds over there. He only just met her a few hours ago, and he's already making goo goo eyes at her. It's crazy, isn't it?" Patrick Baker said to Lily.

"Oh, you'd be surprised. I've seen relationships start up in less time than that. Sometimes it's love at first sight. This just seems to be a mutual attraction for now. It may become something more though. It has the potential to become a lot more," Lily said enigmatically.

"How do you know that? Are you psychic or something?" Patrick asked her.

"I'm a Time Lady just like Jenny. We have a time sense that allows us to see the timelines of others and to see their possible future sometimes," Lily explained.

"Time Lady. I like that. So that's what Jenny is. She never said. I like her. Not in the same way that Jon obviously does, but I do like her. She's nice and funny. She's wonderful," Patrick said with a wistful smile on his face.

Lily smiled at him. It seemed that Jon wasn't the only one in love with Jenny. She realized that Patrick didn't even realize himself the full extent of his feelings for her granddaughter. She could also see a possible future for the two of them as well as with Jenny and Jon.

"Are we going to find Jenny's mom? I can tell that she's worried about her," Patrick asked.

"Don't worry. We will. I'm an old hand at programming TARDISes and at finding people. I'm an old hand at practically everything for that matter. I am over a billion years old after all," Lily said with a wide smile.

Patrick wasn't sure whether to believe her or not so he just nodded and went along with it as he said with a grin, "You don't look a day over twenty two hundred."

"Why thank you, kind sir. I can see that you're a flatterer. I only find it fair though to tell you that I'm in a serious relationship," Lily said with a giggle.

"I didn't mean . . .," Patrick stammered as he turned pale.

"I know you didn't. I'm just joking with you. Relax," Lily said with a warm smile as she patted Patrick reassuringly on the back.

Patrick calmed down a little as he realized that she was just playing around. He found that he liked Lily already even though he thought that she was a little out there.

Lily sized Patrick up and the wheels began to turn in her mind. She was going to bring this boy out of his shell sooner or later. It was very possible that either of the two brothers had a future with Jenny, and she wanted to give her granddaughter every opportunity that she deserved to find what she had with Robin. It was the matchmaker inside of her that Rose had often chided her about coming out in full force.

Luckily for Patrick, Jenny's TARDIS had finally located Rose and signaled Lily about it. This immediately took her mind off of her granddaughter's love life for a while.

Jenny's TARDIS landed at the location of Rose's unique energy signature, and the two Time Ladies went outside to investigate. The brothers were ordered to stay inside by Lily. She had felt the presence of a very upset and angry mind somewhere nearby and feared for their safety. She might look young, but both of them could feel a great age about her. They obeyed her without question.

The TARDIS had brought them to a ruined space station that looked like it had been hit by an asteroid storm. There was huge damage throughout its structure and from the dimming lights it looked like life support might go out at any minute. What had happened here?

The two Time Ladies soon came upon an unconscious Rose Tyler who was being guarded by a young woman who looked at them like she was going to rip their hearts out if they got any closer. The woman glared at them as they slowly walked forward.

"You're not going to touch her! Do you hear me? Get away from her!" the woman said with eyes full of anger and fear.

Lily looked at her closely for a moment, and then recognized her from the distant past. She couldn't believe that she was still alive.

"Arianrhod!" Lily said happily.

The woman known as Arianrhod, or as she called herself now Emmy, blinked in recognition of the woman before her.

"Persephone?" Emmy asked.

"Yes, sweetheart. You remember me? I last saw you when you were a child of twenty. It's been a long time!" Lily said as she ran to hug her.

Jenny meanwhile went to check on her mother. She couldn't find anything physically wrong with her, but she could feel that something wasn't right with her.

Emmy whirled around on her and actually growled in her direction.

"Leave her alone!" she yelled at Jenny.

"It's okay! She's Rose's daughter, Jenny!" Lily told her with a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

Emmy's eyes widened in recognition as she said, "Yeah, Rose told me about you. I'm sorry! I've been through a horrible experience. I guess it's left me feeling a little shell shocked."

"Who are you?" Jenny asked curiously.

"I'm the Doctor's little sister. I only just recently found him again after having thought that I was human for the last ten years. I call myself Emmy these days," Emmy explained to her.

"It's nice to meet you, Emmy. I guess that makes you my aunt then," Jenny said with a smile.

Emmy frowned as Lily laughed.

"Thanks. You really know how to make me feel old, Jenny!" Emmy said with a small smile on her face.

"Sorry!" Jenny said with a grimace.

"What happened to Rose, and where is the Doctor?" Lily asked as she cut to the chase. So far the woman had told them nothing about what had left the station in such a shape.

"The Daleks. They kidnapped the Doctor and Rory after they trapped me and Rose in this burned out station. The whole place was in flames and about to explode at any moment. Rose somehow put the fires out throughout this entire planet sized space station with her powers, but then she collapsed on the floor from the strain. I haven't been able to wake her up since then. I don't know where Amy is. I think that she may have taken the TARDIS and went after the others. I heard it leaving. She couldn't reach us so I don't blame her. There was a wall of flames all around us. There was no way that she could have reached us in time. I still don't know how she used the TARDIS though. She keeps remembering things about how to use it, but the memories seem to come only sporadically and are out of her control," Emmy explained.

"Why would Amy know how to use a TARDIS?" Lily asked confused.

"She used to be a Time Lady too. She used to be called Cliodna. She was my brother's friend in the old days. I always liked her too. She decided that she wasn't going to change back because she likes being Amy. It hasn't stopped her from remembering things about her past from time to time though. Mostly about how to use the TARDIS," Emmy said.

Lily and Jenny looked at each other in surprise. They never would have thought about Amy being one of them!

"Where did they take the Doctor and Rory to?" Lily asked her.

"I heard them say something about taking them to Earth and waiting for Rose there. They think that she's going to come after them. They don't realize that she's in no shape to come after them at the moment," Emmy said.

"So they started attacking places throughout the Earth to get her to show up when she didn't immediately follow them," Jenny said to herself.

"Exactly," Lily nodded.

"Why do they want her so badly for? Just to kill her?" Jenny asked Emmy.

"No. Rose has something that they want. That's why they're doing all of this," Emmy said.

"What is it that they want so badly?" Lily asked her confused.

"She knows where the deadliest Dalek weapon that was ever created is. She knows the location of the Dalek Emperor's second and unused Nightmare Child!" Emmy said.

Lily looked at her in shock. From what the Doctor had told her about the original Nightmare Child, she knew that if the Daleks ever got their hands on another one that the entire universe would be in danger of winding up under the Daleks' shadow!

Shadow of the Daleks concludes in The Adventures of Rose Tyler, Time Lady Chapter 41 coming soon!

Next Time: Lily starts on a new storyline as she goes to find out just what Cleopatra has been up to all of this time. She quickly finds that Cleo has gotten into a lot of trouble!