Galaxies Guardians/Travelling Deception

Something is causing Volvuna to disappear as the group have to race against time before it is too late.

Galaxies GuardiansEdit
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Story
His old frail hands grabbed the bowl of liquid as he was on his knees. He was shaking violently as he could feel something was about to happen. He had grown old after nearly 600 years as the man who called himself the Sorcerer felt ready to die. A blue liquid was splashing over the sides of the large brown wooden bowl as the Sorcerer swayed the bowl from one side to the other. The Sorcerer looked outside to a village that had grew with every year the Sorcerer had been there but now he would have to serve his true purpose, the reason why he had been sent back in time in the first place. Although the calculations may have been a little bit off. A Kalossian stood in the doorway as the Sorcerer’s crinkled expression forced themselves into a smile. He turned towards the figure as he grabbed a goblet and made sure some of the blue liquid was inside it as he raised it up to the Kalossian.

“Thank Sorcerer,” Ocra smiled as the Sorcerer could not help but express a smile right back as his hand raised as he reached the goblet of drink towards Ocra. The Sorcerer hid a cheeky smile that was trying to creep up his face as Ocra took several large gulps from the drink “I’ve been having trouble with a pregnancy with a load of Kalossians.” Ocra grinned weakly as she dropped the goblet to the ground which spilt the blue liquid all over the ground as Ocra collapsed to the floor. He body lay lifeless on the ground as the Sorcerer dragged the body several metres before hiding it under some blankets his frail body exhausted from having to pull over two metres of Kalossian body.

***

“I present you, the TARDIS,” the Engineer walked the group towards the TARDIS which had a vast array of lights on and the levers were lighting up.

“Does it time travel yet?” Volvuna asked clearly excited by this new development.

“Not much only a few seconds but I am getting closer to cracking it,” the Engineer had sat on a chair the TARDIS had created.

“On the table a brown envelope,” Spielg had poked his head around the door as the group quickly followed him out. They then sat around a round table all pointing towards the brown envelope which they were all too familiar with.

“Everything starts with a brown envelope,” Rakthro sat down as the group waited for the Engineer to grab it and flick through. The Time Lord did the tradition as he looked up straight after reading it.

“Just a picture,” the Engineer held the picture up with some words on the back which the Engineer had quickly read “and words saying Volvuna, Kalossian.”

“Let us see that picture,” Volvuna grabbed it off the Engineer and began inspecting it closely looking for any signs of familiarity as she tried to work out when it first came. The others in the group were also there but Volvuna was prominently seen as she stood in the middle of the photo.

“All of us are there but only your name is on the back,” Lastrich spotted as the Engineer inspected the brown envelope. There was nothing else in it as the Engineer brought out a sonic probe and began scanning the photo. He then stopped scanning and stepped back as he clutched onto a nearby chair for support.

“Spit it out,” Rakthro ordered as the Engineer gulped.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“It is time residue,” the Engineer picked up a cup of tea and took a long sip off it as he was now sitting down “basically it means that something in the past has been changed and will effect us now or more precisely Volvuna. In a few hours you may begin to fade and all of our lives will start to change depending on what life would have been like without Volvuna.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“So we have to do something right now,” Lastrich shouted as she began going towards a large computer system which had been installed in recently.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“First we have to locate where time has changed,” the Engineer acknowledged as he followed Lastrich towards a computer.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“How could we possibly know what has been changed?” Spielg asked “if the event has happened then we should all be gone by now.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Wrong as usual. Zygon’s are so simple,” the Engineer shook his head about “an event has been changed precisely to change Volvuna’s future. So any change will be slow due to the event only being taken out because of Volvuna’s existence so she has to be erased slowly.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“So nothing that can be changed with toys?” Volvuna looked down to her large green feet “search for Laviana in the databases.” Volvuna ordered as Lastrich quickly did it as only 2 files came up. One was for a minor singer who died several hundred years ago in Kallith whilst the other was a birth certificate of that same singer.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Just a singer,” Lastrich shrugged her shoulders.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“You are already being erased,” the Engineer noted as they continued to prowl through the various records. There was then three nocks at the door all within close proximity to each other.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Check the cameras,” Lastrich ordered as the Engineer quickly flicked to the cameras where they could see a tall male Kalossian with a white outfit on.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Rakthro get it,” Volvuna ordered as Rakthro walked slowly towards the door as the camera could not see the face of the Kalossian as it was standing too close to the door.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“One moment,” Rakthro called as he clutched his hand around the door handle and quickly pulled it open to the white toothed smile of a male Kalossian.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“I’m here to talk to the Engineer,” Doctor Kashem walked through the door as he also had a handful of flowers in his right hand.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“For the Engineer?” Spielg chuckled “I know you saved his life but I don’t think they are for him,” Kashem ignored the Zygon’s comments as he handed the flowers to Volvuna who had a large smile on her face as she saw a note inside it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“My health is all good I guess,” the Engineer tried as Kashem brought out a notepad from one of his pockets that he had in his jackets.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Well it is still a bit wobbly. You lost so much blood it was like you were left for several minutes before any action was taking,” Kashem commented as Volvuna looked guiltily back “we advise that you stay away from any sort of action over the next few weeks.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Weeks? Impossible I have a mission,” the Engineer got up but he was now noticing a slight pain in his stomach as he had to clutch at it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“I will repeat. I have two pieces of advice. One for you not to do any action. Just lie down and have a rest for the next few weeks,” Kashem then walked towards the kitchen area as he picked up some purple and orange pieces of food and threw them into his mouth “love a bit of fruit from the trees of Kallith, well the ones that are still standing.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“You said you had two pieces of advice,” Rakthro reminded the doctor who nodded slowly as he gulped down the pieces of housing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Oh yes. Volvuna I advise you to go on a date with me. Perhaps tonight?” Kashem tried as Volvuna was still sniffing the flowers as she poked her head out of the dozens of flowers.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Sure,” Volvuna nodded her head so quickly that she could have been a woodpecker pecking at a tree.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“If she still exists that is,” Spielg commented as Lastrich hit him with her elbow.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“What do you mean?” Kashem smiled uncertainly.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Volvuna seems to be getting erased from existence,” Rakthro informed Doctor Kashem who was unsure if this was one of the Galaxies Guardians jokes that he had been on the receiving end on multiple occasions.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Can I do anything to help?” Kashem asked as he looked towards the big computer screens which were now searching through records when a security pin suddenly appeared on the screen.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Not right now,” the Engineer sounded gloomy as he then moved onto a second computer screen as the room had three large separate computer screens so you could be doing more than one thing at once which had been a huge help when more than one member of Galaxies Guardians wanted a go on their new machines. The Engineer clicked on the name ‘Captain Avery’ as a face of the Captain then appeared on the screen. When Avery picked up his entire face could be seen in high definition.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“What is it?” Captain Avery had spite in his voice as he had clearly just gotten up.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“I need a favour. What is the code for the database of Kalossia?” The Engineer had turned back to the code which had millions of potential combinations due to the number of symbols it could use, there were 11 characters within the password itself.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Wait one moment whilst I go and put it in myself,” Captain Avery then reached for the computer as a lade appeared behind him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Your leaving?” The lady asked as Spielg could not help but burst out laughing as Rakthro also joined in as Captain Avery’s face flashed red.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Give me 20 minutes,” Captain Avery then turned off the camera as the group were now all laughing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“He had a woman?” Lastrich asked whilst still laughing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Focus,” the Engineer shouted as the rest of the group stopped laughing suddenly “we do not have much time. I need to break the code as 20 minutes could be the difference between Volvuna existing and not existing,” the Engineer then pulled out several devices as he places them around the controls off the computer. There were 11 different devices to each crack a character of the code.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“I know the code,” Kashem offered as he walked up to the computer and started typing in the code “you can always ask me.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“But you are simply a doctor. How would you know that sort of information?” Lastrich asked as Kashem was unsure of how to react as the screen then changed to a range of files.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Not important. We just need to figure out what is causing Volvuna to disappear,” the Engineer started browsing through various files but with no success.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Check her parents,” Rakthro suggested as the Engineer looked for ‘Ocra’ and a result came up almost instantly.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Dead,” the Engineer muttered as he began looking through the exact results and events that led to her death and it was a lot earlier than he had ever though it would be.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“The date is well off. That is a few decades ago,” Volvuna noted as the Engineer shook his head as he quickly got off the chair and ran out of the room as the others followed. He had ran to the room which the TARDIS was now currently in as he quickly ran around his machines as sparks started to come out of all ends of the TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Get in the TARDIS now,” the Engineer ordered as everyone quickly went inside as the Engineer continued to calibrate various devices. There were further sparks from the TARDIS as the Engineer also went inside the TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“This thing only gets to go back by a few seconds,” Lastrich remembered as the Engineer started going at the controls off the TARDIS amazed by how he was now piloting the TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Well I have made a one way trip to the day before your mother apparently died,” the Engineer explained as he was pushing levers and pressing buttons.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“One way? How are we going to get back?” Volvuna asked clearly concerned.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Automatically. When we correct time then we will be sent back. The TARDIS will stay though as it is connected to both time loops whilst we would have corrected the timeline and therefore would never be here,” the Engineer explained as the TARDIS landed in a few seconds.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“I’m pretty sure time travel does not work like that,” Kashem said “it includes a vast amount of equations and multiple interpretations of dimensions and time.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Your doctor boyfriend is way too smart to just be a doctor,” Spielg pointed out but Volvuna did not take any notice of the Zygon.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Just accept my reasoning,” the Engineer was the first one towards the door as he slowly opened it revealing a backwards part of Kalossia as he stepped out and immediately felt something ooze into his feet which made the Engineer immediately as he put his foot to the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“How is it like out there?” Rakthro asked as the Engineer then took another step as a green like water went through his shoes.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Horrible,” the Engineer grunted as the rest of the group followed him outside. They then saw the TARDIS began to sink as Volvuna tried to hold onto it but it continued sinking.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Allow it to sink,” Kashem said “like the Engineer said it will stay here so it might as well be hidden. We will need a way of finding it.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“Leave a huge crater on that bit of grass?” Spielg enquired as he held out a square device which had wires coming out of the side off it. It also had a timer of 10 minutes on it which had already started counting down.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“What is the range?” Lastrich asked as Rakthro and Spielg had wide grins on their face.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“20 metres across,” Rakthro replied as the group then started walking towards where steam was coming from.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“There must be a village somewhere nearby,” Lastrich observed as they walked throughout the swamps as they all began to get slimy and very agitated because of the slime.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">The Sorcerer looked at the only piece of electrical technology on the entire village area and subsequently other surrounding villages as well as he observed several things at once from it. First he had seen a Time Lord machine being teleported to his time and then he had seen a recognisable group go out of the TARDIS whom he recognised to be the Galaxies Guardians.

<p class="MsoNormal">“One more day,” the Sorcerer grinned at the blue liquid that he had been making absolutely perfect for several decades. He had been waiting nearly 600 years and now he was so close to knowing if Ocra was definitely the one he had to get rid of as any sort of mistake would cause the entire universe to change and the Sorcerer did not want that to happen.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is that magical screen you are looking at?” Mikshath came in as she then burst out laughing “of course I know it is a TV. Shame we are so behind in this village,” Mikshath had known the Sorcerer for most of her life. She was a young Controller in her own right having been the daughter of the Sorcerer when she got sent back in time as well in order to help him as the Controllers realised they may have put him a bit far back so were afraid he could have died or changed and that could have compromised the entire mission so Mikshath was sent back in time to prevent this from happening.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is no time for jokes,” the Sorcerer had grown bitter in his old age. He only had one more regeneration left and if he did not complete this mission then he would not be given a new regeneration cycle which he was desperately trying to get.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Maybe it would be better to split them up,” Mikshath suggested as the Sorcerer thought about it for a few seconds as he moved some leaves in order to get better shade in his straw covered house.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Good thinking daughter. You use your traps that you set up around the site and then separate them,” the Sorcerer planned out as he sat down already feeling tired from the few minutes which he had been standing there for.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Sure thing father. You just have another nap whilst your daughter does everything for you,” Mikshath shook her head as she left the hut. She then brought out a piece of technology that she had never shown her father and this connected to a range of traps around the village which Mikshath had set up herself. She then slid across an icon as a series of dots appeared around the outline of the island as she had access to a camera which was locating the Galaxies Guardians as she then pressed onto one of the circle icons which was near an old temple as she pressed on an icon marked ‘Destruct’ as she pressed the icon and heard a loud explosion from the distance.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">The group looked upon an old temple which was large in size. There seemed to be a large wall that was 10 metres high and had 10 metres wide walls. This was to keep a kingdom safe from outside threat although with the invention of flying cars and spaceship the barrier seems unnecessary but it was still more than enough to stop the group from entering.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Someone really wants to be alone,” Spielg spotted as they saw the doors of the temple seemed to be shut with huge wooden doors.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Pull the door open,” Kashem suggested as he began trying to pull the doors open but nothing happened as the rest of the group just watched “I need help for this.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Will these do?” Rakthro asked as he pulled out several bombs from his pocket, they heard a small explosion from behind which they had placed earlier on to create a landmark from which they could find the TARDIS again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Maybe a bit more useful,” Lastrich suggested as Kashem nodded as Rakthro went towards the door as he placed a bomb on each door and then he stood back with the rest of the group.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Ka-boom!” Spielg shouted as the doors exploded as large chunks of wooden door flew around the group and into the surrounding swamps. The group then went inside the temple as they could see well preserved rooms surrounding them and many stone ornaments.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We really need to find a way out quickly,” the Engineer advised as he looked at the photo of Volvuna which he had taken with him and could see that parts of the photo were now disappearing.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Does time travel make the photo fade?” Volvuna asked, her voice quivered.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No,” the Engineer replied quickly as the group had already went into the middle of the large first room as Doctor Kashem had noticed something.

<p class="MsoNormal">“In the corners of the walls there are cameras,” Kashem pointed them out to everyone “now why there is cameras in a place which has never had even a bit off technology inside it?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Obviously someone is still looking in,” Lastrich commented as a few of the group looked backwards towards the open door which had been destroyed earlier on.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Oooooh how creepy,” Spielg chimed as the others were now trying to locate any other cameras as a ticking sound could then be heard.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Everyone out now,” the Engineer shouted as everyone ran but it was too late. An explosion set off all around them as the building began to fall apart as the giant columns surrounding them as they crashed into several sections.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Interesting,” Kashem noticed as he fall through the crumbling ground as the others were beginning to be separated.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">Kashem had just fallen 20 metres as he looked back up seeing a part of the temple. He could not see an obvious way back up and was unsure if anyone was still alive.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Help,” Rakthro called as Kashem quickly ran towards the Goloc as he helped lift a large piece of stone column off him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Are you okay?” Kashem asked clearly concerned by what had just happened. Rakthro checked his pockets as he brought out broken bits of devices from the layers of his skin which now acted like pockets, he had developed this excess skin because of the multiple experiments done on him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Sure but we now have no way of communicating with the others,” Rakthro commented as he walked along the path that was under the building.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Strange to have a path under the building,” Kashem noted as he could barely see the ground as there was minimal lighting.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m guessing something down here will attempt to kill us,” Rakthro conceded “what were you before you became a doctor?” Rakthro asked as this question clearly concerned Kashem.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Government stuff. That is how I knew the password,” Kashem gulped as he felt guilty about something and Rakthro could sense this but knew better than to confront a Kalossian in a dark place as the Kalossians were a very strong species.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Do you hear that?” Rakthro then began wildly turning as he heard a slithering across the ground. He could not see much as a shadow went past Kashem.

<p class="MsoNormal">“A slither perhaps,” Kashem replied and then he suddenly stopped looking frightened as Rakthro despite not being able to see most of Kashem’s face could still see the utter terror in the doctor’s face as a hissing sound could then be heard.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is the absolute fright on your face?” Rakthro asked as he began to grow more and more frightened by the moment.

<p class="MsoNormal">“They are referred to as the Stalking Slaughterers or just the Slaughterers as we Kalossians refer them to and they are highly intelligent and often kill in groups,” Kashem then brought out a spray as he then squirted liquid all over himself and then handed it over to Rakthro who did the same.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What does this spray do?” Rakthro asked as he noticed a particular aroma.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Makes you stink of, well, you may not want to know that so to put the Slaughterers off you,” Kashem replied as he always carried around the spray always in fear of the Slaughterer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I can really smell it,” Rakthro held his nose as they both began running to a distant light in a shape of an archway.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Outside,” Kashem noted “could be a trap so be careful.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Careful? We have huge snake things behind us,” Rakthro called out as he could still hear some slithers around the place as they both continued along the path. They were almost right at the light when something suddenly stood in front of them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello again,” the figure grinned. He had black floppy hair and a deep voice the sort that Rakthro had heard on multiple occasion.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You? Again?” Rakthro asked as he looked from left to right and then behind himself and saw no Slaughterers anywhere nearby.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No,” the figure shook his head “I am a hologram but soon enough you will know me. I am unsure of when I am in your time stream but you in particular should be very afraid.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Away,” Kashem said as he had thrown a stone through the hologram. Then the Kalossian ran through the hologram as Rakthro followed him through the archway as they could see trees and grass outside. Then the moment Kashem’s foot hit the light coming from outside it was swept up from the ground and he got pulled into the air some sort of rope keeping him high up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It was a trap,” Rakthro chuckled as he tried to reach for Kashem but his arm would not go high enough. He was still a few metres off.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Climb up the arch way and then jump towards me and try to pull me down,” Kashem suggested as Rakthro did as was suggested as he climbed up the arch way and then launched off it with his legs and he grabbed onto the rope that was keeping Kashem up. The rope then started to tear apart as both the Kalossian and the Goloc tumbled to the ground as they then both saw a swarm starting to surround them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“For once couldn’t this just be easy?” Rakthro asked as Kashem chuckled as surrounding them were about a dozen Stalking Slaughterers all with their large and pointed teeth showing.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">Volvuna felt her head as she was in a forest like area. Large trees that seemed to stretch to the sky kept her inside a circle as Volvuna decided to get up and walk through a narrow gap in between them. Then the floor which Volvuna had just woken up frim disappeared into the ground and then moments later a body laid on it as Volvuna ran towards it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Lastrich. Time to not have your eyes shut,” Volvuna then began dragging Lastrich out of the circle as the Silurian started to stir.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is hurting me a great deal,” Lastrich complained as Volvuna let her go as Lastrich quickly got up and began looking around the surroundings as Volvuna had stepped out of the circle of trees followed by Lastrich. They were in a strange forest as Volvuna got on all fours and began running quickly as Lastrich could not keep up with her.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Blurry stuff,” Volvuna shouted loudly as they went through the forest area in quick speed. Lastrich stopped next to Volvuna who had already been watching the village for a good few moments after they had been running for 20 minutes.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Someone has set up traps around this village for good reason,” Lastrich commented as they saw several Kalossians walking about.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We need to isolate where my mother is,” Volvuna said as she began looking around as the occupants of the village started to stare at Lastrich.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Volvuna, wait up,” Lastrich shouted as she followed Volvuna who went into the first hut looking straight inside.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Get out,” a Kalossian shouted from within the hut.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is there anything strange about this village?” Volvana asked the Male Kalossian who got up and made himself look as tall as possible.

<p class="MsoNormal">“At the moment I am in Think Mind. Do not make me go to Battle Mind,” the Kalossian warned as Volvuna opened her mouth to reply when Lastrich dragged her away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why did you do that?” Volvuna asked as Lastrich continued to look around for anything that may have been out of the ordinary.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Because he would have beaten you up. Some are just so impatient,” Lastrich then walked up towards a child Kalossian.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What are you?” The child asked as Lastrich felt offended by how everyone seemed to be judging her because of what species she was.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Lastrich. Now is there anything that is out of place in this village?” Lastrich asked as the boy snickered at the Silurian.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You,” the kid Kalossian snickered as Lastrich shook her head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No. I mean is there anyone who is not a Kalossian?” Lastrich hated having to ask a child as they always made the simplest of answers almost impossible to get there.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You. I’m Loctavia,” Loctavia grinned as Lastrich was close to throwing a rock at the boy.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Okay Loctavia. Is there anyone else but me that should not be here?” Lastrich had gotten desperate for an answer as the boy snickered for a few moments as Lastrich could see how Loctavia was about to answer “and the answer better not be me.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“There is a man,” Loctavia started as he had switched from Child Mind to Think Mind.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Take me to him,” Lastrich said as Loctavia nodded his head as Volvuna went on all fours and caught up with the others as she had been investigating around the village.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How did you get someone to take you?” Volvuna asked as she had caught up to Lastrich and Loctavia within seconds.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Be nice and don’t ask grown-ups,” Lastrich replied as Loctavia stood outside of a specific hut and then pointed inside it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“In there the man known as the Sorcerer lives although legend has it that he has been here hundreds of years,” Loctavia gave some background as he walked away from the others. Lastrich was the first to step in as she could see no one in the hut just a bowl with a blue liquid and a screen on the other side of the room which showed Lastrich inside the hut as she looked around for cameras and then spotted one but the ground beneath both her and Volvuna’s feet disappeared as they fell down two gaps in the ground there screams were now distant.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">Captain Avery spotted both the Engineer and Spielg amongst the rubble of the temple as he dragged both the Time Lord and the Zygon out as he attached a device to both of their chests and sent electrical pulses down both of them. The Engineer’s eyes opened first as he took in a big gasp of air. He took a quick note of his surroundings knowing that he had to know how to escape if any danger was to come to them as he spotted his old friend Captain Avery.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello friend,” Captain Avery chuckled as the Engineer got up as he spotted Spielg getting more electrical charges towards the heart of the Zygon.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Impossible. No one can time travel,” the Engineer’s brain was getting confused as logically speaking Captain Avery should not have been there but here he was standing right in front of them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I was aboard the TARDIS when you lot left and simply teleported out off it when I had thought it had been the appropriate amount of time to do so,” Captain Avery then changed the settings for Spielg as the Zygon then opened his eyes clearly alarmed by his surroundings.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Was it all just a dream?” Spielg asked as he immediately saw Captain Avery.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Volvuna will be if we do not go quickly. How long have we been here?” The Engineer pondered as Captain Avery looked around themselves.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well it is early morning so around 20 hours you lot have been unconscious for. I think the others woke up long before you especially Doctor Kashem and that Goloc. They were straight out off it,” Captain Avery remarked as the Engineer helped Spielg up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Weren’t you with a woman?” Spielg began chuckling again until the Engineer shot him a look which made the Zygon shut up immediately.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It is called being undercover and immediately when I heard you wanted a high level security code I knew it was urgent so I used a vortex manipulator which does not travel in time but does travel in space,” Captain Avery began walking ahead of them “and when I teleported into your HQ I saw you heading towards the room which you kept for the TARDIS so I travelled into the TARDIS and here I am.” The three walked in silence for several minutes until the Engineer stopped that.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We have to run,” the Engineer then started running as Captain Avery could keep up but Spielg had stopped.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hurry up Zygon,” Avery ordered as Spielg began to transform.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I will beat you there so don’t wait up,” Spielg called as he grew wings and purple fur as he launched into the sky as the Engineer and Avery watched as Spielg overtook them as he then landed to the ground in front of the Time Lord and the Captain.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Come to gloat?” The Engineer asked as Spielg shook his head, the beak at the end of his head was red which matched his eyes as the now transformed Zygon to a bird turned his back to the other two.

<p class="MsoNormal">“He has dropped a device to you,” Captain Avery spotted as the Engineer picked up the device that Spielg liked to use so much.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Cantori Nexum,” the device spoke out when pointed to the Spielg bird which was now making a variety of noises mainly high pitched. “Translation available,” the device called out.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Spit it out,” the Engineer ordered as Spielg bird had now turned its back towards the Engineer and Avery.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Technically impossible. I will take it figuratively,” the device called out.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just as annoying as Spielg,” the Engineer shook his head as the device was making a loud spinning noise like something inside it was loose.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Get on my back,” the device called out as the Engineer and Avery did as Spielg had suggested as they hopped onto the purple’s bird back barely fitting in. Spielg bent down to adjust to the weight as he wobbled for a few steps and then took a dodgy take off with him swaying from one direction to another as they rose high into the air.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m not sure if this was a good idea,” Avery shouted out as he started to put some coordinates into his vortex manipulator “hold on.” The Engineer held onto the bird as they disappeared in a flash and landed back on the ground. Well landed is a nice way of putting it as they were all on the ground gasping for air as Spielg tried to change out of being a bird but it did not go well. His legs had changed to those of a Zygon but the rest of him stayed the same except his voice box which also changed as the Zygon coughed to check his voice.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Still mostly a bird?” Spielg pecked at a lead that was laying on the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“More of you outsiders?” Loctavia grinned. His young face all tooth as he started walking away from them “follow me.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“We do not just follow random Kalossians,” the Engineer shook his head “just get us to an adult to talk to.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“No one going to help me,” Spielg checked as no replies came.

<p class="MsoNormal">“More outsiders?” Avery asked as he picked up on the kid’s words.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes there is a scaly creature that passed by a while ago,” Loctavia was now walking in the direction to the hut of the Sorcerer “though they seem to be a bit quite. The Sorcerer is definitely a creepy figure so be cautious.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“We will take that into account,” Avery nodded as they overlooked a hut that was a bit different from the others with a larger top and a sheet that covered the door. The Engineer instantly spotted something all around the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Trap doors that react specifically to any sort of pressure and on command of whoever controls them which in this case seems to be the Sorcerer,” the Engineer made sure that he was not at any of the pressure pad points as he jumped over them followed by the other two.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Welcome,” the Sorcerer smiled up from the blue liquid that he was still adding a green like herb towards it “vortex manipulator has been disabled.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Impossible,” Avery chuckled as he checked his vortex manipulator as it had went completely dead. The Sorcerer chuckled as he looked away from his bowl.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The Galaxies Guardians will not exist once I have done my duty,” the Sorcerer watched as his daughter pulled Loctavia away from the pressure pads and then walk through them as she knew her father would not activate them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why can’t we just kill them?” Mikshath sounded agitated as she already had an electric activated gun pointing towards the Galaxies Guardians members.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It would cause far too many variables,” the Sorcerer shook his head “we cannot afford to mess up so many years of work just for personal satisfaction.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t you think it is surprising?” Mikshath suddenly had a grin that spread from ear to ear.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That is freakier than I look right now,” half bird half Zygon Spielg muttered as the Sorcerer had a similar expression.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Very surprising,” the Sorcerer muttered as the three then suddenly fell through the ground as the Sorcerer and Mikshath laughed manically as the three fell down the pit.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">Rakthro felt something snug at his skin as he opened his eyes not for the first time today as Kashem looked alarmed as Rakthro shot up clipping the doctor as Kashem hit the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Get up Goloc,” Kashem shouted as he looked around himself and only a small light upwards provided them with any light.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We were about to get killed by those things,” Rakthro scratched his head in confusion.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Stalking Slaughterers yes. Someone has saved us but then trapped us in the ground and by my guess it has been around 20 or so hours since we were about to be killed,” Kashem figured out as he then jumped up and scratched at the dirt where he could see the light as more and more light poured.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You may not want to do that,” Mikshath’s voice radiated around the darkness.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t do the silence they do in films,” Rakthro cleared his throat “just tell us.” Kashem had now stopped trying to dig their way out as he awaited for Mikshath to respond.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I am Mikshath. And I saved your life but I am not one of the good guys, I am one of the bad girls and by digging you will allow a Xenonti to wake up as it reacts to the light and kill you,” Mikshath laughed manically once again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Stop being a stereotypical villain,” Rakthro grunted “I hate clichés.” The Goloc muttered as he knew no one else actually cared.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hate them all you want. That is what you are getting. Now find your way through the maze,” Mikshath ordered as the two were clearly confused.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You are aware that we are in complete darkness,” Kashem told Mikshath who did the villainous laugh again which made Rakthro cross his arms.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Interpret. One of you knows how to see without light,” Mikshath hinted as he voice now sounded more distant than before. Rakthro then brought out several devices from his pocket as he hurriedly began putting them together. After around a minute Kashem could very faintly see Rakthro was holding out a circular green looking device as he then grabbed it but noticed no difference.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Put it on your eye. Like a monocle,” Rakthro explained as Kashem could then suddenly see a green light ahead but only from one eye.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Genius,” Kashem smiled as they started to easily walk through the maze and within a few minutes they had ended up in a cage as something shut behind them. They could see the others who all seemed knocked out as Rakthro grabbed Volvuna’s wrist which confirmed that she was still alive.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Still alive,” Rakthro breathed out as he could hear footsteps from inside the cage itself as he saw Mikshath standing in front of him as a light turned on.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello Galaxies Guardians,” Mikshath started “and you will wake.” The other members of the Galaxies Guardians then began waking up as they all instantly turned their heads towards Mikshath.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Get her,” the Engineer shouted as the group started running towards Mikshath.

<p class="MsoNormal">“And stop,” Mikshath grinned as the group did as they were told. Rakthro was clearly confused by this as he could still move freely.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You know what is about to happen?” Rakthro shouted “time is about to get rewritten and if Volvuna does not exist then none of this will.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Listen,” Kashem started as he realised something “I think they have a third person or organisation involved in this to fix all the anomalies that may occur in time.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“The Controllers have sent us back,” Mikshath revealed to them “this is another cliché Rakthro so you may want to put your hands to your ears or something but I am actually using my father and me telling you this plan will make you on my side,” Mikshath smiled to the others.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is the plan?” Kashem asked now clearly intrigued.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I will stop my father and using his own blue liquid I will take his last life from him and you lot will be free,” Mikshath chuckled at her own intelligent plans.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Then free us now,” Volvuna ordered as Mikshath nodded as she hit the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How about those light attracting creatures?” Rakthro asked as Mikshath laughed yet again as the others were clearly confused.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Not real. And you lot can move,” Mikshath ordered as the others started moving after being stopped earlier on.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Then we will help you out,” Volvuna stated as the tall Kalossian jumped from the underground to the normal slimy green. The group then went towards the hut which the Sorcerer was in as the old Time Lord looked up towards the group with a shocked expression.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Mikshath deal with them,” the Sorcerer shouted as his daughter was now behind him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Photo has faded out completely,” the Engineer noticed. The Spielg bird then flew over the pressure pads and went towards the blue liquid as Mikshath brought out a gun and shot a single laser charge at Spielg as he was sent into the pressure pads and went underground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You said you were going to betray him,” Volvuna shouted as the Spielg bird had left something laying at the Engineer’s feet. It had been a few hours since he had been plunged underground as they could see a clearly pregnant Kalossian not far away from them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is this true Mikshath?” The Sorcerer sounded wounded by this but Mikshath did not look at all fazed, just confident.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes father. I have been controlling your mind and you have been making a potion which can make one Time Lord take future regenerations from the others,” Mikshath then took the blue liquid and drank the entire thing as the Sorcerer clearly looked shocked “and Galaxies Guardians will never know about this,” Mikshath hissed as she pulled a gun towards Ocra and sent a laser charge which hit the heavily pregnant Kalossian as Volvuna ran towards her mother.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is this the only reason why you wanted to get sent back in time?” The Sorcerer confronted his daughter who simply rolled her eyes. Mikshath felt regeneration run through her body and then a moment of panic.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is happening? I feel like I am draining,” Mikshath noted as she collapsed to the ground as a golden stream started to go out of Mikshath and into the Sorcerer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t you think I had more than one plan to get more regenerations?” The Sorcerer grinned widely as Mikshath felt her two hearts starting to slow down as she felt nothing at that point.

<p class="MsoNormal">“To your own daughter? I am proud of you father,” Mikshath chuckled as her eyes slowly closed as the Sorcerer ran out of the hut and then he had to stop for a few moments hadn’t already ran out of breath.

<p class="MsoNormal">“He killed his own daughter,” the Engineer commented as he stepped in front of the Sorcerer who had collapsed to the ground as well.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You may want to run,” the Sorcerer smiled slyly as the Engineer started pressing buttons on Spielg’s device at rapid pace as regeneration energy poured out of the Sorcerer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No,” the Sorcerer managed to grab back some of his regeneration energy “you only took one of my regenerations,” the Sorcerer noticed.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Because we only need one,” the Engineer argued back as the regeneration energy began pouring into Ocra.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is happening?” Volvuna asked as she had been fighting back tears as Ocra’s eyes suddenly flickered open with a yellow glow inside them. Volvuna hugged her mum as Ocra clearly looked confused wondering how she went from being shot at to feeling better than ever before.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Very cold Sorcerer,” Kashem had crossed his arms as he had inspected Mikshath who was now completely cold. The Kalossian then ran towards the Sorcerer as he tackled him to the ground and then punched him across the face and then a few more times.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Stop,” Lastrich pulled Kashem away as the doctor allowed her but clearly still had anger left inside him. The Sorcerer was a frail old man and to be beaten like that had taken the last bit of life out of him as he looked towards his hands which had went from wrinkly to young smooth hands.

<p class="MsoNormal">“He deserves it. Tricking your own daughter,” Kashem spit to the ground as the Sorcerer had now gotten up as he began running again as he sat on a rug as a transparent ball formed around him and the Sorcerer disappeared.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Must have had a TARDIS that was in disguise,” the Engineer noted as he could see the scenery start to change. Ocra had now moved away from them “your children will be different because of the regeneration energy,” the Engineer informed Ocra who clearly looked worried by this statement.

<p class="MsoNormal">“In what way?” Ocra asked as Volvuna began to understand.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Small ways,” Volvuna said “one may be stuck in one Mind for a long time and you may lose your kids but they will always find a way back.” Volvuna grinned slightly as Ocra looked around the group who were slowly disappearing.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is she on about?” Ocra urgently asked as Spielg rose from the underground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It will all be fine,” Lastrich reassured Ocra as the group disappeared from the swampy lands of 20 years ago.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">The group had returned to the swampy parts of Kalossia as they watched as a large electronic claw went deep into the swamp and then started to drag something up. A blue box then reappeared within their sight. It was covered in slime and green leafs which hung off the TARDIS just stuck in the air as the claw then laid it gently down onto solid ground as the group all went towards it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Slimy. We will need transport to get it back,” Volvuna said as the others agreed. Spielg was still a bird as he yelped in reply as the rest of the group laughed.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I will sort you out,” the Engineer was the only one who had not laughed as he used Spielg’s device to change Spielg back as the Zygon started to appear in his natural form.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Mine,” Spielg grabbed the device off the Engineer once he had fully formed back to his Zygon state “and that slime is really going to ruin the design of the TARDIS,” Spielg chuckled as Rakthro also joined in.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nice to have you back,” Rakthro high fived Spielg as the two chuckled.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why didn’t I just leave you in the bird form?” The Engineer muttered to himself as they saw a car flying towards them. Captain Avery was driving it with Kashem in the passenger seat.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Do not reveal anything about your past,” Captain Avery ordered Kashem as the Kalossian shook his head slowly.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I just feel so guilty. I have to tell them,” Kashem said as Avery glanced across to Kashem as he brought out a gun and pulled the trigger. Kashem felt a bump on his neck.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Now. You have a bomb in your neck inserted with this high powered gun. I can activate it from anywhere and I can track everything you say so one wrong move and you will be in a million green and red bits,” Avery threatened as Kashem gulped as they landed towards the Galaxies Guardians.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Took you long enough,” Lastrich looked to her wrist to look at the time.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well military work is difficult,” Avery pointed out “and to get a car this big and to be able to hold the TARDIS is difficult.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Now I have to examine you to check if time travel has had any weird effects,” Kashem brought out a scanner which had a red laser which started to scan the various members of the group. The scan was completed “all done. None of you have suffered any side effects,” Kashem then felt the bump on his neck again. He felt a small beeping that ran through his spine which felt like he was getting the chills running down his neck.

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">***

<p class="MsoNormal">Rakthro walked around the HQ as he sat down on the table. It was the middle of the night as Rakthro was piling food on a plate, this was the only time in which the others were not awake. Throughout the night his thoughts often turned to the deep voiced black haired mystery man. But he knew he would have to move on from it. Then a knock on the door pulled Rakthro away from his thoughts as the Goloc got up and walked towards the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">“If you are just a knock and run kid then I will rip you apart,” Rakthro threatened as he opened the door. Outside was rainy and dark as a crackle of thunder could be heard but no one was standing on the other side of the door. Rakthro looked down to see a note as he picked it up and went back inside making sure to close and then lock the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why was the door open?” The Engineer walked in sounding his usual grumpiness.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Someone knocked and left a note,” Rakthro then opened the note out as he began reading it “one will die.” Rakthro muttered in utter silence.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is that is?” The Engineer sat down as he started eating some of the pile which had taken Rakthro an hour to choose “and this is where the food goes.

<p class="MsoNormal">“One more bit,” Rakthro muttered as his eyes went down the page and he was already a bit scared by this point “and that is a promise.”