Lawndale and Sandi Griffin’s Genie - Chapter 1 - Part 2

“These are new,” Jean said, as she looked at the computers.

“Were not there any computers the last time you were out of the Emerald?” Sandi asked. She was wondering how long Jean had been in there. 'Long enough for these computers to be surprise,' she thought.

“They did exist, but they weren't advanced enough to be used as a cataloguing system in a High School library.” She looked to be in awe at the advancement of technology.

“Interesting,” Sandi stated. She then wondered how they could be easier used. She decided that voice recognition would be interesting to have: At least that is what it is called in those shows that Stacy watches,’ she thought. She grabbed the emerald, which was on a necklace that she was wearing. ‘Good thing that its green matches that of my eyes.’

“I wish that the computers in the school will be able to be controlled by voice, and that they would have the components necessary for that to work,” she said.
 
“This will take a few moments,” Jean said. She closed her eyes and concentrated as she and the emerald scanned all the computers in the school. (She had been aware of them earlier after Sandi had wished for her to be on the enrolment records, but now she needed to understand them better.)

 ( After scanning the hardware and software... )

The Engineer and the Time Lady - Nina v1

2. Nina

Regeneration. You never knew what you were going to get. But that was jumping ahead...


Oneenejpenlumbra ducked as the Dalek trained it's gunstick on her. “EXTERMINATE!”


Too late. The Dalek's beam hit her...

She was in her second incarnation when the Time War had gone 'hot', with the Daleks attacking Gallifrey itself, having found a way to neutralise the Transduction Barriers. Therefore she thought she knew what regeneration was like. She was wrong

The Beam hit her, and she fell. Her memory went into overdrive as the regeneration started. She nearly lost conciousness.

“ALERT! REGENERATION IN PROGRESS!” the Dalek was still there.

She stood up. “I'll take you with my current incarnation!” she said.

“EMERGENCY RETREAT!” the Dalek moved backwards as it attempted to retreat.

“No!” the Time Lady said as she redirected the regeneration energy towards the Dalek.

“UNABLE TO RET...” the Dalek was interupted as the regeneration energy overcame the Battle Unit's defences, blowing it up, along with the creature inside.

She then retreated herself, back towards her TARDIS, which she had landed close by...


The entered the ship and collapsed. “No!” She crawled to the console, stood up and set the ship in motion, back to Gallifrey, and collapsed again as the regeneration continued.
One never knew what they were going to get.


Something was wrong. She crawled away from the console room. “Must... get... to... Zero... Room!”

She would later reflect that she got to the Zero Room with hardly any time left, certain that the TARDIS had ensured that the route was as straight and short as possible.


One never knew what they were going to get.


She awoke and looked around the Zero Room. She was relaxed in the simplistic environment. 'But I need to check if I'm back on Gallifrey,' she thought. However, as soon as she exited the room it started. She could hear that Dalek in her mind.

EXTERMINATE

It caused her to look around the corridor. Her hearts were racing even as the TARDIS tried to calm her. “Stop!” she said, her hands at her temples. She started running through the corridors, back to the console room. However, she only got so far, before she turned back to the Zero Room in a panic.

She closed the doors and breathed heavily. Something was definitely wrong. She reopened the doors, and felt the TARDIS' presence in her mind. The ship was pensive, clearly worried about her pilot. “OK, I'm going to run to the console room.”


She ran though the corridors, trying not to think, but anxiety rising. However the TARDIS was making it easy. The corridors weren't a maze, but rather more-or less a straight line, between the Zero Room and the Console room. She entered the console room in a panic. She breathed deeply and looked at the instruments. She could see that the TARDIS had landed. She was back on Gallifrey.


There was a TARDIS, another Time Lord had arrived, bringing news of the ongoing defeat. But he or she hadn't yet come out.

“Not again!” There had already been many instances of Time Lords returning to Gallifrey with their minds affected by trauma related to fighting the Daleks. With their more complex brains, psychological issues were more complex than in other species.

“Do we know who's TARDIS this is?” another of the Time Lords asked.

“Checking,” a third Time Lord said. There was a beep. “Oneenejpenlumbra. She was defending an outpost in Sector 27.”

“I see,” the first Time Lord said. He was interrupted as the TARDIS door opened and Oneenejpenlumbra stumbled out.

“Home!” she said, in a tired sounding tone. But suddenly she shuddered and placed her hands on her temples as if trying to ward something off.

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