IN THE SERVICE OF SEKHMET
Chapter Four (Bannerman Road, Ealing) "Oh come on, Luke,"Clyde said as he and Luke sat outside Sarah Jane's house. "Ask your mum if we can go to the shopping center." "Why? All you wanna do is get something to eat and stare at girls," Luke said. "I know! You can see some fit girls when you do that. Besides, all we're doing is sitting here. Ask her." Luke was about to cave in and go ask his mother when they suddenly heard a familiar wheezing sound. They slowly turned their heads and watched while the TARDIS appeared across the road. "On second thought, something more exciting just appeared,"Clydesaid as he and Luke leapt up and ran across the street. They pounded on the door yelling the Doctor's name and stepped back when the Doctor opened the door. "WHAT?" he said in a high pitched voice while his friends laughed behind him. "Blimey, break my door to pieces, will ya?" "You didn't change this time,"Clyde said. "Yeah, I know. I am capable of keeping a body for awhile," he said, stepping out. "And these are my friends. This is Amy, Rory and River. Guys, this is Sarah's son, Luke andClyde." The two parties greeted each other before the Doctor asked if Sarah Jane was home. Luke andClydewere about to turn and get her when the door opened and Sarah Jane stepped out of her house, grinning from ear to ear. "I'm glad you kept your body this time," Sarah Jane said as she walked across the street. "Why is it so shocking that I'm still in the same body? Does everyone think I'm that inept?" the Doctor said. He hugged Sarah Jane tightly and introduced his friends and wife to her. Sarah Jane's eyebrows raised when he introduced River as his wife and Luke and Clyde glanced at each other. Sarah Jane hugged River warmly and invited them all inside. After making them some tea, the Doctor told Sarah Jane and Luke what was going on while Clyde ran to Rani's house to tell her what was happening. Sarah Jane gave the Doctor a dubious look when he mentioned Sekhmet. "She claims she's real? She's not like Sutekh?" Sarah Jane said. "You know about that?" Amy said. Sarah Jane chuckled. "I'm the one that helped him defeat Sutekh. Ooooh, that was ages ago when I was much younger," Sarah Jane said wistfully. "And he was much younger too." "What is this…Sekhmet?" Luke said. The Doctor was about to speak when Sarah Jane told him to wait. She went upstairs and came back five minutes later holding a large book to her chest. "As a journalist, it helps to have a reference library," she said to them as sat back down. "I have books on numerous things and Ancient Egypt is one of them. Let's see," she said, turning to the index. She found the pages describing Sekhmet, turned to them and gave the book to Luke. While Luke read, Luke came back in the house with Rani. Rani ran to the Doctor and embraced him. "Ah, Rani Chandra, it's good to see you," the Doctor said as he hugged her. "We missed you. We wondering when you were coming back," Rani said. "Well, it's nice to be missed," the Doctor said fondly. "Doctor, it says here that there's a story that the gods sent Sekhmet to destroy wicked humans and she went crazy when she ripped them apart and drank their blood and started killing everyone she found. This is the person that wants you to work for her?" Luke said. "Like I said, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise," the Doctor said before he brought Clyde and Rani up to date on what was happening. "Can we go with him?" Rani said to Sarah Jane when he finished his explanation. "Yeah, we can help them,"Clyde said. "Well, I suppose it's up to the Doctor. It's his mission," Sarah Jane said. Amy laughed when the teenagers deluged the Doctor with a chorus of "Please?" "Well, what do you think, Sarah? Think they could handle themselves?" the Doctor said to her. "They've probably handled far worse than some sorcerer called Bob Johnson," Sarah Jane said with a shrug. "What kind of rubbish name is Bob Johnson?"Clyde said. "Sounds like a wimp to me." "I wouldn't be too quick to judge," the Doctor said. "Just because he has an ordinary name doesn't mean he's ordinary." "Yeah, but we can clean his clock," Rani said. "We defeated the Trickster and the Shansheeth. We can handle Bob Johnson." "Well, what do you lot think? Wanna work with an OAP and some teenagers?" the Doctor said to his companions. "I'm not an OAP, thank you," Sarah Jane said while the teens bent over laughing. "I'm not ready for a walking frame yet." "I'll work with them," Amy said with a shrug. "So will I," Rory said. "If you're as good as the Doctor says, yes, It'd be a pleasure to work with you," River said. "Please, Sarah Jane, can we?" Rani said, spinning around. "I s'pose if I don't allow it, I'll never heard the end of it," Sarah Jane said. "Yes, you can come with us." The teens whooped and hollered and high fived each other. "Ah, enthusiasm!" the Doctor said, "love it! Very well, let's go find this Bob Johnson and put an end to his sorcery, shall we?"
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