Chapter 1: Neo

I was sitting on my bed with my netbook on my lap. "What should I say next?" I asked Skye, who was standing at the corner of my room near to my wardrobe. I turned my netbook around so she could read the latest paragraph I had written for my book.

She read the writing carefully, her blue eyes following the words on a screen like a hawk watching its prey.

"I don't know," she finally replied, handing my netbook back to me.

I heard a crash coming from the bathroom, suddenly, a strange, extraterrestrial- like noise. My heart jerked in my chest.

"What was that?" I whispered to Skye. Setting my netbook aside, I stood up and walked to the other side of my room. The music from my iPod docking station was playing at a moderate volume, but in order to listen out for any more strange noises, I paused the music.

And that was when I heard it. The voice,

A loud, metallic voice that echoed through my brain like a curse. Utterly terrifying, it rang through the deadliest storm creating ferocious earthquakes that shook the very core of the planet.

"HUMAN LIFE FORMS DETECTED!"

My heart thudded in my chest. I stared at Skye, my eyes wide with fear.

"THEY MUST BE FOUND!" Another voice said, similar, but different in a miniscule way.

I mimed the words "Ohmigod," but stopped myself from speaking them aloud. My bedroom door was closed. I knew something was looking for us.

I felt a chill run down my spine; I started to tremble uncontrollably with fear.

"EXTERMINATE!"

I saw my bedroom door fly off its hinges, and turn slightly as it collided forcefully with my bed. In shock, I felt a scream escape my throat and my hands came up to shelter my face automatically, my eyelids slamming shut.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a metal creature entering my room. It had a silver suit. Further down, it had a lever- like stick that reminded me of a mixer. Its head turned around, I assumed the blue glowing light at the top of the monster that was held by a similar metal stalk, to be an eye. It had two ears on the top of its body that lit up as it spoke,

"HUMANS WILL FOLLOW DALEK ORDERS!"

There was a terrifying sound to its threatening voice that made my body feel frozen by fear.

"YOU WILL FOLLOW!" It backed up from my room into the hall. I hesitated, remembering my door flying off its hinges. It had the power to kill.

I saw Skye shaking her head reluctantly. If we went out there, what would they do to us? If we didn't, could they kill us from where they stood?

I took a few shaky steps towards the door. My legs felt weak below me. Skye followed my lead nervously. Outside, there were one more of the monsters. Daleks?

A blue laser shot out towards Skye and me, but missed us and went through the wall, it was clear that the shot was not aimed at us. I screamed loudly nonetheless, and so did Skye.

"YOU WILL KNEEL!" the dalek in front instructed sharply. I stood staring at it, my brain not processing what it had said.

"OBEY!"

I saw its shooter move, aimed directly at me. Fear brought me to my knees. Skye obeyed a few seconds after me.

"THE PRISONERS OBEYED DALEK INSTRUCTION." Observed the other Dalek, "THEY WILL MAKE GOOD SERVANTS FOR THE DALEKS."

"THE DARK FEMALE WAS MORE RESISTANT TO ORDERS!" the first one replied, its eye turning to look at the one behind.

"I think it means you," I whispered to Skye. She whimpered a fearful reply.

"YOU WILL FOLLOW!" the Dalek said, turning back to us. The one behind turned around and went into the bathroom. The other one watched as I stood up and followed the first dalek. Skye followed too.

The dalek came to a stop, and I felt its eye looking directly at me. I swallowed, my breathing was shaky, as I trembled in fear.

"STAND THERE!"

It was looking at a gap between the unit and the wall in the bathroom- a gap that was not there before. I wanted to ask why, but fear got the better of me. Not daring to look at Skye, I stood in the space, wondering if I was about to take my last breath.