Chapter 1
The Doctor was sitting alone in the central control room of his TARDIS bored out of his skull. He was so used to the familiar voices of his companions it saddened and him that it was now silent. The Doctor was in his eighth regeneration and it was wearin thin. He had in his current regeneration a lot of companions but they couldn't cope with the life style (witnessing the death of so many innocent people) or had missed their friends and family so much they could no longer travel with The Doctor.
"At least they didn't get themselves killed like so many before them," sighed The Doctor whose thoughts turned to the tragic death's of so many of his friends. He quickly shoved the thoughts to the back of his mind. Then as if his prayers had been answered there was a flashing red light on the TARDIS console and it was accompanied by a feeling that washed The Doctor's boredom right out of him. The Doctor looked at the TARDIS computer. It was a run down weapons and fuel development ship.
"The scanners say that the ship still has workers there about 25 humans and other creatures, alien I expect and lots of them 100 maybe 200 at the least " he set the coordinates to the and tapped a number of buttons and switches and the column at the centre of the TARDIS starting to move up and down. After a few minutes the TARDIS materialized and The Doctor stepped outside. It was dark and the lights in the corridor were blinking and there were laser marks on the wall.
"There's been a battle here," The Doctor said as he turned a corridor there were bodies on the floor. The Doctor produced his sonic screwdriver he turned it on and examined one the bodies. After The Doctor had finished he could tell this man had inside scrambled and he had some very nasty ideas about what the other creatures aboard were.
"Step away from the body" a young soldier with short brown hair stood at the end of the corridor. Suddenly 5-armed men stormed in and surrounded The Doctor. He lifted his arms up and one of the men snatched his sonic screwdriver away.
"Take him to the command deck the captain can deal with him" said the officer that first called out.
"No" said another "we have to hide we used all of the elevator power getting down here we have to find a place to hide leave this stowaway scum here"
" I assure you" said the Doctor" I am not a stowaway if you can just listen too reason I can help you" the leader of the group looked as if he was about to respond and then came the battle cry what always left death in it's path
"EXTERMANATE" all the troops turned round to see 15 Daleks staring at them with their sinister eyepiece. The Doctor could see the Daleks had changed. The lights on there head domes were now bigger and they were a new bronze colour
"Move," Shouted the Doctor and he and the troops ran down the corridor and turned a corner with the Daleks and the men exchanging gunfire as they ran. Two of the men
Had been killed in the brief confrontation. the Doctor could hear the sinister robotic voice of the Daleks screaming.
"The life form with the humans soldiers is the Doctor he is the enemy of the Daleks He must be EXTEMINTED. The Doctor and the soldiers ran looking for a way to the command deck.
"The stairs" cried the Doctor and they ran up a metal staircase, a Dalek death ray narrowly missing . They climbed up to the top of the stairs where a door with a locking mechanism stood. One of the soldiers typed a combination into the lock mechanism. Nothing happened.
"It's not working why isn't it working" the leader of the group said.
He could have only been 20 at the most but he had a scared face.
This boy is natural fighter thought the Doctor"Elevate" The Daleks were floating up the stairs death rays at the ready.
"My sonic screwdriver give it to me" the Doctor ordered.
"Sonic screwdriver what's a…"
" The device you took from me if I have it I can open the door and shut it again slow The Daleks down "
"Why should I trust you "?
"Because Robert Orcini"
"How do you …"?
"Given the circumstances you don't have a choice that stair staircase is long but it's not that long NOW GIVE IT TO ME" Robert gave the sonic screwdriver to the Doctor and he hastily began working on the lock.
"Look out," shouted one of the soldiers. One of the Daleks had reached the top the stairs
"Exterminate" the Dalek took a shot and hit one of the soldiers. His body was like an x-ray as the death ray hit him. He cried in pain and fell to the floor never to rise again.
"Get out of the way" boomed Robert. He took his blaster rifle from of his back and shot. A long blue line of electric energy travelled through the Robert's Blaster to the Daleks armour. The Dalek screamed with pain. Its armour was broken and inside was the alien creature waving it's mutated body parts in a vain attempt to grab one of the soldiers until it moved no more. The elevation pack on the Dalek ceased to support its dead owner in the air and it fell down the stairs smashing into the other Daleks.
"The door is open" said The Doctor "There will be more Daleks so we have to hurry is there a place to hide".
"Yeah" said Robert "there's a ladder leading up to the command deck"
"Do the Daleks know about it?" asked The Doctor
"No but they will do if we don't hurry up" said Robert and he The Doctor and the remaining soldier set of at a run for the ladder leading to the command deck. But there were questions plaguing The Doctors mind. Questions that would be answered one way or another.