Prologue
"Shhh, he's coming this way." Rose said looking at Martha.
The two of them crouched down behind a rock. Donna was somewhere nearby, but in all the confusion they had lost sight of her. Finding Donna was the least of their worries at the moment. Dalek Caan was also nearby and he was hunting all of them. They could only hide from him and hope that their friend was safe.
Rose quickly ducked back behind the rock when they saw Dalek Caan moving through the trees towards them. Rose and Martha reached into the holster on their hips and pulled out laser blasters. Rose held hers at the ready as she inched around the rock. Caan had just passed by them and was unaware that Rose was getting ready to attack him. She stopped and watched him as Martha went around the other side of the rock and readied herself for battle.
Suddenly, Caan stopped. He swiveled his eyestalk towards the trees.
"HUMAN DE-TECTED!" he yelled.
Rose and Martha cursed when they heard Donna yell back at him. They watched her shoot her blaster at him.
"EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" Caan said turning and aiming his gun at Donna.
Rose leapt up and began firing her blaster at Caan hoping to distract him long enough to let Donna get away. Martha joined her. They both got off a few shots and ran into the trees as Caan turned and began to pursue them.
"Go that way!" Rose yelled to Martha as she pointed off to her right.
Martha nodded. She ran to the right while Rose turned and ran off to her left.
"YOU WILL BE EX-TER-MIN-ATED!" Caan yelled as he pursued Rose.
Rose looked around trying to find some way to escape him. She turned right and jumped through a clump of trees hoping Caan wouldn't be able to follow. She cursed when she heard him blasting the trees to bits behind her. Panting, she increased her speed suddenly regretting her decision to split up. She hoped that her friends would be able to help her out before Caan killed her. She looked back behind her and saw he was not far behind. Her eyes widened and she quickly turned left when he shot his blaster at her.
"YOU WILL BE DESTOYED!" he yelled at her.
"Think again, you tin git!"
Rose looked back and saw Martha and Donna had come out of the trees behind Caan and were now firing their blasters at his body repeatedly. She stopped and joined in. The three women kept firing as Caan spun his eyestalk around, looking at all of them. Rose watched him level his gun at Donna and yelled at her to duck. Donna tried, but she wasn't quick enough and Martha and Rose yelled when the laser blast hit her. She fell over and the two remaining women screamed curses at Caan as they fired their blasters.
"DIE!" Rose screamed at him. "THIS IS FOR DONNA!"
She gasped when Caan fired a laser bolt at her and it narrowly missed her head. He turned his body around and fired at Martha who ducked into the trees. Rose jumped back out and continued her assault and ducked back into the trees when he turned his attention towards her. Martha fired on him and the two women alternated between ducking and firing as the Dalek tried to kill them both.
Finally, they saw their adversary was beginning to weaken. More of their shots were beginning to get through his defenses. Using the safety of the trees, Rose began her final assault. Finally, after fifteen minutes of continuous firing, Caan was destroyed. Martha and Rose watched as electricity coursed over his armor while he screamed in pain. Then, there was an explosion and the Dalek fell silent. Rose and Martha stepped out from the trees and walked over to him. They stared at him for a moment and then let out a whoop.
"Yes! We got the stupid sod!" Rose said.
"Yeah, it's a good thing we did since Donna got herself shot again."
"Hey," she said standing up. "Give me a break. I haven't fought Daleks like you have. I'm still getting used to that armor of theirs."
"Well, if I were you, I'd learn how to fight him pretty quickly." Martha said. "Who knows when we'll run into him for real."
Rose looked up at the ceiling.
"We're finished, TARDIS, you can switch off the simulation now." She said.
The forest and Caan vanished leaving the three women standing by themselves in a huge, domed, metal room.
"It's a good thing the Doctor has this simulation room on the TARDIS so we can hone our fighting skills." Rose said.
She put her blaster back in her holster.
"Now, I'm hungry." She said. "I think I'm ready for lunch after defeating Caan."
"Yeah, me too. These practice sessions always give me an appetite." Martha replied. "Besides, we have to go tell the Doctor that Donna got killed again."
"Oi!" Donna said as they giggled. "I'm getting better at staying alive during the Dalek simulation. You have to give me credit for that."
"Okay then," Martha said. "Congratulations on lasting twenty minutes with Dalek Caan instead of ten."
"Or five." Rose added.
"Or two." Martha chimed in.
They giggled as Donna gave them a dirty look. They walked up to the door leading out of the simulation room and Rose opened it. They three of them walked out of it and headed towards the kitchen.
