Doctor Who: The Sentinels

(A/N: This is an experiment. I would wish to try to write some Doctor Who/Robotech one shots, but let's see how this one works before I write more in this collection. Hope you enjoy. :) Lyoko498)

Rick was dashing towards the location of his Veritech fighter, trying to avoid being killed by a mysterious alien race the Sentinels have encountered. "THIS HU-MAN HAS PRO-TO-CUL-TURE! EX-TER-MIN-ATE HIM AND RE-TREIVE HIS PRO-TO-CUL-TURE!"

Rick activated his communicator and yelled, "Lisa! Breetai! Exedore! Anyone there?"

Above the planet, the SDF-4 and the other Sentinel starships were being attacked by an army of saucer shaped spacecraft. Lisa stumbled to return to the helm of the bridge, calling to all Sentinel-allied ships, "This is Admiral Hayse! Everyone fly towards the SDF-3, we are about to initiate the Omni-Directional Barrier System!" And like that, the ships were flying towards the enormous battle fortress. Despite this effort the mysterious alien forces managed to annihilate more 20 ships. As the barrier went up, Lisa finally answered Rick, "Rick! I'm here! I'll get Breetai!"

"No need Lisa, I'm already here." said the Micronized Zentradei. "What is it Hunter?"

Rick asked, turning around and trying to fire a bolt of protoculture energy at his assailants, "Do you have any idea what these things are?"

"No, I don't. I have yet to actually see any of the aliens. If you can get me a visual, I might be of some help."

Rick hid behind what appeared to be a tree, saying , "OK, I'm sending you an image now." Rick pulled out a camera he was given by a soldier, Kyle Bartley, and took a picture and sent it to the SDF-3.

On the screen appeared to be what seemed to be robots, six foot tall image that Rick sent them made Breetai's blood run cold. "But th-that's impossible! N-not them anything but them!" he uttered, "They're suppose to be extinct!"

Lisa stared at the alien commander. Breetai was one of the most powerful Zentradei ever cloned; specifically designed for combat, as are most Zentradei, but even more so. Greater strength, greater durability, he could survive being in the vacuum of space without dying and a genius tactical mind. The fact that these, less than assuming aliens struck an almost primal horror in his heart was enough to get the Admiral of the Robotech Expeditionary Force scared.

Rick asked, his own fears making his voice somehow steadier, "Breetai...what are these things?"

Only one word came from Breetai's mouth.

"Daleks."

The SDF-4 shook as the saucers fired missiles at the Barrier Shields.

The tree Rick was hiding behind exploded into a shower of splinters as the Daleks finally had a lock on his protoculture gun. Rick decided to try to talk to the Daleks, "Look I know we're technically invading what I assume is your home world, but our forces will be leaving soon…"

"YOUR FO-RCES WILL ONLY BE LEA-VING IN-TO THE VOID OF OB-LI-VI-ON!"

Rick went from fearful to protective, countless lives were under his command and he'll be damned if these salt shakers were going to kill them.

"OUR FOR-CES ARE SUP-ER-IOR. YOUR SEN-TIN-ELS ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD! YOU ALL WILL BE EX-TER-MIN-ATED! YOU ALL WILL DIE! YOUR PRO-TO-CUL-TURE WILL BE USED FOR THE GREAT-NESS OF THE DA-LEK EM-PI-RE!"

Rick aimed his gun, charged it to maximum power and fired several shots into the crowd. The shots all hit, damaging their armor or in one case, blasted the eyestalk right off.

The eyeless Daleks screeched in their raspy voices, "VI-SION IM-PAIRED! VI-SION IM-PAIRED!" and started firing randomly, giving Rick enough time to run for cover, watching as the blinded Daleks started killing their compatriots, before one of them had the good sense to kill them at point blank range.

The Daleks, now dying, croaked on last time.

"LONG LIVE THE DA-LEK EM-PI-RE!"

During the resulting chaos Rick has already started sprinting towards his vessel, the V-F Messiah Veritech. Once inside he contacted the SDF-4, "I'm on my way back to the ship, activate the main guns!"

"What? Can't we just fold out of here?" questioned Lisa.

"No! These Daleks want to kill everyone in the Sentinels!"

He flicked a few switches and started to streak across the skies of the planet and out of the atmosphere of the planet. "I'm coming back Lisa. Is the main gun ready?"

"Yes Rick...ar-are you alright sweetie?" Lisa responded.

"I'll be fine. It's strange, these guys seem to have knowledge of protoculture too, but they seem like they'd, well I don't know, it just seemed like they'd use something else as a power source."

Breetai looked at the screens as the Daleks continued to attack the barrier and Rick attacking in vain with missiles in fighter mode, and his gun pod in guardian mode, watching his weapons either exploding off some kind of shield or bouncing off the armor.

"Rick," asked the Zentradei, "As much as I'd like for you to make it back safely, is there a way for you to enter without lowering the shield?"

This actually got the human thinking, "Hey Breetai, what is the Zentradei history with these Daleks anyhow?"

Breetai sighed, "The Daleks are the only race in the galaxy, if not the Universe that can bring terror in the hearts of the Zentradei."

Lisa looked at him and asked, "What about the Invid?"

"No, not even the Invid. I admit we're nervous around them, even find ourselves revolted by them, but we have a degree of begrudging respect for them. The Daleks on the other hand...wiped out thirty mining colonies near Fantoma Prime with only three troops. Lost some good miners and soldiers."

"How? They're just a bunch of tin cans. It seems like you could just crush them in your natural Zentradei height." asked Rick.

"They're more powerful than they look Rick. One shot of their lasers and that's it. You're dead. Human, Robotech Master, Invid, or Zentradei."

Lisa then looked at the radar and noticed the enemies on Rick's tail. "Rick! They're catching up with you! Get out of there!"

It was too late though, the saucers shot at the V-F Messiah, and it was already being surrounded. The Veritech fighter was being dragged closer to one of the ships by a tractor beam.

Lisa and Breetai could only watch dumbfounded and terrified as Rick was being captured by the merciless foe. A holographic screen crackled to life, and a Dalek filled the screen. "SEN-TI-NELS!" it screeched, "WE HAVE CAP-TURED YOUR BEST FI-GH-TER! WE ORDER YOU TO SUB-MIT! HAND OV-ER YOUR PRO-TO-CUL-TURE AND PRE-PARE TO BE EX-TER-MIN-ATED!"

This was it. Nowhere close to Tirol. The Earth is now in danger of being destroyed by a war with the Robotech Masters. Worst still, it's possible that these Daleks could find their little world and murder everyone on Earth. They have just let down everyone who has died during the Robotech War. Claudia, Gloval, Sammy...Roy…

"Actually," said a deep voice from somewhere off screen, "I don't think they have to give you anything for that matter."

The Dalek turned around and shouted something, "THE ON-COM-ING STO-RM!"

Breetai smiled despite himself, for he heard something unmistakable to a Zentradei, something they have heard for hundreds, if not for thousands of years. Fear.

Yet this smile was short lived as they ships exploded, and there was no sign of anyone escaping. Lisa could do nothing but stand at her post. Her husband. Dead. Breetai however, in a rage fired the main gun, giving a shout of outrage, before giving another to warn the afterlife of a warrior's passing. Whatever remained of the Dalek forces that haven't already retreated were instantly destroyed.

Blinding light. That's all Rick could see for the moment. He blinked a few times, inhaling the sterile scent of a medical bay. He looked down at himself, only to find that he was changed from his uniform to a pair of scrubs.

Despite seeing no one, Rick called out, "Hello? Anybody here?" Ripping the blankets off, Rick walked towards the door and peered out.

Doors. Nothing but doors lined the hallways. 'What kind of starship needs this many doors?' he thought. Rick then noticed a paper note taped to his door.

It read:

Please meet us in the console room. Just take the twelfth door to your right, go up the stairs, take two right turns, a left, third door on the left, pass the pool, down the next set of stairs, then up the following stairs, go through the 30th door on your right…

The instructions went on like that for a while, completely boggling Rick's mind. Of course he was so wrapped up he didn't notice someone coming in, so he jumped when he heard a British voice saying, "Excuse me?"

He turned around and saw an attractive young woman with short brown hair, yellow coat, some kind of plaid shirt, knee long pants, and green eyes. "Sorry if I startled you, but I see you've got his note. Yeah, he's just messing with you, there's a door back this way. I'm Sarah Jane Smith by the way."

Rick was surprised to see another human on the ship, but regardless shook her hand and responded, "Rick Hunter." He followed her to the far side of the medical wing, where she opened a door and he entered, what he presumed to be, the console room.

In the middle of the room was a hexagonal dashboard covered in buttons and switches and a large glass cylinder going through the middle. Standing in front of it was a truly bizarre looking man, who only then turned around. He was wearing a brown fedora atop puff, curly, brown hair, wore plaid shirt, pants with a slightly different plaid design, black shoes and ridiculously long scarf. He looked at Rick and smiled a toothy smile and greeted, "Ah you're awake Admiral! I see Sarah got to you before you followed my instructions. A real shame."

Sarah countered, "He would've been lost for hours!" The man laughed.

"It would've brought him here eventually Sarah." responded the man. "Regardless, it's an honor to meet you Admiral." the strange man turned to work on his console before turning back towards Rick, pointing and asked, "Would you like a Jelly Baby?" the man then took a white bag out of his pocket and extended it as an offer.

Rick, slightly surprised by the random offer of candy, reluctantly took an orange one, only for the man to pluck it from his hand and popped it into his mouth, "Not the orange ones, those are mine." Rick then took a green one and ate it. "That a boy." said the man

Sarah then walked up to the man and asked, "So what were the Daleks doing here? What were they after?"

"Isn't it obvious Sarah?" asked the man, "They were after the Admiral's Protoculture energy. Probably trying to improve their Time Tunnels' energy source."

Rick corrected, "Uh actually I'm not the Admiral, I'm a General, my wife Lisa is the...LISA! Oh my god! Is she alright?! Please Mister, tell me that she's ok!" Rick grabbed the man's coat and scarf as he begged him for this information.

"She's perfectly alright Mr. Hunter...though it appears I came here earlier than I thought though...anyway, her dimensional fortress' shields held up fine and the main gun managed to destroy the bulk of their saucers. Whatever forces that remained retreated when word spread of the Oncoming Storm arriving."

"The Oncoming Storm?"

"Oh, that's me General. How rude of me. Hello Rick, I'm the Doctor." The Doctor extended his right hand in a renewed greeting.

Rick shook his hand, before asking, "Doctor Who?"

"Just the Doctor will suffice. Anyway, let's get you back to your ship shall we? Before it's space fold is activated."

The Doctor turned a knob, flicked a few switches, then pulled down a lever. The ship emitted a groaning, wheezing sound. "And we're off." smiled the Doctor.

Sarah then asked the Doctor surprising question, "Is this what 2022 will really be like Doctor?"

The Doctor responded with a man surprising answer, raising a finger in a matter-of-factly way, "As I have told you with Sutekh, time is fluid, timelines are constantly splitting off and branching. This is a 2022, but it might not be our, or more accurately your 2022."

Rick merely asked, "What are you two talking about?"

"Right," sighed The Doctor, "Outsider. You see Rick, this vessel we're in, is called a TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. This allows me to travel not just between the stars, but between periods of time as well. And while Sarah Jane here is from 1980 Earth, I am, despite my appearance, not human."

"Then what are you? A Robotech Master?"

The Doctor scoffed, "Robotech Masters. No I'm not, I'm a Time Lord of the planet Gallifrey. No, the Masters are simply knock-offs of my race...other than the technology levels, the only difference between them and my kind is that they somehow managed to be more corrupt."

Rick felt as if he insulted the man and offered a hasty apology.

The ship shook and an alarm blared from outside. "I take it we're on their ship Doctor?" commented Sarah Jane. The Doctor peered out the door and nodded. Sarah took Rick by the sleeve, well you're home now safe and sound. We'll return your plane as soon as possible...still not sure how the Doctor got it in here to begin with…."

As the Sarah stepped out, she noticed that they were surrounded by Humans and micronized Zentraedi, aiming their guns at them. The Doctor put his hands in his pockets as Sarah raised her hands up. A blue haired man, Max demanded, "Who are you?"

"Hello, I'm the Doctor. I'm just dropping someone off on your ship."

"How did you get in here?"

"With my ship." responded the Doctor.

"But it's just a little blue box."

As Max said that, the door opened again, revealing General Rick Hunter. "Hold your fire Max! They're with me!"

Everyone lowered their guns. Max cautiously approached the trio, trying to meet with his friend. "You're alright Rick?"

"Yeah, thanks to the Doctor here." Rick then looked back at the TARDIS, realizing that his friend was right, it looked like a little blue police box. He peered back inside, Max following in suit. "What the...it's, it's bigger on the inside."

The Doctor smiled, 'That's starting to grow on me.'

From the crowd came a lovely brunette, gently making her way, before stopping, seeing her husband alive and well. She ran passed the others and clung to him, kissing his cheek.

Sarah, slowly lowering her hands said, "We're dreadfully sorry for the intrusion, but we thought you might like your general back...we thought he was you Admiral but that's not the important part."

"Not so fast," said Lisa, approaching the Doctor and Sarah.

The Doctor looked at the woman and asked, "Yes Admiral? What is it?"

Lisa gave a slight smile and answered, "I just wanted to thank you sir for saving my husband."

The Doctor gave her a mad smile, responding, "Think nothing of it my dear, my companion and I were just passing through the Universe and noticed that you needed help so I decided to do so."

Lisa only had one thing left to say, "Whoever you are, The Sentinels thank you sir."

The Doctor removed his hat and replied, "Thank you very much Mrs. Hunter. I don't usually care for military leaders, but I'm glad to say that you and your husband are among the exceptions."

The Doctor and Sarah turned to depart when Rick asked, "Hey, Doctor?"

"Hmm?"

"Will you be around? The Sentinels can use all the help we can get."

The strange man smiled, "Maybe Commander. Maybe."

(A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this short little one-shot. If you like it and want to see more, tell me and also tell me where I can improve on (aside from the obvious need to research older Doctors) Any way I hope you enjoyed this, even if you didn't thank you for at least giving it a chance. Lyoko498)