The planet Heliox
The TARDIS materialised in a large sunny glen, and the Doctor stepped out onto the leaves.
"Why are we here?" He asked the TARDIS, exasperation in his voice. He looked up at the unresponsive time machine, before turning away and grumbling loudly.
"There's nothing here!" He exclaimed, waving his arms at the trees. "Nothing! No… danger, no excitement. It's just boring!"
He had just finished his rant when a laser bolt slammed into the ground at his feet. He jumped back, away from the TARDIS just as another laser blast hit the ground, the ground exploding where he had been standing a moment before.
The Doctor raced into the trees, ducking as another laser flew over his head.
"I take it all back. I take it all back." He muttered, racing through the undergrowth.
Neos grimaced. He hated when he missed his targets, it never looked good to the client. He lowered his rifle, and stood up from where he had been crouching. He slotted the rifle into its slot on his back, and walked into the glade. The TARDIS stood in the middle, humming nervously. Neos patted the wooden box, making his way around it.
"Let's take you out of action." He said, pulling a small black box from his belt. He reached forward, pressing it onto the TARDIS door. He stepped back as a force field shimmered into place around the box, before smiling and turning away. He held his wrist up to his mouth, and spoke into a communicator.
"Celia, I need pickup in Sector One." He said. There was a loud roar overhead, and a silver craft hovered over the glade. There was a flash from the bottom of the ship, and Neos disappeared in a white cloud.
The Doctor stopped running, panting. A small stream ran alongside him, and he jumped across, before crouching behind a fallen tree. He peeked over the top, and scanned across the trees. There was no sign of a pursuer, but the Doctor decided to stay low, just in case.
He looked up as something large passed overhead. There was a flash of light, and the Doctor looked over as a man appeared on the other side of the stream. He was a younger man, maybe in his late twenties, with blond hair and a few days' worth of stubble on his chin. He wore a blue flight jumpsuit, and had two side arms hanging from his belt, in addition to the rifle in his hands.
"Come out Doctor. Let's get this over with." He shouted. The Doctor ducked back behind the log, and hunkered down in.
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." The man shouted again. When there was no response, he shrugged.
"Hard way it is then."
The Doctor jumped as a laser bolt slammed into the log he was hiding behind. He leapt up, dodging behind a larger tree.
"Don't shoot!" He shouted. He heard the man laugh.
"Don't shoot? That's kind of why I'm here."
The Doctor hugged himself closer to the tree, waiting for the man to come closer. He heard the footsteps and edged slowly around the tree. He ran forward, carefully keeping his movement silent. He heard a frustrated yell from behind him, and he took off into the trees once again, taking care not to make himself too visible.
Neos kicked the tree, before raising his communicator again.
"Celia. Pickup. Now."
He waited as the transmat activated, and he found himself in the pilot's chair of his ship.
"He's good, very good." He said.
"Affirmative." The ship's AI Celia replied.
"Activate the relay network. Find him." Neos ordered, easing back into his seat as the ship began an orbital sweep. The screen in front of him lit up, displaying a large map. Small red pinpoints began appearing on the map, and Neos watched as they linked up, forming a network.
The Doctor ducked into a small cave, hunkering down out of sight.
"How did he find me so quickly?" He wondered aloud, pulling the sonic screwdriver. He turned slowly, the green glow illuminating the walls of the small cave. He stopped as the air against the far wall shimmered.
"What have we here?" He questioned, moving closer. The wall shimmered again and a computer terminal appeared. The Doctor placed the screwdriver back in his pocket and rested his hands on the keyboard.
"Interesting." He muttered, moving through the system. A map crisscrossed by red lines appeared on the screen. It was, rather worryingly, labelled 'Kill Zone'.
"Sensor relay network, very nice." He said, as a large red dot appeared on the screen, orbiting around the map.
"There's the hunter." he muttered.
The Doctor went to work quickly, shutting down the sensors around him. A few dots disappeared from the system and the Doctor smiled in satisfaction.
"Let's see what else we can find."
The Doctor searched through the files, and shook his head when he found most of them encrypted. A few remained unencrypted though, so he opened one. A picture of the man in the forest appeared.
"Neos Excradus." The Doctor read, "Mercenary, assassin, henchman for hire."
He read through Neos' profile, noting several details. First off, he had neural implants, which gave him several abilities, including thermal imaging. At least that explained how he had found the Doctor's hiding place in the forest.
The Doctor moved on to the next file. This seemed to be Neos' half of a contract. There was no mention of the client's name though.
"What to do…" The Doctor mused, the beginnings of plan forming in his head.
A/N: This story is a birthday present for my brother, who owns the character of Neos. Happy birthday bro! Please leave a review. :-)