Chapter Two – Attack on Kronn

KARAK: a city in Kronn

As snowflakes were falling down like it was Christmas, Karaks and other Kronns, who came from all corners of the planet, were coming out of their magnificent temple and the streets were starting to fill not only with bodies but also with the laughter and chatter of many.

It was the annual celebration of their God, so thousands attended the sacred feast held in the Kannium Temple. It was a monument that could be seen from anywhere within the city and a few thousands of kilometres away from the city walls too. The temple was built from stone, but later on, the people started giving all their riches, almost starving themselves and living in terrible conditions, just so they could cover the entire temple with Kannium; a precious metal which is the equivalent to the gold found on planet earth. That is why the city of Karak was filled with poorly kept houses and beggars who lived off the aliens that visited their city. And that is why Kronn was considered primitive by many. But still, the Kannium Temple was like the sun the Kronns barely saw due to their cold and icy climate.

The Kronns had a green skin, like that of a lizard, but sicklier looking, and they had five long skinny legs which only made them more agile. Their heads were melon shaped but far more thinner. Many were going to the market, located exactly behind the Kannium Temple where all kinds of fruit and beverages, and dead animals ready for cooking were for sale.

Two young siblings, seven years old the most, came out of the temple laughing. Behind them was their father, standing straight. "Can we go to the market?" they asked.

"You may go. But be careful. I don't want to clean up after your mess again."

They nodded, agreeing to what he said, whilst they hurriedly climbed down the stairs of the temple. It was at that moment, when their feet were about to touch the ground when a laser shot came from nowhere and hit one of the houses a few meters away from them. On impact, the house exploded to smithereens. Everyone gasped in shock. The two children fell on their backs and their father ran towards them to see if they were ok.

Kronns started pointing towards the sky, terrified. The children, Z and X-on didn't even bother to check whether they felt ok or not, when they saw what was hovering in the sky. It was a machine, one of the few they ever saw in their lives, because they didn't have a lot of technology there. But it was more.

It was a Dalek.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!"

INSIDE THE TARDIS

After leaving Clara, the Doctor decided that he wanted to visit another planet. At first he was going to Victorian England and meet up again with Jenny, Vastra and Strax. They were good friends of his now. When he recruited them for the first time, when he needed to save Amy from Madame Kovarian, he never thought that they would get along so much and actually become friends. Between them blossomed this lovely friendship. A few hours before, they were going to be killed if it wasn't for River that said his name to open the Tardis doors. He didn't know what he would have done if she wasn't there – if the only option he had was to say his name out loud after so many years not speaking it. I would have said my name, the Doctor reassured himself, of course I wouldn't let their hearts be stopped just for me not to say my name. Even thought they were willing to lay down their lives for him, he still didn't want to go to Victorian England again; a few hours before, when Clara was still unconscious, he already had made that trip to take them back to their home.

Since he couldn't make up his mind he asked, "User interface, give me a place where to go, please."

"Kronn," the interface replied with its petite feminine voice.

Boring was not his first choice. "Kronn? I don't want to go there. Nothing good ever happens there! Where else?"

"Kronn," it replied again, "specifically, Karak, year 500 after their first world war."

"No, no, I don't want to go there. How many times am I going to tell you?" The Doctor slammed the console gently just to let out his frustration. He always hated being indecisive. "Why are you insisting on going to Kronn? … You know what, I'm just going to Barcelona. I don't even remember if I ever got to take Rose there!" With this thought, the Doctor pressed a few buttons and moved the lever down, ignoring the User Interface's suggestion.

KARAK

Soon after they saw the first Dalek, more came, like it was snowing Daleks and lasers instead of actual snow. A horrifying tempest. Z and X-on, together with their father ran away from the temple which right now was engulfed by smoke just like the rest of the city and were trying to find somewhere safe to hide, but they couldn't. "Let's go outside the city. Maybe it's safer." He knew it was a shot in the dark but he had to give them hope.

X-on was a bit ahead of them. He turned to see if they were fine, when from nowhere a Dalek cam and shot a laser at their father. His skin turned almost invisible for a split second and then dropped dead on the ground. Z started crying helplessly ignoring the Dalek's threat of exterminating him. X-on was always tougher than his brother so he held his tears from falling and yelled, "Z, come here. NOW!"

Z wouldn't listen. He didn't even hear his brother calling. He fell onto his three front knees crying over the corpse that was his father.

On the other hand, X-on was hearing the Dalek clearly. "Z, come quick! COME ON, Z!" his brother seemed to want to die; he wasn't thinking straight. Amongst all the things that were happening, a groaning, wheezing sound was caught by his ears and something seemed to be materializing between his father and brother, and the deadly Dalek.

It was a blue police box …