Dream Weaver – Chapter 2
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A/N: Here we have the second chapter for Dalek. And the reunion between our Time Lord and Time Lady and maybe some answers of what their relationship might be. Don't worry, this won't be like in The Dread of Tomorrow and Yesterday, I'll try not to keep too many secrets in this story. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.
And the way I'm gonna update this story is I will update this story on Wednesdays and I will update The Dread of Tomorrow and Yesterday on Sundays, that way you guys get two updates a week!
Replies to Reviews:
dream lighting: Hopefully, the Doctor does save her. We'll have to wait a little while for a jealous Rose, though, I'm afraid.
Tiara Peterson: Thank you so much!
skinnerwho: I'm so glad you like it. I tried to convey the right amount of anger and fear between the Doctor and the Dalek, I'm glad you think it was good.
NicoleR85: The Time Lady won't take any crap from Rose or anyone. She's quite a strong person. River will be nice in this story, but we will see a bitchy Rose in Season 2. The Time Lady will stick up for herself against Rose, because she's a little antagonistic. I know, I don't really like it when Time Ladies don't stick up for themselves, especially with Rose, because she has a history of putting down any romantic rivals she has.
tooker86: I'm so glad you liked it!
tardis-tea-time: I'm so glad you like it so far! Hopefully, I can continue that :)
yashendra2797: Thank you so much! That's interesting, how you think that the Doctor and the Time Lady aren't thinking of each other. Well, you'll have to read and find out ;)
Warnings: None for this chapter.
Italics – thoughts – both individual and to each other/flashbacks.
Dalek: Time Lady Tortured
"Two hearts." Van Statten sighed, switching off the machine. He turned to the man next to him. "Binary vascular system. So much for being the only one of his kind. I can't patent this. He's exactly like the other one."
The Doctor froze in his restraints. Two hearts… His limbs felt slack and he no longer had the strength to keep himself steady.
A Time Lady…
The Doctor gritted his teeth against the need to break free from the restraints and find the woman, the Time Lady, who could be his salvation. He forced himself to remain chained up, to listen to the arrogant man in front of him blather on about his achievements. A pang of fear settled in his bones as he realised that the Dalek would definitely break free now, now that it knew that he was in the building. A surge of care and protectiveness rose in him as realised that he couldn't take the chance of the Dalek finding out that there was a Time Lady in the same building.
"So that's your secret. You don't just collect this stuff, you scavenge it." The Doctor said, scathingly, glaring at Van Statten.
"This technology has been falling to Earth for centuries. All it took was the right mind to use it properly. Oh, the advances I've made from alien junk, you have no idea, Doctor. Broadband? Roswell." Van Statten took a few steps closer to the Doctor. "Just last year my scientists cultivated bacteria from the Russian Crater, and do you know what they found?" The Doctor looked at him angrily but questioningly. "The cure for the common cold. Kept it strictly within the laboratory of course, no need to get people excited. Why sell one cure when I can sell a thousand palliatives?" He smiled, smugly.
The Doctor narrowed his eyes at the human. "Do you know what a Dalek is, Van Statten? A Dalek is honest." He said, quietly. "It does what it was born to do for the survival of its species, that creature in your dungeon is better than you." He growled.
"In that case, I will be true to myself and continue." Van Statten walked back over to the scanner.
The Doctor cursed under his breath, worry rising in him. This man wasn't going to listen to him and consequences would be calamitous. "Listen to me, that thing downstairs is going to kill every last one of us!" The Doctor said, frantically, trying his hardest to get Van Statten to see it his way.
"Nothing can escape the Cage." Van Statten put forth again, stubbornly.
He switched the machine on again and the red light was sent out again at the Doctor, who writhed in pain.
"But it's woken up! It knows I'm here! It's gonna get out! Van Statten, I swear no one on this base is safe! No one on this planet!" The Doctor shouted in desperation, despite the pain.
The scan was run again and the Doctor groaned in pain, his head swinging back.
Adam entered the lobby outside the Cage, followed by Rose.
"Hold it right there!" A man tried to stop them from entering.
Adam flashed his ID card at the guards. "Level three access. Special clearance from Mr Van Statten." He said, smugly, as the two passed Simmons and entered the Cage.
Rose swallowed hard, staring at the Dalek with alarm which was trapped by the chains.
"Don't get too close…" Adam warned as the door shut behind them.
Rose walked slowly until she was right in front of the Dalek's eyepiece and peered right into the blue light, not noticing that it watched her every movement.
"Hello?" Rose called out.
The Dalek didn't say a word and simply continued to watch her.
Concern rose in Rose. "Are you in pain? My name's Rose Tyler. I've got a friend, he can help. He's called the Doctor. What's your name?"
There was a pause. "Yes." The Dalek said.
"What?"
The Dalek raised its eyepiece so that it could look Rose in the face. "I am in pain. They tortured me. But still they fear me. Do you fear me?" The Dalek asked, it's sharp, mechanical voice slow and weary.
"No." Rose said, naively, shaking her head.
The Dalek lowered its eyepiece. "I am dying."
Rose's eyes widened. "No, we can help!"
"I welcome death. But I am glad... that before I die... I met a human who was not afraid."
Rose paled, overwhelmed with sadness and pity. "Isn't there anything I can do?"
"My race is dead. I shall die alone."
Tears formed in Rose's eyes and she reached out a hand and placed it on the Dalek.
Adam's eyes widened. "Rose, no!" He shouted, but he was too late.
Suddenly, the place where Rose had placed her hand burnt orange and she snatched it away with a hiss because of the heat.
"Genetic material extrapolated, initiate cellular reconstruction!" The Dalek's tone turned strong. It burst out of its chains with a new strength, sparks flying from it.
Simmons entered the room, bearing a large gun. "What the hell have you done?" He shouted, approaching the Dalek.
It raised the plunger-like device that came out of its shell.
"Whatcha gonna do? Sucker me to death?" Simmons asked, mockingly.
The Dalek wrapped the device around the man's face and proceeded to do just that, his entire face disappearing into the plunger, his skull cracking as it sucked inwards. Rose and Adam rushed outside, desperate to get away from the Dalek.
"It's killing him! Do something!" Rose shouted at the man who had protested to them entering the Cage.
"Condition red! Repeat, condition red! This is not a drill!" The man shouted over the intercom.
Her eyes widened as she heard the man's cry for help over the intercom, starting a new struggle in her restraints, as she realised that the Dalek had escaped from its chains. She fell slack against the gurney she was lying on and closed her eyes in resignation when she realised that there was no one in the room or anywhere in her surrounding s to help her out of these straps.
She would be cursed with the fate of every other member of her species if the Dalek found her. And she was sure that the Dalek would find her.
There was no one left to save her.
Van Statten, when he heard the message coming over the intercom, looked up, as did the Doctor, who was sweating due to the pain.
"Release me if you want to live." The Doctor growled, wearily. I have to find her.
The Doctor opened the door to the second vault. She had been so close. He pursed his lips and stepped into the room, his eyes closing as the smell of blood assaulted his senses. A furious anger rose in him as he realised that Van Statten had been torturing her in a completely different manner than how he had experimented on him. An intense terror settled in his bones as realised that the Dalek had been right next to the Time Lady. She could've been exterminated at any moment.
A petite woman was lying, bound to a gurney, leather straps stretched across her mouth, her breasts, hips and ankles. The woman's eyes were closed and her hair was matted, sticking to her forehead, tinted red from the blood. He could see the remnants of tears on her cheeks and bloody marks on her face where the blood had dripped down from her cuts, travelling down her body in both directions and landing on the stretcher. While that stung him like nothing else, the numerous scars, already healed and still raw, etched into the skin of her torso carved into his ribs and pierced into his hearts. His eyes widened as he noticed the two bands of mental wrapped around her neck and forehead. He rushed over to the gurney, his hands shaking as he removed the bands. The reason why I couldn't tell she was alive.
And then he recoiled.
Searing rage coursed through him as his calloused fingers ran over her face, simply trying to memorise her features in his mind. Her eyes fluttered open and he swallowed hard, just needing to know she was okay. He smiled, suddenly. Her eyes are brown. She's so beautiful.
And she really was. Even despite the blood and sweat and grime in her long dark tresses, dark bruises under her eyes, contrasting against her amber skin, dry and cracked lips.
She was beautiful.
She was startled suddenly when she heard noises coming from her window. She frowned, laying the book back on the bed, shut, and pulled back the sheets she was lying under. She pursed her lips, wondering whether she should investigate further, when a head popped out, resting on the windowsill, giving her a fright.
She breathed heavily. "That was not amusing. You just about gave me an aneurysm." She said, sternly, but only half-meaning it.
He laughed. "Of course it was." She watched as he climbed onto the windowsill and landed in her room with a thud.
Her eyes snapped to her bedroom door, terror lacing her gaze. She didn't dare breathe until she was sure she could not hear any footsteps outside the door. She sighed with relief and turned to glare at him.
"You are absolutely mad." She said, rolling her eyes.
He shrugged and jumped onto her bed, enjoying the bounce for a few moments, before he crawled to where she was lying. He dropped like a sack of potatoes on the pillow next to her.
"If my father finds you here, he'll whip both of us blind." She whispered, hurriedly, until he covered her lips with a finger.
"He left a little while ago. Was waiting until he did." That same cocky smirk on his face made her itch to slap him nicely.
She shook her head, exasperatedly. "Silly boy." She said, fondly.
"No," He grinned, widely. "Just mad for you." He reached up to press his lips against hers.
She whimpered against his mouth, her lips parting, as she cupped his face in one hand and his hands slid into her dark crimson locks. She broke away, unwillingly.
"My father…" He kissed her again, thoroughly removing any more thoughts of her father from her mind.
"Theta…" She moaned as his lips left hers and settled on the soft skin of her neck, trailing a line of kisses down her shoulder, pushing down the strap of her dress to gain access to more skin.
"Annika…" He murmured against her skin. "My 'Nikki." He growled.
She threw her head back as his lips trailed lower and lower, tossing the book off the bed and covering his body with hers.
Her heart ached, silently, as she reached a hand and touched his jaw line, biting her lip. Disbelief rose in her and she resisted the urge to sob out loud, thinking that this was just her mind playing a trick on her. He couldn't be here. Not now. Not ever. He was gone. And she was alone.
Then she was free, she was gasping and his hands were on her, pulling her into his embrace, one large, rough hand cupping the back of his neck and the other twisting into her hair, as he whispered soothing nonsensical words in their lyrical mother tongue. And finally, she did sob, burying her face in his jumper, her nose rubbing against the soft wool.
His mind reached out for hers, the familiar presence sinking into her, making her whimper in his hold. And she sobbed anew. Had it really been that long since she had his hands on her skin?
His mind thrummed against hers as she curled into him, in his arms and mind, her strong, reassuring presence, despite her physical injuries, acting as balm to his wounds, soothing every possible hurt it could find. He ran one long finger down the length of her face, stopping at the base of her chin, tipping it up so that he could look her in the eye and breathed, brokenly, in relief, pressing his forehead against hers. She was here. Oh, Omega, she was here. She was alive.
His hand trailed down her bare back, only now noticing that she was naked. His eyes darkened with hatred, fury and possessiveness clouding his ability to think clearly. Her small, soft hand on his face distracted him enough to concentrate on her again.
Okay? He asked her.
She nodded against his chest. He clucked his tongue, extracting himself from her for a second, wrapping his leather jacket around her small body, the large, weighty clothing practically engulfing her. Her hands gripped the edges of the jacket, holding it close to her body so that everything would be covered.
Suddenly, she remembered something amidst the chilling relief that he was alive. Theta, the Dalek! Her voice was light and straining to get the words out, still weak, both mentally and physically.
"It's okay… Priestess." The Doctor tried the title out on his new tongue, smiling in reminiscence. It had been so long since he had used her title, let alone her name. He hadn't even dared to think either name after the War. The guilt had gnawed at him too much. "It'll be fine." He helped her off the gurney, his hands shaking when she cried out in pain from the cuts and bruises on her skin.
You're not okay. You're bleeding. A lot. He told her, worriedly.
The Priestess shook her head in the negative, still pressing herself against him. Not now. Not while the Dalek is still in the base. When everything is over, when everyone is safe, then I will attend to myself. But not now.
You won't 'attend' to yourself. I'll do it, 'Nikki.
The Priestess rolled her eyes. Very well, shall we leave then?
He tucked her inside her body, making sure the leather jacket was wrapped correctly around her, leading her out of the vault. He glared at Van Statten, the fury returning. He took a step forward, but the Priestess placed her hand on his arm, halting them.
Not now. She warned him. The Dalek must be the priority now. Everyone will die if it leaves the base.
"I'll deal with you later." The Doctor told Van Statten, darkly. He revelled in the terror that appeared on Van Statten's face, smirking inwardly. My Annika. Hurt 'cause of him. He'll pay. I'll make sure of it. Unbeknownst to him, he had been sending these very thoughts through the connection he had with the Priestess. She reached out a hand and squeezed his, knowing entirely too well what he was capable of when he got into this mood.
They, along with Van Statten, Goddard and the security guards exited the lift and entered Van Statten's office. The Doctor immediately rushed to a monitor, pulling the Priestess along with him and settling her into one of the chairs, addressing the lobby through the communication link.
"You've got to keep it in that cell." The Doctor warned.
"Doctor, it's all my fault." Rose said, mournfully. She frowned at the woman sitting in the chair next to the Doctor. "Who's she?"
"She's…" He trailed off, taking a quick look at the Priestess. "She's someone, I'll explain later." The Doctor said, hurriedly, not wanting to get into the specifics right this moment, and slightly annoyed at the irrelevant question. He forced down the irritation he felt against Rose going to see the Dalek in the first place. She's just a kid. Didn't know what she's doing. He reminded himself.
"I've sealed the compartment." One of the guards down in the lobby interjected. "It can't get out, that lock's got a billion combinations."
The Priestess pushed herself out of the chair, despite the Doctor's protests, so that she could be closer to the monitor. "The Dalek is a genius. It will be able to calculate a thousand billion combinations in one second." She said the first words she had spoken in more than a century. Her voice was hoarse and light from disuse. She hated the fact that her first words in this body had to be about the Dalek. She wished so much that her first words could have been a proper sentiment to the Doctor.
The Doctor turned to Goddard, who was standing next to him. "Do you mind getting her like a blanket or a robe or somethin'?" Goddard nodded and made to leave when he stopped her. "Wait, what were the bands around her head and neck for?" He asked, his voice icy.
Goddard's face fell, ashamed at how they had treated the woman in the Doctor's embrace. It was one thing to hurt the Dalek, it was bent on destroying everyone. But the woman hadn't done anything, hadn't even spoken a word ever since she had been bought at auction.
"It was a dampener." Goddard answered, her voice quiet and meek. "It was to stop her brainwaves." She said, leaving briefly and coming back with a long red cloak, which the Doctor wrapped around the Priestess' frame.
The Doctor turned to Van Statten. "Why?" He growled out.
Van Statten looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Her brainwaves were off the chart. We didn't know anything about her! She could have been calling for help or trying to kill us, who knows!?"
"What, with brainwaves, you moron?" The Doctor asked, mockingly, then took a deep breath. "All she has to do is tell me to hurt you and I will." He warned him, his voice dark. "Alien, me, remember? The only thing the Dalek's afraid of. I won the war. You don't wanna know what I'm capable of."
Rose and Adam stood before the door next to the security guards, who were aiming the guns at the door. In no time at all, the door opened with no hesitation.
"Open fire!" One of the security guards shouted.
Rose flinched and jumped back when all of the guards started to shoot at the Dalek.
"Don't shoot it, I want it unharmed!" Van Statten shouted at the monitor.
The Doctor pursed his lips, annoyed that he couldn't do anything more. "Rose, get out of there!" He ordered.
The Dalek advanced on everyone standing outside its cell, the bullets having absolutely no effect whatsoever on it. A guard turned to another.
"De Maggio, take the civilians and get them out alive. That is your job, got that?" He growled at her, reloading his gun.
"You," De Maggio turned to Rose and Adam. "With me."
They followed her, moving past the lines of security guards and out of the Cage. The Dalek approaches the screen displaying the Doctor, the Priestess, Van Statten and Goddard and the plunger-like device coming out of its shell smashed straight into the monitor. Then, long and piercing waves of electricity seemed to course right through it. The Dalek wailed as the peeling metal on its shell began to bend back in shape, the rust fading away, the electricity making it look perfect again.
"Abandoning the cage, sir." The security guard said into the mouthpiece.
Goddard was tapping into a computer as Van Statten stood behind her, the Doctor standing behind the chair with the Priestess in it, all three staring at the monitor.
"We're losing power. It's draining the base." Goddard paled and stilled. "Oh, my God. It's raiding entire power supplies for the whole of Utah." She whispered.
The Doctor and the Priestess exchanged a look.
"It is downloading." They said at the same time.
Van Statten glared at them. "Downloading what?"
"Sir, the entire West Coast has gone down." Goddard said, her hands flying over the keyboard as the map on the screen turned dark around the West Coast.
The Doctor tensed, his fingers curling into a fist on the chair. "It's not just energy. That Dalek just absorbed the entire Internet. It knows everything."
Suddenly, Goddard reeled back, her hands flat on the table. "Sir, the cameras in the vault have gone down."
The Doctor knelt down in front of the computer, his eyes scanning the screen. "We've only got emergency power, it's eaten everything else, you've got to kill it now!" He shouted.
"All guards to converge in the Metaltron cage, immediately." Goddard ordered into her microphone.
Rose and Adam rushed past another bunch of security guards, led by De Maggio.
"Civilians! Let them through!" De Maggio ordered the other soldiers and they parted so that the three could get through and out of the Dalek's sight.
The guards pointed their guns ready in the direction they anticipated the Dalek would come from. The soldier from the Cage ran into the corridor.
"Cover the north wall: Red division, maintain suppressing fire along the perimeter, Blue Division hold." He shouted.
Suddenly, a bright green light shot him and he was instantly exterminated by the Dalek behind him. Immediately, the guards immediately started firing at the Dalek, but the bullets melted before they can even touch the armour, the Dalek forming a force-field around itself. The Dalek was surrounded by soldiers on all sides, but it simply exterminated them, one by one, the bullets having no effect.
"Tell them to stop shooting at it!" Van Statten shouted at Goddard.
"It's killing them!" Goddard stared at him with something akin to hatred.
"They're dispensable, that Dalek is unique." He snatched the intercom from her. "I don't want a scratch on its body work? Do you hear me? Do you hear me?"
There was only silence, the gun shots having faded away.
Goddard pulled up a map of the base on the computer screen, showing the Doctor and the Priestess.
"That's us right below the surface. That's the cage and that's the Dalek." She pointed at a blue light moving along the corridor.
The Doctor stared at the map, grimly. "This museum of yours, have you got any alien weapons?"
Goddard nodded. "Lots of them, but the trouble is the Dalek's between us and them."
"We've got to keep that thing alive. We could just seal the entire vault, trap it down there." Van Statten offered.
The Doctor raised an eyebrow, standing up, abruptly, anger etched into his sharp features. "Leaving everyone trapped with it? Rose is down there. I won't let that happen. Have you got that?" He snarled.
The Priestess chanced a look at the Doctor, noting down the name 'Rose' and the way the Doctor had reacted to the thought of that girl she had seen on the screen before die. Could he have…? She swallowed hard at that thought. If he has, I cannot blame him. He thought I had died.
Van Statten stood up as well, ready to object, but the Doctor had already turned back to the computer screen and Goddard.
"It's got to go through this area. What's that?" The Doctor asked, pointing a bit of blank space on the map.
"Weapons testing."
"Give guns to the lawyers, technicians, anyone. Everyone. Only then have you got a chance of killing it." The Doctor ordered.
Goddard nodded and left the room, heading over there.
The Doctor frowned, looking at the heavy lidded eyes of the Priestess, noticing that she could barely keep her eyes open. He guessed that she would most likely have to put herself into a healing coma once they got out of this mess. She was severely injured, deep cuts and unhealed bruises as far as he could see, but there could be more. Who knew what kind of torture Van Statten and the others had put her through during the past thirty years? The thought planted the idea of tearing apart Van Statten with his bare hands into his head. But he knew he had to be calm, he was the only way at least a few people would survive this, the only way the Priestess would survive this. He had to be strong. For her, at least. She had already gone through too much for him to let her down now.
He reached out and cupped her face in one hand, stroking her cheekbone with his thumb.
'Nika, are you tired? He asked her through their connection.
I feel weak, that is all. Healing coma should work. Do not concern yourself with me. Even her voice in his head was weak, never mind her actual voice. He had heard it before when she had addressed the security guards and Goddard. It was beautiful now, he couldn't imagine what it would sound like when she was all healed.
"I always worry about you. Practically built into me." He said, quietly, and his lips curved into an answering grin when she smiled at him. It was a small one, just her lips quirking at the edges, but it was a smile. And that was enough for him right now.
He took Goddard's place at the computer, turning his attention back to the screen.
Rose, still running through the corridors, careened to a halt when she found herself at the foot of a flight of stairs.
"Stairs! That's more like it!" Rose laughed in relief.
Adam ran up behind her, stopping as well.
Rose turned to face him and a rushing De Maggio. "It hasn't got legs, it's stuck!" She exclaimed
"It's coming! Get up!" De Maggio ordered, pushing them up the stairs.
The three ran up the stairs and looked over the banister to watch the Dalek approaching. It stopped at the foot of the stairs. Adam breathed a small sigh of relief. It ran its eyepiece over the stairs until it landed on De Maggio, Rose and Adam.
"Great big alien death machine. Defeated by a flight of stairs." Adam said, mockingly.
De Maggio still had her gun pointed at the Dalek. "Now, listen to me. I demand that you return to your cage. If you want to negotiate, then I guarantee that Mr Van Statten will be willing to talk. I accept that we imprisoned you and maybe that was wrong. But people have died, and that stops. Right now. The killing stops, have you got that?"
The Dalek merely watched her, not saying a word.
"I demand that you surrender, is that clear?" De Maggio snarled.
There was a short pause from the Dalek. "El-ev-ate." It stuttered. The Dalek levitated in the air and floated up the first few steps of the stairs.
"Oh, my god." Rose breathed.
The Dalek proceeded up the stairs. Adam looked gobsmacked.
"Adam, get her out of here." De Maggio ordered.
"Come with us, you can't stop it!" Rose told De Maggio, urgently.
"Someone's got to try. Now get out!" De Maggio shoved them away. "Don't look back, just run!" She shouted.
Adam and Rose proceeded to rush up the rest of the stairs, the Dalek advancing on the three of them, while De Maggio shot at it without avail.
Moments later, Rose and Adam heard the sound of the Dalek's gun and De Maggio's final scream as she was exterminated. They ran down the corridor terrified.
"I thought you were the great expert, Doctor." Van Statten said, snidely.
The Doctor, still switching between concerned looks at the Priestess and intense stares at the monitor, did not answer.
"If you're so impressive, then why not just reason with this Dalek? It must be willing to negotiate, there must be something it needs, everything needs something." Van Statten went on.
"What's the nearest town?" The Doctor asked, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"Salt Lake City."
"Population?"
"One million."
"Dead." The Priestess said, hoarsely.
The Doctor nodded. "If the Dalek gets out, it'll murder every living creature, that's all it needs."
"But why would it do that?!" Van Statten shouted, furiously.
"Because it honestly believes they should die." The Doctor said, flatly. "Human beings are different, and anything different is wrong. It's the ultimate in racial cleansing and you, Van Statten, you've let it loose!" He growled out.
The soldiers positioned themselves in the empty corridor of the weapons testing area.
"The Dalek's surrounded by a force field. The bullets are melting before they even hit home but it's not indestructible. If you concentrate your fire, you might get through." The Doctor explained over the intercom.
The soldiers waited, apprehensively.
"Aim for the dome, the head, the eyepiece. That's the weak spot."
"Thank you, Doctor, but I think I know how to fight one single tin robot. Positions!" The commander said, sarcastically.
They readied their guns and waited for the Dalek to come. After a few moments, Rose and Adam ran into view, right in the middle of the open area.
"Hold your fire!" The commander shouted before anyone could release the trigger.
Rose and Adam stopped suddenly.
"You two, get the hell out of there!" The commander shouted.
Rose and Adam made it outside the door the moment the Dalek slowly came into view. They stopped for a moment to watch what it would do and whether the soldiers would be able to stop it. The Dalek also stopped and it focused on them. Its eyepiece zoomed right in on Rose's face and turned in their direction. Adam grabbed Rose's hand and pulled her away, but she stopped again.
"It was looking at me." Rose panted.
"Yeah, it wants to slaughter us!" Adam hissed.
Rose yanked her hand away. "I know! But it was looking right at me."
"So?" Adam asked, impatiently. "It's just a sort of metal eye thing, it's looking all around!"
Rose shook her head. "I don't know... it's like there's something inside looking at me, like... like it knows me."
The Dalek made its way to the door that Adam and Rose had just passed through.
"On my mark..." The Commander began. The Dalek looked up at them. "Open fire!" He shouted.
Everyone started to shoot at the Dalek. However, like before, the bullets disappeared inside a force-field before they could even have an effect.
"We've got vision." Goddard said.
The Doctor and the Priestess stood up and looked at the monitor, which showed a picture of the weapons testing area.
"It wants us to see." The Doctor said, darkly.
The Dalek was looking straight at the camera, completely unperturbed by the volley of gunshots. It slowly levitated into the air until it was hovering near the ceiling. It fired it's gun at the fire alarm, causing the fire sprinklers to rain water from the ceiling. The bullets kept coming but the Dalek paid no heed. It aimed at a man who had his feet firmly planted on the wet ground and shot its exterminator beam at him. The electricity spread from that one man through the wet ground and reached everyone else who happened to be standing on the drenched pavement, the concrete acting as a conductor for the electricity. The rest of the team began to fall like flies except for the commander and one of his men who were sheltered from the sprinklers' assault.
"Fall back! Fall back!" The commander shouted.
The Dalek raised its gun and exterminated both of them and then observed the tens of lifeless forms lying on the wet ground with the shells of their useless bullets lying scattered all across the floor.
A/N: I decided to stop there and finish Dalek in three chapters. Most of the other episodes should only be two chapters, but this one had extra scenes in it, so it was a bit longer.
We finally got a reunion between our resident Time Lord and Time Lady! And it was such a sad reunion, wasn't it? And we now have names. I'd like everyone to meet Annika or the Priestess. There's definitely a relationship between them. I'm pretty sure they were going to have sex in that flashback and they share a mental connection, however the latter could only be because they're the last two of their race. A warning though, the Priestess will not regenerate. She's got a couple of seasons in this body, don't worry. The cover for this story should be up on Tumblr by now if you would like to know which actress I picture playing the Priestess.
How did you all like the flashback? Unfortunately, there won't be immediate sexy times between the Doctor and the Priestess because I still haven't managed to tell you all what the extent of their relationship is yet. That should be explained in the next chapter, in the finale of Dalek. But I do really want some smut in this story, before the Doctor regenerates.
I wonder what will happen in the next chapter. Will the Dalek still feel remorse for what it did? What role will Rose play in the conflict between the Dalek and the Time Lord/Lady? And what role will she have in the bigger storyline? Rose really annoyed me in this episode, and unfortunately the Priestess won't have a chance to call her out on it. Did anyone notice that Adam told Rose not to go close to the Dalek and she still went close. Then, Adam told Rose not to touch the Dalek and she still touched the Dalek. She just seemed entirely too smug for my taste in this episode. The Doctor might just get irritated at her for releasing the Dalek, though.
We might even get some explanations how the Priestess knew that the Doctor would use the Moment one day. I'm sorry that the Priestess wasn't able to do as much in these two chapters, regarding the Dalek. She probably won't be able to do as much in the next chapter either. Unfortunately, she's still really weak and she really does need that healing coma. We'll get a proper, really nice and private reunion between the Doctor and the Priestess in the next chapter, I promise.
Anyway, hope everyone liked it and I really would like to know what everyone thought.
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