Sorry for taking forever, i now have plans for continuing this story, message me something you'd like the daleks to do and i might write it, really i just want to have fun with this, thanks.

Chapter 3: Hotel

For a species who didn't show emotions, Kes felt the disappointment radiating from Led, Kes saw the door open and just as soon as she opened the door, it was closed. Kes didn't bother staying after he heard the door close, it was over, he turned away and started moving. He heard Led, and watched as his partner stood at the closed door and mumbled to himself.

"LED COME WE'LL FIND A HOTEL."

"BUT…"

"I KNOW, HURRY… BEFORE WE… CATCH A COLD…"

Kes tried to make light of the situation, he knew that they would never catch a cold, their casing prevented all foreign contamination, plus something as weak and human as a common cold was something incomprehensible to the dalek, thank the supreme leader for internet research.

Led mumbled one last time before turning away from the door and started following Kes, he was upset, which was such a basic emotion that even he didn't feel bad for feeling that way. He considered bringing the house down, a swift array of carefully place shots could easily destroy it, but he let the notion go, the supreme leader would not be pleased at his actions. As he walked he thought maybe this hadn't been the house, maybe he didn't even see a sign, maybe he made it all up, but he figured this information will probably be best kept to himself a scolding from Kes was the last thing he needed.

"KES DESTINATION?"

"UNKNOWN"

"EXPLAIN UNKOWN"

"BE QUIET LED"

"YOU'RE HEMISPHERES MAKE YOU LOOK FAT"

"I HEARD THAT"

After their brief spat the walk was quiet and awkward, to make matters worse the rain kept pouring; showing no signs of stopping, Kes kept turning back to check on Led, who seemed to have calmed down. They left the suburban neighborhood and crossed over to the city, which was surprisingly well lit and full of people, all of whom disregarded the two. They walked around looking for any signs of a hotel, but all the towers looked the same, so they kept on the lookout for anything that could house them for the night.

Kes passed by an alley way similar to the one where they escaped the surprised humans at the coffee store, and considered spending the night there, maybe they could go back to the park and rest under a tree. Led hung back following his partner, keeping a look out for the word, the word that would provide shelter, they crossed a sidewalk and out of the corner of his eyestalk he saw huge neon red lights, he disregarded it and continued. After a block Led stopped quickly and thought back, Kes said to look for the word hotel… immediately his mood brightened, their search was over.

"KES?!"

"YES?"

"WE PASSED A BULIDING THAT HAD THE WORD HO-TE-L IN IT."

"SHOW ME."

Kes knew better than to get angry, he had to admit that Led wasn't the brightest and it's a good thing he remembered to mention the hotel in time, even if it was after they passed it. Led led him back a block and turned right, sure enough the looming tower displayed the words "hotel" specifically "Green & Rankin Hotel", the two looked at each other and started to walk in.

As soon as they entered the building they were greeted with an amiable ambience, they stood fixed on the tile floor dripping rain water failing to notice the puddle they left. Led was the first to approach the front desk, Kes was surprised at his partner's sudden individuality, but he was soon proved wrong when he realized Led just wanted to see the fish tank.

The lady behind the reception desk eyed them suspiciously, she glanced at the puddle and track of water that they left behind and sighed at the fact that she knew she would have to clean it. She watched as one of the two gentlemen walked over to the fish tank and stared at it, almost as she would when she was a kid. She watched as the other one started walking towards her.

"Hello Welcome to the Green & Rankin hotel, how may I help you?"

"HELLO MY PARTHNER AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY HERE."

"Okay, will that be a single room?"

Kes stared at the women and then at Led, did this women think? No…

"WE WILL HAVE A DOUBLE BEDDED ROOM."

"Alright two beds, how long will you be staying?"

"HOW MUCH FOR A WEEK?"

"For a week, that would beee… $89… per person, so that's two people, for seven days… that's $1,246, but we have a special, so I can do that and this and the total would be $950, would you like that?"

"WE WILL TAKE IT…"

The lady started typing on her computer, Kes took this time to take out money from his compartment, ten one hundred dollar bills, crisp and if anyone asked most definitely real. She takes the money from his grippers and pulls out a pen, she marks each bill, all of them turning what Kes assumed to be the appropriate color, because she shows no signs of suspicion, she puts the cash in the register and at the same time, she prints out the receipt, rips it out of the printer, and holds it out for Kes to take. He carefully extends his grippers and clamps down on the corner of the receipt, he turns away and is called back.

Kes almost forget, without turning back he says.

"KEEP THE CHANGE."

She smiles, and immediately disregards any malice she thought of the two.

"But you're forgetting your keycard!"

Kes curses profanely inside his head, he turns back and with his still extended gripper, he grabs the keycard.

Led watched as Kes paid for the rooms, he wondered how much money they actually had, he'd ask Kes when he passed by. Led turned his attention back to the fishes, there were a total of 10, each now with a name and life story, Led watched them scurry to and fro, bubbling and doing what fish do. He watched as Lack Luster lll, a goldfish who did not live up to his name, moved around the tank, evading the rocks and swimming through holes, with grace, Lack Luster lll swam up to eyestalk level and gurgled at Led. In that instant, something stirred inside of Led, he didn't have time to ponder what exactly it was because Kes started walking towards him.

"LETS GO LED WE MUST REST."

Led says nothing, he glanced at Lack, who is still looking at the dalek, one more time and heads off.

Led figured now was a good time to ask Kes about the money, they stopped in front of the elevators, Kes walked over and with his plunger pushed the up button, it flashed white and the numbers started counting down.

"KES HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE"

"MONEY IS NOT A FACTOR WHICH YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT, WORRY ABOUT THE DOCTOR."

"BUT I NEED SOME."

"WHAT DO YO-"

Kes stopped before completing his sentence, he did need Led to do more with his mission, giving him money could very well be a good idea, he opened his compartment and took out ten one hundred dollar bills, he handed them to Led, and stepped into the now open elevator.

The ride up was uncomfortable, having no way to grab on to the railing, the daleks shook and bumped into each other as the elevator shaft moved up, finally after the fifthteenth floor of horrid music the elevator stopped and let the daleks out, they moved out and continued down the hall. They passed by the rooms looking for their number, when they found it the two daleks stared at the door, then at the keycard, then back at the door.

"KE-"

"QUIET LET ME THINK…"

The dalek stared at the slot where he assumed the keycard was inserted, he opened his compartment and extended his gripper, which was still holding on to the card, to his misfortune the dalek was too tall and was not able to accommodate his arm to make any sharp angles, what he could do was move his gripper arm downwards. The tip of the card barely slid into the hole, he carefully tried to slide the whole card in, his attempt failed, the card bent and snapped out, fluttering to the ground.

Kes was absolutely devastated, he wondered how was he going to be able to pick it up, he looked at his partner and back at the card on the floor.

"WE COULD ALWAYS ASK FOR HELP?"

Led was right, Kes didn't like it but it was the only logical solution at the moment. Led started to move towards the elevator when he heard it ring and open, out of it came out a couple, the male seemed to be heavily intoxicated, he held a bag in his hand, and was being helped walk by a women who was quite, unlike her husband, sober, he brushed her off and started shuffling towards him. He stumbled and leaned on the walls in order to stay up, he composed himself and started forward, his attempt at walking was in vain for he stumbled and caught on to Led on his way down.

"Hhhuunnn, what… what is this…?"

The women's face turned an ungodly shade of red and rushed towards her husband, she grabbed him and helped him up, Led was frozen still, the human had touched him, besides the fact that he would have to burn his armor, there was also the fact that the human had felt his actual metallic shell not flesh, this could turn bad.

"I am so sorry, please excuse my husband, he isn't usually like this."

She helped him back up and continued to their room, Led turned his eye-stalk and looked at the back of her ears, blood red. He remembered Kes saying that, that was a way to tell if a human was embarrassed, he watched as she passed Kes and opened the door directly in front of them.

"EXCUSE ME COULD YOU HELP US?"

The women turned back and looked at the two guys, she looked at her pathetic excuse for a husband who was leaning on the door, looking for the key, she took it out of her purse and handed it to him. She looked at them again, and walked over to them.

"With?"

Led moved over to a very silent Kes and looked down at the keycard.

"WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THIS MECHANISM."

She looked at the keycard on the floor and back at the two, she figured it was the least she could do after the incident, she proceeded to pick up the floor and inserted it into the slot, the lock turned green and she opened the door.

"So you just put it in and take it out quick that should work. Sorry again…"

Kes was impressed at how Led handed the situation, when he saw the human grab on to Led, he feared it was all over, but no, his partner kept his cool and even managed to get the door open. Kes felt a new found respect for him, he was sure to mention this to the supreme leader when they contacted him. Kes walked inside and went over to the TV that was located in front of the bed, Kes stopped and looked at the room, only one bed. He pushed his frustration away and focused on the TV, he took out a small device from inside his compartment and attached it to the side of the flat screen. He pushed the button and it turned on, the screen flickered on and off finally settling on a transmission from his ship.

The supreme leader was on the screen, his eyestalk move towards Led then to Kes.

"UPDATE."

"YES SUPREME LEADER WE ARRIVED WITH LITTLE COMPLICATION."

"THE TEMPORAL SHIFT WORKED?"

"YES WE ARE IN THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD, WE SAW THE DATE ON A NEWSPAPER."

"WE HAD TROUBLE FINDING A BASE, LED WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND THIS HOTEL, ALSO SUPREME LEADER WE FACE CERTAIN ISSUES…"

"ISSUES? EXPLAIN."

Led saw where the conversation was going, he thought back to before and felt a grand idea forming, he decided to speak up.

"SUPREME LEADER WE FACE CERTAIN MECHANICAL ISSUES"

"GO TO 1825 REGAL DRIVE WE HAVE AN ADROID WHO WILL ASSIST WITH ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING OUT?"

Kes thought back to any other complications.

"YES COFFEE MOMENTARLIY DISRUPTS OUR PERCEPTION FILTERS."

"NOTED, KEEP ME POSTED."

With that the supreme leader disrupted the signal, turning off the screen. Kes solved one problem, now he had another, he turned around and looked at the bed, his data says that it's technically a "California king sized bed", big enough for the both just barely, the two daleks walked over to opposite sides and stood still.

"…LED, WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM…"

"…STAYS IN THIS ROOM, KES…"

The two hovered on to the bed and let themselves lay down, the task was performed with little difficulty and discomfort, Kes began to start his shutdown, setting his waking at 11:00. The dalek felt everything slow down and remembered nothing more before falling into blissed black.