Dalek Thay wasn't happy. He had clearly told Jast to prepare the Humans for the experiment and he had chosen to disobey, what's worse is he had also taken the Cult's former leader, Sec with him. The experiment had been a failure due to him and probably the Doctor. For that, they all would be exterminated.
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Meanwhile, the Doctor, Martha, Frank, Tallulah and Laszlo were on their way down to the theatre. The Doctor had told them that he had some crazy plan to save the earth and get rid of the Daleks.
Martha was sceptical of the Doctor's plan. As much as she trusted him, he did have a tendency to put that trust to the test.
Going to find some angry Daleks who would probably kill them on sight was not one of the things Martha wanted to do or bargained for when agreeing to travel with the Doctor. 'Wait a minute' said the Doctor, suddenly spreading his arms slightly to form a barrier to his friends. 'I thought I saw something' The Doctor slowly paced forwards towards a shadowy area.
'Hello?' he spoke, gently. 'Doctor' spoke another voice before emerging from the shadows, it was Dalek Sec. 'Hello!' shouted the Doctor, over enthusiastically.
Sec wasn't entirely sure how to react to this but continued what he was about to say 'Dalek Jast told me to find you' Dalek Sec told the Doctor. 'Jast?... Oh, your friend that was on the roof, never asked his name' Sec nodded 'Is he OK? I tried to stop him, he wouldn't listen'.
The Doctor smiled at this for some reason 'He's fine. Or he will be anyway. I wouldn't worry so much about him but more about the other two Daleks who probably aren't too impressed with us for foiling their plan' Sec hadn't really thought about them before 'they will want to kill us when they find us' he said. The Doctor smiled again 'they won't need to find us, why don't we just tell them where we're going!' Said the Doctor, cheerfully sending out a message to every Dalek in the area to go to the same place, using his sonic screwdriver that Martha had managed to find half way up.
'the plan is in action!' exclaimed the Doctor in his usual cheerful way before almost skipping towards the theatre. The others exchanged horrified glances before following him.
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The Doctor and his friends arrived at the theatre to find they had beaten the Daleks to it. 'There ain't nothing more creepy than a theatre in the dark' said Tallulah looking around. 'You can all go back to Hooverville, its much safer for you there' said the Doctor. 'Don't be stupid' replied Martha 'we're not going anywhere'.
The Doctor was about to protest when a loud explosion interupted him from on the stage. An explosion which could only mean one thing... The Daleks had arrived.
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'Doctor!' grated Dalek Caan 'you will stand before your Dalek masters' The Doctor stepped forward and spread his arms 'OK... OK, so you've got me. No weapons, no plan, no nothing! But doesn't that just scare you to death?' Exclaimed the Doctor.
Martha glared at him and jabbed him in the back 'you said you had a plan' she hissed under her breath. The Doctor gave her a massive grin in return 'all in good time' he muttered.
Dalek Thay interupted their conversation 'you have no way to stop the Daleks! You are powerless!' The Doctor glared at Thay for a few seconds 'That's where you're wrong, you see, I am the Doctor, the Oncoming Storm, Ka Faraq Gatri. If there's one thing i'm not, it's powerless.'
At that moment, another explosion was heard at the back of the theatre and a Dalek voice could be heard. 'Exterminate!' shouted the Dalek but no laser beam was fired. 'Jast!' said the Doctor, dissapointedly. 'You were supposed to come in and save us all then we all live happily' said the Doctor glaring at him in a mocking way
'I recieved your transmission. However, the regeneration cycle is incomplete. My weapons are non-functional as of yet.' The Doctor suddenly looked very worried. 'Now might be a good time to put your plan into action' said Martha in desperation. 'That was my plan' replied the Doctor.
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'Dalek Jast, you are a traitor to the Dalek race.' grated Dalek Caan, coldly. 'You will be exterminated with the Doctor and the Humans!' added Dalek Thay. The Doctor, suddenly looked panicked, this time, he actually hadn't got a plan.
'My Daleks' spoke Sec 'if you choose death and destruction... Then death and destruction will choose you' The Daleks ignored him and continued with their plan.
'Weapons systems back online. Regeneration cycle complete!' shouted Dalek Jast. 'You will be exterminated!'. Dalek Thay glared at him 'this is our victory, not yours! yelled Thay as he fired his weapon towards a random point in the little group. Thay's beam hit Laszlo in the chest and he fell back onto the chair.
Thay's weapon had not yet reached full power, luckily for Laszlo, and would not be fatal. 'You will cease or be exterminated!' Shouted Jast but Thay ignored him and fired again, this time, only just missing the Doctor's head.
Dalek Jast had no other option but to shoot at Thay. 'Exterminate!' he shouted as he fired his death ray at as high a setting he could spare the energy for. Thay's eye piece slowly faded from brilliant blue to an empty black. 'Who's side is he on?' Martha asked the Doctor who just continued to watch them. Caan too had been watching this and believed himself far too important to succumb to the same fate as Thay. The Doctor spoke to him softly. 'Now what?' said the Doctor solomly.
'You will be exterminated!' grated Caan, in return. The Doctor had thought he would say that 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just think about it, Dalek what was your name?' Caan stared at him 'Dalek Caan' The Doctor held one of his hands out to the Dalek 'Caan, let me help you. What do you say?' The Doctor looked hopeful that Caan would accept.
'Emergency temporal shift!' shouted Caan as he disappeared. The Doctor looked disappointed for a few seconds. What was he expecting? The group exchanged relieved and disbelieving glances.
'We need to restore the Humans' memories and release them' Spoke Dalek Sec, eventually. The Doctor gave Sec a massive grin 'no rest for the wicked' he said happily, walking towards the Transgenic laboratory.
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Sec and Jast followed the Doctor to the laboratory whilst the others stayed behind. 'Do you think the Humans will ever forgive us for what we did? Asked Dalek Sec, reflectively. The Doctor smiled again and nodded 'I'm sure they will... Someday'
Dalek Sec seemed some what comforted by this. 'What about you? Where will you go from here?' Dalek Sec added on. 'You know me. Onwards and upwards, that's all I really know.'
At that moment the rest of the group entered carrying Laszlo who looked to be short of breath and could hardly move. 'Doctor! Doctor! He's sick' shouted Martha to the Doctor before helping Laszlo to sit down and trying to comfort him.
'It's his heart' said Martha. 'Its racing like mad. I've never seen anything like it' Martha continued to watch over Laszlo, meanwhile, Tallulah was starting to fret. 'What is it, Doctor? What's the matter with him? He says he can't breathe? What is it?.'
Laszlo eventually worked up the energy to speak 'It's time, sweetheart' he said between gasps for breath. Tallulah shook her head 'what do you mean, time? What are you talking about?' she spoke, trying to hold back a wave of tears.
Dalek Jast interupted them 'Pig slaves were created to live only for short times. This one has reached the end of his life span' Tallulah glared at the Dalek then turned to look at Laszlo in horror. Her fear was confirmed by him 'I held on because I had you. But now, I'm dying, Tallulah' said Laszlo weakly.
Tallulah protested about this and turned to the Doctor. 'Doctor, can't you do something?' The Doctor grinned again. 'Oh, Tallulah with three Ls and an H, just you watch me. What do I need? Oh, I don't know. How about a great big genetic laboratory? Oh look, I've got one. Laszlo, just you hold on. I wont let you die on us now. The Doctor is in.
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In the theatre, the weak, cyan glow of a Dalek eyestalk lit up the stage. Dalek Thay. He was heavily battered but still alive. When he recovered, he would seek his revenge on the Doctor and Dalek Jast. They couldn't run forever...