Dalek
Based on the episode of the same name by Robert Sherman
The TARDIS materialized in a large exhibit room of a museum of alien artifacts. The Doctor and the twins stepped out of the TARDIS and Liv asked, "So, what is it? What's wrong?"
"Don't know, some kind of signal drawing the TARDIS off course…" said The Doctor.
They looked around, "Where are we?" asked Maddie.
"Earth, Utah, North America. About half a mile underground."
"And... when are we?" asked Liv.
"2021." The Doctor waked over to a switch on the wall and lights flood the room. And they could see all the exhibits.
The Doctor flicks a switch and lights flood the museum, "It's a great big museum!" said Maddie.
"An alien museum. Someone's got a hobby. They must've spent a fortune on this,"" said The Doctor as they look over the exhibits, "Chunks of meteorite, moon dust... that's the milometer from the Roswell Spaceship."
They walk to a familiar green arm inside a case, "That's a Slitheen's arm, that''s been stuffed." said Maddie.
"Ah! Look at you!" said The Doctor as he looked at the next case. There was a what looked like a robot head with handle on each side of its head.
"What is it?" asked Maddie.
"An old friend of mine... well, enemy. The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. I'm getting old."
"Is that where the signal's coming from?" asked Liv
"Nah, it's stone dead. The signal's alive. Something's reaching out. Calling for help." The Doctor placed the tip of his finger on the glass then an alarm went off and the three of them were immediately surrounded by soldiers all pointing their guns at them.
"If someone's collecting aliens, that makes you Exhibit A," said Maddie softly to The Doctor. The Doctor just smiled at the soldiers.
The Doctor and the twins were escorted to an elevator and taken up. When the doors opened again they were met by Diana Goddard, who was the executive assistant to Henry Van Statten, the owner of the complex. They were taken to his off where he was talking with another young man, Adam. He was showing him some artifact, "What does it do?" asked Van Statten as he took it from Adam.
"Well you see, the tubes on the side must be to channel something, I think maybe fuel…" said Adam, in an English accent.
"I really wouldn't hold it like that," said The Doctor.
"Shut it," said Goddard.
"Really, though, that's wrong."
"Is it dangerous?" asked Adam.
"No. Just looks silly," said The Doctor. He held out his hand and the Security guards that escorted The Doctor and the twins in readied their guns. Van Statten held up a hand to stop them then he handed the object to The Doctor, "You just need to be…" The Doctor ran his fingers gently over the artifact and it play a note like a harmonica, "... delicate."
"It's a musical instrument," said Van Statten.
The Doctor nodded, "And it's a long way from home."
Van Statten stood, "Here, let me." he grabbed it from The Doctor.
The Doctor raised his eyebrows and said, "I did say 'delicate'. Reacts to the smallest fingerprint." Van Statten tried to play it and all it made was a series of bleeping noises, "It needs precision." said The Doctor. He touched it more gently and it played a few notes. The Doctor smiles, "Very good. Quite the expert."
"As are you." said Van Statten. Then, he just threw it aside not carrying if it got broken or not, "Who exactly are you? "
The Doctor looked at Van Statten with a slightly disdainful look in his eyes, "I'm the Doctor. And who are you?"
"Like you don't know. We're hidden away with the most valuable collection of extra-terrestrial artifacts in the world and you just stumbled in by mistake."
"Pretty much sums me up, yeah."
"The question is, how did you get in? 53 floors down. With your little cat burglar accomplices," said Van Statten. Then he looked at the twins, "Quite a collector yourself, they are rather pretty."
Liv giggled a little and Maddie rolled her eyes, "You never told us who you were,"" said Liv.
"This is Mr Henry Van Statten," said Adam
"And who's his Mr. Henry Van Satten?" asked Maddie.
""Mr. Van Statten owns the Internet."
"Don't be stupid, no one owns the Internet."
"And let's just keep the whole world thinking that way, right kids?" said Van Statten.
"So you're an expert on just about everything except the things in your museum,"" said The Doctor, "Anything you don't understand, you lock up.""
"And you claim greater knowledge?"
"I don't need to make claims, I know how good I am."
"And yet, I captured you. Right next to the Cage. What were you doing down there?"
"You tell me."
"The cage contains my one living specimen."
"And what's that?"
"Like you don't know."
"Show me."
"You wanna see it?"
Maddie took a deep breath and looked at her sister, "The smell of testosterone is getting strong in here."
Van Stratten looked at Goddard, "Goddard - inform the Cage. We're heading down." Goddard nodded. Then he looked at Adam, "You - English. Look after the girls. Canoodle or spoon, or whatever it is you British do. And you - Doctor with no name… Come and see my pet."
The twins reluctantly went with Adam and he took them to his workshop. As they walked in the twins looked around at all the stuff, "Sorry about the mess. Mr Van Statten sort of lets me do my own thing. So long as I deliver the goods…" he said. Liv and Maddie walked around touching a few things. Adam walked over to them and handed them something, "What do you think - that is?"" he asked.
"Er... a lump of metal?" said Maddie.
"Yeah. Yeah, but I think- well, I'm almost certain - it's from the hull of a spacecraft," said Adam. Maddie gave it the once over and handed it to her sister who did the same, then she placed it down on a nearby table. Then, Adam said, ""The thing is, it's all true. Everything the United Nations tries to keep quiet - spacecrafts - aliens - visitors to Earth - they really exist."
"That's amazing," said Liv, pretending like she was learning all this for the first time.
"I know it sounds incredible, but I honestly believe that the whole universe is teeming with life."
Maddie smiled at little, "I'm speechless. And so you just sit in here and try to figure out what your brought?"
"Best job in the world," said Adam.
"Imagine if you could gout out there and travel among the stars and see it for real," said Liv.
"Yeah... I'd give anything. But I don't think it's ever gonna happen - not in our lifetimes," said Adam
"Oh, you never know…" said Maddie, "What about all those people who say they've been inside spaceships and talked to aliens?"""
"I think they're nutters."
"Yeah, me too," said Liv with a laugh. Adam laughed to. Maddie smiled a little. To her it seamed like her sister was having a little crush on the Englishman.
"So, how'd you end up here?" asked Maddie.
"Van Statten has agents all over the world looking for geniuses to recruit.""
"You're a genius?" asked Liv.
"Sorry, but yeah... can't help it, I was born clever," said Adam. Liv smiled, "When I was eight, I logged onto the US Defense System - nearly caused World War Three." he laughed a little.
"That's funny?" asked Maddie.
"Well you should've been there! Just to see them running about! Fantastic!'
""You sound like the Doctor," said Liv.
"Are you and him...?" said Adam
"No," said Liv, quickly, "we're just friends."
""Good," said Adam with a nod."
"Why is that good?"
"Just is."
Adam and Liv stood there smiling at each other then Maddie spoke up, "So... wouldn't you rather be downstairs? I mean, you've got these pieces of metal and stuff, but Mr Van Statten's got a living creature down there."
"Yeah... yeah well I did ask but he keeps it to himself," said Adam, ""Although - if you're a genius - it does take long to patch in on the comms system."
Maddie laughed, "Let's have a look then."
Adam turned to his computer and started to tap some keys while Liv and Maddie looked over his shoulders. It doesn't do much - the alien," said Adam, "It's weird, it's kind of... useless, it's just like this... great big pepper pot. ""
"A what?" asked Liv.
"A pepper shaker," said Adam…
"Oh…" They looked on the screen and saw a large metal thing that was chained down with two lights on top of what the girls assumed was the thing's head. There was an eye stalk near the bottom of the head. The creature had two arms right in front one looked like a plunger the other looked like a stretched out beater from an electric mixer. They watched as a man walked up to it and shocked it with a cattle prod like device and the alien started to scream.
"It's being tortured! Where's the Doctor?" said Maddie.
"I don't know," said Adam
"Take us down there. Now," Then she stormed out of the room with Liv close behind her.
A short time later the three of them were outside the Cage. They were stopped by the security guard, "Hold it right there!"
Adam flashed his ID, "Level three access. Special clearance from Mr. Van Statten.""
Just then they saw the man who was torturing the alien leave the Cage as the three of them walked in, Maddie saw his last name was Simmons "Don't get too close... " said Adam
Liv and Maddie slowly walked up to the alien and looked in its eyestalk, "Hello?"" asked Liv, "Are you in pain? My name's Liv Rooney, this is my sister Maddie. We've got a friend, he can help. He's called The Doctor. What's your name?"
"Yes," said the alien, in an electronically modulated voice.
"What?" asked Maddie.
The alien looked into her face, and slowly it said, "I am in pain. They tortured me. But still they fear me. Do you fear me?"
"No."
The alien looked at Liv, "Do you fear me?"
Liv shook head, "No."
The alien lowered its eyepiece, "I am dying."
"No, we can help!" said Maddie.
"I welcome death. But I am glad... that before I die... I met humans who were not afraid. "
"Is there anything we can do?" asked Liv.
"My race is dead. I shall die alone."
Liv had tears in her eyes. She gently placed a hand on the alien next to its eyepiece to give it some comfort, "Liv, no!" said Adam
"Ahh…" said Liv as she moved her hand away. Where Liv had her hand on the alien there was a bright orange hand print that quickly faded away.
"What's wrong?" asked Maddie.
"It got hot."
"Genetic material extrapolated," said the alien, it's voice sounding "Initiate cellular reconstruction!" It broke out of it chains and sparks started to fly from it.
Liv and Maddie backed away from it, just Simmons came in the Cage, "What the hell have you done?" He walked up to the alien and it pointed its plunger like arm toward Simmons, "Whatcha gonna do?" he asked, "Sucker me to death? " Then, the alien did just that. It placed the sucker over Simmons face and started to suck it in.
Liv, Maddie and Adam rushed out of the Cell. Maddie looked at the guard and saw his name was Bywater, "It's killing him! Do something!"
The guard got on the intercom, "Condition red! Repeat, condition red! This is not a drill!"
A short time latter, the twins and Adam were looking at a computer screen when The Doctor, Mr Van Statten, Ms. Goddard appered on the screen. "You've got to keep it in that cell." said The Doctor.
"Doctor, it's all my fault," said Liv, "I'm sorry.""
"I've sealed the compartment. It can't get out, that lock's got a billion combinations," said the guard.
"The Dalek's a genius," said The Doctor, "It can calculate a thousand billion combinations in one second flat."
The twins and Adam stood by the door with the security guards, who were pointing their guns at the door. Then, the Cage door started to open. "Open fire!" ordered Bywater. Him and the other guards started to open fire at the Dalek.
"Don't shoot it, I want it unharmed!" said Van Statten over the the computer.
"Liv, Maddie, get out of there!" called The Doctor.
The Dalek moved toward them. The bullets had no affect at all on the alien. Bywater turned to a female guard, "De Maggio - take the civilians and get them out alive. That is your job, got that?"
De Maggio nodded and looked at the three civilians, "You - with me." They followed her out the door and down the hall. They ran past another bunch of security guards. De Maggio, shouted a them "Civilians! Let them through!" As they ran they heard gunfire, shouting, and the sounds of an energy beam being fired. Soon there was nothing but silence. The four of them kept running until they found themselves at a flight of stairs, "Stairs! That's more like it!" said Maddie as Liv and Adam came up to her, "It hasn't got legs, it's stuck!"
De Maggio, joined them and said,"It's coming! Get up!" they ran up the stairs aways before they stopped and watched as the Dalek reached the foot of the stairs.
Adam breathed a small sigh of relief. The Dalek looked at the stairs as Adam called out, ""Great big alien death machine. Defeated by a flight of stairs."
The Dalek looked at them and De Maggio pointed her gun at it, "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 just looks at her but didn''t say anything, "I demand that you surrender, is that clear?" she asked.
There was a short pause then the Dalek said, "El-ev-ate." It then started to leviate and float up the first few steps.
"Oh my God," said Liv.
The Dalek continued up the stairs and De Maggio looked at Adam, "Adam, get them out of here."
"Come with us," said Maddie, "you can't stop it!"
"Someone's got to try. Now get out!" She pushed them away, "Don't look back, just run!"
The twins and Adam ran up the rest of the stairs. They heard De Maggio shoot at the Dalek. They reached a corridor and started to run. As they ran, they heard the sound of the energy beam and then De Maggio's scream.
They ran for a bit and they ran into a room marked Weapons Testing Area. When they got in they saw a bunch of soldiers on the ground hiding as well as some on the catwalks around the room. "Hold your fire!" Shouted one of the solders on the catwalk. Adam and the twins stopped and then the commander ordered, ""You two, get the hell out of there!" The three of them ran out of the room the moment the Dalek came in. They stopped for a moment to watch it. The Dalek stopped and it looked at looked right at Liv. Maddie grabbed her sisters hand and pulled her away. But she stopped again.
"It was looking at me," said Liv.
"Yeah, it wants to slaughter us!" said Adam.
"I know! But it was looking right at me."
"So? It's just a sort of metal eye thing, it's looking all around!" said Maddie.
Liv shook her head, "I don't know... it's like there's something inside looking at me, like... like it knows me."
"Come on," said Maddie, "We have to go…"
Liv nodded and they started to run to the next staircase. They ran up the stairs Adam was leading the way followed by Maddie and Liv. Just then Liv's phone started to ring. She took it out of her pocket and saw it was The Doctor, "This isn't the best time." she said.
"Where are you?" asked The Doctor.
"Level 49."
"You've got to keep moving - the vault's being sealed off, bulkhead level 46.""
"Can't you stop them from closing?"
"I'm the one who's closing them. I can't wait and I can't help you. Now for God's sake, run."
They ran up the stairs with the Dalek in pursuit. They reached floor 46 and started to run to the next set of stairs They started running down the corridor "We're nearly there," said Liv as they ran, "give us two seconds."" They turned the corner and saw the bulkhead start to lower. Adam and Maddie were nearly there but Liv was falling behind a little.
"Come on!" said Maddie. The bulkhead was only a couple of feet off the floor when Adam and then Maddie rolled under it. But, Liv wasn't fast enough she was trapped on the other side with the Dalek.
"LIV!" Shouted Maddie as she pounded on the door. "Liv!"
"Come on…" said Adam. "We've got to go… There's nothing we can do."
Adam then slowly turned Maddie from the door and they headed for Mr. Van Statten's office. The bulkhead was thick so she couldn't hear her sister pounding on the door. She leaned against the door and wiped the tears from her eyes. She heard The Doctor call out on her phone, "Liv, where are you? Liv, did you make it?" She took a couple of breaths to calm herself, "Sorry, I was a bit slow. Maddie and Adam made it thought." She looked over her sholder and saw the Dalek coming toward her, "Don't blame them though… It's not their fault they were faster than me. And it wasn't your fault, either. Remember that, okay? It wasn't your fault. And do you know what?" she could feel the tears start to form again, "I wouldn't have missed it for the world. " Liv turned slowly and faced the Dalek as it got closer to her.
"Exterminate!" said The Dalek. Liv closed her eyes. And she heard the sound of the Dalek's weapon. But, it didn't hit Liv. She opened her eyes slowly. She looked at the Dalek and said, "If your going to kill me… Kill me…" The Dalek didn't do anything. "Why are you killing all these people?"
"I am armed. I will kill. It is my purpose,"
"They're all dead because of you!"
"They are dead because of us."
"And now what? What are you waiting for?"
"I feel your fear."
"What do you expect?!"
"Daleks do not fear. Must not fear." It shot its weapon wildly at the wall at either side of Rose. You gave me life. What else have you given me? I am contaminated!"
Up in Van Statten's office, Adam and Maddie came in. Maddie and The Doctor went up to each other, "I'm sorry…" said The Doctor, "If I didn't do it then the Dalek could have got out and killed everyone…"
Maddie hugged him, "I understand…" Then she started to cry at the apparent lost of her twin sister.
Just then the computer screen came on. There on the monitor was Liv standing by the Dalek's side, "Open the bulkhead or Liv Rooney dies."
The Doctor and Maddie walked up to the screen with big relieved smiles on their faces, ""You're alive!" said The Doctor.
"You can't get rid of me that easily," said Liv.
"We thought you were dead," said Maddie.
"Open the bulkhead!" ordered the Dalek.
"Don't do it!" said Liv.
"What use are emotions if you will not save someone you care about?"
The Doctor looked at Maddie she nodded, The Doctor then looked at Van Statten, "I killed her once." he walked over to the computer, "I can't do it again." then he pressed a button on the keyboard. The bulkhead opened, then the Dalek and Liv walked through.
"What do we do now?" asked Van Statten, desperately, "You bleeding heart, what the hell do we do?"
The Doctor just stared at him. Then Adam spoke up, "Kill it when it gets here!""
""All the guns are useless, and the alien weapons are in the vault," said Goddard.
"Only the catalogued ones."
Adam took The Doctor and Maddie back to his workshop. The Doctor started going though a basket of weapons. He took one out, "Broken." He threw it behind him and took out another, "Broken." He threw it behind him and took out another, "Hairdryer."
Adam looked at Maddie, "Mr. Van Statten tends to dispose of his staff, and when he does he wipes their memory. I kept this stuff in case I needed to fight my way out one day."
"What, you in a fight? I'd like to see that," said The Doctor.
"I could do," said Adam, mildly offended.
"What're you gonna do, throw your A-Levels at 'em?" asked The Doctor. Then he found a suitable weapon. "Oh, yes. Lock and load."
Meanwhile, Liv and the Dalek were going up the elevator to Van Statten's office. The atmosphere in the elevator was very tense. Liv watched the Dalek's weapon arm twitch slightly. "I'm begging you, don't kill them," said Liv, "you didn't kill me."
The Dalek turned its eyepiece around to look at Liv, "But why not? Why are you alive? My function is to kill. What am I? What am I?"
Then the elevator door opened and Van Steen was standing there waiting for them, "Don't move!" said Liv, "Don't do anything, it's starting to question itself."
The Dalek moved toward Van Statten, "Van Statten. You tortured me. Why?"
Van Statten backed away, "I wanted to help you, I just- I don't know, I - I was just trying to help. I thought if we could get through to you, if we could mend you- I wanted you better, I'm sorry." The Dalek continued to move toward Van Statten, until he was against the wall, "I'm so sorry! I swear! I just wanted you to talk!"
"Then hear me talk now. Exterminate! Exterminate!" Said the Dalek. Van Statten winced, "Exterminate!"
Liv rushed over, "Don't do it! Don't kill him!" The Dalek spun to face her. Liv looked right into its eyepiece, "You don't have to kill anymore. There must be something else you want..."
The Dalek turned back to Van Statten. Then back to Liv, "I want freedom."
Meanwhile, The Doctor and Maddie ran up the stairs to the top floor of the base with The Doctor carrying the weapon.
A short time later, Liv and the Dalek were on the top floor of the base. There were in a large empty room. The Dalek fires its weapon at the ceiling, and blasted a hole in the roof. Sunlight flooded the room and shined on Liv and the Dalek. "You're out. You made it." She looked up and smiled at the sun, "I never thought I'd see the sun again."
"How... does... it... feel?" asked the Dalek. The Dalek opened up its casing to reveal the mutated creature inside. It looked like a small peach colored octopus with a deflated brain and one eye. It lifted one of its tentacles towards the sunlight.
Liv stood there gazing at it then a male voice behind her made her jump. "Get out of the way."
She turned and saw her sister and The Doctor, she was shocked to see the Doctor holding a large gun, "Rose, get out of the way, now!" urged her sister.
"No!" said Liv, "I won't let you do this!"
"That thing killed hundreds of people."
Liv looked right at the Doctor and coldly said, "It's not the one pointing a gun at me."
"I've got to do this," said The Doctor, "I've got to end it. The Daleks destroyed my home, my people. I've got nothing left."
"Look at it," said Liv.
The Doctor and Maddie looked at the Dalek at it soaked up the sunlight, "What's it doing?" asked Maddie.
"It's feeling the sunlight, that's all it wanted…"
"But it can't…" said The Doctor, his voice shaking.
"It couldn't kill Van Statten," said Liv as she looked at the Dalek, "it couldn't kill me - it's changing." she looked at The Doctor, "What about you, Doctor? What are you changing into? "
The Doctor looked completely lost as he lowered the gun. He was close to tears as he spoke, "I couldn't... I wasn't…" He looked at the Dalek, then back at Liv, "Oh, Liv. They're all dead."
"Why do we survive?" asked the Dalek.
"I don't know."
The Dalek was struggling to speak, "I am the last of the Daleks."
"You're not even that Rose did more than regenerate you. You absorbed her DNA. You're mutating."
"Into what?"
"Something new. I'm sorry."
"Isn't that good?" asked Maddie.
"Not for a Dalek," said The Doctor.
"I can feel so many ideas," said the Dalek, "So much darkness... Liv... give me orders! Order me to die." it closed its eye.
"I can't do that," said Liv.
"This is not life. This is sickness," said the Dalek, "I shall not be like you. Order my destruction! Obey! Obey! Obey!"
Liv paused for a moment and then she said, "Do what you need to do…"
"Are you frightened, Liv Rooney?" asked The Dalek.
"Yes," she said.
"So am I," said the Dalek feebly, "Exterminate."
Liv backed away from the Dalek and joined The Doctor and Maddie. The Dalek closed its armor and rose into the air. The gold spheres on the lower half of the Dalek detached themselves from it and surrouned the Dalek to form a large energy sphere. The Dalek glowed briefly and then exploded. Then, the gold spheres contracted the energy sphere, then with a flash of light they were gone. The three of them just stared at the spot where The Dalek was, stunned at what they saw.
A short time later, The Doctor, Liv and Maddie walked into the Exhibit Room were the TARDIS was parked. The Doctor put his hand on it and looked up at it, "Little piece of home." said The Doctor sadly, "Better than nothing."
"Is that the end of The Time War?" asked Maddie.
"I'm the only one left. I win. How about that."
"The Dalek survived…" said Liv, "maybe some of your people did too."
"I'd know. In here," The Doctor tapped the side of his head, "Feels like there's no one."
"Well then - good thing we're not going anywhere," said Liv with a smile.
The Doctor smiled, "Yeah."
Just then Adam jogged up to them, "We'd better get out. Van Statten's disappeared... they're closing down the base. Goddard says they're going to fill it full of cement! Like it never existed!"
"About time." said Maddie.
"I'll have to go back home."
"Better hurry up then. Next flight to Heathrow leaves at 1500 hours." said The Doctor.
"Adam was saying that all his life he's wanted to see the stars…" said Liv.
"Tell him to go and stand outside, then."
"He's all on his own, Doctor. And he did help," said Liv.
"He left you down there!" said Maddie.
"Yeah, so did you…"
"Well, You've got a point there,"
"What're you talking about?" asked Adam, "We've got to leave!"
Maddie looked at Adam, "He is kind of cute…"
"Really," said Liv with a sly smile, "I hadn't noticed."
The Doctor raised his eyebrows and turned to unlock the TARDIS, "On your own head." looking right at Liv.
"What're you doing?" asked Adam, "She said 'cement'. She wasn't joking, we're going to get sealed in."
The Doctor opened the door, then Liv and Maddie followed him into the TARDIS, leaving Adam standing outside. "Doctor? What're you doing standing inside a box?" paused a moment, "Liv?" There was another pause, "Maddie?" Then, Adam peered through the doors of the TARDIS and stepped inside. The Engines started up and the TARDIS dematerialized.
A/N: I hope everyone that's reading this is still enjoying it. I'm having fun trying my best to change the story to fit Liv and Maddie. I've been doing some working and I think I know how to have Liv and Maddie replace everyone except for Clara. Clara is just to important to replace. At the time of this posting we are less than two days away from the Start of Series 8 and I just can't wait!