Tales of a Time Lord

Chapter eight

The blood of every human (and Time Lord) ran cold. Amy gulped as Rory squeezed her hand, trying to comfort her. But it did little for her nerves.

"New Skaro?" she asked.

"Correct." the Dalek said, moving it's eye stalk up and down in a nod. "You will assist us."

"What happens to us then?" Rory asked.

"You will join us." The white Dalek said, "You will become a new race of Dalek."

"Come on. While they're distracted." the Doctor whispered to River, starting to open the door more.

River grabbed his arm, "Wait." she whispered.

The went into the dark closet. The Doctor could hear her rumaging around and she came back holding a gun that looked oddly familiar to him, and another gun for him.

"Here. It's a small lazer. Should be enough to penetrate their shields with a few shots." she said. She gave him an odd look when he didn't take it. "Dont you know how to shoot?"

"All too well..." he mumbled. "I don't like guns. No weapons. It's not how I do things."

River frowned, "Fine." she put the guns on holsters at her waist and in her boot.

"No weapons AT ALL. They're Daleks."

"Exactly." River countered, "And I'm not gonna be exterminated without a fight."

The Doctor looked at her in suprise. He never remembered River being this violent. Of course, this was River before he knew her. Perhaps something had changed her...

He wasn't sure he liked this violent River, but he didn't protest. He knew it wouldn't do any good, so he nodded. "Fine. Fine! But don't be hostile. Only shoot if ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!"

River nodded. "So this thing...is it still in progress?"

"Yep. But I know what to do next." the Doctor said, easing the door open again.

"What?"

"Did I ever mention that the Daleks hated me?" he asked, examining the scene before them once again.

"Yeah."

He turned to her. "And did your future self tell you that I have really brilliant ideas?"

"Yeah."

"Sorry." he slammed the door open and stepped out dramatically. "Look at me I'm the Doctor!"

All if the Daleks turned to the Doctor, River concealed by the darkness of the closet.

"The Doctor!" one exclaimed.

"Yes yes you know who I am. And I know who you are. Come on, certainly you lot could think of something else to say when I enter a room. Wouldn't it be odd if I were to blurt out 'The Daleks!' every time I saw you?"

"The Doctor will be silent! The Doctor will be exterminated!" a blue one said, rolling forward.

"Now now, where's the fun in that?" he said with a smile. "Amy, Rory, nice to see you haven't died."

"Yeah. You too." Rory said.

The Doctor stepped away from the door he'd came through, every Dalek eye stalk following him. He smirked. "Look at you lot. Following me as if I'll cause your downfall. Oh, wait I will won't I?" he chuckled.

The Daleks were silent, looking over the Doctor. River, concealed in the closet, frowned. The Dalek was calculating, trying to figure out what the Doctor was up to...which she was still trying to figure out as well. Problem was, the Dalek would probably figure out before her.

The Doctor walked to his companions, every Dalek following him with their eye stalks. "As soon as I'm in the room, you lot can't take your eyes off me. It's like you can't watch anything else. You don't see anything else. You're all. Watching. Me." he threw a look at the closet, continuing to Drabble on, "Gives me a bit of a bug under the microscope feeling."

River understood then. The Daleks were all watching the Doctor. Every last one. With luck, she could sneak past them to the generator and do...well, something. But she trusted the Doctor and he obviously trusted her right now, so she didn't have another choice.

Silently, she crept from the closet. She made her way around the wall opposite the Doctor, watching her footsteps and watching him so that she could move as he did.

"But I like having all eyes on me. Don't you, Amy and Rory? Makes you feel important, eh?" the Doctor drabbled on "Of course, I AM important. One of the most important beings in the universe."

"This information is irrelivant!" a Dalek exclaimed, the lights on it's head flashing with the words.

"Ah yes right well, answer me this," he paused, making eye contact with every Dalek there. "Whats your plan?" he walked to the left, allowing River to move closer to the generator as she moved with him.

"We will ressurect-"

"Yeah yeah resurrect the emporer, build up New Skaro, and make a new Dalek race. Got that bit, thanks. I mean why? What do you lot need a new emporer for?"

"The Dalek emporer will be the most supreme being in the universe! The emporer will lead us to victory!"

"Ah! Of course!" the Doctor said, understanding. He walked, inching River closer. Finally, she was at the generator. She crept to the middle, giving him a thumbs up as she concealed herself behind the opaque tank. The Doctor smiled, going back to his rambling. "You lot aren't anything but soldiers. And what good are soldiers with no leader? So you come here because you're unable to go anywhere else and start re-building. Only there's something you forgot. You can't activate this technology. So you need Amy and Rory."

"They will assist us. They will activate the emporer." the Dalek nearest Rory, a green one, stated.

The white one rolled forward. "The touch of a time traveler will activate the process."

"What? What kind of technology are you using? Why do you need the touch of a time traveler?"

"You should know, Doctor." the white Dalek mocked. "The technology is Time Lord."