Hm, I don't seem to have anything to say here. Weird. So, uh... on with the story, I guess.

Disclaimer: Here are two statements: 'I own Doctor Who.' 'David Tennant is ugly.' What's the similarity? Neither of them is true.

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The Doctor fell onto a large pile of wires, and instantly jumped up and looked around. A second later Jack fell onto the same pile of wires, and also jumped up.

"Where are we?" he asked, stumbling slightly.

"In one of the control rooms," the Doctor answered, scanning the equipment. He walked up to a computer and looked at the controls. "I think this is it," he muttered, once again pulling the screwdriver out and holding against the machine. There was a spark then a bang, as the inside of the machine exploded. "There we go," he put the screwdriver back inside his jacket and started to walk away as smoke began to float from the computer. The Doctor stood on the pile of wires and looked up the hole they'd just fallen through. "I don't think we're going to get back up there," he said.

"So we need to go the long way round," said Jack, heading for the door.

"Indeed we do," the Doctor jumped off the pile of wires and joined Jack by the door. He held the screwdriver against the control panel by the door, and it clicked open. "You first," he said to Jack.

"Why me?" he asked, insulted.

"Because if there are Daleks out there and they exterminate you you'll just come back to life."

"Same thing happens with you."

"Not when it comes to Daleks. A Time Lord can't regenerate after being hit by a Dalek ray gun. Now come on you, out," Jack sighed and gingerly stepped out of the door.

He looked up the corridor that greeted him, then started walking down it. The Doctor came out a few seconds after and followed him down the corridor. "It won't be long before they find us down here, so we'd better hurry up," whispered the Doctor. Jack nodded and started to run.

They didn't get very far undetected, as when they turned a corner they were greeted by a group of Daleks.

"Exterminate!" they shouted, gliding down the corridor. Jack and the Doctor quickly spun round and dashed down the corridor, back the way they came. The Doctor grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him down another route, away from where they'd been before.

"Do you know where you're going?!" Jack shouted.

"No idea!" The Doctor shouted back. He pulled Jack down another corridor, then stopped and held the sonic screwdriver against a door and pulled Jack through it.

The door closed behind them, as they both gasped for breath. The Doctor quickly recovered, and started to walk towards the other end of the room. Jack, still gasping for breath, began to look around himself.

"Where are we now?" he asked, looking at the computers in front of him. "Another control room?"

"Observation deck," the Doctor said numbly. Jack spun round to face the Doctor, who was standing in front of a massive window covering the far wall. He slowly walked up next to him, staring out the window.

Outside was millions and millions of ships; two massive fleets. On one side, the Dalek ships, on the other, the Time Lords. Some ships were moving, some were still. The odd ship was on fire, burning. There were explosions as ships were destroyed. Armies of Daleks flew through space, as smaller ships flew above them, each shooting at each other. In the corner of the window was a planet, the surface scorched by fire, devastated by the war. In the few empty spaces in the sky burnt massive orange and gold balls of energy; wisps of light cutting through the black sky.

Jack looked at the Doctor, who was staring out the window, numb. "I never thought I'd have to see this again," he whispered, as he closed his eyes and looked down, silently mourning what he knew was going to happen.

Suddenly he spun round and ran towards one of the computers, screwdriver ready. The screen flicked on, displaying a map of the ship. Jack looked from him back to the window, mesmerised by the sight before him. It was like nothing he'd ever seen before. He looked down at the planet. There were fleets of Daleks and ships heading down towards it, as other ships tried to defend it.

He was about to walk away and join the Doctor at the computer, when the sky seemed to be slashed, as a massive rip appearing in the blackness, light pouring out of the bright, orange cut. Then came fleets of Dalek ships, flooding out of the rip.

"What the hell?" he whispered, staring. The Doctor looked up.

"That's the vortex," he explained, looking at the rip in the sky, "all the bits of orange, it's the time vortex. The Daleks used a new method of time travel, they would literally rip from the forth dimension into the third, leaving a tear, a hole in the fabric of reality, between space and the vortex. It meant that the Time Lords couldn't see when they were coming or predict what they were going to do, but was destroying the vortex, rupturing it, and in turn weakening the Time Lords," he turned back to the computer, scanning the map in front of him. Jack couldn't stop watching the window.

The Doctor moved from the computer and joined Jack, watching the war outside. After a few seconds, some of the Time Lord ships began to move apart and leave a space. The Dalek ships that were around that point started to move away, as energy seemed to build up in the space that had been created. The Doctor looked at his watch, then around the room.

"What are you doing?" asked Jack, looking at the Doctor.

"They're creating a black hole… I think this ship is safe, one of the ones that doesn't get pulled in this time…" he stopped looking around the room, then looked back outside. "Time Lords created black holes, so the black hole didn't effect their ships. But it did suck the Dalek ships in," they watched as the energy created in the space began to glow a bright, white light. The light got smaller and smaller, until it disappeared altogether. "Here it comes," whispered the Doctor. Where the light was, all stars and light around it seemed to disappear, as the space became completely black. There were wisps of light as it got pulled into the black hole. Within a matter of seconds, the hole was almost the size of one of the Time Lord ships, as bits of debris were getting pulled into it. The Daleks ships that were previously going away from that point were beginning to get sucked into it. The hole grew larger as single Daleks, then larger ships were sucked in.

The floor below them suddenly shook and there was a lurch in the noise of the engines. The pair looked around anxiously.

"We're not going to get sucked in, are we?" Jack asked nervously.

"Like I said, I think we're safe. But we'd probably better be going just in case," he turned and headed for the door. Jack just kept watching the window, as he heard the door open behind him. "Coming?" the Doctor asked, after poking his head out to check for Daleks. Jack just kept staring out the window. The Doctor walked up to him, hands in his pockets. "It's lucky that's happening, it'll distract the Daleks so we can get back to the TARDIS easier. But we do kinda have to go now," he looked at Jack.

"Was it always like this?" he asked, still looking out the window. The Doctor looked out too.

"Pretty much," he said, "it got worse, but most of the time…"

"Worse?" Jack gasped in disbelief, "how did it get worse?" the Doctor looked back out the window, thoughtfully.

"Well, it's hard to explain really…" he trailed off, lost in his own thought. "The last battle, that was the worst," he looked over at Jack, who was staring out the window again. He moved slightly closer to him, lowering his voice. "Imagine," he said, putting his arm out, "imagine more ships, so many more that there seems to be more ships than stars," he leaned in closer, dropping his voice even quieter, "now imagine them all on fire. Every single ship, burning, everyone dying and screaming, every person, every Dalek. Now imagine they're not Time Lords, but humans, your own people, your own species, and they're all dying, and you're the only one left." He lowered his voice so far that it was just a whisper, "imagine them all dying. Now imagine you're the one that killed them." He turned and headed for the door, leaving Jack staring out the window, lost in his own thoughts.

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The Doctor ran down the corridor, followed by Jack when he finally decided to leave the room. Once again they didn't get very far before they were encountered by Daleks. They quickly ran back on themselves, and once again the Doctor pulled Jack into a nearby room.

"This isn't going very well, is it?" said Jack, leaning against a wall, looking at the room. He couldn't see much; the light wasn't on.

"Not exactly, no," muttered the Doctor, looking around. "We'll need to find a way up there without getting noticed; we need to get there in a way the Dalek's can't."

"Suggestions?"

"Like through ventilation shafts or air ducts or something, like how we got down here. Except that could be awkward, since I haven't seen any in the last few rooms I've been in," he looked at a computer sitting at the side of the room, walked over to it and pressed a button. Lights flickered on, as the two looked around the room. "Uh oh," said the Doctor. Jack looked at him.

"What now?"

"This isn't a good room to be in," he looked around himself. Jack headed for the door.

"Let's go then," he said.

"We can't we'll get exterminated."

"Good point," Jack stopped and leant against the wall again. "So what is this room?"

"It's where the Daleks take prisoners. There are sensors that detect exactly what's happening to a Time Lord's body, it allows them to see if the person is telling the truth or not."

"Oh great," muttered Jack. The Doctor wondered over to a screen at the end of the room and used the sonic screwdriver to turn it on. He searched through a few channels, until he came to one he wanted. Jack walked towards the screen to see what the Doctor was doing. The Doctor stood back. On the screen was the room where the TARDIS was, an aerial view of it, as if from a security camera. There were Daleks flying round, shouting commands at each other. After a few seconds they calmed down.

"Black hole threat irrelevant," said the black Dalek, "Find the Time Lords," more Daleks flew from the room through corridors. They watched for a few seconds, until the Daleks suddenly stopped flying. The black Dalek began to elevate. "The Time Lords have been located!" it announced.

"Brilliant," the Doctor said sarcastically. The Daleks suddenly turned towards the TARDIS.

"Human female detected in TARDIS!" the black one said. The Doctor's breath caught. "She is of no use to the Daleks. She will be exterminated!" the Doctor's eyes widened.

"No!" he shouted at the screen, even though he knew it would do no good.

"But they can't get to her, can they?" asked Jack, "Isn't she safe in the TARDIS?" the Doctor shook his head.

"They can destroy the TARDIS, with her in it. Rose…" he watched in horror as Daleks began to surround the TARDIS.

"It is known that the Doctor travels with beings other than Time Lords, including humans. The Time Lord is the Doctor! Exterminate the Doctor!" the Doctor and Jack suddenly spun round as they heard massive bangs against the door. They watched the door as the Daleks outside tried to get in. The Doctor looked back at the screen as the Daleks started shooting at the TARDIS. He had to save Rose, but he had no idea how. She was going to die. They were going to kill her. And all he could do was watch.

"Rose…"