10

Since the base had come under attack and the Daleks had begun to work their way down the levels of Stargate Command, the Doctor, Clara and their designated leader had quickened their pace. The corridors they were passing through were now completely empty of any life but themselves, the only noises heard were the sounds of their footsteps and the endless gunfire above them.
"Almost there" The soldier said swiping his keycard across a scanner, they had only just took a step through the door when a Dalek rolled around the corner in front of them.

"EXTERMINATE!" The Dalek screamed in its crackly voice and fired a laser towards the three of them, the soldier guiding them barely just avoiding it and the laser bolt exploding on the wall next to him.
"BACK THROUGH NOW!" The soldier said shoving them both back through the door and sealing shut behind them "There is another route around, come on let's move" The soldier didn't stop to wait for a response and was already running down another corridor
The Doctor grabbed hold of Clara's hand and ran after him, the sound of the sealed door hissing open a corner behind them "These doors won't hold them" The Doctor shouted ahead.

The soldier stopped at a junction where two other corridors branched off of, he poked his head round both corners checking it was clear before turning back to the Doctor and Clara "Go ahead on your own from here, follow the corridor to the right, keep going ahead and you will see a door marked 28B, that is where the box is held" He cocked his weapon and took a few steps down the corridor they had come from.

The Doctor and Clara did not move "What are you going to do? You can't stay here?" Clara asked a little confused about why he was staying behind, the Doctor added to her sentence knowing what he was doing, many people before had done this for him "You can't stop them, you are just throwing your life away by fighting them" The Doctor held his stare on the soldier who didn't look as if he was listening.
"I could at least slow them down, give you time to get where you are going" The soldier replied placing his back against a corner, gripping his weapon ready in two hands "GO NOW!"

The Doctor knew time was running out and he knew nothing he could say would change the soldiers mind "Thankyou" Was all the Doctor said and grabbed Clara's hand again to lead her up the corridor, shortly after the sound of gunfire filled the corridor behind them followed by the sound of a Dalek blaster then silence. The Doctor did his best to ignore what happened as much as it ate him up inside to know someone had just given their life for him. Clara and the Doctor stopped at the door marked 28B and pressed the button, but the door did not react. Acting quickly he pulled out his Sonic and aimed it towards the panel and began buzzing it again with no effect "My screwdriver still isn't functioning properly" The Doctor tapped the sonic against his hand and tried again.
Clara had turned to look down the corridor "Well just a friendly warning, think of something fast because that Dalek is on its way" Clara's eyes did not move from the corner they had just come from waiting for that Dalek to appear, unless the soldier who got them here had survived but she doubted it due to the way the Doctor explained them.

It wasn't long before the Dalek emerged into the corridor, is eyestalk turned to look down both ends, Clara backed up slowly "Um Doctor, we are out of time" The Dalek turned its main body towards them and began edging closer and closer, the Doctor didn't need to look to know what was going on and he desperately tried his sonic against the door scanner and the door itself but still with nothing, the Dalek still rolling closer "EXTERMINATE" It screamed again, it's blaster aiming towards Clara first of all, she closed her eyes as if it would hide her from what was about to happen not expecting to be pulled backwards with force, another voice joined the noise which wasn't the Doctors "Exterminate this" Mitchell pulled the trigger on the rocket launcher held in his hands and landed a missile just under the head piece on the Dalek shell, the can exploded raining them and the corridor in metal chunks, Teal'c put his body between that and Clara.

The Doctor looked between them both and sighed relief and immediately got back to trying to open the door, Clara looked at them both the same "You two took your time" She said trying to ease what had just happened from her mind.
Mitchell dropped the empty rocket tube to the floor and approached them "You're welcome" Teal'c raised an eyebrow and stood as tall and solid as he always did "General Landry sent us to aid you"
Mitchell looked down at the Doctor who was not on his hands and knees buzzing the bottom of the door with his sonic "What are you trying to do with that?" Mitchell asked curiously "Trying to get this rather annoying door open" he replied without looking up, Mitchell pulled out his keycard and swiped it across the scanner, the door began to slide open. The Doctor stood up and turned to him "How did you do that?" Without a response Mitchell held up his keycard with a grin on his face.

"Keycards are boring" The Doctor mumbled as he entered the room, he smiled when he saw the TARDIS the lights indicating it was a Police Box was now illuminated "Quickly let's get in, the universe isn't going to fix itself" Mitchell and Teal'c both glanced at each other "Your plan is to hide in a box, a wooden box?"
"You would be surprised" Clara responded as she walked through doors and entered the TARDIS, the Doctor stopped at the door and nodded "I think it is an excellent plan" He disappeared inside, Mitchell sighed then followed him in, stunned suddenly by the new room which had just entered "How is..." His words escaped him as he looked around the control room of the TARDIS, the Doctor was already running round the TARDIS console hitting switches "You will get used to it" He shouted over at him, he flicked the last lever and the TARDIS came to life, the rotor in the centre of the console began to move up and down inside the glass tube "Locked on to the Dalek ship, let's go and say hello" The Doctor said smiling at Clara and Mitchell.

Teal'c back in the storage room stood back a little as the blue box began to fade away, he had never seen anything like, and after seconds the box was completely gone without a trace.