The Secret Keeper Chapter 9, a doctor who fanfic

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Chapter 9

Every part of the Doctor's body exploded with raw unrepentant regenerative energy. With a cascade, the energy discharge of the regenerative process subsided and the newly reborn Doctor crumpled to the ground. His mind a jumble he wept uncontrollably until finally he regained his composure and looked over at the fallen body of Appolaita.

'I'm sorry.' The Doctor said in a new voice. He didn't even have time to focus on the changes, 'This won't go unpunished.'

This new Doctor had a hard edge to his eyes. He was taller than his previous regeneration, but there would be time enough to evaluate the changes he had gone through. Right now he had one thing on his mind. Revenge! Every regeneration the Doctor realized had a purpose. From his original body which had grown old and at last regenerated against his will to at last this new one which he felt sure had one purpose, he was a warrior.

'The Daleks want a fight?' The Doctor said to no one in particular, 'I'll give em one!'

In a single motion, the Doctor grabbed up his sonic screwdriver from the floor near the control console. Twirling it in his fingers he opened the main panel and began probing it here and there. 'But first I'm gonna have to borrow a few components from this lot.'

He placed the screwdriver in his mouth, 'Look at me I'm talking to myself.' He said in a muffled voice, 'Well I don't imagine I'll be talking to anyone again anytime soon will I?'

Then, as if on cue, the TARDIS appeared. The Doctor cracked a smile that didn't reach his eyes and only one word came to mind for the moment.

'FANTASTIC!' He blurted, 'The Daleks think they can come to Elysium and take it by force? They think they can kill Time Lords, not to mention me in particular, well they're wrong! And I'm gonna show em just how wrong they are!'

With a wrenching pull the Doctor ripped the entire control console top off and reaching in and pulled a round metallic globe with a glowing core. 'There you are the heart of the void machine. Invented by the Master, used by the Daleks to sabotage and ultimately see the downfall of Elysium...now I'm gonna us it to send every last stinking Dalek in Davros's fleet straight to hell!'

For a brief moment as he passed her body, the Doctor thought about taking her with him. But he knew the truth all too well. She was too young and the Academy had conscripted her into the war before she had reached maturity. If she had been of age her body would have automatically initiated the regenerative process and she would be like him right now.

A new person.

As the Doctor entered the TARDIS he could only think about how thankful he was that she would never see him as he was about to become. When he walked into the punk steam engine style control room with its chrome and wood finish he stopped.

'Definitely gonna have to do something about this.'

The Doctor ran to a console on the main control area and began plugging and sonic screwing things into place. When he was finished he patted the central column.

'Don't worry old girl, it's me.'

Running around the room he pulled levers and twirled wheels and even pumped on a bicycle pump for a few seconds. Then the central column came to life as the TARDIS began its flight through space and time.

Not too far away the Dalek command ship inspected the devastation. The Supreme Dalek gloated, 'It would seem that you were wrong Davros!'

'Beware the sin of pride Supreme Dalek.' Davros said.

With a smugness that belied the Supreme Dalek's true nature, it said, 'You built us with no such superstitions.'

Suddenly lights began to blare as the nearest Dalek drone spun to face the Supreme Dalek and Davros. 'TARDIS detected! TARDIS detected!'

Davros gave a simple, 'Ah...'

But the Supreme Dalek was not impressed, 'One lone TARDIS is no concern...EXTER--'

'I beg your pardon Supreme Dalek,' the drone interrupted, 'but sensors indicate that this is the Doctor's TARDIS.'

'IMPOSSIBLE!' the Supreme Dalek boomed, 'The Doc-tor lives!?'

Davros chortled, 'It would seem our celebration was premature. On screen!'

The holographic display unfolded in mid air to reveal a small spinning blue box which materialized in space. The box stopped spinning and one of the doors opened to reveal a tall man in a tailed suit. He had a thinning hair line, big nose and large ears, but the gleam in his eye was unmistakable.

At last, Davros spoke, 'It is the Doctor!'

The Supreme Dalek bellowed, 'Launch all forward temporal torpedoes! Blast him out of time! EXTERMINATE THE DOCTOR!'

But before any of the Daleks on deck could move the Doctor spoke. 'HOLD IT! Did you actually think that I was here to negotiate, or offer you surrender? Is that what you were expecting? WRONG! You see I've regenerated and each regeneration is like a new pair of pants, you try and get the knack of it quickly...well right now I have something to say to you!'

There was a moment of silence before the Supreme Dalek must have realized everyone was waiting on his response, 'Speak!'

'You already exterminated me.' The Doctor said, 'Now, it's my turn to EXTERMINATE YOU!!'

The Doctor lifted his sonic screwdriver and pressed the button causing the tip to glow blue.

'A sonic probe?' The Supreme Dalek asked, 'What good is that against the fourth Dalek fleet?'

'What this?' The Doctor asked coyly, 'No good at all, except as a remote, for that!'

The light at the top of the TARDIS glowed bright then a blast of energy shot from it and erupted into a giant black hole.

The Supreme Dalek backed up, 'Analysis!'

A Dalek soldier swiveled around to face the Supreme Dalek and Davros, 'The resulting cascade is not negatively charged but rather is inversely polarized neutrinos.'

Davros just cackled, 'That is no simple black hole, it's a sucking maw into the void!'

'That's right!' the Doctor proclaimed, 'Enjoy your victory...because it's the last one you're ever gonna get!'

The Doctor closed the door of the TARDIS and sank down and wept. He wept for Appolaita, he wept for Elysium, but most of all he wept for his won personal betrayal. He had become the one thing he had sworn never to become. Now he had to live with it, for a very long time.

X X X X

Back in what remained of the Elysium facility, Prophet struggled to make it through to fallen debris and crushed buildings. He had to reach the special section. It was the only way he had a chance at survival. He knew what was coming next. At last he reached a small door marked "Habitat Ring". Placing his code in the door the door opened slightly. The Prophet slipped his hand in and pushed with all his might and the door opened with a grown. At his presence the lights started to flicker on and the room was enormous. It was the only facility of its kind. On most Time Lord controlled research worlds, there was at least one grow house for TARDIS's, but Elysium was one of the few that experimented with the technology in the hopes of improving on them. One such improvement was the TARDIS Type 102, a humanoid, sentient TARDIS with immense power. What few knew was that Prophet had been preparing his own TARDIS for this very day. He called it, the Type 103. Depressing a button on his sonic remote a hidden portion of wall slid aside to reveal a workstation.

At the center of the station was a female body suspended in a capsule. The Prophet simply said, 'Hello Tara.'

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