21
"Here we are! Where ever here is," Doctor ran down the stairs and opened the doors. "Huh we seem to be in a block of flats." Turning to look at Phil who was pulling on a dry jacket she quickly walked down the stairs to stand next to him.
"A block of flats? Whatever they want, is going to be in here? This seems like a very strange place for a piece of alien-whatever to be."
"I know what you mean, but it could be weirder," Doctor said while ushering her out, Phil walked out of the TARDIS and looked around. "Could be somewhere else like...a bakery?"
"I think that'd make this moment funny."
"And face it that's not a good thing because there's nothing funny about this." Doctor paused to walk down the corridor, pulling out the screwdriver he scanned the area around them. So far there was nothing irregular. "Or about them being here."
"How are they able to be here?"
"Phil I told you to stop linking!"
"No no I'm not honestly! This is information from a third party." She said while quickly walking to walk beside him. Doctor lowered the screwdriver and looked at her, she smiled and gave her head a quick tap.
"How nice of sexy to help you out now." Doctor said while taking to scanning the corridor again, "Why now out of the other times? Well granted she helped when we broke into that building, that would have been right before you fainted." Doctor paused, "But the answer to your question is I don't know. They are one of few things I don't understand, ok that's a lie I understand them very well to a certain point. They always manage to find a way to be." Doctor looked down at her, Phil looked up at him and nodded.
"That's annoying."
"Ha! See! I told you! I told you you'd find them annoying! The persistence they have is incredibly annoying, but then again they are soldiers, all soldiers have to be persistent."
"They're soldiers?"
"Yeah you see, the Daleks were one of the things to get created by a long war between the Kaled and Thal races. A man named Davros created them." Doctor said in a rather monotone voice, he spoke the name of the man slightly bitterly but Phil didn't want to comment. She just pinned it down to the 'long list' of things that they've done in the past, that's also including their creator.
"So," Phil and Doctor turned the corner and received weird looks from a couple who were just about to enter the apartment. Phil stopped and stood stock still, Doctor frowned and looked from the couple. Who were equally looking at the two of them with wide eyes and then to Phil who just looked shocked. Eventually though the man laughed nervously and ushered his girlfriend or wife into the apartment.
"You never finished your sentence Phil, in fact you hardly started it."
"Oh erm...what?" She said confused and looked up at him with confused eyes, tapping her on the head with the screwdriver he shook his head.
"I think you freaked those two out." Doctor laughed and dragged her down the corridor and past the door that the couple went through.
"What? Me? How about you! You're the one with the freaky torch!" Phil said while trying not to laugh, Doctor looked at her mock hurt.
"Torch? We've been through this! It isn't a torch!"
"Although one had the ability to be one."
"Oh alright I see where you're going with this!" Doctor rolled his eyes and then looked at her seriously. "Who were they?"
"Who?"
"The people, you don't just look at people you don't know like that."
"If I tell you I don't think you'd believe me."
"Seriously? I think that's my line for most things which happen." Doctor lifted up the screwdriver again and started to scan the corridor. Phil walked behind him trying to think up the right words, rolling her hand in his direction she opened her mouth to say something only to shut it again.
"They were my parents."
Doctor stopped scanning and slowly turned to look at her, she was standing there nodding slowly. With a serious expression he looked to the door they entered through and then back to her. Waving the screwdriver in her direction he waved it at the door.
"Your parents? Oh please don't tell me you have the intention on trying to talk to them? You may not know but doing that makes things very complicated. Very complicated and very awkward."
"I don't." Her answer made him sigh happily, "I have the intention however," she walked past him, Doctor looked up with a hesitant expression. "On finding whatever the Daleks are after."
Giving her a smile he nodded, "I agree but this is bad Phil. Your parents are in the same building where something alien is. It seems like even your parents lives were not completely normal. Did you grow up here?"
"Yeah I believe so." She paused, "I recognize the park," she pointed over the balcony at the park outside. "This building is demolished now. I think there's a train station here now where this used to be."
"We must hurry Phil! No time to spare get your running shoes, or in your case, boots on and come on!" Doctor ran down the hallway with her trailing behind him.
"Why the sudden urgency?"
"Your parents are here Phil! The item in question is alien and the Daleks are here, as if that isn't enough of a problem they will come here for whatever the item is. They will kill people in need for this item, if your parents die here you will never have existed." Doctor explained, Phil almost tripped over his words yet caught herself in mid fall and sprinted forward to run beside him.
"Never?"
"Never ever."
"Like...would I just disappear?"
"Gradually yes," Doctor looked at her and then skidded to a halt outside of a door which was making the screwdriver go haywire.