Chapter 27.
(Harry POV)
We landed again in the Tardis and then Martha, Dad and I headed out.
"Where are we?" Martha said.
"Ahh, Smell that Atlantic Breeze," Dad said. "Nice and cold, lovely, Martha, Harry have you met my friend?"
"Is that. Oh my god, that's the Statue of Liberty," Martha said.
"Gateway to the New world," Dad said. "Give me your tired, Your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,"
"That's so brilliant, I've always wanted to go to New York, I mean the real New York, Not the New, new, new one," Martha said.
"Well, there's the genuine article, So good they named it twice, Mind you, it was New Amsterdam, Originally," Dad said. "Harder to say it twice no wonder it didn't catch on, Newamsterdam Newamsterdam,"
"Wonder what year it is? Cos look the Empire State Building, it's not even finished yet," Martha said as I found a news paper.
"Work in progress," Dad said. "They'll still got a couple of floors to go and If I know my history that makes the Date somewhere around,"
"Nov 1st 1930," I said.
"Yeah," Dad said.
"Nearly 80 years ago," Martha said. "It's funny cos you see those newsreels, all in black and white like it's so far away, But here we are, It's real, It's now,"
"It's the reason I keep going," I said pulling Martha against me.
"I can see why," Martha said against me.
"Come on then, Where do you wanna go first," I said.
"I think our detour just got longer," Dad said.
"Hooverville Mystery Deepens, What's Hooverville?" Martha said.
As we got to the Park.
"Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the USA, Come to power a year ago, Up till then, New York was a boomtown, The roaring twenties, and then," Dad said.
"The Wall Street Crash, Yeah?" Martha said.
"That was 1929," I said.
"The Whole economy wiped out overnight, Thousands of people unemployed," Dad said. "All of a sudden, the huddled masses doubled in number with nowhere to go, so they ended up here in Central Park,"
"What they actually live in the Park?" Martha said. "In the middle of the city,"
Then we got there and I pulled Martha closer to me.
"Ordinary People, Lost their Jobs, Couldn't pay the rent they lost everything, There are places like this all over America, and no one's helping them, You only come to Hooverville when there's nowhere else to go," Dad said.
Then 2 of them got into a Fight before someone came and stopped it.
"That's enough, Did you take it," He said.
"I don't know what happened he just went crazy," One of them said as the other went to attack the other.
"That's Enough, Now, think real careful before you lie to me," He said.
"I'm starving, Solomon," He said.
"We all starving, and we all got family somewhere," Solomon said breaking it in half. Passing both of them a piece. "No stealing and No fighting. You know the Rules, 13 Years ago, I fought in the Great War, A lot of us did, and the only reason we got through was because we stuck together, No matter how bad things get, we still act like Human beings, It's all we got,"
"Come on," Dad said. "I suppose that makes you the boss around here?"
"And, er, who might you be," Solomon said.
"He's the Doctor, This is Martha and I'm Harry," I said.
"A doctor, Well, we got stockbrokers, Lawyer, but you're the first doctor, The neighbourhood gets classier by the day," Solomon said.
"How many people live here," Martha said.
"Any one time Hundreds," Solomon said. "No place else to go, But I will say this about Hooverville, We're a truly equal society, Black, White, All the same, All Starving, So you're welcome, All 3 of you, But tell me Doctor, You're a man of learning right, Explain this to me, That there is going to be the tallest building in the world, How come they can do that, and we've got people starving in the heart of Manhattan," Then walked off.
I pulled Martha closer to me again.
XXX
"So, men going missing, is this true?" I said. Showing the paper.
"It's true all right," Solomon said. Then Brought us in.
"But what does missing mean? People must come and go here all the time, It's not like anyone keeps a register," I said.
"Come on in," Solomon said.
As we fully came in and Sat down Next to Martha.
"This is different," Solomon said.
"In what way?" Martha said.
"Someone takes them," Solomon said.
"How do you know that and when?" I said.
"At night, We hear something, someone calls out for help, By the time we get there, They're gone," Solomon said.
"Like they've vanished into thin air," I said.
"Yes," Solomon said.
"And you're sure someone's taking them?" Dad said.
"Doctor, When you've got next to nothing, you hold on to the little you got, A knife, A Blanket, you take it with you," Solomon said. "You don't leave bread uneaten a fire still burning,"
"So that's all you find," I said and Solomon nodded. "And the Police don't give a shit,"
"Yeah, We tried that, Another deadbeat goes missing, big deal," Solomon said.
"So no one give a shit," I said. "So who's taking them and what for?"
"Solomon! Mr Diagoras is here," Someone came in.
Then we went out.
"I need Men, Volunteers, I've got a little work for you," Diagoras said. "And you sure look like you could use the money,"
"What is the Money," The Same kid said.
"A dollar a day," Diagoras said.
"What's the work?" Solomon said.
"A Little trip down the sewers, Got a tunnel collapsed, needs clearing and fixing any takers?" Diagoras said.
"Dollar a day, Slave wage," Solomon said. "And Men don't always come back up, do they,"
"Accidents happen," Diagoras said.
"What sort of accidents?" I said.
"You don't need the work, that's fine anybody else?" Diagoras said. "Enough with the questions,"
"Ah, no, no, no, I'm volunteering," Dad said. "I'll go," Then looks at us.
"I'll kill you for this," Martha said.
"Don't worry, I'm not letting anything happen if I can help it," I said. Then the kid and Solomon did.
Then we got there and were given equipment.
"Turn left, go about half a mile, follow tunnel 273, The fall's right ahead of you, you can't miss it," Diagoras said.
"When do we get our Dollar?" He said.
"When you come back up," Diagoras said.
"And if we don't come back up?" Dad said.
"Then I've got no one to pay," Diagoras said.
"Don't worry, We'll be back," Solomon said.
"Let's hope so," Martha said.
Then we started going and the kid was about to get close to Martha and I went over and pulled her closer to me.
"So what about you Frank?" Martha said. "You're not from around these parts, are you?"
"You can talk," Frank said. "No, I'm Tennessee born and bred,"
"So how come you're here?" I said.
"Oh, my Daddy died, Momma couldn't afford to feed us all, So I'm the oldest, up to me to feed myself, So I put on my Coat, hitched up here on the railroads, There's a whole lot of runaways in the camp, Younger than me, from all over, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Solomon Keeps a look out for us," Frank said. "So what about you? You're a long way from home,"
"Yeah, We're just a hitcher too," I said.
"This Diagoras bloke, who is he," Dad said.
"Couple of months ago, he was just another foreman, now seems like he's running most of Manhattan," Solomon said.
"How'd he managed that then," Dad said.
"These are strange times," Solomon said. "A man can go from being the kind of the hill to the lowest of the low overnight, Guess for some folks it works the other way round,"
"Whoa," Dad said as we found something green on the ground.
"is it radioactive or something," Martha said. "It's gone off whatever it is,"
"And you have to pick it up," I said.
"Shine your touch through it," Dad said.
"Composite organic matter, Martha, Harry, Medical option," Dad said.
"Not human," I said.
"No, It's not," Dad said.
"Hold on I'll tell you something else, We must be at least half a mile in, I don't see any signs of a collapse do you, So why did Diagoras send us here," I said.
"Where are we now, What's up above," Martha said.
"We're right underneath Manhattan," I said.
"We're way beyond half a mile, there's no collapse Nothing," Solomon said.
"That Diagoras bloke was he lying?" Martha said.
"Looks like it," Dad said.
"So why did he want people to come down here?" Frank said.
"Because it's him what is making people go missing," I said. "Solomon, Take Yourself and Frank back, We'll be quicker on our own,"
Then there was squealing which made me get my Phaser out.
"What the hell was that?" Solomon said.
"Hello," Frank said.
"Ssh," I said.
"What if it's one of the folks gone missing?" Frank said. "You'd be scared half mad down here on your own,"
"You think they're still alive," Dad said.
"Heck, we ain't seen no bodies down here, maybe they just got lost," Frank said.
"I never heard nobody make a sound like that," Solomon said.
"Where's it's coming from?" Frank said. "It sounds like there's more than one of them,"
"This way," Dad said.
"No That way," Solomon said.
"Harry," Martha whispered right next to me then I turned to see it.
"Dad," I said.
"Who are you?" Solomon said.
"Are you lost?" Frank said. "Can you understand me? I've been thinking about folk lost down here,"
"It's all right, Frank, just stay back, let me have a look," Dad said.
"He's got a point though, my mate Frank," Dad said. "I would hate to be stuck down here all on my own, But we know the way out, Daylight, If you come with us, Oh, But what are you?"
"Is that, some kinda carnival mask," Solomon said.
"No, It's real," Dad said. "I'm sorry but listen to me, I promise I can help. Who did this to you?" As more showed up.
"Dad, We got company," I said.
"Actually, Good point," Dad said as they followed him.
"They're following you," Martha said.
"Yeah, I noticed that thanks, Right then Martha, Frank, Solomon, Harry," Dad said.
"Did you guys see a ladder?" I said.
"No," Frank said.
"Then Basically, RUN!" I said as we started running as they were following us till we found a Ladder which dad opened it and I got through as did Martha, Dad and Solomon, But they grabbed Frank.
"Frank," Solomon said.
"No," Dad said.
Then We pulled them back and locked it.
"We can't go after him," Solomon said.
"I've got to go back down, We can't leave him," Dad said.
"No, I'm not losing anybody else, Those creatures were from hell, from hell itself, If we go after him, They'll take us all, There's nothing we can do, I'm sorry," Solomon said.
"You okay?" I said as Martha hugged into me.
"Am now," Martha said.
"All right then, Put them up," This girl came out saying. "Hands in the air and no funny business," As I kept my arms around Martha.
"Now tell me, you shmucks, What have you done with Laszlo?" She said.
"Who's Laszlo?" Martha said.
"Laszlo's my boyfriend, He was my boyfriend until he disappeared 2 weeks ago, No letter, no goodbye, no nothing, and I'm not stupid, I know some guys are just pigs, but not my Laszlo, I mean what kind of man asks you to meet his mon before he vamooses?" She said.
"Hold about you put that down, I can tell its a prop from here," I said.
"Fine, It was either that or a spear," She said.
"What do you think happened to Laszlo?" Martha said.
"I wish I knew, One minute he's there, the next zip. vanished," She said.
"Listen, Em, what was your name?" Dad said.
"Tallulah," Tallulah said.
"Tallulah," Dad said. "um, we can try and find Laszlo but he's not the only one,"
"There are people disappearing every night," I said.
"And there are creatures," Solomon said. "Such creatures,"
"What do you mean, Creatures," Tallulah said.
"Look, listen, just trust me, everyone is in danger, I need to find out exactly what this is," Dad said Pulling out the brain. "Because then, I'll know exactly what we're fighting,"
Then Dad took off.
"I'm going to help him," I said.
"Be careful," Martha said.
"You too," I said kissing her before I headed after Dad.
Where we were starting to get things for Dad.
"How about this, Found it backstage," Solomon said.
"Perfect," Dad said. "It's the capacitors I need, I'm just rigging up a crude little DNA scan for this beastie, If I can get a chromosomal reading,"
"Then we can find out where it's from and who we're fighting," I said.
"How about you 2, Where are you from? I been all over, I never heard anybody talk like you both," Solomon said. "Just exactly who are you?"
"We're just sort of, Passing by," Dad said.
"I'm not a fool, Doctor," Solomon said.
"No, Sorry," Dad said.
"I was scared, Doctor. I let them take Frank cos, I was just so scared," Solomon said. "I got to get back to Hooverville, With these creatures on the loose we gotta protect ourselves, Cos no one else is gonna help us,"
"Good luck," I said.
"I hope you both find what you're looking for, for all our sakes," Solomon said.
"Us too," I said.
Then Solomon left as Dad and I kept going managed to get it ready.
"Alright let's heat this up," Dad said.
"How long can this take," I said.
"Hopefully we get an answer fast," Dad said.
"Any idea what can do this," I said.
"No," Dad said.
"What have we then?" I said.
"This is artificial, Genetically Engineered, Whoever this is ohh, you're clever," Dad said.
"But then who?" I said.
"Fundamental DNA type 467-989," Dad said.
"Did you tell that 989 means planet of origin," I said.
"Yes, No, Skaro," Dad said.
"Skaro, That's, The Daleks," I said.
"Yes," Dad said.
Then we took off. I was trying to find Martha but ran into Tallulah.
"Tallulah, Where's Martha, Where is she?" I said.
"I don't know she ran off the stage," Tallulah said.
Then there was a scream.
"MARTHA!" I said running towards it but the top of the man hole was open.
"They took her," Dad said. Putting on his coat,
Then I went down and brought out my phaser and set it on Max Kill.
"Wow, what you doing with that," Dad said.
"It's Daleks, What else is it going for?" I said.
"Who's taken her?" Tallulah said.
"No, no, no, no way, You're not coming," Dad said.
"Tell me what's going on," Tallulah said.
"There's nothing you can do, go back," I said.
"Whoever's taken Martha, They could have taken Laszlo, couldn't they?" Tallulah said.
"Tallulah you're not safe down here," Dad said.
Then That's my problem," Tallulah said. "Come on, Which way?"
"This way," Dad said. As we started to go through.
"When you say they've taken her, who's they exactly," Tallulah said. "and who are you anyway? I never asked.
"Shh," I said.
"Ok, Ok," Tallulah said.
"Shut it," I said.
Then we saw a shadow which looked like a Dalek and Dad pulled Tallulah into a side bit with his hand over her mouth as I got next to them. And we saw a Dalek go by.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no," Dad said.
"They Survived," I said.
"They survive, they always survive, while I lose everything," Dad said.
"That metal thing, What was it?" Tallulah said.
"It's called a Dalek," Dad said. "And it's not just metal, it's alive,"
"You're kidding me," Tallulah said.
"Do we look like we're kidding," I said.
"Inside that shell, there's a creature, born to hate, Who's only thought is to destroy everything and everyone that isn't a Dalek too," Dad said.
"That thing won't won't stop until it's killed every human being alive," I said.
"But if that's not a human being, that kinda implies it's from outer space," Tallulah said. "Yet again, that's a no with the kidding, Oi, but what is it doing here in New York,"
"Don't know, But we need stop these things once and for all," I said.
Then We started going back.
"Every second you're here you're in Danger, We're taking you back right now," I said.
Then Tallulah screamed. It was one of them.
"Where is she? Where's Martha, What have you done with her?" I said. "I said, what have you done with Martha?"
"I didn't take her," He said.
"Can you remember your name?" Dad said.
"Don't look at me," he said.
"Do you know where she is?" Tallulah said.
"Stay back don't look at me," He said.
"What happened to you?" Dad said.
"They made me a monster," He said.
"Who did," Dad said.
"The masters," He said.
"The Daleks, Why," I said.
"They needed slaves, they needed slaves to steal more people so they created us, Part animal, Part human, I escaped before they got my mind," He said. "But it was still too late,"
"What happened to Martha," I said.
"They took her, It's my fault she was following me," He said.
"Were you in the theatre?" Tallulah said.
"I never," he said. "Yes,"
"Why?" Tallulah said.
"I never wanted you to see me like this," He said.
"Who are you?" Tallulah said.
"I was lonely," He said.
"Who are you?" Tallulah said.
"I needed to see you," He said.
"Who are you?" Tallulah said.
"I'm sorry," He said starting to walk away.
"No wait, Let me look at you, Laszlo? My Laszlo?" Tallulah said.
"I'm sorry," Laszlo said.
"Laszlo can you show us where they are?" I said.
"But they'll kill you," Laszlo said.
"If we don't stop them, they'll kill everyone," I said.
"Then follow me," Laszlo said.
Then we started heading where saw 2 Daleks.
"What the hell is that?" Martha said.
"Martha," I said. "What are they doing?"
"The Dalekenium is in place. The Energy Conductor is now complete," One of the Daleks said.
"They are sorted into to 2 group High Intelligence, and low intelligence. The Low intelligence are taken to become Pig slaves like me," Laszlo said.
"That's not fair," Tallulah said.
"Sh," Dad said.
"And the others?" I said.
"They are taken to the laboratory," Laszlo said.
"But why what for," Dad said.
"I don't know, They only call it the Final Experiment," Laszlo said.
"Prisoners of High intelligence will be taken to the Transgenic laboratory," It said then it started moving.
"Doctor, Harry Quickly," Laszlo said.
"I'm not going anywhere without her," I said.
"I'm not coming, I've got an idea, you go," Dad said.
Then as they were passing I managed to sneak in next to Martha.
"Keep walking," I said.
"I am so glad to see you," Martha said.
"You can kiss all you want later," I said.
"You too Frank if you want," Dad said.
"What are they?" Martha said.
"Daleks, They were there in the middle of the Battle of Canary wharf. They and Cybermen were fighting each other. Killing another else in the middle of it," I said.
"Report," It said.
"Dalek Sec is entering the final stage of Evolution," Another one said.
"The Cult of Skaro," I said.
"What," Martha said.
"Cult of Skaro were the only Daleks ever given names, Sec there, the one Black, He's the leader," I said.
"Scan him, Prepare for birth," One of them said.
"Evolution?" Dad said.
"Whats wrong with old Charlie Boy over there?" Martha said.
"Ask them," Dad said.
"What? Me don't be daft," Martha said.
"We don't want to get noticed, Ask them what's going on," I said.
"Daleks I demand to be told what is this final Experiment? report," Martha said.
"You will bear witness," It said.
"To what?" Martha said.
"This is the dawn of a new age," It said.
"What does that mean?" Martha said.
"We are the only 4 Daleks in existence, So the species must evolve, A life outside the shell, The children of Skaro must walk again," It said.
Then Sec powered down and Something walked out.
"What is it?" Martha said grabbing me.
"I am a human Dalek, I am your future," Sec said. "These humans, will become like me, Prepare them for hybridisation,"
Then Music starts playing.
"What is that sound?" Sec said.
"Ah, well now that would be me, Hello surprise, Boo, Et cetera," Dad said.
"Doctor?" Sec said.
"The Enemy of the Daleks," It said.
"Try it Dalek what every your name is and I'll blow you to hell," I said.
"Wait," Sec said.
"Well, then A new form of Dalek, Fascinating, And very clever," Dad said.
"The Cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter," Sec said.
"Shame, Should of just died," I said.
"How did you end up in 1930?" Dad said.
"Emergency Temporal Shift," Sec said.
"oh, oh, That must've roasted up your power cells, yeah? Time was, 4 Daleks could've conquered the world," Dad said. "But instead, you're skulking away, hidden in the dark, Experimenting, All of which results in you,"
"I am Dalek in human form," Sec said. As I made my way towards Martha.
"But what does it feel like?" Dad said. "You can talk to me, Dalek Sec, it is Dalek Sec, Isn't it, That's your name, You have a name and mind of your own, Tell me what you're thinking, right now,"
"I feel, Humanity," Sec said.
"Good, that's good," Dad said.
"I feel everything we wanted from Mankind," Sec said. "Which is, Ambition, Hatred, Aggression and war. Such a genius for war,"
"No, That's not what Humanity means," Dad said.
"I think it does," Sec said. "At heart, this species is so very Dalek,"
"Right, So what have you achieved, then, with this final Experiment, eh?" Dad said. "Nothing, Cos I can show what you're missing, With this thing, a simple little radio,"
"What is the purpose of that device," It said.
"Well, exactly, It plays music! What's the point of that?" Dad said. "Oh, with music, you can dance to it, Sing with it, Fall in love to it," Then looked at me.
"Be ready," I whispered to Martha.
"Unless you're a Dalek of course, Then it's all just noise," Dad said. Making the Radio go mad.
"RUN!" I said as we all headed out and found Tallulah.
"And you Tallulah, Run," Dad said.
"What's happened to Laszlo?" Tallulah said.
"Never mind that run," I said.
Then we found a ladder.
"Come on, Everyone up, Come on, Come on," Dad said.
Then we go to headed to Hooverville to talk with Solomon.
"These Daleks, They sound like the stuff of Nightmares, and they want to breed?" Solomon said.
"They're splicing themselves on to human bodies, They've a farm of breeding stock right here, you've got to get out," Dad said.
"Hooverville's the lowest place to go, There's no where else," Solomon said.
"I'm sorry Solomon, But you've got to scatter, Go anywhere, Get on to the railroads travel across state, just get out of New York," Dad said.
"There's got to be a way to reason with them," Solomon said.
"No Chance," I said.
"You ain't seen them boss," Frank said.
"Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now, they're vulnerable, That makes them more dangerous than ever," I said.
Then there were whistle blew.
"They're coming, They're coming," Someone was shouting.
"A Sentry must have seen something," Solomon said.
"It's started," I said.
"They're here, I've seen them, monsters," Someone said.
"We're under attack, Everyone to arms," Solomon said.
As I pulled Martha close to me as I got my Phaser out.
"Stay next to me," I said.
"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere," Martha said.
"Come Back, We've got to stick together," Solomon said. "It's not safe out there, Come back,"
"We need to get out of the park," Martha said.
"We can't They're on all sides," Dad said. "They're driving everyone here,"
"We're trapped," Tallulah said.
"Then we stand together," Solomon said. "Gather round, Everybody come to me, They can't take all of us,"
"If we can hold them off till daylight," Martha said.
"Oh, Martha they're just the foot soldiers," Dad said.
As I saw a Dalek Flying towards us.
"What in this world," Someone said.
"It's the devil, A Devil in the sky," Someone else said. "God save us all, It's damnation,"
"Oh yeah, we'll see about that," Frank said. Shooting it.
"No, Frank, that's not gonna work," I said.
"There's more than one of them," Martha said.
As they attack. Then just stopped.
"The Humans will surrender," It said.
"Let them alone they've done nothing to you," Dad said.
Then Solomon started to move.
"No Solomon, Don't," I said.
"Solomon, stay back," Dad said.
"I'm told that I'm addressing the Daleks, Is that right?" Solomon said. "From what I hear, you're outcasts too,"
"Solomon, Don't," Dad said.
"Doctor, this is my township, You will respect my authority," Solomon said.
"Solomon Don't They can't be reasoned with," I said.
"Just let me try," Solomon said. "Daleks, ain't we the same, underneath ain't we all kin? Cos you see, I've just discovered this past day, That god's universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was, And that scares me, Yeah, Right down to the bone, But surely it's got to give me hope, Hope that someday, maybe together, we can make a better tomorrow, So I beg you now, If you have any compassion in your hearts, then you'll meet with us and stop this fight, So Daleks what you say,"
"Exterminate," It said as it just shot him.
"They killed him, They just shot him on the spot," Martha said.
"Daleks," I said.
"Alright so it's my turn, Then kill me, Kill me, if it'll stop you attacking these people," Dad said.
"I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemy," It said. "Extermina, I do not understand, It is the Doctor,"
"What the hell," I said.
"What?" Martha said.
"Daleks, Have never their minds, Ever," I said.
"The Urge to kill is too strong, I obey," It said.
"What's going on?" Dad said.
"You will follow," It said.
"No, You can't, It could still be a trap," I said.
"I've got to go, The Daleks, just changed their minds, Daleks never change their minds, Harry," Dad said.
"But what about us?" Martha said.
"One condition, If I come with you, you spare the lives of Everyone here, Do you hear me?" Dad said.
"Humans will be spared, Doctor Follow," It said.
"Then I'm coming with you," I said.
"No, You and Martha stay here, Do what you do best, People are hurt you can help them, Let me go," Dad said. "oh and, See you later," After he passed his physic Paper.
"What is that?" Martha said.
"Physic Paper," I said.
"But for what?" Martha said.
"I don't know yet," I said.
Then Martha started helping them.
"So what about us? What do we do now?" Tallulah said.
"Dad gave me this, But what for?" I said.
"What's that for?" Tallulah said.
"It gets you into places Building and things, But what," I said.
"Wait what about Frank? He may know," Martha said.
"Come on," I said.
Then we found Frank.
"Wait a minute, Down in the sewers, The Daleks mentioned this energy conductor," Martha said.
"Dalekenium, They said it was in place," I said.
"In place where?" Tallulah said.
"Frank," I said.
"hmm?" Frank said.
"That Mr Diagoras he was some sort of fixer yeah," I said.
"Get you jobs all over town?" Martha said.
"He could find a profit anywhere," Frank said.
"But where, Though, What sorts of things," I said.
"You name it, We were all so desperate for work, you'd just hope Diagoras would pick you for something good, Building work, That pays the best," Frank said.
"Where, What sort of building work?" I said.
"Mainly building that," Frank said.
"The Empire State Building. Of course, It going one of highest on Earth," I said.
"So What does that mean the Daleks?" Martha said.
"The Daleks, Something big, Something they can only get from out high. Wait, Solar flare," I said.
"What?" Martha said.
"There is going to be a massive Solar Flare," I said.
"Then Dalekenium," Martha said.
"An energy conductor, The Daleks needs energy but for what," I said.
"So what do we do," Martha said.
"Let's get moving," I said.
"Where?" Tallulah said.
"There," I said As we headed for the Empire State Building and got passed the Guards with the Physic paper. Then Got into the lift and headed up for a far as it can go.
"How come those guys just let us through, How does that thing work?" Tallulah said.
"Psychic Paper, Show them whatever I want them to think, According to this, we're 3 Engineers and an Architect," I said.
Then We reached the top.
"Look at this Place, Top of the world," Tallulah said.
"Ok, Harry," Martha said.
"Now things are looking up," I said As I went over to the Plans.
"Hey, look at the date, These designs were issued today," Frank said.
"The Daleks changed something last minute," I said.
"The ones underneath that was before, Whatever they must be on this top sheet but not here," Martha said.
"Okay, Let's check one against the other see what has changed," I said.
"The Height of this place, This is amazing," Tallulah said.
"Careful, We're a hundred floors up don't wander off," Martha said.
"I just wanna see," Tallulah said.
"Let's get to work," I said.
As we got all of them down on the ground where we started looking.
"Harry, What was Dalekenium again," Martha said.
"Energy conductor," I said.
"I'll go, and keep an eye out make sure we're safe here, Don't want nobody butting in," Frank said.
"There's hell of a storm moving in," Tallulah said.
"What does that mean?" Martha said.
"The Solar Flare about to happened," I said. "Of course, Here give me the one before the one they changed,"
"Here," Martha said.
"Now put the from today next to it," I said.
Then I looked at it.
"There," I said.
"What?" Martha said.
"Right at the top. The Dalekenium is there, On the mast," I said.
"Okay so we found it now what," Martha said.
"I don't know," I said. "But we found it, Now just what to do with it,"
"But," Martha said.
"Dad well get here, Martha, He always has, Right now, All we can do is wait," I said.
Then the lift started up.
"The Lift," Martha said.
"It's coming up," I said. "Everyone else back over there," As I pointed the desks. As I pulled out my Phaser Then took cover next to Martha.
"What is coming," Martha said.
"No Idea, Could be Dad or the Daleks," I said.
Then It got here and opened and It was Dad and Laszlo.
"Dad," I said. "Never though I'd be glad to see you,"
"Me too," Dad said.
"We found the Dalekenium right on top of the Mass," I said.
"And it's good to see you too by the way," Martha said.
"Oh, come here," Dad said the the lift. "No, See, never waste time with a hug,"
"It's going back down to the Daleks," I said.
"Deadlock seal, I can stop it," Dad said.
"They won't leave us alone," I said.
"What's the Time," Dad said.
"11.15. 6 minutes to go," I said.
"I must remove the Dalekenium before the Gamma Radiation hits," Dad said.
"Gamma Radiation What's that?" Tallulah said.
Then Martha Ran with Dad to the Roof.
"Oh that's high, That's very blimey, That's high," Dad said.
"And we got to go Higher, The Dalekenium all the way up there on the mast. We need to get it off," I said.
"That's not we, That's just me," Dad said.
"I'm not gonna just watch you," I said.
"No, you're gonna have your hands full anyway, Harry Martha you've got to fight," Dad said.
"Can Anything for those people," I said.
"No," Dad said.
"Fine," I said.
Setting my Phaser to kill.
"What you doing?" Martha said.
"Ending it for those people," I said.
"Kill them," Martha said.
"Yes, But quick," I said.
As the Lift came up.
"Here we go," I said.
"It's coming up," Martha said.
"I should've brought that gun," Frank said.
"Tallulah stay back, you too, Pig slaves are trained to Kill," Laszlo said.
"We're not going anywhere," I said.
"They're savages, They're trained to slit your throat with their bare teeth," Laszlo said.
Then He falls down.
"Laszlo, What is it?" Tallulah said.
"Nah, It's nothing, I'm fine, Just leave me," Laszlo said.
"Oh, honey, you're burning up. What' wrong with you, Tell me," Tallulah said.
"One man down, We ain't even started yet," Frank said.
Then there was a lightening strike.
"Wait, Lightening," Martha said.
"Let's do," I said as we got it set up.
"What are you clowns doing?" Tallulah said.
"This place is gonna get hit, A great big bolt of lightening," Martha said.
"We connect this to the lift and they get zapped with electricity, Kill them dead," I said.
"oh my god that could work," Tallulah said.
"Then give us a hand," Frank said.
As we managed to finish it.
"Is that gonna work," Tallulah said.
"Yes," I said.
"I got it piped up to the scaffolding outside," Frank said.
"Come here, sit in the middle and don't touch anything metal," I said. Putting my Phaser away.
"Ok," Frank said.
As I pulled Martha into me as close as I could.
Then the lift made it but at the same time did the lightening. Killing them.
"Yes," I said.
"It work," Frank said.
"Those were people and I killed them," Martha said.
"No Martha, The Daleks did," I said. "Dad," AS I ran up to find Dad but found his sonic halfway down.
Then Headed on up and found him on the floor.
"Dad, Wake up, Dad, Look what I found halfway down, You really are getting careless," I said.
"Oh my head," Dad said.
"Hey," I said.
"Hi, You survived," Dad said.
"Was there any doubt, But I couldn't help noticing that there was still Dalekenium on the mast," I said.
Then Dad got up and we manged to get back down.
"Okay Dad now what?" I said.
"The Daleks will have gone straight to war footing, using the sewers, Spreading soldier out underneath Manhattan," Dad said.
"How do we stop them?" I said.
"There's only one chance, I got in the way, That gamma strike went zapping through me first," Dad said.
"So we need to draw fire, Face them, Draw them out," I said.
"Where can I draw them out? I need a space somewhere safe, somewhere out of the way, Tallulah," Dad said. "The theatre's above them, Can you get us inside?"
"Don't see why not," Tallulah said.
"Is there another lift," Dad said.
"Service one, Let's go," I said as we go into it and went down.
Then We headed straight for Theatre and got into it Right into the main area.
"This should do it, here we go," Dad said.
"There ain't nothing more creepy than a theatre in the dark," Tallulah said. "Listen Doctor, I know you've got a thing for show tunes, but there's a time and a place,"
"Dad what are you doing?" I said.
"If the Daleks are at war, They'll want their #1 enemy, I'm just telling them where I am," Dad said. "Get you and Everyone else out,"
"There is no way I am leaving you," I said.
Then the doors opened and people walked in.
"Human's with Dalek DNA," Martha said.
"All right just stay calm, Don't antagonise them," Dad said.
"But where are the Dalek Masters?" Laszlo said.
Then there was a explosion as I grabbed Martha.
"Martha you okay?" I said.
"Yeah," Martha said.
"The Doctor will stand before the Daleks," It said. "You will die, Doctor, at the beginning of a new age,"
"Planet Earth will become New Skaro," Another one said.
"Oh, and what a world, With anything just the slightest but different ground into the dirt, That's Dalek Sec, Don't you remember? The Cleverest Dalek ever, look what you've done to him," Dad said. "Is that your new empire? Is that the foundation for a whole new civilisation?"
"My Daleks, Just understand this, If you choose death and destruction, Then Death and destruction will choose you," Sec said.
"Incorrect, We always survive," It said.
"Now we will destroy out greatest enemy, The Doctor," Another one said.
"But he can help you," Sec said.
"The Doctor must die," It said.
"No," Sec said. "I beg you, Don't,"
"Exterminate," It said then went to shot but Sec got into the road killing him instead.
"Your Own leader, The Only creature who might have led you out of the darkness and you destroyed him, Is that your new empire," Dad said. "Did you see what they did, huh, Did you see what a Dalek really is, If I'm gonna die, let's give the new boys a shot, What do you think, Eh, The Daleks humans, their first blood. Do on, Baptise them,"
"Dalek Humans take aim," It said.
"What are you waiting for Give the command," Dad said.
"Exterminate," It said. But they did nothing. "Exterminate, Obey, Dalek Humans will obey,"
"They're not firing," Martha said.
"What have you done," I said.
"You will obey," It said.
"But why?" He said.
"Daleks, Don't question orders," It said.
"But why?" He said.
"You will stop this," It said.
"But why?" He said.
"You must not question," It said.
"But you are not our Masters and we, We are not Daleks," He said.
"No, you're not and you never will be," Dad said. "Sorry, I got in the way of the lightening strike, Time Lord DNA got all mixed up, Just that little bit of freedom,"
"If they will not obey, Then they must die," It said.
"Get down," Dad said as one of them killed them and there started shooting till both were dead. "It's all right, It's all right, You did it, You're free,"
Then They all were grabbing their heads before falling onto the Ground.
"The hell," I said.
"No, They can't, They can't," Dad said.
"What happened?" Martha said.
"What was that?" I said.
"They killed them, Rather than let them live," Dad said. "An Entire species. Genocide,"
"Only two of the Daleks were here, There's still one," I said.
"Oh, Yes, in the Whole universe, Just one," Dad said.
"Then get rid of them for good," I said.
Then Dad just took off.
Then Laszlo fell again.
"What going on?" I said.
"His heart is racing," Martha said.
"What do we do?" Tallulah said.
"Let's get him down to Laboratory, Maybe Dad can do something," I said.
Then we went down there. Just in time to hear Dad.
"No," Dad said.
"Dad," I said.
"Doctor, He's sick," Martha said.
"His heart's racing like mad. I've never seen anything like it," I said.
"What is it? Doctor, What's the matter with him. He says he can't breathe, What is it?" Tallulah said.
"It's time, Sweetheart," Laszlo said.
"What do you mean, time, what are you talking about?" Tallulah said.
"None of the slaves survive for long, Most of them only lived for a few weeks, I was lucky, I held on cos I had you, But now, I'm Dying Tallulah," Laszlo said.
"No, you're not, Not now after all this, Doctor, Can't you do something?" Tallulah said.
"Oh Tallulah with 3 L's and an H, Just you watch me, What do I need? Oh, how about a great big genetic laboratory, Oh look I've got one, Laszlo just you hold on, There has been too many deaths todays, way too many people have died, Brand new creatures and wise old men and age-old enemies, And I'm telling you, I'm telling you right now, I am not having one more death, Have you got that? Not one, Tallulah out of the way, The Doctor is in," Dad said.
XXX
We were up near Hooverville where Frank just came back.
"Well, I talked to them, I told them what Solomon would've said, and I reckon I shamed one or two of them," Frank said.
"What did they say?" I said.
"They said Yes, They'll give you a home, Laszlo, I mean, er, Don't imagine, People ain't gonna stare, I can't promise you'll be at peace," Frank said. "But in the end that is what Hooverville is for, People who ain't got nowhere else,"
"Thank you, I can't than you enough," Laszlo said.
Then Dad, Martha and I headed back to the Tardis.
"Do you reckon it's gonna work? Those two?" Martha said.
"I don't know," Dad said. "Anywhere else in the universe, I might worry about them, But New York? That's what this city's good at, Give me your tired, Your poor, your huddled masses,"
"Maybe the odd Pig slave Dalek mutant hybrid too," I said.
"The Pig and the showgirl," Martha said.
"The pig and the showgirl," Dad said.
"Just proves it, I suppose, There's someone for everyone," Martha said as I pulled her into me.
"Maybe," Dad said.
"Meant to say," Martha said. "Sorry,"
"What for?" Dad said.
"Just cos that Dalek got away, I know what that means to you," Martha said.
"Oh It will show up again," I said.
"Some day," Dad said.
As we got into the Tardis and took off.
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