Part 2: Sibling Rivalry

Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor and James were travelling through time and space. To a destination neither of them knew. They didn't know where they were going or to what time they were going. The only thing they knew, was that when they got there, it would be the time and date of when they were there...

Inside, it was huge. A set of controls - refered to by the Doctor as the TARDISole. A mix of the words TARDIS and Console - were set in the middle of the large travelling device. Around the outside, was a range of doors. The double doors leading to the outside of the TARDIS. The rest were a mystery to James.

"Well, seeing as you'll be travelling with me, you better get aquainted to the TARDIS. Run along and check all the doors. Here is a pen and some paper if you wish to make a map. I simply find it easier to make a Mind Map...In my mind!" said the Doctor stating the obvious.

James, taking the Doctor's advice, took the pen and paper from his hands. Walking to the door on the left of th double doors, James got his pen ready. He opened the door slowly and went in. It was a bathroom.

"Right. Bathroom." he said writting Bathroom on a map he drew quickly on the paper.

Then, to the next door on the left. Wardrobe. James scribbled.

He kept going to the next door, stopping and scribbling until he had been to all thirteen doors.

"Right. I have a map. Now I know where to go. And I can always memorise it!" James said to himself...

"Done?" asked the Doctor with a smile on his face.

"Yup" was James' reply.

"Right, off we go. We're here!" said the Doctor.

"Where's here?" asked James.

"I don't know. I don't know everything. The only way to find out is to get outside! Duh!" daid the Doctor sarcasticly. "WHOA! I'm sarcstic. I hate sarcastic. Oh well!"

Together, they stepped outside of the TARDIS. They stepped onto a small cobbled road which led far away into the distance. It was dark. Night had settle. All that could be seen was a street-lamp above them and lights of a city in the far distance. The Doctor now, knew where they were.

"Ah, I know where we are!" he began smiling at James. "Welcome to Asra. A planet where the alien race Kilik live."

"The who?" asked James.

"Kilik. An alien race. They have lived here since the dawn of the Great Empire. That was in 0010. We are now in the year... 450,099(In words... Four-hundred and fifty-thousand and nintey-nine!) What a mouth full."

"So, an alien race lives here and... it's the year 450,099! Right. And I am the Prime Minister!" said James in a sarcastic manor.

"Are you really?" asked the Doctor. "You must be because this is the year 450,099 and there is an alien race living on a planet called Asra. If you think I'm joking, then follow me to there" he said pointing at the city. "To the Makaron City."

"Okay. If you say so." said James.

But James wasn't expecting the Doctor to be telling the truth. When they reached The Makaron City, it was bursting with life. People - or Kilik - everywhere.

James saw one. Their face looked like a humans but it was multi-coloured! They deffinately were real as several teenage Kilik rushing to get home to bed, bumped into James and knocked him over.

"See?" said the Doctor giving James a hand up. "Now do you belive me?"

"Yeah. I do now!"

"You see, that's the problem with you humans. Always doubtful. It's here, right under your nose and where you come from... er... whatever year it was... they still don't discover alien life until 5087. Silly humans. We TimeLords discovered them millions of years before you. We have been around since the Dawn of Time. Of course, your planet wasn't born then. We already were. Evlolving, changing. Modeling our planet. You. were all still little stars, waiting to be transformed into blood, flesh and bone."

"Okay. I don't understand a thing you just said, but, fine. Whatever." was Jame's reply.

"You know. You're going to have to do something about your hair. Kilik and many other alien races execute people or other aliens with Blonde hair. Quick. Lets get you back to the TARDIS and colour your hair."

Off they went. Back to the TARDIS where the Doctor rumaged in a bag in the fith door (Bedroom 1) which belonged to the Doctor - James had been assigned Door 6 for his bedroom.

"Here you are. Black hair colouring. I have one-hundred packages of the stuff all over the TARDIS. My favourite colour and if I don't like my hair colour or if it's illegal or I have grey hair - which I hope I never have to have again. Once, I had a full head of grey. Ahh! - and it's permanant so, you'll be alright for a long time. Black is one of the three colours that every single planet and solar system and star system finds legal." explained the Doctor.

"What are the other colours?" James asked curiously.

"Ginger and Purple." was the Doctors reply.

"Yuk. I like black. Mum and dad would never let me have black hair. Now I can and they can't stop me!" said James running to the Bathroom reading the instructions at the same time. He readied the mixture, put it on his hair and waited half-an-hour as guided before he washed it off to reveal black hair. And, it was permanant! James was happy. First traveling with someone called the Doctor to save time and space and now... black hair. Everything was they way he wanted it.

Happy with his new look, James stepped from the bathroom to see the Doctor who was at a screen tapping away on a small keyboard with only seven keys.

"Well, what do ya think?" James asked.

The Doctor rose his vision from the screen and looked at James. He gave him a proper looking over. The Doctor didn't want to get James killed. He made sure that none of James's previous blonde hairs could be seen. No blonde. Good.

"I like it" the Doctor said plainly. "It suits you. Like a duck and water. Wow, I am a man of many sayings. Cool. Oh, sorry for babling James, every time I do this-thing-that-I-do-that-you-don't-need-to-know-about I change and I have to get used to the... new me." he explained. "Nice hair though!"

"Cool. Glad ya like it. Are we ready to go and see the Kilik now?" asked James. "I want to see more of the Kilik. Learn who they are... what they are... what they're like... their lifestyles... all that sort of stuff."

"Right. Ready. Let's go."

Off they set. Back, along the cobbled road all the way back to The Makaron City. They passed some guards. It was late. Very late. The city was being closed for the night. The wrought Iron gates closed shut. To be guarded all night. James and the Doctor could not get out until the morning.

"We better find a hotel. I guess we've got to stay. It's a sleepover. Or slumber party. What do you call them?" said the Doctor getting confused.

"Er, in the UK, we call them sleepovers." replied James.

Along the streets they continued their journey. Pass Inn's - all full - and hotels - yet again, all full - pubs were full. Everywhere was full. Apart from the empty shops whose owners and workers had either gone to the upper-quarters to sleep or home to sleep. The town was a mix of empty and full.

Still, almost an hour later, there was nowhere for James and the Doctor to stay. They passed some homeless Kilik. Was this what they would e reduced to before the night was through. People would think they were helpless. Homeless. Alone.

With nowhere to go, it would be their only option. Until they came across a small huddle of the older generation of Kilik, they thought their hope was long gone, but the Kilik saw that they were alone and homeless. Offering James and the Doctor a place to stay, they soon jumped right into the good books of the old Time Lord and the teenager.

"Thankyou for offering us a place to stay. We weren't sure if we were going to have to sleep on the pavement or not." said the Doctor.

"Do not think more of it. I am only glad to offer you a roof over your head. Besides, only the homeless - which I guess you might be? - have to stay outside. Only because they do not pay tax. Do you? Er, anyway. They have to stay out when we stay in at night. The Governers do not have time for the homeless. They are not truely their people. They travel from one city to another looking for a place to call home. The Luki take them. Every night." explained an old and prune-like Kilik.

"We don't pay tax. We are travellers and who are the Luki?" asked the Doctor after clearing up the tax buisness.

"You know not of the Luki. I wish I were you." she bagan. "Well, I shall start at the beginning. The Dawn of Time. It is hard to explain. The Kilik have been and always will be for century's. Living, hiding in the Seventh Galexy. Awaiting. When we first set foot on Asra, we were two. Twins we have. Evil and mysterious. They were cast onto Ukili. Our second moon. It never sees the light of The Huwaka. They live in darkness. With no tecnology. Until seven years ago. Something landed on their planet. We don't know what. Remains have never been found. Only a ship. They used technology to fashion weapons and began a war. Every night, Ukili gets a little bit closer, they tapped into Gravity and are nearing. They shoot lasers and dark magic at us. Many die every night. Soon, Ukili will crash into Asra and we all will perish."

"Wow! What's The Huwaka?" James asked.

"The Huwaka is our version of the Sun. Anyway. There is a population of three-hundred million Kilik on Asra. Officials have said that the amount of Luki have trebbled. Twice! We are out numered. Officials tell us 6-1. We don't know what to do but wait. We try to fight back. Fashion new technology but nothing works. We are doomed to be destroyed." she concluded.

"So, the Luki are evil twin versions of you and are about to destroy Asra. Take me to your leader. Wow, I've always wanted to say that line. Now!" demanded the Doctor.

"Very well." The Old Kilim said before leading the way to the door. "Are you prepared. You may lose your life."

"Don't worry. James can run fast and I am like a cat. Many lives" The Doctor joked.

"I am not fast!" James protested.

"Fast enough!" the Doctor retaliated.

They ended their heated discussion and followed the Kilik to a Temple on a hill on the other side of the Makaron City. There they had to verify who and what they were. James and the Doctor checked for illegal coloured hair and purified in a container for an hour. After that, they were fit to stand in front of The Xix (pronnounced Six). The Xix was the leader of the Kilik.

"Who are these... foreigners?" The Xix asked.

"These are James of Planet Earth and the Doctor of the Universe. He has no true home!" The Doctor said.

The Xix smiled. "The Doctor. I am glad to see you again. We met. Seven-hundred years ago. How've you been?"

"Albert. Oh. Well, er, great. Wow. Has it really been that long. I swear it was only three weeks ago. Oh well. A great war you know. Time flies by"

"I heard. I am sorry for your loss. I was worried for a century thinking you were dead. I can't believe you are here. Who's your friend." The Xix asked. He was clearly an old friend of the Doctors.

"Thankyou. This is James. My new - and first - male companion. Good eh!"

"Ah, I see you finally decided that enough was enough. All those ladies. I swore you were hetrosexual. I thought you were a Blank. I thought all Time Lords are Blank." explained Xix.

" I am Blank yes."

"Who's that?" asked James in a hushed voice.

"This James, is the Xix. The leader of the Kilik. Has been since the Dawn of Time. He will be until the day he dies. It will be a sad day. The only Xix the Kilik have know. His evil twin is the Gui. The leader of the Luki. Me and Albert here went to Time Collage together. He formed the Kilik Governers. After graduating of course. He re-wrote history to form the Kilik. They were merely blos when he arrived here. Evil was seperated from Good. He is the Kilik God. And the Luki God but they refuse to serve him. Their evil genes." explained the Doctor.

"Now. Please Doctor. I am begging you. Help us. We need your help. We can't defeat the Luki. They have grown far more advanced than the Governers and I could ever imagine. Please. Help us!" The Xix pleaded.

"I am not sure of what I can do Xix. My resources are limited. My TARDIS is outside of the city and it is locked. I can't get into it and see what is happening. Sorry my friend."

"Morning. It is but hours away. Please help us." the Xix pleaded still.

"Take me to Xu. Then we will see what we are up against."

"But Doctor. That is too close to the Luki territory. They will kill us!"The Xix protested.

"Then I am sorry Xix. But I can't help otherwise. I need to go to Xu and see what is happening. I can get a birds-eye view." This was the Doctor's only demand and he wasn't going to back down.

"You are detemened my friend aren't you?" the Doctor nodded. "Very well. To Xu we go."

A small Kilik space-ship landed gracefully on the surface of Ukili. The first moon of Asra. It was right above Ukili giving the Doctor a good view of the technology.

The Doctor looked the leader in the eye. Tension building. A descision was needed and fast to stop the War.

"I am sorry. But I don't think there is anything I can do. Their technology is so advanced. It seems impossible. However, have you thought of evacuating?" the Doctor explained.

"No. I would dare not. The Kilik have lived here since the Dawn of Time. It's their home. Our dead are buried here."

"Take them with you. You know they are in impenetrable capsules. It may seem wrong to disturb them, but please. It is the only option. That or die"

"Then we will die. Stay here and die. Our last vision. Death. We all face it. If the rae is wiped out, so it will be." was the Xix's conclusion.

"I am eternally sorry Xix. Please, don't be mad." the Doctor pleaded for forgiveness.

" I am not mad Doctor. I am relieved. I am getting tired anyway. An eternity of serving, reigning. I was thinking of dying soon anyway. It is my time. Thankyou Doctor for helping me realise this."

The Doctor said nothing. He had near as much sentanced the Kilik to death. They were all going to die. The end of a race.

"There is one thing Doctor. Actually three things."

"Name them!" the Doctor replied with a simple smile on his face.

"One, help me destroy the Luki with us. We die, they do too. Two, please, have a good life. And three, take the Asra Orb with you. It will need a new home." The Xix, passed the Doctor a package. Inside the wrapping was an orb of pure blue sapphire. It was the Asra Orb. What Asra was based on and given its name because. It inspired the Xix to create Asra and shape the destiny of the Kilik and Luki.

"I will help you. I will have a good life and I would be honoured to take the Asra Orb." the Doctor said passing the package to James.

"First, my own condition. I will stay. With you. Till the end."

"NO WAY" The Xix was enraged. "You have a life to live. I will not allow it."

"Please, you are my friend. You cannot die alone." the Doctor begged.

"No. I will not. I will die with my people. They need me. In life and death." the Xix concluded. His mind was not to be changed. "Please, set a trap to destroy the Luki, then leave. Never come back. I beg you. Never. This planet's life is at an end. Mine too. Your's is not."

"Fine. But-"

"GO HOME!"

"I will. Here." said the Doctor handing the Xix a small device. When the Luki invade, press the red button. Everything will be destroyed." he said walking away. "Come James."

"By Xix!" James bowed to the Xix.

"Thankyou James. Look after the Doctor. Doctor. Goodbye."

The Doctor stopped. "goodbye."

They bid their farewells and went their own ways. The Xix ordered the Gates to be opened. The Doctor and James returned to the TARDIS and left. Leaving the Xix and the Kilik to meet their fate.

As they were flying through space, the Doctor watched, as Asra blew into millions of atoms. The end of two races, and a long friendship...

NEXT TIME IN DOCTOR WHO CHRONICLES...

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!"

There was a body lying on the floor. All mangled and un-recognisable. The stench was unbearable.

"Whoever is behind these murders has done it before. I remember. In the past. I can't remember his name..."

"I am he. Prepare to be butchered."

"Doctor, how did he get to the present day. He killed people hundreds of years ago. What is he doing in 2006?"

It was his turn to be flayed. Alive, his skin being pulled off slowly. The pain, terrible.

Pain. Since the Dawn of Time it had been around. It would continue to the Dusk of Time.

(a/n. I hope you like this chapter. I am sorry it was late. Problem with my computer. I am sorry it is late. And I am sorry if it is crap. The next parts will get better and P3 will be on time I promise. It's titled: Humps.)