Chapter 13: Let the Seth Games Begin

The lab was easy to find. It was one of the biggest parts of the Dalek X's flagship. The lab took up an entire floor of the flying saucer. No doubt Dalek X was trying to find a way to make Daleks stronger and better than Davorus had planned all those years ago when he trapped Kaleds into their new forms. There were jars and cages filled with creatures that had been put through tests by the three Dalek Scientists. But he was not interested in any of the creatures. He was interested in the Dalek in a cage.

"Dalek Caan, the second in command of the Cult of Skaro! Look at how far you have dropped!" Seth snarled. He had put his furry hands behind his back as he glared at the Dalek. He smirked when Dalek Caan's eye locked onto him. "Look upon your new Master Dalek Caan! You will obey my every command until the day you die!" he snarled at the changed and insane Dalek.

"MASTER I OBEY AND SERVE YOU!" Dalek Caan rasped. His body jerked within his new body as the implants in his brain sent jolts into it. The new system that was installed in him was forcing him to imprint on the strange dog-like creature before him like a bird chick to its mother. He needed orders and he needed them. He couldn't think of anything else only to serve his master.

"Excellent Dalek Caan! For now I want you to listen to what Dalek X has to say to you but know this... you belong to me! Once Dalek X has failed in his plans I want you to return to me!" Seth ordered getting closer to Dalek Caan. "Do you understand what I am saying?" Seth asked leaning away from Dalek Caan.

Dalek Caan just stated at Seth as the programme inside his brain kicked in. He knew he wanted to shout at the creature in front of him but he could not fight his new programming. A programme that was to make him loyal only to Dalek X but Seth had taken full advantage of it by coming before. "I UNDERSTAND AND OBEY MASTER!" Dalek Caan reported in. He hated it. He hated that at first he had to grovel Dalek Sec and the Dalek Emperor then he was with Dalek X in hopes of getting revenge on Dalek Sec. But no, he felt the full Fury of the Devil in Dalek form. He was now a weapon for Seth. A weapon that was created by Dalek X as the next form of Dalek. He was sure that humans and the Doctor and Dalek Sec were going to go through the same thing as him should Dalek X succeed in his invasion of the Earth with the Star Bane.

"Very good, Dalek Caan!" Seth whispered leaning in closer to Dalek Caan's head. Black smoke swirled around his fingers as he placed both of his hands on Caan's new head. "I am giving you all the data that you need to be useful to me! I need someone to keep an eye on Dalek X for me" he explained pulling away.

The God of Choas smiled as Caan shivered. His new body moving slowly as his brain got use to it. He was a new born baby. A baby that needed guidance and he was the one given it to him. "Now that you have your orders I'm going Dragonoid hunting!" Seth snarled before vanishing in swirl of black smoke.

The lab doors opened allowing Dalek X and the three Dalek Scientists to gain entry into the lab. "AS YOU CAN SEE DALEK X, DALEK CAAN IS READY FOR ACTION AND WE WILL HAVE THE HUMANS READY FOR THE PROCEDURE IN A COUPLE OF EARTH HOURS!" The green Dalek explained hovering over the new Dalek Caan.

"HE IS PERFECTION! TELL ME DALEK CAAN WHO IS IT THAT YOU SERVE?" Dalek X asked gliding so close to Dalek Caan that his eye stock was nearly touching him.

Dalek Caan was silent as Seth's magic worked its way through his new programming and his brain. He was Seth's puppet and there was nothing that could be done about it. "I SERVE YOU. DALEK X AND I AM READY TO OBEY ALL ORDERS GIVEN TO ME BY YOU!" Dalek Caan reported back. He hated himself even more. He hated Seth and he hated Dalek X more than he hated Dalek Sec and the Doctor.

Dalek X rotated his domed head around to face to the three Dalek Scientists. "YOU HAVE DONE WELL! LET'S SEE IF WE CANNOT DO THIS TO THE DOCTOR AS WELL AS THE HUMANS!" he ordered the three Scientists.

A blue cased Dalek spoke in a high pitched voice, "WHAT ABOUT NIGHTSHADE? SHOULDN'T WE NOT TRY THE PROCEDURE ON HER? SHE WOULD MAKE THE DALEKS INVINCIBLE TOWARDS ATTACKS FROM BOTH CYBERMEN AND CYBERTRONIANS WHEN WE TAKE THEIR HOME WORLDS OF MONDAS AND CYBERTRON?" he asked.

Dalek X glared at the Dalek Scientist. He was thinking his words very carefully. He could have Nightshade on his side as a weapon, but seeing as how Daleks did not know much about Dragonoid anatomy it could be disastrous for them should she rebel. "NEGATIVE! NIGHTSHADE WILL BE EXTERMINATED ON SIGHT AND BROUGHT TO YOU FOR STUDY TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER WAY THAT SHE COULD HELP THE DALEK EMPIRE!" he replied. He didn't wait to see the Dalek nod is eye stock at his response before turning to look at Dalek Caan. "FIND NIGHTSHADE! I DO NOT CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU BUT I WANT HER TO BE EXTERMINATED AND BROUGHT BACK HERE!" he ordered Dalek Caan. He heard the whirling of his new body kicking in which told him that Caan was indeed under his control. He was the very first Dalek super soldier. "DO YOU OBEY YOUR NEW MASTER?" Dalek X asked. His red optic narrowed as he forced Dalek Caan to make his decision.

"I OBEY!" he rasped.

Dalek X looked around to the three Scientists again. "VERY GOOD. RELEASE HIM AND CALL BACK ALL OF OUR FORCES!" he ordered them.

One of the Dalek Scientists rolled up to the controls and without hesitation allowed Dalek Caan to be released. A massive clawed metal foot made of Dalekanium smashed into the ground followed by the second. The knees bent backwards like that of a dog that supported a massive mechanical body. Its torso was a torse of flesh with metal implants in it to keep all the new organs freash and not in risk of being torn out by sharp metal claws. Two long arms that ended in wicked claws that clicked nearly touched the ground. It had no neck but a triangular head like that of a viper held one blue optic and one organic eye that glared out of its new cage.

"SEEK OUT NIGHTSHADE AND EXTERMINATE HER!" Dalek X ordered. In a mad dash Dalek Caan ran out of the lab on his new feet. He never had feet at all and he never thought that he would have feet at all. Dalek X rotated back towards the door. "I MUST LOCATE SETH AND SEE IF HE HAS LOCATED THE STAR BANE! I WANT TO END THE DOCTOR AND THAT RENEGADE DALEK SEC!" Dalek X snarled as he rolled out of the lab. The three Dalek Scientists followed after him. All of them unaware that they were playing to the plan that Seth had made up. He just needed Dalek X and Dalek Caan to take out Nightshade before he could make a move to gain the Book of the Dead.

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Nightshade ran through deserted corridors in the Dalek ship. The Daleks had suddenly fell back without any explanation for it. This only caused Nightshade to be more tense then normal. Daleks were not known for calling a retreat on their own ship. There was somethig that was not right. But she had a plan. She was heading for the engine room. There would be a loud bang and explosion that would force all the Daleks to retreat as their leadership was destroyed in one explosion. She just hoped that the Moonray or even the TARDIS would get her out of the ship before it went to hell.

"Nightshade?!" She heard the Doctor shout in her ear peice. "You have someone called Seth heading your way! It's got the two peices of the Star Bane already assembled and is after the jewel. Nightshade, where did you hide the Jewel of Rassalon" he asked from wherever he was back on Earth.

Skidding to a stop her black converse squealed at the sudden stop. "This is not good, Doctor I'm heading for the engine room of Dalek X's flagship!" she shouted back at the Doctor through the comm. system. "Meet me there! And the jewel is safe before you start ranting at me!"

The Doctor stopped speaking to her to speak to someone in the TARDIS. He came back a second later. "Nightshade get that jewel out of there!" The Doctor shouted, but Nightshade was already running towards the engine room.

"Sorry, Doctor but am already on top of the engine room!"

The sound of clicking and hissing hydraulics forced Nightshade to stop again. She could hear loud hissing and heavy footsteps that kept getting closer. Her right hand rested on the handle of Deathslicer. What did the Daleks have on their ship.

Turning on her heels she was ready. She was ready for a beast but she was not ready for the massive machine that lumbered out of the shadows in front of her. Before she knew what was happening the thing lunged at her.

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Seth leaned against the control panel of the Daleks flagship. All the Daleks just stared at him as Dalek X rolled into the control room.

"SETH HAVE YOU FOUND THE STAR BANE!" Dalek X demand as he rolled up to the Wereset that had returned to their human form.

Seth smiled showing his teeth at the Dalek. "Of course!" he said as he stepped to the side to reveal the Star Bane resting on the ground, "But it still needs it's power source to be of any worth to you and your Empire!" he finished saying as Dalek X stared at the Star Bane.

Dalek X after staring at the Star Bane turned his attention back to Seth. "DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE STAR BANE IS?" he asked him.

Seth smirked and placed his hands into his new suit pockets. "Of course I do! It's with Nightshade! The Doctor had a brilliant plan of keeping the pieces away from each other, but we all knew that you would get the Star Bane in time!" Seth said still leaning against the computer that was monitoring earth.

"PERFECT! THE DALEKS ARE THE MASTERS OF EARTH!" he shouted at Seth. Dalek X lead the way out of the control room with Seth right behind him.

Seth could only smile bigger at Dalek X. The Dalek was due to make a mistake, that was certain. And he knew that the Doctor and Dalek Sec will stop him. He will deal with Nightshade. The shapeshifter had already caused him to lose time in locking him up at that UNIT prison until Dracula released him. She was going to pay for that, but first he will allow her to be beaten up by Dalek Caan.

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The Doctor raced about the console of the TARDIS. His ship groaned and moaned as it followed Nightshade's last known location: The biggest Dalek ship they had ever seen over the North Sea.

"Come on Doctor we all know that there is no point worrying! This is Nightshade we're talking about! I am sure that she can handle herself!" Jack said as he stepped by as the Doctor rushed past him. Not far away from the Time Agent was Dalek Sec. the black cased Dalek was using the TARDIS and his knowledge of Dalek technology to find a way to help UNIT in defeating the Dalek fleet.

"Found her!" he shouted. The TARDIS spurred to life in landing in the middle flagship of the Dalek fleet. "I'm not losing any more friends to the Daleks!" he shouted as the TARDIS landed in the heart of the Dalek ship. The blue box was in the massive engine room of the Dalek fleet and it was all alone. The roaring of the massive engines hide the wheezing rumble of the TARDIS'S own engines as it landed.

"I WILL PROCEED FIRST!" Dalek Sec spoke rolling up besides the Doctor. His blue optic locked on the Doctor. "I WILL TAKE FIRE FROM THE DALEKS OF THE SHIP AND GIVE YOU THE TIME THAT YOU NEED TO FIND THE STAR BANE AND NIGHTSHADE!" he finished as he rolled past the Doctor towards the wooden door.

He was stopped by the Doctor placing a hand on his domed head. "We'll go after the Star Bane" the Doctor said as he looked over at Jack who raised a massive gun that had been used during the Daleks last attempt at taking the earth, "You find Nightshade!"

Dalek Sec stared at the Doctor before saying "I OBEY!"

The former leader of the Cult of Skaro rolled out of the TARDIS following Nightshade's signal as the Doctor and Jack ran towards the bridge.