Chapter 14: Dalek X the Puppet of Seth
Nightshade ducked out of the way as sharp claws swiped at her. The one organic eye rolled in its socket as it followed her around. The sharp claws struck at her again, and Nightshade had to drop to the ground.
Jumping back on her feet she studied the towering cyborg that looked down at her with one eyeball and one optic. Suddenly it lunged at her again and Nightshade needed to jump back again.
The creature snarled as she kept to the side and doged it's claws. It's eye narrowed as Nightshade slipped into the shadows. The last thing that he saw of the shapeshifter was two red eyes glaring at him from the shadows.
Nightshade slipped past the creature. The thing that was created by Dalek science kept scanning for her. She was glad that her abilities were transfered from one form to another. She would be lost if she could not jump into the shadows during a fight. Keeping close to the creation of the Daleks she waited for the right moment to strike. In the corner of her widened sight she saw Dalek Sec coming around a bend in the corridor.
Dalek Sec rolled in to the sight of the towering new Dalek. His blue optic took in the towering cyborg that with a golden eye and blue optic glared at him. "DALEK SEC! I AM GOING TO TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN EXTERMINATING YOU!" the creature shouted at Dalek Sec. It spread out its wide claws as it bore down on Dalek Sec.
"IDENTIFY YOURSELF!" Sec demanded. He stood his ground like the Doctor had done so many times when facing a new form of Dalek. He had always found a way to stop the Daleks. He always won and now he was helping the Doctor defend a world. That in itself gave him a great sense of pride.
The Dalek stopped so suddenly that it had to put it's hands on the ground to stop. It's sharp claws clicked on the floor as it's one eye glared down at him. "YOU DO NOT RECOGNISE ME DALEK SUPREME! I FIND IT HURTFUL THAT AFTER ALL THOSE CENTURIES BY YOUR SIDE THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ME!" Dalek Caan snarled. He was unaware of the one eyed tiger that had just slipped out of the shadows and started stalking towards him like a lion does with a zebra. It's one red eye locked onto his back.
"DALEK CAAN! EXPLAIN WHAT HAS DONE TO YOU!" Dalek Sec demanded. His eye stock kept twitching as he looked at the new Dalek Caan. Taller than the Doctor he was now a figure to be feared.
Dalek Caan laughed. It sounded like nails being dragged over a blackboard. It was a laugh that caused both Dalek Sec and Nightshade to step back. This was the laugh of someone who had lost their sanity many years ago and they did not care for what they lost. "I HAVE BEEN EVOLVED! DALEK SEC. I AM BETTER THAN YOU EVER WHERE! I AM DALEK CAAN THE FIRST DALEK SUPER SOLIDER AND YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE EXTERMINATED BY THE NEW DALEK SOLDIERS THAT WILL BUILT A GRANDER EMPIRE THAN THE EMEPEROR COULD BUILT!" he ranted at Dalek Sec.
Dalek Sec could only stare. He remembered being in New York in the 1920s where he had become a Human-Dalek Hybrid that was before he became a paradox by finding himself in the Dalek Asylum. From the Dalek Asylum he had been easy for the Dalek Emperor to find and to order him to go with the Doctor and Nightshade on the mission to stop Dalek X from taking the Dalek Empire from him. That seemed like it had happened to another Dalek. It didn't seem that it was done by him. Yes he would help the Emperor stop Dalek X and that was as far as he was going. He was not following our the rest of his orders. He was not going to exterminate the Doctor. He was walking away from the Daleks. They were wrong and Dalek X and the Dalek Emperor proved that they were wrong. Dalek Caan had done somethig similar. He had become less of a Dalek and more of a machine.
"DALEK SEC PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED! BOTH AT THE ORDERS OF DALEK X AND FOR REVENGE ON EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED AFTER I JOINED THE CULT OF SKARO! YOU WHERE WRONG! DALEKS CAN NOT THINK LIKE OTHER RACES WE ARE SUPERIOR! DALEK CAAN SUPERIOR! DALEK SEC INFERIOR!" Caan roared before racing towards Dalek Sec. His heavy feet smashed into the ground as he ran towards Dalek Sec. All of his hatred and anger came out at once as he slashed at Dalek Sec only for the black Dalek to move faster than him. He roared in pain when bullets bite into his back. Spinning around he tried to swipe at Nightshade, but the tiger leapt out of the way of his claws. Dalek Sec then fired at him when he was forced on Nightshade that when he went after his former commander Nightshade struck. Bullets drove into his new armour followed by sharp claws.
"Dalek Caan stand down!" shouted at voice that was thick with a German accent. Nightshade let out a growl as she stalked to Dalek Sec's side as a man in a smart suit walked out of the shadows. His yellow eyes locked onto Nightshade with hatred. "Hello again, Nightshade! I see that you are keeping well!" he spoke to her as she stalked to Dalek Sec's side.
With the popping and snapping of bones and cartilage Nightshade returned to her human form. Her hand instantly went for Deathslicer at her her hip. "Seth!" she snarled looking at the God of Choas. "How in the Underworld did you escape from the Black Archives?"she asked. She kept her hand of Deathslicer as she assessed what Seth's next move was going to be.
Seth chuckled as he took a step towards Nightshade only to stop when she whipped out a pistol. A pistol that no doubt held silver bullets. So predictable just like the Daleks and humans. "Now, Nightshade is that really needed?" he asked pointing at the gun that was pointed at his head.
"It is!" she responded keeping the gun aimed at him.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Dalek Caan shouted. He was bouncing on his feet as he awaited to destroy his hated rival. "WE SHOULD BE EXTERMINATING THEM NOT CHATTING WITH THEM, MASTER!" Caan squealed as he locked eye with optic with Dalek Sec.
Nightshade glared at Seth. "What have you done to the Dalek?" she asked keeping her gun aimed at the Wereset. Clicking the weapon into ready when Seth began to laugh. It was that laugh that caused her to lose her temper. "Whatever you have done undo! It might be a Dalek but it is still a intelligent creature that demands respect and freedom!" she snarled. She was finding it harder to keep her temper in check. Her joints kept cracking as she thought the urge to change form.
"Dalek Caan here was evolved by the madness of Dalek X in his pursuit for power!" Seth explained in that well educated voice of his. "I just took advantage of the situation as any other tactician would have done! You'd do the same thing Nightshade if push came to shove!" he continued. His yellow eyes only focusing on Nightshade as he spoke to Dalek Caan, "Take out Dalek Sec! Once you have destroyed him return to the coordinates that I gave you!" Seth ordered the new Dalek super soldier.
Dalek Caan's systems purred as weapons switched on and his focus was only on Dalek Sec. "I OBEY!" he growled before leaping at Dalek Sec who rolled backwards and then to the side to avoid being impaled by six sharp claws.
"As for you Nightshade!" Seth snarled as once again he transformed into his monstrous Wereset form. Nightshade had to take a step back to get a good look at him. He was much taller than the Werewolf Julian who was no doubt getting closer to finding out what had happened in Blithe Hallow not that long ago. Nearly black fur like rippled over muscles and a tongue rolled over sharp teeth as yellow eyes bore down on her. "Are to face certain death after you give me the heart of the Star Bane!" he snarled reaching out for Nightshade to hand over the red jewel that she had gotten from the Collector's collection back in Nowhere.
Nightshade growled as she put her pistol back into its pocket at her hip and released her tight grip on Deathslicer. She noticed that Seth smiled in thinking that he was on top of everything. She could hear Dalek Sec and Dalek Caan fighting a few feet away. The two Daleks kept firing at each other in a fire battle that would see one of them a memory as the other lived on. Focusing back on Seth she smirked as she changed form once again. Bones cracked as she changed form. Sharp metal claws slammed into the ground as four paws tapped the ground lightly. Massive wings flexed until all the bones in them cracked and popped. A long tail smashed into the ground that ended in a sharp weapon like one that was used in the middle ages. Two red eyes glowed right into Seth's yellow eyes as sharp teeth seethed out of the jaw bones.
"Well this is somethig new! I never thought you as a Night Fury!" Seth smirked as he tried to work his way around the Night Fury with red eyes and metal horns rather than ear flaps like so many before. Another difference was that this Night Fury was not organic but more mechanical.
Nightshade snorted as her tail flicked. "I thought that it would give us the same playing field if we were both in our true forms!" she snarled. Her red eyes never left Seth in fear that he would strike her when she was not paying any attention.
"Very well!" he simple said before howling like a rabbid wolf. A battle cry that Julian also done when he allowed the Wolf out of its cage. He charged for her and was swatted away by her tail only to get back up on his feet. Black smoke swirled around his hands before snaking out towards Nightshade.
Nightshade responded with a blast of black lightning that destroyed the smoke before it got any closer to her. Seth snarled once again as he called out a new spell in hopes of brining her down, but Nightshade was always moving. There was only one spell that he had to do and that was to turn Dalek Sec into what Dalek Caan was. Looking over at the brawling Daleks he thought what choas he could cause with not one Dalek super soldier but two. UNIT and SHIELD will have to back down or be destroyed in horrible ways.
Seth looked back at Nightshade and smirked as a blast of black lightning zapped all over his body. He aimed for Dalek Sec but Dalek X rolled into the part of the corridor where the brawling was happening. The Devil in Dalek form watched as black smoke snaked around him and Dalek Caan as Dalek Sec and Nightshade could only stare.
Seth's laughter got louder as his plan changed slightly, but it was still in his favour. Dalek X's armour changed and twisted into the shape of Dalek Caan's new armour. Dalek X in his new form looked even more demonic than before and even Seth found him scary to look at.
Dalek X flexed his new claws as his eye and optic adjusted before glancing at Seth with hatred in them both. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?" he demanded as Nightshade bobbed her head at Dalek Sec. The Dalek got the just of what was being said and he glided backwards as Nightshade jumped into the shadows and raced back towards the engine room. They had a ship to sabotage.
"I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO ME!" X demanded again narrowing both eye and optic at Seth. "I AM THE DEVIL IN DALEK FORM AND YOU WILL OBEY ME!" X roared as Dalek Caan grabbed his head from behind. X tried to swing around but his new body was clumsy and he found himself needing Caan to help him. "RELEASE ME AT ONCE DALEK CAAN! I AM YOUR MASTER!" he shouted at the bronze Dalek behind him.
Seth walked into his view once again. Black smoke snaking it's way around his body as he held a red jewel in his furry hand. "I am afraid that you are not Dalek X! You see I beat you do it and Caan's new programming forced him to be my slave! The very same programme that your new body has!" Seth whispered to X and he filled all the Daleks anger bubbling up. "Tell me Dalek X! Who is your master?" he asked leaning in close to the one organic eye that glared out at him.
Dalek X remained silent but not still. His whole body twicthed as he thought the programme that he had put in it so Dalek Caan would not rebel against him. Now he was the plaything for Seth. "I OBEY ... YOU SETH! MY MASTER ... I AM... READY FOR YOUR ORDERS!" he spat out all the words with anger but also the need to follow Seth's orders.
"Good! Come along! I have to remind the humans who their real god is!" Seth hissed looking at the red jewel in his hands. Dalek X could only stare at Seth. How he wanted to kill him but he was stopped by his new programming. He hated himself and looked at Dalek Caan who was in the same position as he was. "And Dalek X I want you to start transferring all your powers to me of this fleet! It is time my enemies knew that I am back!" he ordered the former Dalek Devil.
Dalek X was quick to respond, "I OBEY!" and with that Dalek X was no longer in command. He was a puppet for Seth in his war against everything even Dalekkind.
Seth walked down the corridor with the two new Daleks stomping behind him. Any Daleks that he crossed was transformed into the new Dalek super soldiers, all taking orders from him. Seth had an army to back him in his war all he needed was the Book of the Dead to regain all of his powers. Smiling he was one step closer to taking out every single hero, but the first to fall would by the Doctor he was to dangerous to be allowed to roam the universe when he shaped it to his own agenda.