Chapter 15: The Empire of Seth
The Doctor and Jack ran into the control room with little to no resistance from the Daleks. The Daleks had just vanished and the Doctor had heard Dalek screaming in the distance. He had hoped that it was not Nightshade given the evil pepper pots a lesson in torture, a skill that she had developed during the Time War. Whatever was happening it was taking hold of all the Daleks. The Doctor, as he ran over to the computers just hoped that they could complete their mission. Him and Jack needed to find either a way to disable the Star Bane or destroy it and for Nightshade and Dalek Sec to disable the ships engines.
Jack kept by the door incase a Dalek returned to the control room. His alien rifle aimed and ready to disable the Daleks systems or cause a series headache for Nightshade should she be accidental be shot at by the massive gun.
Fingers drummed over the console as the Doctor send an order to all the other Dalek shops to stand down. But that backfired when they demanded the order to be given to them by Dalek X thinking that he was a Dalek. The Daleks were not taking any chances as they fought against UNIT, SHIELD, Torchwood and even the Avengers who could be spared. Glancing around the room he saw the Star Bane. It looked like nothing but an ordinary satellite used by the humans that surrounded their planet. But looks could be deceiving. The Star Bane was a weapon of mass destruction that could not be allowed to remain in one peice. It had to be destroyed to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Master or even the Ranni who had vanished during the Time War. Heck even Torchwood couldn't be trusted with the Star Bane. Thinking quickly if he could not get the Daleks to retreat away from Earth he will need to find a way to disable the Star Bane.
The Doctor ran over to the Star Bane. The massive weapon was still missing the jewel that Nightshade must still have. Opening a panel he started to look for wires that he could hot wire to power the Star Bane or even prevent Dalek X from using the weapon against Earth's sun.
"Doctor you better hurry! I can hear Daleks approaching!" Jack shouted as he ran towards the Doctor. "We only have ten seconds until their right on top of us!" he shouted at him.
The Doctor reached for an exposed wire but found himself suddenly flung backwards and away from the Star Bane. Black smoke swirled around the ancient Time Lord weapon and made it hover over towards Seth. "Why Doctor thank you!" he said as the Star Bane hovered behind him. A red jewel hovered into its place in the weapon. Humming the Star Bane shot out of the Dalek flagship and straight for the sun. "Thanks to you Earth is going to be destroyed and these fine gentleme are going to welcome you to a new empire. An empire of Choas!" he snarled. His yellow eyes becoming even more animalistic as both Dalek Caan and Dalek X grabbed the Doctor and Jack by their shoulders and forced them to the ground on their knees.
"DO NOT MOVE, DOCTOR OR I WILL SNAP YOUR ARMS OFF!" snarled Dalek Caan as he held onto the Time Lord.
The Doctor glared at Seth who took control of the entire Dalek fleet with a single command. "So you are helping him, X? What happened to the Dalek who did not want to take orders from anyone again?" the Doctor asked looking at the new form of Dalek X.
"SILENCE DOCTOR! OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" Dalek X hissed as his tight on Jack tightened.
The Doctor looked over at Jack. They had lost the Star Bane, but they could still work this to their advantage. Looking back at the controls that Seth was at they formed a plan. A plan that needed Dalek Sec to get to the control room quickly as Nightshade took out the Star Bane with UNITS help. That was the plan and hopefully they will think the same thing.
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Dalek Sec fired at two more Dalek super soldiers. The new Daleks fell backwards on their back much like Cybermen with a scream as their systems shut down and then a loud clank as they crashed to the ground. Rotating his domed head around he watched as black lightning zapped at two other Daleks forcing their systems to shut down. Out of the shadows dropped Nightshade. Her sharp metal claws clinking against the metal floor of the ship as her blood red eyes studied the destroyed Dalek Supreme Soliders.
"How far are we from the engines?" she asked as her wings ruffled to either side of her body.
Sec looked back at the destroyed Daleks. These Daleks had been tortured by Seth. Daleks that had became slaves like he had once been to the Emperor, but he was no longer a slave! He, Dalek Sec was free to make his own choices. "NOT FAR BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SETH HAS DONE TO THE SHIP LIKE HE HAS DONE TO DALEK CAAN AND DALEK X!" he replied as he studied her.
Nightshade twicthed her tail as she thought of a plan. Her red eyes looking down the corridor that would take them to the engines of the ship. Focusing on the black Dalek before her she spoke, ";I'll give you cover Dalek Sec! I will deal with any curse that Seth has put in place while you shut down all the engines! I don't want this ship getting any closer to the United Kingdom! That's the only way I can avoid doing endless paperwork that will never end until the next Dalek invasion!" she spoke her plan.
Dalek Sec studied her for a moment. Here was one of the few survivors of the Time War. One of the enemy that he had actually fought against during that war. "YOU TRUST ME?" he asked with hope that he was being accepted into their lives.
Nightshade growled, "Hardly. I'm defending a world from destruction and we have a common enemy at the moment. I won't be surprised to find a lasser being shot into me back! No we have a mission and until the mission is over we are allies!"
Dalek Sec rolled backwards and away from her. He hadn't thought that she was to say something like that to him but he had to admit it was logical for her to be tense and aggressive while around him. "I UNDERSTAND!" he rasped before leading the way towards the engine room. Nightshade ran after him. He could hear the tapping of her metal claws as she ran after him.
The engine room was massive and in the middle of the room was the blue box that had brought them the flagship of the Daleks fleet. The fumes of the dying star that the ship used to power it's engine caused Sec to role backwards at the heat but a firm paw from behind forced him to keep moving. Rotating his domed head around he noticed that Nightshade's scales were catching the golden flames of the dying star.
Focusing on the path ahead of him Sec led the way towards the controls of the engine. The control panel was used to control the star that fueled the ship. It was the only way to cause problems for Dalek X and give the Doctor all the chance that he needed to get the Star Bane as far away as possible.
Approaching the control panel he stopped suddenly. Seth could have placed a curse on the panel. A curse that could be deadly for him. No, he could not be self centred he had a world to save. He looked over at Nightshade who nodded her horned head atat him. She was ready to take the curse, if there was any as he took control of the ships engines.
Nightshade watched in silence as Dalek Sec rolled up to the panel. She didn't know much about technology having preferred to be surrounded by magic but she knew how to run the Moonray should the AI crash. She couldn't hack into a computer like the Doctor could. No she would rather interrogate to get the information that she needed. The Doctor was always against her doing that on both Daleks and Time Lords to get information. But that had been during a war. The Daleks had done the same thing before and after the Time War and she was sure that Dalek Sec had once been one of those Daleks to pry information from Time Lords.
Looking back at the door she took a battle stance in front of Dalek Sec as he hacked into the Daleks systems. Her red eyes jumped between all the doors. Her senses increased as she sensed for any magic that would present itself to her when she pried for it.
The golden glow of the flames died down before relighting and Nightshade looked over her wings to face Dalek Sec. "Was that you?" she asked him shifting on her paws.
"AFFIRMATIVE! I HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE DALEK FLAGSHIP VIA ITS ENGINES AND WILL CRASH THE SHIP IN THE NORTH SEA AFTER SETTING THEM TO DETONATE AFTER A GIVEN TIME!" Dalek Sec replied as he continued to control the ship.
The ship leaned to the side and Nightshade had to grip the floor with her claws to stop her from falling or losing her balance. Dalek Sec had activated his gravity manipulator that would stop him from rolling away from his mission. "This might work!" Nightshade mumbled as she regained her balance.
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Seth looked at all the Choas that he had caused already. With the might of the Daleks and his plan UNIT was losing more ships than they were bringing down. The Doctor and Jack were being held back by Dalek X and Dalek Caan. Everything was under control, and if something went against his plan he could always get away and plan his next stage. But nothing could stop him. The Star Bane was charging and was nearly ready to fire at Earth's sun. Everything was falling into place and he had Dalek X and the Doctor to thank.
Turning around to face the Doctor who was still on his knees. He may have looked like an old man, but Seth knew he was fit and that he could easily out think him. He needed to be careful around the Last of the Time Lords. But as far as he was being held back by Dalek Caan he was not concerned.
"So the famous Doctor Who is stuck with nowhere to go? How does it fell, Time Lord coming face to face with me?" he asked. He didn't move from his stance by the ships controls in case the Doctor came up with a wild plan to get past him. No it was safer to remain close to his seat of power.
The Doctor just stared back at him. His eyebrows looking even more angrier than normal. "Well, Time Lord nothing to say?" he asked when the Doctor didn't speak back to him.
Seth nodded his head at Dalek X who grabbed Jack's throat. "Well I will just have to get rid of all your friends until you speak!" he snarled still keeping a good distance away from the Doctor.
"Stuff your head into a black hole!" Jack snarled as Dalek X tightened his grip on his throat
"I won't be sticking my head into a black hole, Human! Your entire species will!" Seth snarled as the Star Bane finished charging up. "But don't worry I'll keep Torchwood alive just to study how humans life their lives! I want to see if they still live their lives like they did three thousand years ago! I want to see if the teachings of my brothers still stand or if something new has come about! I want to see what's the best way to hurt Imhotep the next time that I meet that High Priest!" he snarled as the humming of the Star Bane got louder.
Jack looked over at the Doctor as the flagship of the Daleks started to groan. One moment the ship the was level and the next it was at an angle in where everyone lost their footing. Dalek Caan collided with Dalek X. The Doctor and Jack made a break for it. The Doctor calling the Moonray through the TARDIS to pick them up. In a blinding blue vortex they were on board Nightshade's jet that was heading for the Valiant that was getting closer to the Dalek flagship.
Seth snarled as he found his balance once again. He looked at the two Daleks that were finding it hard to find their footing after being flung across the control room. Growling he looked at the screen to see a Dalek Dalek at the control panel in the engine room beside it was Nightshade.
"Nightshade!" he snarled before turning on his heels. He had thought Nightshade had meet an end at one of the Dalek super soldiers. "Dalek X go to the engines and exterminate both Nightshade and that Dalek with her!" he hissed. He could have rolled his eyes ay how clumsy Dalek X was on his new feet. "Go now!" he snarled opening a portal under his feet.
Dalek X dropped down through the portal with Dalek Caan watching as the Dalek Devil was sent after his former commander. "Come Dalek Caan! We are needed elsewhere!" Seth snapped bringing him out of his thoughts.
"BUT WHAT OF DALEK SEC? WHAT OF THE DOCTOR AND THE STAR BANE?" Caan asked as he follwed the Choas God to a another portal that he had opened.
Seth spun around to face him, "This started with Dalek X and it will end with Dalek X!" he simple said before walking into the portal with Dalek Caan behind him. "Don't worry your revenge of Dalek Sec will come! All I need from X was an army which I have got. Order the Dalek fleet to regroup back at Skaro I think it's time the Emperor Bowed to the God of Choas!" he said before the portal snapped shut behind him.
"I OBEY! ALL DALEKS RETREAT TO SKARO IT IS TIME WE RETOOK THE MOTHER WORLD!" Dalek Caan ordered all ships in the fleet. The Daleks in X's fleet would not hesitate to attack the Emperor and get back Skaro. They all hated him and the Dalek Parliament. Being with Seth might be beneficial to him as he got revenge on every Dalek he hated.