Chapter 17: The Flames of Hell

"DALEK SEC!"

Dalek Sec titled his eye stock upwards to see the newly upgraded Dalek X dropping out of a black hole in the ceiling. The Dalek that now stood on two legs landed in between Dalek Sec and Nightshade. Slowly it rose back to its full height. Towering above Dalek Sec and Nightshade he was like the devil has been evolved into something much worse than before. The one organic eye narrowed at Dalek Sec in pure hatred. The sharp claws that were just above the ground clicked against each other as the new and imimproved weapon systems hummed alive.

"PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED!" Dalek X roared as he took a step forward. His claws feet scrapped against the ground with the step.

"YOU ARE TOO LATE, DALEK X! THIS SHIP WILL IMPACT RTHE NORTH SEA IN LESS THAN A MINUTE!" Dalek Sec roared back. He could see Nightshade shifting back into human form to reach for her black sword that hung at her hip. "AND YOU ARE OUTNUMBERED!" Sec finished. His blue optic narrowed at Dalek X as Nightshade kept her place behind him.

"THAT IS ALL I NEED TO DESTROY YOU DALEK SEC! MY ARMY WILL DESTROY THIS PLANET AND ENSLAVE THE HUMANS!" Dalek X roared. He took another step closer to Dalek Sec and that was followed by Nightshade taking a step after him.

Dalek Sec remained roated to the spot as Dalek X got closer to him. His blue optic narrowed as he glared at Dalek X for a second before he said, "YOU MAY HAVE AN ARMY DALEK X! BUT I HAVE SOMETHING WHICH EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT!"

Dalek X took another small menacing step forward and Dalek Sec rollled towards him. The new Dalek and the Dalek that was upraded during the Time War studied each other. "AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?" Dalek X asked. He looked in the corner of his organic eye to see Nightshade shadowing him. He was surprised to see that she had decided to return to her human form when her dragon form was something that he had never seen.

Dalek Sec looked from Dalek X to Nightshade. She nodded her head as she took a stance behind Dalek X. Her l grip on Deathslicer got tighter as she waited for to provide Dalek Sec with cover. Dalek Sec returned his attention back to Dalek X. "I HAVE FRIENDS!" Dalek X replied when he returned to look at Dalek X.

"SUCH AN INFERIOR MOTIVE! A DALEK SHOULD NOT HAVE FRIENDS! THEY SHOULD ONLY HAVE DRONES AND ENIMIES!" Dalek X snarled. He took another step closer to Dalek Sec.

"NO!" Dalek Sec shouted. His response caused Dalek X to relook at him and to stop suddenly that Nightshade was no longer behind him. "NO! THE DALEKS ARE INFERIOR! LOOK AT WHAT THE DOCTOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH HIS FRIENDS! I HAVE SEEN THAT THE DALEK WAY IS WRONG! I NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN WRONG FOR CENTURIES! BUT I AM NO LONGER GOING TO BE LIKE ANY OTHER DALEK! NO I WILL DEFEND ALL THE RACES WHO STAND UP TO THE LIKES OF YOU!" Dalek Sec shouted at Dalek X.

Dalek X could only stare. Here was a Dalek who was not afraid of him and was defending a world filled with primatives who destroyed their world and themselves. "YOU ARE NO LONGER A DALEK! I CANNOT EVEN THINK THAT WE WERE SPLICED FROM THE SAME FLESH! MY OTHER BROTHERS ARE NOT AS PATHETIC AS YOU DALEK X! PREAPRE TO BE EXTERMINATED!" Dalek X roared. He raised his arm that had a rocket launcher attached to it and took an aim at Dalek Sec.

A missile fired at Dalek Sec from Dalek X's arm but a well trained Death ray shot destroyed it in an orange explosion. Dalek X had to close the one organic eye from the explosion. Dalek Sec rolled backwards as he got in line to fire at Dalek X again. Nightshade rolled to the side and took cover behind Dalek X before plunging her sword in between two platings of his casing. Leaping off his back as he tried to swipe at her she landed beside Dalek Sec as Dalek X struggled to find his footing.

"NIGHTSHADE FALLBACK! I SHALL DEAL WITH DALEK X!" Dalek Sec shouted over at her.

Nightshade using her sword like a shield blocked laser fire that Dalek X was firing. "I'm not leaving you to stand against that thing on your own! I'm your friend and friends don't turn their back when someone needs help!" she said placing her free hand on Sec's domed head. "Now what do we say that we sent the captain down with his ship?" she asked smiling and reveling white teeth that were trapped between being human and her true form.

"I AGREE WITH YOU!" Dalek Sec rasped back. Rolling slightly in front of Nightshade he glared at Dalek X. "THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP!" Sec snarled back at Dalek X.

"EXTERMINATE!" both Dalek Sec and Dalek X shouted. The two Daleks began firing at each other. Nightshade could only watch as the hatred between the two Dalek Supremes got stronger. A few times she had to duck as a blast from Dalek X came screaming towards her.

Sec had narrowed his optic as his battle computer worked over time. He needed to find a way to get Dalek X to stay in his ship as it crashed and then destroyed itself. Beside him Nightshade had brought out her pistol and was firing at Dalek X. The well aimed shots from Nightshade's pistol caused X's shield to flutter before going completely.

Dropping the pistol Nightshade raced towards Dalek X and as she did so she changed form. The one eyed tiger slashed its metal claws over Dalek X's head leaving four horrid scratches. Scratches that were so dead that the organic brain of Dalek X could be seen. The tiger landed on all four of its paws. It's back bent like a house cat as it eyed the Devil Dalek.

Dalek X slammed a fist into the ground where Nightshade had been only a second only to find that she had rolled away. He snarled when those sharp claws of hers ripped through his armour like it was some earth metal. He then snarled even louder when Dalek Sec began firing at him once again. The Leader of the Cult of Skaro did not even stop firing when Nightshade joined in. The machine guns that were attached to her shoulder blades blasted fired round after round of bullets at him.

"YOU WILL BOTH BE EXTERMINATED!" he snarled. His eye fell onto Nightshade who was still firing at him. Growling he ignored the bullets that rainied down on him and grabbed Nightshade by her head. The bony ears that stuck up at the top of her head stabbed into his palm but he did not register the pain that his brain was being informed of. No, he was too enraged about the whole thing. Slamming Nightshade into the ground until he was sure that she was nt going to be moving any time soon he returned his full attention to Dalek Sec. "NOW YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" Dalek X grunted.

Dalek Sec didn't know what happened next. One second, Dalek X was on the other side of the bridge that was suspended over the sun that powered the ship and the next he was right on top of him. Sharp claws dig deep into his casing. Those sharp claws sharp claws tore through his fleash. Screaming in pain, he tried to get away but Dalek X had pinned him to one location.

"YOU ARE WEAK! YOU ARE WORTHLESS! YOU ARE NOT A PURE DALEK!" Dalek X snarled.

He was so close that Dalek Sec could feel the heat coming off of Dalek X's casing. The claws were whipped out of his casing and Dalek Sec huddled close to himself. His tentacles wrapping around each other as the pain was unbearable. It was a second later when the claws drove back into his already weakened casing. Warning signs flashed in front of his eye of the damage. With a single tug the domed head at thd top was separated from the rest of the casing.

Dalek Sec huddled closer into himself as Dalek X glared down at him. "HELLO DALEK SEC! BEEN A LONG TIME NO SEE BROTHER! LOOK HOW BIG YOU HAVE YOU HAVE GROWN SINCE I LAST SAW YOU IN THE LAB WE WERE BORN IN! IT IS A PITTY THAT AFYER ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE DALEK EMPIRE THAT YOU WILL MEET YOUR END BY BECOMING A FREAK TO US!" Dalek X snarled as he reached in to pick up Dalek Sec.

Whimpering Dalek Sec wrapped his tentacles around anything they could wrap around. If he was removed from his casing he would surely die. His golden eye looked up at the gold of eye X.

"TO THINK WE WERE GROWN FROM THE SAME PEICE OF FLESH! LOOK AT HOW FAR YOU HAVE DROPPED BROTHER! YOU ARE A DISGRACE!" X snarled. His claws just hung just over Sec's head. "I'LL DO THE BATCH A GREAT HONOUR IN LEAVING NO TRACE OF YOUR EXISTANCE!" X snarled. The tips of his claws tapping each other as he leaned in for the kill.

Dalek Sec closed his eye and waited for the killing that did not come. Opening his eye once again he noticed that X was being held back. Wrapped around him was a shadowy mass. Looking past his brother he saw Nightshade. She had his back. "Dalek X, that's not how you treat family!" she snarled. She then whipped the shadowy mass backwards and Dalek X was flung past her. He would have landed in the fires far below him if he did not hook his sharp claws around the edge of the catwalk.

Nightshade raced over to Dalek Sec. "The Doctor will be able to repair your casing! But we need to get out of here!" she told him as she placed a hand on a part of the casing that was not damaged.

"WHAT OF DALEK X? HE MUST BE STOPPED!"

Nightshade looked over her shoulder to see that Dalek X was trying to lift himself up. "The flames that he sparked will deal with him!" she responsed. She went over to the discarded domed head of the Dalek casing. The damage was done and it will take time to repair. Repairs that only the Doctor could do. He had a better knowledge of Dalek technology than she did.

Looking back at the TARDIS at where it was to see a swirling blue vortex sprang into life underneath it. The blue box dropped into it just as flames leapt up onto the catwalk. Dalek X screamed in pain as fire devoured his casing. :Moonray things are gettig hot in here!:

The blue vortex snapped shut after swallowing the TARDIS before one opened behind her. She looked back at Sec. She had seen damaged Daleks before, during and after the Time War, but seeing Dalek Sec like that it was like seeing a friend in a similar position. It was strange for her to think of a Dalek as a friend, but she and Dalek Sec had been through a lot already. "Sec can you move?" she asked him.

"NEGATIVE!" he responded. He did not expect to be shoved into the vortex and to find himself once again inside the Moonray.

Dalek X growled as he got back to his feet. He looked all over to find his brother of flesh and blood was gone along with the shapeshifter. "I WILL FIND YOU BROTHER AND YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" Dalek X snarled as a metal beam collapsed behind him.

Flames eat away at the catwalk that he was standing on. Metal groaned as it got weaker as flames eat at the metal. Dalek X did not know what had happened. One moment he was standing tall and proud, then the next moment he was falling into the flaming abyss of his ship.