Chapter 9

The group stared at the cackling angel with wide eyes as he approached them, his face twisted in an insane grin. Remiel walked as close as he could get to them before the TARDIS's force field stopped him. He smirked at the stunned look on the Doctor's face.

"What's wrong, Doctor? Don't have a witty response for that one, do you?" he asked smugly.

"Destroy time? That's impossible! You can't destroy time!" Ciel scoffed at the angel.

"Oh, are you sure of that, brat? Are you completely sure that there is no way for a being such as myself to completely obliterate time, hmm?" Remiel grinned down at him.

"How do you plan to do it?" the Doctor interjected hurriedly.

Remiel smirked.

"The void, Doctor. I'm going to tear a hole in the fabric of space so large it swallows this entire universe, thus bringing time to a standstill." he whispered, making sure only the small group could hear him.

"How exactly do you plan to do that? I don't know much about time and space, but I understand that tearing them apart is no easy task." Ankara growled.

Remiel chuckled.

"Aren't you a clever one, for one so young? Heh. Daleks, dear little beast."

The group looked confused for a moment, then the angel's meaning dawned on the Doctor and he scowled angrily.

"You're sending them to their deaths. You've already torn a hole in the fabric of space by bringing them here early and helping build their army, once they make contact with Earth and start killing everything that rip will open wider because of the radioactive after-dust! You're using them!" he yelled.

The Daleks buzzed at this, but Remiel glanced reassuringly over his shoulder at the emperor.

"Of course he's lying. He wants to tear apart our alliance to stop us." he said smoothly, and the emperor calmed the Daleks with a shouted command.

Remiel then turned back to look at the Doctor.

"The deal is quite simple. I help destroy the one they fear most, the name that makes them shudder in their shells; you, Doctor. I also help build their army so they can begin their conquest of Earth. What they don't know is that once said conquest reaches a critical point, time will stop. Everything will stop." he whispered.

"Why are you doing this?" Ciel asked angrily, "What could you possibly have to gain from this?"

The angel simply chuckled.

"The world is a cruel place, full of demons and monsters who cover it in their filth. Every day hundreds of people murder, rape, steal, and commit other sins against God. Well, no more. With time gone, and everything held in complete stillness, no one will ever be able to sin again! It'll be a perfect world for God! His masterpiece!" Remiel laughed loudly, and the group shuddered.

"God and Heaven are alien to one such as I, but I don't think the "divine creator" would want to see the universe held still. Creatures were made to move and make decisions, were they not? They were given free will. Are we not supposed to sin and make mistakes? Besides, if you do this, you will be held still as well." Sebastian tried to reason with the angel, but he was ignored.

Remiel walked calmly back to his place next to the emperor of the Daleks' tube, a victorious grin across his face. The emperor glared down at them with large yellow eyes and spoke in a harsh voice.

"YOU CANNOT STOP THE EXTERMINATION, DOCTOR! DALEKS WILL RULE SUPREME OVER ALL THAT YOU LOVE! YOU WILL ALL BE EXTERMINATED! DALEKS WILL WIN!" he yelled at them, and the other Daleks followed with cries of "exterminate".

"You don't understand, he's using you! He isn't helping you take over the Earth, he's using you to destroy time!" Ankara yelled at them.

"YOU ARE A FOOL IF YOU THINK WE WILL LISTEN TO YOU! THE ANGEL HAS PROMISED THAT DALEKS WILL BE SAFE FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF TIME! WE WILL MAKE EARTH OUR NEW PARADISE!"

"There's no reasoning with them. They're just as insane as Remiel. We need to go back to the Earth and find a way to stop this." the Doctor mumbled solemnly.

"Twenty-four hours before it begins, Doctor. Can you find a way to stop us by then? That's the real fun in this game!" Remiel called after them as they filed back into the TARDIS.

The Doctor was the last into the ship, and as he closed the door and locked it, they could hear the Daleks' cries of "EXTERMINATE" through the wood. The Doctor sighed and leaned against the door, his eyes closed and his face grave. The others watched him silently, understanding that those were probably the same cries he heard during the Time War. After a moment, the Doctor walked back to the machine in the middle of the TARDIS and began to mess with the knobs and levers on it.

"I hate to have to ask you this, but I may need some help solving this problem. I have an idea of what I need to do, but it will take a little more time than we've been given. Will you lot help me?" he asked over his shoulder.

Ciel smirked.

"It is my duty as the Queen's Guard Dog to keep her, and everyone under the crown, safe. We will help. Sebastian!" Ciel turned quickly to glare at the butler.

"Yes?" the demon asked, his face somewhat amused.

"I order you to help the Doctor and defeat both the Daleks and Remiel!" Ciel spoke strongly, and Sebastian's eyes flared red.

"Yes, my lord."

The plot revealed! Woo, this angel's a nutter! So, will the Doctor and the demons be able to stop this plot before it stops time? Wait for the next few chapters to find out!

~Silver