AN: Okay, so I'm going to be post short but frequent chapters. Hope that's okay. Keeps the mystery a bit better I think ;)
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Chapter 2
The terrain was dry and rocky. The planet was nearly desolate. The arid plaine he'd landed in was literally in the middle of nowhere. Towering mountains circled around...Why in the world had he landed here? He was sure he'd set the coordinates for a nearby settlement. He turned back toward the Tardis who hummed happily. He reached for the door but it wouldn't budge, "What are trying to tell me?"
The Doctor was met with the silence he was expecting. Finally he just gave up and turned back to his surroundings. He scanned the mountain range quickly spotting a very small site on a northern rock face. Very well, better start somewhere.
By the Doctor's judgment it was about ten miles to the base of the mountain. He was surprised to find a well-made set of stairs that ran adjacent to the mountain leading up. On close inspection it was obvious they had been cut by a sophisticated laser, definitely not something he would expect to find on Dexon Prime. This was the third planet he'd searched. Each time he came upon simisimilar sightings. There was evidence of advanced alien technology, but no one seemed willing to talk to him. It had been a lot of pressure and credits that finally him this heading. It was the first time the Tardis had locked him out so far, though.
As the Doctor grew closer to the ridge he could tell that what at first he could barely make out, was actually a very advanced encampment. The Doctor found all sorts of equipment that definitely shouldn't be there. Weapons with enough strength that he didn't want to think of the consequences of them getting in the wrong hands.
Before he could dwell on that too much, the distant sounds of war began to fill his ears. He moved to the far side of the encampment where he realized he had the perfect view of the battle which waged below. The Doctor looked, but he could not see another laser-cut path on the other side. As he observed the battle, he couldn't believe his eyes.
A single figure stood in the center of a vast wasteland surrounded by automatons. They were easily in the thousands, yet the figure stood posed and calm. The bombs had stopped and it seemed that the lone soldier would surrender. The thing the Doctor couldn't understand was that there were no bodies on the ground. Smoke rose from several areas where bombs had fallen from drones above. It was almost as if the entire army was automated.