CHAPTER 4

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The Doctor scanned the system again with his sonic. It was almost impossible to fix the ship. Given enough time, of course he could fix it but time was something he thought they did not have. He vaguely thought of who would be genius enough to have done this, but quickly dismissed all the options as impossible. The Doctor looked at the system again and the commands which were meant to kill the crew. He briefly glanced at over at the ships' crew and heard Kate mention something about two other crew members called Zoe and Luke, who had hand't yet met. Running his hands through his hair messing it up further, he turned back to look at the screen.

When the doors to the room opened, and Martha then Jake walked in, the Doctor could immediately see something was wrong. He getting up and walking towards her, he asked, "Martha, are you okay?"

"There's a Dalek on board," Martha replied.

"What!? Are you sure," the Doctor asked.

"Yes," Martha nodded, "They are keeping it in one of their storage rooms."

Turning to face Kate, the Doctor demanded, "What are you doing with a Dalek?"

"It's harmless, there is nothing to worry about," Jake answered for her and voicing his doubts.

The glare the Doctor gave Jake silenced him immediately, and the Doctor repeated his question, "Why are you keeping a Dalek on your ship?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Kate answered defensively.

Martha placed a hand on the Doctor's arm to help calm him, "Doctor, I think she's telling the truth. Jake had no idea what it was, and I doubt anyone else on this ship knew. And also it seemed..." Martha broke off as if unsure of herself for a moment before continuing. "It looked broken."

"Don't be fooled Martha, you know how dangerous there are," the Doctor cautioned.

"I know," Martha replied needing no reminder.

"Can you take me to it?" the Doctor asked.

"What are you going to do?" Kate interrupted.

The Doctor's features slightly darkened as he responded. "I'm going to make sure it doesn't hurt anyone."

"Why would it want to harm us?" Kate asked confused.

Turning to fully face Kate the Doctor said, "Daleks live for one thing only, and that is to destroy everything and everyone around. That's all their capable of - destruction. It would not hesitate to kill everybody on this ship and no one is safe as long as its here."

Echoing the Doctor's warning the ship suddenly shook throwing everyone off-balance.

"What was that?" demanded Kate of her crew but received no replied. "Emilja? Oscar? What was that?" Kate asked again.

Emilja looked to Oscar for an answer but he shrugged his shoulders. So, Emilja hesitantly replied, "We... don't know."

"I have to go now but I need you and your crew to stay here,"the Doctor ordered

"I can't let you go alone, take Jake with you," Kate countered.

The Doctor glanced momentarily at Jake before responding, "I don't need his help, I have Martha."

"It's not a request Doctor," Kate answered.

Not wanting to waste anymore time the Doctor turned and headed out the door. Jake gave Martha a questioning look before they both headed out the door after the Doctor. After calling the Doctor back, who had headed the wrong direction, they made their way back to the storage room which held the Dalek.

Jake unlocked the doors and let the Doctor and Martha in, before he entered and the door closed behind him.

"It's gone!" Martha said as they entered the room and looked around. "It was right there." She said pointing to the space which was now empty. She had held on to the hope that they were mistaken and the Dalek was dead, but nothing was every that simple. Feeling somewhat responsible for letting it get away, Martha said, "I'm sorry Doctor, i should have-"

"Don't apologize, we'll find it again," the Doctor reassured before heading for the doors. As the Doctor tried to open them nothing happened. He tried the doors again but the realize hit him. He took out his sonic and scanned the door.

Coming up behind him Martha asked, "Is something wrong?"

"The doors are deadlocked, again," the Doctor replied before again running his hands through his hair. He should have known there would be a trap, he thought.

"That's impossible, the doors can't be locked," Jake stated heading to the doors and trying them himself. "But..., there is still the comm system," Jake stated with confidence. "I'll just contact the Captain and she'll send help." Jake tried to radio but only got static as a response. "It's dead."

"Yes we gathered that," the Doctor replied sarcastically trying to think something up.

"Any plans?" Martha asked.

The Doctor remembered something he had noticed earlier. "Yes, but you might not like it," he said.