AN: Thanks to my beta reader Persiflage and to everyone who reviewed the first chapter.

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Chapter 2

The Doctor and Martha waited in silence for ten minutes until the door opened again and a man walked in. He was in his fifties, with short grey hair and a grim look on his face.

The Doctor grinned at him as he usually did.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor. And this is Martha," he said, indicating with his head in her direction. Martha stood up to greet the man but he just nodded in her direction.

"I'm Captain Bennett, the commanding officer of this space station," he said.

He walked around the table and sat down at one end of it. Martha and the Doctor took seats next to him.

"How did you get here?" Captain Bennett asked.

"Our ship landed on your space station and we just wanted to take a look around," said the Doctor. "Could you tell us where exactly this space station is?"

Bennett looked suspiciously at him. "You want me to believe that you landed here without knowing where you are?"

"Yep," the Doctor said, popping the p. "More fun that way."

Bennett kept staring at him for a moment. He seemed to be trying to figure out what to make of the Doctor.

"We really just landed here and wanted to take a look at your space station," Martha said before the Doctor could talk them deeper into trouble. "We can just leave again if you don't want strangers here."

Bennett looked at her and opened his mouth to answer. But before he could say anything an alarm started. It was a high pitched sound that made Bennett jump up immediately. "Not again!" he muttered as he started to run. Martha and the Doctor followed him.

Bennett ran down a long corridor till he reached a double door that opened automatically when he approached. The Doctor and Martha followed him through the door into a big room with people sitting at consoles and some screens along the walls.

A woman with a long, brown ponytail turned around as Bennett walked in and immediately started talking to him. "Captain, our sensors just detected a ship. It seems to be waiting for something, because it's holding its position."

"Is it them?" Bennett asked the woman.

"I think so. We can't be sure, because of the distance, but it's the same size as their ships."

"Who are "they"?" asked the Doctor.

Bennett turned around to look at him. "I can't remember asking you to come with me," he said, and walked to one of the consoles to look for himself at what the sensors had picked up.

"Just tell us what's going on here. Maybe we can help you!" the Doctor called after him.

Captain Bennett did not react to what the Doctor had said. He continued to stare at one of the screens. The woman with the ponytail joined him.

The Doctor and Martha watched him for a moment till a young man approached them. He had been standing next to a console and had watched them the entire time they had talked to the captain. The man was in his late twenties. He had light brown hair and blue eyes, and Martha noticed that he was quite handsome.

"They are called the Ladurians," he answered the question the Doctor had asked Bennett. "They attacked us a week ago. We still have some damage from their last attack. Our shields aren't working and we didn't manage to repair them yet. We fought back the last time and they had to leave because we damaged their ship. But we don't stand a chance if they attack again. Not without our shields. They would destroy this station with a few shots."

"Do you know why they attacked you?" Martha asked him.

"The planet below us has many mineral resources. That's why this space station was build here. The Ladurians want this planet," the young man said. Then he looked Martha and the Doctor in the eyes. "Can you help us?" he asked.

"We'll do our best. First I would like to take a look at your shields. Maybe I can repair the damage," the Doctor said.

"Do you know how our systems work?" asked Bennett. He had listened to their conversation the entire time. Now he walked back towards them.

"I'm quite good at repairing things. I think I can help," the Doctor answered.

"Well, you can't do a worse job than my lot," Bennett said. The young man who had spoken to the Doctor and Martha looked offended.

"I'll let you try," Bennett continued. Then he looked at the young man. "Lieutenant, you will go with them and keep an eye on them. I don't trust them."

"Yes, sir!" the young man answered. Bennett turned around and walked back to the console he had been working on a minute ago.

The young man smiled at Martha and the Doctor. "I'm Lieutenant Mike Thompson," he introduced himself and shook their hands. "You can call me Mike," he added and smiled at Martha.

Martha smiled back. "Nice to meet you, Mike. I'm Martha and this is the Doctor."

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