note: I do not usually put swearing in anything I've written, but on occasion, a character lets something slip and it's impossible for me to go back and fix it
also, Edd is mine, I'd like to claim rights to him
"I'll do it! I will!" the Doctor warned, then took a second to look around. "Hang on, where's Davros?"
The Daleks completely ignored his question.
"THE WEAPON IS HARMLESS!" one of them said.
"What! No it's not!" the Doctor looked at his device thing, which resembled something like a gun and an old fashioned telephone at the same time. He then realized his problem. "Shoot! I forgot the Catalyzer!"
One of the Daleks fired and shot the weapon right out of his hand. The Doctor pulled his hand away from the singed air and shook it. He looked at the Daleks that had nearly surrounded him.
"EXTERMIN-" the Dalek speaking was shot to bits by a laser. He turned to look in the direction it came from, and was shocked to see the person who was standing there.
"Jack!"
"Hello there!" Jack replied cheerfully, blowing up the rest of the Daleks. He paused only when they were all gone, realizing that the man he had just met had called him by name. "Hang on, how do you know my name? I didn't think I was that famous." Jack walked over to the Doctor. "Do I know you?"
The Doctor just laughed. "I wonder how long it's going to take you to recognize me. I'd say maybe five minutes."
"Doctor!" Jack said happily.
"Or less" the Doctor laughed as Jack hugged him.
"Long time no see!" Jack said as he let go. "And you've regenerated. Again."
"Yeah, keep dying. I managed for a while on the last one, until I got thrown off a cliff."
Jack winced sympathetically. "You with anyone?" he asked after a moment.
"Yeah! Course I am! Travelling alone seems to be hazardous to my health" the Doctor laughed again. "In fact, I wouldn't have been thrown off that cliff if there had been someone there with me. If only I had found Alice sooner."
"Alice, eh? That's a nice name," Jack smiled. "Where is she now?"
"Back in city hall."
Apparently that sparked something in Jack's mind, because he immediately asked: "Have you seen Tabitha?"
The Doctor grinned. "That makes a lot more sense! She's fine, by the way. Probably still back at city hall with Alice."
"Knowing Tabitha, and assuming Alice is like any other of your companions, I'll bet they're over there coming up with a plan to come and rescue us or something."
The Doctor sighed. "Sadly, the answer to that is probably yes."
They both laughed.
Jack looked around at all the destroyed Daleks and frowned. "Where's Davros? I could have sworn I heard him when I was on my way over here."
"I don't know," the Doctor said. "You're not the only one wondering where he is."
"Shall we go find out?"
They grinned at each other and began their search through the Dalek base.
"So are we just going to sit here and wait for the Doctor to come back?" Tabitha asked.
Alice grinned. "Sure! I'd love to go after him," her face fell and became all serious. "But we don't have any weapons. He pretty much disabled all of them. And I think that going into a Dalek army without any weapons is a bad idea."
"Who said we don't have more upstairs?" Tabitha said, "He only took the ones from the stock on the third floor, we've got more."
"What are we waiting for then?" Alice asked, smile returning to her face. The two headed up the stairs to find their weapons.
Of course, every single weapon that Alice found, she had no idea what to do with. This became extremely funny after a while, and in no time Alice was picking up weapons at random and holding them backwards on purpose to get a bunch of laughs out of Tabitha.
But then Alice caught sight of a weapon she knew how to use.
"What are we going to do about you!" Tabitha laughed, nearly on the floor because she was laughing so hard.
"Oh, I think I've got just the thing!" Alice replied.
They burst into another room, which was actually more like some sort of warehouse. There were Daleks everywhere, which all swiveled around to face them. Jack started firing frantically, but with good aim. The Daleks fired at them also, but the Doctor and Jack dove behind crates to avoid getting shot.
"Hold your fire!" a voice called.
Immediately, all the Daleks stopped shooting. Reluctantly, Jack lowered his gun.
"Davros?" he asked the Doctor quietly
The Doctor shook his head. "Too young. The voice is way too young."
"You can come out," the voice called, "Daleks won't shoot unless I give the order."
Slowly, Jack and the Doctor stood up and looked around for the source of the voice. It was a young man, standing on a platform off to the side. His hands rested on the railing, and he looked down as if he owned the place. He was flanked by two Daleks.
"Oh look!" the young man said happily. "It's Captain Jack Harkness and the Doctor. Didn't think I'd ever run into you. Oh wait, yes I did! As soon as I took control of the Daleks and killed the idiot Davros."
"Who are you?" the Doctor asked.
"And how do you know our names?" Jack added.
"I'm Edd Dice" the young man said, "soon to be Ed- oh who am I kidding? There's no way I'm getting a promotion out of this. But it is going to be a hell of a lot of fun." He grinned. "And Captain Jack, I'll let you in on a little secret. I can read minds!"
Jack made a face that was a cross between shock and anger. The Doctor immediately started feeling sorry for the boy.
"I don't need your sympathy!" Edd shouted. "I don't need anyone's help! And you," he suddenly rounded on the nearest Dalek. "It would be nice if you could stop screaming at me! It was nice, a few days ago, when I couldn't hear you at all. Couldn't hear your constant screaming, why do you hate me so?" He was staring the Dalek straight in the eyestalk.
"Is he a bit… insane?" Jack whispered.
"I am not insane!" Edd said defiantly.
"I would be," the Doctor said. "If I were like you, with your mind constantly open to others' thoughts, always hearing, never able to shut them out."
"I'm perfectly fine," Edd's voice was completely calm, all trace of the recent anger gone. "All designated Daleks will board the ships," he said into a microphone, and his voice echoed throughout the entire city. To the Doctor he said: "You have thirty minutes until we invade the planet. You have until then to come up with a plan. That is, if you don't die first. See ya!"
Edd walked out of the room, and the Daleks immediately started attacking again. Jack started firing also, but it was going to be impossible to get them all. Just then though, a few more laser shots came through the door Edd had just walked out, and knocked two Daleks dead.
"Hang on," the Doctor said, staring at a laser that shot by. "That's not a laser…"
It was an arrow.
Tabitha and Alice ran in, Tabitha jumping off the platform and getting Daleks from down there. Alice rounded on the Daleks that had chased them in, and aimed an arrow at it.
"THE WEAPON IS USELESS!" the Dalek said.
"Wanna bet?" Alice replied, and let the arrow fly. The arrow went straight through the Daleks eyestalk and out the back of its head. Wiring was stuck to the tip of the arrow, and then the Dalek exploded.
"She's good!" Jack laughed, shooting another Dalek down.
In no time, the three had rid the room of Daleks.
Satisfied, Alice lowered her bow and headed down the stairs to the lower level, glaring at the Doctor. He gulped, and a pit of fear grew in his stomach. He hadn't been this scared before, even when he was surrounded by Daleks.
"You kissed me" she said simply.
From behind, Jack laughed.