I don t own doctor who, wish i did though...
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"All right then. Put em up." She says, Martha does as she says, Tallulah cocks the gun
"Hands in the air and no funny business." she says, the doctor and Solomon follow the order, she points the gun at me "Do it." she says, I however grab he wrist twist it behind her back take the gun and hold it to her head,
"You don t want to do that, i tend to get really protective and you pointing a gun at friends of mine is dangerous..." my voice i quiet, i know the gun is fake but i liked the look on her face it was amusing,
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It had been a while since i had held a gun, years i think but i lost track after i got out of the gang... I couldn't help but grin, i hadn't felt powerful in a while and the taste was good, if a little unsettling that it still came so easy.
"Phoenix... Um come on let her go..." the doctor said,
"She was pointing it at us, it was a natural reaction, what can i say."
"Phoenix..." he says, "Your arm is still bleeding." i look down, hmm well forgot about that, oh well, i pout and pull the gun away from her head twirling it around my fingers.
"Uh, who s Lazlo?" Martha asks obviously shaken by the little stunt i had pulled. Tallulah look at me and then back at the group,
"Uh lets walk some, i don t want to talk in the open..." we nod and follow her to her dressing room.
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The doctor and Martha were standing by a wall i however was on the opposite end of the room looking at the gun letting old memories come back,
"Lazlo s my boyfriend, or was my boyfriend until two weeks ago. No letter, no good-bye, no nothin . And I m not stupid." She waves her hands around as she talks. "I know some guys are just pigs but not my Lazlo. I mean, what kinda guy asks you to meet his mother before he vamooses?" she asks, i shrug, some guys are like that, get your hopes up and rip it all from under you,
"It might, might've helped if you hadn't aimed a gun at us and upset Phoenix." the doctor says
"Hunh? Oh, c mon. It s not real. It s just a prop. It was either that or a spear." she says,
"It looked pretty real to me." Martha said
"She's right just a prop you can tell not enough detail for it to be real, but excellent craftsmanship." i say spinning the chamber snapping it shut and point it at the doctor before pulling the trigger, nothing happened "Besides if this was real the recoil would be shit..." i put the gun behind me and look back at the group looking at me. "What?" i ask
"How do you..." Martha asks, i smirk
"Do you really wanna ask or do you wanna sleep at night?" i ask with humour, she shakes her head
"What do you think happened to Lazlo?" Martha says turning her attention to Tallulah
"I wish I knew. One minute he s there, the next, zip vanished." she replies, not by choice, he really does love you, i think to myself, slightly bitter but i brush it away,
"Listen, ah what s your name?" the doctor ask, why not have some fun here if I m gonna see Daleks...
"Tallulah" we say at the same time, she looks at me "How do you know my name?" she asks, i grin
"I know everything, sometimes i wish i didn't though."
"Tallulah." the doctor repeats
"3 L's and an H." she says with a cheery smile, god she seems so cakey.
"Right. Um, we can try to find Lazlo, but he s not the only one. There are people disappearing every night." The doctor says, i really felt sympathy for her, maybe i could change Lazlo back before we leave it shouldn't be too hard, reverse the gene splicing and eliminate the pig cells and add more human cells, shouldn't leave to much of an effect, well the occasional snort i suppose but he won t be able to help that...
"And there are creatures. Such creatures." Solomon says interrupting my internal rambling of a plan,
"Whaddaya mean creatures ?" Tallulah asks curious
"Look. Listen, just trust me. Everyone is in danger. I need to find out exactly what this is" he says as he removes the blob from his pocket and i cringe again "Because then I ll know exactly what we re fighting." he says
"Great speech doctor i would help if i could but i cant and to be honest you really don t want to know where it's from and who's behind it, you'd be a whole lot happier..." my voice started sarcastic but went quiet and cold by the end i could feel the flames licking at my hand but looking down there was nothing there... i still wonder what controls it, well other than blind fury or desperation. i shrug and keep looking down at my hand imagining flames forming in a blue light, it was always a good colour but i yelp in surprise as the flame actually appeared in my hand before examining it closely it was beautiful, i think of a normal flame and it changes colour, i wonder if a weapon could be formed? i shake my head, later... i look at the fire now how to get it to go away before anyone notices...
Yeah they hadn t noticed yet, but i think of different ways but then at last the simplest one enters my mind, imagine it extinguished... so i did just that and het presto it's gone... Looking around i see that everyone including myself had moved to the prop room, when I m not sure but the doctor is scavenging for pieces of equipment to make his scanner.
"How about this? I found it backstage." Solomon says showing the doctor a radio, yup things are defiantly moving along, i go over to the doctor s side as he takes the radio
"Perfect. It s the capacitors I need. I m just rigging up a crude little DNA scan for this beastie. If I can get a chromosomal reading, I ll find out where it s from." the doctor say like we all know what he means as he Sonics the inside of the radio
"How about you, Doctor? Where are you from? I ve been all over. I ve never heard anybody talk like you. Just exactly who are you?" Solomon questions as the doctor takes a piece of the radio and blows on it scattering the dust that had collected in the time it hadn t been used.
"Oh, I m just sort of passing by." the doctor says vaguely and i couldn t blame him, it would be painful to talk of something so precious.
"I m not a fool, Doctor." Solomon says in a hard voice, i sigh and turn to Solomon,
"No. Sorry." the doctor says continuing on with his work, i place a hand on his shoulder and he looks at me
"Can i do it?" i ask he raises an eyebrow as i gesture to the device that he is making
"You wouldn't have a clue where to start." he says, so me i go and prove him wrong by rattling off a few of the things he has done and a few that he missed or needed to do (A/N i would list them but i got no idea about any technical shit.) he reluctantly hands me the sonic and stands up whilst i sit down and tune out everything they say entering my own world of mechanics, i did this when i was bored and it shouldn't be a problem, but this was making me miss my baby and when i would work on her, so i make a mental not to get him to take me to a race track so i could let out some steam.
"I was so scared, Doctor. I let them take Frank cause I was just too scared. I gotta get back to Hooverville. With these creatures on the loose, we gotta protect ourselves. Ain t no one else gonna help us." Solomon admitted, i was still vaguely aware of the conversation because i had already seen it.
"Good luck." I think the doctor says.
"I hope you find what you re looking for. For all our sakes." Solomon, i think he left after that it took about ten minutes to finish the scanner and then we headed up to the balcony. The walk was silent.
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We're on the balcony he had hooked the blob to the scanner and sets one of the stage lights on it and more heat.
"That s it. Let s warm you up." the doctor says to himself i roll my eyes
"I'll tell you doctor you re not gonna like the answer and when you find it don t take it out on me." i say quietly he looks at me then back at the scanner, putting his glasses on and starts to examine it,
"This is artificial." The doctor says, i nod and he turns back to the scanner, suddenly over the speakers the announcer speaks
"Ladies and gentlemen "
"Genetically engineered." he says again looking at me, i nod again "Whoever this is, oh, you re clever." he says, he wouldn't say that if he knew who it was, but i kept my thoughts to myself...
" .with Heaven and Hell!" the announcer continues, the curtain rises and the show starts, not long now and it was going to blow up in my face.
#You lured me in with your cold grey eyes,#
#Your simple smile and your bewitching lies#
#One and one and one is three#
#My bad, bad angel, the Devil and me#
#You put the devil in me#
#You put the devil in me#
#You put the devil in me.# #You put the Devil in me #
that was Tallulah s singing
He puts his stethoscope to the blob and continues his analysis
"Fundamental DNA type 467-989. 989. Hold on, that means planet of origin." He looks at me in disbelief, i nod and utter one word in a snarling low tone containing my hatred by force of will alone not wanting to burn the theatre down
"Skaro." he looks at me his mouth now hanging open before he rushes off, i follow and overtake him my anger driving me to go faster knowing what had happened.
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we reach back stage in a matter of minutes,
"Where is she? Where s Martha?" the doctor demanded
"I don t know. She ran off the stage." Tallulah answers looking at us, suddenly a scream sounded and i knew then that it was Martha, i turn as fast as i can but the doctor was already running off, i was hot on his heels and Tallulah wasn't far behind. When we reach the room it's empty of the person we're looking for, i lash out at the closest thing, a box, apparently one of the main generators because some of the lights shut off as i punch it and leave a considerable dent.
"Martha!" the doctor shouts calling for her, i however move to the slightly open sewer lid and pull it off, i look at the doctor to see him pulling on his coat
"Oh, where are you goin ?" Tallulah asks, i don t bother to respond as i stand up look down at the hole and jump down, hearing the doctor's voice echo slightly from where i landed with a light splash, i could barely see so thinking of a flame i hold out my hand and it appears, lowering my hand it flickers out i sigh and do it again only this time i imagine it floating in the air, problem was the flame wasn't red, it was vortex golden, i had to change it before the doctor climb- it was too late he had just touched down on the floor.
"Ah light where-" he looks at the flame floating and looks at me as i wave the flame following the motion
"What re y doin ? I said, what the hell are ya doin ? Crazy guy." she says but then a minute later she follows down the hole
"No, no, no, no, no way. You re not coming. Phoenix is bad enough but i know she can handle it."
"Tell me what s going on." Tallulah demands ignoring his protest at her tagging along.
"There s nothing you can do. Go back." he said bluntly, ow, but he is facing the stuff of nightmares,
"Look, whoever s taken Martha, they could ve taken Lazlo, couldn t they?" She argued, she did have a point she may be a bit of a ditz but she had a little logic i guess.
"Tallulah, you re not safe down here." Always trying to protect everyone but himself, it was touching but a bit stupid really.
"Then that s my problem. Come on. Which way?" she says, and even though she said it was her problem, i know that the doctor will always be thinking he is responsible for anything bad that happens when he's around, it's the way he is and it won t ever change... i sigh. Tallulah walks down the left tunnel
"Wrong way sweetie." crap, there we go again, but it was always gonna slip out at some point and it had a few times already. The Doctor goes down the right tunnel as i wait for Tallulah.
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We had been walking for about ten minutes and Tallulah turned to me
"So are you with him?" she asks gesturing to the doctor, i look at her surprised,
"No, not ever besides it's kind of hard to be with someone who i know is going to get married one day, and i- i don t even like him like that..." I was shaking my head frantically on the inside i had a little voice taunting me 'You can t lie, you do like him like that and he sure as hell has a nice ass don t he?'
'ye- what no, wait, am i crazy I m having a conversation with myself and it-'
"Honey you sure the looks you give him at times and Martha said it like you were meant to be together..." Tallulah says,
"I can t, i mean he's different enough already the list is so long on why i wouldn't be able to have him if i did like him like that, wait Martha said that?" i ask after cutting myself off and realising what she said, she nods,
"wait you say different, is he into musicals?" she asks, i couldn't help it, i bust out laughing, oh my god i have to tell jack that, i sober quickly, jack i haven't got a way to contact him and then next time i see him is, i shiver and lock that though away, looking at Tallulah she was giving me a weird look,
"What?" i ask
"you were laughing and then suddenly you just cut off and looked all grim."
"Phoenix." I look over to the doctor and see that the flame had disappeared "Could we have some light please?"
"Sorry." i say as i imagine a flame again this time it was a purple flame "Takes a lot of concentration." i say with gritted teeth. he nod and we continue walking,
"When you say They ve taken her , who s they exactly? And who are you anyway? I never asked." Tallulah questions as she walks,
"Shh." the doctor said,
"Okay. Okay." Tallulah says
"Shh, shh, shh." the doctor says as i continue with a "Shut up we can t be noticed, speaking of which this should probably go out." i say extinguishing the flame. In front of us a Dalek was approaching and i felt my blood run cold, the lives they have taken, not just from the time war but all over space and time, my rage was kept behind a very delicate veil just bubbling under the surface.
"I mean you re handsome and all " she was cut off as he puts his hand over her mouth and drags her back into the tunnel myself backing away slowly not making any sudden movements knowing that if i got caught i would die. i didn't feel fear just disgust for the creature living inside the shell of Armour
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no. They survived. They always survive while I lose everything." he says looking at me and asking one simple question "Why?" and it was that question that i would never be able to answer, i just didn t know and it killed me not being able to give him some kind of comfort.
"That metal thing? What was it?" Tallulah asks,
"It s called a Dalek. And it s not just metal, it s alive." The doctor ground out, at the same time i said "a demon, not capable of emotions other than hate." mine was quiet low and sent shudders up their spines,
"You re kidding me." she says with a laugh,
"Does it look like I m kidding?" he says as he turns on her, she sober quickly "Inside that shell is a creature born to hate, whose only thought is to destroy everything and everyone that isn t a Dalek too. It won t stop until it s killed every human being alive." he said his voice growing in hate,
"Hey, i know your angry because so am i but you don t need to take it out on her she's human nothing like a Dalek." he turns on me,
"You really shouldn't talk you knew exactly what was going on and you said nothing, you kept it from me, and let Martha be taken, you have no right to say anything against what i have to say." his voice was cold, his eyes stormy, 'the Oncoming Storm'
"I told you time and again that you wouldn't like the answer and you know i can t change anything, i warned you that you wouldn't like the answer and i told you a long time ago that i can t say anything at the risk of tearing the universe apart, you don t think i didn't want to tell you to leave, or tell you that they survived, that we should go somewhere else. i couldn't, you had to come here to stop them from changing human history, i had no choice in this, either i didn t tell you and condemn the human race or tell you and have you blame me for not telling you, i would give anything to be able to tell you what i know and you know i can t so don t turn this on me, i never asked to be brought here, i was happy to just die, and i didn't tell you to bring me along but if you hadn't then you would have been a lot less prepared than you are now so be grateful..." i was seething and though i wasn't aware my eyes were glowing red like the fires of hell. he backed down but i would not say anything to him, i had nothing to say to him now.
"But if it s not a human being, that kinda implies it s from outer space." the doctor and i look at her, i point to my flame that had lit up "Yet again, that s a no with the kidding. Boy Well, what s it doin here, in New York?" she asks.
the doctor pulls Tallulah by the arm
"Every second you re down here, you re in danger. I m taking you back right now." he says, i just stared at him and turn the corner, i see Lazlo and put the flame out, Tallulah screams and he tries to hide
"Where s Martha? What have you done with her? What have you done with Martha?" the doctor interrogates as he steps forward,
"I didn t take her." Lazlo says,
"Can you remember your name?" the doctor asks in surprise
"Don t look at me." Lazlo says avoiding the question, he didn't want to say obviously,
"Do you know where she is?" Tallulah asks as she moves forward
"Phoenix give us some light." the doctor said, it was more like a command than a request, i did nothing "Phoenix?"
"Stay back! Don t look at me!" Lazlo shouts,
"What happened to you?" the doctor asks, he looks at me again but i keep my eyes focused on Lazlo, they move slightly closer and see that he is more man than pig.
"They made me a monster." he replies
"Who did?" the doctor asks
"The masters." he answers
"Don't call them that." i say through clenched teeth,
"The Daleks. Why?" the doctor asks looking back at him,
"They needed slaves. They needed slaves to steal more people so they created us. Part animal, part human. I escaped before they got my mind, but it was still too late." He says his voice regretful,
"I can fix it." i say so quietly.
"Do you know what happened to Martha?" the doctor questions again.
"They took her. It s my fault. She was following me." he explains
"Were you in the theatre?" Tallulah asks
"Yes." Lazlo answers with a nod,
"Why? Why were you there?" she asks more persistently,
"I never wanted you to see me like this." he continues avoiding her question,
"Why me? What do I gotta do with this? Were you following me? Is that why you were there?" she asks her questions in rapid fire without room for answer, he turns to face her,
"Yes." he says answering only her third and fourth question,
"Who are you?" she asks again
"Phoenix, Can we have some light." i still say nothing at the doctors request, Lazlo didn't want to be seen yet i wasn't going to disrespect his wishes,
"I was lonely." Lazlo continues to answer her second question,
"Who are you?" She continues to ask
"I needed to see you." he says evading her question again,
"Who are you?" she repeats
"I m sorry." he says as he turns away,
"No, wait." she says as she grabs his arm "Let me look at you." she places him under the light and i light up a normal flame "Lazlo?" he nods in confirmation "My Lazlo?" she says as her voice breaks, "Oh, what have they done to you?" she asks,
"I m sorry. So sorry." Lazlo repeats
"Lazlo, can you show us where they are?" the doctor asks,
"They ll kill you." he says trying to deter us
"If we don t find them, and soon they will kill everyone in the room with them, please, i don t want more death, I ve had enough to last a lifetime." i plead with him.
"Then follow me." he says with reluctance and so it starts. we walk down the tunnel.
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We arrive and Lazlo leads us to where we can see Martha and Frank, the pig men start squealing nervously, i jump out from my hiding spot and, the pig man spots me hoarding me with the rest, i cover my star aura and appear human, with great difficulty, i could tell the doctor was seething, but didn't look, i go over to Martha and frank
"Hey kids." i say, they turn to me
"Phoenix." they both say in surprise, i send Martha a look to tell her that i came here with help
"They got you to?" Frank asks, i shake my head, i didn't like lying but i would if necessary, "What re they doing? What s wrong? What s wrong?" he asks us, i don t have time to answer because the Daleks arrive. i bite back a growl and lock away my emotions,
"Silence. Silence." it cries
"What the hell is that?" Martha asks
"A Dalek." my voice was short and clipped, Martha s eyes widen
"You will form a line. Move." It orders, the pig men push us all into a line,
"Just do what it says, everyone, okay? Just obey." Martha say speaking to everyone,
"The female is wise. Obey!" the Dalek said, i couldn't stop the cringe of disgust that made its way to the surface. a second Dalek arrives and i grew more rigid
"Report." The second one demands
"These are strong specimens. They will help the Dalek cause." the first one says, i on the other hand fight so as not to scoff, i will damn well not help the Dalek cause.
"What is the status of the Final Experiment?" Dalek one says
"The Dalekanium is in place. The energy conductor is now complete." shit the empire state building...
"Then I will extract prisoners for selection." Dalek one replies, the pig man brings an older black man forward, the Dalek extends the sucker towards his face and I m reminded of 'Dooms day'
"Intelligence scan. Initiate. Reading brain waves. Low intelligence." the Dalek states
"You calling me stupid?" The man asks with a bite in his tone,
"This one will become a pig slave." It said and two pig men pull him away
"No, let go of me! I m not becoming one of them!" the man shouts, the Dalek moves on ignoring the man s protests
"Intelligence scan. Initiate." it said "Superior intelligence." it turns to Martha and extends the sucker "Intelligence scan. Initiate. Superior intelligence. This one will become part of the Final Experiment." it said, i had to fight down bile that had risen in my throat
"You can t just experiment on people! It s insane! It s inhuman!" Martha shouts
"They aren't human Martha, they aren't anything close to remotely human, they are monsters" i say my voice cold
"The human woman is correct we are not " it says turning to me and extending the sucker "Intelligence scan. Initiate. Reading brain waves. Superior intelligence." i look right at the eye stalk, the Dalek stare's back before it turns its eye stalk and begins to speak,
"Prisoners of high intelligence will be taken to the transgenic laboratory." we are shaved and begin to fallow the Daleks, the Doctor falls in line between Martha and I just in front of Frank while Lazlo acts like one of the guards.
"Just keep walking." the doctor says, i wait for the bomb to explode
"I m so glad to see you." Martha says, the doctor forgets his anger for a moment
"Yeah, well, you can kiss me later. Frank, you can kiss Phoenix if you want. On second though just ignore what i said.." then he turns to me "What the Hell did you think you were doing? do you have any idea what could have happened if they found out you were part star." he whisper yells (oxy-Moron) i don t respond or even glance at him, still holding my anger to him.
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We reach the lab after a few minutes and are brought in.
"Report." Dalek one demands
"Dalek Sec is in the final stage of evolution." Dalek three informs
"Scan him. Prepare for birth." Dalek One commands,
"Evolution?" the doctor says sounding confused,
"What s wrong with old Charlie boy over there?" Martha asks obviously sensing the tension between us,
"Ask them." the doctor whispers
"What me? Don t be daft. What about Phoenix?" she asks looking at me, I shake my head
"You are asking for a lot of self-control with me just being in this room, i will snap if i have to say anything and probably be killed, although i have died once what's another time, maybe I ll go home." I say about to speak, the doctor however had other plans and clamped his hand over my mouth and looked at Martha.
"I don t exactly us want to get noticed. Ask them what s going on." He says, i struggle against his hand, Martha takes a deep breath
"Daleks, I demand to be told. What is this Final Experiment? Report!" she commands, i give up and do the most immature trick and lick his hand, he pulls his hand away and looks at me,
"Did you have to do that?" he whispers i ignore him.
"You will bear witness." Dalek one says,
"To what?" I speak up.
"This is the dawn of a new age." the Dalek replies
"What does that mean?" Martha questions
"We are the only four Daleks so the species must evolve a life outside the shell. The Children of Skaro must walk again." The Dalek sort of explains.
Dalek Sec s shell powers down and the casing opens once again to reveal a human-Dalek hybrid. The clothing is unmistakably that of Diagoras. The head is similar to a Dalek body with mouth, one eye, and tentacles. The hands are almost claw-like. i cringe in disgust that they had taken another body to do this and used it so as to 'walk' the earth once more.
"What is it?" Martha asks
"I am a human Dalek. I am your future." Dalek sec says slowly, I bite my tongue and draw blood so as not to say anything more.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Okay guys here s the new chapter I m not sure this will be a regular thing, updating so quickly because if i do that i usually lose interest in writing the story but i was bored today let me know what you think and i will try to improve.
Shadow OUT!
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