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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...
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"These humans will become like me." Dalek Sec announces, I felt fury at just the sight of the Daleks but this, this was beyond fury, i felt my restraint slowly fading, thinking of what was yet to come for these monsters, the pain they will cause my doctor... I was so caught up in my thoughts that i didn t notice th3 doctor slip behind some machinery, but then again no one else did either.
"Prepare them for hybridisation." Dalek sec continues, as he says this, the pig slaves close in on us Martha being the most resistant,
"Leave me alone! Don t you dare!" She kept on shouting as one of the slaves grabbed her arm, i had one on each arm pulling me, when suddenly 'Happy days are here again' plays from somewhere, i roll my eyes at how much he loves theatrics, everyone stops, wondering where the music is coming from.
What is that sound?" Sec asks, and as he does, the doctor steps out with a radio in his hands,
"That would be me." he says casually as he sets said radio down "Hello. Surprise. Boo. Et cetera." he continues in a flippant tone, my anger with the Daleks slowly dying down,
"Doctor." the freak experiment states, he looked hideous
"The enemy of the Daleks." Tin can number 1 says
"Exterminate." Tin can 2 deadpans
"Wait." Sec commands, ah yes here comes a bit of that conscious thought coming through, no matter how much bullshit he spits i am slightly grateful for stopping the attack on the doctor.
"Well, then. A new form of Dalek." The doctor says slowly walking forward "Fascinating and very clever." he compliments though i can t tell if he's sarcastic or not
"The Cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter." Sec comments
"How did you end up in 1930?" The doctor queried
"Emergency Temporal Shift." sec responds,
The doctor scoffs "Oh, that must have roasted up your power cells, yeah?" he strides away, looking around as if he owned the place "Time was, four Daleks could have conquered the world but instead your skulking away, hidden in the dark, experimenting." He lets out a deep breath "All of which results in you." now don t get me wrong, i wanted to watch the show even if i am pissed at him but the circulation in my arms was being cut off, so i focused some of the rages i had felt moments before and my arms were encased in flames, causing the slaves to squeal and let go, the doctor looks over at me and shakes his head "Was that really necessary?" he asks
"They were cutting off my circulation." i say my voice sounds cold even to my own ears causing me to wander what it sounded like to others, but considering the flinch in the doctor s demeanour and the steps back a few of the humans took i guess it was bad to say the least. The doctor clears his throat and looks back to sec,
"I am Dalek in human form." he said, i snort, that is not human,
"Human sure if that s what they were to look like i would agree but they don t so don t insult such a great species." my voice had taken on a snarl again,
"What does it feel like? You can talk to me, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn t it? That s your name? You ve got a name and a mind of your own. Tell me what you re thinking right now." The doctor says trying for what i can guess was to get attention off me and back onto him.
"I feel humanity." Sec answered, i growl but keep my mouth shut walking over to Martha and Frank the pigs backing up
"You alright?" Martha asks in a whisper light voice, i respond with a curt nod and keep my eyes looking around the room just in case our exit is blocked and we needed a new one, there was another corridor to the right, but that would probably be guarded by more slaves and we wouldn't reach the desired destination if we went a different exit anyway so if our original exit is blocked we are essentially screwed, to be blunt.
"Good. That s good." the doctor says to secs (A/N *Snigger* yes i am childish and dirty minded.) answer to his question.
"I feel everything we wanted from mankind, which is ambition, hatred, aggression and war. Such a genius for war." I couldn't help but voice my thoughts here, i may be a star but i had spent most of my life as a human and would defend the race until death,
"Those are only the negative ones, most criminals feel that if you wanted to be better than you would feel nicer emotions, but wait a Dalek isn't nice, it shouldn't evolve it should disappear and never return." i spat with venom,
"No, that s not what humanity means." The doctor said after i had finished talking, he sent me a look, a warning, i glare at him and turn back to the Daleks.
"I think it does. At heart, this species is so very Dalek." Sec contradicted, i pit my tongue and tasted blood, my gist clenched and without my knowing a red flame burst from my fist along with blood as my nails bit into my skin, the doctor came over and took my face in his hands, i shook him off and slapped his hands away,
"Don t." i said, in a whisper, but from everyone else s ears my voice was dead,
"Such an interesting species, what are you?" Sec asked, i open my mouth to respond before the doctor cut in
"All right, so what have you achieved hen? With this Final Experiment, eh? Nothing! Cause I can show you what you re missing with this thing." he points at the radio "Simple little radio." he pats it
"You have not answered my question, what species are you girl." Sec presses, ignoring the doctors warning look i reply
"Daughter of a star." i made sure to put every ounce of hate in my voice, i saw Secs (heh) eyes widen and the Daleks roll back slightly.
"What is the purpose of that device?" Dalek 2 asked keeping his eye stalk on me,
"Well, exactly. It plays music. What s the point of that? Oh, with music, you can dance to it, sing with it, fall in love to it. Unless you re a Dalek of course. Then it s just noise." the doctor answers in his cheery voice, but to anyone who knew him you could hear the strain, The Doctor aims the sonic screwdriver at the radio and a high pitch wail emanates from it. Sec holds his head in pain while the other Daleks act erratically. "Run!" he shouted to everyone, i made sure everyone was out before i followed the doctor running after me,
"Protect the hybrid!" I heard one of the Daleks order
"Protect. Protect. Protect." of Dalek voices said, Martha stops, unsure of which way to go. I run passed and grab her hand pulling her with me,
"Come on! Move, keep running don t look back and don t stop." I shout, as we run down the tunnel we pass Tallulah
"And you, Tallulah! Run!" The doctor says as he continues to run
"What s happened to Lazlo?" Tallulah asked bewildered, The Doctor leads everyone to a ladder.
"C mon! Everyone up!" the doctor shouts helping everyone up and then i push him to the ladder
"Go." i said before he could protest and he started climbing myself hastily following, after we had escaped i wandered off looking around and seeing if i could help, i had to distract myself, i felt the tattoo on my lower back burn and cringe, it was a sort of protest to the fight i was having with the doctor, i ignored it and went over to the girls and sat on the crate spare pulling a rock from the dirt and another and rubbing them together, creating sparks and sharpening the rock.
"They re splicing themselves into human bodies. If I m right, they ve got a farm of breeding stock right here in Hooverville. We ve got to get everyone out." the doctor told Solomon, i roll my eyes
"Not going to happen, where are they gonna go oh smart one." I say with heavy sarcasm,
"What s wrong with you?" he asked,
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! are you really gonna ask that after the shouting you did when i had no control over what i could say, you blamed me for not telling you and then say i have no right to talk to you because i was trying to stop you from lashing out at Blondie over here, and then pretend it never happened, I m simply following what you said and not talking to you, you stuck up bastard!" I shout, everyone looked between us, "Continue Solomon." i says
"Err. Uh she's right though doctor, Hooverville s the lowest place a man can fall. There s nowhere else to go."
"I m sorry, Solomon. You ve got to scatter. Go anywhere. Down to the railroads, travel across state, just get out of New York." The doctor said his voice rising out of frustration, that complete ass, urg of all the people to be supposedly linked to it had to be him, i flinch as the burning returned,
"Solomon you got a needle and thread?" i ask, he nods and walks into his tent, leaving the tense silence
"Phoenix. I'm-"
"Here" Solomon said returning with the stuff i asked for, accepting it i get to work on the gash in my arm "There s got to be a way to reason with these things." I snort at that, good luck.
"There s not a chance." Martha says
"You aint seen em, boss." Frank says trying to convince Solomon
"Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now they re vulnerable and that makes them more dangerous than ever." the doctor explained his voice calm but i could tell there was anger in his voice, a sharp whistle cuts off our conversation
"They re coming! They re coming!" The sentry shouts, i sigh and stand up
"And now it begins..." i mutter, the girls look at me with a questioning look as i walk off, i needed a gun, even if the doctor didn t like them i wasn't going to sit by and watch people die, i get to the tent and look at each settling on a 9mm hand gun, i worked better with one of these than a shotgun or a semi-automatic rifle, putting the gun in the left hand outside pocket i walk back to the others.
"Come back! We gotta stick together! It s not safe out there! Come back!" Solomon shouts as some of the residents flee, pig slaves are invading Hooverville, the once who run end up hurt, how long had it been since i shot a gun... i couldn't remember specifically but i remember what drove me to the gang, Sleeping Forest...
Everyone had a code name, my partners were 'Knight Panther' and 'Blood Claw' they chose their names themselves, i didn't have a choice as the leader, 'Death' yeah i know how pompous is that, but anyway he had a thing for me, gave me my title, 'Queen of Shadows', my name was given because of my ability to meld with the shadows and take my target before they would see me, I m not proud of the things i did but i was in a dark place, Ethan had just passed from a hit and run, my first target was the bastard responsible, but revenge didn t make anything better, i just wasn't allowed to leave after he had seen my potential.
"Then we stand together. Gather round. Everybody come to me. You there, Jethro, Harry, Seamus, stay together." Solomon commanded, with skill and experience, put it was to late the pigs had us in a tight circle by the fire, "They can t take all of us." he continues as he starts firing his gun,
"If we can just hold them off till daylight." Martha suggested desperate for a way to get out without bloodshed, the doctor and i look skyward
"Oh, Martha, they re just the foot soldiers." the doctor says quietly, then after the words had been uttered everyone had turned to look,
"Oh, my God." she gasps, A Dalek was elevated in the air and heading towards us, i reach for my gun and pull it out, i look at it, my hands were shaking, i didn't want to use one of these again, i swore i would stop after-
"What in this world " Solomon asks in terrified wonder,
"It s the devil. A devil in the sky. God save us all. It s damnation." A sentry shouts in panic
"Oh yeah? We ll see about that!" Frank shouts as he fires at it, the bullets did nothing to dent or scratch the armour, the doctor reaches over to Frank and pushes the Rifle down, mine was by my side out of his sight,
"That s not gonna work." The doctor informs, he was wrong there was a way to stop a Dalek,
"There s more than one of them." Martha says horrified, the Daleks begin the attack on the camp, causing explosions and starting fires
"The humans will surrender." Dalek one commands
"Leave them alone! They ve done nothing to you!" The doctor shouts, gritting my teeth i knew that wouldn't stop them and so did the doctor, it was hopeless, Daleks would never have compassion, understanding or guilt for what they did,
"We have located the Doctor!" Dalek two states, Solomon steps forward and the Doctor grabs him by the arm
"No, Solomon. Stay back." the doctor pleaded, i shook my head this time, he just didn t understand human instinct as much as he thought,
"I m told that I m addressin the Daleks, is that right?" Solomon speaks with a confidence not shown in his eyes, and i couldn't honestly blame him, i mean if i hadn't known about alien life forms in this world, i would be freaked at the concept of offering peace to something that could and is in this case deadly. "From what I hear, you re outcasts, too."
"Solomon, don t." The doctor warned, falling on deaf ears as he continued forward, his attention so focused on Solomon he didn t notice me raise the gun from my side, my hand slightly steadier than before
"Doctor, this is my township, you will respect my authority. Just let me try." he says as he pushes the doctor away, he steps back guilt in his eyes that shouldn't be meant for him, "Daleks aint we all the same? Underneath, aint we all kin?" He says to the Daleks setting his rifle to the ground, my grip becomes tighter and the shaking stops, i take aim " Cause, see, I ve just discovered this past day God s universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was. And that scares me. Oh, yeah. Terrifies me. Right down to the bone. But it s got to give me hope hope that maybe together we can make a better tomorrow. So I I beg you now if you have any compassion in your hearts then you ll meet with us and stop this fight. Well what do you say?"
"Exterminate!" The Dalek goes to fire but i beat it to the trigger and fired one bullet to the eyestalk, "Vision impaired." the Dalek shouts
"There is one way to kill a Dalek and i will not sit by and watch as it destroys life." I shout to it,
"You are a companion of the doctor's you will not shoot." the Dalek states, i raise an eyebrow
"I haven't travelled with the doctor long and have used a gun on many occasions. This is no different" I say
"Mercy." the Dalek says, i felt a small smirk make its way onto my face
"I m sorry i didn't hear you, what did you say?" i ask, i was unintentionally quoting River,
"Mercy." it repeats,
"Oh mercy, well why should i show you mercy when you never showed it to the people you killed." my voice was cold and mocking
"Mercy. you will show mercy." it demands,
"I will not. Here s something for your records Sec, I'm Phoenix and I won t show mercy to your kind." and with that i pulled the trigger and hit the eyestalk again, with it's defences down it blew up and fell to the ground, Dead. "Solomon get back here, and don t do anything like that again." he rushes back and i look at him before turning to the doctor, i look at him with dead eyes and see him looking at my hand, i look down, my hand was shaking again, I hadn't held a gun for 4 years 6 months. i couldn t remember the date, the day i put the gun down was the day i killed 'Death' he had taken it too far and killed without reason, my friends died and 'Panther' stood by me until the end, nightmares still haunt me to this day, i put a bullet through 'Deaths' head and 'Panther' took a bullet to the lung for me when i was in the middle of a fight, i was covered in blood within minutes. his last words a wish i completed 'Kill the bastard.' i did, for him and for the people who had died by his command and some of which my hand. I couldn t hold the gun, it slipped from my grasp i felt numb again.
"They would have killed him. They just shot him on the spot." Martha said in disbelief
"It's what a Dalek does, anything not like it has to die, they claim to be superior." the numb feeling receded and venom flooded my veins, I lost focus and didn t feel as though i was in control of my body.
No one s P.O.V
"Daleks!" Phoenix said with cold fury just as the doctor had open his to shout the same, everyone flinched at her tone, it was calm and controlled, but you could hear the anger, hatred and disgust in her tone, she would rip them apart if she were strong enough, of that everyone was sure, she walked forward the doctor grabbing her arm to try and stop her, but she simply pulled away as though she hadn't felt him "Kill me, your cold and heartless you slaughtered the Time lords and god knows how many other defenceless races, how much blood have you spilled? Prove yourselves, show me what monsters can do kill me, you think these humans primitive and unworthy of living, but i can tell you they are far more supreme than you will ever be, they survived with emotion, the haven t locked themselves in a cold shell with no emotion, kill me and prove how supreme you really are." throughout this speech the wind had picked up, making her hair fly around her, flames appearing on the floor where she stood, sparks coming from her hands.
"Phoenix." the doctor said running forward, standing in front of her, looking into her eyes, but they weren t the amber he had become so fond of, they were blazing gold and red, "Stop, Phoenix, please." she sifted keeping her eyes on the Dalek not hearing a word he said or even seeming to feel that he was there, his hands were burning.
"I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemy, and an abomination of time." The Dalek declared,
"Then do it! Don t talk! Just do it! Show me what your capable of!" Phoenix coaxed
"Extermin " The Dalek started but cut off "I do not understand. It is the Doctor and an abomination that should be purged. The urge to kill is too strong. I obey." the Dalek said as though receiving commands from someone,
"What s going on?" The doctor asked, not looking at the Dalek
"You will follow. Both of you." The Dalek spat,
Phoenix's P.O.V
"You will follow. Both of you." i heard the Dalek command, wait both, my vision came back from the blurred shapes to clarity and the noise flooded my ears, the surge of sense was too much and i fell as though someone had dropped a huge bolder on my shoulders, my legs gave out and i fell into a chest,
"Hey, you okay." the doctors voice asks, i stand up and pull out from his grip, or try to... when i fell his hand went around my waist and the upper sternum, i was trapped, and i didn't like it,
"Let go." i say
"No." the doctor replies, fine play it the hard way, it will only hurt more, i slam my foot onto his and he cries out slightly letting go and grabbing his foot hoping around, i step back and look at the Dalek,
"Go where?" i ask,
"You will follow." I roll my eyes but don t say anymore,
"No! You can t go!" Martha shouts panicked, ah more panic in this episode not more than on the moon, but still lots of panic.
"We ve got to go." He shot me a dirty look "The Daleks just changed their minds. Daleks never change their minds." the doctor explains
"But what about us?" Martha gestures to the park, The Doctor looks back at the people of Hooverville before facing the Dalek, i hadn't looked, i knew what he would say
"One condition! If we come with you, you spare the lives of everyone here! Do you hear me?" the doctor asked
"The humans will be spared. Doctor... Abomination... follow." What the hell is with the abomination thing, sounds like a clich fanfiction... i shrug
"Then I m coming with you." Martha says with determination, of course the doctor shoots that down instantly,
"Martha, stay here. Do what you do best. People are hurt. You can help them. Let us go." he says casting a glance at me, i wouldn't forgive him just yet, he had to beg for forgiveness, yes i have been told that i can be a bit eccentric but i don t care he won t get off easy with what he said, i didn t deserve that... Martha looks at the Doctor and I as we look at the Daleks before striding off, -well he was striding i was sauntering- to follow them. Martha looked hurt and alone, but i could see this was for the best as well as she was needed elsewhere. The Doctor pauses and looks back
"Oh, and can I just say, thank you very much." he said, he grips her hand with both of his and winks. As we walk off, Martha would see he had given her the psychic paper. we walked for about fifteen minutes each time the doctor started to say something i would shoot it down or the Dalek would tell him to shut up, well not shut up exactly but that would be hilarious, even if i did hate their guts... We arrive in the Dalek lab and he immediately starts in on Dalek Sec
"Those people were defenceless! You only wanted me, but no, that wasn t enough for you! You had to start killing cause that s the only thing a Dalek s good for!" he grilled, i sigh
"The deaths were wrong." Sec said...
"I m sorry?/What?" we said at the same time the doctor looking at me, myself focused on sec,
"That man, their leader Solomon, he showed courage." Sec explained
"And that s good?" I asked unsure of how to interpret the sudden change in behaviour,
"That s excellent." Sec answered, it was official, i was shocked beyond comprehension, i don t remember this bit, and that was alarming, i could remember a lot but to not remember this was scaring me, i didn t like not knowing, especially after knowing what was happening and growing used to it in a short amount of time...
"Is it me or are you just becoming a little bit more human?" The doctor asked,
"No it's just you, you idiot. honestly what s the point of rhetorical questions they serve no purpose but to confuse and piss people off." by voice still had some bite in it but not as much as before,
"You are the last of your kind and now I am the first of mine." Sec said, i sighed, great the pity speech,
"What do you want us for?" I asked, i could understand the doctor really i could what was i needed for?
"We tried everything to survive when we found ourselves stranded in this ignorant age. First we tried growing new Dalek embryos but their flesh was too weak." sec explained, i cringe
"Yeah, we found one of your experiments. Just left to die out there in the dark." the doctor snapped
"It forced us to conclude what is the greatest resource of this planet its people." Dalek Sec lifts a giant switch on the wall and the ceiling above us lit up to show hundreds of human bodies lying suspended on some kind of weird bed. he lifts another switch and one of the bodies is lowered, it's shrouded in a blackish kind of body bag, how many beyond this room are like this how many have they killed? I cringe, this wasn't right, it was inhumane, but this was Dalek work, they weren't humane.
"We stole them. We stole human beings for our purpose. Look inside." Sec continues, i reach over and pull the shroud down to reveal the dead body of an American, this was disgusting... i shake my head and step back
"You claim to be more human and do this, it's disgusting and inhumane, you took people's lives, all so you could continue your experiment." i whisper, looking at the body i lower my head in respect.
"This is the extent of the Final Experiment." Sec says as the doctor looks at the body of the man,
"Is he dead?" The doctor asked, i couldn't bring myself to make a sarcastic remark, i felt ill.
"Near death with his mind wiped ready to be filled with new ideas." Sec explained to us,
"Dalek ideas." The doctor and i state together, i had to focus on something, anything but the body,
"The Human-Dalek race." Sec said, i shake my head again,
"Human and Dalek can t be one, you are either Dalek and feel nothing, or human and let the emotions remain you can t have both." it was a simple statement nothing held in my voice, i was neutral.
"All of these people. How many?" the doctor asks, i can feel his eyes on my face but ignore it.
"We have caverns beyond this storing more than a thousand." Sec answered, i flinched, i knew that but to hear it was another story, how long have they been doing this?
"Is there any way to restore them? Make them human again?" The doctor asks, i look on with hope, i couldn't remember,
"Everything they were has been lost." Sec answers again, the hope in my eyes was extinguished, i felt cold, but i wasn't shivering, the kind of cold that you know you can feel but only on the inside...
"So they re like shells." I snap, it was getting to me i needed to remember what was going to happen, but i couldn t
"You ve got empty human beings ready to be converted. That s going to take a hell of a lot of power. This planet hasn t even split the atom yet. How re you gonna do it?" the doctor voices after me, his tone was hard and you could hear the sorrow if you listened close enough,
"Open the conductor plan." Sec says, we moved from the cavern and back to the cavern back to the lab and the doctor was looking over an animated graphic of their plan tha Sec was showing him, i had moved to the side leaning against the wall my eyes closed, i was thinking of Alex, she said she loved to hear me play the flute and asked if i would play the violin for her.
Flash back
"You re so good at the flute Lexi, can you play any other instruments?" she asked looking at me with her crystal blue eyes, I chuckle,
"I can play a few, you name some and I ll tell you if i can play it, alright sweetie?" i asked crouching down in front of her on the bench, she nods and put on a cute little frown.
"Can you play the piano?" she asked
"Yup, it's one of my favourites." i say,
"What about the pretty thing with lots of strings um what are they called..."
"A harp sweetie and yes i can plat it not as well as you've heard me play the flute though." I answer my smile turning slightly sad, mum was going to teach me that but it didn t happen she passed away before she had the chance to teach me herself, i got a tutor for it though.
"Umm... what about the violin?" she asked, i smile and nod my head, it was the first instrument i had ever learned
"Yup i used to play that a lot." i say, she opens her mouth to say something but was cut off by a voice
"Alexandra! There you are, how many times I have told you not to wonder off like that. I was so worried." a woman s voice called, i look up to see the woman i would soon consider a best friend Grace...
"Mummy Lexi can play lots of instruments, she can play the flute, that s really pretty, um the piano, the- the harp and the violin, she can play the violin mummy." She looks at me
"Sorry for my daughter i hope she wasn't bothering you ms..." she says
"Alexis, ma'am." i answer automatically
"Now none of that ma'am stuff it makes me feel old, I m Grace." she offers her hand and i shake it "So you play the violin?" she asks
"Yes Grace, i have for a while." i say
"I know we only just met but would you consider coming to Alexandra s birthday party, she loves the violin and i can t find anyone who plays, I ll pay you as well." She says i shake my head
"I'd be happy to come Alex here is a very nice girl I m willing to play for free, whens the party?" i asks a smile crosses her face
"That s the problem, it's uh today." she says, i smile,
"I'll go and get it and be right back." i say i wave to Alex and run to my house, ignoring my Aunt and up to my room. I reach under my bed and pull out my violin case, it was midnight blue, my name spelt in diamonds, running my fingers over it briefly i pick it up and run back out to the park.
"Once there i head over to where i was and climb a tree, to the top and look for the party, it was over by lake Arcadia, so climbing down carefully i head over to the party.
"Lexi." i hear Alex shout as she runs over to me and Grace looks over
"Hey Alex, you ready for me to play?" i ask as Grace comes over,
"Hello Alexis, thanks for coming so shortly, you re a life saver." she says
"No problem ma- Grace." i correct, she smiles
"Set up where you want. I'll get the kids to quiet down." She said as she walked off, i turn on the spot and head over to the lake, put my case down and pull out my violin, the kids quieted down and i look up to see them all focused on me. Taking a breath i place the violin on my shoulder and raise the bow to the strings and start to play. (Listen to Lindsey Sterling, Shadows.)
End of flash back
My eyes snap open, i must have fallen asleep at some point i was surrounded by pig slaves, great what did i do?
"Daleks are supreme." A Dalek says
"Let her go, she has nothing to do with this." the doctor shouts, ah hostage situation, not like they could hold me.
"No, not anymore." Sec answers the doctor ignored,
"But that is our purpose." Another Dalek contradicted
Then our purpose is wrong! Where has our quest for supremacy led us? To this. Hiding in the sewers on a primitive world. Just four of us left. If we do not change now then we deserve extinction. Let the girl go." the pigs hesitated but did as he said, they backed off and the doctor was at my side,
"Are you alright? Why didn't you do anything?" I look at him with a blank stare
"I'm fine not that it's your concern and i didn t do anything because i was sleeping." my voice was emotionless, "Don't you have something to be getting on with?" he hesitated but looked back at Sec
"So you want to change everything that makes a Dalek a Dalek." The doctor asks
"If you can help me." Sec answers
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"Your knowledge of genetic engineering is even greater than ours. The new race must be ready by the time the solar flare erupts." Sec explains
"Wait a minute i can understand why you need the doctor, but why do you need me?" i ask interrupting their conversation
"You have so much control, and the power of your emotions is strong, you stay calm when furious the Daleks need that sort of control and i want you to teach it to the new ones." Sec answered
"Hang on you want me to make them more human with emotions?" I was shocked to say the least
"But you re the template. I thought they were getting a dose of you." The doctor contradicted confused
"I want to change the gene sequence." Sec explained
"To make them even more human?" the doctor asked, no that s what i just said doctor...
"Humans are the great survivors. We need that ability." sec answered, this all seemed too good to be true, the Daleks would never allow this to happen...
"Hold on a minute. There s no way this lot are gonna let you do it." The doctor says speaking my thoughts, my mind drifted to the tattoo on my back could he be feeling the effects, if this is real and i am his... Link could he be subconsciously feeling it and hearing some of my thoughts?
"I am their leader." Sec said as though that explained everything, i scoff
The doctor turns to the Daleks and spoke to them "Oh, and that s enough for you, is it?" the doctor asked sceptically
"Daleks must follow orders." Number 2 answered
"Dalek Sec commands, we obey." Number one carried on, i roll my eyes, they can disobey orders,
"If you don t help me nothing will change." Sec said drawing the doctor back to the situation at hand, i keep my eyes on the Daleks, this seem too good to be true, they had to be planning something,
"There s no room on Earth for another race of people." I said not looking at them,
"The doctor has his TARDIS. Take us across the stars. Find us a new home and allow the new Daleks to start again." Sec reasoned, and if they were pure Dalek they would kill us and take the TARDIS for themselves and try to conquer the universe,
"When s that solar flare?" The doctor asked,
"Eleven minutes." Sec and i said simultaneously, he looked at me, sec i mean and looked cautious,
"Right then. Better get to work." the doctor said, "Come on Phoenix, you can help you just as smart as us." he continues, i sigh
"Allons-y" I say as i walk over to them,
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The Doctor is checking the equipment while i check the readouts
"There s no point in chromosomal grafting. It s too erratic." the doctor said
"You need to split the genome and force the Dalek-human sequence right into the cortex." I said from my spot on the floor, he looked at me surprised, i ignore him and continue the checking the readouts,
"We need more chromatin solution." Sec said
"The pig slaves have it." A Dalek said, i look up at them suspicious, they wouldn t help so readily... The pig slaves walk into the room carrying a large crate. I notice Lazlo is one of them
"These pig slaves, what happens to them in the grand plan?" The doctor asks curious, i look at him and know what he's thinking, dispensable, few months to live and then they start getting more people to turn into slaves that was one thing i did remember,
"Nothing. They re just simple beasts. Their lifespan is limited. None survive beyond a few weeks. Power up the engine feeds." Sec says, weeks, less than i thought then. The Doctor spots Lazlo and walks over
"Lazlo, I can t undo what they ve done to you, but they won t do it to anyone else." I hear him say, I get up and walk over,
"I'll figure it out, i promise." i say quietly
"Do you trust him?" Lazlo asked us
"I know that one man can change the course of history." The doctor answers, Lazlo looks at me
"Him I m learning to trust, but i don t trust the Daleks, i can t remember much about this adventure from what I ve seen, but i feel uneasy." i answer before walking back to where i was working
"Right idea in the right place at the right time is all it takes. I ve got to believe it s possible." The doctor says, i roll my eyes
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"The line feeds are ready." One of the Daleks informs, it was becoming stronger, that uneasy feeling, i didn't trust them, The Doctor rushes up to a bunch of tubes and extracts the solution inside with a syringe
"Then it s all systems go." The doctor says
"The solar flare is imminent. The radiation will reach Earth in a matter of minutes." Sec says
"We ll be ready for it." The doctor answers, what can't i remember, what are they up to, then it hit me, the Gene feed, they did something to the Gene feed,
"NO!" But i was to late the doctor had inserted the syringe, into one of the main feeding tubes, they look as though they hadn't heard me and that was probably because of the pig slaves hand that clamped around my mouth as i uttered the word,
"That compound will allow the gene bonds to reconfigure in a brand new pattern. Power up!" The doctor says
"Start the line feeds." Sec commands, the Dalek starts the machinery
"There goes the gene solution." The doctor says happily, i struggle against the hand and then stop, fire, i concentrate heat and the hand snaps away
"The life blood." Sec says. The solution starts coursing up to the bodies
"No! Stop it!" i shout they turn to look at me, a klaxon sounds and red warning lights flash
"What s that? Phoenix?" the doctor asks looking at me
"What s happening? Is there a malfunction? Answer me!" Sec commands to the Daleks
"The Gene feed, look at it." i say, the doctor does and realises what i had,
"No, no, no. The gene feed! They re overriding the gene feed!" He shouts, The Doctor rushes to the controls in an attempt to fix it
"Impossible. They cannot disobey orders." Sec said in astonishment
"Yeah well i think otherwise don t you?" i asked snappily
"The Doctor will step away from the controls." A Dalek orders
Just great...
TO BE CONTINUED...
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hey guys i know it's not that good at the moment, but writers block is hard to write around, not as long as i would have liked it to be to be honest but i couldn't think, so i will say again sorry for the crappy chapter, thanks for all the reviews favourite s and all that jazz I ll try to update soon
Shadow OUT!
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