Chapter 6
The Doctor heard the gunshots erupt from behind him and several screams. He stopped and turned around to look before he bolted off towards the TARDIS. He was thrown off his feet and smashed into the wall of the hallway when a Dalek blast exploded the opposite wall just behind the Doctor. The Doctor got to his feet again and had a slight limp as he ran again. Several more blasts flew by him. One nearly got his head. He felt the air rush by and his ear went numb. He grabbed the side of his head and made it to the TARDIS.
"You will stop!" a Dalek called from behind him.
The Doctor turned around and faced the Dalek. He spat, "Are going to kill me now?"
"No," said the Dalek, "We will watch you suffer as we win. As you wit-ness the vic-to-ry of the Da-leks."
"What do you mean victory? You didn't kill me," said the Doctor.
"There is no need," said the Dalek, "You will die in the end. There is no-thing you can do to stop us."
"What are you talking about? You are a Dalek you should have killed me by now and struck up this conversation," the Doctor said.
"It does not mat-ter. This to-wer and you will die. The Exo-dus Ship is com-ing," said the Dalek.
"Exodus Ship? What is that?" asked the Doctor, "Did you steal the idea from the Cult of Skaro and the Genesis Ark?"
"No," the Dalek said, "They stole that plan from us. They said it was sim-pler to steal a prison ship than what we stole."
"What did you steal?"
"The Exo-dus ship is not Da-lek tech-no-lo-gy. It is Time Lord," said the Dalek.
"What?" asked the Doctor.
"You will bear witness to the end of life and it will all begin with a rem-nant your pe-ople aiding us," said the Dalek.
"How did you get something from us?" the Doctor asked.
"We had help," said the Dalek.
"From who?" the Doctor raged.
"Lord of Time," said the Dalek.
The Doctor's anger exploded and he roared at the Dalek, "THERE IS NO CHANCE ANYONE OF MY PEOPLE WOULD AID YOU ESCAPE THE TIME LOCK. WE FOUGHT AGAINST YOU UNTIL BOTH SIDE WERE DESTROY."
The Dalek said, "But it is true."
The Doctor looked into the eyestalk and filled with rage he spat, "How dare you?"
The Dalek backed up and the Doctor smirked, "Even now. Even when you are supposedly unstoppable, I still scare you." The Doctor turned and walked back to the TARDIS. He opened the door and turned to the Dalek and told it, "Big mistake keeping me alive."
"We will see," said the Dalek.
"Yes you will," the Doctor shut the door and the Dalek left.
Every Dalek in the Montana Tower left the building. Their Exodus Ship was coming and the Daleks were on the cusp of domination.
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor shut the door and screamed in pure rage and hatred. He kicked one of the chair and knocked it out of place. "How dare they. How dare say that one of my people, MY PEOPLE, help them! What gives them the right to do that!"
Harper and Alex were sitting on the stage, but didn't say anything to the Doctor when they saw him in his fit. They had never seen him as angry as this. They were scared, but they didn't know that much about the Doctor and his past experiences with the Daleks, but they could tell he was not a huge fan and that the Doctor hated them with every fiber of his being. The Doctor calmed down and walked up to the stage and then Alex realized he was alone. Her dad wasn't with him.
"Doctor, where Dad?" asked Alex.
"I want you to know something, Alex. Your father was a brave man," said the Doctor.
"Doctor, what happened?" asked Alex.
"He stayed behind and fought the Daleks. He died fighting the monsters that claimed all those other lives. He volunteered to stay behind and fight. He fought right next to Montana."
"I've lost everyone," mourned Alex, "Is this what it feels like?"
"No, you haven't lost everyone," said the Doctor, "You have her and me. How's Justin?"
"He didn't make it," said Harper.
"But is this what it feels like?" asked Alex.
"Sucks doesn't it?" asked the Doctor.
Both of the girls nodded and the Doctor felt something vibrate in the TARDIS floor. The entire ship started to shake the Doctor ran to the controls and shot the TARDIS through the roof of the Montana Tower and into the skies of New York City.
"What's going on?" asked Alex.
"The Exodus Ship," said the Doctor.
"The what?" asked Harper.
The Doctor put the view of the city on the three screens above the stage.
Down below in the city the ground shook and a massive hump started to life out of the ground. It was large circle and then a larger circle erupted out of the ground and a massive ship tore up and blasted into the sky. It started spinning counterclockwise at an incredible speed. It spun everything off of it. The ship fired a blast of energy at the Montana Tower and the tower fell to ground and finally had fallen. The ship then fired on the TARDIS. It hit the TARDIS shields and the police box was sent careening miles after miles to the southwest.
Inside the TARDIS, the three of them watched the ship exit the ground and take down the Montana Tower. Then the larger ship fired at the TARDIS and the Doctor, Alex and Harper were thrown down to the ground. The control room shook and shattered a lot of things. The control console exploded and the Doctor had to regain control of the TARDIS before it crashed into the ground hundreds of miles away.
"How did that ship do this?" asked Alex.
"Because the Exodus Ship is a Time Lord vessel," said the Doctor. He barely regained the control of the TARDIS and then he went into the control center of the TARDIS and changed the theme of the control room before anything else happened. He randomly changed the theme. The walls were stone and the stage and seat went down to the same level as the floor and the floor turned into dark brown rock.
"What happened?" asked Alex.
"The theme's changed to the cave theme," said the Doctor.
"If this wasn't as bad as situation as it is, I like it," said Harper.
The Doctor ignored her and a massive screen lowered down from the ceiling. The screen showed the city of New York and the giant ship. They all saw that the ship had stopped its spinning and a massive red line of light ran down the ship's back. The Doctor stared and wanted to know why the ship did that. The roof of the ship opened up and another ship flew out of it. Several more ships flew out. Then more and more ships flew out of the Exodus. The Doctor froze and he started shaking his head and he stammered, "No. No. Don't. No don't. NO!"
"Doctor, what is?" asked Harper.
"The Exodus Ship is Time Lord tech. That means it's bigger on the inside," the Doctor said, "The Exodus Ship is a Time Lord impound ship. It was used in the final days to control the exploding Daleks forces. Each on of those ships can hold countless Dalek ships."
"How many Dalek ships?" asked Alex.
"One million," the Doctor squeaked, "That ships can hold one million Daleks ships if it's full."
"One million?" asked Alex.
"Yeah, one million," the Doctor said.
The screen showed more and more ships flying out of the Exodus Ship. The ship ravaged the Earth to the point that nothing was still alive on the planet down below. More ships flew into orbit and eventually one million ships were surrounding the Earth and its moon. The Daleks were back in the universe and nothing was going to be the same in the universe.
The Doctor sent the TARDIS into the Time Vortex and then he collapsed to the ground. His body defeated. He stared into nothing. His mind was lost in his thoughts.
"Doctor, what are we going to do?" asked Alex.
The Doctor didn't answer her.
"Doctor!" Alex yelled.
"There's nothing we can do," said the Doctor.
"What are you talking about? You never give up!" said Alex.
"There is nothing to do, Alex. We are dead. That force of Daleks is large enough to slaughter the entire cosmos. We are three people against one million ships. We'd be killed before we started. Only an army of Time Lords can stand up to a Dalek force that powerful, and the Time Lords are dead."
"Are you saying there is nothing we can do?" asked Harper.
"That is exactly what I am talking about. We lost. There is nothing we can do," said the Doctor, "We've been beat."
"We just give up?" asked Alex with fire in her voice.
"What else can we do?" asked the Doctor, "We are like an ant and they are the battle tank. We will lose!"
"I didn't lose my family for us to die like this!" yelled Alex.
"I didn't loose my people to go through this again!" the Doctor shot back.
The Doctor sat there staring at the floor. Alex was staring at him longing for answers. Harper was staring down at the control console. The room was still and lifeless.
The Dalek force surrounding the Earth started their engines and the ships flew off into the universe to several different locations. The Daleks poured out into an unsuspecting universe and it wasn't going to stand a chance against the flood that was coming. The end had come and the only one who could stop this had given up hope.
To Be Continued...