Rory looked at The Doctor with wide denying eyes, "No. Absolutely not, they'll think I'm you and put me in some bloody cage. Might expect a show or something I can simply not do. I can't even properly walk like you, you have this confident stride! Your mind working in a billion directions as you do that alien strut of yours. If we go out of that door we're as good as-"

The Doctor listened for a while and shook Rory mid-sentence, "Did I not just give you a long, stretched out speech? Anyways, the only option we have is to go outside, we're surrounded and they are not planning on letting us go sadly. We must stay for the party, possibly a small chat. Just step outside and attempt your best shot at me. I'll follow you soon after, but let's not try and separate. Watch me for any signs that you may be going out of character. Since I look like you, they won't expect much from a panicking human, catch them off guard. Okay, go on, chop chop. " He then gave Rory a small shove towards the doors outside.

Rory got up and shook himself up. Punches in the air soon started right after, along with some encouraging thoughts.

"Deep breaths. Inside. Out. Wow this is really easy with an extra heart…"

A loud cough came from behind Rory as he turned to The Doctor who cleared his throat once again and added, "No… not like that. We're not boxing here. Try calm and collected."

Rory took this into consideration and decided to wing it. He burst from the TARDIS doors and gave a small grin, "Again with you? I thought we were finished long ago. I was having a nice talk with my friend Rory here. Thank you for the interruption." The Doctor saw from afar as Rory grew more serious. "However, what are you planning on destroying this time. You've done enough."

The Doctor then decided it was time for him to make a contribution and began to join Rory outside the TARDIS. He walked outside and gave a small scream as he saw, surprisingly, only one lone dalek. However, by the look Rory was giving him, it appears that he himself was out of character. Perhaps it was the scream, perhaps. They both waited for the dalek to make its proclamation.

The dalek slowly moved towards the duo.

"DOC-TOR. THE. KEY. CANNOT. BE. FOUND."

"What?" Rory said quite confused as he turned towards The Doctor, who seemed to be staring at the dalek still. He added about another two "what?" phrases before The Doctor interrupted Rory and began investigating himself. It was simply astounding, for it was extremely rare for only a dalek to travel on its own. He nudged Rory as a sign for him to begin talking again. Rory began talking again, this time he began pacing back and forth. "Not a bad actor," thought The Doctor. Rory then stopped and asked the obvious question that even he could not miss. "Yes, now, would you mind explaining what exactly this key is?"

However, the dalek repeated the phrase it had repeated before which left both The Doctor and his companion temporarily stumped. The Doctor began thinking in his mind. What is this key? What does it open? Why does the dalek need it opened? Why is it alone?

Why is it alone…?

It seems that Rory was one step ahead of him on this thought. He asked the dalek why he had no others with him. Silence followed soon after. Right when Rory was about to ask The Doctor a question, the dalek began to speak once again. This phrase, however, was different from the last response.

"THE KEY. THE DALEKS WANT THE KEY. DOCTOR. THE KEY."

This phrase is somewhat different than the last one, however, it did not tell them more than they could have already known. However, the TARDIS stopped at this location. Certainly, for this one dalek couldn't generate enough energy to pull the TARDIS from the time vortex. There was a reason, and this dalek was not helping much. The Doctor did not have the slightest clue how important this key could actually be. The key could cause colossal damage, or none at all. It might be extremely urgent or it might happen hundreds of years towards the future. This frustrated The Doctor somewhat; this was a code that needed to be unraveled.

He decided to contribute to the conversation taking a shot in the dark, hoping that this could possibly trick the dalek into revealing important information."Oi! I have that key you need. It's in the TARDIS. Remind me, what does it look like again?" The dalek then responded with a slip of information, "YOU ARE LYING DOCTOR. FOR THE KEY IS NOT A WHAT, BUT A WHO."

Rory then laughed a bit too loudly for the situation and quickly subdued the volume and ended it with an awkward cough. Rory didn't need a sign to know that this was out of character, so he quickly put that aside as he asked the dalek one last question. Rory had seen this once in a Mexican soap opera one of his co-workers made him watch. Quite dramatic, but ironic how this would actually help him solve this complex puzzle. The answer was actually simple.

"Oh poor dalek, should I have pity? It seems that you are the key now aren't you?"

Alrighty! Another chapter finished! Sorry for the delay once again, perhaps I'll write another two chapters within the next week to make up for it. Rate and review! Thanks once again for sticking around and reading the product of my imagination! 'Til the next encounter! Xo

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