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Post by Dalek Supreme on Feb 17, 2008 16:04:55 GMT -5
Chapter 1 The day dawned, much like any other really, except that today was the day Horace began his new job at the Da-tech Research Central Laboratory. He was 17 years old, and why in hell his parents had named him Horace Oswald Taylor was always a constant source of amusement to his mates, as it meant his initials spelled HOT; though he hated the names. Why couldn't his mum and dad have named him Mark or John, anything but Horace Oswald. He knew they were old fashioned; but he had been born in the 20th Century, not the Victorian era! He rushed down his breakfast, despite his mum nagging he'd get indigestion. Catching the number 7 bus, he arrived at the Da-tech centre just in time to be greeted by a rather dishy looking Oriental woman aged about 24, maybe a bit older or younger, it was hard to say; but she was a real looker with fantastic legs. She introduced herself as Dr. Li Chow. "I will call you Hotty" she said jokingly, "as I'm sure you don't want me to call you Horace or Mr. Taylor?" she said. "Fine by me" he replied. Boy was she a looker he thought to himself. "What exactly do you research Doctor?" he asked her. "Oh do call me Li, we are all on first name terms here!" she retorted with a beaming smile which made her even more lovely. "We, or rather I, have done a lot of stuff with extra-terrestrial items. We have a very interesting one down in the lab right now, but that will require us to descend 10 levels down below ground." Horace eagerly anticipated just what he might see, and being so close to this beauty was going to be a real pleasure. He had been told by the letter he'd received that he would be working with a Doctor Li Chow, but had imagined that she'd be much older and nowhere near as lovely as this vision of an angel who floated along before him.
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Post by Dalek Supreme on Feb 17, 2008 16:07:16 GMT -5
Chapter 2 Li led Horace down a long corridor and into a lift at the end of this. "What is a young man like you doing here?" she asked. "I am surprised that you are not going into a University with all the 'A' levels you have." "My dad wanted me to go to Cambridge or Oxford" he said, "but I plan to do courses through the Open University on my computer, and I really wanted to work for Da-Tech." The lift juddered to a stop at lower level 10. Li stepped out and led Horace into a dimly lit room full of scientific equipment. "Here is my prize exhibit" Li exclaimed, and pointed toward the back end of the lab. A machine completely different to anything he had seen before met his gaze. It looked like a pepper pot with lights on top and appendages poking out of it. The machine slowly turned the top of what Horace presumed was its head, and emitted a shrill cry. Then the thing spoke to him. "Why I am here? I must be allowed to leave." "What in blazes is that?" he asked Li. "It calls itself a Dalek, and its name is Sec" she told him. "I believe one of those appendages is a weapon, but it has not attempted to use it on me. It says it has arrived here from another dimension in time, and wants me to help it find something called 'The Genesis Ark', so that it can be reunited with others of its kind." "Do you plan to help it?" asked Horace. "Well I must admit to feeling a bit sorry for it, but I also feel it has bad intentions towards us. Call it a 6th sense if you like, but there is just something I am uneasy about." Li said. "Help me to escape and find the Ark" the Dalek suddenly retorted, "And I will let you live." "Now it is threatening us" Horace said, "Maybe we'd better leave." Li walked over to the Dalek. "You are not in a position to make demands. When I have finished my experiments I will consider it." "I like you human, you would make a good Dalek" Sec told her. "Perhaps I will spare you for that purpose, as your intellect would prove extremely useful to me!" Sec glided across the floor of the room, stopping just in front of Horace. "You are lucky my weapon is malfunctioning, or I would blast my way out and kill anyone who tried to oppose me." "Look" said Horace, "we can help you if you want; but killing us wouldn't get you anywhere. Let the doctor help you." "DOK-TOR, not THE DOK-TOR?" Sec boomed out in a shrill shrieking voice. "I'm referring to Doctor Li" Horace told the Dalek.
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Post by Dalek Supreme on Feb 17, 2008 16:09:41 GMT -5
Chapter 3 Meanwhile, in another time vortex in a far flung corner of the Galaxy, the TARDIS was giving out all manner of danger signals to the Doctor. "What's the matter old girl?" the Doctor asked, knowing full well that if his time machine could talk, it would give him an answer. With its usual whirring of the console, the TARDIS set itself for the year 2007A.D. and took itself and the Doctor immediately to the Da-Tech Centre situated just outside of Swansea, South Wales, on good old Earth. It was a facility which had worked in close association with the Torchwood Institute, so the Doctor knew it had unusual connections and did research work on alien artefacts, Extra-terrestrials and such. Something inside his head told the Doctor that things were very, very wrong. Sec sensed the presence of the time lord even before the Doctor had stepped out of the TARDIS. Turning toward Li, he gently touched her arm with his plunger. This set up a mind control link with her, which Sec used to make her open the electronic doors of the lab. With Li in the lead, Sec followed her to the lift and began to ascend to the surface. "What is she doing?" Horace said to himself; but as the lift had gone up and left him behind standing there feeling like an idiot, he had no other choice but to run up the stairs. Thank goodness he was young and fit, as it would have been a hard task otherwise. The Doctor burst in through the main doors of the Da-Tech building, just in time to see Li and Sec coming out from the lift. "I thought I'd sent all of you lot into the void" he yelled, "It just goes to show I should never underestimate you, or take anything for granted." The Dalek raised its weapon as if to fire at him, but for some odd reason, nothing happened. "What's the problem Dalek, lost your bottle you tin pot tyrant?" "I will ex-ter-min-ate you Dok-tor" Sec ranted. Li stood looking on, transfixed by this handsome stranger who confronted Sec. Who was he? He seemed to be in his late 20's or early 30's at a guess, she thought to herself. Sec, the leader of the Cult of Skaro stopped dead in his tracks. Horace suddenly appeared, panting heavily from the run up all those flights of stairs. The Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver carefully at the base of the Dalek's head dome. "Will that kill him?" Horace said. "No" replied the Doctor, "but it will give him a bloody big headache!" The Dalek yelled in pain, as it felt like a thousand angry bees were stinging inside his brain. It took action swiftly, and sped out of the open doors, disappearing quickly out of sight. "Shouldn't we go after it" asked Li, "as it might be dangerous out there?" "Oh we'll have to hunt it down sure enough, as even with its weapon not working it is still a major threat" replied the Doctor; "but let's have a cup of tea first, and I want to know just what you were doing with this Dalek that made it so vulnerable to attack. Why did it feel pain, and why is his gun not working?"
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Post by Dalek Supreme on Feb 17, 2008 16:11:54 GMT -5
Chapter 4 Sec had retreated to an old abandoned, almost derelict warehouse near the side of the railway lines going from Swansea to Cardiff. A male blackbird eyed him from its perch on a bush nearby. Sec ignored the bird completely, it was no threat; but the presence of the Doctor was a different matter. Why had he felt pain, and why was his weapon malfunctioning? These were going to have to be his main priorities to be dealt with now. Sec knew he had to get back into Doctor Li Chow's lab, as that was where the answers would be found. Later that night, under cover of darkness, he returned to the Da-Tech Centre and entered. Upon finding no one in his way, he got into the lift and descended down to level 10. As he entered the laboratory a familiar voice shouted to him. "What kept you Dalek, I've been waiting for hours." Sec was once more confronted by his arch enemy The Doctor, with Li and Horace just behind him. "My mum will be worried sick" said Horace, "I should have been home 3 hours ago." "I don't think you'll want to miss this!" replied Doctor Who, "I've set up a multi-spacial time warp which should send this guy straight to Hell, if it doesn't kill him first that is." "You cannot harm me Dok-Tor" Sec roared back at him. "Oh No, well we'll just see about that" the Doctor retorted, "Throw the switch Li." Li Chow did as she was bid, and a vast array of complex machinery droned into action, with lights flashing and sparks dancing everywhere. Sec was trapped, as he could not use his weapon or even move from the spot he was fixed on. "I will have my revenge on you Dok-Tor." Sec boomed, as he once again was forced to use his emergency trans-mat device and escape to another dimension. The Dalek disappeared rapidly from their sight as it vanished from the laboratory. "Where has it gone?" asked a very bemused Horace. "I don't care where it has gone" replied Li, "as long as it is well away from here!" The Doctor winked at the pair of them, and a big beaming smile crossed his face. "He won't be coming back here again, you can be sure of that. This little device I've set up will see to that, as it has raised a temporal time barrier which will stop him ever entering this place again." Li glanced across at the Doctor, "My only regret is that we let it escape alive, when it would have been better if we'd killed it." "I will give him your loving regards the next time I see him" the Doctor said. "Will you see it again?" said Horace. "Too right I will" replied Doctor Who, "as me and the Daleks go back a long way; or forward, depending on which way you look at it. Being the only remaining Time Lord left alive anywhere, the Daleks will never let me rest; but then, I won't let them have any peace either!" "Now, I really must leave. Unless either of you two want to come for a trip into time and space with me?" the Doctor asked. "I would love to" said Li, "but this young man has invited me to his home for a meal; and I have to explain a few things to his parents." "Not to worry, I will come back one day, then if you change your mind you can be my travelling companion" the Doctor said with a sly, somewhat knowing look on his face. "In fact, the invitation goes to the pair of you" he said; and with that he calmly walked out of the lab. Moments later the TARDIS was gone, and Li and Horace went back to his home. However, they kept the story of their encounter with Sec to themselves, as Horace's parents would never have believed them anyway; and besides, Horace's dad was too smitten with this gorgeous looking Oriental girl to listen, much to his mum's annoyance. The Doctor stood by the control console of his TARDIS, whistling to the tune of "Raindrops keep falling on my head"; well he may be a Galifreyan in origin, but Earth was more like home to him now. "Seven weeks" he told himself, "and Li will be here with me as my new companion. Shame Horace couldn't make it though, getting influenza like he did. Though finding Sec may take a lot longer; and besides, I'm not so sure I really want to rush into another meeting with any Daleks old girl" as he glanced around the TARDIS. The TARDIS continued to hum in a rather soothing way the Doctor felt, as it sped on its journey through time and space once more. THE END
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