Chapter 18 - The Battle of the Crucible Pt.1

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End of Chapter 17 -

You and Rose turn to the TARDIS, only to see a light being wrapped around it with four Daleks. One Dalek is on each side. They appear to have the TARDIS in a beam, which leads off of the Earth and out of the atmosphere. It must go to their ship! You and Rose step back, and watch as the TARDIS is lifted into the sky by the light.

"Doctor!" Rose shouts.

"They've taken the TARDIS! What do we do now?" You shout and begin to panic.

"Y/N, we have to find another way to the ship. It's the only way to save them." Rose states.

***

"Rose, the Daleks haven't left." You whisper, slowly edging back and dragging her with you. She reaches for her gun, only to realise she left it on the TARDIS. Tears begin streaming down your cheeks as you fear for both of your lives.

"Y/N. Help is coming." Rose counters. "Keep calm."

"Keep calm?! How the fuck am I supposed to keep calm when four Daleks are coming straight for us? I get your universe is faster, but damn, how are you so calm?" You whisper, panicking more by the second.

"Trust me, Y/N. I know that's hard for you since we've only met twice. Help is on it's way."

Just as Rose finishes her sentence, two people appear in front of you. Both have guns, one woman and one man. Rose rushes towards the woman and engulfs her in a hug, whilst the man walks towards you. "I'm Mickey, Rose's ex-boyfriend. It's a pleasure to meet you, Y/N. Oh, that's Jackie, Rose's mother." Mickey introduces the both of them. Rose hugs him too, but not as passionately as her mother, which you understood.

"Thank the heavens you both arrived or we'd have been dead!" You sigh in relief, slightly weirded out by the fact he knows your name but you've never met him. Rose must be really close to him to be able to talk to him about your one meeting.

Mickey and Jackie both have green devices around their necks. The outer circumference of the disc is made of a metal which you did not recognise. In the centre of the disc is a button, which is connected to the outer ring. You reach your hand out and grab the one around Mickey's neck. "What are these?" You enquire.

"Teleport disc. Needs half an hour to recharge before we can reuse them. Obviously, we've just teleported here and saved you both so they'll need half an hour from now." Jackie explains. "Rose, where's the Doctor?"

"With the Daleks." You answer for her. "He's with Captain Jack Harkness and Donna Noble on board the TARDIS which was being dragged to the Dalek ship."

"We're running behind our universe, aren't we? We need to find Sarah Jane, now." Mickey states.

***

Around Twenty Minutes Later

A car comes speeding around the corner. A Nissan Figaro. "There she is." Mickey states. Sarah Jane slams the breaks on and rushes out of the car. Mickey runs to her and hugs her. They must have worked together too. She seemed really important to the Doctor, his face lit up when he saw her on the call.

"Hey Sarah Jane! It's so lovely to meet you in person! Shame it isn't under different circumstances!" You say, reaching your hand out for her to shake.

"A pleasure to meet you too, darling. But, it's always the way with the Doctor though, meeting in terrible situations such as this one. We need to get to the crucible. That's what the Daleks are calling their mother-ship. Mr. Smith, my brilliant computer system, picked up a trace of their communications systems. It's located at the centre of the twenty seven planets they stole. I reckon something big is about to go down there, and someone big is on board. Let's go!"

Mickey looks down and shakes his head, "not charged up yet."

"Shit! How much longer?" You ask, growing impatient. The Doctor needs you.

"About two minutes." He replies, and a beeping comes from the device. "Oh! It's charged now! Everyone, grab on to either mine or Jackie's hands. We're going to find the Doctor!" You do as he says and reach out for his hand. Sarah Jane and Rose pair up with Jackie. Mickey nods at her, and presses the button with his free hand. Jackie looks to Rose and she pushes the disc with all her might. A bright light flashes and then you're engulfed by darkness. God, I hope Mickey knows what he's doing. The Doctor needs us.

***

On Board The Crucible

The Doctor peeks out of the TARDIS doors, shutting them as soon as he's finished analysing the situation. Roughly seven Daleks surround the TARDIS, all pointing their guns towards different angles. He turns towards Donna and Jack, shaking his head. "It's going to be a bloodbath out there. I'm sorry. There's no way out of this one."

"So that's it then? We just surrender? That isn't like you, Doctor." Donna rambles.

"Donna. The Doctor's right. The Daleks are ruthless killing machines. We won't survive them." Jack retaliates on behalf of the Doctor.

"No! I'm not backing down so easily. They took my planet, not to mention around twenty five others! There's no way I'm letting the Daleks get what they want. If I've learnt anything from being with you, Doctor, is to never walk away. We need a plan to defeat them. Rose left her gun here, and Jack, you have your gun. What do you say we blast these suckers?"

"It's not that easy, Donna. They're armour is bulletproof and impenetrable. The only way to get them is to shoot their eye stalks. They keep coming back anyway, there's no point. They're always coming for me. Always! I don't get a bloody break from them!" The Doctor screams out, grabbing his hair and bending down slightly.

"Oh." Donna shyly replies. "Maybe-"

"There is no 'maybe', Donna! They're killing machines! Their only function is to kill! They want the universe to be entirely like them or dead. They are the only options. Kill or be killed. We're not coming out of this one alive. I'm sorry." The Doctor argues on.

The Doctor turns to leave the console room and Jack follows him. Donna is left sitting on the chair facing the console. Suddenly, the TARDIS doors fly open and a Dalek enters. However, this Dalek is not like the others. The head and upper body are exposed and held up by a back support. Several buttons and switches line the area in front of the mysterious figure. "Donna Noble, I presume." He begins, and the blue light on his forehead flickers.

"Who's asking?" She retaliates, crossing her arms and standing up.

"The creator of the Daleks, Davros." He introduces himself.

"Doctor!" Donna screams out. Davros drives over towards her and stuns her with his finger. Donna falls unconscious as Jack and the Doctor return.

"Davros." The Doctor states, sternly.

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