The Hidden Heart

Dalek

[Museum]

The TARDIS shook as they traveled through the vortex, the Doctor frantically running around the console trying to figure out what was wrong. Katerina clung to the console for dear life as there was a large jolt. Suddenly it became calm again and the TARDIS had landed.

"That was a bit rough." Katerina grumbles as she helps Rose off the floor.

Rose smiles at her before turning to the Doctor who is looking at the scanner. "So what is it? What's wrong?"

The Doctor scratches his head. "Don't know. Some kind of signal drawing the TARDIS off course." He says unsure of how it happened, or where the signal came from.

"Where are we?" Questions Katerina, raising an eyebrow at the man.

"Earth. Utah, North America. About half a mile underground." The Doctor reads off of the scanner.

"And when are we?" Rose questions him.

The Doctor squints at the screen, reading the date. "Two thousand and twelve."

The trio opens the doors to the TARDIS, walking out seeing a display case in the dark.

"God, that's so close. So I should be twenty six." Rose scrunches her nose at the thought.

The Doctor finds the light switch and flicks it on. As the lights flicker on they see more cases holding alien parts, equipment, and junk. "Blimey. It's a great big museum." Rose gasps. Katerina's eyes widen as she takes in their surroundings.

The Doctor looks at a few cases. "An alien museum. Someone's got a hobby. They must have spent a fortune on this. Chunks of meteorite, moon dust. That's the milometer from the Roswell spaceship." He points to a bit of metal in a case.

Katerina almost chokes as she nudges Rose, pointing to a green arm. "That's a bit of Slitheen! That's a Slitheen's arm. It's been stuffed." Rose gasps, as Katerina scrunches up her nose in disgust.

"Oh, look at you." The Doctor gasps walking over to another case.

"What is it?" Rose asks, pulling Kat over to him with her.

"An old friend of mine. Well, enemy. The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. I'm getting old." He answers. When Katerina sees what he is talking about, her head pounds. She sees a flash of metal men and hear the words 'You will be Deleted." in her mind. Kat gasps in pain holding her head. Cybermen.

"Kat, what's wrong?" Rose asks, suddenly concerned.

Katerina shakes her head looking back at Rose. "Nothing, I'm fine. Let's stay away from that." Kat answers her, glaring at the metal head.

Rose looks down at the head as Kat warily walks away from it. "Is that where the signals coming from?" Rose questions.

The Doctor looks at Kat questioningly as he answers Rose. "No, it's stone dead. The signal's alive. Something's reaching out, calling for help." The Doctor touches the display case and an alarm goes off.

Rose and Kat glare at him as armed guards rush in from all sides and cutting them off from the TARDIS. "If someone is collecting aliens, that makes you two Exhibits A and B." Rose jokes as they all put their arms up.

The trio was led upstairs to a room which had two men in it. One was holding a device that definitely wasn't from Earth, much like everything else in the place. The one holding the device was speaking as they entered. "And this is the last. Paid eight hundred thousand dollars for it." He has a british accent, interesting. The man beside him then spoke. He seems to be the one in charge based on the cocky, arrogant tone to his voice, and the vibes of someone without a care for others. "What does it do?"