//------------------------------// // Going, going, gone! // Story: Me, some Ponies, and the Doctor // by SirRobinProductions //------------------------------// "Well, John, I can see that you are well learned of my adventures." The Doctor said, and I followed up nervously with: "So, uhm, why are we still here?" "WHAT IS A DALEK, AND WHY ARE YOU TWO SO SCARED?" Shouted Vinyl, as I had left our conversation to talk to the Doctor. "Like death incarnate. A Dalek is death and metal, and fire, and hatred, all rolled up into one big ball." said the Doctor. I then said "Except that we have a secret weapon on our side, you, Doctor!" He gave me a surprised look and I said "Well, to them, you are the destroyer of worlds. You are the one thing the Daleks are afraid of." Silence filled the room, until I turned to the three ex-ponies. "The Daleks are a long time enemy of the Doctor, and were created to be the so-called 'perfect beings' in the universe, created by Davros, on the planet Skaro." Turning to the Doctor, I said: "Doctor, Skaro is in another universe, or so I can tell by the fact that you are not from this universe yourself, nor are these girls. What is going on?" The Doctor turned to all of us and said: "I have no Idea, but the Daleks are my mess to deal with. Now, I don't feel great about the fact that you all are children, practically, but I think that this is going to be dangerous, so don't wander off." Derpy said "I wish there was something like how in cartoons they show you inside the bad guy's planning room and they say something important!" "REPORT!" Shouted the strange, pepper shaker shaped metal pod. It was larger than the other, similar creatures around it, and it was painted with a rusty reddish color. Large copper plates with half-spheres decorated it's lower area, while it's mid section was split by a rectangular black box, with what looked like a plunger coming out one of it's sides, and an egg-beater shaped device out of the other. "Dalek Commander, we have taken heavy damage!" shouted one of the smaller Daleks, looking at a monitor through it's strange eye stock. "Prepare for landing." said Dalek Commander, and they landed in a forested area, about 500 miles away from a large encampment. "Hmm..." said the Dalek Commander. "My scanners inform me that these humans have Plaranite! We should take it and use it to fix our ship! That firefight has damaged us badly!" A nod of approval went around the room, as the Dalek System Operators agreed. "Also, find and shoot one of the human's scouts. Let them know that their doom is approaching!" And with that said, every Dalek in the room started to do an evil laugh. Don't ask me why, they just did. The Doctor started running around in the TARDIS, which he had moved to our room last night. "Well, we should do something about these darecks." said Vinyl, punching her hand. "They are called Daleks" I said. Derpy had decided that she didn't like what we were talking about, and so decided to go play video games in the massive entertainment center on the TARDIS. The Doctor turned from the console and said "no violence. No guns, no killing, no harming anything or anyone of any sorts." He wagged his finger at Vinyl. Twilight looked at us with a new interest, and said "Doctor, if harming them is not an option, and I never agreed that it was, can we by any chance talk to them?" The Doctor said "They would open fire on you as soon as they saw you. They are merciless killers." Everyone went quiet, until I suggested "Doctor, they are afraid of you. If Daleks are like humans in this respect, then if we showed them something that they feared -you- , they would possibly leave out of fear. If I know anything about you though, that is not an option, so why not tell them that you are here, so that they would feel obligated to put their plan into action. There is nothing that a general fears more than acting upon an unfinished plan." The Doctor contemplated on this, and finally spoke. "I agree that that would show the Daleks hand on the matter, but what about the people that they would reach before we could beat them?" I shrugged, and said "Not everyone survives. You can have the best weapons, the best armor, but casualties will still flood in." The Doctor reluctantly nodded his head and said "That's Right, and those are wise words for one so young, so we should do this. Now." RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING went the Red Phone on the desk. The man sitting at the desk picked it up and said "Hello?" Just telling by his voice, he was having a bad day. "Yes, hello this is the Doctor. I just wanted to inform you that there are some very hostile aliens just a little ways away, and they are planning on taking something from you, and we can help you stop them." Hmph. Who was this guy? "Who are you? Tell me who you are and what game you are playing!" he barked. As soon as he said that, a large blue box appeared in front of his desk, and it made him jump out of his chair and press the security button about 5 times. VWOOOOOOOORP VWOOOOOOOOORP VWOOOOOOOOORP Whent the strange... thing, appearing to come in and out of reality. After the guards had come in and also jumped at the box, they took a firing position with their rifles. Opening the door to the sight, the Doctor said "For a military commander, you certainly have less guards than Nixon!" and jumped out and smiled at the commander, for it was indeed Commander Robert Gallaheim, the man who had led the initiative for the expedition in the first place. "Who are you?" asked Gallaheim, pointing at the Doctor "and how did you get in here? This room is surrounded by all sides by 30 feet of concrete and 5 feet of high-power force fields." The Doctor gladly said, you know, before I answer any of these questions, I would hope that you would call down your men. I have kids with me!" and on cue, Twilight, Derpy, Vinyl, and I stepped out of the TARDIS. Commander Gallaheim looked at us with wonder, and called down his men. I skipped most of the Doctor's explanations, mainly due to the fact that long-time Doctor Who fans know all of this, and went right ahead to the exciting bit. "Hmph, I can believe all of that, but before you appeared, you said that there are 'strange aliens' nearby, and that you can help me. Explain." They were all sitting at a couch, the Doctor and the rest of us. and Gallaheim sat opposite. " I mean that we can help you stop the intruders." "Hmm, how can I be sure that you aren't after the Plaranite?" the Commander said, suspicious at our timely arrival. I half whispered, half loudly asked the doctor "What is Plaranite? That isn't on the periodic table." Gallaheim looked at me, as if I had sprouted another head, and curiously asked me "By any chance, son, could you tell me what school you go to? Plaranite is the rarest and most valuable element in the Galaxie, and you have never heard of it?" The Doctor quickly responded "He's homeschooled. Not gotten that far into the elements yet." "Hmph. Well, we use it to power our ships, and it is used to make some pretty important parts." The Doctor shouted "That must be what the Daleks want!" and shot off of the couch. He then ran into the TARDIS, and I ran after him. Not knowing what to do, the girls ran after us. The Doctor shoved his head and an arm through the door, and said "Thank you commander! You have told me what I needed to know to stop the Daleks!" and gave a thumbs up through the door. The TARDIS dematerialised and left a baffled and enraged Commander Richard Gallaheim behind. The Doctor picked up a phone and used his sonic to attach it to the TARDIS monitor. A Red Dalek appeared on the screen, and it began to scream "AAAAAAAAAAAHG. WHAT IS THIS INTRUSION?" The Doctor said "Oh, you're an old model, aren't you? Anyways, hello, I'm the Doctor, and I know what you want from this base, and I suggest that you leave." The Dalek Commander, not sure of what to think, said "We cannot. we either die here or escape. These humans will be EXTERMINATED for the mighty Dalek Empire!" Following that was a chorus of 'DALEKS REIGN SUPREME.' The Doctor decided to use another tactic, and chose to sonic the screen, with a confused Dalek Commander staring at him. "What have you done?" "Nothing much really, just fixed your ship with my sonic, don't mind me being a bother." I gave him a questioning look, with a Dalek Commander yelling "Is this true?" to its Engineers, painted yellow. "It is true, Dalek Commander, all systems functional." said one peon, looking up from it's screen. The commander looked at the Doctor through his massive projector screen and said "Doctor, I do not know what game you are playing. Dalek Engineers, engage the ship. Start slow to make sure there is no foul play." After the Daleks were satisfied with their ship, the commander said farewell with a "I have guessed you wrong Doctor. Daleks, destroy the humans!" The video cut out, and the Doctor looked not a bit worried. "Doctor, you have just slaughtered all of those people!" I shouted at the Doctor, who actually smiled to himself. He clicked his screwdriver once, and on the monitor appeared the Dalek's Command Area, with the Dalek Commander yelling "DOCTOR! I KNEW BETTER THAN TO TRUST YOU! YOU ARE THE DESTROYER OF-" the Dalek's shouting was cut off by a message reading 'Out of Range.' After all of us had given the Doctor strange looks, he decided to share with us what he had done. "So, I fixed there ship, yes, but I had linked the navigation arrays to a toggle on my screwdriver. Now, they are flying off into space without knowledge of where they are going, which is into deep space. No one will ever hear from them again." The Doctor put all of us at ease, and me and the girls decided to retire to our rooms on the TARDIS. Before we left, however, the Doctor decided to keep me behind and said, "We aren't from here, the Daleks and I. I assume that an Earthquake happened before we arrived?" I nodded my head, and the Doctor said, "Well, that was my fault. Anyways, I'll let you go to sleep. How about somewhere peaceful in the morning, eh?" I said that that would be wonderful, and I left the room. The Doctor started stroking the TARDIS, which gave a slight hum. "Hows about that, old girl... somewhere peaceful..." He started to dose off mid sentence and he fell asleep on the seat next to the console, swept off to sleep by the gentle hum of the TARDIS, almost as if it was singing him to sleep.