ohanna had reached the very bottom of the staircase that lead deeper into the pit's of the bunker. Her daughters followed, they too had reached the very last step that lead off the staircase and into a clearing.

'What option shall we take?' asked Johanna nervously.

There were six separate passage ways that lead off into all sorts of directions.

'I reckon we ought to take this one!' said Scarlet pointing out a tunnel with one of her bony fingers.

'I'm not sure' said Johanna. 'It may take us to the "underworld" ' A name that had been passed down over the generations with reference to the once, hidden bunker.

Kathy caught up from behind Scarlet, who observed her mother's action's like a hawk. 'Oh, leave it out mother, just this once. You're determined to frighten us, and lead us to hell before were forty!'

Johanna's eyes swelled with tears. 'Alright,' she whispered gently, and after a moment's thought said, 'We'll take the route you so badly urge us all to take!' almost as though her daughter had taken charge over her. She felt like she no longer had the power to stand up for what she believed in or her role as their mother.

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n the surface of Skaro, amidst the fog and bodies, creatures roamed through the darkness, surfing the fog as though surfing waves, picking at the bodies through the darkness. There were three of them, all exactly the same as one another, but they weren't human. They were almost shapeless and as dark as the fog that hid them away. They were heading towards a ship that stood out in the darkness and something that made the three creatures shiver.

They approached the object with considerable care, and then stopped and began to praise the object. They had found their agent and his time capsule.'The Time Lord has come to save us,' said one, in all but a whisper.

'He has come to rid Skaro of the evil we face!' said another grimly.

The three creatures melded as one surrounding the object. 'The Dalek Supreme shall pay for his crime against Skaro!' they all said in unison.

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he Doctor got up off the bench standing taller than the Dalek itself. The Dalek's eye stalk swivelled around and focused on the Doctor.'Who is the humanoid?' it asked the guard inquisitively.

The Doctor ruffled his hair, and looked into the eye stalk of the Dalek. 'I'm the Doctor!' he declared.

The Dalek swivelled as far away from the Doctor as it possibly could. 'If you are the Doctor, then you will be exterminated!'

The Doctor also stepped away from the Dalek, the Ogron who had his trigger finger wrapped around his staza tightly, wasn't sure how to react to the sudden outburst. His people had also heard of the Doctor and knew of the threat he imposed upon them.

The Dalek looked as menacing as ever turned and then left the Doctor as did the Ogron. The Doctor felt that he had unsettled the Dalek but he knew that if he didn't get out of there soon then the end would be fast approaching.

he Doctor sat back on the bench, and took his glasses off, shoving them into his pocket violently. He took in a deep breath and sighed. Then he began to talk to himself, but this was not uncommon.

'I knew that the Daleks would be behind all this. Why else are the Ogrons on this planet, and furthermore, there's one question that I've forgotten to ask myself and that is - Where the hell am I?'The Doctor thought back to when he first left Gallifrey, after he delivered the Master to his family's keeper. The Keeper took the Master in his hands and locked away the sealed casket that had the Master squirming within. Then, the Doctor left, and as he did so, the TARDIS console rose and fell frantically, in response to the Doctor's mood.

He thought of the time when he and his companion's met once again, to defeat the might of the Dalek race, and they had done so, impressively. But then, the thought of Davros and his army, his empty spirit, and the Dalek home world Skaro. But Skaro had been wiped out of the sky. The Doctor had blown it up, a while back. But if Dalek Caan had the ability to travel back in time to avert the jaws of the 'Nightmare Child' from swallowing Davros whole, the Doctor knew there was still a possibility that Skaro had not been destroyed.

He scratched his head, worryingly, looking down all the time. Sweat poured down over his eyes, and taking out a handkerchief he to wiped his face.

He looked up, just for a second. He had not noticed that there were three baskets that had been lowered from a hatch in the ceiling. In each basket were, what looked like, bottles of water and food.

The Doctor had taken off his overcoat and settled it down on the bench. He approached the baskets and kneeled down to drink from a bottle he quickly picked up. He first examined the water within then unwound the lid and sniffed the contents within. It smelt alright, but the Doctor wasn't so sure. He replaced the lid on the bottle and slipped the water bottle back into the basket. He thought he'd leave it for now.

 

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