he TARDIS had almost been broken into. Somehow, the three creatures who had surrounded the blue box, and continually circled the device had been given entry when the door opened. But before either of the three creatures could gain full access to the 'Police Public Call Box', something approaching from the distance stopped them.

'You there...think carefully about what it is you're doing!' came the voice, boldly.

Out of the darkness, a slim man shot into view. He had a black cloak on, that rose and fell every footstep he took towards the three creatures.

The creatures paused and separated from each other, and looked directly at the human who had told them not to enter the blue box. The man took three steps towards as the creatures darted back away from the box to watch his every move. The man shut the TARDIS, pulling the door towards him until the lock clicked, sharply.

'Now you three,' he began, menacingly. "Who gave you permission to enter the TARDIS, as I know I certainly didn't!'

The three creatures dropped down level with the man's feet as if cowering from the visitor. 'You are our saviour and we worship you. You shall defeat the almighty Dalek, and rid Skaro of the evil we face. You must not obey the will of the Supreme Dalek!'

The man left the creatures side and calmly strode away, back into the darkness. The creatures had thought they had struck a deal, but the only deal they had not bargained on, was their very existence.

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ohanna had been left behind. Her daughters had decided to leave their mother back in the tunnel feeling her to be a burden and finding that they were now making some real progress.

'Thank goodness that mother of ours is not here.' said Kathy, smiling away as though her mother had been a burden their whole life.

Scarlet had tears in her eyes, a tear gently fell down one cheek, and then the other, half of her face was bright red. She had been upset, but no longer. The decision had been made. Their mother had been a real burden to them since they had been urged by her to leave the city centre.

Johanna felt she could no longer go on. In the tunnel she had been left to struggle in, she just paused. There was no real need for her to take another step. She'd soon be dead, and it didn't worry her. Johanna did not fear death, she only feared the worst for her daughters, as that was what a mother did. Her children were what mattered to her most. But now, she had been abandoned by her children, but it didn't stop her from loving them.

She crouched down, and sat down on the dusty ground. Getting her breath back, she saw a shadow scatter through the darkness. Johanna knew that she was no longer on her own.

Something in the darkness cocked it's head to one side, as it spied upon the woman sitting. Johanna called out, 'Who's there? Scarlet? Kathy? Is that you?' Then suddenly she heard foot steps running towards her, she screamed as the creature bared down on her as her screams echoed the corridors of the bunker.

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he Doctor had been locked up for over an hour, and he had not eaten for a long while. He had neither downed any fluids. He lay on the bench, looking over at the baskets that had within them the very thing the Doctor required: Liquid and food. Food he did not want to eat, but something forced him to get off his bench and stride over to the baskets, only to pick up a bottle and unscrew the top.

He downed the bottle in one, and within a second, after he wiped the corners of his mouth, he immediately felt a lot better. He wobbled over to his bench, and lay on his back, and looked up at the ceiling.

'Ah ha...!' he said quietly. 'I think I may have found my escape hatch,' looking up at the hatch that the food and the water had been passed through. The Doctor, chuckled to himself. Then, he suddenly felt very dizzy and his eyes began to close, drearily. His body began to tremble, and within seconds, the Doctor fell into unconsciousness.

5.'Wakey Wakey'

he Doctor lay on the bench that he had been lying on for well over three or four hours. During that time he had not woken, and by the looks of things, he wasn't about to, but the Doctor's eyes flickered and his right eye brow suddenly raised. He was alive. He got up off the bench and jumped around, excited at the feeling that being a live brought him.

The shock of having been asleep for so long had puzzled him, but he took no notice of the fact that the Dalek Supreme had wanted to get rid of him. The Doctor wasn't so easy to be rid of.

'I must get out of here...' the Doctor was whispering to himself. 'I must get to the control room, and find out what the Daleks are doing here and find out who summoned me here.'

He ran from one end of his cell to another. He could see all around him, that there were round obelisks that hung from the ceiling, looking down at the Doctor, monitoring his every word, every action, every step of the way.

On the outside of the Doctor's cell, a guard stood as still, grumpy-looking as ever was possible. Next to the guard, a window revealed the inside of the Doctor's cell, at which he now stood peering out. He knocked on the glass between the frame.

The Doctor began to hold up his hands but then lowered them again. 'I don't mean you any harm. All I'd like to do is have a brief chat with the Dalek Supreme. I take it he is here? Is that so much to ask?'

It took a while for the Ogron to take in the request and after a brief moment while the creature thought about it, shook its head and gestured with its gun for the Doctor to follow.

'I take it that's a yes then.' mused the Doctor.

On their way to the control room, the Doctor noticed several rooms, all loking exactly the same as his own cell, often peering through the cracks in the wall or the windows to see through to the other side. Inside every cell, there were the mutilated remains of men, women, and even children. He shook his head, scowling at the Ogron who walked heavily in front of him, trying its best to keep the Doctor cover with its pistol.

'Move this way!' it grunted loudly. The Doctor continued to follow.