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As she touched the glass with her hand something even more nerve-wracking occurred, the eyes of the humanoid opened. Ace gasped at the sight. Then without even the lips moving the humanoid began to speak:
'Help me,'
'What?'
The humanoid repeated its plea as Ace stepped back.
'Who are you?' she asked, 'What's happening here?'
Silence followed for a moment as the humanoid struggled to answer her questions: 'I..am...Karn..from...Grycon Three...'
The water within the tank seemed to bubble more intensely as he continued to speak: 'I...we...are...to...become...Dalek...creatures...you...must...help...me...'
'How can I hear you?'
'Thought transference,' he replied.
'Telepathy?' asked Ace.
'Not...quite...'
'What do you want me to do? How can I save you?'
'You can not!' said another voice. Ace turned around sharply, this time the voice came from another tank. 'You must kill us!'
'There must be another way!' declared Ace.
'There is not...' said Karn, 'if you disconnect the life support system we will die anyway.'
'If the Doctor were here, he'd know what to do.'
'Who is the Doctor?' asked Karn.
'A friend,' replied Ace, her thoughts were now of him and not of her predicament so much so that she was unaware that a Dalek had glided into the chamber.
'Behind you!' cried Karn.
Ace turned to face the creature and causiously moved along the row of tanks.
'Do not move!' screeched the Dalek as it glided towards her. 'Do not move!'
Ace could see no way out of the chamber other than the way in which she had entered earlier. The Dalek moved closer still. 'Why doesn't it open fire?' thought Ace, 'Of course,' she said, 'It doesn't want to damage the tanks!'
Ace could see that the Dalek had moved away from the exit and could see her opportunity to run. This was her only chance and she took it. Ace ran as fast as she could, weaving in and out of the tanks which lined the room.
The Dalek suddenly sensed a great urgency at the thought that the humanoid creature would attack it and instinctively opened fire continuously - shattering all the tanks within the room.
Ace dived for cover as a great serge of water engulfed her and the Dalek, which was forced against a wall and momentarily exploded into flames. Sparks now filled the room as much of the Dalek-technology was blown apart in the onslaught.
Sirens now rang through-out the ship alerting the entire Dalek crew to the sudden disturbance aboard.
Ace sat up, soaked through by the sudden flood. She noticed the body of Karn beside her - he was still alive:
'Thank you...' he whispered as the last gasp of air filtered away from his lips and the last throws of life went with it.
Ace stood up and moved towards the door, she was suddenly aware of both the outer and inner doors beginning to close. As the chamber continued to fill with sparks and explosions, Ace exerted what energy she had left and made a final dash towards the doors.
Once through them and out into the corridor, Ace was suddenly confronted by two other Daleks moving in her direction. There was no where to run, but as the Daleks moved ever closer, grating their call for her death, the ship suddenly lunged to one side sending the Dalek creatures out of control and sliding into each other.
'What the..?!' Ace cried out as she struggled to gain a hols of something so that she wasn't sent hurtling out of control also. She pulled herself up towards a viewing window as the ship continued to rock back and forth. 'We're going to crash!' shouted Ace as she could see the surface of the planet below hurtling towards her.
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