Her Secrets {Doctor Who FanFic}

The Stranger Before Me

I released the Doctor's hand, feeling angrier as the minutes ticked by. Walking to Van Statten, I brought him to his knees with a swift kick. "This is your fault. My best friend is down there, running from that thing. All those people have died, risking their lives for a selfish man." I turned and returned to the corner. Closing my eyes, I tried to concentrate on my breathing. I wanted to run out of the room and try to find Rose myself but I knew the Doctor wouldn't allow it and although I understood why, I didn't care.

"Perhaps it's time for a new strategy. Maybe we should consider abandoning this place."

Goddard rolled her eyes at the man. "Except there's no power to the helipad, sir. We can't get out." Her tone hinted her disapproval, her anger.

"You said we could seal the vault."

"It was designed to be a bunker in the event of nuclear war. Steal bulkheads."

"There's not enough power, those bulkheads are massive."

"We've got emergency power. We can re-route that to the bulkhead doors."

"We'd have to bypass the security codes. That would take a computer genius."

"Good thing you've got me, then."

"You want to help?"

"I don't want to die, Doctor. Simple as that." I snorted. Of course that would be his reason. "And nobody knows this software better than me."

"Sir," Goddard said as she motioned to the screen. We all looked to see the Dalek was back on the ground.

"I shall speak only to the Doctor." The Doctor stood, up, watching the TV.

"You're going to get rusty."

"I fed off the DNA of Rose Tyler. Extrapolating the biomass of a time traveler regenerated me."

"What's your next trick?"

"I have been searching for the Daleks."

"Yeah, I saw. Downloading the internet. What did you find?" He walked around the desk, standing in from the TV.

"I scanned your satellites and radio telescopes."

"And?"

"Nothing. Where shall I get my orders?"

"You're just a soldier without commands."

"Then I shall follow the Primary Order, the Dalek instinct to destroy, to conquer."

"What for?" I asked, stepping up to the mic. "What's the point of it?"

"Don't you see it's all gone? Everything you were, everything you stood for."

"Then what should I do?"

"All right, then. If you want orders, follow this one. Kill yourself." I stepped away from the Doctor. He had done it again. He became a stranger to me, one who could calmly tell another to kill themselves, to die. I tensely folded my arms, aware that Goddard was staring at my changed demeanor.

"The Daleks must survive!"

"The Daleks have failed! Why don't you finish the job and make the Daleks extinct. Rid the Universe of your filth. Why don't you just die?" he said angrily as he stormed towards the TV.

"You would make a good Dalek," it said, making the Doctor freeze up. As he stared at the screen, it went dark, erasing the Dalek from our view.

"Seal the vaults."

Van Statten and the Doctor sat across from each other, typing on keyboards. "I can leech power off the ground defenses, feed it to the bulkheads. God, it's been years since I had to work this fast."