Chapter 65: I am…the Doctor!

“…Welp, the Acherons aren’t serving our enemies,” remarked Galvatron.

“How did they-?!” spluttered Megatron. “I mean, they made Lurkers by putting Green Eco into Dark Eco, but making Lurkers out of Daleks?”

“They’re acting crazier than the test subject,” observed Jak as he looked through his goggles.

“…I think I have an idea,” mused the Doctor. “If I can somehow get a good source of Dark Eco’s direct opposite…”

“Light Eco!” said Jak. “But it can only be made when Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue are equally combined!”

“Or if you have a Light Eco Sage!” called Murda. “Doctor, what do you need me to do?”

“I need Light Eco shunted into the robot’s head,” explained the Doctor. “If I can use its camera eyes, I should be able to trigger a widespread counteraction effect all Dark Eco affected people should be vulnerable to.”

“Light Eco can stave off the effects of Dark Eco, but the powers will still be a part of you, Doctor,” said Murda. “Just ask Jak. He has Light Eco running through his veins to counteract the experiments he suffered.”

“She’s right,” said Jak.

“The thing is, you have an innate sense of good,” replied the Doctor. “Those that just seek power don’t understand right from wrong.”

“So it’s going to specifically target those without morals?” asked Murda.

“That’s the idea,” confirmed the Doctor. “But I need to get closer.”

“Megatron, Galvatron,” called Farmee, “take me, the Doctor, Murda, Jak, and Daxter. We’ll hold off the Daleks and their Lurker counterparts while the Doctor does her thing. Everyone else, keep the enemy off our backs!”

“Let’s go!” said Galvatron as he and Megatron transformed. The team jumped into their cockpits and they took off to the silo. Their arrival was not unnoticed.

“Cybertronian energy signatures detected!” barked a Dalek.

“Intercept and exterminate! Exterminate!” ordered the Supreme. Daleks then fired on the two Decepticon Lords as they took to the air.

“Covering fire for the Doctor and Murda!” called Farmee as he fired lightning. His target was Intrag’s back!

“WHO DARES STRIKE ME FROM BEHIND LIKE A COWARD?!” roared Intrag.

“It’s that Blender over there!” called Scorpo.

“Scorpo, yes?” asked Farmee. “You were supposed to be the Titan of Air before my parents upset that little apple cart, yes?”

“Your parents?” asked Scorpo. He then realized something. “Of course. You’re one of Arsha’s kids. Not by blood, obviously. You’re too white for that.”

“True, my blood parents are Falnii and Foresna Royana, but I have just enough of Arsha’s ideals…and Malnar’s.”

“So my latest descendant forsook the Emboramii name!” hissed Intrag.

“I don’t know, I’d say Mama Malnar’s still a bit of a firebrand,” remarked Farmee.

“She failed miserably! And taught you how to fight like a coward!”

“You’re undeserving of an honorable battle!” At that declaration, Intrag charged at Farmee, distracting the tyrant from the Doctor. Murda kept the Lurker Daleks at bay.

“Doctor, whenever you’re ready!” hissed Murda.

“I’ve got to set the head so the Light Eco wave covers the breadth of the Citadel!” replied the Doctor.

“Well, hurry it up!”

“I AM hurrying!”

“DO NOT MOVE!” barked a normal Dalek as it fired on the Lurker Daleks. “You will cease all activity and surrender! You are my prisoner!”

“Oh, for the love of-! Here we go again!” groaned the Doctor. “Always with the barking orders! Always exterminating through your gunstick or forced labor!”

“That is the fate of all Non-Daleks!” replied the Dalek.

“It really isn’t! I’ve seen it before!” snapped the Doctor. “Whenever you suppress a populace, you galvanize others into being stronger than you lot!”

“Nothing is stronger than the Daleks!”

“The Thals beg to differ.”

“The Thals are weak! They shall perish and so will their human allies!”

“You couldn’t make them perish! I’ve seen it happen! They last long until the collapse of the universe! You fail in exterminating them! That’s a future worth fighting for!”

“That is no future! That is Hell! Hell shall be avoided! You and your kind will be exterminated!”

“Do you have any idea how often Gallifrey has come back? About as many times as Skaro!” The Dalek twitched at the mention of Gallifrey.

“…Why invoke Gallifrey’s name? Who are you?! IDENTIFY!”

“Have a scan! And know that I am Ka Faraq Gatri!” The Dalek ran several scans as its eyestalk went up and down. It then stared directly at the Doctor.

“You…cannot be!” it practically begged.

“Oh, but I am! I’m the Doctor!” The Dalek backed up in fear. It then sent the information to the nearby Daleks, attracting their attention. Even the Lurker Daleks caught wind of the Doctor’s presence.

“EXTERMINATE!” shouted one Dalek. All the nearby Daleks and Lurker Daleks fired! The Doctor rolled out of the way, trying to get the Daleks to not shoot at the robot’s head.

“THE DOCTOR IS AN ENEMY OF ALL DALEKS! EXTERMINATE!” shrieked a Lurker Dalek, remembering old instincts.

“NO! IDIOTS! NEVER MIND THAT WOMAN!” shouted Gol as he and Maia dueled Jak.

“Hey, ugly!” called Daxter. He yanked on Gol’s ears and snapped them back, causing the former Dark Eco Sage to stumble into Maia.

“MURDA!” called Jak. Murda then channeled white energy into Jak. Jak drew on the Light Eco and performed his usual Jump Dive, creating a shockwave that knocked Gol and Maia to the floor, unconscious. The Doctor took advantage of the distraction and finished her work.

“NOW, MURDA!” she called. Murda fired a stream of Light Eco into the robot’s head and the Doctor set the controls. She then leapt out of the head. “EVERYONE DOWN!” The robot head created a shockwave that covered the whole area. The Daleks were caught up in the shockwave and lost control.

“ALERT! ALERT! ENERGY WAVE DISRUPTING CASING! FUNCTION IMPARED! WEAPONS NON-RESPONSIVE! GRAVITATIONAL FLUCTUATORS OFFLINE! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEE!” Gravity caught up with the Daleks and Lurker Daleks as they started dropping like flies, crashing into the trees below and dying upon impact. Intrag looked around, there was only his team and the Dalek Supreme.

“RRRRGGGH! THIS MISSION IS A FAILURE!” he shouted. “WE HAVE TOO FEW FORCES TO RETRIEVE HEALTH! RETREAT!” His team and the Dalek Supreme vanished, then a rift opened for the Scorpion. It flew into the rift as it closed behind them.

“…That’ll give them something to chew on,” muttered the Doctor.

“Well, that’s that,” said Farmee. He then looked to Gol and Maia. “Now what to do about them?”

“Leave them to me and Dax,” replied Jak as he cracked his knuckles. “It’s time for them to get acquainted with this era!”