{"id":6655,"date":"2024-06-27T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2024-06-27T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:40:11","slug":"chapter-64-darkness-of-the-daleks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/chapter-64-darkness-of-the-daleks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 64: Darkness of the Daleks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health was stunned when she heard the entire story. She held onto the warp gate to steady herself. \u201c\u2026Th\u2026The Tome? \u2026My Source?\u201d she mumbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here,\u201d said Farmee, \u201cto keep you and your Source out of enemy hands. \u2026But we can\u2019t exactly leave this universe to the Daleks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Jak,\u201d Health said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes?\u201d asked Jak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou do realize the Dark Eco Silo isn\u2019t just full of Dark Eco, yes? There\u2019s\u2026something else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat robot Gol and Maia used, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat about it?\u201d asked Daxter. \u201cJak turned that thing to scrap and those two drowned in the silo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Acheron siblings are not dead,\u201d replied Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWHAT?!\u201d yelped Jak, Daxter, and Kiera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why Drebber and I have been keeping Health\u2019s appearances so scarce,\u201d explained Murda. \u201cSomehow, the Dark Eco has kept them in a state of suspended animation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd that kind of isolation for roughly 300 years, well\u2026\u201d Drebber left the answer up to everyone\u2019s imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow dangerous could they be?\u201d asked Torn. \u201cThey obviously lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTorn,\u201d replied Jak, \u201cGol and Maia managed to scavenge a Precursor robot, add their own bits to it, enslave all the Lurkers, and were almost successful in opening the Dark Eco Silo to flood the world with it to try and play God. Trust me, the sting of their defeat will make them crazier and more dangerous on top of being stuck in suspended animation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd with Daleks involved,\u201d sighed Health, \u201cthere will be untold amounts of havoc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell then,\u201d said the Doctor, \u201c\u2026I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m being so cliched here, but Doctor in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Doctor?\u201d asked Health. \u201c\u2026THE Doctor?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Enemy of the Daleks herself!\u201d confirmed Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Well, with her here,\u201d chuckled Health, \u201cwe may actually have a shot! I\u2019m not a fighter, but I\u2019m the best healer in the multiverse!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you could work with our medics,\u201d said Drebber, \u201cI think we\u2019ll be able to see this through!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd once the Daleks and their \u2018masters\u2019 are taken care of, I\u2019m gonna have to take my Source and leave this world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Leave?\u201d asked Murda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not safe for me to stay here, Murda. I\u2019ll have to go,\u201d said Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Very well,\u201d sighed Murda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the meantime, we better get ready,\u201d said Jak. He then saw a cluster of yellow energy. \u201c\u2026You know, I\u2019m feeling nostalgic!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYellow Eco?\u201d guessed Farmee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Eco of long-range strength itself!\u201d replied Jak. \u201cThere\u2019s probably Daleks on the other side of the door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll lead the way,\u201d said Farmee. \u201cWhen I get charged up with the Yellow Eco, open that door and storm the place, guns blazing. Healers stay at the back. We need you alive. Jak, Megatron, you\u2019re my guides. Riders, armor up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnderstood,\u201d replied Megatron. Adam, Brendan, Death, Henry, Jandro, Joshua, Liam, and Sam brought out their belts. Adam and Sam then pressed a button on their crystal spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDEVIL!\u201d announced Sam\u2019s Crystal Sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cARCHITECT!\u201d said Adam\u2019s Crystal Sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHENSHIN!\u201d shouted all the Riders. Their armor appeared and they summoned their weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhoa!\u201d gasped Markus. \u201cThat looks\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo cool!\u201d finished Layla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll right,\u201d said Farmee. \u201cHere we go! Touching the Eco\u2026NOW!\u201d Farmee touched the Yellow Eco and became charged with energy. The doors opened and everyone fired! Farmee\u2019s punches fired energy shots that struck various Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cALERT! ALERT! ENEMY FORCES DETECTED!\u201d warned a Dalek before it was destroyed by Jak\u2019s Morph Gun in its sniper-rifle Blaster mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey must not reach the silo!\u201d barked the Dalek Supreme. \u201cEXTERMINATE!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe elevator\u2019s still working!\u201d called Jak. \u201cIt\u2019ll take us to the roof!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom there, there\u2019s a platform that goes from the roof to the silo!\u201d elaborated Megatron as he fired on the Daleks. Unfortunately, the Daleks regained enough of their wits to start firing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey taking two hits!\u201d called a Babak Lurker. \u201cWe no-!\u201d The Babak screamed as a Dalek shot it. One could see the skeleton as the shot hit the Lurker, scrambling his insides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAim for the eyestalk!\u201d called Jack as he fired at his Dalek\u2019s eyestalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVISION IMPARED! I CANNOT SEE!\u201d The now-blinded Dalek started firing wildly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPath to the elevator\u2019s clear!\u201d announced a Haven Guard. \u201cGo! Go! Go!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJak, you lead everyone up to the roof! I\u2019ll cover you!\u201d said Torn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ll get killed by them!\u201d protested Jak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m no hero! I\u2019ll come back!\u201d insisted Torn. \u201cNow GO!\u201d Jak didn\u2019t really want to, but with all the Daleks inside the citadel regrouping, he didn\u2019t have much choice. The team went into the elevator and went straight for the roof. Once up top\u2026everyone saw the <em>Scorpion<\/em> with a Dalek saucer near the giant silo, both trying to blast the locked roof doors off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA command saucer,\u201d muttered the Doctor. \u201cWe\u2019ll have a hard time of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGuys, we better step on it! They\u2019re almost through!\u201d warned Daxter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026That door is NOT being broken into,\u201d said Jak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJak\u2019s right, the door is curved upwards,\u201d remarked Galvatron. \u201cWhich means\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething\u2019s coming out!\u201d gulped Layla. And something DID come out. It looked like a Precursor robot\u2019s head, but its right eye looked like multiple yellow-lensed cameras were grafted into the socket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow\u2019s that thing flying?!\u201d asked Daxter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHold up, the eye\u2019s opening!\u201d said Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Precursor robot\u2019s eye opened and out jumped what looked like Ottsel\/human hybrids with navy blue fur and glowing Lurker eyes. They looked around and cheered. \u201cTHREE HUNDRED YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT!\u201d called the male. \u201cAND NOW WE\u2019RE FREE!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTHIS WORLD IS OURS FOR THE TAKING!\u201d cheered the female. \u201cALL SHALL BOW TO US!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGol and Maia Acheron?\u201d asked a voice. Intrag and his team approached them with a squad of Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat would be us,\u201d replied the male, the former Sage of Dark Eco, Gol Acheron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho are you?\u201d asked his sister, Maia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am Intrag Emboramii, King of the Under-realm,\u201d Intrag introduced. \u201cAnd my people have need of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe serve no one!\u201d snapped Gol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh, but you do,\u201d chuckled Intrag. \u201cDaleks, prepare them for the experiment. Perhaps THEY will do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe obey!\u201d barked the Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh, look!\u201d chuckled Maia. \u201cNew Lurkers!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026Erm, no, Daleks,\u201d replied Intrag, confused. \u201cNot Lurkers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey WILL be!\u201d laughed Gol! He fired a stream of Dark Eco energy at the Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWHAT ARE YOU DOING?!\u201d yelped Scorpo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cALERT! ALERT! MENTAL STABILITY AT RISK! I! I! IIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!\u201d The Dalek that spoke then changed! A pair of Lurker eyes opened just under the dome lights with the eyestalk in the middle, the neck section gained a set of Lurker tusks, the travel skirt became warty tentacles, and a mouth formed where the tusks grew! The Dalekanium casing was now as flexible as flesh and so were the limbs and eyestalk! This happened to all the Daleks in the squad and they laughed maniacally once the mutation was complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!\u201d demanded Intrag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDESTROY THESE INTERLOPERS!\u201d Gol ordered the Lurker Daleks. They trained their gunsticks on their former master and comrades and fired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health was stunned when she heard the entire story. She held onto the warp gate to steady herself. \u201c\u2026Th\u2026The Tome? \u2026My Source?\u201d she mumbled. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here,\u201d said Farmee, \u201cto keep you and your Source out of enemy hands. \u2026But we can\u2019t exactly leave this universe to the Daleks.\u201d \u201c\u2026Jak,\u201d Health said. \u201cYes?\u201d asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[754,880],"tags":[482,9,146,337],"class_list":["post-6655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journey-through-wonder","category-story-journey-through-wonder","tag-fantasy","tag-kamen-rider","tag-sonic","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6656,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions\/6656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}