{"id":7748,"date":"2026-01-16T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:44:06","slug":"the-cruelest-plague-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/the-cruelest-plague-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cruelest Plague: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Silver didn\u2019t let the Dalek take the shot. He grabbed it with his psychokinesis. \u201cALERT! ALERT! PSYCHOKINETIC ABILITIES DETECTED! EXTERNAL PRESSURE AROUND CASING-!\u201d The Dalek was crushed like a tin can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Thank you,\u201d breathed the Doctor. \u201c\u2026That Dalek probably transmitted my image around Pathweb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to get to the center before the Daleks!\u201d urged Galvatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll take Park Street!\u201d suggested Silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGood idea!\u201d agreed Goldbug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLead on!\u201d directed the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Back at the center, Amy watched outside. Given that the plague was one created by the Daleks, she wanted to make sure none had arrived at the center and began a killing spree. She then heard someone approach. \u201cAmy?\u201d asked the person, Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYeah?\u201d quizzed Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026How does Silver go back in time?\u201d asked Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast I heard, with something called a Time Stone. They used to be on Little Planet, but they made their way here. They can send anyone through time\u2026but not space necessarily. Time around the person changes, but the relative location is the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Do you think-?\u201d Lurra Rus was interrupted by the Doctor and the retrieval team approaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan we evacuate?!\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Oh no! That was a Dalek ship, wasn\u2019t it?!\u201d realized Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Aid prepared everyone for evacuation at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d explained Lurra Rus. \u201cMy guess is that he knows about the dangers of those monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVery wise of him!\u201d said Galvatron. \u201cThey\u2019re behind us! We took a shortcut, but we don\u2019t have much time!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to have to work on a cure on the fly!\u201d said the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t we slow them down? Or are there too many Daleks?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, that ship was a shuttle, room enough for just those Daleks, minus the one Silver crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn that case, would demolition charges suffice?\u201d asked Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are demolition charges?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe keep them to destroy buildings that are too dangerous to inhabit,\u201d explained Goldbug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we have enough, then we can collapse the center on the Daleks\u2019 domes,\u201d mused the Doctor. \u201cRight, Amy, help me set the charges. Galvatron, Silver, show us where they are. Lurra, Goldbug, you start evacuations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis way!\u201d said Silver. He led his group down the corridor as Lurra Rus and Goldbug headed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Doctor and her friends prepared, the Daleks arrived. \u201cThe Doctor and the survivors are inside the building!\u201d barked the Supreme. \u201cThe Emperor has ordered that none be left alive! Exterminate them all!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe obey!\u201d replied the Daleks as they all glided into the building, on the lookout for survivors. \u2026A pity that they didn\u2019t look down as the Supreme, leading the charge, ran over two wires, triggering the explosives planted at the foundations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUNDER ATTACK!\u201d shouted a Drone Dalek with a black dome, the Section Leader. \u201cSUPREME DALEK DESTROYED! STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING IS COMPROMISED! RETREAT!\u201d The Daleks backed away from the exploding building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the building, the survivors and the Doctor looked back. \u201c\u2026All that research,\u201d sighed Dr. Quill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d soothed the Doctor. \u201cI\u2019ve saved the research to my sonic screwdriver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank goodness for that.\u201d As Dr. Quill was about to relax, Amy spotted something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone, hide! Daleks!\u201d she warned. Everyone hid themselves as Daleks patrolled the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVery paranoid, but an intelligent thing to do,\u201d grumbled the Doctor. \u201cThey fanned out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoctor, you get the survivors to safety!\u201d directed Dr. Quill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat? No!\u201d hissed the Doctor, guessing his plan. \u201cDr. Quill, you\u2019ll be killed if you reveal yourself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the only option available to us, Doctor!\u201d insisted Dr. Quill. \u201cAnd\u2026once again, I\u2019m sorry for the false hope I gave.\u201d Dr. Quill stepped out into the open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr.-!\u201d yelped Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, Amy!\u201d hissed the Doctor. \u201cThere\u2019s no point in us getting ourselves killed! Come on! We need to get moving!\u201d The Doctor led the survivors away from the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Daleks continued their patrol. \u201cDaleks!\u201d called Dr. Quill. The Daleks all turned to give him their attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHalt!\u201d barked a Dalek. Dr. Quill obeyed instantly. \u201cIdentify yourself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am Dr. Quill. You Daleks are the ones responsible for this plague, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou are correct!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut why?! What for?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe complete extermination of all life! Exterminate!\u201d The Daleks gunned Dr. Quill down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA senseless waste of life!\u201d shuddered Lurra Rus as everyone heard the gunsticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Aha!\u201d said the Doctor as she checked the readings on her screwdriver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoctor?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know how to cure this now!\u201d explained the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, great, but we don\u2019t exactly have a lab\u2026hang on!\u201d Amy realized where Silver was taking them. \u201cI know this path!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought you would!\u201d chuckled Silver. They arrived at the doors to a hidden base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmy, you know this place?\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRestoration HQ!\u201d replied Amy. \u201cOnce a resistance base during the Eggman War, then a place where the Restoration Movement worked to undo the damage Eggman caused!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten into this place a few times,\u201d said Silver, \u201cbut we can\u2019t get into the main computer core. Maybe your passwords could-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI handed off leadership to Jewel, remember?\u201d asked Amy. \u201cIt\u2019s her passwords that open up access. \u2026Thankfully, I happen to know them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThen you need to allow access for me,\u201d said the Doctor. \u201cI\u2019m going to need the computer to double-check my work as I make the cure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGot it!\u201d confirmed Amy. The survivors then entered the base and began setting up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoctor, we can\u2019t keep running from the Daleks,\u201d said Goldbug. \u201cWe\u2019re bound to pick up the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHopefully, this is where we stop running,\u201d said the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As everyone was getting set up, the Daleks patrolled the area. \u201cNo survivors detected!\u201d a Dalek reported to the Section Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContinue the search!\u201d ordered the Section Leader. \u201cAll life on this planet must be exterminated! The Doctor is a high priority!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlert! Alert! Temporal energy wave detected!\u201d called another Dalek. \u201cReadings indicate that it is a chronal surge!\u201d The energy wave washed over the Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Chronal surge complete!\u201d reported a third Dalek. \u201cAll Daleks present and accounted for!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cScan for any anachronisms!\u201d barked the Section Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDaleks!\u201d called a voice. The Daleks turned to see a human-sized Transformer walking up to them. \u201cWhere is the Dalek Supreme?\u201d demanded the Transformer. \u201cI demand an audience with it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have no right to demand anything of the Daleks!\u201d retorted the Section Leader. \u201cI am the highest ranking Dalek! You will be exterminated!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis vessel was already exterminated by Contagion Z\/479!\u201d replied the Transformer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026How do you know the classification of the plague?!\u201d demanded the Section Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have vital information that will avert a future catastrophe! Even now, on Skaro-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know nothing about Skaro!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT SKARO! I AM YOUR EMPEROR!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Death has deranged this Mini-con!\u201d decided the Section Leader. \u201cKill it!\u201d The Mini-con then put his hands on his heads and projected his thoughts into every single Dalek. The sudden influx of mental imagery was painful for the Daleks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI! AM! YOUR EMPEROR!\u201d shouted the Mini-con in the same booming voice of the Dalek Emperor. He then released his hold over the Daleks and let them recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026You\u2026are NOT\u2026the Emperor!\u201d protested the Section Leader. \u201cThat is\u2026not possible!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is when you use a chronal surge to your advantage!\u201d replied the Mini-con. \u201cYour mission is to exterminate the survivors, drag all bodies to the shuttle, and transport them to Skaro so you can experiment on Contagion Z\/479 and make it spread across the universe, then you intend to spread it across all possible realities until the Daleks are the only life-forms in existence, destroying even those that incorrectly call themselves gods!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow do you know this?!\u201d demanded the Section Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause I formulated the plan! I gave the order to use Mobius as a test bed for the virus! But it is a plan that will fail and cause this time to be a branching timeline! We must submit Restoration HQ to total extermination and that means the activation of the Special Weapons Dalek! I\u2019ve already sent the activation signal and briefed it on the situation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNO!\u201d argued the third Dalek. \u201cThe use of the Special Weapons Dalek is not advisable!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou DARE question the orders of your Emperor?!\u201d demanded the Dalek Emperor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou are nothing more than a copy of the Emperor\u2019s consciousness piloting an impure creature! The Abomination is just as impure!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou are a subject matter expert on impurity!\u201d said a croaking voice in the usual Dalek staccato. 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