Part Three - After learning that the Rani wasn't responsible for their abduction, the Doctor discovers that she was responsible for giving the locals of the mysterious planet the Time Scoop technology. A forbidden device that only the High Council of Galifrey may operate, but only in times of crisis. Now these inhabitants have the Time Scoop and have stranded the Doctor, Andrea and Rani herself on this outward planet. But as the Doctor mulls over his next course of action, the leader of the planet, Kelarr, contacts his patron who will be arriving shortly. And the patron has only one goal upon his or her arrival.......Kill the Doctor. The Doctor sticks his head out of the doors from the lounge, and looks around the building's lobby. Like a kid searching to see if his parents are about, he does a quick look and returns back into the room. The Rani sits on the couch fiddling with her short red hair as she watches Andrea pace back and forth in front of her. The Doctor walks over to them both and now thinks about his next move. " Well....no gaurds outside, so I take it we're not much of a threat to them. Still one can't be too careful.", the Doctor simply states. " Oh will you stop pacing you retched lil' girl!! ", Rani screams at Andrea. Andrea stops and screams back at the nasty woman, " Make me you old hag!! " Rani stands up and comes face to face with Andrea, both seem to snarl at one another, ready to puch each other's lights out. The Doctor interupts their catfight, putting hand between them and trys to calm them both down. " Alright! Now thats enough girls......last thing we need is to have two hot heads going at it. Andrea, why don't you come with me.....lets see if we can't have a look around this city, hm? ", he says to her, looking directly in her eyes, hoping she'll snap out of her anger. " Your right Doc......", she says to him nodding in agreement. The Rani just smiles and flops herself back down on to the couch. Rani tends to enjoy arguements, especially with lifeforms lower then her, humans are always the easiest to annoy. The Doctor looks at the Rani in disapproval, he knows that woman is a twisted indiviual, she thrives on suffering of others, but the Doctor won't have any of that nonsense right now. " You coming? " , he asks the Rani merely out of sheer politeness. " Sorry luv, I've got no reason to join the likes of you two. Besides, theres no where to go.....believe me, I've tried many a time. But please.....don't let me stop you from your walkabout. ", the Rani spews out to them in a rather sarcastic manner. Andrea and the Doctor walk out the room and close the doors behind them, both trying to forget Rani's insulting tone. The Doctor claps his hands behind his back and starts to walk down the lobby in a rather clam and cool manner. Andrea follows closely behind, and pauses a moment as she wonders what the Rani will do while their gone. Inside the lounge room, Rani picks herself up and walks over to a console that has a small display screen. Pushing one of the buttons, she activates the monitor as an unseen voice talks to her from it. " Ah good....Rani, tell me....did the Doctor believe you? ", the mysterious voice asks. " Yes.....everything is going beautifully. But I can't say I enjoy working with the Doctor.....how much longer must I put up with this stupid imbecile?! " , Rani demands of the voice. " Not long. They will be arriving shortly, then your work will be done. Keep with him....Kelarr out. ", the voice finishes as it shuts off. The Rani just sighs and rolls her eyes, she walks over to the lounge doors and opens them up. Before she walks out she looks at a strange looking digital watch she wears around her wrist. Smiling away after looking at it, she lets out a simple chorttle and walks out. The Doctor and Andrea walkabout the city, which is now becoming shrouded in darkness as the sun finally sets, the Doctor strolls along as Andrea talks to him. " This is getting creepy Doctor, I think we should go back for our own saftey. I mean...it sounds like they really don't want us to go too far.....who knows what they'll do? ", she tells him in a somewhat concerned tone. " Not too worry my dear, if they really wanted us dead, they would have shot us the moment we stepped out of the Tardis. No no....theres another party involved here....they're waiting for some one. ", he reveals to her. Looking abit surprised by his comment, she wonders how he knows that, " Are you saying these people aren't the ones after you? I don't understand......I thought they wanted to takeover the Timelords? Thats why they captured you and the Rani? " The Doctor smiles at her, " Well they do. But I think they're in leauge with someone else, for a reason I yet have to discover. The whole situation feels artifical, almost like it was designed to shroud me from something more sinister. Rani for example.....she's never helped an inferior race for anything unless it helps her motives, then there's Kelarr.......he doesn't seem the sort of person who could arrange all of this. Much to grand of a plan for his mind, I think someone maybe helping him pool all this together.....in exchange for what........me perhaps. ", he says to her looking over with raised eyebrows. The Doctor looks around and notices the streets are soon empty and deserted. A chilling sight for any creature to witness, still, his mind is set on freeing the Tardis somehow, and breathes in as he unclapses his hands. " Listen......I'm going to go check on the Tardis, pehaps I can get a good look at the other objects there as well, the force field may have a weakness somewhere.......but I have to have a closer look to be sure. Go back to the lounge room and wait for me......", he says to his faithful companion. She nods and starts to walk back. The Doctor starts to walk the other way but soon thinks of something and turns back to yell at her, " Oh....and keep an eye on the Rani......don't turn your back on her for anything. " Andrea smiles and nods again at him. She walks back towards the building they've walked a block away from. Halfway up the street, Andrea notices a woman walking her way in the dark. She quickly hides herself in one of the small alleyways off to the side. As the woman walks by, she notices its the Rani. Not seeing Andrea there, Rani keeps walking by , the sounds of her boot heels clicking along the pavement fill the street with a lonely echo. Andrea quietly follows the renegade Timelord, hopping in and out of the city's shadows. In the Captiol headquarters, the Shalarian gaurds enter the command room and approach their leader Kelarr, they salute the man as he turns around to hear what they have to say. " Sir. The patrons have landed and have been escorted into your main office. ", the front gaurd reports. Kelarr looks nervous, but thanks his gaurd, " Good....good......Uhm....excellent commander, see to it that we're not disturbed. ", the man says sheepishly. The gaurds salute again and position themselves around the comand room. The leader walks over to the doors that lead into his office. The patrons have used the other entrance to avoid being detected and now wait for him to enter. A meeting that Kelarr seems somewhat hesitant to go into, soon he walks through the doors and tries to place a smile on his face, quickly closing the doors behind him. In the streets, Andrea continues to follow the Rani, the dark areas becoming darker now, soon its hard to make out certain shadows and structures. As the Rani walks on, she soon hears a soft voice calling out to her. Andrea knows it wasn't her, but sees the Timelord stop and look over to the opposite side of the street. Andrea keeps back as she watches her, the voice continues to call out to the Rani, and soon a figure can be almost seen in the shadows. Rani can't make out who it is and response to the person talking to her, " Who.....who's there? What do you want? " " You know what I want.......and you most certainly know who I am. ", the raspy voice says to her. Rani's eyes widen, for some reason she does know this person talking to her. Looking very nervous, she tries to continue her chat with the mysterious stranger. " Oh....it's....it's you. Look....I coudn't help it, they would have killed me if I hadn't....hadn't....", she says stuttering to the person shrouded in shadows. " I'm sure. ", the shadowy figure says, " But if you want to redeem yourself, I have a little task for you, consider it.......payment in full. ", the raspy voice says in a slight snicker. Then the person's hand raises up and strokes Rani's cheek, the black glove covering it resembles that of the mysterious figure which was in the Cyberman ship ( * see Encounter at Roswell ). The Rani smiles at the figure and snickers with the shadowy person. Andrea can't make out what they're saying, but does manage to see the gloves, it makes her wonder who the person is, and what the Rani is up too. She decides to tell the Doctor as she runs over to the parking structure he went too. The nosie of her running is soon heard by the Rani and her collaborator, the figure disappears back into the shadows, and the Rani starts to head off in Andrea's direction. Andrea looks back and soon sees the Rani chasing after her, she tries to lose her in the alleyways by running into different ones. Rani tries to keep up with the girl, but can't seem to keep a good lock on her. Andrea finds a door thats open and hides inside. The renegade Timelord soon loses her, not knowing where the Doctor's companion went, she heads back to the hotel. Andrea comes out as soon as she heres the Rani leave, and continues over to the parking area the Doctor is at. She soon runs up the stairs and comes out to where the Tardis is sitting, looking around, she can't see the quirky Timelord anywhere. She calls out to him quietly and very out of breath. " Doctor!.........Doctor!........oh where are you? ", she says as she soon leans against the blue police box. She rubs the sweat off of her brow and tries to regain herself. Suddenly out from behind the Tardis, the Doctor leaps out and scares her half to death. " I thought I told you to stay at the lounge! ", he howls out at her. She jumps up screaming, his loud voice shakes her up, seeing how the place was dead quiet a second ago, " AAH! Oh you......Damn you Doctor.....why didn't you say you where there! ", she angrily says to him. The Doctor tries to comfort her, " Sorry, but I was in mid thought......the force field isn't controled around here, no, it must be in a main control room somewhere else. Sorry if I made you stain your undies......", he says to her. Reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small, white crumpled paper bag, he opens it up and gestures it towards her. " Have a jelly baby.....I find they calm the nerves. ", he says smiling to her. She takes one out and eats it, still not looking to happy about his constant attempt of scaring her. The Doctor also takes one out and chews away on one, he walks around the parking area and looks at the other objects sitting there. " Do you see all of these? Hm? Every time vessel and craft thats ever been made......well.....other then being made by Timelords at least. A varitable museum of illigal ships ever made, what the Council wouldn't give to see this......", he says trailing off in his voice. Andrea looks at them all, strangely designed and some that don't even look like ships at all. " Why are they illegal? ", she asks. The Doctor turns to her and puts his bag of goodies back in his pocket, " The Timelords make sure no one race can ever time travel, they've banned all species from creating such transportation. Gaurdians of Time and Space.......they make sure others don't disrupt the harmony of the universe. Strange to see them all here, I thought the Garudians managed to collect them all, even more odd.......why bother to collect them? Why not dismantle them and steal the technology......how very strange.", the Doctor mutters to himself. He soon looks up at Andrea again, and walks over to her. " Come on....lets go. ", he says grabing hold of her arm. She looks at him curiously and wonders whats up , " Wait...where are we going? " " I've got to talk to Kelarr again. If I think of what I think I'm thinking....then I think the universe is in alot of trouble indeed. Now Come On! ", he starts to raise his voice at her. They run out of the parking structure and soon make they're way over to the largest building in the center of town. They stop infront of it and the Doctor looks up a the tall structure. " Thats where they are......and thats where the force field generator is.....I've got to shut it off if we're ever going to get out of here. ", he says. Andrea shakes her head as she also looks up, " Oh I dunno Doc.....I mean it's not like we can just walk into the place is it? They'd kill us for sure. " The Doctor laughs, " Poppycock! These people are pushovers.....no...I've doubt they've killed anything in their lives.....couldn't even kill a fly if it bothered them. Besides....he did say that we where allowed anywhere.....", he winks at her. They enter the building and soon discover that no one is gaurding the entry, getting on one of the elevators, they head on up to the main level. As they get out, they notice two gaurds standing infront of the command centers closed doors. The Doctor briskly walks up to them and pulls out his jellybabys again. " I say, you chaps look terribly malnurished, how bout a lil' pick me up? ", he smiles at them. The gaurds look puzzled at his comments and stare at his treats with caution. " Oh don't be shy....see....", he says taking one out and eating it, " ...Perfectly harmless. Go on....I promise it will be our little secret...shhh! ", the Doctor says quietly with a smile, and placing a finger aside his nose. The gaurds each take one and munch down on it. Andrea sticks very close to the Doctor and while the guards are distracted the bursts through the doors and walks straight into the command center. The guards all become alert and surround him as he stands there with Andrea close behind his back. Looking around at the whole operation, he soon marvels at the scope of their technology. " Fantastic! And very complicated......I say that is a rather complex looking thing isn't it? Now then....who helped you make that then, eh? Another species perhpas......how bout the Rani? She must have given you all some pointers...hm? ", he says with a snobbish air about him. Another voice booms out from behind the two of them, " I might have given them the odd tip now and then Doctor...", the Rani steps into the room and walks down to the lower floor where the Shalarians all work. Turning around she smiles at him, " I told them you'd never except me as a simple helpless victim.....but then again.....I'm not really here on my own accord anyhow. " Kelarr's office doors open and he steps out, " Ah good.....You've managed to come at the right time Doctor. " " Well, I seemed to have lost the invitation to tea, but thought I'd come early..", the smiling Timelord says to the creature. " As ever....your odd humour proceeds you Doctor. But your pathetic attempt at being sarcastic won't do you good anymore...", Kelarr snickers. The Doctor didn't seem to like that backlash comment, somewhat out of character for that alien, usually very docile, but now out right arrogant. " eh?", the Doctor says. Kelarr moves over to the Rani and snickers, " Pehaps you don't know why your really here. You see we were paid hansomely for your capture, infact, we were given immunity for helping our patrons......they will give us the technology and we will give them free rein of space and time. A joint venture.....to become a gaurdian collective. Oh but I am jumping to the conclusion.....perhaps you would like to meet our esteemed patrons? After all, they're just dying to meet with you....", he says to the Doctor in a very sarcastic tone. Kelarr looks over to his office with the doors wide open, the Doctor looks in total horror as he sees what comes out of the room. Out of the room, comes creatures he thought he'd never see for a long time, and as they hover themselves out, he blurts out the name the creatures are known as. " Daleks! " The four Daleks come into the room and are screaming in a very electronic robotic voice. " It is the Doctor! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminaaaateeee! " End of Part Three