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Katie in Manhattan: Chapter 2

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Chapter 2
Sec's first Hatchling

The next morning after Thay and Jast finished the construction of the holding area for the human, Sec checked on the Dalek embryo he created the night before. The embryo had hatched and was very healthy for it's size, but it was not what Sec wanted. Sec wanted himself to evolve, and the other Daleks would never agree unless the embryos were all failures. Sec checked around him to see if he was alone. When he saw he was he looked at the curious little Hatchling and sighed. He didn't want to do this to his child. It didn't do anything to deserve what Sec was thinking of doing. After a few minutes of debating Sec started to alter the Hatchling's medical supply it was connected to.

Later that day, Thay went to check on the little Hatchling.

"Dalek Sec! The Hatchling is dying. It will not survive for long" Sec's eye-piece dropped after he heard Thay say that.

"What have I done?," Sec said unhappily to himself.

"Do you want me to dispose of it, Dalek Sec?" Sec looked up at Thay.

"Dispose of it? Dispose of it!? How could you say that Thay!?," Sec thought to himself.

"No! I...will...do it! You...will help Jast and...patrol the area!"

"I Obey!" Sec watched Thay go, then opened his casing, carefully removing the little Hatchling from the make-shift incubator, then went down a section of the sewers so he could be alone with his child. When Sec thought he was far enough, he opened his casing and took out his little Hatchling and held it gently. The Hatchling trembled and looked at Sec fearfully.

"I'm sorry, my little Hatchling. How could you ever forgive me?," Sec asked, his eye filling with tears. The Hatchling, seeing Sec so upset, it's fear gone, hugs one of Sec tentacles as tightly as it could.

"I...I...for...forgive...you," the little Hatchling said naively, smiling at him. Sec, surprised and caught off guard by his Hatchling's first words, smiled weakly and shed a tear. The little Hatchling then smiled even more, then started to loose it's grip on Sec's tentacle as it passed away.

"No," Sec gasped. "I'm sorry! I'M SO SORRY!!," Sec wept heavily as he cradled his child.


After several minutes Sec lost the track of time was still lovingly cradling his child and his eye has become a little sore from his crying.

"I'm so sorry," Sec whispered gently again for about the hundredth time.

"You humans will keep moving!" Caan growled at the humans he managed to capture. Sec gasped and jumped after hearing Caan further up the tunnel and dropped his offspring. Sec tried to retrieve his Hatchling, but knew Caan was getting to close for him to retrieve it and get away in time. Sec looked sadly at his child on the tunnel floor, more tears starting to form in his eye.

"I'm sorry. I...I can't let Caan find out I have emotions" Sec turned and started to leave the tunnel. Sec was passing the human's holding area when Katie noticed Sec's eye-piece was drooping like it did yesterday when he spoke to her.

"Are you Ok?" Sec stopped and looked up at the human.

"Yes. I'm...I'm fine" Sec then carried on going to the battle computer. Sec had just reached the computer in time, when Caan entered from the tunnels.

"Dalek Sec. I bring you more humans!"

"Good! You will convert them into pig slaves when Jast has returned from his patrol"

"I Obey! Dalek Sec. Have you created any Embryos yet?"

"Yes but...it did not survive"

" It must have been a weakling!," Caan scoffed. Sec growled furiously.

"No one calls my offspring weak!," Sec thought angrily. He was just about to use his weapon when Caan wasn't looking, when Thay and Jast returned. Sec growled in rage and decided not to.

"you're not worth it," Sec scowled.

"Jast! You and Caan will convert the humans into pig slaves. At once!"

"We Obey!" When Jast went with Caan to convert the humans, Thay spoke with Sec.

"Dalek Sec? Are you going to create another Embryo? You might have better luck with this one?," Thay asked Sec curiously. Sec looked at Thay and nodded.

"I will, my brother. I will...create another one in a few minutes"

"You better not call me brother in front of Caan and Jast. You know what they think about that?"

"There are no such thing as brothers, only Daleks!,"mocked Sec, trying his best to mimic Caan. "When they're not here we can say what we like. They're not here to complain are they? Why do you think I send them out so often? They get on my nerves"
Katie in Manhattan:
Chapter 2: Sec's first Hatchling

I always wondered why the Hatchling the Doctor found in the "Daleks in Manhattan" episode was in the middle of the floor in the sewer tunnels and I thought this sad chapter up, where Sec wanted a private moment with his first Hatchling.
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SychoET's avatar
"There are no such thing as brothers, only Daleks!" mocked Sec, trying his best to mimic Caan." and "When they're not here we can say what we like. They're not here to complain are they? Why do you think I send them out so often? They get on my nerves" was hilarious XD