The booming voice of the Sontaran leader echoed through his head as Caan ran down the seemingly endless corridor, making arbitrary turns as he tried to make as much distance as possible between him and the rather large number of Sontarans on his trail.
The human-Dalek clutched several sheets of wadded up pieces of paper in one hand — he had somehow managed to get a hold of blueprints for a teleportation device more advanced than his own; he hoped that they could somehow help him get back to Skaro — as he sprinted down the hallway, skidding to a halt as he found himself trapped.
There, before him, stood two Sontarans.
Caan’s first instincts were naturally to turn around and keep running, but as the menacing voice of the leader became clear behind him, he knew very well that he was trapped.
"If you make any sudden movements, we will shoot.”
Although he maintained a calm composure on the outside, the human-Dalek was in sheer panic; he could see no way to get out of this situation — never mind if it was an easy one.
"I—-" Caan began to speak slowly, but he cut himself off as he noticed his surroundings flickering, almost as if they were vanishing before his eyes.
Hundreds of questions spun through the human-Dalek’s mind as he was surrounded in a white light, the screaming voices of the Sontarans eventually fading into quiet echoes.
Caan shut his eyes tightly — the light was too bright for him to handle; and he knew what was happening.
His teleportation device.
For once, the machine actually came in handy; prior to the day’s events, Caan had considered disposing of his device, for it always brought him to places he didn’t want, or need, to go —- one place in particular being the corner Northcote Road.
It was always precisely 3:02 PM, there was never a change in the occurrence; and no matter how many times the human-Dalek tried to fix the device, it still persisted to bring him to that same location.
As he opened his eyes, Caan immediately looked up at the road sign, almost relieved to see the familiar text on the worn out post.
He was slightly startled when a female voice piped up next to him; the tone in her voice indicated question, but she cut herself off early, trailing off before she spoke up again — this time her voice was more intrigued.
Caan quickly turned towards the woman, following her gaze down to the device strapped to his wrist.
Something about the woman gave Caan the sense that they had met before, but when he attempted to recall where he knew her from, the human-Dalek’s mind was unable to remember the slightly familiar face.
"What do you think it is?” Caan questioned as smoothly as possible, looking back up at her.