"I will always remember when The Doctor was me." -The Eleventh Doctor
"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" Cried the Daleks, their bronze shapes edging closer to the Avatar and the Time-Lord.
"Oh heck to the no." Korra mumbled under her breath before her eyes began to glow white. She stood up and faced them bravely.
"Korra, are you insane? The Daleks have shields around their metal shells!" The Doctor hissed at her. The last thing he wanted was her injured on the first trip.
Korra growled. "I have to try!" She began blasting fire at the two aliens, but to no avail as the fire did nothing.
"Korra..." The Doctor warned, backing up.
"EXTERMINATE!" One of them screamed, firing at Korra. She managed to back flip out of the way just in time, but forgot to look where she was going as she crashed into The Doctor.
"We can't beat them! We're in their hands now!" The Doctor cried, his eyes burning with rage and fear.
Korra gaped as the Daleks drew nearer, their lasers pointed at them.
"YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" They shouted.
Korra squeezed her eyes shut and The Doctor wrapped his arms around her.
"I know you know who I am, Daleks!" The Doctor yelled at them.
They stopped. "YOU ARE THE DOCTOR, YOU MUST BE EXTERMINATED!" The first one said.
"Alright! You can do as you wish to me! All I ask is you let my companion go this time. She can't fight an army of Daleks and win, she is no threat to you!" He told them.
"What're you doing, Doctor?" Korra asked him incredulously.
"Saving your life, hopefully!" The Doctor whispered to her.
The Daleks looked at each other. "REQUEST DENIED. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINAAATE!"
And then Korra heard a new sound. Over the cries of exterminate and her own heart beating, she heard a thundering sound.
The sound of hooves.
"ALERT! ALERT! LIFE-FORM FAST APPROACHING!" The second Dalek shouted.
Korra and The Doctor watched as a horse leapt at the Daleks. With a loud neigh, the sound of hooves hitting metal, and the sparking of the Daleks' shields now broken, Korra kicked into action.
"Take this you pepper pots!" She shouted angrily, her eyes flashing white before she unleashed a firestorm from her hands, engulfing the Daleks in searing flames.
"Run!" The Doctor yanked on Korra's shoulder, signaling to follow his order. And so, they began to run.
"You two! You'll never get away without me!" The horse from before came cantering over, offering a ride. "Nothing's faster on this planet than the inhabitants! Climb on, I'll help you!" She insisted, her grass-green eyes looking them both over.
"Right! Up on the horse!" The Doctor helped Korra up, and he sat in the front. Korra wrapped her arms around his waist before the horse took off at a frightening speed.
"Thanks for the help back there!" Korra said kindly. "What's your name?"
The night-sky black horse glanced at her. "My name is Azelia. I've been hunting these foul creatures down for weeks now, they're infected our planet and they're taking the horses!" She snorted. "I lost my herd to them! I only survived thanks to my unnatural speed!"
The Doctor clicked his tongue. "I'm so sorry you've lost your herd, Azelia. I'm The Doctor, and this is Avatar Korra. We've come to help."
"Nice to meet some nice humans." Azelia mumbled.
"Oi! I'm not a human, I'm a Time-Lord." The Doctor huffed, crossing his arms.
"Not to mention I'm half spirit." Korra added with a sheepish grin.
"Alright, nice aliens. Whatever you guys are." She decided.
"So when did they arrive? The Daleks, I mean." The Doctor asked, getting back to all seriousness.
"I don't know. Not much of a timekeeper. An Earth month, maybe. They somehow got past the guards after setting off every alarm possible, landed here, and began to take horses. Nobody knows what they want with us either, but it's become a battle for survival at this rate. Soon enough they'll kill us all and we'll be nothing but a legend." Azelia whined in despair.
The Doctor was silent as Azelia came to a stop. "Here, they won't catch up for awhile. You should get out of here, they won't think twice about killing you now that they know you're here." She said, kneeling so they could get off.
"Azelia, there's one little problem in your plan. I'm The Doctor, and the one thing I don't do is let Daleks win. And right now they're violating a whole number of rules in some rulebook and I'm not going to stand around and let them commit genocide." He sternly said.
"You know you'll most certainly die, right?" Azelia asked.
"Trust me, I've fought the Daleks an eternity of times. I think I can handle them once more." He insisted.
Azelia looked at them with hesitation.
"Come on, Korra. Let's free the horses from the Daleks." The Doctor said, walking back the way to the TARDIS. Korra followed silently, thinking.
Such a cruel universe we live in. Is it really worth all the trouble to try and keep this fragile balance alive? It won't even stay forever. One thing will push it over the edge and the universe will fall into chaos. Could Vaatu return from that?
Kora was suddenly wigged out. She had to keep balance, for all she knew Vaatu could be right on their doorstep. This was the universe, far from controlled by anyone. Anything could happen.
"Wait...!" Azelia called after them, trotting over. "If you're going to hunt the Daleks down, I want to come with. They took my herd from me, and I'd like to thank them. Personally." She said.
"I thought you said these horses were timid." Korra said bluntly.
"Not me. Not anymore, no. When something is taken from you, something so precious, there's two choices. You can be afraid, let them walk all over you, let yourself die, or you can stand up. Take back what's yours, or if it's too late, avenge them the best you can." Azelia replied.
Korra and The Doctor exchanged glances. "You know you'll most certainly die, right?"
Azelia gave a lopsided grin. "Using my words won't work. They never did on you."
The Doctor sighed. "Alright, you can come. We'll be taking the TARDIS, though. Korra has her Polar-bear dog in there, so please don't freak out and, I dunno, smash the console like you did those Daleks."
Azelia nodded. "I won't. The Daleks rid me of my fears, and they replaced it with bravery. A bit like you two, right? I know of the Time-Lords' burning end. And you Korra, you lost your bending once. And I'm sorry, but that's not the only thing you will lose." She said sadly, then trotted off in the front.
Korra gaped. "How can she know that?"
The Doctor shrugged. "Time Travel. Wibbly wobbly timey whimey."