"I got work to do Katie. I'll check on you later my love" Sec then climbed into his casing still half-asleep and crashed into one of the lab tables knocking something off.
"J!"

"So it's alright for you to swear and not for me?" Thay moaned.

"Do as I say. Not as I do!"

"Hey! That's not fair!"

"Shut up Thay. It's too early," Sec yawned as he stopped by the computer.

"Sleep well?"

"Yes. Even though Daleks don't really need sleep"

"You needed it Sec. Just like last time your fear got to you. Remember?"

"No"

"When I said it would be our secret?"

"I remember that bit but I don't know anything after that. What happened?"

"Oh....um....nothing much," Thay said nervously.

"Thay?" Sec said sternly

"Yes?"

"Tell me what happened"

"I don't want to," Thay said sadly. Sec was about to say it was an order when he noticed that Thay's eye-piece was looking at the floor and he was trembling slightly.

"Come on Thay," Sec coaxed. "You can tell me"

"You collapsed in my arms from a mix of exhaustion and shock of me finding out about your fear"

"I collapsed? How long was I out for?"

"Two days. Don't worry," Thay said as he looked up. "I made sure you were Ok. I....also lied to our Emperor saying that you had an unknown problem with the communication receiver"

"The Emperor? He tried to contact me?"

"Yes. I lied to him saying the communicator was non-functional and I repaired it so he wouldn't send anybody else to fix it"

"Is that all?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't think you told me everything yet. Lying to the Emperor is quiet serious but I don't think you would have kept that secret from me for all these years. There's something else isn't there?"

"Yes," Thay said as his eye-piece dropped to the floor again. "Just after you collapsed I heard something behind me and I saw a Dalek Supreme spying on us......