The Doctor stood on the Dalek ship with Rose beside him, unable to touch her due to the force fields that kept them apart. On screen were his friends, trying to do their best to save the Earth and save him. Yet those words that Davros had said still stung in his mind. "I have won the ultimate victory Doctor, I have shown you, yourself." It was true. The Doctor couldn't deny it.
"But I have more." Davros continued.
The Doctor turned to stare at him, what more could there possibly be? What else could he have done to make this situation even more powerful?
"Something that will burn your hearts." Davros smiled. "Bring her out." He ordered.
The Doctor looked quickly at Rose, his eyes displaying the sheer quantity of his panic. What was happening?
"Doctor? What do they mean?" Rose asked, she too was scared.
"I don't know." The Doctor muttered solemnly.
Two Daleks came from the right, they brought with them another prisoner.
"No." The Doctor whispered. "No, how can she be here?"
Rose looked at the girl they had just brought in and then turned to The Doctor, she saw the horror in his eyes.
"Doctor who is she?" Rose asked. But she received no reply.
The Doctor stared into the eyes of the abused prisoner. The girl dropped to the floor and the two Daleks escorting her left. She was too weak to get up and run away, so there was no need for them to stay. She was very pale, and thin, her face was gaunt and her long black hair was tangled and knotted. Her deep blue eyes glanced up to meet The Doctor's. But she did not have an expression of fear. She glared at The Doctor with pure hatred.
"This is not real." The Doctor said. "You're tricking me."
"Oh, Doctor. This is no trick." Davros replied.
The Doctor's eyes filled with tears but he refused to show them, he had to be strong and hold himself together.
"Ria, what have they done to you?" He asked the girl sadly.
But the girl, Ria, replied venomously, "More like what you've done to me."
The Doctor looked a little taken aback but he sighed and said, "I'm sorry, I know what it must look like, but I had no choice. I'm so sorry."
"Don't try to cover for yourself. I know exactly what happened." Ria kept her piercing stare upon the doctor until Rose spoke.
"Doctor, who is she?" She asked.
The Doctor turned to her, "You remember I said 'I was a father once', well I still am."
Rose gasped, "You… you mean she's…"
"Arianna is my daughter," The Doctor smiled sadly.
"I think you lost the right to call me that a long time ago." Arianna said bitterly.
The Doctor's smile faded, "Ria, I don't know what they've told you but…"
"We've told her the truth, Doctor." Davros cut in, "You burnt your planet, let your family die at our hands, you didn't save them."
"Because I couldn't!" The Doctor exasperated.
"Ria, you have to believe me…" He began to explain but Arianna shook her head.
"No, I don't. I have no reason to."
Davros smiled with an awful sense of glee at the sight of the father and daughter, "How does it feel Doctor? To know that your daughter is alive? That she hates you as much as she hates me? That she has been tortured and imprisoned while you've been gallivanting around the universe with your human companions? Does it hurt?"
"Yes." The Doctor said quietly.
"I can't hear you." Davros taunted, "I said, 'does it hurt?'"
"Yes!" The Doctor shouted angrily. "Yes, more than anything."
Davros chuckled darkly, "Really? As much as this?" He asked as he pressed a button.
An electric pulse shot from a metal bracelet on Arianna's arm, it spread over her body and she cried out in pain.
"NO!" The Doctor yelled.
After the pain died down Arianna laughed cynically, "Doesn't sting as much as it used to, you know."
"How is this then?" Davros asked and turned up the voltage before pushing the button again and sending another convulsion of pain through Arianna's body. She screamed and her body arched with the overwhelming pain before she collapsed in a heap on the floor, breathing heavily.
"Okay, that pinched a bit." She said quietly.
"Please, just please stop!" The Doctor said desperately. "Please do what you want with me, just let her go."
"No." Davros replied, "I want to rip apart your soul. After all it is emotions that you do so love. I think it would be rather fitting if that was what destroyed you."
Rose covered her mouth with her hand and bit back her tears, "This is awful…"
The tears in The Doctor's eyes began to fall as he had to watch his daughter endure the pain of another electric shock. Arianna screamed out again, before she finally passed out on the floor.
"Hmm, it usually takes more than that to render her unconscious." Davros said.
The Doctor stared mournfully at Arianna's limp form and prayed that she was alright.