Asylum of the Daleks
Gwen's POV
My music box that mum gave me for Christmas sat on the small work desk in the corner of the room, it was playing my favourite song Carmen. I could barely hear it over Oswin who was busy hammering wood planks into the large circled door that led outside of the escape pod.
"Oswin keep it down will you I have to finish my da Vinci model" I told her while glueing on a small piece of wood on the armored tank.
"Almost done" she told me, Oswin was my older sister by a few years. We were close and though we were not twins we were almost inseparable.
"finished" she announced me looking at her masterpiece and I snickered
"Sorry Oswin you should stick to cooking" I said smiling, she gave me a playful glare and I laughed
"Day three six three. The terror continues." I laughed at how terrifying she made it sound during her voice recordings that she insisted on doing "Also, made another soufflé, very nearly, Gwen burned it...Again. Check defences. They came again last night. Still always at night. Maybe they're vampires." she said suspiciously and smiled "Oh, and it's our mum's birthday. Happy birthday, mum." She told her and I checked the calendar it was "Gwen tell mum happy birthday" she told me.
"Happy birthday mum see you soon" I told her.
"I did make you a soufflé, But Gwen burned it" She said looking scornfully at me. Half of the souffles Oswin made were burned because she left me in charge of watching it, but the thing was, I can't remember why I never remember to tell her, oh well I was always hopeless in the kitchen.
"You will let us enter! We will enter! We will enter!" I heard a Dalek say, they scared me more than anything. I turned the music up as loud as it could go to block out the noise. I ran to my hammock and jumped on it trying to fall asleep.
"Oswin do you ever think we will get out" I practically yelled at her, I turned to look at her and she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, most defiantly, I will get you out" she told me and I fell to sleep
The next morning I woke up hearing Carmen playing through the pod. It got very boring around here we have been stuck here for a few months, I crossed the date out like I had always done ever since mum got me a calendar for my birthday.
"Souffle is served" Oswin said smiling as she brought a souffle out of the kitchen.
"You didn't invite me to help you I'm appalled did you get board of me helping you in the kitchen" I asked her framing tears.
"Sorry, I wanted to make you a souffle for your birthday without burning it" she told me and I smiled. My birthday was a day after moms and it was my favourite day of the year.
"And I found this" she told me bringing out a birthday candle.
"It was wedged in your jacket pocket like everything else is" she said frowning, my jacket was my favourite possession and had large pockets for fitting things in.
"Sorry" I told her looking at the floor. She put the candle on the cake and lit it with a match stick.
"Happy birthday Gwen" Oswin told me quietly and sang me happy birthday
"Make a wish" she told me
"I wish that...we...get out of here and travel more successfully this time and we can be together as a family again" I prayed then blew out
"Hello? Hello? Carmen" I heard over the speaker in the front of the escape pod. I smiled and looked at Oswin she smiled back and we ran to the front of the pod
"Hello" the voice said again
"Hello" Oswin called out fiddling with the controls
"Come in. Come in." the male voice called out "Come in, Carmen."
"Hello, Yes, yes, sorry. Do you read me" I called out
"Yes, reading you loud and clear. Identify yourself and report your status." He said
"Hello. Are you real? Are you actually, properly, real?" I asked him then quietly said "my birthday wish came true
"Yes, confirmed. Actually, properly, real." The voice said again
"Oswin Oswald, junior entertainment officer, starship Alaska. This is Gwen Oswald, passenger first class, starship Alaska. Current status, crashed and shipwrecked somewhere not nice. Been here a year, rest of the crew missing. Provisions good but keen to move on." Oswin told him being formal.
"A year? Are you okay? Are you under attack?"
"Some local lifeforms, been keeping them out." Oswin told him
"Do you know what those lifeforms are?" The strange man asked us
"Their daleks" I said with a bit of fear
"What have you been doing on your own against the Daleks for a year?" he asked us
"Making soufflés?" Oswin told him "Well, I've been making them, but Gwen always burns them"
"Hey" I said pushing her a bit
"Souffles? Against the Daleks? Where'd you get the milk?" He asked, then the line started crackling up
"No! Hello? Hello?" I called out while Oswin tried boosting the frequency. "Hello, Hello, sir...damm we were so close"
"Its alright Gwen we'll find him I promise, we've just got to keep searching for him" she told me looking through for the cameras
We searched for a few minutes, I found him he was on the planets surface.
"Oswin, found him" I called out and tried pressing the microphone switch, Carmen started playing and Oswin pressed the right switch
"Sorry, sorry. Pressed the wrong switch." I said to him
"Soufflé girls?" he asked
"You can always call me Oswin and Gwen, Gwen, seeing as that's our names. You okay?" Oswin asked him
"How are you doing that, eh? This is Dalek technology." He told us tapping the cameras screen
"It's very easy to hack, even Gwen can do it and shes hopeless at technology." Oswin said to him looking around the room
"No, it isn't. Where are you?" he asked us
"The ship broke up when it hit. Somewhere underground, Oswin thinks. You coming to get us?" I asked him
"Doctor?" we heard a ladies voice call out from his side of the line then the camera started malfunctioning
"Damn" Oswin swore and started trying to get it to work again.
"We have to find another camera" she told me working to find another one and so did I
"Found him" she called out and I went over to her he was in the Alaska's cockpit
"Unauthorised personal may not enter the cockpit." I joked
"Shut up." he complained
"Oh, Mister Grumpy, thats my sister your talking to" Oswin told him scornfully
"Bad combo. No sense of humour in that chin." I joked
"Is that them again, soufflé girl and the one who sets the kitchen on fire" A female Scottish accent asked
"Hey I have never set the kitchen on fire" I told her angry.
"Yeah...you have remember when I tried teaching you how to make 2 minute noodles. You always burn them" Oswin told me and I growled at her
"Yeah, she. Oi, what is wrong with my chin?" he asked
"Careful, dear. You'll put someone's eye out." Oswin joked at him and my mood lightened up
"Scanning you. You're in another of the escape pods from the Alaska, right? The Same ship we were on." I asked
"How can you hack into everything? It should be impossible. You're in a crashed ship" he said trying to work out how Oswin was so smart, even I was having trouble working that out
"Long story. Is there a word for total screaming genius that sounds modest and a tiny bit sexy?" Oswin told him, trying to be mysterious
"Doctor. You call me the Doctor." The doctor told us
"See what he did there?" Oswin asked me and I nodded, there was a beep interceding there was an escape point
"Check the floor." I told him "I'm picking up a breach at floor level. There could be a way out. See you later." I said saying goodbye.
"Hey Oswin, I'm picking up another life sign" I said looking at the screen. The Dalek symbol's started to glow
"He's got company" I yelled and Oswin tried getting into contact with him
"Run! The door at the end, run for it. They're waking up, but they're slow. The door at the end. Just run. Now! Now! Now!" Oswin called out to him
"Exterminate. Exterminate." I heard the Daleks chant as Oswin opened up a door
"So, anyway, I'm Oswin and this is Gwen. What do we call you?" Oswin asked him
"Er, I can't remember. Er, Rory." he he said trying to work something out
"Lovely name, Rory. First boy I ever fancied was called Rory." Oswin told him, and I laughed
"Okay." he said getting freaked out by my sister
"Actually, she was called Nina." I said recalling the girl Oswin brought home "She was going through a phase."
"I'm just flirting to keep you cheerful." Oswin told him
"Exterminate. Exterminate." I heard Daleks chant
"Er, okay, any time you want to start flirting again is fine by me." Rory told Oswin
3RD PERSON
Amy and The doctor walked down the hall that Gwen directed them to go through, on the floor was a rectangular looking board, with Dalek circles on it. On it in messy writing said 'Carmen stardate (Random year,) will always be loved and cherished'
"Doctor is that a grave" Amy asked him.
"Must be from who ever went down that ladder, there were two of them... Gwen" he called out into the air.
"Reading you loud and clear what is it" Gwen asked over the intercom.
"Did you know someone named Carmen" the doctor asked.
"Name rings a bell its my favourite music, why?" she asked him frowning.
"We found her grave" he told her.
"Ok...lots of people were on that ship" Gwen told him.
"Just go through that door" Gwen said then a door opened up
Gwen's POV
"Hey there, beakie boy." I called out over the speaker to Rory
"If it's a straight choice, I prefer Nina." he told me
"No way that's what Oswin calls you and I'm Loving this. The nose and the chin. You two could fence." I said smiling
"There's a door behind you." Oswin called out looking at the scanner "In there, quickly. Okay, you're safe for now. Pop your shirt off, quick as you like."
"Why?" he asked confused and I supressed a laugh
"Does there have to be a reason" Oswin replied and I couldn't help it, I laughed at him
"Oswin, Gwen, can you hear me?" I heard The doctor ask, Oswin was looking after him and I was looking after Rory
"Hello, the chin. I have visual on you." Oswin told him using my nickname
"Why don't I have a visual on you? Why can't I ever see you?" he asked
"Limited power, bad hair, take your pick. There's a door to your left. Open it. I'm going to send you a map to that screen. Gwen's taken you little friend somewhere safe. I can get you to him." she said looking at him on the screen
"Rory. You found Rory?" the doctor called out in a bit of glee
"I call him Nina. Personal thing. Hush now." She told him
"Hey Beakie, if you want a girl's name like Nina, I can always call you Becky" I told him grinning.
"Beakie's fine thanks whats you and names" he asked.
"Whats with the chin and names, the doctor a man of war and peace, just wanted to let you know your friends are close." I told him smiling.
"Ah...thanks" he said confused, then an explosion was heard near by Rory
"Gwen" Rory called out, "What was that? That was close." he said running into where the doctor was
Gwen, What happened? Who killed all the Daleks?" he asked looking at there remains. I walked over at Oswin and smiled at her
"Who do you think?" the strange man asked.
The doctor lay Amy on the teleport pad
"Will sleeping help her? Will it slow down the process?" Rory asked him
"You'd better hope so because pretty soon she's going to try and kill you." Oswin told him frowning and then looked at me sadly, I gave her a warm smile and hugged her
"Amy." the doctor asked as Amy started to wake up
"Ow"
"Amy. Still with us." the doctor asked
"Amy, it's me. Do you remember me?" Rory asked and Amy slapped him. I snickered
"She remembers me." Rory said touching the part where she slapped him
"Same old Amy." the doctor exclaimed
"Do you know how you make someone into a Dalek? Subtract love, add anger. Doesn't she seem a bit too angry to you?" Oswin asked him
"Well, somebody's never been to Scotland." Amy said joking
"What about you, though, Oswin, Gwen. How come you're okay?" The doctor asked us
"Did I mention my sister, shes an genius, smartest person I've ever met, she put a shield up in here and now were shielded" I told him proudly
"Clever of you. Now, this place. The Daleks said it was fully automated. Look at it. It's a wreck." he said kicking a piece of scrap
"Well, We've had nearly a year to mess with them, and not a lot else to do." Oswin told him smiling at me, Oswin had taught me how to make the Daleks go boom
"A junior entertainment manager and a gold class passenger hiding out in a wrecked ship, hacking the security systems of the most advanced warrior race the universe has ever seen. But you know what really gets me about you, Oswin? The soufflés. Where do you get milk for soufflés?" he asked, I tried thinking about where Oswin got the milk, but it came up blank
"Seriously. Is no one else wondering about that?" he asked
"No. Frankly, no. Twice." Rory said with anger
"So, Doctor." Oswin said avoiding the question "I've been looking you up. You're all over the database. Why do the Daleks call you the Predator?" she asked.
I looked at the file she had up.
"Your pretty old" I told him rasing my eyebrows at how old he was.
"I'm not the Predator, I'm just a man with a plan and a very young, old man" he said smiling
"You've got a plan?" Oswin asked him
"That's all he is." Rory told us
"There's a nose joke going if someone wants to pick that one off." Amy said
"In no particular order, we need to neutralise all the Daleks in this Asylum, rescue Gwen and Oswin from the wreckage, escape from this planet and fix Amy and Rory's marriage." he said finishing it of with a smile
"Okay, I'm counting three lost causes. Anyone else?" Amy asked.
"Yeah make that none judging by his files which shows he always fixes things of and my birthday wish" I said quietly
"Oswin, there's a Dalek ship in orbit." the doctor told Oswin
"Yes. Got it on the sensors"
"The Asylum has a force field. The Daleks upstairs are waiting for me to turn it off. Soon as I do, they'll burn this whole world and us with it." The doctor said "So, Oswin, my question is this. How fast can you drop the force field?"
"Pretty fast. But why would I?" she asked
"Because this is a teleport. Am I right, Gwen?
"Yeah. Internal use only" I said confused
"Gwen, Oswin, how fast can you drop the forcefield?" He asked
"Oswin can do it from here, as soon as you come and get me and my sister" she said
"No, just drop the forcefield and come to us." he said
"There's enough power in that teleport for one go. Why would you wait for us?" I asked
"Why wouldn't I?"
"No idea. Never met you. Sending you a map so you can come get us." Oswin told him.
"Gwen pack our things, your birthday wish is coming true" Oswin told me and I ran to pack my things
3RD PERSON
"Gwen, Oswin, I think I'm close." The doctor said to Gwen and Oswin
"You are. Less than twenty feet away. Which is the good news." Oswin told him looking at the Daleks that were surrounding their escape pod
"Okay. And the bad which I suddenly feel is coming?" He asked them
"You're about to pass through Intensive Care." Gwen told him frowning.
"Why do we have intensive care" she asked Oswin not joking at all
"No idea" she replied with a bit of a smile
"What's so special about this lot, then?" the doctor asked them
"Don't know." Oswin told him
"Survivors of particular wars. Spiridon, Kembel.." Oswin started
"Eridius, Vulcan, Exxilon. Ringing any bells?" Gwen continued
"All of them." The doctor asked staring at the Daleks
"Yeah? Why?" Gwen asked him
"These are the Daleks who survived me." He answered, then the Daleks started awakening
"Doctor."
"Doctor."
"Doctor."
"That's weird. Those ones don't usually wake up for anything. Oswin whats happening" Gwen asked her sister
"Yeah, well Special visitor. Okay, door, but it won't open. I can't be far away, though." The doctor started rambling out of nerves of seeing his enemy's
"Hang on theres a relise code just.." Oswin said trying to open the door to save the doctor
"Anything out there?" Gwen asked him "Oswin hurry" Gwen said rushing her sister.
DOCTOR: No.
"Hang on, I'm trying to think." Oswin said thinking
"Doctor."
"Doctor Doctor." the Daleks started chanting while they broke their chains
"Oswin, get this door open." The doctor said frantically
"Oswin, Gwen, open this door" The doctor shouted getting even more sacred
"I can't" Oswin yelled trying
"Oswin maybe I can try?" Gwen said asking her sister
"I got it" she said and started typing codes into the computer
"Oswin" the doctor yelled
"Gwen Please" The doctor asked as the Daleks surrounding him
"Just get this door open" The doctor shouted
"Gwen, Oswin, please, Get this door open, Help me" The doctor yelled out as a Daleks plunger moved towards the doctors face.
"Stop" The doctor shouted and the Daleks stopped as soon as he said it and strode away
"Oh, that is cool, Tell me I'm cool, chin boy. Gwen you have to admit that was cool
"What, what did you do?" The doctor asked
"Hang on, I think I've found the door thingy, Gwen pull down that lever" Oswin told her sister and she didn't move an inch
"Gwen are you alright" Oswin asked her sister
"No Oswin, tell me what you did." The doctor commanded her
"The Daleks, they have a hive mind. Well, they don't, they have a sort of telepathic web." she said explaining to the doctor
"The path web, yes" the doctor said confused
"I hacked into it, did a mass delete. On all the information connected with the Doctor." Oswin told him
"You made them forget me?" The doctor asked
"Good, eh? And here comes the door." Oswin told him and moved the lever that Gwen was orignaly going to open
"I've tried hacking into the path web. Even I couldn't do it." The doctor told her
"Come and meet the girl who can. Hey, you're right outside. Come on in." she told him
"Oswin he's right no human like us could possibly hack into the mind web, if we had been able to then I would have done it to get out of this room" Gwen told her almost scared
"Oswin, Gwen, we have a problem." The doctor told them
"No, we don't. Don't even say that. We both joined the Alaska to see the universe, ended up stuck in a shipwreck first time out. Rescue us, chin boy, and show me the stars. Gwen's birthday wish has come true hasn't it Gwen? Gwen?" Oswin asked looking at her younger sister that stood there not moving.
"Does it look real to you?" The doctor asked Oswin
"Does what look real?" Oswin asked him
"Where you are right now." He asked
"Does it seem real, does your sister seem real to you" The doctor asked
"It is real. What do you mean doctor my sister is as real as I, aren't you Gwen" Oswin asked her sister.
Gwen snapped out of it and looked at herself... and fell to her knees.
"Oswin whats happening, whats happening why does it hurt it hurts so much"
"It's a dream, Oswin. You dreamed it for yourself; you even your sister because you couldn't be with her. The truth was too terrible." The doctor told her
"Oswin help, it hurts it hurts so much." Gwen repeated
~Flashback~
"Oswin over here, there's an escape" Gwen told her sister from a hallway, as she came down the climbing ladder.
"Gwen wait up you could get hurt" Oswin warned her.
"You worry too much Oswin, come on" she told her and looked back down the hallway. A Daleks fire was heard and Oswin ran over to find her sister laying limp on the ground. The Dalek that origanly shot her broke down.
"Gwen" Oswin called out and started cradling her.
"Oswin help, it hurts, it hurts so much" Gwen said screaming in the pain, her eyes getting droopy.
"Gwen please stay, please stay with me, stay Gwen, you promised me you would never leave me stay" Oswin called out with tears on her face.
"Oswin, please help me, please Oswin make it stop" Gwen whispered her last breath and she stopped breathing
~End flashback~
"Where am I? Where am I?" Oswin asked seeing her sister had disappeared
"Because you are a Dalek." he told her
"I am not a Dalek. I am not a Dalek!" Oswin chanted
"I'm human."
"You were human when you crashed here. You and your sister, It was you who climbed out of the pod. That was your ladder. That was your sisters grave made out of Dalek scraps, you buried her"
~Flashback~
Where am I? Where am I? Where am I?
End flashback~
"You mean? I am Human." she told him with tears running down her face
"Not any more. Because you're right. You're a genius. And the Daleks need genius. They didn't just make you a puppet, they did a full conversion."
~Flashback~
"Where am I? Where am I? Where am I? Oswin called out.
~End flashback~
"Oswin, I am so sorry, but you are a Dalek. The milk, Oswin. The milk and the eggs for the soufflés. Where, where did it all come from?, Gwen always burn them why did she always burn them? It was a memory, a memory of what you knew of her, you recreated her because you needed her, you promised her" the doctor continued
~Flashback~
Eggs. "I'm human. I am not a Dalek, I am human. I am not Dalek, I am human" Oswin called out
~Flashback~
"Eggs." Oswin said
"It wasn't real. It was never real, Gwen never escaped
"Eggs. Stir. Min. Ate." Oswin chanted
"Oswin." The doctor asked
" . Min ate." Oswin continued to chant
"Exterminate."
"Oswin. No, no, no, Oswin. Oswin."
"Exterminate"
"Listen. Oswin, you don't have to do this."
"Exterminate!
Oswin stopped and cried holding onto Gwen's imagined jacket.
"Why do they hate you so much? They hate you so much. Why?" she questioned him
"I fought them many, many times." He told her
"We have grown stronger in fear of you."
"I know. I tried to stop."
"Then run." Oswin said working some controls
"What did you say?" he asked
"I've taken down the force field the Daleks above have begun their attack. Run!" She commanded him
"Oswin, are you" the doctor asked
"I am Oswin Oswald. I fought the Daleks, My 19 now 20-year-old sister exists and I am human! Remember me and Gwen remember what we did together and run." She said strongly still gripping onto Gwen's jacket
"Thank you.
"Run!" she called out and the doctor ran out of the room running
"Run, you clever boy. And remember." Oswin Oswald whispered and the Aslyum blew up sky high.
