"Run you clever boy," Oswin Oswald said softly as the Doctor ran for his life, "and remember." She gave a small smile and sat in the seat, waiting for the Asylum to blow up. She vaguely wondered how long it would take for the planet to explode.
Long enough to escape, she realised and leapt out of her seat, hurrying to her control panel. She typed rapidly, realising that there was a way for her to get out of the Asylum. If she hadn't convinced herself that the Daleks had never turned her into one of them, she could have thought of it a year ago.
"Emergency Temporal Shift," she muttered pressing one more button. The Dalek that she was trapped inside disappeared only a few seconds before the planet was blown apart.
When Oswin materialised, she found herself in the middle of a street. She turned her eyestalk and smiled as she realised that she was back on Earth.
"I never realised how precious this planet is," she murmured.
"Mummy!" said a voice and a young boy of about four appeared in her line of vision, "Look at this!"
"Timmy, get away from it," said his mother trying to tug him away from the Dalek.
"It's alright," Oswin said, "I won't hurt you." She looked down at the boy, who was staring at her with fascination.
"What kind of robot are you?" he said. Oswin hesitated; she didn't want to call herself a Dalek but it turned out she didn't have to because another voice spoke.
"The most dangerous robot you're ever likely to see." Oswin turned her eyestalk. A tall, muscular and handsome man in a long coat was standing at the other end of the street. He had a pistol in his hand and was pointing it at her, "You two get out of here," he ordered the mother and her child.
"Who are you?" said the woman.
"Captain Jack Harkness," the man replied still keeping his gun pointed at Oswin, "And if you know what's good for you you'll stay away from that Dalek."
"Come on Timmy," the mother said.
"But mummy..."
"Come on!" the mother pulled her son away.
"Why did you send them away?" Oswin snapped, "I meant them no harm."
"You're a Dalek," Jack Harkness replied with a look of hatred, "Daleks exist only to cause harm."
"I'm not a Dalek," Oswin insisted, "I'm Human. I'm just stuck inside a Dalek shell."
"I've met Humans that were turned into Dalek's before," Jack growled, "One of them killed me." Before Oswin could question him they heard another voice.
"Jack!" a pretty woman with long dark hair appeared and hurried towards the Captain.
"Stay back Gwen," Jack ordered.
"What is that thing?" Gwen said looking at Oswin.
"A Dalek," growled Jack, "These things are lethal so stay back."
"I won't hurt you," Oswin protested and moved forwards. As she did Jack pulled the trigger. Oswin flinched and drew back, even though the bullet had no effect on her Dalek casing. Jack fired again three times, "Stop!" Oswin cried, "I don't want to fight!"
"Jack calm down," Gwen insisted pulling Jack's gun down.
"This thing is dangerous," Jack growled, "We have to kill it!"
"Good luck with that," Gwen said dryly, "Those bullets didn't affect it."
"Her," Oswin told them, annoyed that they were referring to her as "it", "I'm female and I'm Human. I want to get out of this Dalek shell."
"You can't undo a Dalek conversion," Jack growled.
"You're not supposed to be able to hold on to your Humanity when you're converted either," Oswin retorted, "But in case you haven't realised, I haven't tried to kill you." Jack looked at her suspiciously.
"You didn't say 'exterminate' in that sentence," he noted, "Dalek's always use that word instead of 'kill'."
"I told you I'm not a Dalek," Oswin said, "And I refuse to believe that there's no way to undo the conversion. Please, help me."
"Jack I think we should take her back to the Hub," Gwen said.
"You don't know what Dalek's are capable of Gwen," Jack growled, "We can't risk taking it back with us."
"But she hasn't tried to harm us," Gwen insisted.
"Maybe she wants us to take her to the Hub so she can destroy it," Jack replied.
"She's just one Dalek," Gwen said.
"Dalek's can self-destruct," Jack responded.
"They can but they don't create a very big explosion when they do unless the explosion causes other Daleks to blow up too," Oswin said remembering when the Doctor had put a Dalek in reverse in the Asylum and blown up a whole group of them, "Since I'm just one..." she hesitated before she said the word, "Dalek, I won't be able to create a very big blast so unless you two share a very small bedroom or something, blowing myself up, probably wouldn't cause much damage to you or your surroundings. Plus, I'm not suicidal." Gwen blinked at her.
"Jack and I don't share a bedroom," she said.
"Why?" Oswin said, realising that there was a way to convince them that she was Human; flirt like mad, "He's gorgeous."
"I'm going to be married soon," Gwen said.
"Oh, well bad luck for you," Oswin said, "I doubt your fiancé's as good looking as this handsome hunk." She looked up and down Jack's body, "How about you take off that coat and let us have a look pretty boy?"
"Oh God," Jack groaned, "I'm being flirted with by a Dalek."
"You flirt with anything that moves," Gwen said.
"Not these things," Jack replied.
"Doesn't mean I can't hit on you though," Oswin said. Jack looked at her.
"I've never heard of a Dalek that's capable of flirting," he said thoughtfully.
"Does that convince you I'm not really a Dalek?" Oswin asked hopefully. Jack hesitated and Oswin continued, "Oh and sorry for leaving you out Gwen," she turned her eyestalk towards the woman, "You're pretty too. I'm jealous of your fiancé. Maybe the three of us should lock ourselves in a bedroom sometime and see what happens." Gwen gaped at her.
"A bisexual Dalek," Jack said in wonder, "I never thought I'd see the day, and that's saying something considering I'm immortal." He looked into Oswin's eyestalk, "Okay," he said at last, "We'll take you to the Hub. But I'm warning you that I have a weapon in there that can destroy Daleks, so don't try anything."
"I won't," Oswin promised, making a mental note to ask Jack how he could be immortal.
In the Torchwood timeline, this story takes place before Gwen married Rhys and therefore Owen, Tosh and Ianto are all still alive.