Oswin couldn't believe it after a year of being all alone in a dark, dingy, dalek asylum she was finally going home. She could see the stars, travel like she always wanted. She could see her family again. She watched as the door slid open to reveal the Doctor
"Hey, you're right outside come on in!" she breathed."Oswin... we have a problem..." he stated "No we don't." Oswin said quickly "Don't even say that, joined the Alaska to see the universe ended up stuck in a shipwreck first time out!" she ran up to the monitor. " Rescue me chinboy and show me the stars!" The doctor stood there contemplating before asking, "does it look real to you?" Oswin felt dread settle into her stomach. "Does what look real?" "Where you are right now, does it seem real?" the Doctor asked looking up. Oswin was confused but determined not to seem so "It is real." she stated.
"It's a dream Oswin, you dreamed it for yourself because the truth was to terrible." Oswin's eyes glistened with tears "Where am I?" she questioned barely able to sum up the courage to ask. "Where am I?" she asked again a little quicker. "Where am I?" The Doctor gritted his teeth "Because you are a dalek." Oswin was trembling slightly now, she shook her head. "I am not a dalek. I am not a dalek!" she repeated more urgently. "I'm human!".
The Doctor walked over to her and put his hands on her casing. "You were human when you crashed here, it was you who climbed out of the pod, that was your ladder." Oswin remembered. Climbing down the latter, being curious yet scared at the same time. The daleks capturing her,converting her, the pain. "I'm human." she whispered almost as if she was trying to convince herself . Her spirts were broken. All hope was lost.
The Doctor stroked the casing trying to find a way to comfort this young woman, who's whole world was changed in less than a minuet. "Not anymore, because you were right...you're a genius and the daleks need genius. They didn't just make you a puppet, they did a full conversion. Oswin let out a tiny gasp. The pain...it was so overwhelming.
"Oswin I am so sorry" the Doctor walked away "but you are a dalek" he said turning. Oswin looked around her small pod, or what she imagined was a pod...it all seemed so real...how could what he is saying be true. "The milk Oswin, the milk and the eggs from the souffles,where,where did it all come from?"
Oswin felt it inside herslf again. Pain... so much pain and anger and...and...haterd so much hatred. "Eggs..." I am human I am human I am human "Eggs..." "It wasn't real," the Doctor stated. "it was never real!" Oswin was trying to hold on to whatever bit of human she still had, fighting within herself. I am a dalek I am a dalek!
"Ex-sta-min-ate" she punctuated slowly, disgusted with herself but unable to stop it. "Oswin?" he questioned. "Ex-sta-min-ate" Anger Haterd Anger Haterd . Oswin began to roll fowards "Extaminate! Extaminate!" she cried "Exsatminate!" "Oswin? Oswin!" the Doctor yelled backing up as she came towards him full force. "Exsaminate,Exstaminaaaa" she trailded off. Anger hatred anger ...Fear. Oswin sat curled up in the little world she had imagined for herself sobs wracking her small body.
"Can you help me?" she barely dared to whisper. "Please can you help me, there has got to be something you can do!" Oswin didnt know what she was doing one minuet she was tring to kill the Doctor and the next minute she was begging for his help. Why would he even help someone that tried to kill him, it was stupid to even ask.
The Doctor was at a loss as to what to do. He, Amy and Rory neeed a way back and Oswin was possibly their only way. But on the other hand here was this poor young woman who is in the most terrible of circumstances. He tried to imagine what he would feel like if just one day, out of the blue, he found out that everything he thought he knew, was fake.
The Doctor took a deep breath "Oswin if I get you out of here, and I'm not saying that I can, but if I can, before I unplung you completely can you still take down the force field?" "Yes!" Oswin said quickly. "But..." he paused "if I can't get you out, you will still take down the force field for my friends and I to leave. Is that clear?" "Of course." Oswin said. Though the idea of dying alone in an asylum did scare her a bit. Though now looking at her circumstance, nothing could be worse than this.
"All right then, Oswin Oswald," he said with a smirk "let's see what I can do!"