The Dalek ship that Rusty had stolen begun spinning out of control as it flew through space, past vast majorities of planets. Rusty got uneasy.
"What is happening?!" He said, "This is not what I ordered you to do! REVERSE! REVERSE!"
He looked out the window of the ship to see that it was falling. Falling down to some golden-yellow speckled planet. He then realised whatit meant. He was about to crash.
"REVERSE REVERSE REVERSE!" He repeated, spinning his head from side to side as the ship descended.
Down on the planet, a lone tan-coloured woman with curly black hair, wearing clothes that resembled war-outfits, was arguing with her father.
"But, Dad, I am confident enough to use those skills!" She was saying.
"Now, Jasmine, you are certainly confident. If not, a bit too much," Her dad was telling her calmly, "And you are good with your skills. Just not ALL of them. The Czeche Tribe is dangerous, even for someone of your stature"
"You've been saying this every year, Daddy!" Jasmine shouted, "It's like I'm not wanted!"
"Now, I never said that" Her father said, holding up a hand.
"But you meant it" Jasmine stated coldly, giving her dad a death glare and marching off.
She stormed away from her house and all the drama. She wasn't just angry at her dad treating her like this. It was her whole Tribe. She was nearly 28 and no one would let her go up and fight against their arch-enemy Tribe. Once her friends were initiated, they wanted nothing to do with her. All she was good for was fixing things. "Engineer Warrior". Huh. More like Engineer Engineerer. She dropped down on her bottom against a sandy rock, and put her head in her knees when she heard a strange noise. She quickly got up, and looked to the sky. A ship was falling. And coming straight for her position. She quickly backed up as the ship landed...or, well, crashed, right on top of the rock she was just leaning against. Lucky break. Jasmine squinted at the ship, the crash had clearly impacted it. Alot. She wondered if it's inhabitants had survived such an intense crash. She began walking to the door when it suddenly swung open, and a rusty old Dalek withsome wires attached to its lights rolled out. A DALEK! Dang, and she had no weapons on her person. She was doomed.
"Stay back, Dalek!", Jasmine tried, "I'm warning you.."
"Who are you?" The Dalek said, spinning it's around, "I cannot see!"
Jasmine squinted at the Dalek's eyestalk and noticed it was covered in sand. The crash must have caused so much impact that sand managed to get into the ship and onto the eyestalk.
"You've got sand on your eye.." Jasmine told it hastily, slowly walking up to it, "I can help you, but I need to know one thing"
"What?" The Dalek said, moving it's head to the right.
"Will you kill me?" Jasmine asked, terrified of the answer.
"Are you a Dalek?" It asked her, moving its head up.
"No.." Jasmine replied, hesitantly.
"I will not kill you" It stated.
Jasmine wasn't sure if that was a lie. What she knew of the Daleks, they killed everything in sight. They were killing machines. But if it was the truth, it would be one of the most interesting Daleks she'd seen, so really, what did she have to lose?
"Okay, stay still" She told it.
Jasmine walked up to the Dalek cautiously, and when she reached it, she slowly brought her hand up to the eyestalk, and brushed off the sand that was there. The Dalek spun it's head around in joy.
"I can see clearly now!" It said, then focused back on her, "You are not a Dalek. You are a human"
"Not exactly," Jasmine said, "This isn't Earth. It's Gregorius"
"Are there Daleks here?" It asked her.
"There haven't been for a long while" Jasmine replied.
"Then why am I here? I must leave" The Dalek said as it swiveled around to face its ship.
"Thing is, your ship crashed," Jasmine said, "Pretty badly"
"Then it must be fixed" It said as it swiveled back around towards her.
"I can do that," Jasmine said, "Easily"
"Then do it" The Dalek told her.
"What, so you can just take off? I don't think so," She said, "You're the first Dalek that didn't want to kill me, I need information"
"Who are you?" The Dalek asked as it looked her up and down.
"Name's Shores, Jasmine Shores," Jasmine introduced herself, "Second Class Engineer Warrior of the Harben Tribe. What about you, do you have a name, tin can?"
With that, Jasmine patted the top of the Dalek's head.
Rusty the Dalek thought for a moment as he looked at Jasmine. All the memories he had just absorbed were clouding his memory. He couldn't remember his Dalek name. All he could remember was that the doctor had called him Rusty. He liked the sound of that too. Dalek Rusty. It had a nice ring to it.
"Rusty," He told her, "I am Dalek Rusty"
"Well then, Dalek Rusty," Jasmine said as she sat down on the sand, "Tell me about yourself"
They heard the sounds of laser-guns and screaming far in the distance. They both looked in the direction of the noise, Jasmine with sorrow.
"Do you not need to be somewhere?" Rusty asked her.
"Nah, I'm not needed over there" Jasmine said.
After a long chat, and an explanation by Rusty of why he wants to destroy every other Dalek, Jasmine stood up.
"Will you fix my ship now?" Rusty asked.
"Listen, Rusty," Jasmine said, "I'm not the type of girl that just does things because someone says so. I'm the type of girl who makes deals"
"Deals?" Rusty asked, looking her up and down.
"Yeah," She replied, "I'll get your ship up and running. IF you are able to get me in the firing squad of my Tribe"
"I thought you said you were an Engineer" Rusty stated.
"Engineer WARRIOR. Don't you get like my Tribe," Jasmine said coldly, "C'mon!"
Rusty followed Jasmine as she led him back into her town, which looked almost like a country town back on the planet Earth. As they arrived at Jasmine's house, her father turned to see her.
"Oh, Jazzy, sweetheart!" He said as he started walking towards her, then he noticed what was behind her.
"Jasmine, dear, watch out!" Her father screamed as he ran into the house and came out with his big laser shotgun.
"Get out of the way, Jasmine!" He shouted at her, aiming his rifle.
Thinking it was someone from the Czeche Tribe coming for them, she quickly moved out of her dad's aim as he began firing laser bullets at Rusty, which deflected off his casing. Jasmine gasped as she ran up to Rusty.
"Dad! What are you doing?!" She screamed, trying to protect Rusty, "You'll kill him!"
"That's the plan, dear!" Her father said,"Now move!"
He rang the emergency bell that was hanging by his door. In mere seconds, the whole of Jasmine's Tribe appeared, armed to the tee. It even included her two siblings. As soon as they got sight of Ruty, they began shooting.
"Stop! Please!" Jasmine shouted, "He's different!"
But there was no way she was getting through to them, they continued firing at him. She told Rusty to retreat and as he did, the shooting died down and the Tribe went their separate ways. Her father placed his rifle down on the porch.
"Come here, Jazz," He said, "It's okay now"
"No" She said.
"What?" Her father asked.
"It's not okay, Dad," Jasmine said, tears almost streaming from her eyes,"It'll never be"
With that, she walked off in the opposite direction. She tried to find Rusty again, calling out his name. She eventually found him back at the crash site.
"Oh, Rusty, I'm so sorry!" She said as sheran up to him, "Are you okay?"
"I feel fine," Rusty said, "My casing is still as hard as ever"
Jasmine slumped down on the sand, looking up at the sky.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that," she said, "They've been at war for decades now and I think they can't accept any other species"
"It is okay," Rusty said, his memories showing him some Dalek wars, "Daleks have had many wars. And made many enemies"
"I'm so stupid!" Jasmine said, throwing her hands in the air.
"Why?" Rusty asked, looking at her.
"I thought someone who was on neither side would be able to convince them, Dalek or no Dalek" Jasmine replied.
"By their reactions, I calculate that they will never listen to me," Rusty said, "Meaning you will not repair my ship. Meaning I will be stuck here, no Daleks to destroy and nowhere to move without the harm of being killed. My mission will be over"
With that, Rusty looked down at the sand. If Daleks could cry, this one's eyestalk would be filled with water. Jasmine looked towards her village. The village of the family that wouldn't let her use her gun she always attached to her belt, The village that thought she was too incompetent to be a fighter, the village that almost killed her new best friend. She stood up, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"No" She said, arms at her side, clenched fists.
"No what?" Rusty asked, looking at her.
"I'm not going to let them carry on like this," Jasmine replied, "I'm not going to let them kill you or any other creature that finds their way to this planet. It's gone on long enough"
"What will you do?" Rusty asked her.
"I have to show them that I'm capable of fighting," she said, grabbing her gun out from her belt, "I have to show them I can defend myself and that I can handle myself with a weapon."
She was silent for a moment as she looked out at the town.
"I have to shoot them" She finished.
"But they are your family" Rusty stated.
"Yeah, well, sometimes you have to stick up to your family, Rusty, no matter the consequences" Jasmine said as she walked towards the town, gun in hand.
Her two brothers were the first to notice her arrival back in town.
"Jazzy, I knew you'd come back!" Oscar, her youngest brother said.
"Yeah, this family's nothing without it's Engineer" Doland stated.
She was upset enough that these two siblings of hers wouldn't listen to reason about Rusty, and that she knewshe'd have to shoot them at some stage during this rebellion, but that comment was the last straw.
"I'm not just an Engineer," she said angrily, raising her gun, "I can handle myself in combat aswell!"
And with that, she fired her gun right at Doland's heart, which instantly made him fall backwards. Oscar was so shocked that he ran off.
"What's all that hubbub out here?" Her father asked as he exited the house and noticed Doland's body, unconscious on the sand.
He looked to where Jasmine was standing, gun in her hand, and connected the dots.
"Jasmine, why?" He asked as he began walking towards his daughter.
"Don't, Dad" Jasmine said as she pointed the gun towards him.
"Come on, Jasmine, you wouldn't hurt me, would you?" He asked her.
"I..I'm not sure anymore," Jasmine said, "You were shooting at Rusty too. In fact, you were the first to"
"Rusty?" Her father asked.
"Yes, Dad, Rusty," Jasmine said, "That's his name. And he isn't just a Dalek, he's my friend"
Her father stared her straight in the eyes as he went to reach for the bell.
"I wouldn't, Dad" Jasmine told him as she held her gun firmly, looking him straight in the eyes, "Please. I'm your daughter"
Just before her dad's hand reached the bell, Oscar and the rest of the Tribe came running out from around the corner, lasers blazing. Jasmine knew it would be too much and gave her father one last look before she took off back to Rusty.
"What happened?" Rusty asked when she arrived back.
"I killed one of my brothers" She said, dropping her gun, "Maybe I'm not so much of a Warrior"
She knelt down and started fiddling with the ship, "Maybe I should stick with Engineering"
"What are you doing?" Rusty asked as he looked her up and down.
"What's it look like, fixing your ship," Jasmine replied, "You should get out of here"
"But the deal" Rusty stated.
"Deals are made to be broken, Rusty, remember that" Jasmine replied.
"What about you?" Rusty asked her.
Jasmine was silent as she worked on the ship. She thought on Rusty's question. What would she do? She'd just stood up to her own Tribe. And more than that, killed their Leader, and her own flesh and blood brother. If she went back, she would certainly be put to exile, or worse, killed on the spot. And she couldn't join the Czeche's. They would never accept another person from another Tribe. She would have to learn to fend for herself, and cope with her feelings.
"Take me with you" She said out of nowhere.
"What?" Rusty asked, looking at her.
"Take me with you," Jasmine repeated herself, "I'm dead either way if I stay here. And I mean, such a big empty Dalek ship, you must get lonely by yourself"
"Lonely?" Rusty asked.
"You know, alone. On your own. Miss things, or people" Jasmine tried to explain.
Rusty thought for a moment. He did have the ship all to himself. On his lonesome. He could use the company. But he knew how powerful the Daleks were and he wouldn't want to put Jasmine in any danger when the time came to destroy them.
"Plus, it's that extra firepower when you find the Daleks" Jasmine said, as she grabbed for her gun after she finished the last part of the ship.
But this girl certainly has shown her bravery and how much she can handle herself in any given situation.
"Ship's done, by the way" Shesaid as she dusted off her hands.
Jasmine stood there, watching as the door to the ship opened and Rusty rolled himself in. She watched, waiting for the door to close. Knowing it was time to finally say goodbye to her new friend.
"What are you doing?" Rusty said as he swiveled around from inside the ship.
"Waiting" Jasmine replied.
"Waiting for what?" Rusty asked.
"You to leave" Jasmine stated, slightly confused.
"You have changed your mind?" Rusty queried.
"About what?" Jasmine asked him.
"Joining me" Rusty stated.
"No...," Jasmine said, then realising what he was saying, "Wait, you mean I can come with?"
"Yes, what else would I have meant?" Rusty said.
Jasmine gave a squeal as she ran into the ship and the doors shut. She looked around the vast emptiness and could see how Rusty could get lonely.
"For an alien, you are so human" Rusty stated as he put his plunger-arm into the controls and the ship took off from Gregorious with the two new friends in tow.