Simmons headed back to the Cage a smug smile on his face. He'd finally found a way to get her to talk. He couldn't wait to tell his boss. His smug smile was wiped off his face when he heard Van Statten shout "Get him out!"

Simmons hurried over in time to see his boss and several guards run into the Cage. He followed them in to see the Metaltron screaming as its being electrocuted.

"Help me!" it cried.

Two guards grab the Doctor, pulling him away from the lever. Simmons goes over to the control panel and turned the electricity off. "I saved your life. Now talk to me. Goddamn it, talk to me!" Van Statten ordered but the Dalek didn't say another word.

"You've got to destroy it!" the Doctor shouted as he was dragged out of the Cage. Van Statten just ignored him and looked at the Dalek with a smirk. He now knew its name, its real name. It was the last in the universe and it was all his.

"The last in the universe. And now I know your name. Dalek. Speak to me, Dalek" the alien didn't speak "I am Henry van Statten, now recognise me!" the American demanded but again the Dalek didn't say a word. Van Statten turned to Simmons "Make it talk again, Simmons" the man in question approached the Dalek with a greedy look in his eye "Whatever it takes".

~Adam's workshop~

"Sorry about the mess", Adam said apologetically when they entered his workshop "Mr Van Statten sort of lets me do my own thing, so long as I deliver the goods" Adam handed Rose a piece of metal "What do you think that is?"

"Er….a lump of metal?" Rose said unsure what it could be.

"Yeah. Yeah, but I think…well, I'm almost certain, it's from the hull of a spacecraft", Adam explained "The thing is, it's all true. Everything the United Nations tries to keep quiet, spacecraft, aliens, visitors to Earth. They really exist".

"That's amazing", Rose said.

"I know it sounds incredible, but I honestly believe the whole universe is just teeming with life", Adam said.

"I'm gobsmacked, yeah. And you do what, sit here and catalogue it?" Rose asked smiling slightly. If only he knew that he'd just met an alien…

"Best job in the world", Adam said proudly.

"Imagine if you could get out there. Travel amongst the stars and see it for real", Rose said.

"Yeah…I'd give anything. But I don't think that's ever gonna happen, not in our lifetimes", Adam said.

"Oh you never know…what about all those people who say they've been inside spaceships and things and talked to aliens?" Rose asked.

"I think they're nutters", Adam replied.

"Yeah me too", Rose agreed with a laugh "So…um…how did you end up here?"

"Van Statten has agents all over the world looking for geniuses to recruit", Adam answered.

"Ah, right, you're a genius", Rose teased.

"Sorry, but yeah…can't help it, I was born clever", Adam said "When I was 8, I logged onto the US Defence System, nearly caused World War 3", Adam explained with a laugh.

"What, and that's funny is it?" Rose questioned not at all finding it amusing having very nearly experienced WWIII herself.

"Well you should've been there! Just to see them running about! Fantastic!" Adam said happily.

"You sound like the Doctor", Rose remarked.

"Are you and him…?"

"No, we're just friends", Rose said quickly.

"Good", Adam said nodding.

"Why's that good?" the blonde asked.

"Just is", Adam replied they both held each other's gaze for a moment before Rose looked away, glancing around at his workshop.

"So… Adam wouldn't you rather be downstairs?" Rose asked changing the subject "I mean, you've got these bits of metal and stuff, but Mr Van Statten's got a living creature down there. Two of them!"

"Yeah… Yeah, well, I did ask, but he keeps it to himself. Although, if you're a genius, it doesn't take long to patch through on the comm. system", Adam said.

"Let's have a look, then", Rose said. She watched over Adam's shoulder as he worked.

"I've only ever had a quick glimpse at the second alien before I was locked out of that system", he explained as he typed away "I've been trying to get back in but unfortunately I haven't been able to".

"What does the second alien look like?" Rose asked, interested.

"Well… I didn't really get a good look at it but from what I did see, the alien appears to be kinda like a human"

"And…the other one?" Rose asked. It didn't seem right to her that an alien who appeared to look human was being locked away. Wonder if the Doctor will do anything about that? she thought. Knowing him, the answer was likely to be 'yes'.

"The other one doesn't do much. It's weird, it's kind of useless… It's just like this… great big pepper pot", Adam explained. On his computer screen, the camera feed of the Cage appeared.

"It's being tortured!" Rose exclaimed as they watched a man take a drill to it, the alien screamed "Hold on, where's the Doctor?" She knew that Van Statten was going to show the Time Lord his 'pets' but the man wasn't there.

"I don't know", Adam said.

"Take me down there now", Rose demanded before turning and striding out of the room.

~Lift~

After what had happened with the Dalek, Van Statten had refused to show him the other alien which had made the Doctor angry somewhat. From his conversation with the Dalek, he'd learned that it wasn't the one who'd sent out the SOS that the TARDIS had picked up. Which meant that it was the other alien Van Statten had prisoner. Someone or something still needed his help and Van Statten was stopping him! He'd have to get back down to that level as soon as he could.

"What can you tell me about this Dalek", Van Statten said breaking the Doctor out of his thoughts.

"The metal's just battle armour", the Doctor explained "The real Dalek creature's inside".

"What does it look like?" Van Statten asked.

"A nightmare. It's a mutation. The Dalek race was genetically engineered. Every single emotion was removed except hate"

"Genetically engineered…." Van Statten repeated, actually impressed "By whom?"

"By a genius, Van Statten", the Doctor replied, glaring at him "By a man who was king of his own little world. You'd like him".

"It's been on Earth for over fifty years", Goddard cut in "both of them. They were sold at private auctions, moving from one collection to another. Why would that one be a threat now?"

"Because I'm here", the Doctor replied "How did either of them get to Earth? Does anyone know?"

"The records say that the Dalek came from the sky like a meteorite. It fell to Earth on the Ascension Islands. Burnt in its crater for three days before anybody could get near it and all that time it was screaming. It must have gone insane", Goddard explained.

"It must have fallen through time. The only survivor", the Doctor muttered "what about the other one?"

"The other one we found half dead by the remains of a crashed ship", Van Statten lied. Goddard looked at him sharply knowing that wasn't the case. The American man shot her a look warning her not to say anything. And so the very reluctant ginger stayed quiet. As much as she wanted to tell the Doctor that it was a lie, she didn't want to have her mind wiped and dumped in a random place to fend for herself.

"You talked about a war?" Goddard asked, changing the subject.

"The Time War. The final battle between my people and the Dalek race", the Doctor replied trying to ignore the pang in his hearts whenever he thought or spoke about the War.

"But you survived, too", Van Statten remarked, eyeing him.

"Not by choice", the Doctor muttered not seeing the look the man was giving him.

"This means that those two aliens aren't the only ones on Earth. Doctor, there's you" Van Statten grinned "The only one of your kind in existence".

~...~

Lights flash on the in the examination room revealing the Time Lord shirtless and chained up against a rack. Van Statten stands behind an instrument that is pointed at the Doctor. "Now, smile!" Van Statten shouted as the instrument shot some sort of red beam over the Doctor's torso, scanning him. The Time Lord grimaced, moaning lightly as it scanned him. An image of his rib cage appeared on a wall monitor showing his two hearts beating within it. Van Statten frowned at the image, disappointed. "He's not so special after all", he remarked to Goddard "He's just like the other one".

At this, the Doctor's hearts stopped. The other alien was a Time Lord?! How did he not sense it? Then the thought just hit him, yes he had sensed something but it wasn't that strong. He dreaded to think what Van Statten had done to the Time Lord given how he treated the Dalek. He had to get out!

The Doctor tested the chains gaining Van Statten's attention "there's no use trying to get free, you won't" the American man looked back at the image on the wall "there's nothing new here I can patent", he muttered.

"So that's your secret. You don't just collect this stuff, you scavenge it", the Doctor said angrily.

"This technology has been falling to Earth for centuries", Van Statten scoffed "All it took was the right mind to use it properly. Oh, the advances I've made from alien junk. You have no idea, Doctor. Broadband? Roswell. Just last year my scientists cultivated bacteria from the Russian crater, and do you know what we found?" the Doctor stayed silent opting to glare at him, his mind going over the possible things this man could've done to torture the Time Lord "The cure for the common cold. Kept it strictly within the laboratory of course. No need to get people excited. Why sell one cure when I can sell a thousand palliatives?" the American smiled smugly.

"Do you know what a Dalek is, Van Statten? A Dalek is honest. It does what it was born to do for the survival of its species. That creature in your dungeon is better than you"

"In that case, I will be true to myself and continue", Van Statten replied, walking back to the scanner.

"What difference would you find if I'm like the other alien?" the Doctor asked.

"Well…I'd say there's probably a few, given the gender difference"

The Doctor's eyes widened at that. It wasn't a Time Lord…it was a Time Lady!