Dalek

Chloe stepped out of the TARDIS just after her father. She was rarely aloud to go out first, he always said it was "To dangerous." She found herself in a narrow hallway lined with cabinets. Each had something in them. Chloe stepped closer to one.

"wow," she said.

"Pretty nice collection," the Doctor said. "Ok Chloe, quick quiz. What's that?" he said pointing to one of the glass boxes.

"Easy, that's a milometer from the Roswell space crash."

"Good, and that," he pointed at something else.

"Moon dust, durhh."
"That," he changed where he was pointing again.

"Even I can get that Doctor," Rose said. "It's a Slitheen arm."
Chloe nodded.

"And that," he moved his pointing finger once again. But he didn't wait for an answer. He walked over to what he had pointed to. Chloe followed, standing next to him she frowned.

"I dunno," she said.

"I shouldn't expect you to," he said looking at a very robotic looking head. It was silver with pipes going out from about where ears should be and then to the top of the head.

"What is it?" Chloe asked.

"A friend, we'll an enemy. Stuff of nightmares, reduced to an exhibit."

"Doesn't look scary to me," she said.

"Huh, you didn't fight them, if you ever meet a Cyberman, run!"

"I'm Chloe, daughter of the Doctor. I don't run."

The Doctor shook his head at the very smug looking Chloe. Rose laughed as the daughter patted her on the shoulder.

"So you think that's where the signals coming from?" Rose asked.

"Nah, it's dead. The signals alive. Something's reaching out. Calling for help…"

"You know, if someone's collecting aliens, you two could be exit A."
Chloe looked at the Doctor and shrugged. She wasn't to keen about being an exhibit. Actually she was very much against the idea.
she didn't have long to think much more about this question as sirens began to sound. Soon she found herself surrounded by guards in black uniforms, all pointing their guns at the 3 time travellers.

"Eeech!" Chloe said.

"Your pointing a gun at a child," the Doctor said.

One soldier stepped forward.

"Lower your guns," he ordered, they responded.

"You three with me now!" the soldier began to walk off. The 3 where surrounded. The Doctor began to follow the guard and Chloe took a few running steps to catch, stationing herself close to his side. She looped her arm into his, feeling a bit safer now.

They where snuffled into an elevator and it shuddered to a start. Chloe looked around, soldiers all around. When they stepped out, a few soldiers fell behind them, making sure they weren't going to turn and run.Chloe hung close to her father as they where shunted down another hallway. A door was open and they where escorted it. Sat at a desk was a dark haired man, with a mastash and small goti. However, something else caught her eye. A boy, maybe 20ish was holding a lanfian Orgdon. A beautifully crafted instrument.

"Paid eight hundred thousand dollars for it," the boy said handing it to the older man.

"What does it do?" the older man asked in an American accept. Chloe forgot she was in America. So the boy was a fair way from home.

"You see these tubes on the sude? Must be to channel something. I think maybe fuel. I think it's part of a scapeship engine."

Chloe grinned, looking to the Doctor.

"I really wouldn't hold it like that," he said.

"Shut it," said the woman who was with them said.

"Really though, that's wrong," the Doctor said, ignoring the woman. Chloe loved the way he did that. His soft tone making her feel calm.

"Is it dangerous?" the boy asked. The boys eyes meeting Chloe, obviously wondering why a child would be an accomplice. Chloe gave a polite smile. The boy smiling back.

"No, it just looks silly," the Doctor replied. Chloe giving a small giggle. The Doctor stepped forward and Chloe heard the click of safety catches being taken off. She flinched slightly. The American raised his arm, the he passed the instrument to the Doctor.

"I never was much of a musician. But Chloe," he said, turning to his daughter and handing her the instrument. "is very much like her mother."

Chloe held the object and gentley ran her fingers over it.

"You just have to be delicate," Chloe said as a few notes played out.

"It's a musical instrument," the American guy said.

"Yep. And a very long way from home," the Doctor said.

"Let me," the American said, snatching the instrument from Chloe. Chloe frowned slightly, looking to her Dad. He wasn't looking so she shook it off, knowing it wasn;t best to start a fight.

A screechy sound from the instrument came out.

"Delicate!" Chloe said, covering her ears. The boy in the corner laughed a bit, but the American gave him a glance. The boy coughed and looked down.

"It reacts to the smallest fingerprint," she continued. "it needs precision…"

The screeching subsided and was replaced by a simluar tune as Chloe's.

"Like this?" the man asked.

"Yeah," Chloe replied.

"Quite an expert," the Doctor said.

"And so are you too," the man threw the instrument aside. Chloe was about to take a step forward, but the Doctors arm raised instrinctivly to Chloe's shoulder.

"Who exactly are you?" the American asked.

"I'm the Doctor, this is Chloe, and that's Rose. And who are you?"

"Ohh, like you don't know. We're hidden away, underneath the salt deserts of Utah, with the most valuable collection of extraterrestrial artefacrs in the world. And you just stumbled in by mistake."

"Pretty much sums me up, yeah," the Doctor grinned. Chloe kept a straight face, studying the American. She didn't like the way he had disregarded the instrument as junk.

"Question ism how did you get in? Fifty-three floors down?" And the little girl. Does the wittle girly want a wittle wolly pop?"

Chloe raised an eyebrow. "I'm not even going to bother retorting to that with an intelligent response, although I am close as I feel down right patronised. Although it's kind of balanced out by the affair, as I'm actually substantially amused you'd use such intellect on another sentient life form like that."

The Doctor grinned at his daughter.

"Seesh a 12 year old with one hell of a vocab'" he ruffled Chloe's hair, she frowned, folding her arms. " and can play an alien instrument. She's comepeting for your spot English. What's your IQ little girl?" Chloe frowned taking step back. he then turned to Rose. "We'll talk about that later. Anyway where was i... and of course your cat burgalar accomplice. Quite a collector yourself, she's kinda pretty."

"And she's gonna smack you if you keep calling her 'she'. You didn't give us an answer, who are you?" Chloe felt the same about being called 'little girl' but was staying quite for the time being.

"She's English too," he turned to the boy "Hey, little lord Fauntleroy, got you a girlfriend."

"This is Mr Henry Van Statten," the boy said. Chloe tilted her head slightly.

"And who's he when he's at home," Rose asked.

The boy smiled "Mr Van Statten owns the internet."

"Don't be stupid no one owns the itner."

"And lets just keep the whole world thinking that way, right kids?" Chloe frowned at Van Stattens response.

"So you're just about an expert in everything except for the things inside your museum. Anything you don't understand, you lock up." Chloe raised an eyebrow at her fathers words. He was right. That's exactly what this Mr Van Statten was doing.

"Are you claiming greater knowledge?"

"I don't need to make claims. I know how good I am," the Doctor responded. Small grin on his lips. Chloe was glad he was making a point.

"And yet I captured you. Right next to the cage. What were you doing down there…?"

"You tell me," the Doctor responded.

"The cage contains my one living specimen." Chloe's eyes lit up. Another alien. It must be.

"And what's that?" he father asked, no real expression on his face.

"Like you don't know."

"Then show me," the Doctor said, folding his arms.

"You want to see?"

"Didn't he just say that?" Chloe asked, curving the edge of one lip, and acting slightly smug. Van Statten looked at Chloe, a smile on his face. Sussing her out as she had done him.
"Goddard, informt he Cage, we're heading down. You, English, look after the Rose girl, go and canoodle or spoon or whatever it is the British do. And you two, Doctor-with-no-name and Chloe with no last name Come and see my pet."

Chloe schrunched her face. No alien was a pet in her mind. Van Statten walked out the room, the Doctor followed. Chloe had to doing a few running steps to catch up. She followed behind the Doctor and Van Statten as there was no room for her walk nect to them. There was no talking as they headed down to where they had arrived. They reached a small room with a large. Guards where still following them, this made Chloe on edge again. She hated having them follow them around.
The room they where in had a large gray door infront of her. Van Statten moved to stand infront of it, facing the Doctor and Chloe.

"We've tried everything," Van Statten began. "The creature has shielded itself bbut there's definite signs of life inside."

"What do you mean, inside? Inside what?" the Doctor asked.

A man in a orange plastic suit came out the door, cutting of Van Stattens respone.

"Mr van Statten, sir, welcome back! I've had to take the power down, the Metaltron is resting."

"Meltron?" Chloe said, scrunching up her face.

"Thought of it myself, good isn't it? Although I'd much refer to find out it's real name…" Chloe thought it was as good as well something that wasn;t good.

The door opened and the man in the orange suit stepped forward.

"You'll need these on. The last man who touched it burst into flames, get a pair for the girl," he said turning to a guard.

"We won't touch it then," the Doctor smiled.

"Go on then you two. Impress me." Chloe looked to her father and the Doctor to Chloe. They shared a smile and stepped forward into the dark room. It Chloe a moment to get use to it. although it was hard to see. Why where the lights out?

"Listen. I'm sorry about this, Mr Van Statten might think he's clever, but never mind him. I've come to help. I'm the Doctor."

Chloe squinted trying to see what was In the darkness. And then her hearts skipped a beat.

"Doccctttorrr!" said the oh so familiar voice. Chloe ran backwards, hitting her back into the wall hard. She could tell the Doctor was terrorified too. Chloe tried to cling to the walls.

"Doctor?"

"Impossible," the Doctor said.

"The Doctor?"

The lights turned on to reveal Chloe's one nightmare. It sat chaimed to 4 posts. She screamed.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!!!" the Dalek called, as Chloe ran for the door with her father.

"Let us out!" the Doctor thumped the door, as Chloe's body shook with sheer terror.

But there was no gun fire. The Doctor had turned roind.

"It's not working," the Doctor said. Tears ran down Chloe's face.

"Fantastic!" the Doctor said. But this was nothing fantastic to Chloe. She stepped back into the corner, hugging her arms.

"Ohh Fantastic. Powerless. Look at you. The freat space dustbin. How dies ut feel? You piece of junk?" Chloe become nervous of her own father. The way his anger formulated into the insults. She was scared the Dalek was trying to trick him. He could be so easily blinded by his anger. But Chloe didn't feel anger. She felt feer. A Dalek had killed her mother. She had seen them when she was only a baby, they haunted her dreams.

"Keep back!" the dalek said. Chloe flinced.

"Dad!" she called out sobbing. But she was ignored.

"Or what? Whatcha gonna do? If you can't kill, then what are you good for, Dalek, what's the point of you? Nothing? What the hell are you doing here?"

Chloe didn't care it couldn't work. it was still real. It was still there, standing in a room with her. She felt so scared. She needed her father to hug her, to comfort her.

"Daddy," she cried, tears still falling freely as she hugged herself, squished in the corner.

"I am…waiting for orders," the Dalek responded.

"What does that mean?"

"I am a soldier. I was bred to receive orders."

"You won't get any," the Doctor barked. Chloe sobbed.

"I demand orders!"

"Daddddyyy!" Chloe cried, her body slipping to the floor. "Let me out," she said in a quite last hope voice.

"They're never gonna come. Your race is dead. You burnt. All of you. Then million ships on fire. The entire Dalek species wiped out, in one second."

"You lie!"

"I watched I happen. I made it happen!" Chloe felt lost. Her nightmare was standing only meters away. She needed her father. Like when a child wakes from a nightmare. She needed him to reassure her it was ok. But he was just shouting. His anger raging through him.

"You destroyed us?"

"I had no choice," the Doctors voice became quite. But when she looked at him, she didn't see him ready to comfort her. The anger, very much there. he was lost in his own thoughts.

"And what of the time lords," the Dalek asked. Chloe closed her eyes and sobbed hard, crying louder now as the painful memories surfaced.

"Dead!" the Doctor said. "They burnt with you. The end of the last great Time War; everyone lost."

"And the coward survived," the Dalek said. And the anger of the Doctor returned, but he refrained from shout.

"Ohh, and I caught your little signal. Help me. Poor little thing. But there's no one else coming. No one else left."

Chloe sobbed so hard. She hugged her knees and covered her eyes. The Doctor was scarring her. It was if her own father was no longer there. She just wanted to get out of the room. She thumped the door, hoping someone might open it.

"I am alone in the universe."

"Yep!"

"So are you. We are the same."

"We're not the same!" the Doctor shouted. Chloe cried again.

"please, daddy, please," she sobbed. But he wasn't there.

"No, wait a minute. Maybe we are. Maybe, yeah. Okay. You've got a point. Cos I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. EXTERMINATE!"

The Doctor rushed for a lever and slammed it down. The Dalek began to scream. Chloe cried harder, so afraid. She was lost in her own fear. She couldn't even comprehend her father was destroyed it. he was like a mad man in his anger.

"Have pitty! Have pitty," it screamed, and the doors opened. Chloe botled. She ran so fast out of the room. The guards where heading for her father. Chloe ran under a side table. Hugging her legs as the Doctor was pulled form the room and the electric turned off. He was dragged out the room

"Where's the girl?" Statten said. Chloe held her breath. She was so frightened at the moment, she just stayed quite huddled under the table. She would have tried to run for the Doctor, but something was wrong. She needed to find Rose or something. but she couldn't comprehend anything at the moment. She was lost.

"I think she ran out somewhere," the guard said, not really sure as he was paying more attention to the Doctor.

"Find her!" Statten said. "I could use a kid like that! She knows a lot." Chloe hugged her legs, and time passed. She didn't know how long. The room slowly emptied and Chloe sobbed again. The doors opened, Chloe fell silent again. Two people walked in. one entered the room. When she thought it was empty she allowed herself to cry again, not being able to hold it back any longer. Then she heard the footsteps get closer. She huddled herself in a corner, as if making herself smaller would help in some way. She looked up, seeing the English boys face.

"Hey, what are you doing there?" he asked in a soft voice, noticing she was upset. Chloe moved back a bit more.

"Don't worry, it's ok." The boy sat on the floor, not trying to impose to much. Chloe sniffed.

"I don't think we've been properly introduced," he said. "I'm Adam." He smiled and waved slightly.

"C sniff" CH sniff" oe" Adam smiled.

"here," he said passing her a tissue from out of his pocket.

"Don't worry it's clean," he said smiling. Chloe gave a small chuckle and wiped her eyes.

"Quite a little expert on that instrument weren't you. You know much about alien technology?" Chloe nodded slightly. Adam smiled, laughing slightly.

"You remind me of me, when I was younger. Chloe smiled slightly. Calming down.

"Almost caused World War 3 once," he said casually, trying to cheer her up.

"logged onto the Pentagon defence system?" Chloe asked, smiling more.

"Yeah, how did you…?"

"Did the exact same thing, was grounded for ages," she said. Adam laughed.

"I see why Van Statten wants you."

Chloe frowned.

"He searches out all the genius' and brings them here."

"Don't want to be an exhibit!"

"No, you research objects. It's amazing. Where's your dad anyway?" Adam asked, obviously he'd been told chloe was his daughter by Rose.

"I, I, I don't know, he went crazy. I couldn't stop him. That thing. It killed her! My mum." she cried again.

Adam stared at the small girl infront of him. He knew she had seen so much more than he ever had.

"Hey, hey, it's ok," he said in a calm voice. "It's locked up. Your safe and sound. We'll find the Doctor and you'll be fine. Ok."

Chloe much calmer now, nodded. The Doctor was probably fine now.

Chloe looked up as Rose rushed out the room. Chloe heard the Dalek cry.

The began to shake again. "It's powered up!" Chloe said. "It's goingto kill everyone, no, no!!" Chloe backed into the wall.

"Chloe, where's the Doctor!" Rose shouted.

"She doesn't know," Adam said. A guard ran out.

A guard locked the door shut. "It just killed Simmons! Run!" Adam and Rose where now slightly panicked.

"Chloe what is it, what is that creature?" Adam said. She screamed as she heard the Daleks voice again.

"It's a Dalek. It's a killer. A born killer. It's going to kill everyone. Born to destroy. A perfect soldier. I need, I need, I need the Doctor!" Rose looked at Chloe. Why had she said Doctor? She usually said Dad.

"Look," Rose said pointing to the screen. Chloe was shaking from head to toe.

"Get out of there," the Doctor said.

"It's all my fault!" Rose spoke, "I touched it!"

"It doesn't matter now. Just get out of there," the Doctor said in a relatively plain voice, was some amount of authority.

"Come on Chloe," Adam said softly, stretching out a hand. Chloe took a moment to think, and then she slowly took his hand. The crawled from under the side and stood up.

"Exterminate!" the Dalek shouted and Chloe jumped.

"Let's get out of here," Adam said. The 3 began running down the hallway. Chloe heard the screams of death as she ran. She couldn't look back. It felt as if it where right behind here. Watching her.

They found themselves amongst some soldiers. A male soldier turned to a female.

"De Maggio, take the civilians. Get them out alive, that's your job, got that?"

"Understood, sir. You! With me," she spoke. Chloe didn't even argue she just followed. They where lead down more corridors. Chloe heard gun shots firing, but they soon went deadly silent. Her hearts where racing and she was so confused. She felt physically sick, and her mind was spinning.

Chloe was running, but she felt like she was getting no where. Adam was still holding her hand and Rose was next to him. She kept looking over to Chloe's frightened face. The usually came and collected timelady was now so shaken up. Rose felt some fear, but why was Chloe so shaken up?

The soldier led them to the stair case.

"Stairs!" Rose said as if she where so glad to see them. We'll she was.

They ran up one flight, the soldier stopped behind them. Adam came to a halt along with Rose. Chloe turned slowly, and then she saw it again. It was now gleaming, as if it had a new lease of life.

"It hasn't got legs, it's stuck."

Chloe was too young to remember much about the Daleks, just that she had learned to fear them from a very young age. She remembered them running once, in fear of her life. The Doctor holding her, hugging her, her mother by her side. She wasn't to know…

It looked up silently at them, Chloe stepped backwards.

"It's ok Chloe, it's stuck," Rose said. Adam squeezed her hand.

"Death big alien death machine. Defeated by a flight of stairs!" he spoke.

De Maggio looked down, pointing her gun at the Dalek.

"Now listen to me. I demand that you return to your cage. If you want to negotiate, then I can guarantee that Mr Van Statten will be willing to talk. I accept that we imprisoned you and maybe that was wrong, maybe we can help you. But people have died, and that stops, right now. The killing stops, have you got that? I demand that you surrender. Is that clear."

The Dalek just stared up at them. A long silence passed and then it spoke…

"El-ev-ate!"

Chloe's eyes went wide. She had been too young to remember. She screamed as it began lifting.

"Oh my," Rose said.

"Adam, get them out of here!" De Maggio spoke. She was standing her ground.

"Come with us. You can't stop it," Rose said. Chloe was trying to get Adam to release his grip. She was trying to run. Adam held onto her tightly. They needed to stick together.

"Someone's got to try. Now get out, don't look back. Just run!"

Adam looked to Rose and Rose nodded. Adam began to run up the stairs, Chloe quickly complying, but he still didn't let go of her hand.

Chloe heard a scream, tears falling down her face again.

"Oh my," Rose said stopping for the briefest of moments and then all 3 where running again.

They headed up and up then Adam pushed through a door. A large concrete room. As they entered Chloe could see soldiers behind boxes, their weapons pointed at the door they just came through. The 3 of them coming to quick Holt. Chloe looked behind, it would be here soon.

"Hold you fire," a soldier quickly shouted. "You three get out of there, clear the zone."

Adam nodded pulling Chloe and Rose along. They headed to the far side of the room.

Another door led them into a new room. Chloe looked back.

"Where's Rose," she said panting. Adam looked back through the door. Chloe watched as he pulled Rose thought he door.

"It was looking at me," she said. Chloe looked at Rose.

"It's a killing machine. It wants to slaughter us," Chloe said. "That's what they're built for, that's what they do." She leaned her bead back against the door. Looking up at the ceiling, blinking the tears out of her eyes.

"No, but it was looking right at me."

"It's looking everywhere," Chloe said. "It's just finding its next target."

"I don't know it's like there's…something inside. Looking at me, like…like it knows me."

Chloe didn't respond. She heard gun fire. She jumped when she heard the Dalek's gun fire.

"Let's keep moving," Adam said. He gave Chloe a pat on the shoulder and they began moving again.

"Let's head up. Out of here, this way." They headed to another staircase and then headed up. Round and round ascending as quickly as possible. Chloe's mind was buzzing; she needed to find her father. Maybe he was calm now. She needed him.

Rose's phone began to ring.

"This isn't the best time…!" she spoke still running up the stairs. Chloe looked back, it must be the Doctor, she thought.

"Level 49," she spoke.

"Can't you stop them closing?"

She put her phone back in her pocket.

"Faster, they're going to seal the vault. We need to hey top level 46, and we haven't got long."

Chloe nodded, Adam tugged at her hand and they where running faster. Time seemed to slow down, but she wasn't moving any faster. She was in slow motion. She saw the number 46 on the wall and Adam pulled her through the doors. She could see the bulkhead doors beginning to descend slowly. Adam was really running now. But he didn't let go. Chloe wasn't as fast but he didn't leave her. He dived to the ground, pulling Chloe under the door. Chloe just remembered looking back as she was tugged under the door. Rose's eyes…she stretched out her arm. But it was too late.

The bulkhead door shut, Chloe stood. She thumped the door.

"Noooooo," she screamed.

"Chloe, Chloe, look at me. We need to get to the main control room. We're more help there. Chloe listen."

Chloe turned round panting. Maybe they could do something. She nodded, still in shock and then ran to the elevator.

They stayed silent as they headed up. Suddenly the doors opened. Van Statten his female sidekick and the Doctor where stood in the room. The Doctor's face was fuming as he looked at Adam.

"And you were fast on your feet, running away, leaving Rose behind," he said looking at Adam.

Chloe felt as if this was a dig at her too.

"Oy! I'm not the one who sealed the vault," Adam spoke.

Chloe stepped forward, but the Doctor ignored her. He turned back to the screen.

A voice was heard over the speaker.

"She's dead," he spoke.

"No," Chloe said.

"Open the bulkhead. Or Rose Tyler dies," the familiar voice of the Dalek said. On the screen appeared Rose stood next to the gold Dalek.

"You're alive…" he said. Chloe felt her heart sinking seeing the Doctor. He seemed more please to see Rose then he did to see Chloe. She stepped back. Adam looked down at Chloe. He placed a hand on her shoulder causing Chloe to look up. Adam smiled at her as if he was glad she was ok. He placed an arm round her shoulder.

"Can't get ride of me," Rose spoke.

"I thought you where dead."

"Day's not over yet," Rose replied.

"Rose Tyler…"

"Open the bulkhead!"

"Don't do it," Rose shouted.

"What use are emotions? If you will not save the woman you love?"

Chloe looked at the screen. Something wasn't right. To understand love, to realise love, you have to have emotion. You can't tell if something is love, unless you can love.
He'd never admit it, but the Doctor loved Rose, and Chloe knew the feeling was mutual. And Chloe cared enough for the Doctor to not interfere.

"I killed her once. I can't do it again," and with a shaky hand he hit the button.

Chloe didn't know what to think. Rose was alive, but the Dalek was out.

"They're in the lift. It's coming up! What do we do, you bleeding heart, what the hell do we do now?" Van Statten said. Chloe looked at the Doctor. He was paying no attention to her. Chloe was shaking again, bone shattering shakes.

"Well. Kill it when it gets here, sounds like a good plan to me," Adam said calmly.

"The guns are useless, and all the alien weapons are in the vault," Van Statten replied.

"Only the catalogued ones," Adam replied. Chloe looked to Adam, he was bright. She could give him that.

"Follow me," he said to the Doctor. "Chloe stay here!"

"Don't leave me," she said.

"Not with him, not with that Dalek!" The Doctor turned round. He looked at her then turned without saying anything. She followed.

The Doctor didn't even look at Chloe as they headed down the hallway. Straight ahead he looked. His mind set on what to do.

"Dad?"

"Not now Chloe, we have to stop it," he didn't even turn when he talked.

A few corridors away they headed into a room.

"My office," Adam said. "I catalogue everything, this basket of stuff, it has some of the stuff I haven't done yet."

"Fantastic," the Doctor said. He walked over and began picking things out.

"Broken, broken, hairdryer," that made Chloe smile slightly, but she stayed quiet at the back of the room.

"Mr Van Statten tends to dispose of his staff, and when he does, he wipes their memory. I kept this stuff, in case I needed to fight my way out one day." Chloe smiled. She couldn't imagine loosing her memory. He wouldn't remember all the amazing stuff he had seen.

"What you in a fight? I'd like to see that!" Chloe glared at her father. When he was angry he became argent.

"I could do!"

"What you gonna do, throw you're a-levels at 'em?"

He kept shuffling through the basket until her grabbed a large weapon.

"Oh yes!" the Doctor said.

Chloe followed as he headed out the room. Rose and the Dalek turned the corner into the corridor. Chloe shuddered; she couldn't hold back tears any more. She needed her father.

She slid her back down the wall and sat curled in a ball.

"Get out of the way," the Doctor spoke.

"Out the gun down," Rose replied. Chloe was so far away now. She was loosing control. She couldn't think. She couldn't understand what was going on.

"Rose, get out go the way, right now."

"No, 'cos I won't let you do this."

"That thing's killed hundreds of people."

"It's not the one pointing a gun at me."

Chloe wailed, curled tightly in a ball, rocking slightly. Where was her father? She had no one. She had no father. He was gone. He was dead.

"I've got to do this. I've got to end it. The Daleks destroyed my home. My people. I've got nothing left."
"But look at it," Rose said. Turning to the Dalek. It was open. Basking in the sunlight.

"What's it doing?"

"It's the sunlight. That's all it wants. It couldn't kill Van Statten, it couldn't kill me. It's changing. And what about you, Doctor, what the hell you are changing into. Look behind you, see what you've done."

The Doctor slowly turned, his eyes settling on Chloe for the first time in hours, no longer blinded by the anger.

"You do have something, you daughter, and you've neglected her. She's needs you Doctor. More than me, she needs you so much."

The gun slowly slipped fro the Doctors hands as he slowly stepped towards Chloe. He knelt down.

"Oh Chloe, I'm so sorry," he leant forward embracing her.

"Chloe, please," tears fell down his own face.

"Chloe I love you. I'm so sorry."

Chloe hiccupped as she looked up at her father with bloodshot eyes. Tired from crying. She leant forward stretching out her arms. The Doctor slowly picked her up, and just held her. She just needed to be held and loved.

He turned looking to Rose. Chloe's head resting on his shoulder, cuddled up to him.

"Why do we survive?" the Dalek asked.

"I don't know," the Doctor spoke, never letting go of Chloe.

"I am the last of the Dalek."

"You're not even that. Rose did more than regenerate you. You've absorbed her DNA, you're mutating." He calmly rubbed Chloe's back. She was no longer crying.

"Into what…?" the Dalek asked.

"Something new. I'm sorry."

"But…isn't it…better?" Rose asked.

"I can…feel. So many ideas. So much darkness. Rose. You contaminated me. Now give me orders. Order me to die."

"I can't do that," rose said.

Chloe looked round, at Rose at the Dalek. And she was no longer scared. In the Doctors arms she wasn't scared. And that wasn't a Dalek. The Dalek's where gone. It was different, like her father had said.

"This is not life. This is sickness. I shall not be like you! Order my destruction! Obey! Obey! Obey!" the Dalek screamed.
Chloe looked at the Doctor and smiled. The Doctor put his forehead against her.

"Let me down," she asked. He complied, but kept her tucked under his left arm.

"Do it," Rose said softly.

"Are you frightened? Rose Tyler?" the Dalek asked.

"Yes," she spoke.

"So am I." and in almost a whisper her spoke "exterminate." Rose stepped back. The Doctor ran forward grabbing Rose.

"Get down," he said. Chloe moved back as the Doctor approached with Rose. He took Chloe shielding them both as the Dalek floated into the air. The balls it was covered in suddenly came off, surrounding it in a force field and then it exploded.

The three stood. Chloe stood back and the Doctor embraced Rose. Rose smiled. Chloe smiled from where she was folding her arms. She could see how much they cared for each other. She wasn't going to interfere. She just left them.

"Oi you," Rose said suddenly. "Come here," she said smiling and stretching out and arm. Chloe shook her head before walking as the 3 embraced together. Chloe giggling away.

"Giggler," the Doctor said.

"Can we go," Chloe said.

"I think I've had enough of behind underground."

"I agree," Rose said.

The three began walking back to the TARDIS, discussing what had happened. The Doctor kept apologising over and over again to Chloe. Chloe was just glad to have her father back.

They reached the TARDIS.

"A little piece of home." the Doctor said stroking it affectingly.

"And of course, one precious little lady," he said picking Chloe up and kissing her on the cheek. Chloe giggled.

"Yuck, not so much lovely dovey," she said.

"No chance, I'm not putting you down for a week." Chloe frowned as the Doctor and Rose laughed.

"Is that the end of it?" Rose asked as the laughing subsided. "The time war."

"We're the only ones left, hey Chloe. We win. How about that?"
Chloe looked at her father. His eyes so sad. She hugged up and he smiled.

"The Dalek survived. Maybe some of your people did too."

"I'd know, up here!" he kept Chloe balanced on one arm as he pointed to his head.

"I can only feel one other, small little one." He smiled at Chloe.

"Well then. Good thing I'm not going anywhere," Rose said.

"Yeah," the Doctor said.

"Yeah," said Chloe.

Suddenly Adam came bounding down the hallway.

"We'd better get out. Van Statten's disappeared, they're closing down the base, and Goddard says they're going to fill it in with cement. Like it never existed!"

"About time," Rose said.

"Yeah slow couch," Chloe said.

Adam smiled at the sight of Chloe and the Doctor.

"I'll have to go back home," he said. Chloe smiled. Not if she and Rose had anything to do with it.

"Better hurry up then, next flight to Heathrow leaves at fifteen hundred hours. Chloe turned to the Doctor.

"Daadddd," she grinned.

"I know that tone," he said, knowing she wanted something.

"Adam was saying," rose began. "All his life, he's wanted to see the stars."

"Tell him to go and stand outside, then!" Chloe tapped him lightly not the shoulder.

"Ow!" he joked.

"He's all on his own. Doctor. And he did help."

"Yeah, he helped me," Chloe said.

"He left you down there," the Doctor replied looking at Rose.

"But the Dalek might have got me," Chloe said. The Doctor looked at Chloe then to rose and back again.

"I'm being ganged up on," Chloe grinned. " but he's a bit pretty tho'" the Doctor said.

"I hadn't noticed," Rose said.

"On your own head's," the Doctor said carrying Chloe inside. He still didn't put her down even as she wiggled.

They heard Adam talking outside.

"What are you doing?... She said cement, she wasn't joking, we're gonna get sealed in! Rose? Doctor? Chloe…? What are you doing standing in a box? Rose?" he stepped inside and Chloe looked back with the Doctor. He looked up and round.

"3, 2, 1," Chloe counted and on 1 Adam collapsed. She smiled at her father and he laughed.

She had her father back!