Chapter Three

"EXTERMINATE!" the Dalek screeched. I closed my eyes and waited for the pain that would soon come. I realized that I wouldn't be able to see Ingrid ever again. Or Fallon. Or Julie. Or Natalie. Or Anna. Or Thalia. I wouldn't be able to see anyone again. I would be gone and they wouldn't know.

Or worse, the Doctor would have to tell them. That would be worse. The majority of my family didn't like him and they certainly wouldn't after he tells them I was killed. I shut my eyes harder and heard the Dalek's ray fire. Rose quickly grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight.

There was no pain. I felt the exact same. I slowly opened my eyes to see the Dalek standing there confused. It was still pointed at us, but seemed as though it couldn't force itself to shoot.

"Go on the," Rose spoke up. "Kill me."

"Don't say that!" I whispered.

She stood up a bit straighter and yelled "Why are you doing this?"

"I am armed!" the Dalek said. "I will kill. It is my purpose!"

"They're all dead because of you!"

"They are dead because of us!" it replied.

"And now what? What are you waiting for?"

"I feel your fear."

"What do you expect?" Rose shouted.

"Daleks do not fear. Must not dear!" it lifted its ray gun and shot the wall on both sides of us. I jumped up and bit my tongue trying not to scream. "You gave me life! What else have you given me?" it demanded. It was silent for a minute and then moved closer to us. It started directing us to face a monitor on the opposite side of the room. Suddenly, the Doctor's face flashed on screen. "Open the bulkhead or Rose Tyler dies."

"You're alive!" the Doctor rejoiced.

"You can't get rid of us," Rose replied, smiling at me.

"I thought you two were dead!"

"Never," I replied.

"Open the bulkhead!" the Dalek screeched.

"Don't do it!" Rose yelled.

"What use are emotions if you do not save the woman you love?"

The Doctor glanced over Henry Van Statten and his secretary. He slowly walked over to a computer monitor. "I killed them once. I can't kill them again." He clicked a button and the bulkhead slowly began to rise from behind us.

Rose and I exchanged glances and slowly began walking forward, the Dalek following us. We found an elevator and slowly made out way up to the ground level; where I knew the Doctor and crew were waiting for us.

"I'm begging you," Rose suddenly said. "Don't kill him. You didn't kill me."

"But why not?" the Dalek replied. "Why are you still alive? My function is to kill. What am I? What am I?"

Rose and I remained silent why the Dalek questioned itself.

The shiny gold doors slid open and we found ourselves back in Van Statten's office. Henry was standing there, breathing heavily, completely defenseless.

"Don't move!" I warned. "Don't do anything."

"It's beginning to question itself," Rose explained.

"Van Statten," the Dalek said, slowly moving forward. "You tortured me. Why?"

"I just wanted to help you. I- I don't know," he sputtered. "I thought if we could get through to you, we could mend you. I just wanted you to be better. I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" he said, backing up into a wall. "I swear! I just wanted you to talk!"

"Then hear me talk now," the Dalek began. "Exterminate. Exterminate!"

"Don't do it! Don't kill him!" Rose desperately yelled, running up to the Dalek. It's head slowly turned to face her. I ran on the other side of the room to Van Statten's secretary to see if she was alright. A few tears were forming in her eyes and she was biting her lip to keep them from falling. I slowly placed a hand on her shoulder to try to soothe her. "Please," Rose begged the Dalek. "You don't have to do this anymore. There has to be something else. Not just killing. What else is there?"

The Dalek turned back towards Henry and then back at Rose. "I," it slowly began. "want freedom." Rose nodded and looked at me. I soon joined her at her side and we made our way to the exit.

We were wandering down a long corridor, just one floor under the city. Suddenly the Dalek stopped and turned its head up. Rose and I quit walking and curiously stared at it. It raised the ray up to the wall and shot it, cement raining down. I jumped back at the noise of the crash. A large ray of sunlight, beamed through directly at the Dalek.

"You're out," I sighed. "You made it."

"I never thought I would feel the sunlight again," Rose added.

"How does it feel?" the Dalek asked. Slowly it began making a noise and the outer, robotic shell spilt in two. There, sitting beneath it, was a large pale blue blob. It had six slimy tentacles and one large eye. You could see the 'chest' slowly rising and falling as it absorbed all the sunlight. I smiled at it. It seemed almost happy.

"Get out the way!" the Northern voice of the Doctor echoed. I spun around to see him holding a gigantic gun at us. "Rose, Avalon, get out of the way now!" he yelled.

"No!" Rose replied. "I won't let you do this!"

"That thing killed hundreds of people!"

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

"I've got to do this! I've got to end this! The Dalek race destroyed my home, my people! I've got nothing left!"

Rose shook her head and took half a step away. "Look at it."

"What's it doing?"

"It only wants the sunlight. It couldn't kill Van Staten. It couldn't kill us. It's changing!" she paused for a second. "What about you, Doctor? What the hell are you changing into?"

He slowly lowered the gun. "I couldn't- I wasn't- Oh Rose, they're all dead."

"Why do we survive?" the Dalek asked.

"I don't know."

"I am the last of the Daleks."

"You're not even that. Rose did more than regenerate you. You've absorbed her DNA. It mutated you."

"Into what?"

"Something new. I'm sorry."

"Isn't that better?" Rose asked.

"Not for it," I replied.

"I can feel so many ideas. So much darkness. Rose, give me orders. Order me to die."

"I can't do that."

"This is not life. This is sickness. I shall not be like you," it replied. With every new word, Rose seemed closer to breaking down in tears. "Order my destruction! Obey! Obey! Obey!"

"Do it."

"Are you frightened?"

She slowly let out a breath. "Yeah."

"So am I," the Dalek croaked. "Exterminate."

Rose and I quickly ran to the Doctor while the Dalek put itself back together. It slowly rose up and a force field grew around it.

Then it exploded.

The last Dalek was gone.

"Is that the end of it?" I asked. "The Time War."

"I'm the only one left," the Doctor solemnly replied. "I win."

"The Dalek survived. Maybe some of your people did to," Rose added.

"No," he said. "Feels like there's no one."

"Well then," Rose smiled. "good thing we're not going anywhere."

"We best be going," Adam said, running behind us. "Van Statten's disappeared. They're closing down the base. Goddard's going to fill it with cement, pretend it never existed. I'll have to go back home."

"Better hurry up then. Next flight leaves at fifteen hundred hours," the Doctor replied.

"Adam was saying that all his life he wanted to see the stars," Rose cut in.

"Go stand outside then."

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

"He left you two down there!"

"So did you," I defended.

"What are you three talking about? We need to leave!" Adam yelled.

"Plus he's a bit pretty," the Doctor said.

"I hadn't noticed," Rose replied. I covered my mouth to hide a chuckle.

"On your own head," the Doctor said. He turned around and unlocked the door to the TARDIS.

"What are you doing?" Adam asked. "We need to get out of here!"

"Oh come on!" I shouted, stepping into the TARDIS.

"What are you doing, standing inside a box?"

"He's in for a real treat," I whispered to Rose. She smirked.

"You've got a lot to learn, Adam." He quickly stepped inside and was amazed by it.

"And we're off!" I shouted dramatically as the Doctor started to fly away.


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This is not the last chapter of this 'Book Three: The Dalek". I am currently working on another chapter for it. I don't want to spoil too much, but I can tell you it involves some question, explanations, and answers. I'm working on it now and praying that it will be up later tonight. However, if you have ideas, please PM me or review. I want some of your suggestions.

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