NicoleR85: ta da! The next bit of the episode!

The moment Alyssa stepped into the cage she was hit a strong sense of fear. It was coming from Van Statten's pet, a Dalek. She wasn't surprised though, she'd feel the same way too if she was chained up and tortured. She hung back while Rose slowly the Dalek.

"Hello" she said. It didn't answer her. "Are you in pain? My name's Rose Tyler and this is Ali Palmer. We've got a friend, he can help. He's called the Doctor. What's your name?"

"Yes", the Dalek said.

"What?" Rose asked confused. It raised its eye stalk to look at her.

"I am in pain. They torture me, but still... they fear me. Do you fear me?" the Dalek asked.

"No", Rose replied. She felt sorry for it. Its eye stalk moved to look at Alyssa.

"Do you fear me?" the Dalek questioned.

Alyssa shook her head "no I don't". How could she be afraid of something when she could feel its own fear towards them?

The Dalek lowers its eye stalk "I am dying", it said quietly.

"No, we can help!" Rose cried.

"I welcome death. But I am glad... that before I die... I met two humans who weren't afraid", the Dalek said.

Alyssa stepped forward and placed a hand on Rose's shoulder as she felt the girl's sadness towards the alien. "Isn't there anything we can do?" Rose asked.

"My race is dead" the Dalek said quietly "I shall die alone".

Tears in her eyes, Rose gently placed a hand on the Dalek's metal dome "Rose, no!" Adam exclaimed but it was too late. Where Rose put her hand suddenly burned orange and she snatched her hand back.

"Genetic material extrapolated. Initiate cellular reconstruction!" the Dalek said sounding far more alive. Alyssa pulled Rose back quickly as the Dalek bursts from its chains. Simmons, the man who'd been torturing the Dalek ran in.

"What the hell have you done?" he demanded. Simmons approached the Dalek who points his sucker at him "Whatcha gonna do?" he asked "sucker me to death?" Alyssa had to look away when the Dalek proceeded to do just that.

She, Rose and Adam then rush out of the room. "It's killing him! Do something!" Rose shouted at Bywater, the guard who was just outside.

"Condition red! Condition red!" he called over the intercom and sounded the alarm.

In the room the Doctor was being held prisoner, both the Time Lord and Van Statten also heard the alarm. "Release me if you want to live", the Doctor told the American. Van Statten wasted no time in undoing the chains on the Doctor's wrists.

Rose, Alyssa and Adam ran along the corridor with De Maggio bringing up the rear. Bywater and the other guards tried to stop the Dalek by shooting at it but that was, unfortunately for them, unsuccessful. Hence why Alyssa, Rose, Adam and De Maggio were running as fast as they can away from the Dalek. That and Bywater had ordered the female guard to get the trio to safety.

"Stairs! That's more like it. It hasn't got legs. It's stuck!" Rose said happily when they reached a set of stairs.

"It's coming! Get up!" De Maggio shouted at them. They hurried up a flight and looked down at the Dalek.

"Great big alien death machine defeated by a flight of stairs", Adam mocked looking down at the metal alien. De Maggio demanded that it surrendered but the Dalek didn't listen instead it said

"Elevate"

Alyssa's eyes widened as the Dalek began to glide up the stairs towards them. "Adam, get them out of here", De Maggio ordered.

"Come with us. You can't stop it", Rose said to her painfully recalling all those people who died trying to stop the Dalek when it escaped the room it had been confined in. And it was all her fault. If she hadn't touched the damn thing, none of this would've happened.

"Someone's got to try. Now get out! Don't look back. Just run", De Maggio ordered. Alyssa, Rose and Adam raced up the rest stairs. When they reached a corridor, they all heard the sound of a weapon firing and a scream.

~...~

The trio raced across a loading bay where several soldiers were waiting for the Dalek. When Rose, Alyssa and Adam reached the doorway at the other end, the metal alien entered. The blonde teen paused as it looked straight at her.

"It was looking at me", she said leaning on the wall in the corridor.

"Yeah, it wants to slaughter us", Adam said.

"I know, but it was looking right at me", Rose insisted "It's like there's something inside, looking at me, like...like it knows me".

"Because you touched it?" Alyssa asked.

"Yeah maybe", Rose replied. It seemed like a reasonable explanation to her.

"Do you think we could possibly have this conversation away from the murderous alien?" Adam asked eager to get as far away from the Dalek as possible.

"Good idea", Alyssa agreed. The three of them started to run again.

They were racing up a flight of stairs when Alyssa's phone rang "this really isn't the best time", she said answering it.

"Where are you?" the Doctor asked.

"Level 49", Alyssa replied.

"You've got to keep moving. The vault's being sealed off up at level 46", the Doctor told her.

"Can't you stop them closing?" Alyssa asked.

"I'm the one who's closing them. I can't wait and I can't help you. Now for God's sake, run", the Doctor said. Alyssa relayed the information to Rose and Adam and they ran faster. The moment they reached level 46 a klaxon sounded. Both Rose and Adam managed to get under the door, Alyssa wasn't so lucky. She'd reached the door as it closed.

"Ali, did you and Rose make it?" the Doctor asked as she leant against the breathing heavily.

"Rose did but I was too slow. Sorry" upon hearing those words, a horrible shock spread across the Doctor's face.

Alyssa saw the Dalek coming around the corner and straightened up "I guess this is it for me. Don't you dare blame yourself for this because it wasn't your fault. It wasn't your fault", she said, her voice trembling "and you know what? I wouldn't have missed this for the world" she took a shaky breath as the Dalek got closer "I never like saying goodbye but I'll say it just this once. Goodbye Doctor".

She lowered the phone from her ear, closed her eyes and waited for the end.

"Exterminate!"

The Doctor yanked the earpiece out of his ear after he'd heard the sound of the Dalek's weapon being fired. "I killed her", he said quietly, his hearts breaking at the loss of the red head. He'd originally asked her to come because the TARDIS had deemed her to be important but the more time he spent with her, the Doctor had grown fonder of the young woman. He'd even go as far to say that he cared for her.

"I'm sorry", Van Statten said, his voice full of regret.

The Doctor whipped around to face him angrily "Sorry? You're Sorry?! I could've killed that Dalek in its cell, but you stopped me!" he said almost in a growl.

"It was the prize of my collection!" Van Statten cried.

The Time Lord grew furious. All this guy cared about was his precious collection. He didn't care about those men who'd died. He didn't care that Alyssa was dead. "Your collection? But was it worth it? Worth all those men's deaths? Worth Ali? Let me tell you something, Van Statten. Mankind goes into space to explore, to be part of something greater"

"Exactly!" Van Statten stood up "I wanted to touch the stars!"

"You just want to drag the stars down and stick them underground, underneath tons of sand and dirt, and label them!" the Doctor said spat "You're about as far from the stars as you can get! And you took her down with you?!"

Van Statten actually took a step back, rather afraid of the Doctor. The Time Lord in question turned away, his expression changed from furious to grief-stricken "She was so young", he added quietly.

~...~

Alyssa opened her eyes cautiously and looked around. She was surprised that she was still alive. "Go on then, kill me" silence "Why're you doing this?" she demanded.

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

"So what're you waiting for?" Alyssa asked her entire body trembling.

"I feel your fear" Alyssa was a little confused at that, how could it feel her fear? Rose was the one who'd touched it. Not her.

"Well what did you expect?!" she asked almost hysterically.

"Rose gave me life. What else has she given me?" the Dalek grew hysterical "I am contaminated". It fired wildly, hitting the wall either side of her causing the girl to flinch at the closeness of each shot.

When Adam and Rose step out of the lift into Van Statten's office, the Doctor rounds on them. or more specifically Adam. "You were quick on your feet, leaving Ali behind", he almost snapped.

"I'm not the one who sealed the vault!" Adam said indignantly.

The computer screen springs to life showing Alyssa standing next to the Dalek. "Oh thank god", Rose breathed relieved to see the red head alive.

"Open the bulkhead or Ali Palmer dies", the Dalek ordered.

"You're alive!" the Doctor exclaimed joy and relief breaking out on his face.

"Can't get rid of me", Alyssa said trying to sound cheery.

"I thought you were dead"

"Open the bulkhead!" the Dalek ordered again.

"Don't do it!" Alyssa shouted at him. Rose looked at the Doctor wondering what he was going to do. Would he listen to her? Or would he give in to the Dalek's demands?

"What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love?" The Doctor stared at the screen stunned. That wasn't a question a Dalek would normally ask. He turned to Van Statten who looked at him shocked. Even Rose was surprised by the Dalek's question.

The Doctor went back to the screen "I killed her once. I can't do it again", he said. He hit a key and the bulkhead door started to open.