The Doctor stopped mid-glee and he gave the security camera a look of disbelief.

"No, just drop the forcefield and come to us." The Doctor ordered impatiently.

But Oswin didn't budge as she shot back, "There's enough power in that teleport for one go. Why would you wait for me?"

"Why wouldn't I?" The Doctor asked with a frown.

"No idea. Never met you." Oswin pointed out. "Sending you a map so you can come get me."

The Doctor hurried quickly over to the control panel where the monitor would pop up the map Oswin was sending, while Rory shot to his feet as he pointed out incredulously, "This place is crawling with Daleks."

"Yeah. Kind of why I'm anxious to leave." Oswin shot back sarcastically. "Come up and see me sometime."

Rory turned to the Doctor.

"So, are we going to go get her?"

"I don't think that we have a choice." The Doctor answered as he downloaded the map onto his sonic. Terry meanwhile handed Rory the teleport control.

"As soon as the forcefield is down, the Daleks will attack. If we don't get back in time, you hit this." Terry indicated the big button in the centre of the controller. "You can't exactly go wrong with it."

"No, angel, you stay here with the Ponds." The Doctor ordered before Rory could protest.

Terry rolled her eyes at her husband.

"As if you'd ever be able to leave me behind." She scoffed and the Doctor smiled slowly.

"Right you are. Okay, Ponds, stay here unless it gets too explody-wody!" The Doctor called as he took Terry's hand and the pair started off.

"Wait, we're not going to leave you to die!" Rory protested as Amy agreed with a pained grimace as she held onto her forehead.

"Well, I wouldn't worry about us too much." The Doctor reasoned. "You're the one beaming up to a Dalek ship to get exterminated."

Rory paused.

"Fair point. Love this plan."

The Doctor grinned at his sarcasm, but Rory stopped him and Terry again. With a glance over his shoulder, Rory asked worriedly, "What about Amy?"

Both Time Lords turned very serious and the Doctor answered grimly, "Keep her remembering, keep her focused. That'll hold back the conversion."

"What do I do?" Amy snapped, having heard their conversation even as she held her head in her hand. The Doctor turned to her and he let go of Terry to kneel down beside Amy.

"You heard what she said. They're subtracting love. Don't let them." He told her in a low voice before kissing her forehead and letting go.

Rory meanwhile had turned to Terry and he said in a low voice, "This is what you were talking about earlier, wasn't it? Why you kept telling me to remember how much I love her."

Terry looked at Rory and he read the truth in her eyes.

"Is she going to make it?" Rory couldn't stop himself from asking.

Terry's gaze flooded with pity but Rory couldn't tell if it was out of sympathy for his desperation, the only thing that could drive Rory to ask what none of them should ask of Terry, or if it was because of what he feared would happen. Terry didn't answer right away and after a beat she just kissed Rory's cheek.

"Just don't give up, Rory Williams."

With that, Terry grabbed the Doctor's hand and the pair dashed out, leaving the awkward almost ex-couple behind.

Terry peered around yet another corner, checking the coast was clear. They had almost made it to Oswin's hiding place by then after winding very carefully down several corridors. But the closer they got, the more Daleks they also seemed to be in danger of running into, hence Terry's current caution.

Satisfied that the coast was clear, Terry glanced back - only to roll her eyes as she saw the Doctor straightening his bow tie.

"Look at you, so proud of yourself for fixing Amy and Rory." Terry teased and the Doctor smiled at her.

"I think it's safe to say we both did." The Doctor answered, pressing a soft kiss on Terry.

It tickled her to her toes and she sighed with delight. The Doctor was always so much surer with her in this regeneration, the only regeneration where he was sure they were on the same page regarding their relationship. Or, he at least knew he didn't have to fear her rejection - Terry, on the other hand, was learning the art of patience the hard way as she encountered his earlier regenerations who had no idea they were dating let alone married.

"Come on." Terry murmured as she pulled away from him reluctantly. "We can't keep them waiting."

"He waited outside a box for two thousand years, she waited and waited for a Raggedy Man to come back and then waited some more for her Roman to come back to her." The Doctor shrugged. "I'd say our friends are masters of waiting at this point."

"Yes, they are but there is a young woman, not very patient, who has waited a year to be free." Terry answered, choosing her words carefully. "Let's not keep her waiting."

The Doctor grinned half-heartedly. "All right, you win."

Taking her hand in his again, the Doctor peered around the corner Terry had looked at earlier before he led the way as the couple snuck through the hallways.

"Oswin?" The Doctor called to get the woman's attention in the event she wasn't watching them. "I think I'm close."

"You are." Oswin agreed. "Less than twenty feet away. Which is the good news."

The Doctor almost paused mid-step.

"Okay. And the bad which I suddenly feel is coming?" He asked as he glanced back at Terry.

"You're about to pass through Intensive Care." Oswin explained.

The door in front of the couple slid open and the Doctor and Terry peered inside warily. The Daleks in this unit were all in cages or otherwise chained, instantly putting the couple on edge. If they were Daleks that the insane Daleks had deemed too crazy to roam around freely…

"What's so special about this lot, then?" The Doctor asked softly, not daring to speak too loudly in case he accidentally woke the Daleks up as he and Terry snuck past.

Her hand tightened in his as Oswin responded.

"Don't know. Survivors of particular wars. Spiridon, Kembel, Eridius, Vulcan, Exxilon. Ringing any bells?"

"All of them." The Doctor answered with sinking hearts.

"Yeah? How?" Oswin asked as the Doctor glanced back at Terry with dread.

"These are the Daleks who survived me."

As soon as the admission fell from the Doctor's lips, one of the Daleks suddenly croaked out.

"Doc...tor..."

The Doctor and Terry pressed closer automatically, glancing around warily as the other Daleks began to pick up the cry.

"Doc… tor… Doc… tor..."

"That's weird." Oswin observed. "Those ones don't usually wake up for anything."

"Yeah, well, special visitor." The Doctor muttered as he reached the last door. "Okay, door, but... it won't open. I can't be far away, though."

He scanned the door with his sonic, trying to get it to open while Terry stood against his back, watching the Daleks warily.

"Hang on." Oswin muttered quickly. "Not quite sure. There's a release code. Let me just… Anything out there?"

Nothing had happened and Terry glanced back with increasing fear pooling in her stomach as the Doctor answered shortly, "No."

"Hang on, I'm trying to think."

"We don't really have much time." Terry pointed out tersely just as the Daleks began to glow and really wake up, shuffling in their cages and against their chains.

"Doc… tor..."

"Oh… no… " Terry mumbled as one Dalek, which had been disarmed aside from it's plunger, broke out of it's chains.

"Doctor!"

More Daleks broke free behind the first, all of them disarmed but still armed with their plungers as they rolled slowly toward the Doctor and Terry, their chants rising in frequency and number.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

"Oswin!" Terry yelled while the Doctor pushed her hastily behind him as he shouted, "Oswin, get this door open!"

Nothing happened and the Doctor yelled, "Oswin, open this door!"

"I can't!" Oswin shouted in a panic.

"Oswin!"

"Oswin, the door!" Terry shrieked as she tried to pull the Doctor behind her but he refused to budge although he pressed tightly against her in order to maintain as much distance from the Daleks as possible.

"Oswin, open the door!"

"Doctor! Doctor!" The Daleks chanted as they continued to roll toward the terrified couple.

"Oswin!" The Doctor yelled. "Oswin, please! Get this door open!"

"Oswin, the path web! Get into the path web! NOW!" Terry screamed, abandoning her number one rule as the Daleks got close. Too close.

A plunger was right in front of the Doctor's face and he yelled out in fear just before something prickled behind him. The Doctor couldn't turn around, there was no room to do so, but he knew in the split-second before it happened what was going to happen. And there was nothing he could do to stop it.

The Doctor grimaced as the Daleks went crashing backwards, thrown back with an explosive force. He ignored the smoking remains of his enemies as he whirled around to face Daemon's glowing gold eyes.

"Doctor." Daemon sneered and the Doctor pressed his lips into a hard line.

"Go back to sleep, Daemon." The Doctor ordered in a low voice, ignoring the way her eyes flashed with fury. "Do it, Daemon, or I'm not stepping off this planet. Even if it kills me."

Daemon's face twisted into a scowl but the Doctor knew he had her. It wouldn't work, this tactic of his, not forever - but Terry was just young enough, and more importantly Daemon was still young enough, that it seemed it was still effective.

"I really do despise you." Daemon hissed at him before she slid her eyes shut.

The Doctor didn't get a chance to reply before Terry's eyes fluttered open and he was staring once more into her natural blue hues.

"Angel." The Doctor sighed. But Terry frowned.

"Doctor, just now-" Terry began urgently. It had been different this time; she'd felt her control over her own body slip but she remembered all of it. The Daleks, the Doctor's threat, the look in his eyes as he'd stared at her but it wasn't her.

"Not today, Terry."

The Doctor cut Terry off with a sad smile. He tucked a strand of her hair back behind her ear and it was the weary, ancient look in his eyes that stopped Terry from pressing the matter as he continued heavily in a low voice.

"It's not long for you now before you start to understand."

Terry continued to frown but she nodded and let the subject drop. The Doctor raised his eyes to the ceiling and he called warily, "Oswin?"

"You didn't say she was Daemon."

The Doctor grimaced at Oswin's low, almost accusatory tone.

"That's because Terry isn't - not exactly." The Doctor answered shortly. "It's complicated."

"I can see that." Oswin answered dryly. "I was reading her files earlier. Quite the show-off herself."

"Stop right there, Oswin." The Doctor interrupted sharply while Terry eyed him warily. "If you accidentally reveal her future, you risk a lot more than our lives. And why were you reading her files?"

"Hm, yes, I can see that too. And it was a good thing I did, or else I'd be very confused right now." Oswin replied brusquely. "Oh, hang on, I think I've found the door thingy."

The Doctor frowned as he asked, "Why would you be confused right now?"

"Because I can't read her file now, can I?" Oswin answered. "I did a mass delete on all the information connected with the Doctor and that included Daemon."

"What?"

The Doctor gaped while Oswin asked, "Hey, I have a question though. If you're Daemon, why are you also called the Doctor's angel?"

"I thought you didn't know who Daemon was?" Terry asked in confusion.

"I didn't make the connection earlier that you were both." Oswin corrected. "So, go on, explain to me. Why are you also called his angel?"

"It's his nickname for me - as you can see, it stuck." Terry answered slowly.

The Doctor interrupted them as he asked a little bit sharply, "Did you say you made them forget us?"

"Good, eh? Although I can't take all the credit, your wife there gave me the idea." Oswin answered and they could hear her cheeky smile. "And here comes the door."

Terry grimaced as the door began to rise while the Doctor protested, "Oswin, that's impossible. I've tried hacking into the path web. Even I couldn't do it."

"Come and meet the girl who can." Oswin answered smugly.

But for the first time, the Doctor and Terry heard what her real voice sounded like from the other side of the door. The Doctor slowly turned around while Terry swallowed thickly against the lump that had appeared in her throat. She'd known it was coming, she had tried to prepare for it: but nothing could prepare her for how she would feel when her eyes fell on the chained-up Dalek that had once been Oswin Oswald.

"Hey!" The Dalek suddenly croaked, the word sounding extremely odd in the Dalek mechanical voice. "You're right outside. Come on in."

"Oswin," the Doctor said slowly as he walked into the thick, padded cell Oswin was being held in. "We have a problem."

"No, we don't."

Terry flinched at the words coming out of the Dalek. It was just so, plainly, obviously wrong to hear the familiar words that her Clara would have said coming out of the Dalek.

"Don't even say that. Joined the Alaska to see the universe, ended up stuck in a shipwreck first time out."

The Dalek rattled a little against it's chains as though reacting to the excitement Oswin was feeling.

"Rescue me, chin boy, and show me the stars."

"Does it look real to you?" The Doctor asked abruptly.

"Doctor..." Terry murmured, silently requesting him to go easy on Oswin.

"Does what look real?" Oswin asked in confusion.

"Where you are right now." The Doctor elaborated, his voice deathly calm. "Does it seem real?"

"It is real." Oswin answered and Terry closed her eyes against the tears that threatened to escape her. "Hey, why do you look like that? Chin boy, why's your wife acting so weird?"

Terry opened her eyes, which betrayed her, while the Doctor explained without inflection, "It's a dream, Oswin. You dreamed it for yourself because the truth was too terrible."

There was a moment of silence and then Oswin asked slowly, "Where am I?"

As the Doctor and Terry didn't reply immediately, the Dalek shook in it's chains.

"Where am I?" Oswin demanded. "Where am I?"

"Because you are a Dalek." The Doctor spat.

"Theta, please, it's not her fault." Terry pleaded in her mind, making the Doctor draw a deep, shuddering breath.

"I am not a Dalek." Oswin was protesting loudly. "I am not a Dalek! I'm human."

"You were human, Oswin." Terry whispered, her voice cracking and tears making it difficult for her to speak. "Until you crashed into the Asylum."

"It was you who climbed out of the pod." The Doctor added heavily. "That was your ladder Amy and I climbed down."

"You mean, human?" Oswin asked and if she weren't a Dalek, her voice would have trembled.

"Not anymore." The Doctor answered grimly. "Because you're right. You're a genius. And the Daleks need genius. They didn't just make you a puppet, they did a full conversion."

"Oswin, we're so sorry." Terry whispered as the Dalek started to shake again.

"No, I'm human… I am human..."

"The milk, Oswin." The Doctor reminded her gently, although it took Terry's hand snaking into his for him to remember to stay calm because the very sight of a Dalek was enough for him to set his teeth on edge.

"The milk and the eggs for the souffles. Where, where did it all come from?"

"Eggs." Oswin murmured.

"Oswin, we're so sorry." Terry repeated, starting to cry now. "I'm so sorry."

"You knew." Oswin accused, the Dalek's shaking getting worse. "You knew… Eggs..."

"Oswin?" Terry murmured, brows furrowing. "Oswin, can you hear us?"

"Eggs… Stir. Minate."

Terry and the Doctor's eyes widened and the Doctor jerked Terry quickly behind him as Oswin repeated, "Exterminate."

"Oswin." The Doctor urged while Terry stared at the Dalek in a mix of anguish and fear. "No, no, no, Oswin. Oswin."

"Exterminate!"

"Oswin! Don't do this, I know your essence is still in there, I know you're still human inside!" Terry shouted as she pushed her way in front of the Doctor.

"Exterminate!"

"Angel!"

The Doctor pulled at Terry as Oswin advanced on them but Terry fought him as she screamed.

"OSWIN!"

The Dalek stopped moving, and Terry's hearts broke as the Dalek began to weep tearless sobs.

"Oh, Oswin." Terry whispered, reaching out a tentative hand toward the Dalek.

It shuddered before Oswin whispered, "Why do they hate you two so much? They hate you so much. Why?"

Terry's own tears splashed onto Oswin's metal casing while the Doctor answered gravely, "I fought them many, many times. And Daemon… they fear what Daemon can do."

Terry didn't let the words register as she continued to cry silently alongside Oswin's noisy but tearless cries.

"We…" Oswin croaked, "have grown stronger in fear of you."

"I know." The Doctor lowered his gaze in shame. "I tried to stop."

The Dalek shuddered again, before suddenly-

"Then run."

Terry looked up at Oswin, as did the Doctor.

"What did you say?" The Doctor asked, hardly daring to believe what he had heard.

"I've taken down the forcefield." Oswin informed them brusquely. "The Daleks above have begun their attack. Run!"

"Oswin." Terry whispered, more tears leaking out as she stared at the brave human heart, the human soul, she knew was inside the Dalek.

The Doctor was still stunned and he stuttered, "Oswin, are you-?"

"I am Oswin Oswald. I fought the Daleks and I. Am. Human!"

The Dalek's voice seemed to crack before it croaked pleadingly.

"Remember me."

"Thank you." The Doctor whispered while Terry promised, "We will. Oswin Oswald, you will not be forgotten."

"Run!" Oswin yelled at them.

The Doctor pulled Terry to her feet. With one last look at the Dalek, they turned and ran. Terry let her tears continue to fall freely rather than having them blur her vision but she closed her eyes briefly as she heard Oswin call after them.

"Run, you clever pair. And remember..."

Victorian Clara, the second incarnation of the second woman who had died, flashed through Terry's mind and she fought a sob as she pictured the Clara she knew. Death was inevitable for everyone but she imagined the same, painful death for her beloved companion and Terry's hearts broke all over again.

"Angel, faster!" The Doctor urged as he raced toward the teleport room and Terry pushed herself.

Oswin had given them the chance to escape, and it was the last thing she would ever do. Terry would be damned if she let it go to waste.

In the Dalek parliament, the White Dalek watched as the planet below was blown to smithereens.

"The Asylum is destroyed." It announced to the Dalek Prime Minister.

But before the Dalek Prime Minister could respond in any way, another Dalek rolled up and reported, "Incoming teleport from Asylum planet. We are under attack."

"Prepare to defend." The White Dalek commanded. "Defend. Defend!"

The Daleks all looked about, searching for signs of a teleport. But as nothing happened, the Dalek Prime Minister demanded, "Explain, Dalek Supreme."

"You know," the Doctor's voice echoed throughout the large chamber. "You guys should really have seen this coming. The thing about me and teleports, I've got a really good aim. Pin-point accurate, in fact. Or, to put it another way-"

The Doctor swung open the Tardis door and he grinned.

"Suckers!" The Doctor crowed as he stepped out into the centre of all the Daleks. Terry was right behind him - she was not going to miss witnessing Oswin's last gift to them.

"Identify yourself." The Daleks demanded as they stared the Doctor down. "Identify. Identify."

The Doctor frowned and he pointed out, "It's me. You know me. The Doctor. The Oncoming Storm. The Predator."

As the Daleks continued to demand his identification the Doctor scoffed.

"Oh, come on. You know it's me. You even know Terry, my angel. 'Daemon'."

"Titles are not meaningful in this context." Dalek Darla cut across him sternly. "Doctor who?"

"Doctor who?" The Dalek Prime Minister agreed.

The Doctor's mouth dropped open as he stared around while the whole chamber filled with the cries of all the gathered Daleks.

"Doctor who?"

"No..." The Doctor thought to Terry who just smiled back at him. Her eyes were still red rimmed from all her crying but there was no mistaking the fierce joy in her blue gaze.

"Oh, Oswin." The Doctor breathed as he looked around the room again in admiration. "Oh, you did it to them all. You beauty."

"Doctor who?" The Daleks continued to chant. "Doctor who?"

"Fellas," the Doctor chortled as he stepped back beside Terry in the doorway of the Tardis. "You're never going to stop asking."

Slamming the door shut, the Doctor took them off quickly. He didn't stop as he immediately dropped off Amy and Rory - completely reconciled - at their home. It was only as he took them off again, leaving the Ponds, that the Doctor pulled Terry into his arms and twirled her delightedly.

"Doctor who. Doctor who."

He laughed as he dipped Terry dramatically.

"Doctor Who!"

He grinned at her, his green eyes sparkling so much that Terry had to smile with him.

"That's me." The Doctor murmured and Terry's lips quirked up even higher.

"I know that."

The Doctor's gaze softened and he murmured gently, "You knew. You knew her fate, that's why you were so sad the entire trip."

Terry's smile dimmed and the Doctor pulled them upright again. He kept her in his arms however, peering down at her intently. Terry met his gaze and she replied quietly, "Oswin died more human than most. That's what matters. We couldn't have asked for more."

The Doctor searched her gaze and, reading the truth, he smiled a little in an attempt to coax one out of her.

"You're right." He murmured as he managed to draw a smile out of Terry again when she saw his earnestness. It wasn't bright like he wanted or joyous as it was tinged with sorrow and regret, but...

"That is what matters most in the end, isn't it?