The Doctor, Amy, the Professor, Mr Gold and Belle were all climbing down the cockpit that led into the Dalek Asylum's dark bowels. All was eerily silent until Amy broke the silence. "So tell me, what's going to happen to me? And don't lie. Because I know when you're lying to me, and I will fall on you," she said.
"The air all around us is full of micro-machines. Robots the size of molecules. Nanogenes. Now that you are unprotected, you're being re-written," the Doctor said.
"Can't we use magic to stop it?" Mr Gold asked.
"I like the way you think, Rumple, but no," the Professor started. "Treat it like this: It's a hot, summer day outside, and you're inside a building with the air-con on full blast. That can be the bracelets that we have on. We are protected from the heat, which can be like the Nanogenes. Now, if we go outside unprotected, like what Amy is, we will be turned. Now, if we use magic to protect ourselves, it wouldn't last long. Some say it will make it go faster, and we wouldn't want that, would we?"
"No. No, of course not," Mr Gold replied. "Why can't we just poof down there?"
"Because we don't know what's down there. And if we did, Dad will stay up here. Magic doesn't affect him.
"So, what happens? We get one of those things sticking out of my head?" Amy asked.
"Physical changes come later," the Doctor said.
"What comes first? How does it start?" asked Amy.
"It starts with your mind," the Professor said, "your feelings, your memories, and this has started already, I'm afraid. This is like seeing Bae go through the portal again."
"How do you know this has already started?" Amy asked.
"Because we've had this conversation four times," the Doctor said.
"Okay, scared now," Amy said. "Wait ... who's Bae?"
"Hang on to scared," the Professor said. "Scared isn't Dalek. And Bae, I'll tell you later."
Meanwhile, Rory was walking in another corridor of the Asylum when his torch started to flicker.
"Hey there, beakie boy," Oswin said over a speaker.
"If it's a straight choice, I prefer Nina," Rory said.
"Loving this. The Nose, the Chin, and my favourite, the Beard. I've always like beards, you know. You know you and the Chin could fence. Now, there's a door behind you," Oswin said, making the door behind Rory rise up. Rory ran through the open doorway into a room with a large round platform in the middle. "In there, quickly. Okay, you're safe for now. Oh, I wish the Beard was here instead of you. I'll get him to pop his shirt off."
"Why?"
"Does there have to be a reason?" Oswin asked.
After climbing down the ladder, Amy, the Doctor, the Professor, Belle and Mr Gold, walked into a chamber, which led to a closed door. It rose automatically to let them in. They heard Daleks repeating the word "Exterminate" repeatedly while the Doctor sniffed the air.
"What's that?" Amy asked.
"Keep a lookout, everyone. Don't open this door," the Doctor ordered.
The Professor went over to a computer system and fiddled with some switches and wires, tutting under his breath. He got it working again and tried to contact Oswin. "Sexy. Are you there?" he asked. "Can you hear me?"
"Hello, the Beard. I have a visual on you," Oswin said, her voice coming out over the speakers.
"Why don't I have a visual on you? Why can't I ever see you?"
"Limited power, bad hair, take your pick. Now, there's a door to your left. Open it. I'm going to send you a map to that screen in front of you. I put your little friend somewhere safe. I can get you to him."
"Dad!" the Professor called out to his father, who was scanning everything with his sonic screwdriver to pick up any sort of signals. "She found Rory!"
The Doctor raced to the computer system. "She did?"
"Yes. And she's gonna send us a map to help us find him."
A few metres beside the computer, Mr Gold kept watching on Amy, with Belle beside him. Both his hands on his cane. This was his first trip outside Storybrooke, and he was worried. He didn't know what would happen, and he hoped that Belle didn't end up like Amy. he'll lose Belle out of it. He was lost in thought that when Amy spoke, he jumped slightly.
Belle placed a hand on Mr Gold's arm. "Rumple … It's okay. It's only Amy," she told him reassuringly.
Mr Gold looked in front of him and saw Amy dancing and twirling in the room in front of them. "You guys!" Amy called out again, dancing and twirling with what she thought were human – or humanoid - dancers. "Dance with me!"
But, Mr Gold and Belle saw who she was really dancing with. Daleks. Broken Daleks spinning slowly. He turned and headed down towards the Doctor and the Professor, his cane making a soft thump against the floor.
The Doctor and the Professor both turned their heads to look at him. "What's wrong, Rumple?" The Doctor asked.
"It's Amy," Mr Gold answered. "I believe she's starting to hallucinate."
The Doctor took a deep breath. "Oswin. I'll leave you with my son," he told her.
"Of course," Oswin replied. "He's such a good company."
The Doctor began to approach Amy. "Amy..." he began. "The nano cloud. It's altering your perception. They're not people. You're not dancing with people."
Amy looked back at the Doctor. "Yes, they are. Look," she told him.
"Close your eyes and look again," the Doctor told her, to which Amy did, and saw Daleks where the people were. Amy took the Doctor's hand. "Run."
The two ran back to where the Professor was and were joined by Mr Gold and Belle. Amy looked ahead at the rope ladder and how it began to move. "Look!" she exclaimed, "they're coming down!"
"Er, oh yes, they are," the Doctor said but was interrupted by a Dalek
"Intruder!" It remarked.
"Run," the Doctor ordered, and everyone rushed down the hall and inside a cubby hole that Oswin had opened for them. "Oh, thank you, Sexy," the Professor said under his breath.
"Intruder," the Dalek said again. "Intrudeeeeerrrrrrrr," the Dalek repeated before running out of power. The Doctor came out of the cubby hole, followed by the Professor, Amy, Mr Gold and Belle.
"It's damaged," the Doctor said.
"Now, what do we do?" Belle asked, a bit worried.
The Doctor stepped out and stood in front of the Dalek. "Identify me. Access your files. Who am I? Come on. Who's your daddy?" he asked the Dalek.
"You are the Predator," it responded.
"Access your standing orders about the Predator."
"The Predator must be destroyed."
"And how are you going to do that, Dalek? Without a gun, you're a tricycle with a roof. How are you going to destroy me?"
"Self-destruct initiated."
"What's it doing?" Amy asked.
"It's going to blow itself up. And me with it. By using the only weapon it's got left," the Doctor said.
"Let me do something, Doctor," Mr Gold said, walking up to the Dalek and lifting its lid, with a gleam in his eye.
"Self-destruct cannot be countermanded," the Dalek said.
"I'm not looking for a countermand, dearie. I'm looking for reverse. Every machine has a reverse," Mr Gold said. Before finding the reverse button and pushing it.
The Dalek suddenly whizzed backwards, saying, "Forward! Forward!" But it was no use. The Dalek went back into the chamber, bumping into a fellow Dalek, before finally blowing up.
In the teleport room, Rory felt the same explosion. He asked, "Oswin? What was that? That was close." He ran into the Dalek chamber and asked again, "Oswin? What happened? Who killed all the Daleks?'
The Doctor entered from the other side of the room, carrying Amy. He asked, "Who do you think?"
