The human the Dalek known as Rusty, named by the Predator of the Daleks himself, has found itself partnered with was...strange. Or Rusty supposed the correct term would be stranger than other humans.
The two have only been partners for about three weeks now, and Rusty supposed it has been going well. Journey Blue, as the human was apparently known, had convinced Rusty that she could provide whim easier ways of finding Daleks to exterminate. And she had delivered on that promise, as she had indeed prevented locals from attacking the Dalek. She had acquired a ship from them, and Rusty had some idea on how to augment it wit Dalek technology so it could better serve Rusty's needs. However during the last week and with Journey Blue's help, Rusty was able to salvage Dalek parts to replace pieces of itself that were broken and upgrade itself for defense against Dalek weaponry. Similarly Journey Blue had been able to upgrade her own weapons with Dalek technology.
But there were problems. The human required so much sleep, food and water to survive. It was irritating when Rusty was forced to waste time to allow Journey Blue such annoying things, but apparently humans required them to survive. While Rusty no longer had any intention of exterminating humans and everything else in the universe, it did wonder how humans have lasted as long as they have.
Another thing was how Journey Blue didn't trust Rusty. Which was a smart decision, but if Rusty understood the meaning of the word partners correctly, surely Journey should trust Rusty? The Dalek trusted Journey, or at least that Joruney wanted to kill all Daleks just like Rusty wanted. Though perhaps it was wrong and Journey did trust Rusty, as the Dalek was only suspecting things like this due to having some of the Doctor's memories. These memories had been necessary in trying to understand Journey, as the Time Lord had a large number of female allies and understood human feelings.
It was when they were on the ruined planet of Mondas, which according to some reports was the origin of the species known as Cybermen, that their partnership began to change. Against Rusty's insistence, Journey Blue had disregarded the Dalek's insistence to ignore a distress call from a crashed ship. Arriving on Mondas, it wasn't long until they found the survivors of the crashed, though it was only after Journey Blue threatens both Rusty and the human attacking the Dalek that they began to make their way back to their ship with the survivors. Rusty still wasn't sure why he couldn't kill the human male for attacking it, as according to it's scans the human only had a protected lifespan of exactly fourteen months, but Rusty complied with Journey Blue's commands.
It transpired that a group of eight Daleks had attacked the ship, in hoping of using it to return back to its base after crashing on Mondas. Two of the seven survivors were instantly killed before Rusty and Journey returned fire, allowing the surviving humans to hide behind some rocks. The two partners had successfully killed three of the Daleks, when Rusty noticed that only two were on front of them. It quickly scanned the area using simple technology Journey Blue had asked to it's sensors, and found them. Both Daleks were approaching Journey Blue and Rusty from behind. Rusty was about to attack the one about to kill it, but as Journey Blue came into view of Rusty's eyestalk, smiling after she killed the two Daleks in front of them by herself, Rusty did something different. Maybe it was it's own instincts. Maybe it was the Doctor's instincts. Maybe it was a fault in the software of its shell. But instead of attacking the Dalek behind it, it aimed it's gun pass Journey Blue and fired.
The Dalek behind Journey Blue exploded in a spectacular fashion, and Rusty felt joy from exterminating another Dalek before pain shook through it. The Dalek had attacked Rusty, firing at full power, and the upgrade on Rusty's armour was barely able to take the force of it. Inside it's shell, Rusty could feel the temperature increase and almost feared it's mutated body will be damaged. However despite some damage Rusty survived, though unable to move as it's shell rebooted itself and was forced to watch Journey Blue kill the Dalek.
"Rusty! Are you alright?" Journey Blue asked she approached Rusty, having looked behind to see what Rusty had saved her from. Rusty attempted to respond, but found that it's shell was incapable of speaking as it rebooted. Journey Blue, clearly growing frustrated, banged her fist against Rusty. "Hey! Talk to me!"
"I AM OPERATIONAL AGAIN JOURNEY BLUE. OUTER SHELL WENT INTO REBOOT MODE. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM STRIKING ME AGAIN." Rusty informed it's human partner once the reboot was completed. It swiveled it's eyestalk to make sure the Daleks were exterminated and to see the humans emerging from their hiding place, before focusing on Journey Blue. "WE SHALL NOW DEPART."
"Wait." Journey Blue said to Rusty, the Dalek confused for why she would want to talk more. They had saved the humans and killed the Daleks, so now they should focus on getting rid of the humans and repairing themselves. "Why did you do that? Why did you kill the Dalek and save me?"
Rusty paused and thought, trying to figure out his reasons himself. It was a struggle. Since his encounter with the Doctor, Rusty's mind had been opened and found itself feeling more that just hatred for all life. The Dalek's mind was especially confused by fragments of memories belonging to the Doctor. Eventually Rusty settled on the one which might end any further questions.
"YOU FLY THE SHIP. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN ALTERED TO ALLOW ME TO FLY IT. IT IS THEREFORE BENEFICIAL TO KEEP YOU ALIVE." Rusty told Journey Blue, before moving towards their ship and leaving Journey Blue to handle the humans.
