Journey was simply making herself dinner in the ship's small kitchen when it happened. She had at first thought it was the onions she was cutting (she could use a machine, but she liked cooking like this when using actual food and not stuff from packets) that were causing her to cry, but when it wouldn't stop she realized what the true cause was. She eventually had to switch everything off to avoid risking a fire as she knelt to the ground, tears pouring down her face.
"JOURNEY BLUE. WHAT IS YOUR INJURY?" Rusty asked as the Dalek suddenly appeared in front of her. Journey had to wipe the tears from her eyes to clearly see the blue screen of Rusty's eyestalk looking down at her while it's manipulator arm was pointing at her. "I CAN NOT DETECT ANY INJURY. YOU SEEM TO BE IN PERFECT PHYSICAL CONDITION FOR A CREATURE OF YOUR AGE AND SPECIES. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS ACTION?"
"I'm...crying." Journey answered between sobs. "Just crying...you lifeless...uncaring monster."
"INCORRECT. I AM ALIVE." Rusty responded. "ACCORDING TO MY RECORDS, CRYING IS CAUSED BY PAIN AND IS USED BY YOUR KIND TO ALERT OTHERS THAT YOU NEED MEDICAL HELP. BUT I CANNOT DETECT ANY INJURY TO YOUR BODY."
"That's because...it's emotional pain." Journey answered, forcing herself to stop sobbing so extremely in front of the Dalek she would have been killing three months ago, if the Doctor hadn't saved her from death.
"HOW CAN EMOTIONS CAUSE PAIN?" Rusty questioned. "ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU DON'T FEEL ANY PHYSICAL PAIN OR DISCOMFORT?"
"Yes."
"CLARIFY HOW EMOTIONS CAUSE PAIN."
"Why do you care?" Journey asked, as she stood up to be face to eyestalk with Rusty. "You're a Dalek. You don't care about anything except exterminating everything."
"INCORRECT. I DESIRE TO EXTERMINATE ALL DALEKS." Rusty answered. "AND I DON'T CARE. I SIMPLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND."
Journey observed the Dalek, before sighing in defeat. "The day I met the Doctor was the day my brother Kai died. He was killed by your kind."
"AND THAT CAUSES PAIN?"
"Yes!" Journey shouted. "Somehow I've gone three months ignoring the fact that I'm spitting on Kai's memory by working with you. We spent practically our whole lives fighting you and your kind. He died fighting you and I'm working with you!"
She glared at Rusty, who only looked back at her and eventually Journey found herself glaring at her blue reflection in Rusty's eyestalk. As it continued to be quiet, she grew more angry. "Well say something!"
"I HAVE SEARCHED FOR ALL DATA THAT COULD BE OF USE." Rusty said. "ACCORDING TO SOME RECORDS, CREATURES LIKE YOU CAN SUFFER FROM SURVIVOR'S GUILT."
"Oh fuck no. There is no way I'm going to be a patient to the universe's first Dalek therapist." Journey said with a depressed glare before she sat down on a nearby chair and looked down at the floor, filled with guilt and despair.
She could feels Rusty watching her, probably searching through it's memories and Dalek records to find something it can use. But what it did horrified and disgusted her the second she realized what Rusty was doing. The feeling of it's toilet plunger like arm gently hitting the top of her head made her look up and glare at Rusty.
"Are you...petting me?" Journey practically hissed in anger.
"CORRECT." Rusty answered, and while Journey knew it was impossible she could swear she heard a hint of pride and arrogance in it's voice. As if it had figured out the answer to the hardest riddle in the universe and that doing so made it smarter than anyone else. "EMOTIONAL PAIN WILL NOW FADE. YOU ARE WELCOME."
"Oh fuck off!" Journey shouted as she stood up and began to walk away angrily.
"I DO NOT UNDERSTAND." Rusty said as it followed her. "I AM CONNECTED TO THE CULT OF SKARO THROUGH THE PATHWEB. DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF YOU AND CLARA OSWALD I HAVE THEIR MEMORIES. THEY STUDIED HUMANS AND HUMANS RESPOND WELL TO WHAT I JUST DID."
"Well it didn't work! Want to know why? Because I don't like that and I'm not your pet! Now fuck off!" Journey shouted as she opens her door and shut it behind her, locking it as she did.
She listened as Rusty moved to her door and stopped. Journey went to her small bed and laid on it, her mind filled with memories of Kai. Of how they had to share all their toys and games. How they always looked out for each other. How she convinced him to investigate the seemingly abandoned spaceship and got him killed. She didn't know how long she was there on her bed, but eventually her hunger best her guilt and she opened her door. She almost leaped for the gun by her side when she saw that Rusty was still there, apparently having been waiting for her.
"WITH MORE TIME TO CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY MY FORMER ACTION WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED. HOWEVER ALL EVIDENCE SUGGEST THIS WILL." Rusty said to Journey, pausing a moment before speaking again. "I AM SORRY."
Journey was more convinced than ever that she was insane now. A Dalek had just apologised to her. A Dalek can't do that. It's a fact of the universe that a Dalek can't do that. Without even waiting for her to respond, it moved away, clearly believing that everything was forgiven. But it wasn't. Journey knew what she was doing was wrong. She should grab her gun and kill Rusty, like she's been trained to do. But instead she did something which made her feel more guilty.
"Please forgive me Kai." Journey whispered to herself, before leaving her room to resume making her dinner, wiping away the remaining years on her face as she did.
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