Hello everyone! So hear is 'The Evolution of the Daleks'. I'm sorry it took me a bit to get this one up; I have been super busy lately. Any who, I hope you guys enjoy!


Harper's POV

"These humans will become like me," Dalek Sec said. I saw out of the corner of my eye the Doctor slip off to the side. I was so hoping the Doctor had a plan to get us out of this pickle. Being surrounded by Daleks and their slaves had me on edge. "Prepare them for hybridization."

"Leave me alone," Martha yelled when the pig slaves grabbed onto us. "Don't you dare!"

Before anyone could do anything music began to play confusing the Daleks, "What is that sound?"

"Ah, well now, that would be me," the Doctor answered Dalek Sec as he came into view. "Hello, surprise! Boo. Etcetera."

"Doctor?" Dalek Sec asked.

"The enemy of the Daleks!" The other Daleks were all turning on the Doctor, "Exterminate!"

"Wait!" Dalek Sec stopped them.

"Well, then, a new form of Dalek. Fascinating and very clever," the Doctor said walking up to the Dalek.

"The cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter."

"How did you end up in 1930?" The Doctor asked the Daleks.

"Emergency temporal shift."

"Oh, that must've roasted up your power cells, eh? Time was, four Daleks could've conquered the world, but instead, you're skulking away, hidden in the dark, experimenting. All of which results in you."

"I am Dalek in human form," Dalek Sec said.

"But what does it feel like? You can talk to me, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn't it, that's your name? You've got a name and a mind of your own. Tell me what you're thinking right now."

"I feel humanity."

"Good," the Doctor said, "that's good."

"I feel everything we wanted from mankind, which is ambition, hatred, aggression, and war. Such a genius for war…"

'It is not good,' I thought.

'I'm working on it,' the Doctor thought back and then said, "No, that's not what humanity means."

"I think it does! At heart, this species is so very Dalek."

"All right, so what have you achieved, then, with this final experiment, eh? Nothing," the Doctor yelled. "'Cause I can show you what you're missing with this thing, a simple, little radio."

"What is the purpose of that device?" One of the Daleks asked.

"Well, exactly, it plays music. What's the point of that? Oh, with music you can dance to it, sing with it, fall in love to it," the Doctor turned to me and gave a wink. "Unless you're a Dalek of course. Then it's all just noise!"

The Doctor used the sonic screwdriver on the radio and a shrill noise blasted through the lab. While the Daleks and pig slaves were per-occupied I yelled, "run" and grabbed the Doctor's hand pulling him from the room following the others.

We ended up back in the sewers running for our lives. Martha stopped running so the Doctor took control pulling me forward, "Come on! Move! Move! Move! Move! And you, Tallulah, run!" He yelled as we ran past her.

"What's happened to Laszlo?"

'Ladder,' I said in my mind and the Doctor nodded yes before ushering everyone up, "come on! Everyone up, come on! Come on!"


The Doctor's POV

"These Daleks, they sound like the stuff of nightmares, and they want to breed?" Solomon asked.

We were back in Hooverville, and I had to get everyone out before the Daleks got here.

"They're splicing themselves on to human bodies. And, if I'm right, they've got a farm of breeding stock, right here in Hooverville. You've got to get everyone out," I said.

"Hooverville's the lowest place a man can fall. There's nowhere else to go."

"I'm sorry, Solomon, you've got to scatter, go anywhere, get on to the railroads, travel across state, just get out of New York."

"There's got to be away to reason with these things."

"There's not a chance," Martha said and Frank added, "You ain't seen 'em, boss."

"Daleks are bed enough at any time, but right now, they're vulnerable," Harper said coming up beside me. "That makes them more dangerous than ever."

"They're coming!" A man yelled running into the camp. "They're coming!"

"A sentry must have seen something," Solomon said.

"They're here, I've seen them! Monsters! They're monsters!"

"It's started," I said grabbing onto Harpers hand tightly.

"We're under attack!" Solomon yelled, "Everyone to arms!"

"I'm ready, boss," Frank said and then turned to the others, "but all of you, find a weapon! Use anything!"

"Come back, we've got to stick together," Solomon said. "It's not safe out there, come back!"

People were running all over while the pig slaves seemed to be everywhere.

"We need to get out of the park," Martha said.

"We can't," Harper said sounding scared. I pulled her into my side and said, "They're on all sides. They're driving everyone back towards us."

"We're trapped," Tallulah said.

"Then we stand together!" Solomon said. "Gather round! Everybody come to me. You there, Jethro, Harry, Seamus, stay together. They can't take all of us." They men started shooting at the pig slaves, killing a few of them. Harper covered her ears with her hands not wanting to hear it.

'Doctor, we have to do something,' she thought.

'I know, I trying to come up with something. It's going to be ok, I promise you it's going to be ok.'

"If we can just hold them off till daylight…" Martha started but I interrupted her.

"Oh, Martha they're just the foot soldiers." Everyone stopped as they watch one of the Daleks fly over to us.

Solomon was shocked at what he saw, "What in this world…"

"It's the devil. A devil in the sky," a man cried. "God save us all, it's damnation."

"Oh, yeah we'll see about that!" Frank yelled and shot the Dalek.

I quickly pushed his gun down, 'that's not gonna work."

"There's more than one of them." Martha whispered seeing another Dalek come our way. And then they attacked. They didn't aim for anyone but the were doing a good job of destroying Hooverville.

"The humans will surrender!"

"Leave them alone, they've done nothing to you," I yelled but then Solomon stepped forward. "No, Solomon, stay back!"

"I'm told that I'm addressing the Daleks. Is that right?" He asked. "From what I hear, you're outcast, too."

"Solomon, don't," I warned.

"Doctor, this is my township, you will respect my authority. Just let me try." He pushed me back towards the group.

"Daleks, ain't we the same? Underneath, ain't we all kin? 'Cause you see, I've just discovered this past day that God's universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was. And that scares me. Oh, yeah, terrifies me right down to the bone. But surely, it's got to give me hope, hope that maybe together; we can make a better tomorrow. So I beg you now, if you have any compassion in your hearts, then you'll meet with us and stop this fight. Well? What do you say?"

"Exterminate!" The Dalek shot Solomon killing him.

"Solomon! No! Solomon!" Frank rushed forward going to Solomon. Harper followed trying her best to comfort Frank.

"They killed him," Martha cried. "They just shot him on the spot."

"Daleks!" I yelled. I was done with losing people tonight. "All right, so it's my turn. Then kill me. Kill me, if it'll stop you attacking these people."

'Doctor,' Harper thought cautiously. 'Don't do anything stupid.'

"I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemy!" One of the Daleks said.

"Then do it! Do it! Just do it! Do it!" I yelled hitting my chest to show them where to aim.

"Exterminate," the Dalek yelled.

"No!" I heard Harper from behind me, but nothing happened.

"I do not understand," the Dalek, said all of the sudden. "It is the Doctor."

'What?' Harper asked.

'I… don't know.'

"The urge to kill is too strong… I… obey," it finally said.

"What's going on," I asked.

"You will follow," the Dalek ordered.

"No, you can't go," Martha came running over to me.

"I've got to go. The Daleks just changed their minds, Daleks never change their minds."

"But what about us?" She said. I looked over at them all and my eyes landed on Harper who had her arms around a crying Frank.

"One condition, if I come with you, you spare the lives of everyone here. Do you hear me?"

"Humans will be spared. Doctor, follow."

"Then I'm coming with you."

"Martha, stay here. Do what you do best, people are hurt, you can help them. Let me go." I turned to leave but then turned back around grabbing her hand, "oh and can I just say thank you very much."

I had slipped the psychic paper into her hand. As I turned again I caught Harper's eye; she gave me a worried smile and a nodded of the head. I knew then she would stick with Martha and help her. So I didn't have to worry about her following me.


Harper's POV

Martha and I were in a tent patching up people who were hurt. "Here you go, I got some more on the boil," Tallulah said coming in with more water.

"Thanks. You'll be all right; it's just a cut. Try and keep it clean," Martha told the man she was helping. He said a quick thanks before heading out.

"So what about us?" Tallulah asked. "What do we do now?"

"The Doctor gave me this," Martha said pulling out the psychic paper. "He must've had a reason."

"What's that for?"

"It's a handy little thing that gets you into places," I explained. "Buildings and such, but where?"

"You know him the best," Martha said.

"Yeah, but it's not like I can read his mind… well all of his mind." I got a weird look from Tallulah but I just waved it off.

"He must want us to go somewhere, but what are we supposed to do?" Martha asked in despair.


The Doctor's POV

The moment I got back into the lab, I marched right up to Dalek Sec and said, "Those people were defenseless, you only wanted me, but no, that wasn't enough for you. You had to start killing, 'cause that's the only thing a Dalek's good for."

"The deaths were wrong," Dalek Sec said calmly.

"I'm sorry?"

"That man, their leader, Solomon, he showed courage."

"And that's good?" I asked.

"That's excellent."

"Is it me, or are you becoming a little bit more human?"

"You are the last of your kind, and now I am the first of mine," Dalek Sec said.

"What do you want me for?"

"We tried everything to survive. When we found ourselves stranded in this ignorant age, first we tried growing new Dalek embryos, but their flesh was too weak."

"Yeah, I found one of your experiments just left to die out there in the dark."

"If forced us to conclude what is the greatest resource of this planet? It's people." Dalek Sec flipped a switch and light above turned on. Above us was hundreds of cot like beds. Then he flipped another one bringing a cot down to us. "We stole them. We stole human beings for our purpose. Look inside." I pulled back the fabric to reveal a human. "This is the true extent of the final experiment."

"Is he dead?"

"Near death, with his mind wiped; ready to be filled with new ideas."

"Dalek ideas," I spat out.

"The human Dalek race."

"All of these people… how many?"

"We have caverns beyond this storing more than 1,000."

"Is there anyway to restore them, to make them human again?" I was hurting for all the people who they did this too.

"Everything that they were has been lost."

"So they're like shells. You got empty human beings ready to be converted. That's gonna take a hell of a lot of power. This planet hasn't even split the atom yet. How are you going to do it?"

"Open the conductor plan," Dalek Sec told the other Daleks.


Harper's POV

"Martha can you please quiet fidgeting, you're making me more nervous just watching you," I complained.

Martha stopped walk suddenly, "wait a minute. Down in the sewers, the Daleks mentioned this energy conductor."

"What does that mean?" Tallulah asked.

"I don't know, maybe like a lighting conductor, or…"

"Dalekanium," both Martha and I cried.

"Oh!" Tallulah said, although I'm sure she did know what we were talking about.

"They said the Dalekanium was in place," I said.

"In place where," Tallulah asked.

"Frank might know," Martha offered, and we all three left the tent.

"Frank my boy," I said coming up to him draping my arm over his shoulders. He looked as if he had been crying; it broke my heart to see it.

"Hmm?"

"That Mr. Diagoras, he was like some sort of fixer, yeah? Get you jobs all over town?" Martha asked.

"Yeah, he could find a profit anywhere."

"But where, though? What sort of things?" I asked.

"You name it, we're all so desperate for work, you'd just hope Diagoras would pick you something good. Building work, that pays the best."

"But what sort of building work?" Martha asked kneeling down to look him in the eye.

"Mainly building that," Frank said pointing behind him to the Empire State Building.


The Doctor's POV

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Empire State Building, we're right underneath that," I said looking at the screen. "I worked that out already thanks. But what, you've hijacked the whole building?"

"We needed an energy conductor."

"What for?"

"I am the genetic template. My altered DNA was to be administered to each human body. A strong enough blast of gamma radiation can splice the Dalek and human genetic codes and waken each body from its sleep."

"Gamma radiation? What… oh, the sun, you're using the sun."

"Soon, the greatest solar flare for 1,000 years will hit the earth. Gamma radiation will be drawn to the energy conductor. And when it strikes…"

"The army wakes. I still don't know what you need me for," I said trying to figure out their plan.

"Your genius." Well, that's new. "Consider a pure Dalek, intelligent but emotionless."

"Removing the emotions makes you stronger. That's what your creator thought all those years ago."

"He was wrong."

"He was what?" I asked out of shock.

"It makes us lesser than our enemies. We must return to the flesh and also the heart."

"You wouldn't be the supreme beings anymore."

"And that is good."

"That is incorrect!" One of the Daleks cried. "Daleks are supreme!"

"No! Not anymore," Dalek Sec said.

"But that is our purpose!" The Dalek argued.

"Then our purpose is wrong! Where has our quest for supremacy led us? To this, hiding in the sewers on a primitive world. Just four of us left. If we do not change now, then we deserve extinction," Dalek Sec said.

"So you want to change everything that makes a Dalek a Dalek?" I asked.

"If you can help me."


Harper's POV

"I've always wanted to go to the Empire State," Martha said excitedly. Martha, Tallulah, Frank, and myself were in the service elevator going up to the top of the building. "I never imagined it quite like this, though."

"Where are we headed, anyway?"

"The tip top, where they're still building," I said.

"Hey, how come those guys just let us through?" Tallulah asked. "How does that thing work?"

"Psychic paper shows them whatever I want them to think. According to this, we're two engineers and two architects," Martha answered.

"Hey Frank, I'm changing your name. For now on I'm going to call you Ted Mosby."

"Um, why," Frank asked me.

"Just 'cause," was the answer I gave as I smiled to myself.


The Doctor's POV

"You knowledge of genetic engineering is even greater than ours. The new race must be ready by the time the solar flare erupts," Dalek Sec explained.

"But you're the template. I thought they were getting a dose of you."

"I want to change the gene sequence."

"To make them even more human," I said finally understanding why I was needed.

"Humans are the great survivors. We need that ability."

"Hold on a minute, though. There's no way this lot are gonna let you do it," I said pointing to the Daleks behind me.

"I am their leader."

"Oh and that's enough for you is it?" I asked them.

"Daleks must follow orders. Dalek Sec commands, we obey."

"If you don't help me, nothing will change."

"There's no room on earth for another race of people," I argued.

"You have your TARDIS, take us across the stars. Find us a new home and allow the new Daleks to start again."

"When's that solar flare?"

"Eleven minutes," Dalek Sec said.

"Right, then! Better get to work!"


Harper's POV

"Look at this place, top of the world," Tallulah said as we walked out of the elevator.

"Okay, now this looks good," Martha, said finding blue prints of the building.

"Hey, look at the date," Frank pointed out. "These designs were issued today. They must have changed something last minute."

"Oh, good find Mosby. So that means the Daleks changed something," I said.

"The one underneath, they're from before. That means whatever they changed must be on this top sheet but not on this one. We need to check one against the other."

"All right," Frank said and we took the blue prints down to look at them side by side.

"The height of this place," Tallulah said as she looked out the not yet finish window. "This is amazing!"

"Tallulah please come away from there, you're scaring me," I said. "We're 100 floors up, don't go wandering off."

"I just wanna see. New York City, if aliens had to come to Earth, oh, no wonder they came here."


The Doctor's POV

"There's no point in chromosomal grafting," I said as I worked. "It's too erratic. We need to split the genome and force the new Dalek human sequence right into the cortex."

"We need more chromatin solution," Dalek Sec said.

"The pig slaves have it," one of the Daleks said.

"These pig slaves, what happens to them in the grand plan?" I asked.

"Nothing, they're just simple beasts. Their life span is limited; none survive beyond a few weeks. Power up the line feeds," Dalek Sec said.

I made my way over to Laszlo and whispered, "Laszlo, I can't undo what they've done to you. But they won't do it to anyone else."

"Do you trust him?" Laszlo asked.

"I know that one man can change the course of history. The right idea, in the right place, at the right time, that's all it takes. I've got to believe it's possible."


Harper's POV

"I'll go and keep an eye out, make sure we're safe up here," Frank said as Martha and I were looking at the blue prints. "Don't want nobody butting in."

"There's a hell of a storm moving in," Tallulah said coming over to us.

"I wish the Doctor was here. He'd know what we're looking for," Martha said.

"So tell me. Where did you and him first hook up?"

"It was in a hospital… sort of," I laughed at what Martha said. It was in a hospital, that hospital just happened to be on the moon.

"'Course, him being a Doctor," Tallulah said.

"Actually, she's the doctor," I said pointing to Martha.

"Well, kind of," Martha mumbled.

"You're a physician? Really?"

"I was training," Martha said with a nod. "Still am, if I ever get back home."

"You could be doctors, together. What a partnership! Ah, such a shame. If only he wasn't so different, you know what I mean?"

I busted out laughing and said, "Oh, you have no idea just how different he really is."

"Yeah, he's a man, sweetheart. That's different enough."

"He had this companion a while back, this friend. And ever since then, it's just been him and Harper," Martha said and I was worried about what else she was going to say. "But you know, sometimes, I say something, or do something, and he looks at me and I just sort of think that he's not seeing me. He's just remembering."

"Oh, Martha, that's not true. We both love having you with us," I said reaching over and putting a comforting hand on hers.

"Oh, listen, sweetheart," Tallulah said. "You want to get all sad, you want to have a contest with me and Laszlo?"

"No, but listen, if the Doctor's with Laszlo now, there's every chance that he could get him out," Martha said.

"And then what? Don't talk crazy, there's no future for me and him. Those Dalek things took that away. The one good thing I had in my life and they destroyed it."

"I'm sorry, Tallulah, I am truly sorry," I said.


The Doctor's POV

"The line feeds are ready," a Dalek said.

"Then its all systems go," I said.

"The solar flare is imminent," Dalek Sec informed me. "The radiation will reach Earth in a matter of minutes."

"And we'll be ready for it. That compound will allow the gene bonds to reconfigure in a brand new pattern. Power up!"

"Start the line feeds," Dalek Sec ordered.

"There goes the gene solution," I said as we watched.

"The life blood."


Harper's POV

"Gotcha! Look," Martha said pointing to the mast. "There, on the mast, those little lines, they're new. They've added something, see?"

"Added what?" Tallulah asked.

"Dalekanium!" We all three said together.

"Aright kids, now comes the fun part," I said going over to the open part of the building.

"What are you doing? And I pretty sure I'm older than you," Martha said following me.

"I can promise you are not older than me," I chuckled. "And I'm going up to get that Dalekanium off the mast." I look down from where I was and suddenly regretted this decision, "Oh, that's really high. That's bloody to high up."

"And you are going up higher," Martha said. "Let me go, I'm not afraid of heights."

"Yeah, no. That's not going to happen. I need you to stay here and let the Doctor knew what's going on when he gets here."

"How do you know he…"

I interpret Martha and said, "I just know." And with that I started to climb.


The Doctor's POV

Alarms started to sound through out the lab, "What's that?" I asked.

"What's happening? Is there a malfunction? Answer me," Dalek Sec ordered.

"No, no, no," I said running over to the controls. "The gene feed! They're overriding the gene feed."

"Impossible! The cannot disobey orders."

"The Doctor will step away from the controls," the Dalek closet to me said as it pointed its gun my way.

I stepped back, arms raised as Dalek Sec ordered, "Stop! You will not fire!"

"He is an enemy of the Daleks and so are you."

"I am your commander. I am Dalek Sec!"

"You have lost your authority."

"You are no longer a Dalek."

"What have you done? What's going into the gene feed?" I asked.

"The new bodies will be 100% Dalek."

"No, you can't do this," Dalek Sec said.

"Pig slaves, restrain Dalek Sec and the Doctor."

I looked to my left and saw Laszlo had grabbed my arm pulling me back a little.

"Release me! I created you! I am your master!"

"Solar flare approaching," a Dalek said ignoring Dalek Sec. "Prepare to intercept!"

"There's the lift," Laszlo said nodding his head back.

"After you," and with that we both took off running towards the lift.

"The Doctor is escaping. Stop him! Stop him!"

But they were to late. I used the sonic to close the doors and up we went. "We've only got minute before the gamma radiation reaches the Earth. We need to get to the top of the building. Laszlo, what's wrong?" I asked seeing the man breathing heavily and leaning against the wall of the lift.

"Out of breath. It's nothing. We escaped them, Doctor, that's all that matters."

I put a comforting hand on his shoulder; knowing what was happening and there wasn't much else I could do.


As soon as we reached the top floor the doors opened and Martha cried, "Doctor!"

"First floor, perfumery," I said.

"I never thought I'd see you again," Tallulah said going straight for Laszlo.

"No stopping me," he said pulling her in for a hug.

"We've worked it out. We know what they've done. There's Dalekanium on the mast and it's good to see you too, by the way," Martha said smiling up at me.

"Oh, come here!" I pulled her in for a hug; glad to see she was ok. But then the elevator doors started to shut. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no! See; never waste time with a hug! Deadlock seal, I can't stop it," I said after trying to use the sonic screwdriver on it.

"Where's it going?" Martha asked.

"Back down to the Daleks and they aren't gonna leave us alone up here. What's the time?"

"11:15," Frank answered.

"Six minutes to go! I've got to remove the Dalekanium, before the gamma radiation hits."

"Gammon radiation? What the heck is that?" Tallulah asked.

But instead of answering her I was busy looking down, "Oh, that's high. That's very… blimey, that's high."

"Harper said the same thing," Martha said.

"Where is Harper?"

"Up there at the mast, trying to get the Dalekanium off. Now come on, there's three pieces of Dalekanium on the base. We've got to get 'em off."

"That's no we, that's just me," I said.

"I'm not gonna just stand here and watch you two," she argued.

"No, you're gonna have your hands full anyway. I'm sorry, Martha but you're got to fight," I said before I started to climb.

As I got closer to the top I could hear Harper, "Come on, you stupid piece of metal. Come lose."

"Need some help there, love?"

"It's about bloody time you got here," she said. From the looks of it she had one piece half off.

"There's no need to get mad at me, I didn't make you come up here," I said in my defense, and then got to work on another piece. The storm was getting to close for comfort.


Martha's POV

Both the Doctor and Harper were going to kill me one of these days. I was worried sick about them and now I had to worry about us down here as well, "lift's coming up." I told the group.

Frank, Tallulah, Laszlo and myself were all standing in front of the lift ready. We each had something to defend ourselves with.

"I should have brought that gun," Frank said.

"Tallulah, stay back. You, too, Martha," Laszlo said. "If they send pig slaves, they're trained to kill."

"The Doctor needs me to fight, I'm not going anywhere," I said pushing his arm away.

"But they're savages. I should know. They're trained to slit your throat with their bare teeth." Laszlo stopped talking and the fell to the side.

"Laszlo, what is it?" Tallulah cried.

"No, it's nothing, I'm fine. Just leave me."

"Oh, honey, you're burning up. What's wrong with you? Tell me."

"One man down, we ain't even started yet," Frank complained.

"It's not looking good, Frank," I said honestly.

"No," he agreed.

"We're gonna get slaughtered. Wait a minute," I stopped looking out at the storm. "Lightning!"


Harper's POV

I was still working on my first piece when the Doctor got off his. He then started working on the third one. I hope we get this done in time.


Martha's POV

"You'll be all right, sweetheart. Don't you worry," Tallulah said calmly but her tone changed when she looked at Frank and I. "What are you two clowns doing?"

Frank and I were running around connecting metal poles to each other, going from outside to the elevator.

"Even if the Doctor and Harper stop the Dalekanium, this place is still gonna get hit. Great big bolt of lightning! Electricity all down the building! Connect this to the lift, and they get zapped," I explained.

"Oh, my, that could work."

"Then give us a hand," Frank told Tallulah.


The Doctor's POV

I could tell Harper was getting colder and colder. Her hands were shaking making it hard for her to work. I was having a hard time also, but we had to get these off the mast. The storm was getting stronger and stronger and as the wind blow I dropped the sonic screwdriver.

Both Harper and I tried to get it, but it was to late.


Martha's POV

"Is that gonna work?" Tallulah asked as I ran over to Tallulah and Laszlo.

"It's got to!"

"I got it all piped up to the scaffolding outside," Frank said.

"Come here, Frank, just sit in the middle," I pulled him down beside me. "Don't touch anything metal!"

"Okay," he said and we all wait for the inevitable.


Harper's POV

We were both struggling to get the Dalekanium off the mast. "I can't," the Doctor cried.

He then stopped and got up. "Doctor, don't even think about it."

"I never really do," he said. "Now step back and onto the wood planking."

And then I watched him climb the mast hanging on for dear life.


Martha's POV

The elevator opened to the pig slaves, but before they could exit the lightning stuck the building. I watched as the lightning shocked the pig slaves.


Harper's POV

I covered my ears and shut my eyes as the lightning stuck the mast and my Doctor. I could still hear his screams of pain that I so badly wanted to block out. Then everything stopped and was quiet.


Martha's POV

Once the lightning had stopped we ran over to look into the lift. All the pig slaves were dead.

"You did it, Martha," Tallulah said.

"They used to be like Laszlo," I said sadly. "They were people, and I killed them."

"No, the Daleks killed them long ago," Laszlo, said firmly.

"What about Doctor?" I asked running to climb up.


Harper's POV

"Doctor!" I heard Martha call. "Harper?"

I was kneeling beside an unconscious Doctor, "oh, I am so glad to see you guys are all right," I said seeing Martha and Frank come up where I was.

"Look what we found, halfway down," Martha held up the sonic screwdriver. "He's getting careless."

"Yeah, that he is," I said smiling down at him. "Come on wakey wakey."

"Oh, my head!" The Doctor complained.

"Looks like sleeping beauty is finally up," I said laughing.

"Hiya," Martha said coming over to us.

"Hi. You survived, then," he said.

"So did you, just about," she laughed. "I can't help noticing, there's Dalekanium still attached."

He sat up quickly and then we all headed back down.


"The Daleks will have gone straight to a war footing," the Doctor said when we were back inside the building. "They'll be using the sewer system spreading the soldiers out underneath Manhattan."

"How do we stop them?" Laszlo asked.

"There's only one chance, I got in the way. That gamma strike went zapping through me first."

It was Martha's turn to ask a question, "Yeah, but what does that mean?"

"We need to draw fire, before they can attack New York," I said and the Doctor added, "I need to face them. Where can I draw them out? Think, think, think, think, think. I need some sort of space somewhere safe, somewhere out of the way. Tallulah!"

"That's me, three L's and an H!"

"The theatre! It's right above them, and what, it's gone midnight, can you get us inside?"

"Don't see why not."

"Is there another lift?" The Doctor asked us.

"We came up in the service elevator," Martha said.

"That'll do! Allons-y!" He grabbed my hand and pulled me to the elevator.


"This should do it, here we go," the Doctor said as we entered the theatre. He jumped onto the chairs and started sonicing the room.

"There ain't nothing more creepy than a theatre in the dark," Tallulah said. "Listen, Doctor, I know you've got a thing for show tunes, but there's a time and a place, huh?"

Laszlo fell heavily into a chair and Tallulah instantly became concerned, "Laszlo, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just so hot."

"But it's freezing in here. Doctor what's happening to him?"

"Not now, Tallulah, sorry," the Doctor said so I went over to them checking on Laszlo.

"What are you doing?" Martha asked.

"If the Daleks are going to war, they'll want to find their number one enemy. I just telling them where I am," the Doctor said activating the sonic.


"I'm telling you to go," the Doctor argued with Martha as he stepped down from the chairs. "Frank can take you back to Hooverville."

"And I'm telling you, I'm not going," she shot back.

"Martha, that's an order!"

"Who are you then, some sort of…"

"Okay, that's enough," I said stepping in between them. "Stop fighting you two, it's giving me a head ache."

Before either could say anything the door busted open and the new Daleks started walking in. "Doctor, oh my," Tallulah said pulling Laszlo closer to the group. "Well, I guess that's them, then, huh?"

"Humans with Dalek DNA?" Martha asked.

"It's all right," the Doctor said holding Frank back from matching over to them. "All right, just stay calm. Don't antagonize them."

"But what of the Dalek masters?" Laszlo asked, "Where are they?"

An explosion happened on the stage and we all got down. But the Doctor and I slowly pecked over the seats and saw two of the Daleks and Dalek Sec, who was crawling on the ground.

"The Doctor will stand before the Daleks." We all slowly stood back up and the Doctor climbed back onto the chairs using them as a way to get to the Daleks.

'Doctor…' I started but he stopped me, 'I have too Harper.'

"You will die, Doctor. It's the beginning of a new age. Planet Earth will become new Sharo!"

"Oh, and what a world. With anything just the slightest bit different ground into the dirt. That's Dalek Sec!" The Doctor motioned to the being in between the two Daleks. "Don't you remember? The cleverest Dalek ever and look what you've done to him. Is that your new empire? Hmm? Is that the foundation for a whole new civilization?"

"My Daleks, just understand this," Dalek Sec said. "If you choose death and destruction, then death and destruction will choose you."

"Incorrect!" One of the Daleks cried. "We always survive. Now we will destroy our greatest enemy, the Doctor."

"But he can help you," Dalek Sec said.

"The Doctor must die!"

"No, I beg you, don't…"

"Exterminate!" The Dalek screamed but just in time Dalek Sec stood up getting shot by the blast meant for the Doctor.

"Your own leader. The only creature who might have led you out of the darkness, and you destroyed him. Did you see what they did?" The Doctor asked the human Daleks. "Huh? Do you see what a Dalek really is? If I'm gonna die, let's give the new boys a shot, what do you think, eh? The Dalek humans, their first blood, go on baptize them!"

'If they don't kill you, I will!' I thought. 'You have got to stop doing this.'

"Dalek humans, take aim." Every one of them aimed their guns at the Doctor. Martha and Frank had to hold me back from trying to get to the Doctor. 'No! Doctor,' I screamed in my mind.

"What are you waiting for? Give the command," the Doctor demanded.

"Exterminate! Exterminate!" The Daleks yelled but nothing happened. "Obey! Dalek humans will obey!"

"They're not firing, what have you done?" Martha asked.

"You will obey! Exterminate!"

"Why?" One of the Dalek humans asked.

"Daleks do not question orders," the Dalek screamed.

"But why?"

"You will stop this!"

"But why?"

"You must not question!"

"But you are not our master. And we… we are not Daleks."

I breathed a sigh of relief knowing the Doctor was safe for the moment, but it didn't last.

"No, you're not, and you never will be. Sorry," the Doctor said, but didn't sound sorry at all. "I got in the way of the lighting strike. Time Lord DNA got all mixed up. Just that little bit of freedom."

'Oh, I'm going to kill you. Next time let me know the plan, you bloody…'

'Language. And I love you, too,' the Doctor thought laughing at me.

"If they will not obey then they must die."

"Get down!" The Doctor yelled as the Daleks and Dalek humans started to fight. We dropped to the ground and I covered Martha and Frank the best I could, not worried about myself.

"Exterminate! Exterminate!"

Some of the Dalek human were killed but in the end most of them were still standing and both of the Daleks had been destroyed.

"It's all right, it's all right, it's all right," the Doctor said going over to the Dalek humans. "You did it. You're free."

Suddenly every one of them grabbed their heads, cried out in pain, and fell to the ground lifeless.

"No! They can't, they can't, they can't!"

"What happened? What was that?" Martha asked when we got to the Doctor.

"They killed them, rather than let them live," I said starting to cry.

"An entire species, genocide," the Doctor spat.

"Only two of the Daleks have been destroyed," Laszlo said. "One of the Dalek masters must still be alive."

"Oh, yes. In the whole universe, just one," the Doctor said before storming off.


The Doctor's POV

"Now what?" I asked the last Dalek. I had made my way back to the lab to confront it.

"You will be exterminated!" The Dalek said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just think about it, Dalek what-was-your-name?"

"Dalek Caan."

"Dalek Caan. Your entire species has been wiped out. And now the Cult of Skaro has been eradicated, leaving only you." I stopped in front Caan. "Right now, you're facing the only man in the universe who might show you some compassion. 'Cause I've just seen one genocide, I won't cause another. Caan, let me help you. What do you say?"

"Emergency temporal shift!" And before I could do anything Dalek Caan was gone.

"Doctor!" Harper called.

"Doctor, he's sick," Martha said. I turned to see Martha and Harper carrying Laszlo as Tallulah followed behind. "It's okay. You're all right. It's his heart; it's racing like mad. I've never seen anything like it."

The girls had to set him down and Tallulah pulled him into her lap. I kneeled down next to them as she asked, "What is it, Doctor? He says he can't breathe. What is it?"

"It's time, sweetheart," Laszlo said.

"What do you mean, 'time'? What are you talking about?"

"None of the slaves survive for long. Most of them only live for a few weeks. I was lucky, I held on 'cause I had you. But now… I'm dying, Tallulah."

"No, you're not. Not now, after all this. Doctor, can you do something?"

"Oh, Tallulah with three L's and an H, just you watch me. What do I need? Oh, I don't know, how about a great big genetic laboratory? Oh, look! I've got one!" I saw Harper smile widely at me and gave her a wink before getting to work. "Laszlo, just you hold on! There's been too many deaths today. Way too many people have died, brand-new creatures and wise old men and age-old enemies. And I'm telling you, I'll telling you right now, I am not having one more death! You got that? Not one! Tallulah, out of the way, the Doctor is in!"


Martha's POV

"Well, I talked to them," Frank, said coming over to us. We were back in central park, Tallulah, Laszlo, Harper, the Doctor, and I. "And I told them what Solomon would've said, and I reckon I shamed one or two of them."

"What did they say?" The Doctor asked.

"They said yes, they'll give you a home, Laszlo." Tallulah pulled him in for a hug of relief. "I mean, don't imagine people ain't gonna stare. I can't promise you'll be at peace. But in the end, that is what Hooverville is for. People who ain't got nowhere else."

Laszlo sighed out of relief and side, "Thank you. I… I can't thank you enough."

"Do you reckon it's gonna work? Those two?" I asked when we were back at the TARDIS.

"I don't know. Anywhere else in the universe, I might worry about them," the Doctor said.

"But New York? That's what this city's good at," Harper said.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," the Doctor said causing Harper to smile brightly at him. He pulled her in tight to his side and said, "and maybe the odd pig slave-Dalek mutant hybrid, too."

"The pig and the showgirl!" I said laughing.

"The pig and the showgirl!" I agreed and Harper laughed saying, "Sounds like a good book title."

"Just proves it, I suppose," I said watching the Doctor and Harper. "There's someone for everyone."

"Of course there is silly," Harper, said bopping me on the nose. "And I know who yours is."

"What?" I asked the same time the Doctor asked, "You do?"

"Yep, but I'm not telling either of you. It's like Fort Knox in here," she said tapping her head.

I shook my head at her and laughed before saying, "I meant to say, I'm sorry."

The Doctor stopped right outside the TARDIS and asked, "What for?"

"Just 'cause that Dalek got away. I know what that means to you." He opened the TARDIS door and I asked, "Do you think you'll ever see it again?"

"Oh, yes. One day."


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