A/N: A little Doctor/Amy bonding. Thought I would throw in the Doctor's sage advice, but he is pretty socially inept, so his advice is pretty weak. I hope you enjoy, and Chapter 7 is a work in progress. I'll just say so far, the Doctor has an achingly familiar plan, and there is some reminiscing in the next chapter by the Doctor just so you know. Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the TV show or the characters I just enjoy writing about them.

Chapter 6

"Do you even know where you're going?" I asked. I was slowly beginning to hate these white walls, and I hated their places of residence even more. The hospital's creepy atmosphere wasn't lessened by the Doctor's apparent lack of direction.

"Relatively." He was holding the sonic out in front of him, seemingly straining to hear its changing rhythms.

"So you and Rory then, eh?" He finally said after a long pause with the sonic as his only point of interest.

"Rory and I? Yeah, we're friends. All three of us are. Mel, Rory, and I." I wasn't sure why he had asked about Rory in particular.

"Oh my god. Are you gay?" That would certainly explain your outfit, I commented snidely to myself.

"Wha-no! Shut up." He said hurriedly.

"You know, I don't have any problem with homosexuality. That seems to be Rory's problem actually."

"Amy, Rory isn't gay."

"Of course he is. Like you would know. You've known him for what- maybe a half hour? And in passing at that."

"Amy, I'm just going to leave it at: he is not gay. Trust me." The Doctor winked and returned his focus to the sonic. We walked again in thick silence. Rory, not gay. The very notion was absurd. And how could the Doctor possibly know which team Rory swung for? He had known him for about a minute, and I-I had known Rory all of my life. Suddenly, the hallway we had been walking down turned into a corner. Before I could take another step forward, the Doctor put an arm out to stop me.

"Escaped? How have they escaped?" I froze. The icily metallic voice halted any future idea of movement. We had stumbled upon a Dalek. Two of them by the sound of it. I suppose it wasn't that odd to have run into one. We were currently in their base for world takeover after all. This Dalek… it sounded different. There was no child-like uncertainty in its voice, unlike the mapper's had owned.

"Find. Them. Immediately." I heard the distinct sound of a Dalek turning away.

"This will not do. The whole point of 'human enslavement' was to draw him out. Now he is lost?" Again I heard the sound of a robot moving away. I waited a moment until I was sure we were alone before I turned towards the Doctor.

"They're after you?" The Doctor only nodded. He seemed intent on tinkering with a panel in the wall.

"But how do they know you?"

"I have fought them, many… many times before. I suppose they remember me."

"What are you doing with that panel?" He didn't reply for a moment. Then, a button appeared from the wall.

"I am bringing your friends to the party." He grinned and punched the button. There was another flash of blue light and my eyes closed reflexively.

"How did we get here?" A confused Mel inquired.

"I haven't the slightest clue." I said looking back-and-forth between the newly appeared Mel and Rory.