Alex sat nervously looking at Sam. The Doctor had tied him to a bench, but he admitted he didn't know how long the rope would hold.
The blue light on the eyestalk began to brighten. Trembling, Alex clutched her fists.
Immediately he began to scream. "RE-LEASE ME!"
Alex shook her head. "No."
"THEN YOU WILL BE EX-TER-MIN-ATED!"
The whisk-like object on Sam's palm turned to point at Alex, but nothing fired from it.
Alex let out a breath of air she didn't know she was holding. "You can't hurt me, Sam."
Sam's body went limp.
A few seconds of dreadful silence passed before Sam's head snapped back up. "Alex? Let me go. I'm Sam, okay? Just let me go."
Alex bit her lip. This was Sam, her best mate. Here he was, begging for her to let him go. He wasn't the Dalek anymore…
Instead she backed further away until the handles on her wheelchair bumped up against the lockers. "Samson Alexander, tell me the truth. Is the Dalek-you gone?"
"Yes, Alex."
"You're a liar." Alex wheeled back to Sam, her eyes flashing with anger and sadness. "Your last name isn't Alexander, you twit. You always corrected me."
"Alex, I'm not going to correct you while I'm tied up." Sam pleaded harder. "It's Alejandeh."
But if this Dalek thing is inside his head, it can get to the memories.
Alex sat in a stupor for a minute, thinking about what the Doctor told her.
No emotion but hate.
Wheeling closer, she reached for the rope around his forehead.
But then she kissed him.
It felt wrong.
Alex broke away after only a few seconds. Sam did not reply.
"Now I know you're lying." She said simply, a tear sliding down her cheek. "Samson, a woman has foiled your plan."
Suddenly the TARDIS materialized a few meters from Alex. The Doctor threw open the door, a couple of people in lab coats behind him. "Beautiful job, Alex."
One of the people in lab coats stabbed Sam's shoulder with a needle. He lost consciousness, and without a word, one man hit a button on his wrist. Sam and all the people disappeared.
"I'm really sorry." The Doctor said quietly, staring at the empty ropes. "…to put you through all that. Anyway I can make it up to you?"
Alex smiled sadly. "Can you take me back home?"
Author's Note
It's the end!
I might write a sequel, if anyone's up for it…
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