Trapped inside his little world, the Doctor ground his teeth in frustration. If only he'd had more time, then it wouldn't have mattered if his current body was lost. But as it was time was not on his side and the link between the TARDIS and himself was spotty and unreliable.

Now Jack and Gwen caught in one of the traps that protected the Scrolls of Inara and he wasn't there to help them.

His thoughts were interrupted by a feeling he thought no longer existed. If he was in control of his body, he would have been afraid...no terrified...it wasn't gone and it was growing in strength.


The Supreme Dalek swivelled its head towards the door. "Davros is coming, we will be exterminated."

The hybrid put a hand on the gleaming metal of the Dalek. "Peace, you forget, this body is only part Dalek. The other half is Time Lord and Time Lords can lie so well."

The hybrid stepped forward and placed himself between the Dalek and the door. He could feel Davros' anger before he entered the room.

The Dalek part of his body screeched in protest at the very thought of what the Time Lord half was going to do. But the whole that was the hybrid smiled to itself, knowing that soon it would be Davros who would obey.

Davros was incandescent with barely controlled rage. He roared his anger and frustration as the TARDIS began to fade from sight.

It had enraged him when he realised he'd been lied to. He was right, there had been some sought of communication between the hybrid and the Supreme Dalek.

That would not do...not at all.

He glided into the room and found both the hybrid and the Supreme Dalek both in the same place he'd left them.

"Did you instruct the Supreme Dalek to lie to me!" he roared.

"I am not designed to lie to you creator," the hybrid replied.

The look of innocence on the hybrid's face only made him more enraged. "If it were not for the fact that you are unique, you would be nothing but genetic soup!"

If Davros had been looking at the hybrid he would have seen the bright blue of its eyes turn a smoky grey.

"I think you need a little more time in the converter, to rid you of more of your Time Lord traits."

He moved towards the hybrid but found his way barred by the Supreme Dalek.

"You will not approach the Emperor."

Davros moved back a little. "Move aside!" he bellowed.

The Supreme Dalek didn't moved but lowered its weapon until it was level with Davros' head. "You will not approach!"

"Move aside, you will obey me!"

The Supreme Dalek remained.

"Obey me!"

The hybrid stepped from behind the Supreme Dalek and Davros moved back again. Its eyes were no longer the luminous blue of his design but were the colour of oil and the intelligence that shone from them was not one of Dalek design.

"I'm sorry, but he no longer obeys you. He has a new master...me."