"We're not gonna hurt you!" Rose cried quickly. The Doctor walked up to me and I squirmed in my seat as the book fell out of my hands. He knelt down and tried to look me in the eyes, but I couldn't. I was so scared. He could probably see the tears that were forming in my eyes. "I'm sorry Blue. I'm so sorry." He whispered. I glanced up into his eyes for a while, and I remembered when we first met, when the drums were in my head and they were causing me incredible pain. He'd tried to help me, and I'd looked into his eyes and told him I'd seen everything. He told me what he and Rose had said back in the TARDIS. "You just...panicked?" I asked.

"Yeah." He said quietly. I looked down, thinking to myself that his panic was very close to anger, and because of that I probably wouldn't like to see him angry.

Rose took my unhurt shoulder and said, "We were thinking we'd make it up to you." I looked at her. "How?" I asked cautiously.

"We were thinking of taking you to Midnight." the Doctor said, working up a smile.

"What's that?" I asked.

"It's a planet made entirely out of diamonds." Rose said.

"That sounds really pretty."

"It is!" The Doctor said, standing up. I asked, "Will... Anything bad happen?" Rose said, "Hopefully not."

"Hopefully?"

The Doctor said, "Well, a 99 percent chance that nothing bad will happen." I sighed and said, "If nothing bad happens this time, I'll go with you on adventures. But if something does happen, I'm staying here."

The Doctor nodded. "Deal." I got out of my chair, then looked down. "Oh! I forgot to give this back to you." I said, picking up the book. The Time Machine, by H.G Wells. "Oh right!" the Doctor said, taking the book. "Did you like it?"

"Loved it." I said with a shy smile. We walked down the hall and they let me say bye to the Torchwood team. I gave hugs and reassurance to Jack, Ianto, Tosh and Gwen, and while I was doing that, I saw Owen walk up and whisper to the Doctor, "If she comes back hurt in any fucking way, I will personally put a bullet in your brain."

The Doctor nodded. "Consider myself warned." he said. Then I ran up to them and gave a quick hug to Owen, who at first stiffened, then relaxed a bit and even patted me on the back. Then we walked out of the Hub into the TARDIS. The Doctor started her off towards Midnight, but then the TARDIS encountered turbulence, and we held onto anything we could to save our necks. "What's going on here?" I screamed, hanging on tightly. "I don't know!" The Doctor yelled.

"You don't fucking know?" I wailed.

"Now there's no need for that kind of language!" Then the TARDIS landed. "Doctor?" Rose asked tentatively. "I'm gonna check outside." he replied.

"I'll go with you." She said.

"No, Rose. I'm getting a bad feeling that we aren't on Midnight." He could hear me whimper a little, but ignored me and opened the TARDIS door, not seeing Midnight but instead a ton of Daleks in front of the TARDIS. My eyes widened. "Oh God." was all I could whisper. The Doctor cursed himself quietly and Rose's breath caught in her chest, eyes wide. "DOC-TOR!" the Dalek Commander screamed. The Doctor nervously glanced down at me. "I don't suppose we could do this another time?" he asked the Dalek. It quivered with hate and excitement. "THE DOC-TOR IS APP-RE-HENDED! THE DOC-TOR CANNOT ESCAPE THE DA-A-LEKS!"

The Doctor listened patiently to the Dalek before shoving his hands in his pockets and shrugging. "Well, I'm sorry you feel that way. I'll be back but first I've got to pop off to Midnight. I've got a guest." he said with a nod toward Blue. She looked between him and Rose. "What are those things?" she asked Rose. The woman leaned down to whisper shakily in her ear. "They're - they're called Daleks. I've fou - defeated Daleks a load of times, but they scare the bloody hell out of me."

"Why?"

"They're not that - that robot, you know. They're living creatures - 'mutations' the Doctor calls them - inside of that armor. They can do all sorts of awful things with it. They - they kill because it's fun. Their only emotions are hate and anger, and most of that is directed toward the Doctor. He's their greatest enemy, and they his." Rose explained. Blue shivered. The Doctor took their arms gently and pulled them into the TARDIS, closing the door. They heard the Daleks shrieking orders from outside and Blue furrowed her brow in confusion. "But - they said we can't escape."

The Doctor laughed loudly. "Ha! Well, we've got the TARDIS and our shields are up."

He did the usual dance he liked to do in order to get the TARDIS into flight, and she took off. He set a course for Midnight and they landed. The Doctor gallivanted to the door and flung it open, and then frowned. "What?" he demanded. They were still on the planet in front of the Daleks. They were eerily silent, as if mocking him. "THE DOC-TOR IS APP-RE-HENDED! THE DOC-TOR CANNOT ESCAPE THE DA-A-LEKS!" the Dalek Commander yowled again. The Doctor's frown darkened. "What've you done." he demanded quietly. The Dalek commander's eyestalk swiveled around for a moment, then focused on the Doctor. "THE DA-LEKS ARE SU-PREME! THE DOC-TOR CANNOT ESCAPE!"

"That doesn't answer my question." The Doctor snapped. The Dalek stared at him for a long moment before replying. "THE DA-ALEKS HAVE INTER-FERED WITH THE TARDIS' TIME AND SPACE COOR-DIN-A-TION MATRIX! THE DOC-TOR CANNOT ES-CAPE! THE DOC-TOR CANNOT ES-CAPE! THE DA-ALEKS HAVE TRI-UMPHED! THE DOC-TOR WILL BE EX-TER-MINATED! EX-TER-MINATE! EX-TER-MINATE!"

The Doctor's face was a sickly gray and his eyes were unnaturally dull. Rose's face had lost all color. The both of them knew they were trapped, and they couldn't escape. Not only that, but they had Blue with them. She slowly moved as far as she could away from the Daleks, when the console of the TARDIS stopped her; and fear shone in her eyes. Sweat was beading on her face. Rose ran to her with quiet, comforting words as the Doctor stood darkly in front of the Daleks. "You've got me. Leave them alone. Let them go."

"NEG-A-TIVE!"

"What? You've got me! You don't need to hurt them!" the Doctor ended in a scream, beating his chest with his fists. The Daleks remained silent and still, as if mocking him. He suddenly slumped over, weak and defeated. "You don't need to hurt them…" he whimpered. The Daleks approached slowly. Two of them had shackles on the ends of the arms where their suckers should've been and they clamped the Doctor's arms inside. He looked back pitifully at the two women inside the TARDIS. "ROSE TY-LER AND THE O-THER WILL STEP FOR-WARD!" the Dalek Commander wailed. They hesitantly approached the door, knowing there was no other alternative, and let themselves be clamped by four other Daleks in the same way the Doctor had been taken prisoner. "YOU WILL FOL-LOW." the Dalek said. "Like we have any other option." Blue mumbled under her breath, so that the Dalek couldn't hear her. They went down several hallways, and were surprised at how cold it was. They could see their breath emerge as wisps, curling around the halls. The Doctor frowned again. "That's not right." he mumbled. Rose slipped her hand into his. "What's not right?" she whispered. He leaned in to talk secretly to her. "It shouldn't be this cold. This planet is generally very warm, there're no cold spots like this."

Rose frowned with him. "Don't you think this is strange, though?" she asked. He looked down at her. "What?"

"All of this. It's a sort of base for Daleks. How long d'you think this took?"

"Oh, this? It's huge! I'd say maybe seventy years."

"Seventy? Erm… Dalek?" Rose spoke up to the Dalek confining her. It swiveled its eyestalk to look at her. "How long did it take you to do all this?"

"THE HU-MAN WILL REMAIN SIL-ENT!" She glared at it and bit her lip. "What about the Time Lord, then?" the Doctor spoke up. The Dalek remained silent and let the Doctor speak. "How long did it take, Dalek?"

"TWENTY-BILLION RELS."

"Doctor? How long is that in… you know, human years?"

The Doctor was quiet for a moment, counting in his head. "Three years." he was eerily silent, and they both knew something was wrong. "Only three years?" he asked himself. "That's wrong. That's very wrong. None of this should be here."

Blue nodded. "That seems a bit too fast." Then she paled. "Oh my God."

"What?"

"That's how long I've been at Torchwood."

The Doctor seemed to realize and he nodded. "That may just be a coincidence. Tell me, Dalek." he said in his usual playful manner. "Did you have any… assistance with all this? It's impressive, I'll give you that. But then again, Daleks have always impressed me."

"NEGATIVE."

"If you say so."

The Daleks kept escorting them through their base, and the Doctor looked down. He suddenly dropped to his knees and pressed his ear to the floor, being literally dragged along by the chains that were attached to the manacles around his wrists. The chains were attached to the Daleks, and they shouted orders at him to keep moving, but he ignored. "What're you gonna do, exterminate me? You know you can't take that chance!" he said, and they left him alone. He listened for a moment further, his tongue peeking out from behind his teeth. "They're drilling." he mumbled. He sprung to his feet and regarded the Daleks. "What're you drilling for? This planet has no resources that you could be getting under its surface."

"THE DA-ALEKS DO NOT NEED PLANETARY RESOURCES."

"Then what's so interesting about this planet in particular?"

"THAT IS CLASS-IF-IED IN-FOR-MATION. THE DOC-TOR IS NOT AUTH-OR-IZED TO KNOW THIS."

"Oh, come off it, eh?"

"NONE OF YOU ARE AUTH-OR-IZED TO KNOW THIS."

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "To you, at least." The Dalek turned around and seemingly glared at the Doctor.

"SILENCE!"

"Oh, big woop."

"THE DOC-TOR WILL BE SI-LENT!"

"The Doctor will not!" the Doctor scoffed with a chuckle. The Dalek swerved toward him and its gunstick was visibly twitching, but he kept pushing it. "And, anywho, you can't exterminate me. I wonder what your Dalek Commander would do if you killed the Doctor instead of him."

The Dalek was still silent. The Doctor could tell that he'd struck a nerve… if Daleks had any. "THE DOC-TOR WILL BE SI-LENT!"

"The Dalek will be silent, okay? I'm trying to listen." the Doctor said. The Dalek didn't say anything, and the Doctor could keep his ears open for his surroundings. "That's odd. You lot; you're different from the Daleks I've fought before, aren't you? There's a third party here, isn't there?"

More silence from all of the Daleks around them. The Doctor smiled knowingly. "Ah. I'm right, aren't I?"

Finally, the Dalek Commander spoke - rather, screamed - up. "YOU WILL BE SILENT OR YOUR ASSOCIATES WILL BE EX-TER-MINATED!" The Doctor looked up at the Dalek. "Fine." He muttered.

"YOU MUST BE COM-PLET-LEY SILENT! NO MORE TALK-ING!" The Doctor stayed silent, knowing that the Dalek was trying to trick him into saying anything. He glanced over at Rose, who gave him a quick smile, and Blue, who also flashed a smile, but then showed her wrists. The Doctor had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. Blue's shackles were a bit too big for her bony wrists, and she could slide out of them easily. She pointed to his sonic screwdriver which was still in his pocket and he nodded. Quick as a flash she slid out of her shackles and grabbed the screwdriver and sonicked the Doctor's manacles first, then Rose's. The Doctor grabbed both of their hands and yelled, "Run!" and they sprinted off. They could hear the Dalek screaming after them, yelling, "HALT! HALT OR BE EXTER-MIN-AT-ED! EXTER-MIN-ATE! EXTER-MIN-ATE!" A death ray sped right by them, almost hitting them. Blue looked behind them and saw that the Dalek was gaining on them. "Hurry!" She cried, and they attempted at going faster, but couldn't.

Another beam almost hit them and they turned a corner violently, the Doctor bouncing off of the wall with his shoe and whooping loudly. Finally, the Dalek's screams quieted a bit and they could that they had lost it and decided to take a moment to breathe. They sat down, forcing oxygen down their lungs. Finally, Blue said, "I'm gonna go to the end of hall and keep watch," and before anyone could stop her, she walked down the hall.

I sat down, trying to organize my thoughts and to not think about the last adventure. My heart was racing and tears were in my eyes, which I rubbed away. I could hear the Doctor and Rose muttering to each other, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. I curled up a little, and tried to not to let my fear show. Push it back. It's only fear. Get it under control, you gotta help the Doctor and Rose. I turned around, ready to go back to the Doctor and Rose, when I saw it: a Dalek was coming down the hallway. It didn't look like it was in too much of a panic, like it should've been, what with the Doctor, Rose, and I on the loose. It seemed as though it was only on a leisurely stroll, its eyestalk lazily scanning the hallway. I held my breath. I could hear the machinery whirring, and it was one of the most awful sounds I'd ever heard. I heard a muffled voice coming from inside its armor. I couldn't identify what it said, but I could tell it was a woman. The Dalek wouldn't reply. And then it did. "UN-DER-STOOD." it cried. I shivered and had to let out my breath. It came in one involuntary whoosh, and the Dalek was immediately on alert. "THERE IS SOME-THING HERE." I sucked in my breath again, knowing it didn't matter: The Dalek could probably hear my heart racing. It was moving closer to me, and I couldn't move. Don't notice me. Please don't notice me. Oh God. Ohhhhh God. I felt like a heart attack was coming on. I slowly took a step away from the Dalek. One step. Two steps. Three steps. I started to think that I may make it. But on my fourth step: Creak. The Dalek's eyestalk focused on me. "HU-MAN IS DE-TEC-TED! IT WILL BE EX-TER-MINATED! EX-TER-MINATE! EX-TER-MINATE!" it shrieked. It swiveled toward me and began approaching, at which point I turned tail and sprinted. I ran as fast as I could down the hallway to where the Doctor and Rose were in deep conversation. They hadn't even heard the Dalek. I shouted to them to help, to run, something, and just as they turned to look at me, I felt the beam hit my back. An icy feeling surged through me and a tear escaped my eye. One single tear. This can't be it. I can't die here. This can't be it.

I could see the Doctor screaming, his mouth flung open and flecks of saliva jumping off of his lips. His face was contorted in a mixture of rage and helplessness. Rose was screaming too and she stayed behind as the Doctor sprinted to try and help me, but I couldn't hear any of it. It was like everything was in slow motion. I felt my body hit the floor, and nothing else. There was something cold on my cheek. Icy cold. I couldn't move to wipe it away. The Dalek rolled away without a fight and the Doctor took me in his arms. He was warm. Really warm. He brushed away the ice on my cheek and parted my hair from my face. "Why are you still alive?" I saw his lips moving. I couldn't believe it. Really? That's what he's worried about?

The Doctor pulled a stethoscope from inside his coat pocket and pressed it to my chest. My heartbeat was so slow, and my lungs felt like crap. His brow furrowed as he worked. "What?" He muttered. "No, that's impossible..."

"What?" I rasped, feeling my joints loosen up a little. "You can talk!"

"No shit."

"No need to swear, Blue." he said. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Rose snort a little. "What's going on?" I whispered, and feeling a slight tickle in the back of my throat, coughed, a bit of mist flying out of my mouth. Huh? The Doctor abruptly bent down and sucked in the mist, tasting it. "What the hell?" I asked, not about the mist, but about his unorthodox methods of finding out what it was. He leaned back and played with his tongue before frowning. "What was that? And why didn't the Dalek finish the job? Why didn't the Dalek target Rose and me? There is something very, very wrong here. I say we should find out what it is!" the Doctor finished with a broad smile. Rose smiled and nodded, but her smile faded when she looked down at me. "Y-you okay?"

I nodded and sat up slowly. "Yeah. I'm just really cold."

The Doctor put a hand to my forehead and looked at me with confusion. "You're cold. Like a corpse. Ice cold. But I saw that death ray hit you, and you shouldn't be alive right now."

"Thanks a lot."

"No, I'm serious. You shouldn't be alive."

"Sorry to disappoint."

I got to my feet and brushed myself off and shivered. Every time I exhaled, I could see my breath like I could whenever it was really cold outside. I remembered when I was in Middle School and me and my friend used to pretend we were smoking on days like that. Wait. I stopped abruptly and tried to remember again. "Blue? What is it?" the Doctor demanded, taking my biceps in an iron grip and looking deep into my eyes. "I-I could remember something. Just a little bit of Middle School and… this boy. I saw him before when we were in the - you know. The - the - you-know-who said he was dead."

"Who is he?"

"I dunno. I saw him before. He's… ginger. That's all I know. I couldn't remember his face."

"So what's so special about him?"

"Every time I remember him I get this… feeling. I don't know what feeling but it's a weird one."

"Love? A childhood fancy, perhaps?"

"How the hell should I know! We should go. That Dalek might've gone and informed the Dalek Commander that we were here."

The Doctor had a faraway look on his face. "The Dalek Commander… or the next highest authority."

Rose looked at him with curiosity. "What?" she wondered. The Doctor turned to us two, a wild look in his eyes. "I talked about a third party earlier. I think there's someone that sped up the Dalek's industrialization. I think that's how they were able to build this in only three years." he explained. We nodded and they helped me walk weakly down the corridors. Suddenly, I realized they weren't as cold as they were before. "Doctor?" I said. We kept walking, but he mumbled so I assumed he was listening. "Did it get warmer? The corridors aren't as cold as they were before." I asked. The Doctor swiveled his head to look at me with a frown. "No. It's still a bit nippy. I think it's just because you're so cold."

"Yeah, why is that? Doctor?" Rose inquired. He focused his eyes on the ground in front of us and kept helping me along. I suddenly had a flashback. Helping the Doctor and Rose through the corridors as the Master pursued us. Collapsing on the ground. The Master's hands wrapping around my ankles. A fistful of hair dragging me along the ground, screaming. The TARDIS couple looking behind and leaving me to the Master's mercy. I snapped to reality, trembling violently. The Doctor and Rose were trying to get through to me, trying to ask me what was wrong. "Nothing!" I was a bit too quick to answer. I took a deep breath and tried for my best reassuring smile. "Nothing's wrong."

Rose looked like she would've liked to press further, but the Doctor cut her off. "Okay. If you've got anything to tell us, you know you can."

"Yeah. I know." I sighed.