"Oh, sure you are. I've seen the way you look at him. It's obvious." Rita raised a brow knocking on the open door of the dressing room. "Am I interrupting?" She asked.

"Oh not at all" Tallulah smiled. "We were just talking about Martha"

"Not to him," Martha muttered to Tallulah and Rita smirked knowing what they were discussing. "I thought you said you're only interested in..."

"I think that's enough Stone" Martha cut her off standing up with her eyes widened.

"Sorry, sorry" Rita chuckled. "Can't help myself sometimes."

"Oh, I should have realised. He's into musical theatre, huh?" Tallulah continued the conversation. "What a waste. Still, you got to live in hope. It's the only thing that's kept me going because, well, look. On my dressing table every day still." She moved her gaze over to the white rose laying there.

"You think it's Laszlo?" Martha asked.

"I don't know. If he's still around, why is he being all secret like he doesn't want me to see him?"

"We may never know" Rita mumbled.

"What about you then?" Tallulah asked. "Do you have anyone?"

"Me?" Rita frowned. "No"

"You have the Doctor" Martha added raising her brows.

"Martha he's my best friend" Rita laughed, Martha however just raised her brows even further. "Oh come on don't tell me you too." She groaned. "I'm not dealing with this at the moment there are bigger things to worry about" She rolled her eyes, left the room and headed back to the Doctor.

"Oh, she definitely does doesn't she?" Tallulah whispered to Martha.

"And she doesn't even know it" Martha whispered back watching Rita head down the corridor.

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"Found anything?" Rita walked beside the Doctor and crouched down watching what he was doing with a scanner and the jellyfish-like blob.

"No, but this is artificial." He informed her checking his scanner, he stood up and switched on a stage light pointing it at the blob then returned next to Rita.

He brought out his glasses then placed them on as Rita rolled her eyes at him. "I may never find out why you even wear those." he looked over at her for a moment smirking.

"You're probably right there, didn't you wear glasses once?"

"That was when I was stuck with bad eyesight, this is different" She pointed at him inches from touching his glasses.

"But you still wore them" He lightly pushed her finger out of the way continuing to smirk at her.

"I'm not even going to say anything else about that, you get distracted too easily." She shook her head. "We also have bigger things we need to worry about." She gestured to the blob. The Doctor nodded in agreement and brought out a stethoscope from his pocket and listened to the blob while looking at the scanner. They heard the show below began and continued to work blocking it out of their minds.

"Fundamental DNA type four six seven dash nine eight nine." Rita's eyes widened and she snapped her head to the scanner and moved it to face her. She stood up slowly walking back and shook her head. "Rita?" The Doctor looked up at her, she gave no reply and he stood up himself. "Rita, what's wrong?"

"The scanner" She stuttered her words. "Not now, please not now" The Doctor slowly moved up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders looking into her eyes.

"Rita... what's wrong" He asked her trying to stay calm. Seeing the panic in her eyes.

"Doctor look at its planet of origin" Her hands began to shake. "They will never stop."

"What won't?" He asked too busy to worry about her than to look at the scanner.

"I knew I saw it before." She shook her head desperately trying to stop shaking. "Doctor, it's from Skaro" She swallowed and his eyes widened. He quickly pulled her to his chest and gently stroked her hair not even wanting the Daleks on the same planet as her. It was one of the things she had told him only the day before, how she remembered the Daleks and what they did to her and how bad it was, they took her family, her home, everything and left her with nothing. Forced her through one world to another confused and scared as a human because they couldn't get it right. She didn't remember any of it, not even at Canary Wharf, she was too busy trying to remember that she had forgotten what they did but now she remembered.

"It will be okay" he whispered continuing to stroke her head in an attempt to calm her. "I promise you."

"What they might do to my friends," She told him sighing and closing her eyes trying to calm herself.

A moment later her eyes snapped open at the terrorising scream of Martha. The Doctor and Rita shot up not realising that they were sat on the floor. He took the brunette's hand and they ran in the direction of her. They ran past the girls from the show and headed for the sewers.

"Martha!" The Doctor shouted letting go of Rita and running ahead, he stopped at the sewer entrance.

"It hasn't been placed back properly." Rita noticed. "I'm coming with you," She told the Doctor as he placed his coat on. "Knowing their there and Martha could be too I'm not saying here"

"If you come with me I may not be able to keep both of you safe," He told her gripping hold of her shoulders.

"If I stay here I won't know if either of you is safe," She told him looking into his brown eyes showing she was very serious. "Doctor I am scared, terrified but I'm more scared for her than I am myself."

"Okay", He sighed. "Come on then" He moved the cover and went to head down.

"Where are you going?" Tallulah asked them running in.

"They've taken her." The Doctor simply told Tallulah as he started to climb down.

"Who's taken her? What're you doing?" She asked them again, they both ignored her as Rita headed down.

"I said, what the hell are you doing?" Tallulah shouted down to the sewers, they ignored her yet again and the Doctor pulled out two torches handing one to Rita.

"No, no, no, no, no way. You're not coming." The Doctor said as Tallulah climbed down the ladder.

"Tell me what's going on." She demanded.

"There's nothing you can do. Go back."

"Look, whoever's taken Martha, they could've taken Laszlo, couldn't they?" She suggested.

"Tallulah, you're not safe down here."

"Neither is she" Tallulah pointed at Rita.

"She's safer with me than on her own, now head back, you're not safe down here." He demanded.

"Then that's my problem." She hissed at him. "Come on. Which way?" She asked starting to head down a tunnel, Rita rolled her eyes and headed in a different direction.

"Not that way Tallulah," She said over her shoulder. They walked on and Rita sighed, she continuously thought, hoping that it wasn't what the scanner had told them, hoping that it wasn't her worst nightmare.

"When you say, they've taken her, who's they exactly?" Tallulah asked. "And who are you two anyway? I never asked."

Rita stopped holding up her hand. "Shush, Doctor do you hear that?" She whispered.

"Okay, okay." Tallulah held her hands up. The brunette's eyes widened in horror knowing that sound too well, the shadow cast on the wall confirmed it. The Doctor grabbed Rita's hand firmly holding tight while placing his hand over Tallulah's mouth dragging them into a service alcove as a Dalek slowly made it's way past not noticing them. The Doctor could feel the shaking of the brunette next to him and repeatedly rubbed his thumb over her knuckles trying to calm her down.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no." He whispered letting go of Tallulah. "They survived. They always survive while I lose everything."

Rita looked up at him saddened swallowing thickly. "I'm still here" She whispered to him.

"That's what I'm afraid of." He closed his eyes sighing. "If they take you, I- I'll then be alone"

Tallulah stepped out into the sewer tunnel. "That metal thing? What was it?"

"One of the deadliest and terrifying things in the universe, it's called a Dalek" Rita spat. "It may just look metal but that is alive."

"You're kidding me."

"Does it look like she's kidding?" The Doctor shot daggers at Tallulah with his eyes. "Inside that shell is a creature born to hate, whose only thought is to destroy everything and everyone that isn't a Dalek too. It won't stop until it's killed every human being alive."

"But if it's not a human being, that kind of implies it's from outer space. Yet again, that's a no with the kidding. Boy. Well, what's it doing here, in New York?"

The Doctor grabbed Tallulah's arm dragging her and keeping a tight grip on Rita's hand. "Every second you're down here, you're both in danger. I'm taking you back right now," he told them deciding that Rita wasn't even safe with him now. Rita opened her mouth to protest but stopped when Tallulah screamed, the pigman she had noticed then tried to hide.

The Doctor let go of them both and walked over to it. "Where's Martha? What have you done with her? What have you done with Martha?" He asked.

"I didn't take her." The Pigman said hiding against the wall his back to Tallulah.

"Can you remember your name?" He asked.

"Don't look at me."

Tallulah then stepped forward and softly spoke. "Do you know where she is?"

The pigman's hand shot out behind warning Tallulah, Rita had an idea of who it might exactly be. "Stay back! Don't look at me," he ordered her.

"What happened to you?"The Doctor asked stepping closer to the pigman.

"They made me a monster."

"Who did?"

"The masters."

"The Daleks." Rita spat correcting him. "Why?"

The Pigman then explained continuing to face the wall. "They needed slaves. They needed slaves to steal more people so they created us. Part animal, part human. I escaped before they got my mind, but it was still too late."

"Do you know what happened to Martha?" The Doctor asked.

"They took her. It's my fault. She was following me."

"Were you in the theatre?" Tallulah asked confused.

"I never. Yes." He admitted.

"Why? Why were you there?" She questioned him.

"I never wanted you to see me like this."

"Why me? What I got to do with this? Were you following me? Is that why you were there?" The Pigman slowly turned around and faces Tallulah. "Yes." He answered her second question.

"Who are you?" Tallulah stepped forward moving closer.

"I was lonely."

"Who are you?" She repeated.

"I needed to see you." The Doctor swallowed knowing what he meant, his eyes drifted over to the brunette who was standing on the other side of the tunnel watching the two and he sighed knowing fully well what was happening.

"Who are you?" Tallulah asked again.

"I'm sorry." The Pigman walked away, Tallulah held her arm out and grabbed the pigman's forcing him to stop in his tracks. "No, wait. Let me look at you." She moved him slightly into the light and gave a small gasp when she realised who it was. "Laszlo? My Laszlo?" She moved her hands to behind his neck. "Oh, what have they done to you?"

"I'm sorry. So sorry." He said shaking his head ashamed of what happened.

"Laszlo, can you show me where they are?" The Doctor softly asked.

"They'll kill you," Laszlo told the Doctor.

"If we don't stop them, they'll kill everyone," Rita told Laszlo sadly. He nodded at the brunette and gestured for them to follow.

"Then follow me."

They followed Laszlo until they heard the screams of a Dalek causing Rita to tense, the Doctor squeezed her hand in comfort and she nodded to him signalling that she was okay. "Silence. Silence!" The Dalek screamed.

"What the hell is that?" Martha cried.

"You will form a line. Move. Move." The Dalek at the front ordered. The Doctor and Rita watched from the tunnel junction carefully making sure not to be spotted.

"Just do what it says, everyone, okay? Just obey."

"Clever Martha"

"You did say she was good" The Doctor smiled at the brunette.

"The female is wise! Obey!" The Dalek shouted.

Another Dalek then came up behind. "Report!"

"These are strong specimens! They will help the Dalek cause!"

Martha frowned hearing that word before. "Dalek?"

"What is the status of the Final Experiment!" It stated.

"Final experiment?" Rita frowned looking at the Doctor. "I don't like the sound of that at all"

"You tend to not like anything coming from a screaming Dalek" He smirked.

They saw the Daleks were doing an intelligence scan on the people lined up, the Time Lords looked at Laszlo to explain what is happening. "They're divided into two groups." He explained quietly. "High intelligence and low intelligence. The low intelligence are taken to become pig slaves like me."

"Well, that's not fair," Tallulah spoke a little louder than she should. Rita glared at the woman and signalled for her to be quiet. She then gave an apologetic look and spoke in a whisper. "You're the smartest guy I ever dated."

"What about the 'high intelligence'?" Rita quoted the Dalek.

"They're taken to the laboratory." Laszlo flatly told them.

"Why? What for?" The Doctor questioned.

"I don't know. The masters only call it the Final Experiment." Rita shivered wishing he would stop calling the Daleks 'masters'. It didn't give her fond memories.

"You can't just experiment on people. It's insane! It's inhuman!" They heard Martha screaming, Rita squeezed her eyes shut wishing for the woman to not argue with the Daleks because it only ended in one thing. Death.

"We are not human." The Dalek stated rolling away. "Prisoners of high intelligence will be taken to the transgenic laboratory." The Doctor looked round the corner then moved back. "Look out, they're moving!" Laszlo then led Tallulah away and the Doctor looked at Rita pleading for her to go. She shook her head at him then took his hand. Sighing he tightened his grip on her slightly.

Laszlo looked around and noticed the two still standing beside the junction. "Doctor. Doctor, quickly!" He begged them to follow.

"We're not coming. I've got an idea. You go." He ordered for them to go and sighed looking at the brunette beside him.

"Laszlo, come on." Tallulah pleaded pulling on his arm to follow. He looked at her. "Can you remember the way?"

"Yeah, I think so." She replied nodding.

He then pushed her away nodding. "Then go, please."

"But Laszlo, you got to come with me." She pulled on his arm again.

"Where would I go? Tallulah, I'm begging you. Save yourself. Just run. Just go. Go." Rita looked on sadly as Tallulah left, the Doctor watched the Daleks move past and then slipped in the line with Rita just behind Martha and between Frank.

"Just keep walking." He whispered to Martha.

"Oh, I'm so glad to see the two of you." Martha breathed.

"Yeah, well, you can kiss me later. You too, Frank, if you want." The Doctor whispered.

"I would be careful on who takes up that offer Doctor" Rita warned quietly chuckling under her breath. The Doctors eyes widened slightly realising who she was talking about and gave out grumble. "Careful she might."

"Sometimes I really hate you"

"Love you too sweetheart" She joked smirking.

"Oh, so it's sweetheart now?" He raised a brow jokingly.

"Shut up and keep walking." She rolled her eyes at him now grumbling herself.

They continued following and arrived at a sort of laboratory filled will different items no doubt to help the Daleks take over and destroy everything human. They stopped in the middle and the two Daleks who lead the prisoners joined with the other two. "The Cult of Skaro. They all survived" Rita gasped to the Doctor.

"Report." One of them demanded.

"Dalek Sec is in the final stage of evolution." One of the Daleks stated. The Doctor looked over and clearly, could see that Dalek Sec had smoke exiting his black metal shell.

"Scan him. Prepare for birth." Another Dalek ordered.

"Evolution?" The Doctor questioned.

"What's wrong with old Charlie boy over there?" Martha whispered to the Doctor and Rita.

"Martha ask them" Rita whispered back.

"What, me? Don't be daft." Martha whispered her voice cracking out of terror.

"We don't exactly want to get noticed. Ask them what's going on." The Doctor told her then stepped back with Rita.

Martha shakily stepped forward slightly. "Daleks, I demand to be told. What is this Final Experiment?" She asked shaking with panic of what would happen on her face. "Report!" She added.

A Dalek turned round and came towards her, the Doctor and Rita watched cautiously from the side.

"You will bear witness."

"To what?"

"This is the dawn of a new age." The Dalek stated.

"What does that mean?" Martha pressed on.

"We are the only four Daleks in existence, so the species must evolve a life outside the shell. The Children of Skaro must walk again."

"Outside the shell? What does that- oh my god" Rita's eyes widened as Dalek Sec's shell stopped smoking and the eye stalk light went out. His casting then opened and a human-like figure stepped out. Straightening up and twitching its fingers the Time Lords could clearly see that it had one eye and it's head looked very much like the jellyfish blob did.

"What is it?" Martha asked in horror.

The creature stepped forward took in a deep breath then spoke proudly. "I am a human Dalek. I am your future."