Elise groaned and sat up.

Rory suddenly jumped up and looked around. "Oh! Elise!" He gently helped her up. "Are you okay?"

"I think so."

They were surrounded by Daleks.

Elise's heartrate started to speed up, but she pushed her fear down. Now was the time to be brave.

Rory approached one and touched it, but nothing happened.

"They're deactivated. Good," Elise said, "Come on."

Rory pulled out his pen light and they ventured into the asylum.

They entered a chamber filled with Daleks.

Rory approached one and turned its head to examine it. When he let go, its head turned back.

"Rory..." Elise warned him.

He stepped back and accidentally kicked a piece of metal.

This caused the Dalek's eyestalk to start to glow. The Daleks around them started to come to life. "Eg-eg-eg-eg-eg-eg-eg," the Dalek stuttered.

"What? Sorry, what?" Rory asked.

"Eg eg eg eg eg eg eggs."

"Eggs? You mean those things?"

"Rory!" Elise snapped. They needed to get out of here before the Daleks powered up completely.

"Eggs!" the Dalek said.

"I don't...I don't know what you want. Those things. Are those things eggs?" Rory pointed to the round casings on the floor and picked one up. "This? You want this?" He offered it to the Dalek.

"Egg. Stir. Min. Ate."

Rory dropped the casing as the Daleks around them echoed their phrase.

"Run!" Elise yelled and grabbed Rory by the arm.

The Dalek fired at them, but just missed them. They dodged blasts as the Daleks continued to scream at them.

Oswin's voice came over the PA system. "Run! The door at the end, run for it. They're waking up, but they're slow. The door at the end. Just run. Now! Now! Now!"

Elise and Rory ran for the door. It rose up just enough for them to slide underneath it. It closed behind them. Elise and Rory panted in relief.

"Thanks," Rory said, looking at Elise.

"You're welcome."

"You know...you sounded a lot like your father."

Elise smiled. "Thank you."

"So, anyway, I'm Oswin. What do I call you?" the woman asked.

"Er, I can't remember. Er, Rory."

"I'm Elise," Elise told her, "Elise Smith."

"Lovely name, Rory. First boy I ever fancied was called Rory," Oswin said.

"Okay..." Rory said, clearly still in shock.

"Actually, she was called Nina. I was going through a phase. Although Elise is pretty name too and look at those blue eyes!"

Elise blushed.

"Just flirting to keep you cheerful," Oswin told them.

"Exterminate. Exterminate!" came through the door.

"Er, okay, any time you want to start flirting again is fine by me," Rory said.

Rory and Elise were walking down a corridor when Rory's flashlight started to flicker.

Elise pulled out her sonic screwdriver and soniced the flashlight.

"What are you doing?" Rory asked her.

"Hopefully making the batteries last longer."

"Hey there, Blinky boy and Sonic girl," Oswin said.

"If it's a straight choice, I prefer Nina," Rory told her.

"Loving this. A nose and a chin. You two could fence. But I would give anything to get lost in those blue eyes of yours lovely."

Rory and Elise looked slightly uncomfortable with the flirting.

"There's a door behind you," Oswin told them.

The door rose and Elise and Rory ran into the room. There was a large round platform in the middle.

"In there, quickly. Okay, you're safe for now. Pop your shirt off, quick as you like."

"Why?" Rory asked, starting to take his jacket off.

"Does there have to be a reason?"

"Why are you and Amy breaking up?" Elise asked Rory, "You love each other."

"You noticed that, huh?"

Elise rolled her eyes. "Of course I noticed."

"It's complicated, Elise."

"I wouldn't understand right?"

Rory sighed. "That's not what I meant. Marriages aren't easy. Look at River and the Doctor."

"They make it work."

"Some marriages just don't."

There was a loud explosion and the whole room shook.

"Oswin?" Elise asked.

"What was that? That was close," Rory said.

Elise and Rory ran out into the chamber again.

"Oswin? What happened? Who killed all the Daleks?" Rory asked.

The Doctor walked through the smoke, carrying Amy. "Who do you think?" The Doctor carried her into the teleport room and laid her down on the pad.

"Will sleeping help her? Will it slow down the process?" Rory asked.

"You'd better hope so because pretty soon she's going to try and kill you," Oswin said.

"Amy," the Doctor cooed, stroking her hair.

"Ow," Amy groaned.

"Amy. You still with us?" "Amy, it's me. Do you remember me?" Rory asked.

Amy's hand shot up and slapped him. "She remembers me."

"Same old Amy," the Doctor said, jumping to his feet.

"Do you know how you make someone into a Dalek? Subtract love, add anger. Doesn't she seem a bit too angry to you?" Oswin asked.

Amy sat up. "Well, somebody's never been to Scotland."

"What about you, though, Oswin? How come you're okay?" the Doctor asked, "Why hasn't the nanocloud converted you?"

"I mentioned the genius thing, yeah? Shielded in here."

"Clever of you. Now, this place. The Daleks said it was fully automated. Look at it. It's a wreck."

"Well, I've had nearly a year to mess with them, and not a lot else to do."

"A junior entertainment manager hiding out in a wrecked ship, hacking the security systems of the most advanced warrior race the universe has ever seen. But you know what really gets me about you, Oswin? The soufflés. Where do you get milk for the soufflés?" The Doctor turned to his daughter and companions. "Seriously. Is no one else wondering about that?"

"No. Frankly, no. Twice," Rory told him.

"So, Doctor. I've been looking you up. You're all over the database. Why do the Daleks call you the Predator?" Oswin asked.

"I'm not the Predator, I'm just a man with a plan," the Doctor said.

"You've got a plan?"

"We're all ears!" Rory said, ready to get off this planet.

"There's a nose joke going if someone wants to pick that one off," Amy said.

"In no particular order, we need to neutralize all the Daleks in this Asylum, rescue Oswin from the wreckage, escape from this planet and fix Amy and Rory's marriage," the Doctor told them.

"Okay, I'm counting three lost causes," Amy quipped, "Anyone else?"

"Oswin, there's a Dalek ship in orbit."

"Yes. Got it on the sensors," Oswin told him.

"The Asylum has a forcefield. The Daleks upstairs are waiting for me to turn it off. Soon as I do, they'll burn this whole world and us with it. So, Oswin, my question is this. How fast can you drop the forcefield?"

"Pretty fast. But why would I?"

"Because this is a teleport. Am I right, Oswin?"

"Yeah. Internal use only."

The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and soniced the pad underneath Amy. "I can boost the power. Once the forcefield is down, I can use it to beam us right off this planet."

"You said when the forcefield is down, the Daleks will blow us up," Rory told him.

"We'll have to be quick, yes."

"Fine, we'll be quick. But where do we beam to?" Amy asked.

"The only place within range. The Dalek ship."

"They'll exterminate us on the spot."

"Ah, so this is the kind of escape plan where you survive about four seconds longer?" Rory asked.

"What's wrong with four seconds? You can do loads in four seconds. Oswin, how fast can you drop the forcefield?"

"I can do it from here, as soon as you come and get me," she said.

The Doctor stood up. "No, just drop the forcefield and come to us."

"There's enough power in that teleport for one go. Why would you wait for me?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"No idea. Never met you. Sending you a map so you can come get me."

"This place is crawling with Daleks," Rory told her.

"Yeah. Kind of why I'm anxious to leave. Come up and see me sometime."

The Doctor and Elise walked over to a screen to study the map.

"So, are we going to go get her?" Rory asked.

"I don't think that we have a choice." The Doctor walked over to Rory and handed him the button to teleport. "Okay, as soon as the forcefield is down the Daleks will attack. If it gets too explody-wody in here, you go without me, okay?"

"And leave you to die?"

"Oh, don't worry about me. You're the one beaming up to a Dalek ship to get exterminated."

"Fair point. Love this plan. What about Amy?"

The Doctor went underneath the platform to wire it up to the device Rory was holding. "Keep her remembering, keep her focused. That'll hold back the conversion."

"What do I do?" Amy asked.

The Doctor popped up behind her. "You heard what she said. They're subtracting love. Don't let them."

The Doctor stood up and Elise followed after him. "What are you doing?" he asked her.

"Coming with you, of course."

The Doctor sighed. "Elise..."

"I am not staying with the fighting married couple. I already have to listen to you and mum."

"Hey! I didn't start that fight."

"No, your stupidity did."

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "You really are your mother's daughter."

"I'll take that as a compliment."