"These humans will become like me. Prepare them for hybridisation." Sec ordered.

"Come on Rita time for us to say hello to the human Dalek" he raised his brows and quietly walking away, Rita followed and they both hid behind some equipment in the laboratory.

"Leave me alone! Don't you dare!" They heard the cries of Martha as the pigmen grabbed her and the other humans to be taken away.

The Doctor tuned in a radio he had found which then began to play 'Happy Days are Here Again'

"What is that sound?" Sec demanded.

"Ah, well, now, that would be us." The Doctor popped out from behind the equipment and placed the radio down by a Bunsen burner. He and Rita then walked up to Sec.

"Hello. Surprise. Boo. Et cetera." The Doctor waved.

"Dalek Sec, not so Dalek anymore I see" Rita looked up and down at the creature in front of her.

"Doctor. Stone" Sec identified them.

"The enemies of the Daleks." A Dalek shouted.

"Exterminate!" Another cried.

Sec then held up his arm in protest and shouted at them all. "Wait!"

"Well, then. A new form of Dalek. Fascinating and very clever." The Doctor noted looking slightly surprised at what he had just heard.

"Yes, I agree" Rita hummed. "Interesting"

"The Cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter," Sec told them both.

"You did have it coming, trying to take the Earth and all." Rita reminded them

"How did you end up in 1930?" The Doctor asked looking around at the other three Daleks.

"Emergency temporal shift."

"Oh, that must have roasted up your power cells, huh?" The Doctor laughed at them. "Four Daleks could have conquered the world, but instead you're skulking away, hidden in the dark, experimenting. All of which results in you." He landed his gaze on Dalek Sec after looking around the Laboratory.

"I have to say though, you have done well for yourself. Oh, I would be proud, if you weren't Pepper pots" Rita hissed at them looking in one of the Daleks eye stalks.

"I am Dalek in human form." Sec told them diverting Rita's attention off of what was lying on the tables.

"What does it feel like? You can talk to us, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn't it? That's your name? You've got a name and a mind of your own. Tell us what you're thinking right now." He asked leaning closer to him.

"I feel humanity." Sec answered then turned away from the Time Lords.

"Good. That's good."

"But what do you feel?" Rita pressed on.

"I feel everything we wanted from mankind, which is ambition, hatred, aggression and war. Such a genius for war."

"Oh I'm disappointed now, that's definitely something I feel against you pepper pots, Dalek Sec you could be so much more, but here you are feeling exactly the same as you did in that metal shell, but this time you have it mixed up with humanity because you are so far off from humanity." She finished waving her hands about.

"And that's not what humanity means." The Doctor added.

"I think it does. At heart, this species is so very Dalek." Sec protested against them.

"All right, so what have you achieved then, with this Final Experiment, eh? Nothing! Because I can show you what you're missing with this thing." He pointed at what he brought in earlier. "A simple little radio."

"What is the purpose of that device?" A Dalek demanded to know.

"Well, exactly. It plays music. What's the point of that? Oh, with music, you can dance to it, sing with it, fall in love to it." He said in a Daleks eye stalk.

"That is unless you're a Dalek of course," Rita added.

"Then it's all just noise." The Doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver at the little radio which then emitted a shriek which caused Sec, the Daleks and pigmen pain. "Run!" He shouted to them all took Rita's hand and then ran out with the other prisoners

"Protect the hybrid!" A Dalek screeched.

"Protect. Protect. Protect." The other two screamed as the Doctor, Rita, Martha and the prisoners ran back to the tunnels.

They sprinted through running as fast as possible. "Come on! Move, move, move, move, move!" The Doctor shouted to all of them. They then saw Tallulah standing there confused.

"Tallulah!" Rita shouted. "Come on!"

"What's happened to Laszlo?" She cried out as Martha dragged her away. The Doctor with Rita then lead everyone to a ladder. "Stone go!" He ordered as she stood behind. 

"Not until I see you behind me, Doctor!" She shouted as everyone climbed up the ladder

After everyone climbed up so did Rita and the Doctor. Rita pushed the cover back on and gave it a quick sonic to lock after breathing deeply.

"You okay?" The Doctor gave her a quick hug and she nodded.

"I'm fine" she smiled at him. "Hooverville is going to get attacked and we have to get back. The Daleks will be looking for us." She told the Doctor who nodded and they began to head back with the escaped prisoners. "Martha are you okay?" Rita walked up to the woman who looked very scared and afraid as they trudged back to Hooverville.

"How do you two stay so calm?" She blurted out quietly to Rita and then looked over to the Doctor not listing in front.

"That's the thing" Rita sighed. "We don't stay calm." Martha looked at the Time Lady confused, trying to understand what she meant. "I'm going to tell you something, something only the Doctor knows. You cannot tell a soul Martha" she said quietly. Martha nodded her face blank yet showing trust. "A few days before the city I lived in fell and the war ended my parents died." Martha's face fell hearing the hurt in the Time Lady's voice. "And I watched them die. The screams, sometimes I still hear their painful agonising screams begging to be spared. I didn't agree with everything they said, my parents, but hearing those screams changed something. It changed a lot, he taught me a lot" her gaze shifted over to the Doctor walking in front oblivious to the two's conversation. "We're not 'calm', at least I'm not because I'm terrified and every time I step in front of a Dalek my hearts feel like they will explode with so much pain and hatred, but then I remember what happened to my planet. If I don't stop them then who else will?" She rhetorically asked. "The Doctor could easily, but sometimes he can't do it alone no matter how much he thinks he can, he can't." She sighed finishing. "I'm not calm Martha I just do a bloody good job of looking like I am." Martha gave out a small watery laugh. Not even realising that her eyes were glassy with tears forming in her eyes. "Oh, Martha" Rita gave her a hug as they walked into Hooverville. Martha then wiped her eyes and gave another small smile to the Time Lady while they both with the Doctor tried to find Solomon to explain what was going on.

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"These Daleks, they sound like the stuff of nightmares. And they want to breed?" Solomon asked after the Doctor and Rita explained everything to him.

"They're splicing themselves onto human bodies, and if we're right, they've got a farm of breeding stock right here in Hooverville. You've got to get everyone out." The Doctor told him.

"Hooverville's the lowest place a man can fall. There's nowhere else to go." Solomon shook his head at them.

"I'm sorry, Solomon." The Doctor looked at him pleading. "You've got to scatter. Go anywhere. Down to the railroads, travel across state. Just get out of New York."

"There's got to be a way to reason with these things." Solomon protested.

"There's not a chance," Martha explained and Frank backed her up. "You ain't seen them, boss."

"Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now they're vulnerable. That makes them more dangerous than ever." The Doctor looked at Rita who nodded in agreement with what he was saying. They shot their heads in the direction of a whistle being blown and heard a man shouting: "They're coming! They're coming!"

"A sentry. He must have seen something." Solomon guessed.

"They're here! I've seen them! Monsters! They're monsters!"

"It's already started," Rita muttered looking at the Doctor.

"We're under attack! Everyone to arms!" Solomon then ran around shouting at his men who ran and grabbed rifles.

"I'm ready, boss, but all of you, find a weapon! Use anything." Frank shouted. Most people ran back to the now huddled group, however, some of those ran away in hope of escaping.

"Come back!" Solomon shouted. "We've got to stick together! It's not safe out there! Come back!"

"We need to get out of the park." Martha cried as she saw pigmen run into the area and start to grab people who were stray from the group.

"Oh, Martha" Rita gave her a hug. "They're on all sides and are driving everyone back towards us."

"We're trapped." Tallulah cried. The Doctor moved slightly and grasped hold of Rita's hand while standing beside Martha

"Then we stand together. Gather round. Everybody come to me. You there, Jethro, Harry, Seamus, stay together." Solomon ordered and the huddled group then formed a circle facing outwards. "They can't take all of us."

"If we can just hold them off till daylight." Martha suggested.

"Martha, they're just the foot soldiers." The Doctor looked up. A Dalek flew across the sky heading towards the group.

"Oh, my God." Martha gasped.

"Pepperpots." Rita gritted her teeth.

"What in this world is..." Solomon looked at the Dalek.

A man then shouted. "It's the devil. A devil in the sky. God save us all. It's damnation."

Frank pointed his gun up. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that!" He shouted and fired his shotgun on it. The Doctor and Rita jumped forward hitting his gun down.

"That's not going to work."

"I should know" Rita gritted her teeth staring up at it no longer feeling that scared with it turning into anger. Anger for everything every bloody Dalek had done.

"There's more than one of them." Martha gasped noticing another Dalek fly up next to the other. They then start to fire their weapons blowing up tents and creating mass fires

"The humans will surrender." A Dalek ordered after they had finished firing.

"Leave them alone. They've done nothing to you!" The Doctor stepped forward shouting at the Daleks.

"Doctor!" Rita shouted running forward and standing beside him. "Pepperpots" she looked up hissing at the Daleks. "You don't like it when I call you that do you?" She asked. "Leave them alone then!" She shouted her eyes burning with rage. The Doctor looked at her for a moment and slightly stepped away knowing how angry she could get. Honestly with how angry she could be 'the oncoming storm' made the Doctor look like a minor storm compared to a hurricane.

Solomon then stepped forward himself and the Doctor warned him to step back: "No, Solomon. Stay back. Stone move back."

"I'm going nowhere." Rita told the Doctor not looking away from the deadly stare she was giving the Daleks.

Solomon continued to ignore the Doctor and stepped forward even more. "I'm told that I'm addressing the Daleks. Is that right?" He paused for a moment then continued. "From what I hear, you're outcasts too."

"Solomon, don't!" The Doctor warned.

"Solomon I would get back. You have no idea what you're dealing with." Rita warned her eyes still locked on the Daleks above.

"Doctor, Stone this is my township you will respect my authority. Just let me try. Daleks, ain't we all the same underneath, ain't we all kin?" He asked and slowly lowered his rifle while raising his hands. Right. See, I've just discovered this past day, God's universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was. And that scares me. Oh yeah, terrifies me right down to the bone. But surely it's got to give me hope." He then swallowed. "Hope that maybe together we can make a better tomorrow. So, I beg you now, if you have any compassion in your hearts, then you'll meet with us and stop this fight. Well? What do you say?" He asked. There was a moment silence before the word the Daleks love to say a little too much screamed.

"Exterminate!" It shot at Solomon and a burst of green energy hit him as he cried out in pain then dropped to the ground dead.

"No! Solomon!" Frank cried running over to him.

"They killed him. They just shot him on the spot." Martha cried out not believing what she had seen.

"Daleks!" The Doctor shouted. "All right, so it's my turn! Then kill me! Kill me if it'll stop you attacking these people!" He started to hit himself on the chest. Rita's eyes widened and she flinched seeing him like this demanding to be killed.

"I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemy."

"No! Doctor!" Rita shouted. "If you kill him then you kill me as well!" She shouted. The Doctor turned to her then looked over at Frank who got the message and pulled the Time Lady away. "No!" She cried out trying to fight him off. "Doctor!"

"Then do it!" The Doctor continued shouting at the Dalek again. "Do it! Just do it! Do it!"

The Stone closed her eyes and looked away. A tear slipping down her cheek. "Extermin-" it then stopped, Rita, blinked tears now streaming down her face. The Doctor also opened his eyes confused as to what was going on. "I do not understand... It is the Doctor." The Dalek said. "The urge to kill is too strong." Rita looked between the Doctor and the Dalek. "I- obey."

"What's going on?" The Doctor shouted. Rita then took the opportunity to run up to the Doctor tightening him into a hug after escaping Franks grip. "Theta." she squeezed her eyes shut tightening her grip on his coat. He wrapped his arm around her in comfort as more tears escaped her eyes as he stared up at the Dalek. "When this is all over I am so going to kill you"

"You and the Stone will follow." The Dalek stated.

Martha ran forward in protest. "No! You can't go." She shouted.

"We've got to go." He looked down at Rita, he couldn't leave her here alone knowing that the Daleks could get her at any moment. "The Daleks just changed their minds. Daleks never change their minds." He told her his arm still wrapped around Rita, her head on his shoulder tears still slowly leaving her eyes.

"But what about us?" Martha asked. The Doctor turned and saw the terrified look on all of the human's faces. He then turned back to the Dalek and shouted.

"One condition! If we come with you, you spare the lives of everyone here! Do you hear me!" He shouted then felt Rita flinch no doubt being reminded of what just happened. "Rita I'm fine" he promised her. "I'm here, I'm alive"

"For now, until you go and be an idiot and demand to be killed again." She coldly snapped at him yet still held on to his coat with her head on his shoulder.

"Stone, I'm sorry"

After a moment the Dalek then replied. "Humans will be spared. Doctor, Stone follow."

"Then I'm coming with you two." Martha stepped forward again.

"Martha no" Rita looked back. She noticed the woman swallow, most likely at the complete state she was in, Rita didn't want to be the last one, she didn't want him to be the last either. "You can help the people Martha, he may be the Doctor but you are a Doctor... sort of."

"Let us go. Oh, and can I just say, thank you very much." He then took her hand in his and winked at her then took Rita's hand and left with the Daleks. Martha looked down discreetly and noticed the psychic paper was in her hand.

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They walked for a while until the Doctor telepathically spoke with the brunette seeing how distant she was being. "Rita I said I am sorry"

"Sometimes sorry isn't good enough!" She snapped narrowing her eyes at him. "They were going to kill you! You wanted them to kill you!" She sighed a tear escaping her eye again. "I can't be the last, I don't want to be the last because I will be on my own. And I don't want to be."

"Rita you won't be alone, you have the TARDIS and Martha-"

"But who else is there?" She asked cutting him off. "Whole universe and whose the only friend who actually understands me? You, apart from that I have no one else. You have got to stop because one day they won't and I will be left all alone!" He flinched at her words as they walked.

"I- I'm sorry" he looked down. "Really sorry" he then nudged her a little gaining her attention as she aimlessly walked on she then softly smiled knowing he truly meant it this time, she couldn't stay mad. The one Time Lord who was her best friend, the only one left in the entire universe, she couldn't stay mad at him even if she wanted to. "I know."

"Thank you." he returned the smile and wrapped an arm around her waist Feeling her flinch slightly he went to move away realising what he had done, but then she moved a little closer to him as they walked.

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"Those people were defenceless!" The Doctor shouted letting go of Rita and storming up to Sec shouting and hollering at him. "You only wanted us, but no, that wasn't enough for you. You had to start killing because that's the only thing a Dalek's good for."

Sec just looked at him then at the brunette before calmly replying. "The deaths were wrong."

The Time Lords blinked and Rita stepped forward beside the Doctor. "Excuse me?" She looked at him.

"That man, their leader, Solomon. He showed courage." Sec explained.

"And that's good?" The Doctor asked.

"That's excellent."

"Okay they are really terrifying me now" Rita admitted and the Doctor took her hand.

"Is it me or are you just becoming a little bit more... human?" The Doctor asked Sec.

"You two are the last of your kind, and now I am the first of mine." Sec looked between them both.

"What do you actually want us for?" Rita asked not understanding her part in the situation.

"We tried everything to survive when we found ourselves stranded in this ignorant age. First, we tried growing new Dalek embryos, but their flesh was too weak."

"Yeah, we found one of your experiments. Just left to die out there in the dark."

"That sounds more Dalek-like to me." Rita stared hissing.

"It forced us to conclude what is the greatest resource of this planet. It's people." Sec then threw a breaker switch and lights above the Time Lords turned on showing what looked like human sized tables above, millions.

He then brought down one of the tables for inspection explaining as it lowered.

"We stole them. We stole human beings for our purpose. Look inside." He gestured the Doctor and Rita moved over. Removing his hand from hers the Doctor slowly uncovered the face of what was a man who looked, empty. Cold, pale and empty. "This is the true extent of the Final Experiment," Sec admitted.

"Is he dead?" The Doctor asked the one question on the brunette's mind when she first set eyes on the poor human.

"Near death, with his mind wiped, ready to be filled with new ideas."

"The ideas of the pepper pots" Rita hissed at Sec again.

"The Human Dalek race." Sec corrected her not understanding just like the Doctor where she got 'pepper pots' from. She had never explained it but he knew it was what she called the Daleks. Mostly when she was mocking them.

"All of these people. How many?" The Doctor questioned looking at Sec.

"We have caverns beyond this storing more than a thousand."

"Is there any way to restore them? Make them human again?"

"Everything they were has been lost."

"So they are just empty shells waiting to be filled with hatred." Rita spat.

The Doctor then added on to her comment. "You've got empty human beings ready to be converted. That's going to take a hell of a lot of power. This planet hasn't even split the atom yet. How're you going to do it?" He then asked intrigued by what Sec's response would be.

"Open the conductor plan." He walked over to a screen which lit up. The Doctor and Rita followed interested in the Dalek's plans

The Empire State Building then appeared on the screen "Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Empire State Building. We're right underneath that. We worked that out already, thanks." He nodded over to Rita. "But what, you've hijacked the whole building?"

"We needed an energy conductor."

"What for?" He asked.

"I am the genetic template." He explained and the screen changed to show what looked like human DNA and Dalek DNA beside each other before it broke and the two became one. "My altered DNA was to be administered to each human body. A strong enough blast of gamma radiation can splice the Dalek and human genetic codes, and waken each body from its sleep." The Doctor and Rita frowned.

"Gamma radiation?" Rita looked at him then the screen which changed to show the sun. "You want to use the Earth-sun" Rita nodded.

"Soon the greatest solar flare for a thousand years will hit the Earth. Gamma radiation will be drawn to the energy conductor and when it strikes-"

"The army wakes." He said over Sec. "I still don't know what you need us for."

"Neither do I" Rita admitted.

"Your geniuses. Consider a pure Dalek, intelligent but emotionless." The Doctor and Rita nodded at each other.

"But, if I remember correctly." Rita started to walk around the three Daleks and then stood in front of Sec. "Didn't your all great and mighty creator think that removing emotions made you stronger. That is what your creator said all those years ago. One of the things I remember."

"He was wrong." She looked at him blinking for a moment then frowned as the Doctor spoke up. "He was what?"

"It makes us lesser than our enemies. We must return to the flesh, and also the heart."

"But you wouldn't be the supreme beings anymore." The Doctor told Sec who nodded in understanding.

"And that is good."

"That is incorrect." A Dalek then said.

"Daleks are supreme."

Sec shook his head. "No, not anymore."

"But that is our purpose."

"This is certainly interesting to watch. Daleks arguing with their own creation. Guess they didn't look at results for this when experimenting." Rita telepathically said to the Doctor who nodded at her agreeing.

"Then our purpose is wrong." Sec interrupted. "Where has our quest for supremacy led us? To this. Hiding in the sewers on a primitive world, just four of us left. If we do not change now then we deserve extinction."

"So you want to change everything that makes a Dalek a Dalek." The Doctor realised

"If the both of you can help me," Sec asked.

"Okay did a Dalek just ask for our help?"

"I believe he did Rita."

"The universe still amazes me." she hummed.

"Both of your knowledge of genetic engineering is even greater than ours. The new race must be ready by the time the solar flare erupts." Sec continued.

"But you're the template. I thought they were getting a dose of you." The Doctor raised a brow.

"I want to change the gene sequence." Rita's brows raised even further than they already were.

"To make them even more human?" The Doctor guessed.

"Humans are the great survivors. We need that ability."

"Hold on a minute. There's no way this lot are going to let you do it." The Doctor gestured over to the three other Daleks in the room.

"I am their leader," Sec stated.

"And for you, that is good enough, 'I'm the leader they will listen to me no matter what yippee'" she waved her arms and jumped around.

"Daleks must follow orders." A Dalek answered.

"Dalek Sec commands, we obey."

"If you two don't help me, nothing will change."

"There's no room on Earth for another race of people." The Doctor told him.

"You have your TARDIS. Take us across the stars. Find us a new home and allow the new Daleks to start again."

"You know, Sec looking less like a pepper pot is more human than I thought, this could actually work"

"Let's not get our hopes up too fast Rita."

"Right, good point" she nodded. "Now Sec please do tell me when's that solar flare?" She asked.

"Eleven minutes."

"Right then. Better get to work." The Doctor gestured for Rita who nodded and followed. They began to mix solutions together hoping to give Sec what he wanted for the 'new Daleks'.

"There's no point in chromosomal grafting, it's too erratic." The Doctor explained.

"You have to split the genome and force the Dalek-human sequence right into the cortex," Rita added.

"We need more chromatin solution," Sec stated.

"The pig slaves have it." A Dalek informed and a group of pigmen including Laszlo carried a large crate in.

"These pig slaves, what happens to them in the grand plan?" The Doctor asked.

"Nothing. They're just simple beasts. Their lifespan is limited. None survive beyond a few weeks." Sec explained then ordered. "Power up the line feeds." Rita continued to aid Sec closely watch the conversation the Doctor was having with Laszlo in the process.

"Laszlo, I can't undo what they've done to you, but they won't do it to anyone else." The Doctor promised.

"Do you trust him?" He asked.

"I know that one man can change the course of history. Right idea in the right place at the right time, it's all it takes. The Stone must think it's possible otherwise she wouldn't help. I've got to believe it's possible too." He whispered then nodded to Rita seeing she was listening to them.

"The line feeds are ready." A Dalek stated.

"Then it's all systems go, Stone?"

"Already doing it." she replied moving over to help the Doctor who held a large syringe.

"The solar flare is imminent. The radiation will reach Earth in a matter of minutes." Sec informed them

"We'll be ready for it." The Doctor promised.

The Doctor then filled the syringe as Rita helped then placed it in a brass cylinder. "That compound will allow the gene bonds to reconfigure in a brand new pattern. Brand new Daleks. Never thought I would ever say that." Rita chuckled.

"Power up!" The Doctor shouted and the pigmen threw up the set of breaks.

"Start the line feeds." Said Sec as the blue liquid travelled up the plastic tubes into all of the bodies above.

"I hope this works otherwise we're in trouble," Rita told the Doctor.

"So do I." "There goes the gene solution." He said.

"The lifeblood." Sec watched as it travelled up.

A klaxon then sounded and a red light emitted in the room flashing. "What's that?" The Doctor asked running over to see what was wrong.

"What's happening?" Sec asked looking at the Daleks. "Is there a malfunction? Answer me!" He ordered

"Pepperpots!" Rita shouted running over to the Doctor.

"No, no, no. The gene feed!" He shouted. "They're overriding the gene feed!"

"Impossible. They cannot disobey orders."

"The Doctor and the Stone will step away from the controls." The Daleks turned to them and the Doctor grabbed Rita's hand stepping away with her.

"Stop! You will not fire." Sec shouted trying to order them.

"They are enemies of the Daleks." It screamed.

Another then added: "and so are you." Before pointing its gun at Sec.

"I am your commander. I am Dalek Sec!" He shouted to them.

"You have lost your authority."

"You are no longer a Dalek."

"What have you done with the gene feed?!" The Doctor shouted.

"The new bodies will be one hundred percent Dalek."

"No. You can't do this!" Sec shouted at them.

"Pig slaves, restrain Dalek Sec, the Doctor and Stone." A Dalek ordered. Laszlo grabbed the Doctor as he forced Rita behind him now standing between him and Laszlo.

"Release me. I created you. I am your master." Sec ordered the Daleks.

Another alarm then sounded. "Solar flare approaching." A Dalek shouted.

"Prepare to intercept."

"There's the lift." Laszlo whispered to them both.

"After you." He told Laszlo taking hold of Rita's hand again. The three ran to the lift, the Doctor forced the doors open with his sonic screwdriver and they ran in.

"The Doctor and the Stone are escaping. Stop them! Stop them!" A Dalek screamed, the pigmen then ran after them and Rita used her sonic on the doors which then shut, the then pointed it above and the lift started to travel upwards.

"Have I ever mention how much I love my sonic?" Rita asked twirling it round in her fingers.

"I don't think you have," the Doctor told her. "Anyway, we've only got minutes before the gamma radiation reaches the Earth. We need to get to the top of the building." He explained then noticed Laszlo panting out of breath leaning against the wall. "Laszlo, what's wrong?"

"Out of breath." He panted. "It's nothing. We've escaped them, Doctor. That's all that matters."