A/N: I do not own Doctor Who

Chapter 19: Turned Tables

"If Hannah's in a Dalek prison camp...then why aren't you?" - The Doctor

Amy groaned out loud, turning her eyes to the ky as she shook her head in disbelief, "Oh, you've got to be kidding."

"'fraid not darling." Carrick smirked, seeming unworried by the gun in his face, for a fleeting second Amy wondered if he knew it was a fake.

"Look can't you just drop it?" Amy bit, eyes glancing to the very real gun pointed at her. It was some sort of alien weapon, with lots of lights and gadgets on it. She didn't know if it was a stunner or shooter, but either way it would probably be painful.

Carrick sighed, "Look, I dunno what it is you did-"

"That makes two of us."

"-But whatever it was, you made some very powerful enemies. And they're not giving up."

"Story of my life." Amy mumbled to herself, before looking back at Carrick, "Well I've got a gun, you've got a gun. Now why don't we just drop them and talk like grown ups."

"Nah." Carrick smirked, powering up his weapon, "I'm good."

Amy shook her head, "How the hell do you keep popping up anyways? We don't ever plan where we're going we just…." She trailed off as she thought of something, and cursed, "The Time Ripples"

"Spot on." He chuckled, "Giant 'Amelia was Here' sign."

Amy grumbled, "See I knew we should have left, but does he ever listen to me?"

"That would be this Doctor, right?"

Amy paused, narrowing her eyes at him, "Am I supposed to be impressed that you know what he's called?"

"No." Carrick smirked, "But maybe you'll be pleased to know that we've met."

"What?" Amy frowned, letting her grip on the prop gun loosen as she lowered it. Then a second later she raised it back up, "When."

He raised an eyebrow, "So little trust in your travelling companion."

"Rule one." Amy spat. "The Doctor lies. I've got no doubt he's run into your before, especially since you're tailing me."

"New Earth." Carrick replied after a moment debate.

Amy wrinkled her nose at the memory, "I gave him a description of you, told him about your eyes."

The pitch black that made up his eyes faded away until a pair of pale blue human eyes looked back at her, "You mean these eyes?"

Amy winced, "That's new."

"There's a lot about my race you don't know, human." He glared and his eyes faded back into the eerie black, "Now you've been evaded me for to long, it's time to go."

Amy snorted, "I'm not going anywhere with you."

Carrick approached until the butt of his gun was pressed against Amy's forehead, she winced, realizing her schtick with the fake gun was up.

"I'm afraid you won't have a choice."

The Doctor pressed a stethoscope against the blob, listening carefully as he tried to ignore the sounds of the dancing and singing echoing around him.

He frowned, looking at the DNA scanner, "Fundamental DNA type 467-989. 989..." His hearts jumped to his throat and all the blood drained from his face, "Hold on, that means planet of origin."

He sounds of the dancing faded away as he looked at the blob in a new light. Nothing existed in the world except for the rapid four beats of his hearts and the sounds coming from the blob.

"Skaro!"

Without another word he jumped up and ran off. He needed to find Amy and Martha.

He ran back stage where Tallulah was talking with some of the other dancing girls. He ran up to her, his eyes wide with terror.

"Where are they?" He questioned her, "Where's Martha and Amy?"

Tallulah shrugged, "Amy was in one of the back off dressing rooms. Martha ran off the stage, no idea where either of them went."

No, no, no, no, no, no. He could feel the possibilities running through his mind and he was on the verge of panic. He couldn't lose them, not so soon. Not after Rose.

Then down the hall, a loud piecing scream echoed.

The Doctor recognized it and his blood ran cold, "Martha!"

When the loud scream echoed through the hall Amy ignored the gun to her forehead and whipped around, her eyes wide, "Martha!?"

"Ah, ah, ah!" Carrick pushed the gun further into her head, "Don't move!"

Amy hesitated. She didn't want to get shot, but it was obvious that whatever had gotten Lazlo had probably just gotten ahold of Martha.

"Look." She said slowly, turning around to face him again, "There's something happening here, alright. Something...alien."

"Not my problem."

"I-"

Amy was interrupted by Carrick slamming his hand on her mouth, twisting her body and yanking her into a crevice in the wall. It was a very tight fit and she was squished very uncomfortably against him.

She grunted, hitting his shoulder, trying to get him to let her go. But he barely even noticed her, instead shushing her harshly as he peered into the hall.

"Don't shush me!" She hissed through his hand, but something in his eyes made her pause..

What was going on? A second ago this man was ready to haul her to his ship like a sack of potatoes, and now they were pressed into a crevice, hiding.

She slapped his hands away from her face, "Hands off Rambo."

He sent her a look which quickly made her quiet down.

"What is it?" Her voice was barely a breath.

He leaned out of the crevice, then quickly shot back. He had a look of actual fear on his face.

"Daleks."

Amy paled, her hands a little shaky as the mechanical sounds of the Daleks started to come down the hall.

"Life signs detected."

Carrick cursed, but didn't move. Amy wondered if he'd actually come into contact with Daleks before. Most people run when faced with the mass-murdering aliens. But Carrick just sat there, knowing hey would either go undiscovered, or die.

Amy watched as the Dalek form went along the hall, stopping right outside where they were hiding.

"Life signs found."

"Shit." Carrick cursed, tensing up.

"They will be taken for the final experiment."

Amy startled at that, her eyebrows pinched. This was new. Daleks didn't take prisoners, and she didn't exactly like the sound of 'experiment'.

She turned to Carrick, "Any chance that fancy blaster works on Daleks?"

He shook his head, "And I doubt your human weapon will."

Amy nodded, then slowly raised her hands up in a form of surrender, Carrick doing this same.

The Doctor dropped into the sewers, looking around with a frown.

A splash behind him made him turn and he frowned, "No, no, no, no, no way. You're not coming."

Tallulah glared, "Tell me what's going on!"

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

Tallulah squared her shoulders stubbornly, "Look, whoever's taken Martha, they could've taken Lazlo, couldn't they."

The Doctor growled inwardly. He couldn't deal with this right now. Whatever was down here had taken Martha and Amy was missing. "Tallulah, you're not safe down here."

"Then that's my problem!" She snapped back at him, and he fought back a grin at her persistence, "Come on. Which way."

She stormed down the tunnel and turned down the tunnel to the left.

The Doctor sighed, "This way."

He went down the tunnel in front of them, and Tallulah followed after him.

Amy and Carrick were led by the Dalek until a small group of pig men came from the shadows.

"Take these with the others."

Amy went without fighting, knowing that it would just waste her strength.

They were brought into another tunnel where there was a line of humans being marched. The Pig men grabbed them and forced them into the back of the line.

"Amy?"

Amy looked up and saw Martha right in front of her, walking forward. "Oh, hello Martha, Fancy seeing you here."

Martha nodded, looking like she was barely keeping it together. She noticed Carrick and swallowed, "Who's that."

"Don't acknowledge him." Amy said quickly, "You'll just encourage him."

Carrick rolled his eyes. Well at least she assumed he did.

"Franks alive too." Martha motioned to the boy in front of her, who gave Amy a weak smile.

"Where are they taking us?"

Martha shook her head, "I have no idea."

Tallulah and the Doctor walked through the dank of the sewer.

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

"Shh." The Doctor held up a hand, listening carefully. Daleks weren't known for being particularly stealthy, so he should be able to hear them before they notice him

"Okay, okay."

The Doctor heard the sound of machinery and panicked, "Shh, shh, shh..."

He pushed him and Tallulah back into the shadows, clinging to the wall of the sewer. He set his sonic to confuse the Daleks scanner, so they wouldn't be noticed.

"I mean." Tallulah hadn't noticed the danger, "You're handsome and all-"

He put his hand over her mouth and pulled her further back into the tunnel and into a recess. They waited, the Doctor's hearts beating insanely as they watched the Daleks come into view, then vanish.

"No, no, no, no, no, no." The Doctor hissed, "They survived. They always survive while I lose everything."

"That metal thing." Tallulah's voice shook, "What was it?"

The Doctor winced, "It's called a Dalek. And it's not just metal, it's alive."

Tallulah laughed, "You're kidding me."

"Does it look like I'm kidding!" The Doctor snapped, before letting out a breath, trying to calm down. He turned to look at her, "Inside that shell is a creature born to hate, whose only thought is to destroy everything and everyone that isn't a Dalek. It won't stop until it's killed every human being alive."

"But...if it's not a human being, that kinda implies it's from outer space."

The Doctor sent her a look.

Tallulah swallowed, "Yet again, that's a 'no' with the kidding. Boy...well what's it doing here in, in New York?"

The Doctor frowned, "That's what we're here to find out."

"What are they keeping us here for?" Frank asked.

Amy shook her head, not entirely sure. The pig creatures had led them here a while ago and now they were just waiting for something.

"I don't know." Martha whispered, "I've just got a nasty feeling that we're being kept in the larder."

All of the pig guards started to squeal loudly, looking around nervously.

"What're they doing?" Frank looked scared, "What's wrong? What'd wrong."

The low whirl of machinery echoed throughout the tunnel and Carrick stiffed beside Amy. She swallowed and turned to watch the Dalek stream into the room.

"Silence! Silence!"

Martha gasped, "What the hell is that."

Amy shook her head at Martha, quietly telling her to stay quiet. There would be a time to fight, but right now they needed to remain unknown, and informing the Daleks that they knew about them would be a bad thing.

Amy turned to Carrick, "Now would be a good time to use your human eyes."

Carrick sent her a strange look, but then black faded until the blue eyes were there. He still looked otherworldly, but he could pass as human if he needed too.

"You will form a line!" The Daleks shook, "Move!"

Amy grunted as the pig men pushed her into a line. Carrick looked a bit annoyed that he was placed in front of Amy, where he couldn't keep an eye on her. Amy kind of wished he was behind her, as instead she was just out of reach of the Daleks gun, which almost pressed into her back

"Just do what it says." Martha called, wisely, "Everyone, okay? Just obey."

"The female is wise. Obey!"

More sound of mechanics brought Amy's attention to the left, where a second Dalek ha strolled in.

She winced. So there was more than one of them, great just what they needed. She didn't even want to think about the Doctor's reaction when he found out about them, especially since it was so soon after Canary Wharf.

"Report!" The Second Dalek screamed.

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

"Dalek?" Martha repeated, her eyes going wide as the Doctor words from New New York came back to her. She turned to look at Amy, begging for confirmation. Amy could only nod back.

She also couldn't help but notice the way Carrick's disguised Human eyes were following the Daleks with a hatred that she'd only ever seen in the Doctor's eyes. Obviously he knew who they were, which made Amy even more curious.

Memory of the Daleks seemed to have been whipped from the collective memory of time. The people on the Game Station had thought them dead, a myth even. They wouldn't have been able to recognize a Dalek if it was in front of them.

But Carrick knew them, even more he hated them. Not a normal hatred either. Amy hated the Daleks, but Carrick loathed them, personally.

"What is the status of the final experiment." The first Dalek brought Amy back to the present.

"The Dalekanium is in place. The Energy conductor is now complete."

Amy didn't know what was worse, the fact that the Daleks had set up an energy conductor, or what the energy conductor was for. Whatever it was it couldn't be good.

Obviously Carrick agreed with her, as his entire body stiffened.

"Then I will extract prisoners for selection."

"Oh that doesn't sound good." Amy groaned.

One of the Pig Men grabbed a black man at the front of the line and dragged him forward. The Daleks went over to him.

"Intelligence scan. Initiate. Reading Brain Waves. Low Intelligence."

The Man bristled at that, "You calling me stupid?"

"This one will become a Pig slave."

Amy couldn't watch as the Pig men dragged the screaming man away, and the Daleks moved forward in line.

Amy leaned over to Carrick, "Will they detect that you're not human?"

Carrick looked over at the Dalek, "Maybe. It might not care though. What's it matter anyway."

Amy glared, "You might be an ass, and you might be trying to arrest me, but I wouldn't wish the Daleks on my worst enemy." She paused a moment, thinking about Madame Kovarian, "Well, maybe my worst enemy. But you don't rank that high."

Carrick snorted, "Thanks."

Amy paused, "I think I might know a way to confuse the scanner."

"Confuse a Dalek scanner?" Carrick snorted.

Amy bit the inside of her cheek, thinking back to Royal Hope Hospital. The Daleks had no concept of physical touch. It might just be enough.

"It just might." She nodded, "But you're not gonna like I." Neither was she.

"What?" He looked genuinely confused.

Instead of answering Amy grabbed his face and planted a messy kiss on his lips, pulling away and quickly whipping it off her face.

His face was pinched up in disgust, "What the -"

"Don't wipe it off!" Amy growled, slapping his hand away.

He glared at her, "I have your human spittle all over my mouth! You probably gave me a disease. Humans!"

"Arse." Amy growled, "You'll thank me later."

The Dalek came up to Frank and scanned him. Amy could see Frank shaking slightly as he awaited the results, "Superior Intelligence."

It turned to Martha.

"Intelligence scan. Initiate. Superior Intelligence. This one will become part of the final Experiment."

Martha glared, "You can't just experiment on people! It's insane! It inhuman!"

"We are not human!"

The Dalek moved past Martha and put it's scanner on Carrick, "Intelligence scan. Superior Intelligence."

The Dalek paused and Amy thought for sure they'd been made. But then a second later it moved onto Amy.

She let out a breath of relief as the Dalek scanned her. Carrick may be an ass, but she didn't want him to die.

"Intelligence Scan. Initiate. Superior Intelligence."

Amy let out a breath, worried for a moment that she was about to become a pig slave. The Dalek turned to it's partner.

"Prisoners of High Intelligence will be taken to the transgenic laboratory."

Amy watched as a dark figure moved between her and Carrick, and her eyes widened as she recognized the tan jacket.

"Just keep walking." The Doctor whispered.

Martha let out a breath as she recognized his voice, "I'm so glad to see you."

"Yeah, well, you can kiss me later. You too, Frank, if you want." The Doctor narrowed his eyes at the figure in front of him, "Fancy seeing you here Harland."

"Harland?" Amy mouthed, a faint memory digging at her mind.

"Hello there Doctor." Carrick sounded less than pleased to see him.

"Let me guess." The doctor grumbled, "The Time Ripples?"

"You knew?" Amy hissed, "I told you we should have left!"

"Well, it's looking like it's a good idea we didn't." The Doctor defended, glaring at the Daleks. He turned to Carrick, "Can I count on your cooperation."

Carrick's jaw stiffened, "For now."

"So, we're...working together?" Amy frowned.

Carrick smirked at her, menacingly, "For now."

"Report!" One of the Daleks screamed as they were brought into the room.

"Dalek Sec is in the final stage of evolution."

"Sec?" Amy whispered to the Doctor, and he flinched.

"Scan him. Prepare for birth."

"Evolution." The Doctor muttered to himself.

"What's wrong with old Charlie boy over there." Martha asked, pointing to a Dalek in the centre of the room that had smoke and sparks flying off of it.

"Ask them." The Doctor ordered,

Martha gapped at him, "What?"

"Look, Carrick's not Human, Franks just a kid, They would notice Amy as the Cause of the Ripples in a second if she were to stand out, and I don't exactly want to get noticed…" The Doctor listed off, "Ask them what's going on."

Martha let in a deep breathe, hesitating a for moments before she took a shaky step forward. Amy moved as well, wanting to be able to grab her should the Daleks start shooting, but Carrick gripped her arm.

"Don't think so." He growled, "I'm not letting you out of my site."

Amy shook him off, rolling her eyes as she focused on the shaking form of Martha.

"Daleks!" She shouted, sounded braver than she must've felt, "I demand to be told. What is the Final Experiment?" She paused, then added, "Report!"

The Daleks turned to her, "You will bear witness."

Martha frowned, "To what?"

"This is the dawn of a new age."

Amy winced, that didn't sound good at all. Martha looked at them with similar hesitant eyes, "What does that mean?"

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

Amy jumped as the smoking Dalek sparked, then powered down. Everyone in the room watched with bated breath and the outside casing cracked, and opened slowly.

And inside was a person.

No...not a person. Amy recognized the suit of Mr. Diagoras, but as the body unfolded that was the only human thing about it. There was only one Dalek eyes, with tentacles around it's face. It's hands had two digits, like claws.

"Oh that can't be good." Amy took an involuntary step back.

Carrick was looking at the created with disgust, and Martha looked like she wanted to back as far away from it as possible.

"What is it?" Martha gasped.

Dalek Sec slowly looked up at them.

"I am a human Dalek. I am your future."

A/N: Yeah two chapters. That's my apology...I've got nothing to say for myself.

Love you all though, thank you so much for the love on the last chapter. I know I haven't been updating as often as I should. But I am trying to update more often.

I adore you guys so much and thank you to everyone who's stuck with me this long. You guys are the bet!

Until Next Time,

Ash