The Dalek's Daughter

The Doctor

     "Did she say anyhing else to you?" I asked, rubbing my hands together. River shook her head. "No, but she mentioned something about a weapon that could finally take out the Doctor. She said it as she was falling asleep, so she probably didn't mean to say it." I ran my hands through my hair, feeling a little hopeless. "What I want to know is how in God's name we didn't know about her," I mutter quietly. I felt River's hand on my back as she leaned in for a hug. I know she had to be feeling the same way I was. "I don't know," she said quietly. "Maybe when they were brainwashing me they saw I was pregnant and took her before I knew she existed." 

     I shook my head. "That doesn't make any sense. She has memories of growing up on Earth until the age of five." River sighed. "Maybe they kidnapped her on Earth and gave her to a human family until she was old enough." I shrugged. "Maybe. But why did they hand her over willingly? It's just not like the daleks, unless there was something in it for them." River shook her head, looking frustrated. I was feeling a little frustrated myself, as we were getting nowhere. "Maybe they put a listening device or a tracker on her," River suggest. 

     "No, I canned her when she came in. There's no device on or in her." River closed her eyes, leaning against the wall of the TARDIS. "Could she be an Avatar?" she asked. I shook my head. "Not that I could detect." River buried her face in my chest and automatically I wrapped my arms around her, holding my wife. Usually she was strong for me, but this once I figured I could be strong for her when she needed it. "Could they have brainwashed her?" she asks, her voice muffled. "Maybe. You said she mentioned a weapon. Do you think...do you think they turned her into one?" I asked, my voice shaking. River looked up, her eyes slightly wet. "God, I hope not," she said.

     Just then, the TARDIS's alarms went off. I ran over to the console, patting her. "Thank you for the warning, old girl," I said quietlyy, flicking a few switches. Amy and Rory ran in in their pajamas, Amy's hair wet from the shower. "Doctor, what's happening?!" she shouted over the alarms. "We're being attacked," River replied for me. I was glad, since I was concentrating on the console. From somewhere in the TARDIS, a woman's scream was heard. I froze. "Bella," River whispered. I flicked one last switch and River and I ran off into the TARDIS. I could hear Amy and Rory behind us, and this strange silence. After a few more heartbeats I realized that the alarms had stopped. When we reached Bella's room, we saw her passed pit iin the arms of a very large man with a scar on his face, standing next to the girl who I thought had given my daughter to me. "What have you done to her?!" River screamed, raising her gun. I grabbed her wrist, still unable to let someone get shot. 

     I shouldn't have grabbed her wrist, because that distracted us long enough for the trio to teleport out of the TARDIS. When I noticed that they were gone, I ran back to the control room and set the course for the dalek fleet. Dimly, I noticed that the others had followed me, but I didn't care about that. I was getting my daughter back.