The next morning, as they were led into the Governor's office, Eva purposely kept her eyes away from Ben, Polly and the Doctor.

"What is that?" she could hear Ben asking. "Why are they treating Eva like a prisoner?"

"She was caught attacking an engineer," the Doctor replied quietly – though not quietly enough for Eva not to hear. "She's thought to be working with the rebels."

"Eva would never!" Polly whispered angrily. "You have to tell them, Doctor, you have to!"

"Well, Quinn," the Governor – Hensell – said before the trio could continue the discussion, "I don't like this any more than you do. What have you two been up to?"

"Nothing," Quinn replied for both of them. "Absolutely nothing."

"Well, what about Bragen's report then?" Hensell asked. "These are facts. Now, what have you got to say about it?"

"Does the engineer say either of us hit him?" Eva asked.

"How could he if he was hit from behind?" Bragen replied.

"Then it's only circumstantial evidence," Quinn said.

"The Examiner was also attacked in the mercury swamp," Bragen added. "We have two buttons, from both your jackets, found in the Examiner's hand."

"I…" Quinn started. "I can't explain that."

"I'm sure you can't," Bragen told him with a smug smirk.

"Eva couldn't have attacked him," Ben cut in. "She was with us at the time!"

"You'll have to excuse my companions, Governor," the Doctor said. "The fumes from the swamps must have messed with his memory."

"Doctor!" Polly scolded in shock.

"Examiner," Hensell said, turning to the Doctor. "You seem to be in two minds."

"Yeah, and two bodies," Ben muttered.

"You mentioned to Bragen that these machines of Lesterson's… What do you call them?"

"I call them what they are," the Doctor replied, "Daleks."

"Yes, yes, yes," Hensell said. "Daleks. You say they could be a motive for destroying our communications."

"They could be a motive to more than you begin to understand," Eva all but sneered.

Hensell frowned, opening his mouth to reply, when Lesterson burst through the doors.

"Lesterson, this is a special enquiry," Hensell scolded. "Now, please."

"This won't wait," Lesterson said excitedly. "You won't be disappointed."

"You heard what I said, Lesterson –"

"Governor," Lesterson cut him off. "I've just completed an experiment which could revolutionise the whole colony. Bear with me."

"Lesterson, what have you done?" the Doctor called out, his eyes flickering to Eva. It didn't take a genius for her to figure out that he'd blame her for any damage the Daleks would do. "What have you done?"

"I'll show you," Lesterson said, no less excited. "Janley, now!"

Eva couldn't help but step back when the Dalek glided into the room, only to hit the guards behind her. It seemed as though everyone but her and the Doctor were fascinated by the creature – but, then again, only the two of them had an idea of the full capacity of the Dalek's destruction ability.

The Dalek looked around, studying each of the people in turn. When it focused on Eva, she was certain for a moment that it would shoot her, but then it changed its focus to the Doctor, who backed into a chair.

"It recognised Eva and the Doctor," Ben said in shock. "It recognised them."

"What's the matter, Doctor?" Polly asked. "Are you all right?"

"The fools," the Doctor said. "The stupid fools."

"You're scared," Ben noted.

"What can it do?"

"Nothing yet," the Doctor replied.

"But you don't want to find out what it can do when it's in full power," Eva added quietly, making the guards tighten their grip on her as the Doctor turned to her once more.

"You'd know, wouldn't you?" he asked angrily. "Last time we met the Daleks, you were terrified of them. What's changed?"

"Well, for me it's my first time meeting them," Eva replied just as angrily. "So maybe you should ask yourself that question."

"This creation is called, I understand, a Dalek," Lesterson said, unaware of the conversation taking place just next to him.

"It knew who you were," Ben said. "It sounds ridiculous, but it did."

"It knew who we were," the Doctor repeated, forcing himself to look away from Eva and back at the Dalek.

"The Dalek knows who you are!"

"Now, look at it," Lesterson told the group. "I have merely given it electrical power, but it is capable of storing it. Moreover, it responds to orders. Turn around." Eva swallowed hard as the Dalek obeyed the order. "Move that chair. Stop. You see?" he asked once the Dalek stopped at his command. "Well, just think what this could do for our mining program, our processing, packaging. Dozens of labour jobs, Governor. It may even supply the end to all this Colony's problems."

"Yes, it will end the colony's problems," the Doctor agreed, "because it will end the colony."

"I am your servant."

There was a collective gasp around the room as the Dalek's metallic voice rang around them.

"It… it spoke!" Lesterson called excitedly. "Janley, did you hear it? It can actually talk!"

"It can do many things, Lesterson," the Doctor informed the scientist. "But the thing it does most efficiently is exterminate human beings."

"I am your servant," the Dalek repeated louder, trying to drown out the Doctor's words.

"It destroys them, without mercy, without conscience!"

"I am your servant!"

"It destroys them," the Doctor went on. "Utterly. Completely!"

"I am your servant!"

"It destroys them!"

"I am your servant!"

"So, Lesterson," Hensell said when the Doctor and the Dalek were done with their yelling match, "they're even capable of speech."

"Yes," Lesterson said excitedly. "But then, why not? After all, they have a certain intelligence."

"Yes, I know," Hensell started, "but –"

"But it is an intelligence that we can control," Lesterson assured him.

"No, it isn't!" Eva called out, making the guards pull her back once more.

She closed her eyes, trying to keep her breathing steady.

The Master was dragging her through corridors, leading her to Jack's cell.

"No," she whispered weakly. "No, don't hurt him!"

"So," Hensell said, snapping Eva out of the memory, "what you want is permission to continue your experiments?"

"Governor, think what it would mean if we were to set it to work in the mines," Lesterson said excitedly. "It could double our production overnight."

"Consider the effects it could have on our whole economy," Bragen added thoughtfully.

"Yes," Hensell agreed, "and the effect of that on Earth. Yes, yes, they could be very grateful."

"I shall stop you," the Doctor told the Dalek, too unfocused to listen to the conversation. "I will!"

"All right, Lesterson, permission granted," Hensell finally said.

"Permission?" the Doctor asked, confused. "Permission for what?"

"To continue my work, Examiner," Lesterson replied, unable to hide the pride in his voice.

"But…" the Doctor started, shocked. "But didn't you all hear what I said? The Daleks must be destroyed!"

"Never!"

"Very well," the Doctor huffed. "If not by my order, then by Earth's! Come, Ben, Polly."

"Doctor…" Ben started, glancing at Eva worryingly.

"Ah, Examiner, just a moment," Hensell said. "Tell me, why are you so against this project?"

"But I've told you!" the Doctor called out in frustration. "I realise I can't give you any proof, but you've no idea of the danger."

"No," Lesterson insisted.

"Yes," the Doctor replied. "Danger! I shall be contacting Earth just as soon as radio communications have been restored." The Doctor turned to the Dalek, fixing him with a look that Eva had only seen him aim at her for the past two days. "You're my servant, are you?"

"I am," the Dalek replied.

"Very well," the Doctor nodded. "Immobilise yourself! Go on. I order it! Immediately! Huh!" he added smugly when the Dalek's eye-stalk shut down, turning to leave the room.

"Go," Eva said quietly when Ben turned to look at her again. "I'll be fine."

"Go," Eva told Alex on the Valiant, when the Master barged into her room.

She didn't say it aloud, but she knew she would be fine.

"Lesterson," Janley breathed out as soon as the Doctor left, seeing the Dalek's power turn back on.

"Why did you stop obeying?" Lesterson asked. "You were given an order."

"He has gone," the Dalek replied.

"Then you obey only –"

"His order was wrong," the Dalek added before Lesterson could see what he had just admitted to. "I cannot serve human beings if I am immobilised. You gave me power. Your orders are right. I serve you."

"Lesterson," Hensell started. "Lesterson, it reasons. Just how limited is its intelligence?"

"Not as much as you'd like to think," Eva replied, turning to Lesterson. "And certainly not as much as yours. Do you really not see what it had just admitted to? It only obeys you when you're there!"

"Now, there is no cause for concern," Lesterson replied. "Just you wait until you see the amount of work it can do. And now, I'm really going to put you through your paces. Follow me, Dalek."

"I obey," the Dalek said, following Lesterson and Janley out of the room.

"Very well, then," Hensell said, turning his full attention back to a sneering Eva and an annoyed Quinn. "Let's get back to the matter of hand – that is to be, of course, your involvement with the rebels."

"This conversation just turns more ridiculous as it goes on," Eva muttered.

"How can I be in league with the rebels?" Quinn asked.

"The evidence confirms it," Bragen replied.

"The circumstantial evidence," Eva said. "And even they hardly confirm it."

"It was I that warned of their dangers," Quinn went on, as if uninterrupted by the two.

"As part of your overall plan," Bragen told him.

"You wouldn't even take the matter seriously!"

"If I was wrong then, I have a chance to rectify it now," Bragen said smugly, making Eva growl.

"If that's going to be your attitude, I suggest that we –"

"Quinn!" Hensell cut the man off. "Let us conduct this inquiry in an orderly manner. Now, the Examiner was attacked. There can be no question of that."

"And the buttons grabbed by the Examiner were missing from your suit and your coat," Bragen added, speaking to Quinn and Eva in turn.

"Yes," Hensell nodded. "If you've got anything to add to that, you'd better say it now."

"We didn't attack the man," Quinn insisted. "We had no reason to. I was the one that sent for him and Miss Miller arrived with him."

"You sent for him?!" Hensell asked angrily, gracefully managing to miss the notion that Eva arrived with the Doctor.

"It was necessary," Quinn replied. "Under the circumstances, I'd hardly be likely to sabotage the radio communications."

"But," Hensell started. "But why, Quinn? Why?"

"Because of the rebels!"

"The rebels," Bragen repeated. "They're nothing more than one or two fanatics."

"You know as well as I do that they –"

"Unless," Bragen cut Quinn off, "you're trying to create trouble here to undermine the Governor's position."

"Bragen, you'd better explain that," Hensell said.

"If you're removed, who takes your place?" Bragen asked as though it was obvious. "The Deputy Governor, of course. And that's the real reason behind all this trouble, isn't it, Quinn?"

"Go on," Hensell said slowly, starting to be convinced of the lied Bragen served him.

"You attack the Examiner in the mercury swamp and blame it on the rebels," Bragen did as he was told. "Then you sabotage the radio and blame that on the rebels too. I haven't quite figured out how your little accomplice works into things, but that shall come in time."

"I'll show you who's little," Eva growled, trying to move towards the man only for the guards to pull her back.

"Get them out of my sight!" Hensell called out.

"Hensell," Quinn called as the guards dragged Eva and him out, "before you listen to these preposterous allegations –"

The door shut in their face before he could complete the sentence, leaving him slumped in the guards' arms. The two walked in silence, no longer fighting the guards who led them back to the cell.

There didn't seem to be a point.

As they walked by the room where the Doctor, Ben and Polly were staying, Eva fought to keep her head held high for the sake of the companions.

"Ah, Examiner," Quinn said. "Don't let them fool you about the rebels. They're strong. Try and find out where they hold their meetings!"

"Leave them alone!" Polly called out, Ben's hand the only thing keeping her back.

"It's all right, Polly," Eva said, looking between her and Ben. "It's all right."

As her eyes found the Doctor's, she held her gaze without cowering from him. It was not all right, and they both knew it though neither of them would admit it to the companions.

Whatever happened between them behind closed doors, however, was an entirely different matter.

EMH

Being a prisoner was the most boring experience Eva had ever gone through. And that was coming from someone who had gone through hours of 19th century etiquette lessons.

She needed to move, needed to be outside and do… something. Anything. None of her other experiences in captivity felt even remotely similar to what she felt at the moment, stuck in a cell with Quinn nearby, and lost inside her thoughts.

She hated her thoughts lately.

"You know," Quinn said from the next cell, "you really should get some sleep. I don't think you slept a blink since they put us here, and that was over a day ago."

"I can't sleep," Eva said shortly. "Not when there's other people nearby."

"Because of the nightmares?" Quinn asked. Eva didn't reply. "I won't judge you for it, you know."

"That's not it," Eva replied. "I couldn't care less about being judged over my nightmares. It's your pity I could do without."

Quinn looked at Eva with a frown building in his face.

"Why do you just assume I'll pity you?"

"Because everyone else does when they hear me talk in my sleep," Eva sighed. Even during her weeks in the American Revolution, she could see the way the other soldiers looked at her after she had a bad night. "That's just how things are."

"What happened to you?" Quinn asked. "I mean, no offense but you look a bit too young to have gone through such horrors."

"I…" Eva's voice caught in her throat, and she had to take a moment to clear it before she spoke again. "I was a prisoner," she said when she was able to speak again. "Two and a half years in total, but the last year was the hardest because he had other people, as well. People I care about."

"And he hurt them, too," Quinn said in understanding – or, at least, what he thought was understanding.

"That's just the thing, though," Eva said. "He never hurt me. Not purposely, at least, and when he did unintentionally, he immediately apologized and did everything to make up for it."

"But he hurt the people you care about," Quinn stated, and Eva nodded. "Then don't say he didn't hurt you, because he did. Not all wounds are physical, but that doesn't make them any less real."

"I hurt people," Eva admitted. "I… I let people get hurt when I could have stopped it."

"Am I right to assume it was to keep the people you care about safe?" Quinn questioned.

"Well, yes, but –"

"Then you did the right thing."

It was the way Quinn said it that made something change inside of Eva.

He didn't try to say it wasn't her fault, like Jack and the Doctor did. He didn't say she didn't hurt anyone, like Alex claimed.

He acknowledged that people were hurt because of her, but that it was okay because her loved ones were safe. And even though, deep down, she knew that was what Alex was trying to tell her all along, for the first time she started to believe it.

As always, it seemed as though the Universe had something against letting Eva get some peace of mind.

As soon as she started to let herself relax, and had started entertaining the idea of getting some sleep and calm had settled over her, a guard appeared and threw the Doctor into the cell on Quinn's other side. A warning look from her and a short nod from Quinn was all she needed to know that the former Deputy Governor won't mention their conversation to the Doctor.

"You're the last man I expected to see here," he said instead.

"Hmm," was the Doctor's only response as he examined the lock. "Works by sound, does it?"

"I'm speaking to you, Examiner," Quinn said, annoyed.

"Oh, I'm sorry," the Doctor said, still not quite paying attention.

"I'd quit while I'm ahead, if I were you," Eva commented. "He's known for being dangerously oblivious to his surroundings."

"If you'd listened to me in the first place, you wouldn't be locked up here now," Quinn went on.

"Well, your imprisonment hasn't been entirely wasted," the Doctor finally responded. "It's brought your enemy out into the open."

"Bragen?" Quinn asked, having deduced as much on his own. "I've known that all along."

"Yes," the Doctor agreed. "But did you know that he was the leader of the rebels?"

"Bragen, the leader?" Quinn asked, finally caught by surprise.

"Yes," the Doctor said, turning his attention back to the door as he started emptying his pockets. "It's quite a simple sort of lock, really."

"Hensell's trouble if he thinks he can run this colony on his personality alone," Quinn huffed.

"Because protesting had done us so much good so far," Eva retorted, rolling her eyes. "You had your suspicions about Bragen that were starting to turn out to be true, so he got you locked up. I knew that there was something more going on around here and started working against the Daleks, and look where I'm at – thanks for that, by the way," she told the Doctor. "I suppose it's easier to throw me to the dogs than try to understand which side I'm on. Either way, there's only so much I can do from inside a cell, isn't there? And even when you find the truth about Bragen," she went on, "you get thrown here, just the same as we were. Not so much better after all, are you?"

A tense silence followed Eva's words as the two men started taking in the deeper meaning of what she said, and the anger and hurt she couldn't manage to hide.

"The rebels are too well organized," the Doctor concluded.

"But the Governor's popular," Quinn replied. "He can count on the mine workers at the perimeter for support."

"In that case, we must get word to him," the Doctor added.

"And we need to do it without the rebels realizing what's happening," Eva added. "Or they'll just throw him in with the rest of us."

"If you'd done your job properly, Examiner, without taking out your grudges by sending innocents to prison, you and Eva both wouldn't be here now, and I'd have been out too."

"Ah, yes," the Doctor sighed in agreement, "but then I'm not the real Examiner." He took a dog whistle out of his coat pocket, turning it in his hands as he spoke. "Ben, Polly and I, we're just travellers, that's all. Eva, too, for that matter."

"I told you I arrived with them," Eva said when Quinn turned to her with surprise.

"I found the Examiner dead," the Doctor went on. "Bragen murdered him." He put the Dog whistle to his mouth and blew it at the door, trying to get the right frequency to open it.

"Everything leads back to Bragen," Quinn growled. "Just give me a chance get my hands on him."

"We aren't going to have that chance unless we can get out of here," the Doctor told him.

"Yeah, sure," Eva snarled. "There's just the little matter of the cell doors. Any progress on that?"

The doors didn't open when the Doctor blew the whistle again, though a dog started barking outside.

"Didn't think so," Eva muttered, leaning back against the cell wall.

EMH

It didn't take long for the Doctor to give up on the idea of the dog whistle and start try alternative ways, such as running his finger around the rim of a glass. This, too, hadn't done the trick so far, and the sound was starting to grate on both Quinn and Eva's nerves.

"Do you have to do that?" Quinn finally snapped. "I'm afraid you'll find these locks are foolproof."

"Nothing's foolproof," Eva commented, though she wanted the Doctor to stop, as well. "Or did you forget about unsinkable?"

"I wonder, how are they converting the power?" the Doctor muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Quinn asked, confused.

"The Daleks," the Doctor explained. "They're powered by static electricity. It's like blood to them, a constant life-stream."

"Static isn't workable," Quinn said.

"It is to the Daleks," Eva replied.

"They've conquered static, just as they've conquered anti-magnetics," the Doctor added.

"I'm not going to listen to any more of this nonsense!"

"I don't seem to be able to hit the right note," the Doctor changed subject again, ignoring Quinn's comment. "Do you have any more water?"

"I hope not," Quinn muttered, checking and sighing in relief when he found none. "No."

"Then I shall have to get some."

"You can't!" one of the guards called out, making the trio jump before realizing his words weren't aimed at the Doctor.

"But it's important!" Lestetson's voice replied. "It's desperately important!"

"Well, Bragen gave orders," the guard replied.

"Just get out of my way!" Lestetson called out, pushing past the guards to get to the cells. "Ah! Examiner!" he called in relief at seeing the man. "The Daleks!"

"Yes?" the Doctor asked in a tone that could be mistaken as disinterest.

"They're duplicating!" Lestetson said. "I've seen them! They've got their own power now! I can't stop them!"

"Take him to Bragen!" the guard in charge ordered, making two others grab Lestetson and drag him away.

"I say…" the Doctor started, either not noticing or not caring that Lesterson wasn't there to hear his reply. "I say… do you think we might have a little more water?" he asked, turning to the guard.

"Is that all you can say?" Quinn asked angrily. "Lesterson fights his way down here to speak to you and all you can do is demand more water?"

"Oh, why do you even bother?" Eva huffed. "Haven't you learned yet that he doesn't care about anyone but himself?"

The guard looked between the three of them before bringing a jug, warning the Doctor to get away from the door before he opened it to give him the water. Eva didn't miss the way the Doctor carefully listened to the sound the sonic key made, but she didn't particularly care for it, either.

After all, with the way this Doctor was behaving who was to say he wouldn't keep her locked in even after he got himself and Quinn out?

"Sorry about that outburst," Quinn said once the guard left. "I thought it might help the situation." As the Doctor added more water to his glass, Quinn turned to look at Eva, bemused. "I didn't quite understand what yours was for."

"Oh, don't mind me," Eva waved the question off. "I just have a lot of suppressed anger I need to let out every now and then."

EMH

Eva wasn't sure how long it had been after that before the Doctor finally – finally – managed to hit the right tone, but the Time Lord had gone back to playing his recorder once he got the other two out, clearly upset by the fact that he was forced to free Eva, too.

"You do get that you're pushing it, right?" she asked. "You've been pushing it from the start, framing me when there are witnesses to say I couldn't have been the one to attack you – still not quite sure how they let that slip, by the way," she added. "But keeping me locked even after everyone who mattered knows I'm innocent?"

"Oi!" the guard called out. "Cut that row out, you two! What the…?" he started when he saw someone moving behind him, only for Quinn to knock him out before he could react.

"Nice job," Eva said.

"Thanks," Quinn replied. "Wanted to do that for a while now. Come on," he added, opening the other cell doors.

"Wait a minute," the Doctor said, pulling the guard into his cell and locking him in – though not before the Doctor removed the jug and glass of water. "We don't want him trying it," he explained, "although he seemed a bit tone deaf to me."

Despite her best efforts, Eva smiled as they made their way out of the cell block and towards the centre of the building. As they arrived to Lesterson's laboratory, the three of them quickly hid under a workbench.

Not even a minute after they did, a Dalek came out of the Capsule, closely followed by a man whose name tag read 'VALMAR'.

"I'll have to check the cable circuit now," he said. "Otherwise it's just as you asked for."

"Very well," the Dalek replied.

"Why can't you carry on with the power you're drawing from the colony?" Valmar asked, seeming just a bit curious – and not nearly as worried as he should be. "Why go to all this trouble?"

"Until now, we have had to recharge from the colony supply," the Dalek replied. "With static power, the Daleks will be twice as…" there was a short pause that made Eva's blood curl before the Dalek went on, "useful."

"Valmar, quick!" Janley called out, running into the room.

"What's the matter?" Valmar asked.

"The Governor's back!"

"What about the girl?" Valmar questioned, and Eva knew he was talking about Polly, currently held as a prisoner inside the Capsule.

"Leave her," Janley replied.

"I will follow you," the Dalek declared.

"What for?" Valmar asked.

"I am your servant."

"Come on," Janley said impatiently, heading out of the room with Valmar and the Dalek quickly following.

As the Doctor, Eva and Quinn left their hiding place, the Doctor headed right to a machine that stood nearby.

"An electrical circuit of their own supplying static electricity!" he exclaimed in what seemed like a combination of fear and appreciation. "I wonder how much longer we've got? I didn't realise they'd have a circuit of their own."

"Doctor, look out!" Polly's voice called out, just in time for Eva to grab one of the chairs nearby and throw it at the man who walked out of the Capsule with a wrench in his hand.

The chair hit right on mark and the wrench fell to the ground as the man was knocked unconscious. Eva didn't wait a moment in pulling Polly into a hug as the other woman ran out of the Capsule.

"Are you all right?" Polly asked.

"I should be asking you that question," Eva replied.

"Who was the man who went outside just now?" the Doctor asked Polly, pulling her away from Eva.

"Valmar," Polly replied. "He's been working for the Daleks."

"On their static power supply," the Doctor clarified.

"Doctor, they've got Ben!"

"Yes, I know," the Doctor nodded. "He ran away so that I could… Oh well, it's a long story. But don't worry, that boy can take care of himself."

"Watch out!" Eva called out, pushing the away from one of the Daleks that entered the room.

"Get out, all of you!" the Doctor called back.

"What about you?" Quinn asked.

"We'll be fine, just get Polly somewhere safe!" Eva told him.

"But, Doctor!" Polly protested.

"Go!"

"Thomas?" Eva asked, a bad feeling starting to grow inside of her.

"Yes?" Quinn asked, looking at her worriedly.

"It was a pleasure knowing you."

As Quinn and Polly ran out of the room, Eva turned to see the Doctor standing between her and the door, the wrench from earlier in his hand.

"I won't be able to get out of this room, will I?" she asked, already knowing the answer.

"I'm afraid not," the Doctor replied. "The knowledge you withhold is simply too dangerous for me to be able to allow it to keep running loose."

"Of course it is," Eva sighed, fighting back the tears that threatened to leave her eyes. "Why do you hate me so much?"

"Your knowledge and refusal to share it had hurt people," the Doctor replied. "It made me lose them, whether because they left or because they… your actions harmed me. And you… you made me regenerate."

With that, the Doctor slammed the doors shut between them. Eva knew that, on the other side, he was jamming the wrench so that the door could not be opened again.

"The Omniscient had been detected!" the Dalek behind her called out. "Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!"

Eva didn't let the first tear fall from her eyes until the shot hit her back and she fell to the ground with a scream.