InsaneJournal

Martha had done the deed, actually contacted the foul creatures and offered them Romana as terms of a surrender. Once again Romana had ordered something awful be done in the name of destroying Daleks, and she had no right to order the girl. None at all, but Martha had agreed. The others were around, the blonde Slayer, the Witches and Wizards, the new girl with power over shadows, So many who understood, who're helping them.

And so Romana stood, knowing the teleporting witch Paige and Raven were nearby, knowing Buffy was nearby with the weapon, others with Guns, Martha was there, and that reassured her.

But her blood still ran cold when she heard the cold metallic voice.

"ROMANADVORATRELUNDER. LADY PRESIDENT" it said and Romana nooded though she still could not see them.

"Something you wanted?"

"YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THERE CAN BE NO RESISTANCE. NO DEFENCE AGAINST THE MIGHT OF THE DALEK EMPIRE. YOUR UNIT SOILDER KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE"

There was some Dalek discontent about this. They liked UNIT about as much as they did the Time Lords. Mostly thanks to Brigideer Lethbridge Stewart, she supposed. But Martha had apparently had her role to play there too, what the girl had been willing to do, Romana had understood. She'd done it. But the Doctor would have had to see it happen to another world he loved.

"FOR YOUR CRIMES AGAINST THE DALEKS. YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED"

Romana eyed the Daleks coldly. "Crimes?. Twenty years you held me for supposed War Crimes. Any idea what those are yet?"  she asked

"UNIMPORTANT. FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE DALEKS, EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE"

As the weapon raised ooked up to where Martha was, where Buffy was. They would need to act now. It was the only way. Romana stood firm trusting herself to the others here. They would help her, and the Daleks would die in this rather nice little closed off alley.