The Cybermen were surrounding them. Their arms were out ready for the deletion. Suddenly the Doctor pulled something out of his pocket and held it out. Whatever it was it was powerful as a bright burst of golden energy burst out of it, striking the closest Cyberman square in the head before spreading to the other Cybermen, disintegrating each of them.
"What the hell was that?" Rickey asked.
"No time run!" The Doctor shouted as the remaining Cybermen closed in. The sound of a horn suddenly sounded as Mrs Moore raced up in the preacher's van.
"Everybody in!" She shouted out of the open window. As everyone ran for the van, however, Pete tried to run back to the house.
"I've gotta go back! My wife's in there!" He said, sounding desperate as the Doctor stopped him.
"Anyone inside that house is dead! If you wanna help then don't let her die for nothing! You've gotta come with us right now!" The Doctor told him before following as Pete tore himself away from the house and towards the van. The Doctor stopped again as he saw Rose was frozen, looking at the house. "Rose she's not your mother" He told her quietly.
"I know" She replied before they both ran to the van.
"Finished chatting? Never seen a slower getaway in my life!" Mrs Moore shouted as they scrambled into the back of the van as it raced off and away from the advancing Cybermen.
Inside the Tyler's house Jackie was still hiding in the basement as the Cybermen continued to search for people. Peeping around the doorway she saw one of the terrifying robots in the basement with her, but thankfully walking away. Then without warning another Cyberman walked through the nearest doorway to her. It then turned to face her. Panicking Jackie slammed the door in front of her shut.
The preacher's van was now travelling on the quieter roads of London.
"What was that thing?" Rickey, who'd turned around to face the back compartment from where he was sat in the drivers cabin, asked the Doctor, who was sat in the back.
"Little bit of technology from my home" The Doctor replied as he held the small light which was the last remaining working part of the Tardis.
"It's stopped glowing, has it ran out?" Mickey, who was sat next to the Doctor, asked worryingly.
"It's on a revitalising loop it'll recharge and wake up in about four hours" The Doctor replied as he pocketed the small power cell.
"Right so we don't have a weapon any more?" Rickey enquired.
"Yeah we've got weapons, might not work on those metal things but there good enough to work on men like him" Jake, who was next to Rickey, spat as he glared at Pete.
"Leave him alone! What's he done wrong?" Rose retaliated, sitting next to Pete.
"Oh you know laid out a trap that's wiped out the government and left Lumic in charge" Jake told her sarcastically.
"If I was part of all that do you think I'd leave my wife inside?" Pete retaliated.
"Maybe your plan went wrong? Maybe your lying?" Rickey told him.
"He's not lying" Peter, who was sat next to Mickey, suddenly spoke up.
"How the hell do you know!?" Jake asked, sounding angry.
"People's heartbeats increase when they lie" Peter replied with a shrug, leaving all but the Doctor, Rose and Mickey looking confused at how he could tell, or rather hear this.
"All the same Pete Tyler's been working for the Lumic since twenty point five" Rickey said, causing Rose, the Doctor, Mickey and Peter to look at Pete in surprise.
"Is that true?" Rose asked him quietly.
"Tell them Mrs M" Rickey said when Pete failed to answer.
"We've got a government mole who feeds us information, Lumic's private files, his South American operations the lot, secret broadcasts twice a week" Mrs Moore told them as she drove the van.
"Broadcasts from Gemini?" Pete asked causing the preacher's to look both surprised and suspicious.
"And how do you know that?" Rickey asked him angrily.
"I'm Gemini! That's me! Encrypted wave length six five seven using binary nine that's the only reason I was working for Lumic! To get information" Pete snapped back.
"Well you would say that you could of course be..." Jake began to say as if to test his cover.
"He's not lying!" Peter told them again.
"Yeah so you say! Who are you anyway? Your the one who chased our van earlier when we gassed you" Rickey said.
"Yes I never thanked you for that, Peter Argent" Peter said with a slight glare as he remembered the preachers smoke chocking him.
"I thought I was broadcasting to the security services not Scooby Doo and the gang, they've even got the van" Pete said, sounding pessimistic.
"No the preachers know what their doing Rickey said he's London's most wanted" Mickey told him.
"Yeah, that's not exactly..." Rickey began to say.
"Not exactly what?" Mickey asked.
"I'm London's most wanted for, parking tickets" Rickey admitted, causing the Doctor, Rose and Peter to grin as Mickey looked disappointed whilst Pete sighed with worry. "Yeah but they were deliberate! I was fighting the system! Park anywhere that's me" Rickey added quickly in defence.
"Good policy I'd do much the same I'm the Doctor by the way" The Doctor introduced himself.
"And I'm Rose" Rose added.
"Even better that's the name of my dog, still at least I've got the catering staff on my side" Pete said sarcastically.
"I knew you weren't a traitor" Rose told him.
"Why's that then?" He asked as Rose momentarily met the Doctor's eye.
"I just did" She replied.
"They took my wife" Pete said after moment.
"She might still be alive" Rose tried to reassure.
"That's even worse cause that's what Lumic does he takes the living and turns them into those machines" Pete said grimly.
"Cybermen they're called Cybermen" The Doctor told him. "And I'd take those ear pods off if I were you" He added as Pete took his out and handed them over. The Doctor then used the Sonic Screwdriver to shut them off. "You never know Lumic could be listening but he's overreached himself, he's still just a business man and he's just assassinated the president" He said. "All we need to do is get to the city and inform the authorities cause I promise you this ends tonight!" He added determinedly as he turned to face Rickey and Jake.
In Lumic's office he was addressing his creations.
"My everlasting children, tell me? How does it feel?" He asked the Cybermen.
"We feel nothing" One of them replied.
"But in your mind? What do you think?" Lumic asked.
"We think the same we are uniformed" It replied.
"But you think of what?" Lumic asked.
"We think of the humans we think of their difference and their pain they suffer in the skin they must be upgraded" The Cyberman told him.
"Excellent! Then let's begin!" Lumic said. "Computer identify John Lumic activate ear pod primary sequence" He told the screen which began running a program.
"Please state area of activation?" A robotic voice asked.
"The city of London! I've just declared independence" Lumic said gleefully. "Begin transmission!" He ordered. All across London everyone stopped what they were doing as their ear pods started bleeping and flashing. Jackie was among them as she stepped out of the cellar cupboard she'd been hiding in and as she walked past the waiting Cybermen and up the stairs. The population of London were also all hypnotised into walking all in the same direction. "You will come to me my new children, the immortal ones" Lumic said to himself.
Some people, however, were not affected by the ear pods including the news reporter who hosted the mobile phone broadcasts.
"The city of London had been sealed off there are reports of an army an army of metal men! All citizens should remove their ear pods! I repeat all citizens should remove their ear pods! London has been placed under marshal law! If your hearing this stay in your homes I repeat stay in your homes!" He reported urgently.
At Battersea Power Station Mr Crane's ear pods were beginning to take over his mind as they crackled. But before they could Mr Crane yanked them out of his ears.
"Oh no you don't!" He hissed as he pocketed them.
Having reached the city and left the van the Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Peter, Pete and the preachers had found the hypnotised population.
"What the hell!?" Mrs Moor said.
"What's going on?" Rose asked as they stared at the zombie like people.
"It's the ear pods Lumic's taking control" The Doctor answered.
"Can't we just I don't know? Take them off?" Rose asked as she went over to a man and was about to pull his ear pods out.
"Don't!" The Doctor told her, grabbing her arm and pulling it away. "It'll cause a brain storm" He explained. "Human race your such an intelligent lot but your aren't half susceptible, give anyone the chance to take control and you submit sometimes I think you like it? Easy life hey?" He added.
"Come and see!" Jake suddenly called as he and Rickey stood at a street corner. Running over and peeping round they all saw groups of Cybermen stood among the hypnotised people.
"Where they all going?" Peter asked.
"I don't know Lumic must have a base of operations" The Doctor replied, turning to Pete.
"Battersea that's where he was building his prototypes" Pete answered.
"Why's he doing it?" Rose asked.
"He's dying this all started out as a way of prolonging life, to keep the brain alive at any cost" Pete explained.
"Thing is though I've seen Cybermen before haven't I?" Rose asked the Doctor. "The head those handle shapes in Van Statten's museum" She reminded him.
"There are Cybermen in our universe, they started on an ordinary world just like this then swarmed across the galaxy this lot are a parallel version starting from scratch right here on Earth" The Doctor explained.
"What are you on about?" Pete asked, sounding confused.
"Never mind that! Come on we need to get out of the city" Rickey said as a group of Cybermen could be seen coming down the street towards them. "Mrs Moor you look after that lot," He said, pointing to the Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Peter and Pete. "Jake distract them," He then said, pointing to the advancing Cybermen "Go right I'll go left we'll meet back at Bridge Street move!" He ordered as he and Jake took off in separate directions.
"I'm going with him" Mickey told Rose as they shared a brief kiss before he ran off after Rickey.
"Come on let's go!" Mrs Moor encouraged as she, the Doctor, Rose, Peter and Pete began running off.