They continued to walk through Torchwood, the Doctor slowing down enough for Yvonne and Jackie to catch up, the former taking the lead, and the latter falling in beside. They went through and entered into a large white room, full of people bustling about. Yvonne strode up to a large, white wall and the Doctor followed, pulling Astra with him as he kept a firm grip on her hand.
To her credit, she wasn't complaining. Her complexion had brightened and she didn't look so scared anymore. She was far from the girl the Doctor new her to become, and the one he kind of wished was with him to help him figure this out, but, she was there and he wouldn't change that. He could see her blue eyes dart around, taking everything in. It seemed that this side of her was there from the beginning; the side that wanted to know everything.
"The sphere came through here. A hole in the world. Not active at the moment, but, when we fire particle engines at that exact spot, the breech opens up." Yvonne explained, as the Doctor moved to examine the wall.
He ran his free hand over it, and Astra reached out to touch it with hers too. It felt like a normal wall. "How did you even find it?" The Doctor asked, moving back to observe it from a distance again.
"We were getting warning signs for years." Yvonne started moving back, almost circling the Doctor, watching him work. "A radar black spot. So we built this place, Torchwood Tower. The breech was six hundred foot above sea level. It was the only way to reach it."
Reaching into his pocket, the Doctor pulled out his 3D glasses again, and placed them on his head, Astra adjusting them on her side so that they were straight, as he still wouldn't let go of her. He flashed her a small smile before looking at the wall with them. "You built a sky scraper just to reach a spatial disturbance? How much money have you got?"
The Doctor looked at Yvonne who just smiled. "Enough." She then left the pair there, and walked back to her office, while the Doctor pulled off the glasses and gave Astra a look.
She shrugged, "I'm not going to be much use to you here, am I?"
"You can still keep watch. See what I miss. I'll handle the alien talk this time." He responded.
"This time?" She asked, as the Doctor turned them to follow Yvonne.
"You do like being a know-it-all when it comes to aliens." He said casually and she huffed.
"Where do you take me to know about that? Where could I possibly learn?"
"A fantastic library." He replied cryptically, as they reached the doorway and the Doctor looked in, his mind already racing. "So, you find the breach, probe it, the sphere comes through six hundred feet above London, bam." He finally let go of her hand as he leaned against the doorframe, trying to make an impression. "It leaves a hole in the fabric of reality. And that hole, you think, oh, shall we leave it alone? Shall we back off? Shall we play it safe? Nah, you think let's make it bigger!"
Yvonne didn't look impressed. "It's a massive source of energy. It we can harness that power, we need never depend on the Middle East again. Britain will become truly independent." She looked down at her watch. "Look, you can see for yourself. Next Ghost Shift is in two minutes."
She walked to the door and the Doctor moved out of the way, almost colliding with Astra who was hovering beside him. "Cancel it." He said, his face dropping from sarcastic to concern.
"I don't think so." The blonde scoffed.
The Doctor moved after her. "I'm warning you, cancel it."
Yvonne turned to face him. "Oh, exactly as the legends would have it. The Doctor, lording it over us. Assuming alien authority over the Rights of Man."
Astra moved next to him, putting a hand on his arm as his face contorted into fury. He looked down at her, the concern in her eyes calling out to his memories of her future self, and sighed, relaxing, before looking back at Yvonne. "Let me show you." He turned, reaching into his jacket to pull out his sonic screwdriver as he went back into Yvonne's office and looked at the three from the other side of the glass.
"Sphere comes through." He pointed the sonic at the glass and resonated it, causing cracks to appear. He stared at them, meeting Yvonne's eyes, who looked almost scared. He stopped the sonic and continued to stare. "But when it made the hole, it cracked the world around it. The entire surface of this dimension splintered. And that's how the ghosts get through. That's how they get everywhere. They're bleeding through the fault lines. Walking from their world, across the Void, and into yours, with the human race hoping and wishing and helping them along. But too many ghosts, and," he touched the glass and it shattered, falling to the floor in pieces.
Astra and Jackie backed away, but, to her credit, Yvonne didn't flinch, but Astra could see a bit of fear in her eyes. "Well, in that case, we'll have to be more careful." She said, turning to address the workers in the room. "Positions! Ghost Shift in one minute!"
The Doctor's face fell as he stalked through and Astra moved to cut him off to make sure he didn't do anything stupid. Turning to the woman, she touched her arm gently. "Miss Hartman, I am asking you now, not him. Please don't do it." She said, feeling his presence as he came up behind her, almost towering over her, his hands coming to rest on her shoulders.
She turned and ran her eyes up and down her once, as if judging her as a threat. "We have done this a thousand times."
"Then stop at a thousand!" The Doctor said from behind her, and Astra felt his grip tighten.
"We're in control of the ghosts." Yvonne said, her gaze moving to meet the Doctors. "The levers can open the breach, but, equally, they can close it."
They seemed to hold each other's eyes for a while, ignoring the girl between then, before the Doctor's grip dropped from her. "Okay." He said, then turned and walked back to the office.
Astra turned to see him grabbing two chairs. "Sorry?" Yvonne asked.
"Never mind, as you were." He started to wheel them both out into the control room.
"What, is that it?" The blonde woman enquired, anticipating a fight.
"No, fair enough. Said my bit. Astra, come and sit." He said, sitting down and gesturing to the other chair. Astra moved over to him and took the seat next to him, tentatively, looking at him confused as he just smiled. "Don't mind us. Any chance of a cup of tea?"
"Ghost shift in twenty seconds." One of the girls said, and the Doctor just met Yvonne's gaze.
"Mmm, can't wait to see it." He said, with a too-cheerful grin.
Yvonne folded her arms, looking slightly uncomfortable. "You can't stop us Doctor."
"No absolutely not." He said, shaking his head. "Pull up a chair, Rose. Come and watch the fireworks." Jackie instead moved so that she was standing behind the two of them, her hand on the backs of both chairs. The Doctor linked Astra's arm through his and just smiled cheerfully at Yvonne again. Astra just smiled hesitantly.
"Ghost shift in ten seconds." The woman said again looking at Yvonne and then back to her screen. Astra caught sight of the earpiece she had, watching as it flashed. As did a few others in the office, now that she looked, but not everyone. Was that normal? She moved to tug on the Doctor's sleeve so she could get his attention to mention this but he was still in a staring contest with Yvonne he didn't want to lose.
"Nine, eight," the woman started counting down, "seven, six, five, four, three, two, on-"
"Stop the shift." Yvonne said firmly. "I said stop."
The Doctor relaxed. "Thank you."
"I suppose it makes sense to get as much intelligence as possible. But the programme will recommence, as soon as you've explained everything." The blonde said, trying to make it seem like she stopped it for her own reasons.
"We're glad to be of help." The Doctor said, sincerely.
"And someone clear up this glass." Yvonne said, ruining the bonding moment that Astra could almost feel happening. "They did warn me Doctor. They said you like to make a mess, even more so when she's with you. Queen Victoria never met her, but, there were enough tales, throughout the years, of you and your constant, blue-haired companion. The Girl Who Never Ages. The Phoenix. Her mystery is almost as big as yours." With that Yvonne walked away, leaving the trio to exchange glances.
Astra just blinked, taking in the information. There was lore and tales about her? The Phoenix? What the hell? "What does she mean, Doctor?"
"I'll explain it to you later, with the rest. Come on, let's follow her." Getting up from his chair, he held out a hand to pull Astra to her feet.
She looked at him slowly, before taking it and letting him pull her up. "You know, those words are starting to become your personal mantra."
"You've said them enough to me too, you know." He responded, matching her cheeky smile.
With a shake of her head, she pulled her hand from his and gestured for him to lead on, following behind him and Jackie. Sneaking another quick glance at the white wall, which was almost as daunting as the sphere, if she was honest, before following them inside Yvonnes' office.
Yvonne was sitting at her desk, in front of her laptop, and started speaking when she slipped in. "So these ghosts, whatever they are, did they build the sphere?"
The Doctor took a seat and put his feet up on the table. Jackie wandered back over to the window, to look at the view, while Astra settled behind the chair the Doctor was lounging in, not quite sure what to do. She laid a hand on the back of the chair, and the Doctor smiled up at her, before looking back at the blonde, precise woman. "Must have. Aimed it at this dimension like a cannon ball."
Rajesh's voice broke through before they could continue. "Yvonne? I think you should see this. We've got a visitor." The woman turned to her laptop and started typing. "We don't know who she is, but, funnily enough, she arrived at the same time as the Doctor."
With a look at annoyance, Yvonne swung the laptop around, so that they could see the screen, Jackie turning to observe. There was a video link down to the sphere room and it showed Rose in a white lab coat sitting next to Rajesh. "She one of yours?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Never seen her before in my life."
Yvonne smiled. "Good. Then we can have her shot."
Astras grip tightened on the chair and the Doctor sighed, pushing back slightly to warn Astra to move as he pushed the chair back and put his feet back on the floor. "Oh, all right then. It was worth a try. That's, that's Rose Tyler."
"Sorry." Rose said and gave a small wave. "Hello." The Doctor and Astra waved back.
"Well, if that's Rose Tyler, who's she?" Yvonne asked, gesturing to Jackie.
"I'm her mother." The older woman responded, proudly and defiantly.
Yvonne's eyebrows rose. "Oh, you travel with her mother?"
"No, he kidnapped me." Jackie responded and the Doctor sighed.
"Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don't tell people I travelled through time and space with Roses' mother." He said quickly, and Yvonne almost laughed, while Astra grimaced and Jackie looked down at him.
"How charming."
A large thunking noise broke up the conversation, and Yvonne looked towards the office door, confused.
"I've got a reputation to uphold!" The Doctor said back, and Jackie just rolled her eyes.
"Excuse me?" Yvonne got to her feet and started to head out into the Lever Room. "Everyone? I thought I said stop the ghost shift."
No one stopped working and Astra took note that a few more of the staff had the flashing earpieces now. "Who started the programme? But I ordered you to stop! Who's doing that?"
"Doctor. I forgot to mention." Astra leaned down so that she was whispering into his ear, as Yvonne kept trying to find out what had happened. "When we came in, I noticed, a few people have different earpieces. They have two of them and they flash constantly. Everyone else only has one. Do you think that's important?"
The Doctor tensed. "Yes, Astra, I do. Stay close, okay?"
She nodded and pulled back away, as he got to his feet and followed Yvonne out of her office. "Right, step away from the monitors, everyone." Yvonne said. "Gareth, Addy, stop what you're doing, right now." She looked over at another employee. "Matt, step away from your desk. That's an order!" She looked up and over. "Stop the levers! Andrew!"
Two scientists without the earpieces tried to stop the levers from lifting, but, they couldn't hold them down. "Stop the levers!"
The Doctor started moving then, going over to one of the workers. Yvonne followed him over, and Astra trailed in behind. "Addy, step away from the desk." Yvonne said to her, but, she ignored the requests and kept typing.
The Doctor clicked his fingers in front of her, but, she still didn't stop.
"It's like she's in a trance." Astra whispered as the two tried everything to get her to stop, Jackie coming over to stop the other blonde from doing anything drastic.
"She can't hear you. They're overriding the system. We're going into Ghost Shift." The Doctor said, looking solemn.
Astra moved and placed a hand on his arm. "I'm sorry, I should have said something sooner." He just shook his head.
"You weren't to know. It's the earpiece. It's controlling them. I've seen this before." He said, gently lifting her hand from him before pulling out his sonic screw driver, shifting so that he was standing behind Addy. "Sorry. I'm so sorry." He said, then aimed his screw driver at one of the earpieces.
Addy, plus the others with the flashing earpieces, screamed in unison, then collapsed on their desks. "What happened? What did you just do?" Yvonne asked, looking around.
"They're dead." He said, almost bluntly, switching into work mode. Astra held her hands to her mouth, not knowing how to absorb that.
"You killed them." Jackie hissed and Astra felt her eyes well with tears. They were okay, and then they weren't. Had the Doctor really killed them?
"Oh, someone else did that long before I got here." The Doctor responded, working on the computer.
"But you killed them!" Jackie almost shouted.
"Jackie, I haven't got time for this." He responded back harshly, turning around to snap. His eyes fell on Astra, her eyes wide and unsure, and his expression softened a little. "I didn't kill them, they were dead before. I put them out of their misery. I'll explain later, but, not now."
She nodded in acceptance and he went back to work. "What – what are those earpieces then?" She asked, wanting to know.
"Don't, Astra. Not now."
"She's right. They're standard comms devices. How did it control them?" Yvonne asked, now also curious.
"Trust me, leave them alone." The Doctor said, moving to a different terminal and giving Astra's shoulder a squeeze as he walked past. She had almost seemed to turn in on herself and his hearts clenched at the sight.
"But what are they?" Yvonne pushed, reaching over to pull at the one in Addy's ear. As she pulled, a bit more forcefully than she should have needed to, a rope of grey matter came away with the device. "Ugh!" She said dropping it in horror.
"Oh god, it goes inside their brain." Astra exclaimed, looking horrified as the three woman stared at it distraught.
"What about the Ghost Shift?" The Doctor asked, trying to draw their attention back to the issue at hand. He could deal with, and explain, this later. But, if one thing made sense now, it was Astra's aversion to the earpieces they had seen before in Pete's World. And the Cybermen. They were here, he knew it. He just had to figure out where and how.
"Ninety percent there and still running." Yvonne said, moving over to the Doctor to help him out. Astra moved near to Jackie, both drawing comfort from the other as they were left way out of their depths. "Can't you stop it?"
"They're still controlling it. They've hi-jacked the system." The Doctor said, still typing.
"Who's they?" Yvonne almost yelled, as the Doctor seemed to ignore her and pulled out his sonic screwdriver.
"It might be a remote transmitter but it's got to be close by. I can trace it." He continued, turning his screwdriver on and turning it, waiting for the sound to change, to let him know whatever it was he was looking for was in that direction. With a brief hesitation, he decided that it would be safer for the others to stay here. Jackie would take care of Astra. "Jackie, Astra, stay here!" he yelled over to them.
Astra almost pouted, but, accepted it as he ran off with Yvonne. Instead, she moved back towards Yvonne's office and saw Rajesh on screen. He was muted, but, the signal over his face was very clear.
'SPHERE ACTIVATED.'
"What the hell…" she whispered to herself, before turning up the comms so she could hear. "What's happening?"
"The sphere, it's active! Is Yvonne there?" He asked, in a mixture of excitement and panic.
"No, she and the Doctor disappeared. The ghost shift is starting by itself." She exclaimed.
Before Rajesh could respond, Rose pushed him out of the way. "Astra. If the Doctor's run off, come down here. Bring a soldier and get down here where we can keep an eye on you."
"We?"
She grinned. "You'll see!"
"What about your mum?"
"Let her stay there. It will be better for her, I think."
With a sigh, Astra nodded and Rose waved. Turning, she waved Jackie over. "I'm being called down to Rose. Tell the Doctor, the sphere has activated and she wants me there. I'll be back soon Jackie, don't worry! He's going to fix this!"
With a smile, she ran off to one of the soldiers. "I need you to take me to sphere room."
He just looked at her. "You should stay here, as per Yvonne's orders."
"The sphere has activated! I can help! You need to get me down there." She said, putting her hands on her hips and trying to fill her future-self's shoes. "Do you not know who I am?"
The soldier hesitated, before saluting. "Yes ma'am. This way."
She nodded, before taking off at a run, the soldier catching up and taking the lead through the twists and turns. Alarms were blazing everywhere, but, she tried to zone them out and focus. The Doctor and Rose would save them. She had to believe this. The Doctor and Rose would save them.
"Here, ma'am." The soldier finally said, stopping in front of a large door. He moved to open the door and it beeped in denial. With a frown, he tried again, but it just beeped back. "It's locked, ma'am. I can't gain access."
Astra frowned, making her way over. Pressing a button, she called out. "Rose? Rajesh? Can you hear me? I'm outside!"
"Astra!" Roses' voice travelled through. "The doors have autolocked! We can't open them!"
Her heart fell. "Then what can I do?"
"Hide." A new voice came through that she didn't know. "Astra, you need to hide. It's the Cybermen, and god knows what's in here. I've got Rose, get back to the Doctor and hide."
"O-okay." She forced out, exchanging a look with the soldier that was with her.
"See you soon Sulley!" Rose called out.
She blinked and stared at the door. That nickname again. "Ma'am." The soldiers voice cut through her thoughts. "We need to move now."
With nod, the two took off, but, they didn't get far. Ghosts appeared again, but, they were all over the base. The soldier stopped in shock and Astra almost went straight into the back of him. "Does that normally happen?" She asked.
"No, ma'am. They are usually kept out of Torchwood." His voice wavered a bit and she turned to look at him.
"What's your name?" She asked, softly.
"Allan, ma'am."
"Well, I'm Astra. You can stop calling me ma'am alright?" She smiled.
"Yes ma-Astra." He corrected himself.
"Good. Now, Allan, we need a place to stay safe. I don't think we're going to make it back to the Doctor, and, from what I've seen so far, we should probably stay away from the ghosts. Is there a place we can wait it out?"
He nodded, turning and leading her back towards the Sphere Room, pausing a little before it and opening door, which seemed to lead into a storage room. "In here."
The two ducked inside and closed the door behind them, Astra turning to look out of the window, while Allan took a seat on one of the boxes. She did a quick sweep before turning to look at him and smile. "We're just going to sit tight and wait it out. The Doctor and Rose will save us." Screams echoed and Astra looked back out of the window to see metal men in the place of where the ghosts were. Fear pooled in her stomach, as she slowly moved away from the window, out of sight, and sat on the floor against the wall, her bravado leaving as fear set in.
"The Doctor will save us." She whispered, hoping and believing this to be true of a man she had only met an hour ago.
The Doctor's mind had been a blur since he had come back into the control room, at gun point, and had found that Astra was missing. She was so easy to spot, with her bright blue and purple hair, that he noticed her absence immediately. Now, he was trying to figure out what the Cybermen's end game was, while trying to flag down Jackie so she could tell him where the girl who Couldn't Keep Still had run off to this time.
'A GPS chip. I need to tag her.' He thought, watching as the ghost shift activated and the Cybermen stood, watching expectantly.
Jackie scooted in close, "But these Cybermen, what've they got to do with the ghosts?" She asked.
"Do you never listen?" He snapped back, his mind preoccupied with other things to be gentle with his response. "A footprint doesn't look like a boot."
Ghost started streaming in from the Void gap in the wall and, as they formed, they flickered into solid beings of metal. "They're Cybermen. All of the ghosts are Cybermen. Millions of them, right across the world." He muttered, darkly, wondering for the hundredth time since he came back where Astra was.
"They're invading the whole planet." Yvonne stated, watching as more Cybermen came from the void.
"It's not an invasion. It's too late for that. It's a victory." The Doctor responded. Watching, he quickly turned to Jackie. "Jackie, where did Astra go?"
"She said she went to Rose!" He felt his breathing lighten at the acknowledgement. Rose would keep her safe. "Something about the sphere." The woman said and his brows creased.
"The sphere? What about it?"
A beeping started and they looked down at the monitor. "Sphere activated. Sphere activated. Sphere activated." The Doctor stared at the screen, his mind still racing. If the sphere came with the Cybermen, then it would presumably link to more of them. How, he wasn't sure, but, it definitely spelt danger to his two girls downstairs. But, how did they have it?
He moved to stand next to the Cyberman who had brought them through. "But I don't understand." The Cyberman looked at him. "The Cybermen don't have the technology to build a Void Ship. That's way beyond you. How did you create that sphere?"
"The sphere is not ours." The Cyberman replied.
"What?" The Doctors face fell and a bad feeling started in the pit of his stomach.
"The sphere broke down the barrier between worlds. We only followed." The Cyberman replied. "Its origin is unknown."
"Then what's inside it?" The Doctor said, thinking aloud.
"Rose is down there." Jackie said, fighting back her panic. "And Astra."
The Doctor nodded subtlety, panic gripping his hearts.
"What's down there?" Jackie asked, looking at the man, who had moved to lean against the wall. "She was in that room with the sphere. And Astra went too. What's happened to them?"
"I don't know." He said, and Jackie gasped, her eyes starting to well as she put her hand to her mouth, fearing the worst. The Doctor moved from the wall and walked over to her. "I'll find her. Rose and Astra. I'll find them. I brought you there, I'll get you all out. Jackie look at me. Look at me." The blonde met his determined gaze. "I promise you. I give my word."
A Cyberman walked into Yvonne's office and asked for global authority. When the woman wouldn't give it, the Cyberman declared it would speak to the world. Watching, the Doctor pulled out his 3D glasses again and put them on as the Cyberman began to talk.
"This broadcast is for human kind. Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet, but you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex and class and colour and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us." The leader paused and waited, and the Doctor heard screams from the streets far below.
Taking off his 3D glasses, he moved to the large window, to look down at the streets below. He was joined by Yvonne and Jackie, and, shortly after, the Cyberleader. Cybermen were everywhere. Forcing a takeover. As worried as he was for her now, he was glad he had gone to retrieve Astra when he did. He couldn't imagine what she would have been feeling right now otherwise. Particularly if she had no prior knowledge…
"I ordered surrender." The Cyberleaders voice cut through his musings.
The Doctor looked at him incredulously. "They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand? You're on every street, you're in their homes, you've got their children! Of course they're going to fight."
The Cyberman just looked ahead and a mild anger simmered under the surface as they turned back to watching the chaos unfold underneath them.
The leader suddenly turned to look at his legion, which were standing before him. "Scans detect unknown technology active within Sphere chamber."
"Cybermen will investigate." The one at the head of the squad replied.
"Unites ten six five and ten six six will investigate Sphere camber." The leader commanded.
None of the Cybermen in the room moved and so the Doctor presumed a different group downstairs were going. He tensed. If it was unknown technology, who knew what the Cybermen were going to walk into and what state his friends would be in.
"Units open visual link." The leader said and a view from one of the Cybermen appeared on the laptop still sitting at Yvonne's desk. They watched as the Cybermen moved towards a door, but, suddenly, something appeared.
The Doctors hands dropped to his side from where they had been folded against his chest, in disbelief, as he watched the creature turn to face the Cybermen.
"Identify yourselves."
An inkling of fear took place in his stomach as the Daleks voice came over the laptop speakers.
"You will identify first." The Cybermen responded.
"State your identity."
"You will identify first."
"Identify!"
"That answer is pointless and illogical. You will modify."
"Daleks do not take orders."
"You have identified as Daleks."
"Rose said about the Daleks." Jackie whispered into his ears, as the Cybermen and Daleks continued their pointless argument. "She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?"
"Phone." He whispered back, turning quickly to face her.
"What?"
"Phone!" He said again, a little louder but more muffled. He couldn't let them catch on. Jackie wouldn't have Astra's number to contact her, but, he could contact Rose.
Jackie pulled it out of her pocket and passed it to him. Quickly, he found Rose's number and dialled bringing it to his ear. It rang for a moment, before the voice of Daleks came through and he almost sighed in relief. "She's answered. She's alive." He said quickly to Jackie, who covered her mouth in a rush of elation. "Why haven't they killed her?"
"Well don't complain!" Jackie said to him.
"They must need her for something." He said, still holding the phone to his ear, trying to make sense of what was happening in the other room. He listened for a few seconds. "The Genesis Ark?" He said out loud, and Jackie shrugged.
Turning back to look at the laptop, still broadcasting the argument between the two races, he pulled out his 3D glasses again and took a look.
"Daleks have no concept or elegance." The Dalek on the screen pronounced.
"This is obvious. But consider, our technologies are compatible." The Cybermen responded. "Cybermen plus Daleks. Together, we could upgrade the Universe."
"You propose an alliance?" The Dalek asked, and the Doctors breath caught in his throat at the thought.
"This is correct."
"Request denied."
"Hostile elements will be deleted." The Cybermen responded, then fired their weapons. They watched as the Dalek just seemed to absorb the blasts.
"Exterminate." It said, and shot its own beam back, disabling the two Cybermen and causing the screen to go blank.
"Open visual link." The Cyberleader announced, moving. "Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen."
"This is not war." A different Dalek said, appearing on the screen. "This is pest control."
"We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?" The leader asked.
"Four."
"You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?"
"We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek." The Dalek responded. "You are superior in only one respect."
"What is that?" The Cyberleader asked.
"You are better at dying." It responded and the Doctor moved to look at the Daleks on the laptop screen with his 3D glasses, before moving back to Jackie. "Raise communications barrier." The Dalek continued, and the visual link cutoff, as did Jackie's phone.
"Lost her." He said, hanging up, as the Cyberlearder moved into main room. "Quarantine the Sphere chamber. Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel."
The Cyberleader turned to face them and began marching, other Cybermen following and grabbing Yvonne first.
"No, you can't do this! We surrendered! We surrendered!" Yvonne yelled as she was dragged away.
"This one." The Cyberleader said, looking at the Doctor as the Cybermen grabbed him and Jackie. "His increased adrenaline suggests that he has vital Dalek information."
"Stop them!" Jackie yelled, as she was pulled away. "I don't want to go! You promised me! You gave me your word!"
"I demand you leave that woman alone!" The Doctor yelled, trying to fight out of the grip the Cybermen had on him. "I won't help you if you hurt her! Jackie, don't fight! I'll think of something!" He yelled out, as she was pulled around the corner and out of his sight.
Once she had been gone for long enough, the Cybermen let go of him and he moved to sit at the window, still being watched, his mind whirring and his hearts heavy. Yvonne and Jackie were taken. Rose and Astra trapped with Daleks. How could he get them out of this one?
"You are proof."
The Doctor looked up at the Cyberleader who was standing before him. "Of what?"
"That emotions destroy you."
"Yeah, I am." He said, with a small smile. A mild noise appeared, drawing the Doctors attention over to behind the Cyberleader, and he felt his mind stir with outcomes again. "Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes."
Seven figures, all in black, appeared suddenly and took aim on the Cybermen still left in the main room. The Cyberleader turned to face them, walking out of the office, and the Doctor ducked for cover. A bright flash, aimed at the Cyberleader, shut him down and he fell to his knees before his head exploded.
Once he heard it fall, the Doctor got to his feet and cautiously made his way out of the office. "Doctor." One of the men in black said. "Good to see you again." He pulled off his mask to reveal the face of a man he had met before.
"Jake?"
"The Cybermen came through from one world to another, and so did we." He said, moving forward and the Doctor felt a plan start to take form. But first, he would need more information.
Here we go! Hopefully good? Fingers crossed!
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