sorry for the late update guys but i am commited to finishing this fic :) anyways, hope you enjoy this cahpter.


Chapter six

"What's a cyberman doing in the middle of no where, behind the wheel of a car?" The Doctor asked aloud, scratching his head as he looked around for an answer.

"This is more then armor, it's some sort of exoskeleton, protecting something on the inside. What did you say it's called, a cyberman?" Brennan asked, turning her head this way and that to observe the figure slumped behind of the wheel of the car.

Supporting Booth's head with one hand she attempted to put her free hand through the open car window in order to touch the Cyberman's seemingly unconscious form.

"Don't" the Doctor yelled, pushing her hand out of the way before she could, his eyes fierce.

"Doctor, whatever this thing is, it needs our help!" Temperance protested, gesturing to the figure in the car.

"No it really doesn't" River corrected her turning to the Doctor, "When you couldn't remember what you'd seen I feared the worse. I-I thought it was the silence" she whispered before she went on in a louder, more indifferent tone, "But, I guess this is bad enough anyway" she finished, gesturing to the Cyberman.

"The thing is," The Doctor began in a puzzled tone, "The armor would have shielded it when the car crashed,"

"It doesn't look damaged, just knocked out" River shrugged but the Doctor shook his head,

"But why would the crash have rendered it unconscious in the first place?"

Both of them turned as one to look at the car window, an identical frown on both of their foreheads.

"So what you seem to be implying Doctor, is that this thing is not human?" Brennan asked in loud voice, trying to get the Doctor's attention,

"What?" the Doctor asked in a dazed tone, turning away to look at her. "Yes, of course it's not human Temperance, look at it, human technology is…" He began to say but she finished his sentence for him,

"Far less advanced then this" She nodded to the Cyberman, "I posses rather high intellect Doctor, I can keep up" She added with a smile.

The Doctor smiled back warmly, "yes, of course you can"

From somewhere below them they heard a loud groan and, along with River, they looked down in time to see Booth's eyes slowly flutter open.

It took the agent a few seconds to become aware of his surroundings before he realized he was being carried by two women.

"Ok" He muttered, hurriedly clambering up so that he could stand on his own two feet.

Naturally he stumbled and lost his balance, swaying as he fell,

"Booth" Brennan cried, holding out her arms to catch him in time.

"oof" Booth groaned as he landed in her arms.

"Booth you're disorientated, you're sense of direction is warped and.." Brennan began to say only to be cut off by Booth waving his hand lamely in her face,

"Bones I'm fine" He muttered, attempting once again to clamber to his feet.

This time, much to everyone's surprise, he managed to stand though he leaned heavily on Temperance.

"Right" Booth said as soon as he was standing, "What's been happening?"

In answer River and The Doctor moved apart to show him the car behind them.

Booth groaned, "Please don't tell me you hijacked a car" He turned to face River who replied in a defensive tone, "We had no choice"

Booth raised an eyebrow skeptically,

"Well, actually…" Brennan and The Doctor began at the same time.

"Bones, I really don't wanna have to arrest you" Booth cried in slight annoyance,

"Then don't" Temperance said matter-of-factly.

There was a moment of silence where they both faced eachother, glaring silently before Booth gave up and sighed in defeat,
"seriously though, a beetle? Out of all the cars to come down here you snag Herbie?" He asked in disbelief, kicking the front tire of the car lamely.

"Our options were low ok?" River snapped back, irritated.

Booth shook his head as he leaned down to catch his own glimpse of the driver,

"You better hope the driver is o-k, what the hell is that?" He asked upon seeing the cyberman slumped behind the wheel of the car (if Cybermen could slump that is)

"It's a Cyberman" Brennan explained with a smug smile.

"And that's anthropology talk for what exactly?" Booth asked, frowning at her.

"Well, I, I don't actually know what it means" Brennan faltered, looking to the Doctor for help.

"That's a first" Booth muttered under breath.

"All you need to know is, it's hostile, so we needa kill it" River explained for him.

"NO!" The Doctor hissed, looking at her disbelievingly, "we're not killing anything, something is clearly wrong with it. We should help it!"

The last word rang clearly in everyone's ears. And for two of them, it was not a good thing.

"If you were in its place it wouldn't hesitate to kill you!" River argued, crossing her arms and leaning against the car.

Booth meanwhile reached into his holster and extracted his gun, holding it out in front of him.

"Doctor that thing doesn't look to friendly and I'm not gonna take any chances with three civilians in the area" He said, his voice hard as he pointed with his gun at the Cyberman in the window.

"We're not gonna kill it, but to be sure we should at least detain it" He hissed.

"Booth you're not thinking straight," Brennan began, but however that sentence ended was drowned out by the sound of aloud groan coming form within the Volkswagen.

"Was that…" Brennan trailed off, pointing to the car

"No" The Doctor replied, trying to laugh it off just as River said, "It couldn't be"

Nethertheless they both turned as one to look at the interior of the car.

Behind them Booth raised his gun, pushing Brennan behind him as he did so.

"Cybermen don't groan" River hissed, peering into the window with the Doctor.

"They do now" The Doctor muttered back, equally as shocked as he indicated to the driver's seat.

The Cyberman inside had risen off the steering wheel, its metallic arms gripped tightly around the wheel.

"I-am-not-a-Cyberman" It said, turning to face the duo who flinched simultaneously. "I-am-a-human"

"Did it just say…" River trailed off, a look of pure shock etched on her features.

"That is definitely not normal" The Doctor whispered.

The Cyberman continued to stare at them, oblivious to their astonishment,

"My-name-is-Bette, what-is-yours?" It asked in its robotic voice.

"Doctor" River began slowly, "what the hell is going on?"


Cybermen, acting like humans...I'm having to much fun writing this :)

Please review guys, I really wanna know your thoughts about this and any theories you may have on what's going on here,

I had heaps of fun planning this out :)