Chapter 10

24 hours til battle

The humans: Danny, River, Sherlock and Clara decided that it was best if they had about eight hours of sleep before the war. Almost immediately both Missy and the Doctor agree. Sherlock and Clara decided it was best to go to bed 9 hours before battle. It would give them time to fight of sleep inertia. River and Danny decided to go to bed to go to bed 10 hours before the fight. They came to the conclusion by flipping a coin.
Ivan and his team worked on practicing their moves that may be needed in the battle. They practiced roundhouse kicks, decapitation skills and how to get both hearts of Missy.

20 hours til battle

Missy is getting impatient. Never before had she delayed the inventible for so long. Normally she would have forced the Doctor to marry her there and then. No playing around. She would have had the Doctor for all of time and space.
The Doctor paces around the TARDIS. He is fretting. What happens if he loses? Most mothers would say "you win some, you lose some." The team getting ready for battle has taken a 2 hour break. Ivan warns them not to cool down.

16 hours til battle

The daleks mill around. They are ready to destroy the one who escaped his destiny over 900 years ago. They are ready for destruction to take place. They can feel it bubbling in the one who warned them of the Doctor.
Danny is getting anxious. He had never had a serious fight with Clara, and now he was going to fight on the opposite side as her.
River is thinking about the Doctor. She is wondering about how he is coping. She wondered if he would still love her after the battle. She wondered if he would kiss her or kill her.

12 hours til battle

Ivan pushes the humans to their limit. He lets the nations sleep for now. He knows that Romano can't fight on no sleep. He knows Gilbert needs the time to focus on the task. Ivan set Jett and Gilbert the task of destroying Missy. He knows revenge is on their lips.
The Doctor has been meditating for an hour. He will stay like that for another 3 hours.

8 hours til battle

Sherlock and Clara have been asleep for an hour. Danny and River have been sleeping for two hours. The Doctor came out of his meditation an hour ago. All the countries have eaten. Feliciano has cooked pasta, and no one complained. They knew complaining could only be done by Ludwig.
Missy started debriefing her soldiers on what to do. Cybermen would take the left and the right side of the planet in case anyone appeared. The daleks would go down the straight. They were the killing machines.

4 hours til battle

Ivan started revising the offensive and the defensive strategies. He had a speculation that the so called daleks would go to the sides. He didn't know whether a dalek could kill a country or not. He asked if anyone would be willing to see if they could be killed or not. Only Jett volunteered.

1 hour til battle

All the humans are awake. They know how dangerous this attack would be. But they are willing to risk everything to either save earth or save Gallifrey. Missy told Danny and River not to be distracted. She told them that the humans on the Doctors side were weak. She gave the privilege of destroying Clara Oswald to River.
The Doctor and Sherlock looked outside the TARDIS. They could see humans eating. Sherlock became hungry just by watching. The Doctor lead him back inside and asked Yao and Francis to cook a meal for them. They happily complied and cooked a banquet. As everyone ate, they watched the clock tick down. They weren't ready, despite what they claimed. They weren't ready to lose more people that they have come to considered friends. When the clock reached 5 minutes, they started to hug one another. They wished each other the best. It was 2 minutes to go when Feliciano stood up to speak.
"We are not only family, but friends. We have each other. I once thought I had no one because of a dream I had. I dreamed that my two friends tried to kill me. They succeed, but I woke up. I know how important friends and family are. So before we go out on this suicide mission, I want to say this to Romano. You may not have a lot of people loving you since I was born, but I love you." Romano went tomato red. He never knew how much his brother loved him. Just as he went to reply, the clock sounded. The 24 hours were up.