Chapter Thirteen
Erica, Nyssa and Tegan walked in front of Greggs while he pointed the gun at their backs and Erica balled her hands into fists.
"You are not going to get away with this," Tegan said as she looked back at Greggs and he snarled, pointing the gun at her head.
"One more word out of you and I will shoot," he said and Tegan sighed, turning around. They kept walking when two Cybermen appeared at the top of the stairs and Greggs frowned. "What are you doing here?"
"We are patrolling," the first Cyberman said as Greggs slowly blinked and the second Cyberman tilted its head, looking at Erica.
"Where are you taking them?" the second Cyberman asked and pointed at Erica, Nyssa and Tegan.
"That is none of your concern," Greggs said when the second Cyberman walked down the stairs and stood in front of Erica.
"This one is should not be here."
"What are you talking about?"
"This one has been deleted," the second Cyberman said and Nyssa looked at Tegan then at the Cyberman.
"Are you saying that she's dead?" Nyssa asked and the second Cyberman looked at her.
"Affirmative."
"Well, she isn't," Tegan said while the second Cyberman walked closer and Erica slowly moved down the stairs.
"Halt, do not move!" Greggs shouted but the second Cyberman kept moving and reached its hand out toward her.
"Run!" Tegan shouted as Erica turned, ran down the stairs and went down the hallway. The second Cyberman followed her as Greggs growled and turned, looking at the first Cyberman.
"Move!" Greggs said as the first Cyberman turned and Tegan and Nyssa walked up the stairs. The first Cyberman walked next to them as they headed down the hallway and Tegan softly prayed that Erica was going to be alright.
Erica ran down the hallway as the second Cyberman followed when she ran around the corner then saw the half opened door to one of the cells. Going inside the cell, Erica closed the door enough for her to peek out into the hallway and hoped that the second Cyberman hadn't see where she went. The second Cyberman walked by while she held her breath and prayed that it couldn't hear the rapid beating of her heart. Peeking out into the hallway, she slid out of the cell then ran back the way she came and tried hard not to cry.
"Jamie, where are you?" she whispered then went around the corner and wiped the tears from her eyes.
The Doctor looked at the scanner while he walked down the hallway and Jamie and Adric followed close behind him. Nodding, the Doctor went around the corner when he heard someone screaming and looked down the hallway. Walking faster, the Doctor headed toward the sound of the screaming when he came to an open doorway and Jamie and Adric stood on either side of him.
"Who are you?" Doctor Miller demanded while holding the bone saw in his right hand and blood dripped from the tip of the bone saw.
"I am the Doctor," the Doctor said while walking closer and looked at the Jacobite prisoner lying on the table. "What are you doing to him?"
"I am improving him," Doctor Miller said as the Doctor gave him a blank look and slowly blinked.
"You are improving him?"
"Yes, when I am finished with him, he will be perfect," Doctor Miller said and the Doctor looked at the Jacobite prisoner lying on the table. From the waist down, the Jacobite prisoner's hips, legs, knees, ankles and feet were encases in metal and the Jacobite prisoner moaned.
"What you are doing is killing him," the Doctor snarled and Doctor Miller laughed.
"Does it really matter? He was just some savage. No one will miss him," he said when Jamie stormed into the room and grabbed hold of Doctor Miller's wrist, squeezing his wrist until he dropped the bone saw to the floor.
"Will anyone miss ye if I killed ye?" Jamie demanded while the Doctor gave him a stunned look and Doctor Miller moaned, feeling the bones in his wrist about to snap.
"Jamie, no!" the Doctor said.
"No, Doctor, I am sick an' tired of people like him belittling my people! That isnae some wild beastie! That is a man! He probably had a family! He might have a wife an' children, who have no idea what happened tae him! He had a job before the war, or a farm! For all we ken, he is a laird! He deserved tae be treated better than this!" Jamie shouted while letting go of Doctor Miller's wrist then stormed out of the room. The Doctor blinked several times then looked at Doctor Miller and Doctor Miller held his aching wrist to his chest.
"See, nothing but savages!" Doctor Miller snarled as the Doctor looked at Adric then nodded his head slightly. Adric ran out of the room when he ran after Jamie and the Doctor glared at Doctor Miller.
Grumbling to himself, Jamie stormed into the main hallway while the vision of the Jacobite prisoner filled his head and the pleading look he had in his eyes. No one was there as he picked up some stones and looked up at the small balcony. Growling, he tossed the rocks up at the small balcony as the loud clattering sound filled the air and he ducked when some of the rocks flew back at him. Being flogged was painful, Jamie admitted that, but having your body torn apart and replaced with cold steel sent ice cold chills through his soul.
"Was that my fate at some point?" Jamie thought as he stopped then stood against the wall and slid down to the floor. Placing his face in his hands, Jamie tried to calm down when he heard heavy footsteps and something stopped a few feet to his right. Looking up, Jamie saw the Cyberman that had been chasing after Erica and slowly stood up.
"Ye've picked the wrong man tae mess with," Jamie growled while the Cyberman walked closer and stood just under the small balcony. Just like with Erica, the scans the Cyberman was reading seemed familiar as Jamie held the rock tightly in his hand and glared at it.
"You should not be here," the Cyberman said and Jamie softly laughed, shaking his head.
"Aye, ye got that right," Jamie said with a nod of his head.
"You have already been deleted."
"What are ye talking aboot?" Jamie asked as he got confused and the rock fell out of his hand.
"You should not be here," the Cyberman said then titled its head to one side and the fingers of its right hand twitched. "You think you're something special, eh?"
"What did ye say?" Jamie asked, walking closer.
"You think you're something special, eh?" the Cyberman asked when Jamie's eyes went wide and his heart slammed against his ribs.
"No, it cannae be," Jamie whispered, realizing who the Cyberman was. "Is that ye, Mullins?"
Before the Cyberman could answer, someone called out to Jamie and he looked up, seeing Erica looking over the railing. She dropped a sword over the railing as he got out of the way then picked the sword up, looking at the Cyberman.
"Creag an tuire," Jamie shouted as he swung the sword and cut the Cyberman's head off. Sparks flew into the air as the Cyberman staggered side to side then fell to the ground and Jamie dropped the sword.
"Jamie!" Erica shouted then ran down the stairs as he ran toward her and Erica half jumped into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck. Kissing his lips, Erica felt him lift her off the ground and slowly spin her around in a circle. He placed her feet down on the ground as he moved back and she smiled at him.
"Where did ye come from? I thought the Doctor told ye tae stay in the TARDIS," Jamie said as she looked down at his feet and shyly smiled.
"I…We decided that you, Adric and the Doctor shouldn't be the only ones finding out what was going on around here. So we went exploring then got lost," she said and Jamie softly laughed, shaking his head.
"Where are Tegan an' Nyssa?"
"Uh…" she said and he lifted her chin with his fingers. "My father caught us and pointed a gun at us. I don't know where we were going when two of those things appeared."
"Then what happened?"
"That one said that I had already been deleted and started chasing me," she said as she pointed to the Cyberman and he looked at it. "It must have gotten bored because it stopped chasing me. I decided to hide in my father's office when I found his sword…"
"An' ye were able tae lift it?" he teased and she rolled her eyes, gently smacking his chest.
"Yes, I'm not a weakling, you know," she said and he softly laughed.
"Hmm, strong an' beautiful," Jamie said as he kissed her lips and a blush moved across her cheeks. Kissing her lips again, Jamie walked to the smashed head of the Cyberman then held the severed head in his hands after picking it up off the ground. He carefully removed the metal casing while Erica stood next to him then gasped when they looked at Mullins' face. Jamie closed Mullins' eyes then placed the head on the ground and held onto Erica. "Let's go find the Doctor."