"Man this sucks." Finn and Jake walked slowly through metre after metre of abandoned corridor. It was Finn who had spoken. "The first 'all metal' dungeon I get to explore and there's nothing here to do. No treasure to steal, no monsters to fight; this blows."

"Man, don't wish too hard," Jake laughed nervously. "Or we'll suddenly have lots of cybermen to deal with and that didn't exactly turn out good last time." He rubbed his elbow from the memory.

"Yeah I guess, but still…" He looked around at the new corridor they had just walked into. Finn couldn't be sure it was a new corridor though as it looked exactly the same as the last one they had walked through. And the one before that. And the one before that as well. It was as if the cyber architects had deliberately decided to make the place as repetitive and annoying to navigate as possible (Which was likely as they had no concept of imagination).

The walls were all grey and had scorch marks that were likely left over from the crash. Numerous cracks covered the floor but Finn wasn't sure if they were due to the crash landing or the intense heat that filled the air. His breathing was shallow and was sweating like mad. Jake was shifting into numerous desert creatures such as snakes and camels to try to see what was best for losing heat.

"Jake?" Finn asked at length as they rounded another corner into an identical one.

"Yeah."

"Do you…do you think we made the right choice back there in the TARDIS."

"About what?"

"You know about leaving PB behind and going bro style."

"Man I like the princess and all but she's a science person, not a fighter." Jake said.

"Come on she practically saved our butts from Ricardio by taking him on hand to hand. And then she had to carry us back to the Candy kingdom which took another two days and another one to create an antidote to the Zanoid infection. She can totes hold her own in a fight. Do you think we bunked up by ditching her?"

"She would just cramp our style." He reasoned. "And besides she said she was fine with it so no big deal right." Finn turned to face Jake.

"You and I both know that she was lying. Tone of her voice."

"Well…yeah ok I noticed, but what could we do about it? She told us to split up to make finding this thing easier. If she'd come with us instead of going it alone then we would have less chance of finding it and I don't want Ooo to be remodelled with a metal face on it." Though Jake's logic was good, Finn's moral compass was still conflicted.

"Yeah but…but we still ditched her even after all she's done for us and all she's been through. Losing her kingdom, her children even. That's what she saw her subjects as; her own children, and now they're gone. We should have taken her along so we could comfort her or something."

"I suppose, but we can do all the hugging and consolation biz after we find the computer. Hey I bet if we went with her we'd just slow her down as computers and science are kinda her area. She'll be fine."

"Maybe…maybe." Finn murmured as they continued deeper into the space wreck.

Both of them had to walk fairly quickly as the metal of the floor was conducting all of the fire kingdom's residual heat through it, which was burning their feet. At least that's what they would have thought if they had decided to bring princess Bubblegum along with them and got her to explain, but instead just thought it was hot and they should keep moving.

"Oh Grod it's like an oven in here. Make it stop!" Wailed Jake.

"We're not giving up. The Doctor, no the world is counting on us to find that computer code thing and as heroes we're not going to give up. It's our job." Finn looked around at Jake. "And besides how do you think I feel? You can just turn into a piece of paper or something to lose all your heat."

"Oh yeah!" Jake laughed. He proceeded to shrink his body down into something not very paper like.

"Dude…what's that? That isn't paper at all!" Finn said.

"Nah, man it's a frilled-neck lizard."

"A huzzah ma what?" He replied.

"You know like a lizard, but with a fan around its neck to lose heat easier so kinda like paper." Finn shook his head.

"Never mind let's just keep going." Finn scratched his head and, after an unsuccessful attempt to rid himself of the heat induced itch, he resorted to removing his bear hat. His golden locks fell around him but clumped together in strings due to the sweat build up.

"Gross, dude," Jake said when he saw the tangled, sweaty mess of hair

I'm not even sure we're going anywhere anymore." Finn remarked, eager to change the subject. "All these corridors look the same. Maybe we're walking around in circles." Jake sniffed the humid air.

"Nah. Dog sense says we haven't been through here yet so I say we keep going."

"Dude you're not even a dog anymore, you're a lizard thing."

"I still got the nose though." He enlarged his nose back to regular size to prove his point. "And my nose is telling me that there's something new up ahead."

"Like as in not boring metal corridor type action. Woo-hoo!" Yelled Finn.

"Dude keep it down!" Jake said in a hushed tone. "This place is bound to have some spare cybermen lurking around and I don't want them to think it's playtime. Plus whatever's up ahead isn't good different it's bad different. Like a blot on the Jake-dar's nose scanner. We got to be stealthy, like ninjas."

"Bro, we are ninjas." Finn reminded him. "Remember when we got hold of ice king's fridjitsu book and mastered the techniques of ice and whatnot."

"Finn, he took away our ninja power's when we left the kingdom as a result of trashing his castle."

"Oh yeah."

"And besides, you know ice powers don't work in humid environments in any case. So if we did have them still they'd be a flop in here."

"Who told you that?" Finn asked.

"Shelby. He went on some quest a while back with the ice king."

"Huh? He never mentioned…oh sweet finally some air-con in here!" Finn was right. From around the corner a welcome chill of cold air could be felt. Unlike the rest of the corridors the brothers had traversed, however, the space where the gentle breeze could be felt from was pitch black.

The rooms they had been through so far had had intermittently flickering lights that highlighted the sheen of sweat that clung to both of them but the room around the corner appeared to emit an eerie blackness that hung in the air and threatened to drown them both. Finn stepped forward to round the corner but Jake stretched him back.

"Dude! What if there's cybermen around the corner? That air-con probably means something and I don't think it's a welcoming break for us. Let's try to find another way around."

"No time, Jake. I can't let them become any stronger than they already are. My job as a hero is to protect Ooo and I bet that breeze means we're getting close to the main computer. It's probably to stop it overheating and busting up and if we find the code we can end this right now." He drew his sword and looked at the yellow canine/lizard. "You in or not?"

"Fine but this is on you." Jake held up his stretchy arms in defeat. Nodding once, the two crept silently forwards towards the edge of the corridor and the turn that the darkness was spilling around from. Jake held up his fingers and mimed.

"3, 2, 1!" The two flung themselves around the bend but were disappointed to what they saw. No computer could be seen. Not much of anything could been seen, really, as the darkness enveloped the room in an impenetrable blanket.

"We got all hyped up for nothing. This sucks. I can't even see my hand in front of my face. Finn waved his non-sword arm around in annoyance. Jake try to find a light switch or something will you? "

"Sure bro. Hang on I think I got it." Jake ran his arms along the smooth steel wall until he found a bump. Flipping the switch they got the shock of their lives. They both froze and didn't care that their feet started to burn from staying too long.

"Dude turn it off quickly!" Finn whispered, not taking his eyes off what could only be described as his greatest fear now that he was no longer afraid of the ocean. Darkness fell once more as Jake needed no further prompting to re-flip the switch. Although they were back under cover of darkness they were still in fear for their lives as, lining the walls behind glass screens, there stood hundreds upon hundreds of cybermen. The two brothers stood hugging each other and preparing for the worst. It didn't come, however, and Finn slowly let his fearful grip on Jake slacken.

"Why haven't they got us yet?" Finn hissed, scared that even the slightest noise would wake them up.

"I don't know, man…maybe they're sleeping?" Jake whispered back.

"They're standing up! And they're robots, I don't think they need to sleep."

"Maybe they're in off mode. Or in standby."

"I hope so because we need to get to the door on the other side." Finn pointed into the inky darkness. When you turned the light on I saw a door at the end. The computer's got to be close."

"I dunno, bro. That door must be at least 300 metres away and the walls are lined with metal dudes who could wake up at any time. We should try to go around a different way so we don't get beat up or worse, killed."

"You know I don't like you using the 'k' word. We can do this." Finn put his sweaty palms to his temples and racked his brains.

"Come on think brain. What do I know that can help?" The voice of Rattleballs came floating back.

"Sometimes to beat your opponent you must think like your opponent. Use what you know about them to unravel them and find an opening."

"That's good but too general. I need specific things here." Next princess Bubblegum's explanation came drifting into his mind.

"That energy spike must have taken lots of energy to fire. Why didn't they use it power themselves and sent more cybermen after us?"

"Good thinking, PB, but there's still something missing."

"They should have got us easily but why send only 3 units." The Doctor's voice came back clear as day. "Out here on the open plains we should have been overpowered in seconds but why only 3…" Finn was interrupted by his thoughts, or rather his body, being shaken.

"Come on, Finn, talk to me! Come on wake up, buddy, we need to go now!"

"Hmm…mhhuh, what? Jake why're you shaking me?"

"Oh thank Grob!" Jake hugged him again. "I thought you clocked out from heat wave or something. Speaking of clocks we've only got 15 minutes until the Doctor wants us back and the cybermen try to destroy all of Ooo. Have you got a plan or what?" Finn pushed Jake's sweaty body away from his own to try to get some circulation back.

"Yeah I think I've worked it out. Jake, turn the lights on."

"Are you crazy?! They'll definitely see us this time and attack." Jake made a horrified face at Finn which he couldn't see too well in the gloom (which was just as well). "There's got to be at least 500 cybermen just in this one room. No fricking way."

"Jake, we had the lights on way long enough for them to see us before and yet they didn't move an inch. Just trust me and put them back on." He implored. They locked eyes for a few seconds.

"Ok, but get ready to run." Jake slowly extended his arm back up to the wall and located the switch once more. Hesitantly he flipped it and the room was bathed in an eerie glow. Row upon row of cybermen were highlighted behind their glass screens and Finn desperately wanted to run. The cybermen remained motionless, however, and kept looking straight ahead with the same blank expressions.

"I-I don't get it." Jake stuttered. "What's with them? Why aren't they killing us?"

"Remember what The Doctor and Peebles said?" Finn asked.

"Not really."

"They said that if the cybermen had anymore working units they would have already sent them out to take us out back on the grasslands. I don't think these ones are alive, or ever have been. They're just empty shells of nothing, look." He walked up to the nearest one and pulled a silly face.

"Yeah…I guess." Jake was still uneasy. "Come on, bro, these guys are creeping me out." He pulled Finn away from the glass screen where he was making faces and waving his arms around at the occupants. "I don't like the way they're staring at me."

"Jake, they don't even have eyes."

"Yeah but why do I still feel like I'm being watched. Let's just head to the end of this creep-house and go through that door. Even if the computer isn't there it's better than having all of these things just standing here doing jack all and creeping me the math out."

"Alright you win." Finn backed away from the glass. "Lead the way, bro." Jake didn't need to be told twice and listened to the soft 'clinks' and 'clangs' of his feet on the silvery metal floor. Finn followed close behind him whilst periodically checking for movements behind the screens.

"They're all the same. Every single one. Same arms, same legs, same everything. What do they feel? Why would they do this to themselves? I think I'd die before becoming one of them, but didn't the Doctor say there was no difference? They're already dead. And staring at us with that weird blank look. I think I know what Jake means now about them giving him the creeps."

"Oh Glob!" Jake froze which caused Finn to bump into him.

"Dude, what is it?!"

"I-I think that one just moved," he yelped.

"Relax they're just dummies. For show or something. Probably just a trick of the light" He said that more for his own benefit than Jake's but his brother seemed to buy it. They were still at least 150 metres from the door and he didn't know if they would make it if they had to run.

"Ye-yeah, prob-probably," Jake said, reassured. They continued walking at a slightly quicker pace. As It was as they entered the final 100 metres that they noticed one of them flex its fingers, slowly. Another turned its head to face them from behind the glass. The two froze. More and more of the cybermen were flexing their fists and turning their empty gazes to the duo until all 500 or so pairs of eyes were fixated on them.

"I don't think that's a trick of the li…"CRASH! Glass exploded behind them as the first of the sleeping army began to wake.

"Dude, run!" Finn yelled to Jake as the other units followed suit and began smashing their fists through the glass. Jake needed no further telling and immediately turned into a cheetah. "Try to open the door!" He heard Finn yell behind him as he sprinted ahead. Luckily the cybermen were slow to start up but that was little consolation to Finn who was getting showered by glass left, right and centre by the awakening army. "Jake hurry up!"

Jake turned from hurriedly working on the door to see Finn running for his life towards him as he twisted away from the numerous metal hands that were trying to grab him.

"It's not budging! "He shouted back. It was true. None of his key hand manipulations were making the door move an inch. He looked helplessly back round to see Finn sprinting at speeds that would have made Usain Bolt proud. That was the good news. The bad news was that the cybermen were now almost completely awake and were chasing Finn at a quick march.

"Finn, I can't open it…I'm sorry," Jake said with a heavy heart. Preparing himself for the worst he closed his eyes.

"Get out of the way!" Jake had a split second to wonder what Finn meant before he was tackled head on by the sprinting teen and was rammed into the door. The force of the impact was so great that the hinges buckled and flung open to let the two tumble into the next room. Their joy was short lived, however, as the cybermen continued to advance towards them at an alarming speed. Finn sprang up off the ground and ran back to the door and tried to close it. It wouldn't and he looked down in horror at what he'd done.

"Jake help he hold this door shut!" He shouted down to the dog who was still lying on the floor. "I busted the hinges and now the door won't lock again. Jake!?" Jake didn't get up. "Jake, no!" Finn sobbed but was snapped out of mourning by the force of the blows that were striking the door from the other side.

"Why do they want to kill us so badly?!" He yelled in frustration with tears flowing freely down his face. He pressed his back to the door and scanned the new room. Not only was there no computer but there was nothing of any sort. The room was completely bare aside from Jake's body and a door on the other side of the room.

Finn thought briefly about running over to it and trying to open it but he knew it was hopeless. It was too far away and if he left the door the cybermen would get in and kill him as well. And that was with Jake's lock picking ability. He looked down at the floor where his brother lay.

"I'm sorry Jake. I wasn't strong enough to save you. I messed up. Now I'm trapped with no way back and no way forward because of my weakness. Forgive me, brother"

The end? Find out next time!