Chapter 13

Oswin, Caelix, Carrie, and the Doctor, all stood outside the cyberman leader's room. Both Oswin and Carrie fingered their light sabers. Caelix couldn't help but feel a little envious. He wanted his back, but some cyberman or another had it, and he wasn't sure where or how to begin looking for them.

"You don't have to come with me you know," the Doctor said.

Caelix stifled a groan. Actually, it might not have been very stifled. A little noise came out of him that was loud enough for the Doctor to turn.

"This was our idea," Carrie pointed out. "Five minuets ago you wanted to negotiate."

"Yes and then you asked for my help," the Doctor responded. "No need to put us all in danger."

'We're Jedi," Oswin reminded him. "Danger is sort of what we do."

And with that she used the Force to open the door. There were many cybermen inside and Caelix felt his heart sink. They all looked so similar. How were they supposed to find and destroy the leader?

The Doctor on the other hand, seemed unperturbed. He strode right in.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor," he announced.

Every cyberman in the place turned to him, meaning no one was looking at the Jedi. Carrie's eyes widened as she got an idea, and she tapped Caelix with one of her light sabers. Caelix looked down, then at her face. She didn't say anything, but she didn't need to. He got the idea. Caelix took her extra light saber.

The cybermen meanwhile, had decided to speak.

"Correct. You will be deleted."

One tried to shot him. Caelix thrust the light saber out. He had step forward a little, the blade was shorter than he was used to, but he managed to bounce whatever the cyberman shot back at it.

"Did I mention I brought help?" the Doctor asked.

The other two stepped in. They fought the cybermen. Caelix didn't see what the Doctor was doing, and he didn't have time to figure it out. He was fighting for his life with a light saber he definitely wasn't used to. He mostly relied on Force pushing instead.

"This is so weird," Carrie unknowingly agreed.

She was used to throwing her light sabers. With only one she wasn't about to risk that.

Then Caelix pushed one cyberman into another, and noticed the one in back was holding something. He held out his free hand and the object shot into it. He grinned. A light saber. His own that he was so familiar with, that he'd been using for two years ever since his blue one was shot into space. But that was a long story he wasn't going to dwell on.

"All yours Carrie," Caelix said, tossing her light saber back to her.

Carrie grinned as she caught it. "Now we're talking."

It was only a few moments later they heard the Doctor give what sounded like a triumphant laugh. For a moment the fighting stopped as they all turned to him.

"You have had a positive response," one of the cybermen observed. Actually that might have been the leader. "What did you do?"

"Oh I just, rigged this place to explode," the Doctor casually told him. "The Jedi seemed to be having a hard time, so I thought I'd make it easier. We've got a little while before the countdown finishes, but I don't think you'll get out that fast."

"You will die as well," one of the cybermen pointed out.

"Yes, well. . ." the Doctor didn't seem to have a response for that.

Carrie turned to him, eyes wide in fear. "D-Doctor? You have a plan, don't you?"

Caelix was just stunned. The Doctor, who always knew what was going on, and always had a plan even if they didn't know, didn't have a way to get out. After all this, they were going to die.

"Well we at least have to make an effort," Oswin decided. "Let's go."

The four started forward, they hadn't even made it out of the room when something zoomed down the hall and stopped at the doorway. It was the space ship they'd come in.

"R2," Caelix said in surprise.

"The one and only," R2 replied, although only Caelix and the Doctor understood him. "Now come on."

Caelix didn't even bother asking how R2 knew to come. Being told to stay had never actually worked with him anyway. He lept into the driver's seat and helped Carrie in with him. The Doctor took the other side.
Those three didn't notice the cyberman at the controls, trying to stop the countdown. Oswin did though.

"No!" she cried.

She went back over and sliced its head off with her light saber. Then, just for good measure, she sliced him in half vertically. She turned back to the three, all staring at her. The Doctor was the only one with a look of dread.

"You know what happens now Doctor," Oswin said.

"No," the Doctor breathed.

"What's she going to do?" Carrie asked, getting an expression of dread herself.

Caelix tightened his grip on her arms just in case she decided to run back to her master. It wouldn't be unheard of, especially from her.

"Someone has to stay and make sure they don't turn off the countdown," Oswin insisted.

"Then let me!" the Doctor shouted.

Oswin shook her head. "I can't do that."

"Why not?!"

Oswin seemed to be thinking it over. The Doctor started to get out of his seat. No doubt he would go take her place. Oswin could see it was going to happen, so she answered.

"No idea."

Then she gave him a Force push and he dropped back into his seat. R2 closed the ship and took off, driving on his own for the moment. Caelix snapped out of his stunned state and helped. The two got the ship out just as the station blew up.

"Master!" Carrie cried.

Now free of Caelix's grip she pounded on the wall repeatedly. Caelix knew he should be concerned, but he had a lot of other things on his mind at the moment. He turned to the Doctor who seemed to be staring dramatically out into the distance. Caelix looked in the direction he was staring just to be sure. Nothing there.

"Did it work?" Caelix asked.

After all this, it had better have worked.

The Doctor smiled slightly. "See for yourself."

Caelix looked down. The cybermen who hadn't been blown up were dropping. It had worked then.