The TARDIS doors opened without a sound, and the Doctor poked his head out. Amy's head appeared under his and they scanned the surroundings.
The TARDIS had landed in an empty room, a cupboard perhaps.
The Doctor stepped out without hesitation.
"Ok," he murmured to Amy. "We know the Cult of Skaro is back on Earth in that metal factory. We saw it on security cameras. So that means just the patrolling Daleks are here."
"Ok, so what is the plan?" Amy asked.
"Well, there's a mystery, so let's go poke it with a stick."
There was a sudden buzzing behind her, and Amy spun around. Her mouth hung slightly open as she saw the TARDIS fade in and out until it was there no more.
"Doctor, the TARDIS is gone!"
"I did that," he replied, Sonicing the door.
"Why?"
"Amy, if we fail, then the Daleks can never get their hands on the TARDIS," he explained. "I've sent it to earth, and I can beam us there, too when we're finished with this."
"Ok," Amy murmured. "How are you doing that, by the way? The whole beaming thing? Because my Doctor can't do that."
"Handy little device that I got on the planet Jurassica," the Doctor said, pulling a small remote out of his jacket. "Limited number, so we've gotta use it wisely."
Amy froze. "Limited number?"
"Yes," he replied.
"How many?"
He thought for a moment. "Seven, max."
"You sure?"
"Absolutely."
"Doctor," Amy stuttered, nervously.
"Yes?"
"How many have we done?"
"Well, when we first arrived, I used that thing to beam Rose and myself into the factory in the first place, while we left the TARDIS about three miles away."
"So that's two," Amy said, counting off on her fingers.
"Then, I did a failed one when I tried to send Rose to safety."
"That's three."
"Then I saved you."
"Four."
"Then both of us to the TARDIS."
"Five, six."
"And then the TARDIS to earth just now. Oh."
Amy went white.
"So when this is over," Amy whispered.
"We have no way out," the Doctor finished.
"Crap."
Jack held out his pulsar in his right hand, causing Rose to jump back as he nearly smacked her in the face.
"Sorry," he stated, and Rose nodded. "So this pulsar can fry out a single Cyberman at a time, right?"
The Doctor nodded.
"What if we could transmit this pulsar to the whole of the Cybermen fleet on earth?"
The Doctor's eyes widened.
"Oh that's brilliant!"
"Thanks," Jack said with a smile.
Rose still didn't get it.
"What?"
"Rose, imagine if one pulsar could fry out every Cyberman within sixty square miles?"
"Oh my g-d, that's brilliant!" Rose cried. "So how do we do it?"
"We need to get to the main control center of the Cybermen."
"Where's that?" Rose asked.
"One of these warehouses."
Rose groaned. "It's gonna take forever to figure out which one it is!"
Jack rolled his eyes. "Rose, during the month I spent taking care of you, do you really think I spent all the extra time sitting on my butt, twiddling my thumbs?"
"Um..."
"Rose, I know which one it is."
"Ok..."
"What are we waiting for?" the Doctor smiled. "Allons-y!"
Donna coughed hard, opening her eyes as she jerked back to awareness. The first thing she thought was how much her stomach hurt.
Her next thought was-
"Doctor?" she croaked, wiping her forehead with the back of her hand. "Doctor?"
"Donna are you alright?" came Rory's voice. Her vision cleared, although her head still swam. She felt a hand on her back, which helped her sit up. The next thing she knew, Rory was kneeling next to her, and River Song was sitting besides her.
"Are you alright?" River asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Donna murmured. "What happened?"
"You got shot by a Silurian gun. Knocked you out for a good while."
Donna glanced at Rory.
"What are you doing?"
"Checking you over."
"Why?"
"Because I'm a trained doctor. Have you got a problem with that?"
"No."
After a few moments, Donna noticed what-or rather-who was missing.
"Where's Clara?"
River smiled slyly, and Rory grinned a bit. Donna furrowed her eyebrows.
"What did I miss?" Donna asked. "Where's Clara?"
Slowly, River pointed upward. Following her finger, Donna noticed the vent on the wall.
"She went in there?" Donna hissed.
"She's trying to find the Doctor," River said.
"And perhaps a way out," Rory added.
"And where's the Doctor?"
River's face fell.
"We don't know."
Suddenly, Donna found all her strength. She jumped to her feet, unfazed.
"If they hurt that skinny streak of alien, I will kill them."
"I thought you couldn't stand the Doctor."
"Not this version of him," Donna said. "but he's still the spaceman who became my best friend," she turned to Rory, a determined look on her face. "And I'd do anything for him."
Clara pushed herself along the duct, using SEC's torch to guide her way. She could tell that her skirt was now so dirty that no amount of washing will fix it. She groaned slightly at that thought.
She froze when she heard voices.
"We must purge the surface of all the apes," came a voice. Clara got angry as she recognized it as Calcon, the Silurian who hurt the Doctor. She moved forward to the vent, and peeked out through it.
The room was full of Silurians, and in the middle of the group, stood Calcon.
"This is what we will do. Tonight, we shall send an attacking fleet to the surface with a poison gas. Kill as many apes as you can. Then, we-"
"Calcon?" came a voice. "What are you doing?"
"Eldane!" Calcon spun around to face a new Silurian who had entered the room. "You traitor."
"I am not a traitor, Calcon. But it is no business of yours to attack the earth, while the rest of us sleep."
"Apes have taken over the surface. We must take back what is rightfully ours."
"You sound like Restac."
Even though Clara could only see Calcon from behind, she could feel her anger from in the air duct.
"You poisoned the city. Forced us back into hibernation. You're letting the apes keep what is ours. You are a traitor."
"I did it, to avoid war with the humans."
"We will slaughter those apes!"
"No, we won't," Eldane objected. "Should we alliance with the humans, we could be great! But at the time, the humans weren't ready."
"You are a traitor!" Calcon repeated. "Traitors are thrown in prison. Take him to the cells."
A few guards grabbed Eldane from behind and started dragging him away.
"Calcon, stop this nonsense!"
"I am taking back what is rightfully ours," Calcon growled as Eldane was dragged away. She turned to the Silurians and went on, giving the plan for battle attack. Clara bit her lip. This was bad. Very bad.
Hopelessly bad.
The Doctor drifted in and out of consciousness. He didn't know how much time had passed. Every time he woke up, the pain dulled a bit, then returned.
Calcon must have really hurt him.
He was jerked back to awareness, when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"No more," he choked out. "Please, just no more."
"I'm going to get you out of here," said a voice with an American Accent. It sounded just too familiar. "Relax," It said. "I'm going to get you out of here."
"Oh no! What will Amy and the 9th Doctor do?"
Spoilers.
"How will the 10th Doctor, Rose, and Jack defeat the Cybermen?"
Spoilers.
"How will Donna, Rory, and River escape the cells?"
Spoilers.
"How will Clara get out of the air duct?"
Spoilers."
"Who is saving the 11th Doctor from the 'chamber'?"
Spoilers.
"Who is SEC?"
Spoilers.
Read on. These questions will be answered :)
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