Doomsday, part 1
"What's down there?" Jackie turned to the Doctor and the Hatter, who were leaning against the wall, "She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose?"
"I don't know," the Doctor admitted abruptly, exchanging a worried look with the Hatter. Jackie started crying, the Time Lady put an arm around her as the Doctor followed after the Hatter over to Jackie, "I'll find her. I brought you here; I'll get you both out. You and your daughter. Jackie, look at me. Look at me," Jackie looked up at him, tears in her eyes, "I promise you. I give you my word".
"And mine," the Hatter added sincerely.
One of the Cybermen approached Yvonne who was sitting behind her desk, "You will talk to your central world authority and order global surrender".
"Oh, do some research," Yvonne rolled her eyes, not afraid in the slightest, "We haven't got a central world authority".
"You have now. I will speak on all global wavelength," the Doctor slipped his 3D glasses on as the Cyberman started the broadcast, "This broadcast is for human kind: Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet. But you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex and class and colour and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us".
...
"I ordered surrender," the Cyberman stated as they observed the city below, watching as explosions and fire went off. The world fighting against the Cybermen.
"They're not taking instructions," the Hatter turning away from the window to glair at the Cyberman, "Don't you understand? You're on every street, you're in their homes. You've got their children. Of course they're going to fight!"
"Hatter, please don't," the Doctor whispered in her ear, pulling her back from the Cyberman.
"Scans detect unknown technology active within Sphere Chamber," One of the Cybermen suddenly said, making the Doctor and the Hatter look at each other.
"Cybermen will investigate," another Cyberman agreed, pushing a comm. device open, "Units 10-65 and 10-66 will investigate Sphere Chamber".
"We obey," came the reply.
"Units open visual link," a Cyberman, the Cyberleader, ordered as the Doctor and the Hatter watched as a visual of a corridor appeared on Yvonne's laptop a moment later, "Visual contact established".
The Doctor and the Hatter stared in horror as a Dalek appeared on the screen. The Doctor grabbed the Hatter's hand, holding it tightly, quickly placing a kiss on her forehead when he felt her shacking.
"No..." the Doctor breathed, shaking his head.
"I really hate being right," the Hatter breathed as she tightened her own grip on the Doctor's hand.
"Identify yourselves," the Dalek commanded.
"You will identify first," the Cyberman replied.
"State your identity!"
"You will identify first," the Cyberman repeated.
"I never thought I would see a Cyberman and a Dalek have an argument," the Hatter whispered to the Doctor as she tried to stop herself from shacking.
"Shhh," the Doctor quietly shushed her, wrapping one of his arms around her but it didn't seem to help.
"Identify!" the Dalek demanded.
"...illogical, you will modify".
"Daleks do not take orders!"
"No, but they can give them out," the Hatter murmured under her breath.
"You have identified as Daleks".
"Outline resembles the INFERIOR species known as 'Cybermen,'" the voice of another Dalek came over the monitor.
The Doctor and the Hatter looked at each other, completely horrified at the thought of more Daleks. The Doctor pulled the Hatter closer to him as she started shacking worse than before.
"Rose said about the Daleks," Jackie whispered to the Doctor, "She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?"
"Phone," the Doctor demanded, holding out a hand to Jackie as the Hatter stepped away from the Doctor, taking deep breaths and closing her eyes, trying to stop herself from shacking.
"What did you…" Jackie whispered, only for the Doctor to cut her off.
"Phone!" Jackie passed her phone over, discreetly so the Cyberman wouldn't see as the Hatter opened her eyes, no longer shacking but still looking paler than normal. The Doctor dialled Rose's phone and held it to his ear, waiting for Rose to answer. After a moment he turned to Jackie, looking relieved.
"She's answered, she's alive," the Doctor said quietly as the Hatter sighed in relief and Jackie clapped her hand over her mouth, "Why haven't they killed her?"
"Well, don't complain!" Jackie exclaimed as the Hatter nodded, agreeing with his words.
"They must need her for something," the Hatter frowned as the Doctor fell silent, listening to the conversation on the other side of the phone.
"The Genesis Ark?" the Doctor glanced at the Hatter, who had gone sickly pale, shacking all over again, looking even more horrified then when they had first heard the Dalek voice. The Doctor shot her a worried look as he slipped his 3D glasses on, looking at the laptop.
"Our species are similar, though your design is inelegant," the Cyberman said.
"Daleks have no concept of elegance," the Dalek replied.
"This is obvious," the Cyberman said, "But consider, our technologies are compatibly. Cybermen plus Daleks, together, we could upgrade the Universe".
"You propose an alliance?" the Dalek asked.
"This is correct".
"The Daleks won't agree," the Hatter whispered as she stopped shacking but still looked pale, "They need to be in control at all times".
"Request denied," the Dalek replied, just like the Hatter had said they would.
"Hostile elements will be deleted," the Cybermen held out their fists, getting ready to attack the Dalek. They shot at the Dalek, but the rays only bounced off the Daleks armour.
"Exterminate!" the Dalek aimed at the Cybermen, killing them both after each other.
"Open visual link," the Cyberleader ordered, opening to the view of the Sphere Chamber, "Daleks, be warned: you have declared war upon the Cybermen".
Jackie's eyes widened as they saw, Rose standing off to the side, and surprising Mickey Smith next to her. The Hatter and the Doctor looked at each other, both frowning about how Mickey could be back.
"This is not war," a black Dalek said, "This is pest control".
The Hatter raised her eyebrows, surprising a smirk, "I did not just hear a Dalek say that".
"We have five million Cybermen," the Cyberleader said before the Doctor could make a remark, "How many are you?"
"Four".
"You would destroy the Cybermen with FOUR Daleks?"
"We would destroy the Cybermen with ONE Dalek. You are superior in only one respect".
"What is that?" the Cyberleader asked as the Doctor walked, unknown, past the sight of the camera of the screen with the Hatter following him as he paced, still with the phone to his ear.
"You are better at dying!" the Dalek shouted, "Raise communication barrier!"
The screen went blank just as the Doctor closed the phone, "Lost her," he muttered to the Hatter as she sighed.
...
"Wait!" one of the Daleks called as static appeared on the screen, "Rewind image by nine rells," the feed played back, stopping at the moment that the Hatter and the Doctor could be seen in the back ground, "Identify grid seven gamma frame," it zoomed in to the point that both the Doctor and the Hatter's faces were clearly seen, "This male and female register as enemy".
Rose grinned at seeing the Doctor's face while Mickey smiled slightly at seeing the Hatter.
"The female's heartbeat has increased," the black Dalek called Sec spun around, aiming his eye stalk at Rose.
"Yeah, tell me about it," Mickey rolled his eyes.
"Identify them!" the Dalek demanded.
"Alright then..." Rose smirked, "If you really wanna know...that's the Doctor," the Daleks rolled back sharply, "And the Hatter," Rose muttered but did a double take when the Daleks rolled even further back, "Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor and Hatter? NOW you're scared".
...
"Quarantine the Sphere Chamber," the Cyberleader ordered as the Hatter ran her hands through her hair, trying to think up a plan, "Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel".
Two Cybermen stepped forwarded, grabbing Yvonne and Jackie, dragging them away as they struggled. The Hatter and the Doctor tried to pull them back.
"No, you can't do this!" Yvonne shouted as she was pulled away, "We surrendered! We surrendered!"
Two other Cybermen grabbed the Doctor and the Hatter, pulling them away as the Doctor tried to pull the Hatter towards him, when they suddenly stopped, "These two have increased adrenaline suggests they have vital Dalek information".
"You promised me!" Jackie shouted, struggling to get back to the Doctor and the Hatter, "You gave me your word!"
"We'll think of something!" the Doctor shouted as she was dragged out of the room.
"Whatever happens, Jackie, we will look after Rose!" the Hatter shouted as the Doctor also shouted after her. The Doctor reached over and grabbed the Hatter's hand as she stared off after Jackie, "We have to do something, Doctor," she whispered, "We have to".
...
"You are proof," the Cybleader told the Doctor and the Hatter as he came up behind them. The Doctor and the Hatter were sitting on the window sill, gazing out over the city as the humans fought. The Doctor had put an arm around the Hatter's shoulders.
"Of what?" the Hatter frowned, looking up at the Cyberleader.
"That emotions destroy you".
"Yeah, I am," the Doctor nodded, glancing at the Cyberleader before his attention was drawn off to the side. The Hatter followed his gaze, "Mine you, I quite like hope," he's eyes flicked to the Hatter to check that she was looking at what he was before back to the side, "Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes".
The Cyberleader turned around to where they were staring. A group of people dressed in black had seemed to have just appeared in the middle of the room, each carrying guns. One of them, a man, shouted to the others and they shot a row of Cyberman, destroying them. The Doctor grabbed the Hatter, both rolling to the side, out of the way and crouching in the corner as the Cyberleader moved forwarded only to get its head blown completely off.
"Um, Doctor I think it's safe to move your hand from my leg," the Hatter smiled, glancing down at his hand on her thigh before up to the Doctor's face next to her shoulder.
"What?" he asked before glancing down, turning bright red and moving his hand, "Um, right, sorry".
"Doctor, Hatter, good to see you!" the leader of the group shouted over to them, not noticing the Doctor and the Hatter's little moment. The leader pulled his mask off to reveal...Jake from the parallel Universe.
"Jake?" the Doctor said in disbelief before looking at the Hatter, "Why aren't you surprised?"
"We just saw Mickey in the Sphere Chamber," the Hatter rolled her eyes, "I already had an idea that we might see some old faces but how..." she turned around, giving Jake a frown.
"The Cybermen came through from one world to another and so did we," Jake nodded as the Hatter and the Doctor exchanged worried looks. Jake turned back to his team, "Defend this room. Chrissie, monitor communications," the Doctor pulled out his 3D glasses and looked at the group as the Hatter shook her head fondly at him, "Kill one Cyberleader and they just download into another. Move!"
"You can't just hop from one world to another," the Hatter shook her head as the group hurried out of the room, leaving Jake alone with them, "It breaks one of the top rules. Now I'm not one to follow rules but even I wouldn't have broken that".
"We just did, with these," Jake chucked a large, yellow button like device on a chain over to the Hatter who glanced down at it before passing it to the Doctor.
"You do realise how un-likely this is, right?" the Hatter shook her head as the Doctor looked at the device, "I would say impossible but nothing is impossible, just a bit un-likely. You can't have this sort of technology".
"We've got our own version of Torchwood," Jackie explained, "They developed it. Do you wanna come and see?"
"No!" The Doctor and the Hatter shouted in unison, but it was too late, Jake pushed the button. The Doctor and Jake disappeared, leaving the Hatter alone in the room.
"Oh, go right ahead," the Hatter shouted at thin air, "I'll just stay here and knit, shall I?" she rolled her eyes, "Not a chance".
She took one more look around the room before running out of the door and down the corridor, towards the Sphere Chamber.
...
The Doctor and Jake reappeared in the parallel world, standing in the same spot, in the same building, desk, wires, and different pieces of equipment all over the floor, the Hatter nowhere in sight, much to the Doctor's concern.
"Parallel Earth, parallel Torchwood," Jake explained as the Doctor looked around the room, "Except we found out what the institute was doing and the peoples republic took control".
"We've gotta get back," the Doctor said urgently, wanting to get back to the Hatter, "The Hatter's in danger, knowing her. Rose is in danger. And her mother".
"That'd be Jackie," a voice said. The Doctor looked up to see Pete Tyler walk into the room, flanked by two soldiers, "My wife in a parallel Universe. And as for you, Doctor, at least this time I know who you are".
"Right, yes, fine, hooray," the Doctor ran over to him, becoming more urgent to get back to the Hatter, "But I've gotta get back. Right now".
"No, you're not in charge here," Pete shook his head, "This is our world, not yours. And you're gonna listen for once".
The Doctor glared at him, but he was silent, for now.
...
"I could transport out of here," Mickey said quietly to Rose. The Daleks were crowded around the Genesis Ark, "But it only carries one and I'm not leaving you".
"You'd follow me anywhere," Rose smiled, "What did I do to you all those years ago?"
"Guess I'm just stupid," Mickey shrugged; Rose reached out and squeezed his hand.
"Mickey Smith, don't you dare talk like that about yourself," a voices suddenly called from the door way. Everyone, including the Daleks turned to see the Hatter, arms crossed, leaning against the door way with a smirk on her face, "Sorry to crash the party, wait what, am I say? No, I'm not," she uncrossed her arms and strolled inside, "Hello! Did you miss me?"
"Alert!" the Daleks shouted, "Alert! You are the Hatter! You will be EXTERMINATED!"
"Wow, wow, wow, hang on!" the Hatter held up her hands, "Don't you want to know why I strolled in here when I knew you would try to kill me right away?"
"Sensors detect that she is unarmed," one of the Daleks reported.
"Yep," the Hatter smirked, stopping next to Rose and Mickey, "But that's not what matters right now. Wall, it does but...sorry, I was about to start rambling. Anyway, you need some help, right? And you know who I am and what I can do so, I'm offering you me as a prisoner," both Rose and Mickey's mouths dropped open at how calmly she said all of this, "But you have to let these two humans go".
"You will be taken as our prisoner," the black Dalek ordered before turning back around.
"Hang on, what about letting the humans go?" the Hatter frowned.
The Daleks didn't answer; they turned back around to the Genesis Ark. The Hatter watched them; frowning at how simple it was to just walk in.
"I can't think what the Daleks need me," Mickey said, snapping the Hatter out of her thoughts, "I'm nothing to them".
"No, you're not," the Hatter smiled, "You're brilliant, Mickey".
"You could be..." Rose glanced over to the Daleks, "Whatever's inside that Ark is waking up and I've seen this happen before. The first time I saw a Dalek, it was broken. It was dying. But I touched it. The moment I did that...I brought it back to life," the Hatter nodded, remembering the Doctor telling her about that adventure, "As the Doctor said...when you travel in time in the TARDIS, you soak up all this...um..."
"Background radiation," the Hatter suggested.
"Yeah," Rose said before going on with her story, "It's harmless, it's just there. But in the Time War, the Daleks evolved so they could use it as a power supply".
"I love it when you talk technical," Mickey smiled.
"They didn't evolve like that," the Hatter cut in, getting a dirty look from Rose, "Just another thing I never told the Doctor. They did it because they knew that I had the technology that could destroy them, sitting in my laboratory, just waiting for one tiny part to finish it".
"If the Daleks have got something inside that thing that needs waking up..." Rose sighed, ignoring the Hatter.
"They need you two," Mickey realised.
"Don't forget that you also travailed in time," the Hatter said, "Any one of us would do. No wonder they didn't let you two go".
"But why would they build something they can't open themselves?" Mickey asked.
"Simple," the Hatter sighed, looking at the Genesis Ark with an unreadable expression, "They didn't build it. Just another thing the Doctor was never told".
"Who did?" Rose asked before gasping, "It was you".
"I had help," the Hatter corrected, "But, yes, I did build it".
"What's inside?" Mickey asked.
"The Doctor and my worst nightmares," the Hatter said darkly.
"More Daleks?" Mickey asked as the Hatter nodded, "Please tell me it's not bigger on the inside".
The Hatter didn't answerer.
...
"When you left this world," Pete explained to the Doctor as he pressed his ear to the white wall in the parallel Torchwood, "You warned us there'd be more Cybermen. So we sealed them inside the factories".
"Except people argued," Jake rolled his eyes as the Doctor stepped away from the wall, "Said they were living. We should HELP them".
"And the debate went on," Pete shook his head, "But all that time, the Cybermen made planes. Infiltrated this version of Torchwood, mapped themselves onto your world, and then vanished".
"When was this?" the Doctor asked.
"Three years," Pete said as they walked over to the other side of the room.
"It's taken them three years to cross the Void," the Doctor frowned, "But we can pop to and fro in a second. Must be the sheer mass of five million Cybermen crossing all at once".
"Yeah, Mickey said you'd rattle off that sort of stuff," Pete said.
"Oh, where is Mickey-boy?" the Doctor asked, completely forgetting about seeing him with his worry for the Hatter.
"He went ahead first," Pete told him, "Any chance to go and find Miss Rose Tyler".
"She's your daughter," the Doctor said to Pete, "You do know that? Did Mickey explain?"
"She's not mine, she's the child of a dead man," Pete said as they came to a window, looking out the window, "Look at it. A world of peace. They're calling this 'The Golden Age'".
"Who's the president now?" the Doctor asked.
"A woman called Harriet Jones".
"I'd keep an eye on her," the Doctor exhaled.
"But it's a lie," Pete said, "Temperature have risen by two degrees in the past six months. The ice caps are melting. They're saying all this is gonna be flooded. That's not just global warming, is it?'
"No," the Doctor shook his head.
"It's the breach".
"I've been trying to tell you," the Doctor frowned, "Travel between parallel worlds is impossible," he paused, "Very un-likely as the Hatter would say. Then the Daleks break down the walls with the sphere..."
"Daleks?" Pete frowned.
"Then the Cybermen travelled across. Then you lot, those disks, every time you jump from one reality to another, you rip a hole in the Universe. This planet is starting to boil. Keep going and BOTH worlds will fall into the Void".
"But you can stop it, the famous Doctor and the famous Hatter...you can seal the breach?" Pete said hopefully.
"Leaving five million Cybermen stranded on my Earth".
"That's your problem," Pete shrugged, "I'm protecting this world, and this world only".
The Doctor laughed quietly, "Hm...Pete Tyler...I knew you when you were dead. Now here you are, fighting the fight...alone..." he moved closer, "There is a chance...back on my world...Jackie Tyler might still be alive".
"My wife died".
"Her husband died," the Doctor said, "Good match".
"There's more important things at stake...Doctor...help us".
The Doctor stepped back, "What? Close the breach? Stop the Cybermen? Defeat the Daleks? Do you believe I can do that?"
"If you have the Hatter, yes," Pete said confidently.
"Maybe that's all I need," the Doctor grinned, "Off we go, then!"
Edited: 8/08/2014
Sorry about there not really being a lot of the Hatter in this chapter. Next chapter there should be a lot more of her. I had to rewrite the first half of this chapter because in the begin I was going to have the Cybermen send her to investigate the Sphere but I changed my mind half way through writing it. Anyway I hope you liked it. Tell me what you thought, please review :)