Part III –
With Andrea missing in some strange TARDIS and the Cybermen about to begin their final attack on Earth, the Doctor awakens in the Cybermen's Ship lab to discover that the one that has been using him was his old deadly rival, The Master. It was his mind that was corrupting the Doctors and now has had the Cybermen build him a body to house his evil essence. Strapped to a table, the Doctor his helpless to stop the Master as he tells him of the plan he's set in motion.
"I've given the Cybermen just what they've always wanted. The secrets of the TARDIS. Now they can launch a full scale invasion into Earth's past...and forever end the human species."
The Doctor now moves his head up with great interest.
"What have you done?! But if that's true...we destroyed the vehicle in the past already...hadn't we?"
The Master still walks back towards the doors leading out of the room and laughs.
"Don't be so sure Doctor...who's to say they only had one ship."
As he walks out the Doctor calls out for him and once again struggles to get free.
"Wait....wait! Come back...come back here! MASTER!!"
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Still trapped inside the other TARDIS, Andrea tries to fiddle with all the controls. No longer in motion, the craft now sits dormant as it continues to hum as if the engine is ready to begin at a moments notice. Growing frustrated with every switch, Andrea pulls back her beautifully blonde hair and scowls at every dead end she tries.
"Grrr...I hate this! The Doctor makes it all look so easy. Come on you piece of alien garbage! Open Up!"
Banging her fists on the console with all her might, she notices the two doors behind start to open quickly. Looking around from her shoulder, she begins to laugh joyfully as a way out presence itself. She turns around and prepares to make a dash out of the darkened void that will lead her out of the craft.
"YYYYEEESS!!! Oh good ol' fists...just like any technology...all it needed was a woman's touch. Time to get the hell out of here..."
As she heads for the doors a voice booms out to her from its entrance that makes her pause and look up.
"What's the rush my dear? Don't you like my TARDIS for a change?"
Coming into the dimly lit Timelord vessel is a man in all black, with slicked back hair and a great big grin on his face. The Doctor's nemesis, The Master.
"My dear Andrea...How good to finally see you with my own set of eyes."
Andrea steps back softly as she witnesses this young giggling creep trying to force his way in and blocking her only route out.
"Who the hell are you buddy."
"Just an old friend of the Doctor's..." he says shrugging his shoulders playfully. "And perhaps the one that you two have been looking for all this time."
Andrea pauses again as she thinks and gives a glare up at him pointing her finger.
"You...you're the guy that's been doing this to us. You're the reason why I've been traumatized for life!"
The man continues to giggle with a smile only the devil himself could give.
"Didn't take you too long did it Andrea. Must be that police mind of yours figuring out all the clues...or perhaps...it's only blind luck."
Andrea holds out her hand to keep the man back from her as he continues to approach slowly, the other balls into a fist and is poised back ready to give the man a strike.
"Keep where you are! What have you done with the Doctor? Where is he? Tell me...or I'll wipe that smile off of your face with my fist!"
The Master shakes his head at her foolish threat and stops in his tracks. He gives a quick snort of contempt and folds his arms together.
"Do you really think you can harm me my dear? Your precious, Doctor, is in the care of my new found servants...The Cybermen."
Andrea's shocked look is enough for him to grin again and continue on.
"Yes, yes...the Doctor and you were my only means of acquiring my new body. Thanks to his unconscious mind and your DNA...the Cybermen managed to create a new hybrid form to contain my essence. I am...as they say...immortal."
"What are you babbling about?" Andrea asks confused.
The Master stares her down and unfolds his arms.
"You provided them with fresh DNA to give their cyber-organic a new lease on life, in return for my helping them, they in turn used a program that...over the span of centuries...continue to improve on creating a perfect hybrid body that would eventually end up as my own. A prototype that is perfect in every way...no more having to deal with regenerations, or having to inhabit inferior bodies to sustain me. Now I am unified in one form, with more power and indestructibility that even the Timelords themselves will beg me to give to them."
The man laughs out loud like an insane lunatic. Andrea's frightened gaze is obvious to that fact, never has she ever heard such ravings in all her life. As he continues to laugh and closes his eyes, Andrea tries to make a break for the door, but is quickly subdued by the Master and grips her wrists hard with his new super strength. She screams in pain as the pressure of his hands nearly break her bones. As she falls to the ground in sheer agony, he lowers himself down to her level and almost whispers at her.
"Don't make me do that again my dear. As much as I would love to crush every human in my hands...I strangely do not wish that upon you. Perhaps being inside the Doctor's mind has made me weak, or maybe that I've forgotten what companionship was once like, but somehow...I've come to find you very desirable..."
Andrea's eyes open as she hears him say that, an almost disgust gleam in her eye surfaces as she remains powerless to stop him from saying more.
"You're very beautiful to me Andrea...I can't imagine why? I've never had feelings like this stir in my mind before...I only know is that I want you to be with me...to be my companion in the long voyages of time and space."
Andrea spits in his face as he almost tries to give her a kiss, an action that makes him recoil in shock as he looks at her scowling face.
"Don't you even dare try you asshole! I wouldn't be with you if you were last man in the universe!"
The Master lets go of her wrists and wipes the spittle from his cheek. Rubbing it gently between his fingers, he stands over her and squints his eyes.
"Foolish girl. Very foolish. Together we would have been the rulers of the cosmos...now, you are destined to die. If you want the Doctor so bad...you can be with him in the end."
Andrea continues to look at him with anger, but a feeling of dread washes over her and makes her eyes soften as he spells out her doom.
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The ships battling over the orbit of Earth send out wave after wave of brilliant lights of laser fire amongst each other. The Cybermen ships and the human vessels try to battle one another in heavy firefight. The explosions rock the frail Earth cruisers as they bravely try to destroy the enemy invading their world. Inside one of the Cybermen vessel, the creatures try to maintain their balance as small tremors move them from their footing.
"Leader!", the pilot Cyberman says to the one with black rims standing behind him.
"What is it?", he asks.
"Our weapons are ready to fire on the Earth surface, second ship reports ready, but the third is not yet in orbit."
The Leading Cyberman of the ship leans forward slightly as he listens.
"Where is the third ship?"
"Coming into range now...", It says as it looks at the rotating three hundred sixty degree holographic projection. "It is chasing a human vessel just coming out of hyperspace."
"Perfect." The leader says clutching its fist. "Earth will be eradicated of all imperfect flesh beings and we can finally return to our rightful solar system, Mondas may be lost for all time, but Earth will be our home from this day forward. Begin the sequence!"
The Cyberman pilot nods and begins touching holographic buttons that are displayed beside him. Outside of their ship, four large cannons drop out from large panels that pull away from the hull. All the large weapons begin pointing down at the innocent looking biosphere of Earth, as they target the planet for destruction.
As Megan and her captain come racing in towards Earth in their ship, they see the Cybermen vessel opening up its cannon ports on the main view screen. The captain rises out of his command chair and looks at the weapons with horror. Megan also gives a grim gaze and looks at the captain for orders on what to do next.
"Sir! We have to do something...Captain!"
The captain blinks rapidly as he snaps out of his stunned stupor and sits back into his command chair. Pressing a button on the left side of armrest pad, he clears his throat and signals the struggling fleet.
"This is Captain Mike Daniels...to all ships of the Earth Coalition, you must combine all your weapons on that ship and stop it by any means necessary. Do you read me? Do not let that Cyberman vessel open fire!"
Without responding back, all the ships still able to move about begin to focus their firepower on to the alien vessel threatening Earth. The Cyberman ship shakes and rattles as the humans pound on it, the effort is still not enough as they slowly see the massive cannons under it powering up. Captain Daniels is watching in frustration as the ships aren't even slowing it down, but as he watches them battle the one ship, he notices the other Cyberman ship near by also opening it's lower weapon ports and taking aim at Earth.
"My god! This is it...this is the end of us all. How do we stop something like this? We haven't got the ships to stop them!!"
Suddenly his ship is struck from behind, the last Cyberman ship that had been following them arrived to aid in the final assault on Earth. Inside the attacking vessel, the Cyberman leader views Daniel's ship on a holographic imager and points to all the areas on it where they should strike.
"We must destroy this human and his crew. We must not let them combine forces and attack those ships. Target all weapons on these parts, they seem to have the most damage and could possibly put it out of commission."
The metal man standing behind the leader bows and walks down to his gunnery station.
"Targeting ship now leader. Targets located and locked."
The Cyberman leader raises his head in triumph and clutches his fist firmly as he give the command.
"FIRE!"
The Doctor struggles on the table trying to free his arms, the bindings don't seem to be loosening at all as he continually attempts it. But as he stops and gasps from the strain of using every muscle in his body to break free, the Master walks back into the room with Andrea in tow. The Doctor's eyes light up as he sees her and cheerfully says her name.
"ANDREA!"
"DOCTOR!" She responds back with just the same enthusiasm
The Master snickers at the two.
"Such a warm reunion. Touching isn't it? Now then Doctor...since this foolish woman is of no use to me, I thought you'd at least enjoy some company as you finally die."
Still bitterly angry with the Master, the Doctor scowls at him and forces his words out at him.
"How typical of you Master, to mock your victims in such a cruel and evil manner! Same boring routine each and every time...it's no wonder why you don't respect life, because your just a small minded tedious man that is utterly boring!"
The Master begins to crush Andrea's wrist with his cybernetic strength and smiles at the rival Timelord as he watches for his reaction. Andrea screams in pain as she can hear her bones on the verge of breaking. The Doctor is helpless to help her and cries out for mercy.
"Stop! Stop it I say! You want me to admit defeat? Alright...alright damn you. You win."
Letting the woman out of his grip and placing his finger behind his ear, he looks at the Doctor again.
"I beg your pardon? I didn't quite hear that...say it louder...loud enough to fill this entire room!"
The Doctor shouts out to please the grinning devil.
"YOU WIN!! I, the Doctor admit that you have outwit the likes of me!"
The dark Timelord laughs out loud in sheer joy.
"Nothing can stop me now! NOTHING!!!"
Suddenly the whole room shakes and sends all of them flinging about. A large explosion strikes the Cyberman ship that nearly sends it out of control. The Master rises from his spot, looking concerned and frightened at the same time.
"Wha...What was that?"
The Doctor who now lies on the floor, the table having now broken and his arms now free. Tries to get up and respond to the Master. He's got a few deep scrapes on his head and blood on his arm from being cut by flying debris.
"I...I suspect that is the one thing that can stop you now."
The dark suited Timelord stands up and looks at his blooded rival.
"What? What do you mean?!"
The Doctor still finding it hard to stand up rolls his eyes at the Master and snickers.
"You of all people should know. I've always said...humans...humans are nothing but resourceful. I suspect that they've lured the Cybermen into their well planned trap."
The Master eyes widen, as he thinks with his state of the art cybernetic brain, it becomes all too clear to him that the Doctor is right. A calculation he over looked and an insight he missed entirely.
"No...NO!"
Outside in space, a fleet of ten remaining ships rushes in from behind the moon and swiftly strikes at the Cybermen vessels. The Cybermen quickly retract the weapons and concentrate all their power on the surprise attackers. The battle now becomes a laser filled haze as the ships try to destroy one another. The human vessels now converge on to one of the Cybermen ships and blast away on it as Captain Daniel had instructed. The alien vessel buckles from the barrage and begins to have internal explosions that soon rip out the sides of it in flames. The human ships continue to fire away at it as they see it finally begin to drift. With one last shot to the underside of the vessel, the ship explodes and debris flies everywhere. Some Earth ships were too close and are destroyed from the impact of it, while the rest now move to target the next cornered vessel.
Back on the Cyberman ship carrying the Doctor and the Master, Cybermen troops enter the lab where the Doctor is being held and see the evil Timelord standing there with his hands on his face.
"You promised us victory! Our leader demands you help us right now!"
The Master lowers his black-gloved hands; a smile now replaces the shocked look on his face as he realizes he still has a few tricks left.
"Indeed I shall. Those shuttles that you've created for me over the years...are they on board?"
The Cybermen all stop and scan their memory files as he asks, now that they've been opened from his encrypted code, they have full awareness of what they've been doing subliminally for thousands of years.
"Yes." The lead Cyberman soldier says. "Both ships are fully ready and waiting."
The Master chuckles as he pats the tin man on the head.
"Good...very good. Such useful tools aren't they Doctor..."
The Doctor holds himself up against the back wall as he aches in pain.
"Tools for your evil...will you never learn Master. In the end, they'll figure it out and come looking for you. Just like the Daleks..."
The Master fixes his messed hair and slicks it back to where it was before.
"Ah, but just like the Daleks...they'll have a hard time trying to catch me. Once I'm done with them...well...all races must end sometime. Just like the Timelords will."
The Doctor shakes his head and giggles and the Master's evil thought.
"You're such a bastard. Is there nothing in your life but hate and death? I pity you Master. For a long time I thought you were just a spiteful man...but now I see you're just a child looking for validation from your elders. You want to have the Timelords acknowledge you...give you praise and treat you like their brightest star. And you'll never get it...not in any form or destructive means you'll use to make them look at you. And for that...I pity you."
The Master's face contorts into a rage; his eyes almost flame at the Doctor's words.
"Do not pity me! I spit on your pity you foolish hypocrite! If there is anyone that deserves pity...it will be these humans you care for so much. Once the Cybermen use their ships...it will be the end for them, you and all the Timelords. The universe will burn in flames and I..I alone will sit as the new Master of time and space! "
The Doctor still shakes his head in pity at him. Lowering himself down, he finds Andrea face down on the floor unconscious and touches her back.
The Master turns to the Cybermen and points at the Doctor in a rage filled voice.
"Kill him! Kill them both!"
He runs out of the room with the remaining metal men, and only two stay behind to do as he commanded. Both raise their small hand held weapons and target both beings. The Timelord searches his pockets in vain and after not finding anything in them he finally drops his hands to his sides.
"Damn...I think I dropped my jellybabys somewhere. I would have at least liked to had one last taste of them."
As the Cybermen shoot their weapons, all that can be seen is the Doctor's eyes opening wide and his eyebrows rising in shock.
With Andrea missing in some strange TARDIS and the Cybermen about to begin their final attack on Earth, the Doctor awakens in the Cybermen's Ship lab to discover that the one that has been using him was his old deadly rival, The Master. It was his mind that was corrupting the Doctors and now has had the Cybermen build him a body to house his evil essence. Strapped to a table, the Doctor his helpless to stop the Master as he tells him of the plan he's set in motion.
"I've given the Cybermen just what they've always wanted. The secrets of the TARDIS. Now they can launch a full scale invasion into Earth's past...and forever end the human species."
The Doctor now moves his head up with great interest.
"What have you done?! But if that's true...we destroyed the vehicle in the past already...hadn't we?"
The Master still walks back towards the doors leading out of the room and laughs.
"Don't be so sure Doctor...who's to say they only had one ship."
As he walks out the Doctor calls out for him and once again struggles to get free.
"Wait....wait! Come back...come back here! MASTER!!"
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Still trapped inside the other TARDIS, Andrea tries to fiddle with all the controls. No longer in motion, the craft now sits dormant as it continues to hum as if the engine is ready to begin at a moments notice. Growing frustrated with every switch, Andrea pulls back her beautifully blonde hair and scowls at every dead end she tries.
"Grrr...I hate this! The Doctor makes it all look so easy. Come on you piece of alien garbage! Open Up!"
Banging her fists on the console with all her might, she notices the two doors behind start to open quickly. Looking around from her shoulder, she begins to laugh joyfully as a way out presence itself. She turns around and prepares to make a dash out of the darkened void that will lead her out of the craft.
"YYYYEEESS!!! Oh good ol' fists...just like any technology...all it needed was a woman's touch. Time to get the hell out of here..."
As she heads for the doors a voice booms out to her from its entrance that makes her pause and look up.
"What's the rush my dear? Don't you like my TARDIS for a change?"
Coming into the dimly lit Timelord vessel is a man in all black, with slicked back hair and a great big grin on his face. The Doctor's nemesis, The Master.
"My dear Andrea...How good to finally see you with my own set of eyes."
Andrea steps back softly as she witnesses this young giggling creep trying to force his way in and blocking her only route out.
"Who the hell are you buddy."
"Just an old friend of the Doctor's..." he says shrugging his shoulders playfully. "And perhaps the one that you two have been looking for all this time."
Andrea pauses again as she thinks and gives a glare up at him pointing her finger.
"You...you're the guy that's been doing this to us. You're the reason why I've been traumatized for life!"
The man continues to giggle with a smile only the devil himself could give.
"Didn't take you too long did it Andrea. Must be that police mind of yours figuring out all the clues...or perhaps...it's only blind luck."
Andrea holds out her hand to keep the man back from her as he continues to approach slowly, the other balls into a fist and is poised back ready to give the man a strike.
"Keep where you are! What have you done with the Doctor? Where is he? Tell me...or I'll wipe that smile off of your face with my fist!"
The Master shakes his head at her foolish threat and stops in his tracks. He gives a quick snort of contempt and folds his arms together.
"Do you really think you can harm me my dear? Your precious, Doctor, is in the care of my new found servants...The Cybermen."
Andrea's shocked look is enough for him to grin again and continue on.
"Yes, yes...the Doctor and you were my only means of acquiring my new body. Thanks to his unconscious mind and your DNA...the Cybermen managed to create a new hybrid form to contain my essence. I am...as they say...immortal."
"What are you babbling about?" Andrea asks confused.
The Master stares her down and unfolds his arms.
"You provided them with fresh DNA to give their cyber-organic a new lease on life, in return for my helping them, they in turn used a program that...over the span of centuries...continue to improve on creating a perfect hybrid body that would eventually end up as my own. A prototype that is perfect in every way...no more having to deal with regenerations, or having to inhabit inferior bodies to sustain me. Now I am unified in one form, with more power and indestructibility that even the Timelords themselves will beg me to give to them."
The man laughs out loud like an insane lunatic. Andrea's frightened gaze is obvious to that fact, never has she ever heard such ravings in all her life. As he continues to laugh and closes his eyes, Andrea tries to make a break for the door, but is quickly subdued by the Master and grips her wrists hard with his new super strength. She screams in pain as the pressure of his hands nearly break her bones. As she falls to the ground in sheer agony, he lowers himself down to her level and almost whispers at her.
"Don't make me do that again my dear. As much as I would love to crush every human in my hands...I strangely do not wish that upon you. Perhaps being inside the Doctor's mind has made me weak, or maybe that I've forgotten what companionship was once like, but somehow...I've come to find you very desirable..."
Andrea's eyes open as she hears him say that, an almost disgust gleam in her eye surfaces as she remains powerless to stop him from saying more.
"You're very beautiful to me Andrea...I can't imagine why? I've never had feelings like this stir in my mind before...I only know is that I want you to be with me...to be my companion in the long voyages of time and space."
Andrea spits in his face as he almost tries to give her a kiss, an action that makes him recoil in shock as he looks at her scowling face.
"Don't you even dare try you asshole! I wouldn't be with you if you were last man in the universe!"
The Master lets go of her wrists and wipes the spittle from his cheek. Rubbing it gently between his fingers, he stands over her and squints his eyes.
"Foolish girl. Very foolish. Together we would have been the rulers of the cosmos...now, you are destined to die. If you want the Doctor so bad...you can be with him in the end."
Andrea continues to look at him with anger, but a feeling of dread washes over her and makes her eyes soften as he spells out her doom.
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The ships battling over the orbit of Earth send out wave after wave of brilliant lights of laser fire amongst each other. The Cybermen ships and the human vessels try to battle one another in heavy firefight. The explosions rock the frail Earth cruisers as they bravely try to destroy the enemy invading their world. Inside one of the Cybermen vessel, the creatures try to maintain their balance as small tremors move them from their footing.
"Leader!", the pilot Cyberman says to the one with black rims standing behind him.
"What is it?", he asks.
"Our weapons are ready to fire on the Earth surface, second ship reports ready, but the third is not yet in orbit."
The Leading Cyberman of the ship leans forward slightly as he listens.
"Where is the third ship?"
"Coming into range now...", It says as it looks at the rotating three hundred sixty degree holographic projection. "It is chasing a human vessel just coming out of hyperspace."
"Perfect." The leader says clutching its fist. "Earth will be eradicated of all imperfect flesh beings and we can finally return to our rightful solar system, Mondas may be lost for all time, but Earth will be our home from this day forward. Begin the sequence!"
The Cyberman pilot nods and begins touching holographic buttons that are displayed beside him. Outside of their ship, four large cannons drop out from large panels that pull away from the hull. All the large weapons begin pointing down at the innocent looking biosphere of Earth, as they target the planet for destruction.
As Megan and her captain come racing in towards Earth in their ship, they see the Cybermen vessel opening up its cannon ports on the main view screen. The captain rises out of his command chair and looks at the weapons with horror. Megan also gives a grim gaze and looks at the captain for orders on what to do next.
"Sir! We have to do something...Captain!"
The captain blinks rapidly as he snaps out of his stunned stupor and sits back into his command chair. Pressing a button on the left side of armrest pad, he clears his throat and signals the struggling fleet.
"This is Captain Mike Daniels...to all ships of the Earth Coalition, you must combine all your weapons on that ship and stop it by any means necessary. Do you read me? Do not let that Cyberman vessel open fire!"
Without responding back, all the ships still able to move about begin to focus their firepower on to the alien vessel threatening Earth. The Cyberman ship shakes and rattles as the humans pound on it, the effort is still not enough as they slowly see the massive cannons under it powering up. Captain Daniels is watching in frustration as the ships aren't even slowing it down, but as he watches them battle the one ship, he notices the other Cyberman ship near by also opening it's lower weapon ports and taking aim at Earth.
"My god! This is it...this is the end of us all. How do we stop something like this? We haven't got the ships to stop them!!"
Suddenly his ship is struck from behind, the last Cyberman ship that had been following them arrived to aid in the final assault on Earth. Inside the attacking vessel, the Cyberman leader views Daniel's ship on a holographic imager and points to all the areas on it where they should strike.
"We must destroy this human and his crew. We must not let them combine forces and attack those ships. Target all weapons on these parts, they seem to have the most damage and could possibly put it out of commission."
The metal man standing behind the leader bows and walks down to his gunnery station.
"Targeting ship now leader. Targets located and locked."
The Cyberman leader raises his head in triumph and clutches his fist firmly as he give the command.
"FIRE!"
The Doctor struggles on the table trying to free his arms, the bindings don't seem to be loosening at all as he continually attempts it. But as he stops and gasps from the strain of using every muscle in his body to break free, the Master walks back into the room with Andrea in tow. The Doctor's eyes light up as he sees her and cheerfully says her name.
"ANDREA!"
"DOCTOR!" She responds back with just the same enthusiasm
The Master snickers at the two.
"Such a warm reunion. Touching isn't it? Now then Doctor...since this foolish woman is of no use to me, I thought you'd at least enjoy some company as you finally die."
Still bitterly angry with the Master, the Doctor scowls at him and forces his words out at him.
"How typical of you Master, to mock your victims in such a cruel and evil manner! Same boring routine each and every time...it's no wonder why you don't respect life, because your just a small minded tedious man that is utterly boring!"
The Master begins to crush Andrea's wrist with his cybernetic strength and smiles at the rival Timelord as he watches for his reaction. Andrea screams in pain as she can hear her bones on the verge of breaking. The Doctor is helpless to help her and cries out for mercy.
"Stop! Stop it I say! You want me to admit defeat? Alright...alright damn you. You win."
Letting the woman out of his grip and placing his finger behind his ear, he looks at the Doctor again.
"I beg your pardon? I didn't quite hear that...say it louder...loud enough to fill this entire room!"
The Doctor shouts out to please the grinning devil.
"YOU WIN!! I, the Doctor admit that you have outwit the likes of me!"
The dark Timelord laughs out loud in sheer joy.
"Nothing can stop me now! NOTHING!!!"
Suddenly the whole room shakes and sends all of them flinging about. A large explosion strikes the Cyberman ship that nearly sends it out of control. The Master rises from his spot, looking concerned and frightened at the same time.
"Wha...What was that?"
The Doctor who now lies on the floor, the table having now broken and his arms now free. Tries to get up and respond to the Master. He's got a few deep scrapes on his head and blood on his arm from being cut by flying debris.
"I...I suspect that is the one thing that can stop you now."
The dark suited Timelord stands up and looks at his blooded rival.
"What? What do you mean?!"
The Doctor still finding it hard to stand up rolls his eyes at the Master and snickers.
"You of all people should know. I've always said...humans...humans are nothing but resourceful. I suspect that they've lured the Cybermen into their well planned trap."
The Master eyes widen, as he thinks with his state of the art cybernetic brain, it becomes all too clear to him that the Doctor is right. A calculation he over looked and an insight he missed entirely.
"No...NO!"
Outside in space, a fleet of ten remaining ships rushes in from behind the moon and swiftly strikes at the Cybermen vessels. The Cybermen quickly retract the weapons and concentrate all their power on the surprise attackers. The battle now becomes a laser filled haze as the ships try to destroy one another. The human vessels now converge on to one of the Cybermen ships and blast away on it as Captain Daniel had instructed. The alien vessel buckles from the barrage and begins to have internal explosions that soon rip out the sides of it in flames. The human ships continue to fire away at it as they see it finally begin to drift. With one last shot to the underside of the vessel, the ship explodes and debris flies everywhere. Some Earth ships were too close and are destroyed from the impact of it, while the rest now move to target the next cornered vessel.
Back on the Cyberman ship carrying the Doctor and the Master, Cybermen troops enter the lab where the Doctor is being held and see the evil Timelord standing there with his hands on his face.
"You promised us victory! Our leader demands you help us right now!"
The Master lowers his black-gloved hands; a smile now replaces the shocked look on his face as he realizes he still has a few tricks left.
"Indeed I shall. Those shuttles that you've created for me over the years...are they on board?"
The Cybermen all stop and scan their memory files as he asks, now that they've been opened from his encrypted code, they have full awareness of what they've been doing subliminally for thousands of years.
"Yes." The lead Cyberman soldier says. "Both ships are fully ready and waiting."
The Master chuckles as he pats the tin man on the head.
"Good...very good. Such useful tools aren't they Doctor..."
The Doctor holds himself up against the back wall as he aches in pain.
"Tools for your evil...will you never learn Master. In the end, they'll figure it out and come looking for you. Just like the Daleks..."
The Master fixes his messed hair and slicks it back to where it was before.
"Ah, but just like the Daleks...they'll have a hard time trying to catch me. Once I'm done with them...well...all races must end sometime. Just like the Timelords will."
The Doctor shakes his head and giggles and the Master's evil thought.
"You're such a bastard. Is there nothing in your life but hate and death? I pity you Master. For a long time I thought you were just a spiteful man...but now I see you're just a child looking for validation from your elders. You want to have the Timelords acknowledge you...give you praise and treat you like their brightest star. And you'll never get it...not in any form or destructive means you'll use to make them look at you. And for that...I pity you."
The Master's face contorts into a rage; his eyes almost flame at the Doctor's words.
"Do not pity me! I spit on your pity you foolish hypocrite! If there is anyone that deserves pity...it will be these humans you care for so much. Once the Cybermen use their ships...it will be the end for them, you and all the Timelords. The universe will burn in flames and I..I alone will sit as the new Master of time and space! "
The Doctor still shakes his head in pity at him. Lowering himself down, he finds Andrea face down on the floor unconscious and touches her back.
The Master turns to the Cybermen and points at the Doctor in a rage filled voice.
"Kill him! Kill them both!"
He runs out of the room with the remaining metal men, and only two stay behind to do as he commanded. Both raise their small hand held weapons and target both beings. The Timelord searches his pockets in vain and after not finding anything in them he finally drops his hands to his sides.
"Damn...I think I dropped my jellybabys somewhere. I would have at least liked to had one last taste of them."
As the Cybermen shoot their weapons, all that can be seen is the Doctor's eyes opening wide and his eyebrows rising in shock.