The Doctor and the Negotiator

by Dune7

The Tardis materializes in Paradigm City and both the Doctor and Allison discover a city dwelling with massive robots and sinister plots. Their aide? The City's top Negotiator. Post Scream of the Shalka story.

15. Chapter 15

The Doctor and the Negotiator:THE CONCLUSION!

It at last had come to this.

The enemy was shown in full view,and the heroes had to take their last stand against them before all was lost.

"Cyberdeuse,huh?"said Roger. "Well,you may be big,but I've toppled bigger and badder than you chrome dome,let's see what ya got!"

The Big O thrust forward and was about to attack when suddenly.

"FORCE SHIELD!"said the Cyberdeuse and a blast of sparkling blue energy erupted between them both.

"AAAAH!"cried Roger as he and the Big O were knocked a few feet back.

"What?"said the Doctor.

Once the Big O was wide open,the CyberDeuse opened fire with it's built in arm blasters and fired away!

"FWOOM-FWOOM!"

The Big O was hit hard in the chest as sparks flew from it and the entire body shook violently.

"AAARRH!"cried Roger.

"Roger!"said Allison.

"No!"said the Doctor.

"All right,so that thing's got firepower and tricks of it's own huh?"said Roger. "BIG STINKIN'DEAL!"

Roger applied his grip to the steers and ordered the Big O to stride forward.

The Megadeuse stomped forward and then tried to deliver another blow,but to his dismay,the fist bounced off the same blue field of energy.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"said Roger.

The Cyberdeuse attacked again as it thrust another punch and then a kick to it's lower areas,knocking the Big O backwards again.

"What's that thing doing to him?"said Allison.

"Hmmmm….a sort of energy field made for combat purposes."said the Doctor as he scratched his chin curiously.

"Now would not be the time to admire it's—arsenal,Doctor."said Allison. "We've gotta help him."

"Couldn't agree more,Allison."said the Doctor as he took out his Sonic Screwdriver.

"I…have a plan—so far. But here's what you should do,go back to the Tardis and stay with the Master."

"And..?"said Allison.

"And—pray for the best that I succeed and the Master doesn't have to come up with a plan of his own…heaven forbid."

"Oh.blimey!"said Allison. "Look,just be careful,it looks plenty dangerous."

"Aren't they all?"said the Doctor. "Now be off with you."

Allison then ran off back to the Tardis while the Doctor made some adjustments and began to formulate a plan.

"I'd better act and think fast,before that new Cybermonster mops the floor with poor Roger and his titanic titan!"

While back in the battle between Megadeuses,the fight raged on.

The Big O fired it's head lasers at the Cyber,but they also bounced off the field around it.

The Big O then fired up it's pistons and then slammed both fists into the ground,causing a big tremor shake.

The Cyber then started to wobble and stagger from the force.

"Aaah—trust him to do something like that so soon!"said the Doctor as he fell to the ground.

"All right,not completely unstoppable I see!"said Roger. "Let's try that again!"

The Big O then charged up it's pistons and was about to do another wave ground tremor,but before it could,the CyberDeuese then jumped high into the air and floated there for a moment.

"WHAT?"said Roger.

The CyberDeuse then opened fire again and knocked The Big O into the side of a building and caused it to crash to the ground.

"Oh bother!"said the Doctor. "The Cybermen must have really augmented that one for all forms of combat. Roger's Big O may be advanced technology in it's own way,but still may be outclassed against Cyberman technology. I must find a way to disrupt some of it's weapon systems……..somehow!"

The Doctor looked around to find something,if anything as a means to augment his Sonic device to aid Roger.

While that was going on,the CyberDeuese then hovered over the fallen Big O and began to close in it's attack on it.

"FWWOOM!"

"Press the attack—destroy the enemy!"said the Controller.

"Yes,master."said Fenton as he continued to control the Cyberduese.

"MAN—I don't know how much more of this either I or the Big O can take!"said Roger. "I've gotta break free and through that field of his!"

Big O thrust a fist up at the Cyberduese,only to have it catch the Big O by the wrist and then applied a strong pressure to it.

"KKKRAAAKKK!"

"NO—STOP!"said Roger. "That thing's gonna tear up my Megadeuse before I get a chance!"

The Doctor then saw the nearby power lines on the poles..and had an idea.

"It..just might work!"said the Doctor.

He then aimed his screwdriver device and blasted a high frequency sonic blast.

"EEEEEEEEEEE!"

The blast then loosened an electric line,causing it to fall to the ground.

"All right,now to add a little—touch of something."said the Doctor as he reached into his coat pockets.

While back uptop,the Cyberdeuse continued it's assault on the Big O as it kicked and punched at the fallen Megadeuse.

"GET OFF!"said Roger as he pulled a trigger handle and made the Big O kick the Cyberduese away.

"UUNF!"the Cyberdeuese nearly fell over,but kept on it's feet.

"I gotta find a way to break through that thing's defenses—but how?said Roger.

"Roger—Roger smith—come in!"said the Doctor over his watch radio.

"Doc?"said Roger."Now's not a good time to talk right now,I'm up to my eyeballs in Cyberman crap here!"

"I know…that's why I've just come up with—an ace in the hole."said the Doctor.

"An ace..?"said Roger. "What do ya mean?"

"Look over to your left here on the street!"said the Doctor.

Roger looked on one of the Big O's monitor screens and saw the Doctor standing on the street beside a fallen power line with strange metal devices attached to it.

"What have you got?"said Roger.

"No time to explain."said the Doctor. "Just lure the Cyberduese over here and cause it to step on the line…the rest will take care of itself!"

"You sure as hell better be right about this!"said Roger.

"I usually am!"said the Doctor. "Now quit complaining and go with it."

The Big O then began to walk away towards the street.

"He is retreating?"said the Cyberduese. "No,he will not escape this alive—he will not!"

The Cyberduese then walked after the Big O as they inched closer and closer to the Doctor's trap.

"That's it boys."said the Time lord. "Closer—CLOSER!"

The Big O was then directly beside the Doctor as the Cyberduese closed in.

"Now what?"said Roger.

"Wait—I've almost got it!"said the Doctor.

The Cyberduese then stopped directly in front of the Big O.

"SURRENDER!"it said.

"Roger quick—grab the wire and throw it at the Cyberman!"said the Doctor.

The Big O then bent down and picked up the line and then threw it straight at the Cyberduese.

"WHAT?"said the Cyberdeuse.

The wire then hit the force field,but when it did,a loud and bright electrical zap of energy erupted.

"ZAAAPP—ZZZZZZZZTTT!"

A bright flash of white energy exploded around the robot and then it was over.

"What—what happened?"said Roger.

"I think…you can attack now."said the Doctor.

Roger sighed and then pressed the controls for the Big O to attack.

The Big O then ran towards the Cyberduese and before it knew it….a hard punch to the face was made!

"AAAAAARRR!"cried the Cyberduese as it was hit hard and fell completely backwards.

"ALL RIGHT!"said Roger. "His field must be down!"

"Naturally."said the Doctor. "My plan worked…now finish the job."

"Right."said Roger.

The Cyberdues got up and tried to fire it's lasers,but for some reason,they wouldn't work either.

"What is this?"it said.

The Big O slammed another punch to it's face,then another,and another,until it's face plate was dented and banged up beyond repair.

It then caught the Big O's next punch and wrestled with it a bit.

"Your through…tin man—STARTING NOW!"said Roger.

He swung one of the gears into operation,and an intense laser beam fired upon the CyberDeuese's head.

"FWWWOOOM!"

"AAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGHHH!"cried the Cyberduese as it's head was incinerated in a blast of fiery energy.

The Cyberduese then fell completely to the ground and was now lifleless.

It was over,the heroes had at last won.

"ALLL RIIIIGHT!"said Roger. "We did it!"

"As I said,naturally."said the Doctor as he wiped his brow with a hankercief.

"By the way,what did you do?"said Roger.

"Oh,just some simple negater devices I nicked from a machine planet years ago..used one some old foes called the Daleks..and thought the rest would come in handy."said the Doctor.

"Glad you did though."said Roger. "Now,let's crack open the rest of those Cyber sardines and end this for good!"

"Couldn't agree more."said the Doctor.

While back downstairs in Fenton's lab…

"NOOOOO!"said the Cyber Controller in rage. "WE CAN'T BE DEFEATED!"

"New orders,Controller?"said the Cyber Leader.
"We must find the Doctor and his companion now more than ever—they will alert the local police to our whereabouts."

"Yes sir."said the Leader. "I will take the patrol,find and destroy them all."

Suddenly,the lights and power all went out.

"WHAT?"said the controller.

"I don't think you'll be doing any of the kind this time,boys."said a voice,a female voice.

It was Angel again.

"Who are you…identify yourself!"said the Leader.

"Identify this..bucket head!"said Angel still hiding in the shadows.

"My employer Mr.Rosewater doesn't take too kindly to competiton and certainly not yours..and you've caused enough trouble for the people of Paradigm long enough!"

Angel placed a small but powerful detonation device on the power conduits.

"Night,night,boys."she said and then exited out the door.

Within 10 seconds,the detonator went off and the entire lab,Cybermen,Fenton and all went up in a fiery ball flame.

"KKKKAAAAABOOOOM!"

Just as the Doctor and the Big O arrived,one of the manholes popped open and a pillar of smoke erupted from it.

"What th--?"said Roger.

"Hmmmm…"said the Doctor. "Roger—I think you'd best wait and let me scout ahead and see what happened. I…have a hunch."

"Okay then,but be careful."said Roger.

The Doctor went back down into the sewers and went straight to the lab.

While back uptop,Roger saw Angel driving a motorcycle down one of the streets.

"Angel..?"he said. "Hmmmmmmmm."

The Doctor then came back up to the surface.

"You'd never believe it--!"he said. "The whole lair and lab completely destroyed and incinerated! I have no idea how it happened!"

"I…might have an idea myself,Doc."said Roger still thinking about Angel. "But now we gotta call in the military police to mop up the mess."

"Yes,and a well deserved rest at that."said the Doctor.

Minutes later,back at Roger's penthouse.

The Doctor,Allison,Roger,Dorothy,and Norman were all relaxing in the living room,and were enjoying tea,coffee and biscuits served by Norman.And the military police were cleaning up the mess in the sewers.

"Quite an adventure eh?"said the butler.

"Indeed."said the Doctor. "The Cybermen and Dr.Fenton may have been nothing but victims of circumstance. The Cybers were unwittingly knocked off course and crashed into your city and dimension no less,while Dr.Fenton according to the files you gave me on him…was someone who was embittered with a past he remembered."

"A pity and waste really."said Roger. "He had such a brilliant mind."

"But only for petty revenge."said Dorothy.

"That happens a lot to people with the most marbles."said Allison. "But I can't say I'll miss the whole nasty lot."

"So..what happens now?"said Roger.

"Now?"said the Doctor. "I think it's time Allison and I returned to the Tardis and headed out of here."

"So soon?"said Norman. "We were just getting to know you."

"It's been a charming time,Norman."said the Doctor. "But nether I nor Allison shouldn't be here at all. This is your world and time and place to begin with. As I said to an old friend once..i'm not exactly breaking the laws of time,but I am the bending them a little."

"If you say so."said Roger. "But who bothers about rules anyways?

But if you're to go,let me take you back in my car."

"Certainly."said the Doctor.

Goodbyes and pleasantries were passed between the friends and they were off with Roger in his car.

"I wonder if we'll see the Doctor again?"said Dorothy.

"Time will tell my dear,it always does."said Norman.

A minute or so later,they were back in the alley where he parked the blue police box.

"So,I guess this is goodbye then."said Roger.

"I'm afraid it is."said Allison.

"I always hated goodbyes,I try to slip away quietly..and never have much in luck in doing so."said the Doctor.

Roger laughed.

"You're one of a kind..for an alien,Doctor."said Roger. "I gotta admit,with your facny know how of everything,you'd make a great negotiator yourself."

"That job is yours alone,Roger Smith."said The Doctor. "I as always seek greater adventure elsewhere. But who knows,time is relevant,maybe we'll meet again someday."

"Maybe."said Roger. "Until then..?"

They shook hands.

"Yes,until then."he said.

Allison kissed Roger on the cheek.
"Till we meet again,handsome."she said.

Roger blushed brightly. "Uh..likewise,Allison.

The Doctor and Allison then walked up to the Tardis and were about to enter.

"Oh,and tell that..master guy I said,it was nice to meet him..in a way."said Roger.

"Will do."said the Doctor. "Take care,Negotatior."

The pair then entered the Tardis,shut the door and the engine pitch whine then started off.

"VWORP!"

"VWORP!"

"VWORP!"

And the police box vanished into a flash of blue light,and was gone.

Roger then put on his shades,got into his car and headed for home.

"Aliens,spaceships and killer robots from outer space."he thought. "For Paradigm City's top negotatiator..that was just another day at the office."

While back in outer space,the trio in the Tardis headed off another grand adventure in the cosmos.

For all of us,life goes on.

THE END.