Chapter 3

Montana Tower

The Cybermen walked out of floor 77 and went to floor below. Floor 76 was shut down from the rest of the building since the whole Tesla Howard incident that occurred in the days before Christmas. All the other labs on that floor were vacant by that time so Henry Montana decided to close the floor down in case there was anything else there, and now the Cybermen were going to use it to "upgrade" the humans in the tower and when they get enough people upgraded they'll leave the tower with enough forces to take control of the city and the whole planet. A dozen Cybermen stayed behind and the rest left and spread across the building.

Top Floor

The internal alarms blared and Henry Montana was startled out of a little nap his was taking on the couch in his office. He jumped to his feet and tried to open his door but it wouldn't budge.

"What's going on?" asked Montana. He walked over to his phone and called Paul Scypher, but there was no answer. The line went dead. He turned to his computer and logged in to the buildings security systems. Montana looked at the images from the cameras in the buildings. He looked at them and his grew wide. He saw that his Cybermen were active and taking people prisoner. He tried to look at every floor, but floors 76 and 77 were offline. He checked what had happened in the last twenty-four hours. He saw that someone had hacked into UNIT files and looked up the Mondas Cybermen. Montana's blood ran cold, "Oh, no."

Montana put dozens of video feeds on his wall of screens and watched them in horror as he saw his employees being taken and other stuff being done to them and it was all his fault. Montana got dizzy and he rubbed his eyes. He regained his equilibrium and shook his head. He continued to stare at his screens.

Floor 154

Paul Scypher was in his office as the alarms rang out. The building went into lockdown. He stopped He had his computer on the security camera images cycling through all the floors. He saw the Cybermen forcing there way through several floors and taking the personnel to floor 76. "That's Tesla's old floor. What's important about that?"

Ground Floor

Several hours after the alarms rang and the building went into lockdown, the Doctor burst through the doors of the Montana Tower. He didn't see anyone at the front desk or security. He looked around but didn't see anyone. He walked around and could tell something was not right. He walked over to the elevator and tried to use it, but the thing wouldn't work. The Doctor took out his new sonic screwdriver from his pocket and used it on the elevator. The new screwdriver was an exact copy of his eleventh incarnation's screwdriver, but had a yellow light instead of a green one. The doors opened and he entered.

He read the message on the LED ticker above the doors. It read, "The Montana Tower is in lockdown and for now you are locked inside the elevator. Help will arrive as soon as humanly possible."

The Doctor read that and used his screwdriver on the elevator. The doors shut and the elevator started rising. He could hear the grinding as the elevator tried to lock itself again.

"Oh, I don't think so." He held his screwdriver up and the grinding stopped. After several minutes, the elevator slammed to a stop. The Doctor was lifted off his feet and he crashed down on the floor. He looked at what floor he was stopped. "Floor 57. I guess this is my stop for now." He rubbed his shoulder and exited the elevator.

The lights were flickering on and off. The elevator doors closed behind the Doctor and clanked and they locked down again. There was no one else on the floor with him. It seemed the whole tower was empty. The Doctor took a few more steps before the lights died and red light turned on. The whole hallway had a red hue now. The Doctor sighed and said, "This isn't ominous at all."

He walked down the hallway and entered one of the rooms. It was a testing room. The Doctor could get that from the room. It was either for weapons or for defense. There were tons of weapons mounted on fixed stands. The Doctor attempted to fire one of the weapons but it was jammed. "Part of the lockdown, I guess."

The Doctor started messing with other stuff to figure out what it all was. He didn't know this place of the tower and had to get his bearings and an idea of the place. He walked back out into the hallway and continued to walk down the corridor. He froze at the sound of clanking footsteps.

"Oh crap!" said the Doctor and he dove into another room to his right. He crouched down behind the desk in the room. The clanking got louder and louder until the Doctor saw the source. Two metal figures, six feet tall, walked by the door. The Doctor recognized them immediately and a cold chill ran down his spine.

"Cybermen!" the Doctor forced through his clenched teeth. The clanking got quieter and quieter until it was gone. The Doctor stood up and walked out into the hall again and it was once again empty. He opened the door to the room across the hall from the room he was in and froze. He was staring straight at a Cyberman right in the face.

"Oh no," the Doctor squeaked. He slammed the door right in the Cyberman's face. The Doctor started to run down the hallway when the door blasted across the hall and flew into the room that the Doctor hid in. The noise made him jump and loose his balance for a second. He regained his balance as he nearly fell into the wall. He skidded to a stop when a second Cyberman turned the corner.

The Cyberman saw him and said, "All humans are to be taken to floor 76 for upgrading."

"I'm not human so I don't have to go!" rattled the Doctor. He ran into the closest room to where he was standing. He took out his screwdriver again and switched the setting. "I don't like this feature, but I don't have a choice."

The Cybermen walked into the room and raised their arms and ordered, "You will show yourself."

"Oh yeah, I don't think so!" the Doctor shot back, "If you come near me, I will destroy you."

"All hostile elements will be deleted!" both Cybermen said in unison.

"You're right, all hostile elements will be deleted," the Doctor said as he shot up and pressed his screwdriver's button. A beam of yellow energy shot the Cyberman on the left and then he shot the one on the right. Both of their heads exploded as the light hit them.

The let out a disappointed sigh and said, "The Master's laser screwdriver design. I never thought that could come in handy."

He started to put the screwdriver back into his pocket when he heard something rustle from behind him. He turned around and raised the screwdriver at the direction of the sound. "Who's there!" the Doctor boomed.

There was no answer from the area of the room. The Doctor yelled out, "Last chance. Who's there?"

There was still no answer and the Doctor blasted his screwdriver in the general direction as a warning. The Doctor still didn't get an answer. He lowered his screwdriver and walked over to the other end of the room. He saw what had made the sound and he put the screwdriver back in his pocket. He knelt down and said, "I'm sorry for what happened to you."

A dead body was lying on the ground. He could tell from the way the corpse was that the human had been "deleted". The sound that the Doctor heard had been the body falling to the ground.

The Doctor walked out of the room and made his way to another elevator. He pried open the doors and looked up the elevator shaft and then down. The elevator was nowhere in sight. He went back into the hallway and ran to the elevator shaft. He jumped and slammed against the metal wall on the other side, but grabbed the ladder on the other side. He was determined to get to the Cybermen's source of power and destroy it. He started to climb down and he was not going to be stopped.

He could see the elevator below him and when it was in safe distance the Doctor jumped and landed on the platform. He stood up and walked to the console. He didn't have to press any buttons to lift the elevator. It started to move up and the Doctor watched as the floor number continued to increase once it hit the mid-sixties, the Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and switched the setting again.

"Oh, heck no. I'm not ready to go the upgrading floor," said the Doctor. He used his screwdriver on the console and the elevator screeched to a halt on floor 70. The doors opened and the Doctor walked out onto floor 70. It was even worse looking than floor 57. Wires dangled from the ceiling and sparks were flying. The red light wasn't as strong and the normal white lights were flickering.

The Doctor walked down the corridor for what seemed like forever. The Doctor opened a door on the floor and the Doctor walked into the room. The Doctor recognized the technology immediately. "Shielding technology," said the Doctor.

The Doctor walked out of the room and walked into one of the Cyberman. The Doctor scurried away on all fours. When he was out of arm's reach, the Doctor stood up and was about to run down the hallway when a second Cyberman blocked his path.

"Unit 23, this one resembles to the one that the Cyber Leader wants to be deleted," said Unit 15.

"You are correct, Unit 15," replied Unit 23.

The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and switched the setting on it again. He fired it at the Cyberman behind him. Unit 23's head exploded just like the other two Cyber units on floor 57. Before the Doctor could use it on Unit 15, Unit 15 grabbed the Doctor and threw him down the hallway. His screwdriver flew out of his hand and flew behind Unit 15. Unit 15 walked towards the Doctor and aimed its arm at the Doctor. A gun popped out his forearm and he fired at the Doctor.

The Doctor cringed, but he wasn't hit by the blasts. A stream of blue energy hit Unit 15 and Unit 15 exploded. The Doctor was protected by that as well. The Doctor stood up and knew how he had survived. He looked at the direction of the energy blast.

"I don't know who's there, but thank you for the shield. That stream of blue energy was a one of the giant guns recovered from Canary Wharf after the Battle of Canary Wharf," said the Doctor.

"Who are you?" a voice asked from the shadows. It was high and squeaky and sounded scared.

The Doctor walked towards his screwdriver, but also headed towards the voice. "Okay, High Squeaky Voice, I don't who you are, but you sound scared of the Cybermen and I don't blame you." The Doctor picked up his screwdriver and added, "You can come out of the shadows you know. I don't bite."

"How do I know you won't bite me?"

"What kind of question is that?" asked the Doctor. He grabbed the man's shirt and pulled him out into the light. He was around five foot nine and had brown hair and he looked terrified.

"Who are you?" asked the man.

"I'm the Doctor," said the Doctor. He held his hand out and helped the man up, "Who are you?"

"I'm Zeke Beakerman."

"That is an interesting name," said the Doctor, "How did you manipulate that shield? That was quite impressive."

"I helped design that shield for when the robot revolution was going to happen and it's happening right now!" Zeke's voice got higher and faster. He bounced as he told the Doctor.

"Okay, calm down there, Beaky," said the Doctor, "There is no robot revolution. And do you want to know why?"

"Why?"

"Me," replied the Doctor, "These Cybermen have to be stopped and who else to stop them then the man who has stopped them every time he meets them."

"What are you talking about?" asked Zeke.

"I have fought the Cybermen before and won all those times. This will be just like those other times," answered the Doctor.

"What?" asked Zeke, "How many times has this happened?"

"Actually nothing like this, but I have fought them several times in both the past and the future and space. The Cybermen originated on the planet Mondas. The Cybermen that these are designed after are from an alternate reality created from Cybus Industries. That's where they get the name Cybus Cybermen."

"Wait! Did you say aliens?" asked Zeke.

"Not in those exact words, but yes," said the Doctor.

"How do you know about aliens?" asked Zeke.

"I'm complicated," said the Doctor, "Very complicated. Why don't we go somewhere less vulnerable? I don't feel like being shot."

"Follow me," said Zeke. Zeke was still twitching and nervous.

"Calm down there, Twitchy," said the Doctor. The Doctor followed Zeke down the hallway.