Chapter 5
"LC-1, take the charge and go to levels taken over by the aggressive Cybermen and hold them off while Zeke and I can go and save the day again. I got to go and save the day again. God, it must be Saturday."
"It is Saturday," said Zeke.
"I know," said the Doctor, "It's just...oh nevermind. You Cybermen come with us!"
The Doctor bolted to the elevator followed by Zeke and several Cybermen. Zeke ran up to the Doctor and said, "The elevators don't work. The building's on lockdown."
"Not for me it isn't, my twitchy friend," replied the Doctor, "I'm just too good." The Doctor held out his sonic screwdriver to the console and the elevator started lifting. The elevator continued to rise but kept getting faster and faster. The Doctor looked up the shaft as the elevator kept going.
"Doctor!" said Zeke, "The elevator wasn't meant for this."
"I bet this whole building wasn't built for a Cybermen attack," replied the Doctor.
"I can't top that," said Zeke. Zeke back away from the Doctor. The top of the elevator shaft could be seen, but the elevator was still flying upwards. Zeke was scared and squeaked out, "Doctor! The top is coming in a little too fast, isn't it?"
The Doctor didn't say anything, but held his screwdriver to the console again. The elevator's speed drastically declined and eventually stopped on the top floor. The Doctor used the sonic to open the door and he ran out towards Henry Montana's office door. Zeke didn't follow.
"Come on, Beaky, let's go!" said the Doctor.
"I need to go that way to activate the codes," said Zeke.
"Then go," said the Doctor. The Doctor realized it and asked, "You're scared aren't you?"
"I'm terrified," said Zeke.
"How do you think I feel? I know what these things can do and you can only imagine what they can do," told the Doctor.
"I know. What I'm imagining is terrifying enough," Zeke continued to squeak.
"It's worse, Kid, believe me," said the Doctor, "Do you what to know what they do when they 'upgrade' you?"
"What?"
The Doctor walked over to Zeke and looked him straight in the eyes and said, "I don't know the exact process, but it is close to this: they take out your brain and possibly other parts of your nervous system and put them in a metal shell. They remove all your emotions and empathy so that you do feel anything. You are just numb to the world and a basically a drone with a hive mind set to upgrade more humans and others to the become part of that hive. I can't imagine what it feels like to have all that you are stripped away. So how about going and getting that kill code set and then activated."
Zeke nodded and replied, "Okay."
The Doctor looked at the Cybermen that were with them and said, "You guys were so quiet, I almost forgot you were here. You four go with him. You two come with me."
"We obey," all six Cybermen said in unison. Four Cybermen walked to Zeke and the five of them walked to the Cybermen Control Center.
"That's just weird," said the Doctor as he walked back to Montana's door. He used his screwdriver and Montana's doors opened. The Doctor walked into the office followed by the two Cybermen. The sunlight poured into the room and Montana was nowhere to be found. The Doctor looked through the office and found Montana lying down on a couch. He didn't seem like the man that the Doctor talked to back in December. The Doctor walked up next to Montana and said, "Henry Montana."
There was no answer and the Doctor shouted, "MONTANA!"
Montana jumped and sat up on the couch, "Who was that?"
"Who do you think it is?" asked the Doctor.
"Doctor," said Montana, "What happened?"
"What do you mean what happened? The Cybermen have taken over the building!"
"Cybermen? What Cybermen?" asked Montana.
The Doctor looked at Montana in the eyes and said, "Oh no."
Floor 77
The Cyber Leader had been monitoring the building and had noticed several of his Cyber units were destroyed, including Units 15 and 23. That, however, was not important compared to what it found in the Montana database.
"Cyber Leader, you called for some Cyber units," said a unit.
"Yes, come with me to floor 110. There is something that I want to bring down here," explained the Cyber Leader, "I have given others orders to prepare the upgrading machine to upgrade me even further, and if it works, all of us will be upgraded."
"I understand," said the Cyberman.
"Good," said the Cyber Leader and went towards the elevator nearest to them and the Cyberman followed the Cyber Leader.
Top Floor
Montana's Office
"What do you mean?" asked Montana, "And didn't I just see you yesterday?"
"If yesterday means two months ago, then yes I was here yesterday," said the Doctor.
"What do you mean?" asked Montana.
"Your mind was taken over by a very powerful mind," explained the Doctor, "The only mind aside from mine that could have done that to you would be the late Tesla Howard's mind. I guess it was a last ditch effort to strike back. He was lead in the Cybermen Project wasn't he?"
Montana was still dazed, but managed to answer, "Yes, he was, and he was the last one that I remember seeing. Then the next thing that happened was the Cybermen taking the employees and personnel somewhere."
"To be upgraded," said the Doctor.
"What does that mean?"
"Believe me you don't want to know," said the Doctor, "But Zeke Beakerman is taking care of it."
"Zeke Beakerman," said Montana, "I remember that name, but not that much about him."
"Your subconscious was fighting the influence on your mind," said the Doctor, "No mind can be completely taken over. There is always a remnant behind that fights against the oppression and sometimes, just sometimes, the remnant is strong enough to influence the taken over mind to do something that it normally wouldn't do."
"Like what?" asked Montana.
"In your case, you hired someone great at robotics," said the Doctor, "Because he would be great at installing programs into them. Like the two amazing ones that he did. He put it an obeying command to the new Cybermen and a kill command planted in all the Cybermen. That is where he is now. He is going to destroy all the Cybermen."
"Doctor," said Montana, "Go to my computer and check level 110's security cameras."
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
The Doctor heard the urgency in his voice and did what he said. He saw dozens of Cybermen battling in the tower as he scrolled through the cameras and landed on floor 110. He saw only about half a dozen Cybermen on that level. He looked at it closer and saw that only five of them shared the same design. He recognized the sixth Cyberman and his blood ran cold. "Montana! Is that thing what I think it!"
Montana walked up behind the Doctor and said, "It's a Mondas Cyberman I recovered back in 1985 and had it in storage until I converted floor 110 to a museum floor. I knew how bad it possibly could become so I didn't design these things after that one, but the ones from Canary Wharf."
"Montana, you realize that they are both as dangerous as the other. It's like choosing between the electric chair and lethal injection. They may be different, but they both will kill you!" explained the Doctor.
"Why would they want that thing anyway? It's dead," said Montana.
The Doctor stood there thinking, his arms crossed. He put his left hand on his chin and then it hit him, "Oh no!"
"What?"
The Doctor didn't answer and walked to the Cybermen, "Cybers guard the elevator doors at all costs!" They agreed and the Doctor ran off out of the office with Montana right behind him.
He ran to the Cybermen Control Center and scared Zeke out his mind. He frantically asked the young man, "How long before activation of the Cybermen kill code!"
"A few minutes," said Zeke, "Why?"
"I hope you do it in time," said the Doctor.
Floor 77
The Cybermen took the old one and placed in on a table and hooked wires to its head and neck. The Cyber Leader stood next to the table and the other Cybermen put wires in the same places as they did the other one. Then the transfer happened.
Top Floor
"The Cyber Leader is going to download himself into the Mondas Cyberman! Do you know what that means?" asked the Doctor.
"No, what?" asked Montana.
"The Cyber Leader will be as powerful as a Mondas Cyberman and will not be destroyed by your kill command, Zeke. It'll be a monster on the loose and the only thing that can stop it is gold and I don't see any here!"
Floor 77
"Transfer complete," said one of the Cybermen.
The Cyber Leader stood up and said, "All systems are functioning properly. My weapon."
The Cyberman handed the Cyber Leader the gun that was brought with the Mondas Cyberman body. The Cyber Leader readied his weapon and aimed it at the door.
The door blasted open and several Cybermen poured in and opened fire on the others in the room. The Cybermen fought back and the Cyber Leader fired his gun and blasted several away before all the other Cybermen short circuited and exploded. The Cyber Leader was still hooked up and traced a kill signal from the top floor. He moved towards the elevator and was headed to the top floor.
Top Floor
"That it, Doctor! The kill command has been activated. All Cybermen are destroyed. The building should be clear now," said Zeke.
Montana looked at him and asked, "Then why is the tower still in lockdown?"
"The Cyber Leader must have completed his download," said the Doctor, "Do you have weapons here."
"You said that the Cyber Leader can't be destroyed with weapons," said Zeke.
"But you said with gold. Doctor, come with me," said Montana. Montana walked into his office and then into his conference room. The Doctor and Zeke right behind him. He turned on the lights and asked, "Would that work?"
There was a golden spear hanging behind one of the chairs in the room.
"Is that..."
"Pure gold," said Montana.
"Oh Montana, I could kiss you right now," said the Doctor.
"No thank you," said Montana.
"He told me the same thing earlier," said Zeke.
The Doctor didn't hear what the two were talking about behind his back. He didn't care. He picked the spear up and asked Montana, "Where in the world did you get this?"
"That was actually a gift," said Montana, "I don't really know who made it or where it's from."
"I'm glad you kept this," said the Doctor. He heard the elevator's slight ding, but the other two didn't hear anything. He added, "Because we need it right now!"
The conference room door blasted open and the Cyber Leader stormed in. The Doctor planned to charge the Cyber Leader, but the machine blasted the conference table to pieces. The Doctor was caught in the debris. Wood and metal crashed into his body, tearing skin on all his exposed places. Lucky for him he was wearing his jacket and pants, but his face was cut up as were his hands. Zeke and Montana got some cuts and bruises but managed to get out by another door before the main blast hit them.
The Cyber Leader walked over to where the Doctor was laying face down. It reached over and checked the pulse of the Doctor. The Cyber Leader didn't find one and registered the Doctor as dead. "The Doctor has been deleted. Now for the two humans."
Zeke and Montana watched in horror as the Cyber Leader walked in towards them and raised its gun. The two dodged out of the way just in time. The Cyberman's gun blasted a hole in the wall and continued until it shattered the window and dissipated in the air. The Cyber Leader fire again and again. Zeke barely made it out of the way the last time. His arm was burned by the blast flying by him.
Finally, the Cyber Leader cornered the two humans and raised its gun again. Zeke closed his eyes and was so scared he couldn't move. Montana was scared but stared the machine down. Before the Cyber Leader could fire, a golden streak erupted through the Cyberman's chest. The creature moaned in agony and short circuited and collapsed. Behind the Cyberman, stood the Doctor. That's when Montana could see the golden streak was his spear he had gotten over ten years ago as a gift. Zeke finally opened his eyes and relieved at the dead Cyberman, but confused at how the Doctor was still alive in front of him.
"Before either one of you ask," said the Doctor, "I learned how to slow my hearts and simulate death way back in the Academy on Gallifrey."
Zeke ran and hugged the Doctor and kept repeating his thanks for saving his life. He backed off and the Doctor told him, "You are one weird little dude, but I can't help but like you, and good job today. You helped save many."
"What do you mean?" asked Zeke, "I was afraid all day and a coward."
"Yeah you were afraid," said the Doctor, "But you still acted against the Cybermen unsure you would survive. That's courage right there. I don't know if you could tell, but the Cybermen scared me as well."
"You've told that to others haven't you?"
"You have no idea how many others," said the Doctor smiling. He walked to over to Montana and said, "I'll get some people over here as soon as I can to help restore order here. Word of advice don't ever create Cybermen again."
"I don't plan on it, Doctor," answered Montana.
"That's good to hear," the Doctor replied. He smiled and shook Montana's hand before walking out of the room.
Zeke followed him out of the room and said, "You don't look so good. Where are you going?"
"Yes, Zeke," said the Doctor.
"Yes what?"
"You can see my spaceship," said the Doctor.
"I didn't ask that."
"But you were going to," added the Doctor.
"Yes, yes I was," replied Zeke, "But seriously, you look beat up."
"I know. I heal fast," said the Doctor.
The two of them walked onto the elevator and again the Doctor controlled it with his screwdriver.