((Hello! This is GunslingerAngel bringing you my very first long Doctor Who fanfic. So please bear with me! For those of you who have not read my one-shot I just want to tell you that this is a spin-off and I hope that all of you will enjoy it! Before I start, I just want to tell you that I do not own Doctor Who and the novel The Engineer ((this engineer is a little bit different from the novel and anyways, I never read it)). Plus, I have only seen the first season because season 2 has not yet come out in USA. Anyways, I hope you all will enjoy this story and please review! Thank you!))
Key: Thought is/…/ and Speaking is "…"
The Engineer: Installation
Ch. 1: War Games
This is the story of how my people were exterminated, how my planet burned, and how I died and was reborn into something else…
The year was 4058 and the planet, Caprithia, had formed an alliance with Gallifrey in order to stop the Daleks from exterminating the universe. The Roboteers offered the Time Lords everything: weapons, equipment, etc but the Time Lords still insisted the Roboteers to evacuate, but they told them no. The Roboteers had many mottos but the two most important ones were "Treat every creation as an equal as if they were thy brother" and "Never let a good man down". And that's what the Roboteers did; they never let the Time Lords down and went to war with them.
In a small locker room stood a young woman of the age of 23 putting on her red jump suit in order to board her exoskeleton for the upcoming Dalek invasion of Caprithia. She had brown hair that reached down to her shoulders, brown eyes, and three things around her neck: safety goggles, a mouth mask, and a small silver-like locket. Kara Gozenhozer was the second engineer lieutenant of the 52nd Exoskeleton MI Unit of Omni-Fortress #34, which now was one of the last standing Omni-Fortresses of all Caprithia. She had no husband and no children to come back to after the war because unfortunately she was born during the early battles of the Time War and she thought that forming a relationship was just a waste of time and life. The only family that she did have was her two parents, Kalen and Azala Gozenhozer, and her robots, Clockworks and Tock. Her parents, sadly,died 2 years ago from a Dalek ambush in Omni-Fortress #12.
She zipped up her jump suit and held up her locket. "Don't worry Tock, as soon as this war is over I'll make you a body and you can finally see your older brother," she said to the locket in a Midwestern accent. Inside the locket was an AI chip that contained the artificial consciousness of Kara's latest creation and Clockworks' younger brother, Tock. Kara's father, Kalen, helped her with Tock's creation shortly before he and Azala were dispatched to defend the lower half of the Josher Continent in Omni-Fortress #12. Kalen had once said that he had made many great pieces of technology but none could ever be compared to his greatest creation of all time, his daughter. A single tear fell down her cheek as she tucked the locket back into the suit. Soon after that, the door flew open and in came an android, who had one eye and very little armor covering his interior parts.
"Kara, I still think that you should drop out of this one and transfer to Omni-Fortress #56, they're much farther away from the invasion and it's very likely that they won't be attacked," said the android in a monotone.
"Clockworks this is an all out invasion. The Daleks are going to send armies to every part of the world, there's no way to escape this war now. From now on it's kill or be killed," said Kara as she grabbed a gun in its holster from her locker and strapped it to her leg. She was about to close the locker door when she caught sight of two pictures that were taken a couple of years ago and were taped to the door. One picture was a group picture of her unit which had three of her best friends standing with her: Jaks Harlen, Frida Kozler, and Clockworks. The other was a picture of her family standing behind a giant lake. In the picture, her father was holding her mother's hand with his right hand and had his left arm around Kara's shoulder. Kara was holding on to Clockworks' right hand while he waved at the camera with his left. She smiled, took the two pictures down, and placed them in a zip up pocket. /I'll never forget you guys…ever/ she thought as she closed the locker door and turned around to face Clockworks.
"Statistics show that you have a 5 percent chance of survival in this invasion," he said in a monotone that made him sound like as if he had no emotions as all but in reality he did, he just didn't notice them at the time.
"When there's a party, there's a pooper, party pooper," Kara sang as she headed towards the door, "Come on Clockworks, chill. At least I have a chance of survival and I plan to take that chance."
"But I fear for your safety Kara. I don't know what I would do if you got hurt or even worse, killed, "said Clockworks as he grabbed hold of Kara's shoulder to stop her.
Kara turned around with a puzzled looked and asked, "Since when did you feel fear? I don't remember you giving that emotion…Or maybe I did…Or perhaps it's your Whisper talking to you."
Clockworks stared at the ground and started to twiddle his fingers. "I…I don't know what you're talking about. There must be a glitch in my programming. I highly doubt that I have developed a Whisper and besides, isn't that some urban legend?"
Kara shrugged her shoulders and replied, "Who knows? A lot of Roboteers like that theory, including myself."
"But why do you like such a falsified theory?" asked Clockworks.
"Well, I guess you can say that it is something that both Roboteers and robots can hope for in the future," said Kara as she opened the door and stepped outside to a large hangar filled with robotic battle suits that were size of 12 story buildings and robotic exoskeleton suits that were about a few feet higher than the average adult. Kara and Clockworks ran to a large group of people that were close to the exoskeletons. They pried through the group in order to reach the center. In the center, was a man in his late fifties, wearing a gray jump suit, giving orders and instructions to the group in what sounded like a French accent.
"The 52nd unit will head to the upper part of the Omni-Fortress, the 31st unit will split up and head to the main four pressure doors of the facility, and the 45th unit will also split up and divide themselves amongst the three floors of the fortress. The Mechana squadron will be evenly divided amongst the three MI units," said the man in the center, "all three units will be armed with three weapons: a grenade launcher, a M56 automatic machine gun, and a thermo-beam. Each weapon will be attached to a certain part of the exoskeleton. The launcher will be on the right arm, the machine gun will be on the left arm, and the thermo-beam will be strapped to the back. The squadron will be equipped with MEMP grenades, a shotgun, and a TR26 assault rifle. Now once you engage in combat with the Daleks, follow the advice that the Time Lords had given us: aim for the dome or eyepiece of the Dalek, which is the weakest point of the Dalek's shield. Now are there any questions?"
Kara raised her hand and asked, "What happens if we're cornered by a couple of Daleks and we have no more ammo, sir?"
"That's easy, all you have to do is put your head between your knees and kiss your ass good-bye," said the man with a smirk and the whole group began to laugh. "Honestly Lieutenant Gozenhozer, I do not know specifically but activating your androx gland might destroy a couple of Daleks hopefully. Is that a good enough answer?" said the man.
Kara nodded and the man once again asked, "Are there anymore questions?" The group responded by either shaking their heads or remaining silent. Soon after that, the man said, "Alight then, the invasion will start any minute now so get ready, remember your training, and Godspeed everyone."
Soon after that, the group dispersed into four smaller groups according to their designated unit. The 52nd, the 31st, and the 45th units headed to their designated exoskeletons, strapped themselves in, and started up the exoskeletons. Once Kara got herself as situated inside her exoskeleton, she put on her safety goggles and mouth mask. She took out her locket, looked at it one last time, and thought /Stay close to my heart, Tock./ The Mechana squadron headed to the weapons rack and tables and grabbed what they could. Soon after that, the squadron split themselves up into three small groups and joined the three units.
Clockworks stood by Kara's exoskeleton with his assault rifle in his arms, a shotgun strapped to his back, and belt filled with grenades around his waist. Kara looked down with a smile and said jokingly, "Alright Clockworks! Now we can die together!"
Clockworks looked up; slowly shook his head, and replied, "Please do not say that." Kara couldn't help but laugh at Clockworks' down-in-the-dumps mood.
Kara immediately stopped laughing when the man, who was in the center of the group, stood before the lines of exoskeletons and robots. He raised his hand above his head and showed three fingers, then reduced that to two, then to one, and then finally he gave them the thumbs up which was followed up by the sound of an alarm and a female robotic voice, that was projected from the speakers in the hangar, repeating the words, "Stand Clear." Two large hangar doors opened up behind the man and once the doors were fully opened, all four units went through the large doors and into the main structure of the Omni-Fortress.
As Kara and her trusty robotic companion walked through the doors, Kara's heart began to race and she thought /This is it…This battle will determine my future, Clockworks' future, Tock's future, Caprithia's future, and…the future of the universe…Mother…Father…Watch over me./
((How was that! Are you all interested? Curious? Intrigued? Anything! Please review and tell me what you think. I know that there wasn't much action in this chapter but in the next chapter, Apocalypse, there is going to be a lot of death and war. Hope all of you are looking forward to the next chapter. Thank you for reading and please review! Once again this is my very first long Doctor Who fanfic so please bear with me!))