Rose stared at the Doctor, "What do you mean by plan?" Instead of answering, the Doctor held up a finger. This action, however, made Rose place both hands on her hips and glare at the Time Lord, "Doctor!" She hissed in a voice that was probably too loud given their current predicament, "Tell me your plan." She ordered.
For a second, the Doctor struggled with the wonderful want of straggling the blonde, "Shhh." He settled for whisper-yelling at the woman. Thankfully heading this, Rose settled onto a bucket with a sulking expression on her face as she texted someone.
Allowing himself a moment to smirk, the Doctor rose to his feet and turned to face the blonde, "We need to leave, now." The Time Lord whispered.
Rose blinked, "What?" she asked in shock.
The Doctor sighed, "No time for questions, just get up and wait with me at the door." He ordered before going back over to the door and pressing his ear against the wood.
Thankfully, Roe had the sense to nod and get to her feet and hurry over to the Doctor, "Ready." She told him firmly.
Not saying a word, the Doctor held up three fingers, then two, and then one, "When I say run, run." The Doctor whispered before he dropped his last finger and hissed, "Run!"
At this very familiar command, Rose sprang into action. She yanked open the door and ran back down the twisting hallways that she and the Doctor had once gone through. Behind her, she could hear the Doctor quickly catching up to her, and, thankfully, no Cybermen.
Rose only stopped running when she had nearly reached the end of the corridor that led to the Rift Chamber, "Why'd you stop?" the Doctor asked, not even panting from their run; unlike Rose who was panting and whipping her hand across her forehead...and then everything paused and the Doctor felt something cold touch his forehead...
Yvonne brought the Doctor to with a stern cry of, "What are you – Doctor! Rose!" Yvonne stormed until she was in front of the two, her hands on her hips; behind her, two guards stood slightly awkwardly.
Glaring at the Doctor as if it was somehow his fault, Rose turned to face the blonde leader of Torchwood One, "Yvonne!" she greeted in a cheery voice, "I just found the Doctor snooping around," she dropped her voice to a whisper, "He was in the construction area."
Yvonne sighed, "Thank you Miss Tyler; you may go back to your desk and work on the work you've missed while you were hunting down the Doctor." Giving the younger blonde a chastising look, Yvonne waited until Rose was gone to address the Time Lord.
"What were you doing in there?" Yvonne asked.
The Doctor scratched awkwardly at the back of his neck, "Well…" he started, his voice trailing off as he searched for the right words, "You need to shut off that ghost shift."
Yvonne laughed, "And why would I do that?"
A sudden idea coming to him, the Doctor marched off towards the Rift Chamber; there, he went over to the sheet of glass in between Yvonne's office and the chamber itself and waited for Yvonne to arrive for his presentation.
What he did not notice was a black woman standing up and going back down the corridor he had stormed out. Only a few seconds later, a man followed her.
"Why is she coming here?" Kayla asked. The brunette was lounging in the office chair and eating a small salad that an assistant had brought in for her.
Rajesh merely rolled his eyes while Mickey, mopping the floors, paused to give Kayla a shrug, "Maybe they think she could help." He suggested.
Kayla scoffed, "But Jackie is a rebel! She's a rebel who can barely plug in her phone to charge."
Mickey laughed, "Good point."
Turning the chair around to face the computer she had been stationed at, Kayla watched the monitor for any signs of sphere activity. Next to her, Rajesh typed on the keyboard, running the same scans that they had tried for months, "Anything?" Kayla asked, not expecting a positive answer.
Just like she thought, Rajesh shook his head, "Nothing." He answered with a sigh, "Only thing we have on it is what the Doctor told us when you two first alive."
Kayla nodded, "It's a Void Ship; it's made to travel through the Void."
Pausing once more in his cleaning, Mickey jumped in with, "And the Void, in case you're wondering, is also known as Hell to some people."
Kayla laughed to herself, "Sounds like a lovely place for a trip." She said dryly, "Rajesh, do you have a broacher to that place?"
Before Rajesh could reply, the door to the Sphere Chamber opened behind them, which caused all them to turn around and look at a guard bringing in Jackie Tyler.
"Rajesh, Rose is coming down to relieve you of the prisoner in an hour. Until then, the prisoner will stay down here."
Rajesh nodded, "Alright." He agreed, as if he had a choice in the matter.
Without another word, the guard walked out, and Jackie Tyler stood at the front of the Sphere Chamber. Her hair was a mix of a fading dye job and streaks of gray hair. A long cut was on her left cheek and bags where under her eyes. Nevertheless, Jackie didn't seem very feeble. Instead, the woman crossed her arms and glared at the three.
"Kayla," she nodded to the brunette, "Mickey," she nodded to the black man, "Man I don't know," she nodded to Rajesh, "You're all my babysitters?" she asked with a sneer.
Kayla sighed, "You could at least sound pleased that you know more than half of your guards." She pointed out.
Jackie frowned, "You're my guards, why should I be pleased with that?" Not waiting for an answer, Jackie stepped forwards in the Sphere Chamber, and then she stopped short, "What IS that thing?" she asked.
The brunette turned her head towards the sphere, "We have no idea." She answered truthfully.
"But what's wrong with it?" Jackie asked, her brow creasing together.
Rajesh turned away from his computer to stare at Jackie with an evil scientist vibe, "What makes you think there's something wrong with it?" he questioned as if at least two people per day didn't come into the Sphere Chamber and ask the same exact question Jackie had just asked.
Jackie blinked, which was the same reaction everyone else did when Rajesh asked them that same question, "I dunno...just feels weird." She struggled to explain, her brow creasing together.
Mickey nodded in understanding, "Same with Kayla, the Doctor, and me. You get used to it."
"Took me a few weeks to get used to it," Kayla remarked from her chair, "I kept calling Mickey by his real name, he was going by a fake one until we came along. Rajesh eventually noticed, but he's been a doll and hasn't said a word to anyone."
Rajesh sighed, "It's not my fault if word gets out." He muttered in a dark voice from the computer he had now turned back to face.
Jackie nodded slowly, "So what should I call him?" she asked.
Kayla glanced towards Mickey, who paused in his sweeping, "I'm Samuel." He said proudly, giving Jackie a significant look.
Looking rather awkward, Jackie crossed her arms and stared at the floor, "Thanks." She said in a soft voice.
Knowing that she was missing out on something, Kayla chose not to ask and, instead, to steer their conversation towards the sphere and not some guy named Samuel. So she asked in a commanding voice, "Do you want me to explain why the sphere feels weird to you?"
While Mickey went back to his sweeping, Jackie turned to address Kayla, "Yes." She answered immediately.
"It doesn't exist." Kayla stated, "It doesn't age; there's no heat, no radiation, has no atomic mass, and our machines don't pick it up. By all standers, it doesn't exist."
Jackie frowned, "But I can see it!" she protested.
Once again, Rajesh turned away from his computer, "Fascinating, isn't it? It upsets people because it gives off...nothing. It is...absent. But we know what it is."
Now, Jackie looked very confused, "If it doesn't exist, then how do you know what it is?" she asked skeptically.
Kayla sighed, "When the Doctor and I were taken prisoners, they had us look at anything they had questions over. The Doctor said that it's a Void Ship."
Jackie crossed her arms, "And what's that?" she asked defensively.
"It's a vessel designed to exist outside time and space. Right now, the object itself, the outer shell if you will, has broken through into our world. But the actual vessel is still traveling through the Void." Kayla explained.
Jackie started to nod, and then she started to shake her head, "What?" she asked blankly.
Kayla motioned towards the sphere, "We can see the outer shell of it, but it's actually not here."
Looking still just as confused, Jackie seemed to nod in a way that suggested she still didn't understand, "So what am I supposed to do until Rose gets here?"
Mickey headed over to her, a spare mop in hand, "You're going to help me clean." He said in a bright voice.
Jackie looked very angry at this suggestion. But with a frustrated noise, she took the mop from Mickey and started to clean the floors in an aggravated manner.
The Doctor stood in front of a glass panel, his eyes scanning the room. Already he could see a fair amount of problems. A man had an extra ear piece along with the one from Torchwood, Rose was all-but pounding on her keyboard, Yvonne was taking her time to speak to the Doctor, and the Ghost Shift was about to start any minute.
Thankfully, with five minutes until Ghost Shift, Yvonne strolled casually into the room. Behind her, a young black woman and a mousy looking man both went to their respective desks. Both, the Doctor noticed, had extra ear pieces.
Yvonne, not noticing this detail, flicked her wrist at Rose, "Your mother is waiting for you down in the Sphere Chamber, Rose." She informed the younger blonde. At this information, Rose jumped to her feet and ran out of the room.
Looking slightly disgust by this action, Yvonne headed over to the Doctor, "What?" she snapped, "I'm getting quite busy and Ghost Shift is about to start."
The Doctor crossed his arms, "I'm giving you one last chance. Cancel it." He ordered.
Yvonne rolled her eyes, "I don't think so." She disagreed.
"I'm warning you, cancel it." He nearly growled, growing quite angry at this point.
Yvonne raised an eyebrow, "Oh, exactly as the legends would have it. The Doctor, lording it over us. Assuming alien authority over the rights of Man." She sneered.
Ever since this problem between the Doctor and Yvonne arose, Kayla had been pushing the Time Lord to get a bit more visual with his examples. So far, he had declined that idea. Not only because he felt like metaphors would work better with Yvonne, but also because he wanted to give her a chance. Humans were his favorite species, despite how many times he insulted their intelligence. Now, however, they had run out of chances and the Doctor had a very bad feeling that today wasn't going to go well. This meant that he was determined to make sure Yvonne listened to him this time.
So instead of going for a long-winded metaphor of cause-and-effect, the Doctor turned towards the glass sheet that separated Yvonne's office from the rest of the room, "Let me show you." He started as he took out his sonic screwdriver, "Sphere comes through."
Making sure to make eye-contact with Yvonne, the Doctor pressed the tip of the sonic screwdriver to the pane of glass and took great pleasure in creating a small crack in it. He also enjoyed knowing that the glass had a very thin cracks coming from the place where he had set his sonic screwdriver against.
"But when it made the hole, it cracked the world around it. The entire surface of this dimension, splintered. And that's how the ghosts get through. That's how they get everywhere. They're bleeding through the fault lines. Walking from their world, across the Void, and into yours. With the Human Race hoping and wishing and helping them along! But too many ghosts, and..." very slowly, he lightly touched the sheet of glass. Instantly, the glass shattered out of the frame and onto the floor.
Yvonne pursed her lips, "Well, in that case we'll have to be more careful." She said before turning away and addressing everyone else in the room, "Positions! Ghost Shift in one minute." She ordered.
The Doctor wanted to scream. Had all that really been for nothing?! But not one to give up easily, the Doctor pursued the blonde, "Ms. Hartman, I am asking you - please, don't do it." He practically begged.
Yvonne didn't even turn to face him as she spoke, "We have done this a thousand times." She pointed out.
"Then stop at a thousand!" he nearly yelled.
Yvonne turned to face the Doctor, "We are in control of the ghosts. The levers can open the breech, but equally they can CLOSE it." She explained in a quick voice. And then, for quite a few seconds, the two stared at each other in a battle of wills.
The Doctor was the one that broke the stare by looking away, "Okay." He said in a suddenly light voice before he strolled towards Yvonne's office for a chair.
"Sorry?!" Yvonne called after him.
The Doctor shrugged as he picked out a chair and made it face the front, "Never mind! As you were."
Yvonne blinked, "What, is that it?" she asked, unsure.
The Doctor settled down into the chair and stared at Yvonne, "No! Fair enough. Said my bit. Don't mind me. Any chance of a cup of tea?" he asked.
"Ghost Shift in twenty seconds." A young black woman with an extra ear piece announced to the room.
The Doctor hummed, "Mm! Can't WAIT to see it!" he cheered in a sarcastic tone.
Yvonne crossed her arms, "You can't stop us, Doctor." She pointed out.
"No, absolutely not!" the Doctor agreed with a nod.
At her desk, the black woman started to speak once more, "Ghost Shift in ten seconds. Nine...eight..." As the atmosphere of the room grew more and more tense, the Doctor raised his eyebrows at her in a silent dare for her to go through with it, "Seven...six...five...four...three...two..." the woman continued.
Just as the Doctor knew she would, Yvonne broke, "Stop the shift. I said stop." She ordered to the room.
The Doctor breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you." He said gratefully.
"I suppose it makes sense to at least let you give us proof. But the program will recommence, as soon as you've explained everything." Yvonne explained.
The Doctor nodded, "I'm glad to be of help." He promised.
Turning away, Yvonne addressed the room at large, "And someone clear up this glass." She ordered before shooting the Doctor a glare, "They did warn me, Doctor. They said you like to make a mess." She stated before heading back into her office.
It took about an hour for Rose to head down to the Sphere Chamber and enter it to collect her mother. She knew what she would find when she arrived. Mickey sweeping, Rajesh running tests, and her mother sulking in the corner because she had probably messed up cleaning in some sort of way.
What she had not expected was Kayla Harkness seated nearby Rajesh and nibbling on a piece of bread, a few crumbs literally her lap and her non-existence stomach. Rose sneered, which made Kayla rolled her eyes and turn away to work on the computer.
Moving her eyes away, Rose looked over at the sphere and already felt her stomach turning at the sight of it. It was just so…weird.
Shuddering, Rose nodded to Mickey before stopping front of her mother. Jackie Tyler looked just like a rebellious Rose had, once upon a time, right down to the sulking expression on her face, "Mum, come on. I need you to come with me. We're going to get you cleared."
Jackie didn't raise her gaze from the ground, "What about my friends?" she asked.
Rose shrugged, "It'll depend on what Yvonne wants to do with them, but I'll put in a word."
Sighing, Jackie rose to her feet, "Fine." She said, "I suppose that's the best deal I'll get."
For a second, the mother and daughter looked at one another for quite few seconds before Rose cleared her throat awkwardly and turned away, "Come on." She said as she started for the door.
"Rose! Wait, Rose!" the blonde turned away to see Kayla coming over, "Is the Doctor alright? I haven't really heard anything other than the fact that you two were missing." The brunette explained.
Rose sighed, "He's fine. Just having a chat with Yvonne." She replied, "He went off exploring him so I went after him."
Nodding, Kayla turned away with a muttered, "Thanks."
And then, Rajesh came over, "Rose, I need to explain some of these files to you so you can tell Yvonne." He told her before launching into a very long lecture on said files.
The Doctor felt like he was finally succeeding in progress with Yvonne. Now she was asking the right questions. Questions like, "So these ghosts, whatever they are - did they build the sphere?"
At this, the Doctor shrugged, truthfully not knowing the answer, "Must have. Aimed it at this dimension like a cannon ball." He explained as he tipped the chair he was in onto two legs; his feet were crossed and resting on Yvonne's desk, something the blonde was letting slide.
Yvonne started to nod, an odd look on her face, "I feel like we're missing something here." She sighed in frustration.
The Doctor nodded, "Kayla and I can't figure out who or what would have the technology to create a Void Ship."
Looking like she was about to speak, Yvonne, and then the Doctor, froze at the sound of the Ghost Shift engines starting up. Instantly, Yvonne strolled over to the door and threw it open, "Excuse me? Everyone? I thought I said stop the ghost shift." She asked the room, but no one answered.
Hearing this, the Doctor got up from the chair and stood behind Yvonne, "Who started the program? But- I ordered you to stop! Who's doing that?!" her voice rising as she started to panic, Yvonne pointed towards the lever that was rising on its own accord.
"Step away from the monitors, everyone." She ordered, but no one did. Instead, they kept typing, "Gareth, Addy - stop what you're doing, RIGHT NOW. Matt. Step away from your desk. That's an order! Stop the levers!" Two scientists ran over to the levers and started to try and pull them back as bright light started to enter the room.
"Stop the levers!" Yvonne yelled, now panicking.
The Doctor, seeing that Yvonne's method was getting nowhere, took charge and headed over to a young black woman that happened to be one of the few that had an extra ear piece, "What's SHE doing?" the Doctor asked.
Following him, Yvonne studied the woman, "Addy? Step away from the desk." She ordered to no avail.
Feeling like he had seen something like this before, but he didn't remember where, the Doctor raised his fingers in front of the woman's face and snapped them. As he had suspected, the woman did not even blink.
"Listen to me. Step away from the desk." Yvonne tried once more.
The Doctor sighed, "She can't hear you." He reported to her before turning his attention to the computer screen, "They're overriding the system." He announced. At these words, Yvonne and the Doctor turned to stare at the blank wall where light was coming from, "We're going into Ghost Shift." He stated as the light brightened.
Down in the Sphere Chamber, Rose was getting impatient. After quite a few minutes of Rajesh explaining file after file, the man had suddenly told her to wait and started to mutter in his comms. while Kayla and Mickey spoke to each other in hushed tones.
Without warning, Kayla appeared at Rose's side, "Get your mom out of here, now." She ordered.
Rose surprised herself by nodding simply and grabbing her mom's arm, "Mum. Come on." She told her, "Get to the top floor and find the Doctor." She ordered before pushing her mom outside the door and slamming it shut behind her before Jackie could say another word.
Thankfully she did that because the Sphere Chamber suddenly shook and Rajesh gasped, "It can't be," before he, Kayla, Mickey, and a confused Rose ran over to the source of the disturbance. The sphere, "It's active!" he whispered.
The Doctor tilted his head, staring at the ear piece on the woman's ear, "It's the ear-piece controlling them. I've seen this before." He said, more to himself than anyone else. With a suddenly solemn, look on his face, the Doctor took his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and moved until he was standing behind the woman, "Sorry. I'm so sorry." He apologized. Wincing, the Doctor pressed the sonic screwdriver against the ear piece and pressed the button.
Instantly, the woman screamed with pain and slumped onto her desk. Nearby, the two other men did the same, which meant that the ear pieces where connected.
Yvonne, her eyes wide, stared at the Doctor, "What happened? What did you just do?" she asked.
"They're dead." The Doctor answered darkly.
Yvonne winced, "Did you kill them?"
Not looking at her, the Doctor turned to start to type into the computer, "Oh someone else did that long before I got here." He explained.
The blonde nodded, "What're those ear pieces?" she asked with a nod towards said ear pieces.
"Don't." the Doctor ordered without even looking at the blonde.
Yvonne frowned, "But they're standard comms. devices - how does it control them?" she questioned.
The Doctor moved to one of the men's computer before he answered, "Trust me, leave them alone." He ordered again.
"But what are they?" Yvonne asked once again. Not waiting for an answer, the blonde took hold of the black woman's ear piece and pulled, expecting it to come out of here. Just like the Doctor knew it would, however, the ear piece came out of the black woman's head with a trail of brain tissue attached to it, "Urgh! Oh, God! It goes inside their brain!" she gasped, revolted, before she dropped the ear piece onto the desk.
The Doctor smirked to himself a bit, "What about the Ghost Shift?" he asked.
Yvonne sighed, "Ninety percent there. It's still running. Can't you stop it?"
The Doctor shook his head, "They're still controlling it. They've hi-jacked the system." He answered.
"Who's THEY?" Yvonne pointed out.
Not answering her question, mostly because he hope he was wrong, the Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and laid it flat on his palm and turned it slowly, "It might be a remote transmitter but it's gotta be close by. I can trace it." He explained in a rush a second before he bolted.
Looking very confused, Yvonne followed; her forgotten laptop was still on her desk, only now it was flashing with a message that read, 'Sphere Activated.'
"We've got a problem down here. Yvonne, can you hear me?" Rajesh called into his comms. as the sphere started to vibrate, "Yvonne, for God's sake - the sphere is active! The readings are going wild! It's got weight, it's got mass, an electromagnetic field - it exists!" he yelled frantically.
Not sharing his apparent enthusiasm, Kayla winced and turned as the door crashed to lock behind them, "Automatic quarantine." She sighed.
Rose, looking rather worried, glanced at the brunette, "Is there any way to get out?"
It was Mickey who answered, "Nope. But it's all right, babe. We beat them before, we can beat them again. That's why I'm here. The fight goes on." He explained easily as the sphere continued to vibrate.
This was new to Kayla, so she was thankful when Rose asked, "The fight against what?"
Mickey smiled grimly, "What d'you think?" he asked, only for the four of them to stumble as two loud crashed from the sphere made the room shake.
The Doctor walked down the corridor, his screwdriver guiding him. Behind him, Yvonne followed his wake; she only paused to order to guards to come with them, and, when the Doctor grumbled, "Jackie." And then invited her to join their group. Jackie, not liking this, glared at the two guards who were now flacking her and the back of the Time Lord's head.
"I was right. Damn." The Doctor whispered to himself, something that made Yvonne's brow furrowed.
"Right about what?" Yvonne asked.
Not answering, the Doctor turned to face the group, "You should go back." He pointed out.
Yvonne snorted, "Think again." She scoffed.
So the group moved forwards for several minutes in a tense silence until the screwdriver beeped and the Doctor stared at it, "What is it? What's down here?" Yvonne asked.
"Ear-pieces, ear-pods, this world is colliding with another. And I think I know which one." He said darkly just as outlines of them appeared around them.
"What are they?" Yvonne whispered as Jackie whimpered and moved closer to the Doctor.
The Doctor glared around at the outlines, "They came through first." He started as the things ripped the curtains with their hands, "The advance guard." He continued while the things stepped through the ripped curtains and started towards the group, "Cybermen." He finished.
As if this was their signal, the two guards started to fire at the Cybermen, but this, of course, had no effect. Grabbing Jackie's hand, because no matter how annoying that woman was she had still helped him before, the Doctor and Yvonne tried to run with a Jackie in tow, but they were surrounded by the metal men.
In the Sphere Chamber, another crash came from the sphere, "We had them beaten, but then they escaped. The Cybermen just vanished." He paused to allow a crash to interrupt him, "They found a way through to this world, but - so did we."
"But that doesn't make sense. Though Cybermen don't have the technology to create one." Kayla pointed out.
Rose, surprising herself, nodded in agreement, "And the Doctor said that that was impossible." She pointed out.
Mickey shrugged, "Yeah, well it's not the first time he's been wrong." He pointed out, "No offense." He added with a nod towards Kayla.
"What's inside that sphere?" Rose asked just before another crash.
"No one knows. Cyber Leader, Cyber King, Emperor of the Cybermen...whatever it is..." Mickey grinned rather darkly, "He's dead meat." He explained.
Rose nudged Mickey with a smile, "I'm glad you're here with me."
Mickey smiled back, "I'm glad to be with you." He traded.
The Cybermen led Yvonne, the Doctor, and Jackie down the hallway and into the Rift Chamber with their hands up in clear surrender, "Get away from the machines - do what they say, don't fight them!" the Doctor yelled at the others.
As if to prove this, one of the Cybermen shot one of the scientist who had not done as asked immediately.
"What are they?" a person asked in a terrified voice.
It was one of the Cybermen that spoke, "We are the Cybermen. The Ghost Shift will be increased to one hundred percent." It answered before clamping its fist to its chest while the lever started to rise.
"Online." A computer announced.
The Doctor swallowed, his eyes automatically going to the floor as a bright white light started to surround them, "Here come the ghosts." He muttered darkly.
And he was right, though instead of being silent, the ghosts that started to march through the lights made the same sound as the Cybermen when they stomped around. Soon, the ones in front were Cybermen in appearance as well.
"Can anyone hear me? Come on, I need help down here!" Rajesh begged into the comms. Around him, the entire chamber was shaking non-stop and booms kept coming from the sphere, "I need—" his voice cut off as if he was put on pause.
Because, without warning, the sphere stopped vibrating. This made the entire chamber an eerie calm. Looking disturbed by this, Rajesh hurried over to Mickey, Rose, and Kayla as the black man took off his lab coat and removed his ear piece, "Here we go." Mickey muttered darkly.
Kayla winced, throwing a hand up to shield her eyes as the sphere cracked and a bright white light flooded the room.
Jackie was confused and scared, which never boded well for anyone, "These Zybermen - what've they got to do with the ghosts?" she asked.
The Doctor growled in frustration, "Do you never listen? A footprint doesn't look like a boot!" he explained.
"Achieving full transfer." A Cyberman announced.
"They're Cybermen. All of the ghosts are Cybermen." The Doctor continued, "Millions of them. Right across the world." He finished as the Ghost/Cybermen all looked exactly like Cybermen.
Now there were hundreds – no, thousands! – of Cybermen in the blinding white light, "They're invading the whole planet." Yvonne whispered.
The Doctor, however, shook his head grimly, "It's not an invasion, it's too late for that. It's a victory." He corrected.
Before anyone could reply to that, a computer started to beep, "Sphere activated. Sphere activated. Sphere activated. Sphere activated." It announced, causing the Doctor's brow to furrow.
In the Sphere Chamber, the crack in the sphere was growing larger, "I know what's in there. And I'm ready for them. I've got just the thing." Mickey promised as he turned away to retrieve a large gun from under a counter.
"Didn't you just say that you didn't know?" Rose pointed out, her eyes narrowing.
Mickey stepped back a few steps and aimed the gun at the sphere, "General assumption." He admitted with a shrug, "But I do know that this is gonna blast them to Hell." He finished, cocking his gun.
The Doctor turned to a nearby Cyberman, knowing that while the Cybermen where horrible, they still were decent to their prisoner…though that was mostly because they were about to be upgraded and therefore shouldn't get hurt.
Regardless, the Doctor knew that the Cyberman would answer his question.
"What I don't understand is Cybermen don't have the technology to build the Void Ship, that's WAY beyond you. How did you create that sphere?"
The Cyberman stared at the Doctor, "The sphere is not ours." It answered.
At this, the Doctor literally stumbled backwards a bit, "...What?" he asked, his eyes widening as he realized that there was another species breaking through as well.
"The sphere broke down the barriers between worlds. We only followed. Its origin is unknown." The Cyberman explained.
The Doctor scratched at the back of his neck, "Then what's inside it...?" he questioned to himself.
Next to him, Jackie whimpered softly, "Rose is down there." She whispered.
The Doctor nodded, "And Kayla, and Mickey." He added in.
Kayla knew it couldn't be a Cyberman, that race didn't have the technology yet, and that meant that the gun Mickey had would probably not work. And, if the luckiest thing happened and the creature inside the sphere was good, then having a gun pointed at it would probably be a bad idea.
But when the brunette saw four familiar and horrible domes start to emerge from the sphere, Kayla knew all was lost. Rose seemed to know it too, because the blonde squeaked and hugged Mickey around the middle, burying her face into his shirt.
"That's not Cybermen..." Mickey stated, swallowing hard.
Kayla placed a hand on Mickey's gun and slowly started to lower it, her eyes never leaving the creatures, "Throw it behind you. Otherwise you'll be the first."
Mickey's brow furrowed, "The first?" he asked in confusion.
"The first to be exterminated."
His face paling, Mickey threw the gun behind him and watched the aliens glide to the floor, "What are they?" he whispered.
Kayla closed her eyes briefly, "Daleks." She answered simply, "They killed my father."
"Location: Earth. Life forms detected. Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!"
And the Daleks are back! Honestly, I love the Daleks. I find them quite cute...well I did. My parents got me the 'Engines of War' book and so far, those Daleks are not cute. Seriously. That book is dark as hell. I can't wait to start using some of the new information with my stories. Also, merry late Christmas!
As for this chapter, I found it a lot easier than with my last one. I figured out when this was going on and therefore followed the episode more.
Oh, and one more thing. A character named Andraste will be January 1, 2015. She's an OC in The Walking Dead Season 2 game by Telltale. It's going to be a Luke/OC story, and I seriously hope you enjoy her. She's awesome.
And now...Review Time:
AlasseAlcarin: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it!
NicoleR85: Wait and see, wait and see.
Aka-Baka Hoshi: I think it will be Rory that'll have a stronger reaction.
sashaxh: Jackie isn't going to die, no worries.