Hiya guy's here's the next chapter, I'm not going to be finished this by Christmas, but hey, at least I'm nearly there. Although, if I only do one chapter a day of my other one, maybe two I might just manage it but I probably won't. When I finish With a little Help part two I'll alternate between this and Series 3 with Rose. Anyway, I'm gonna get on with this now.
Rose and Pete reached the factory. They hid from the Cybermen as they watched what was happening. "Just put them on." Pete said, "Don't show any emotion. No signs, nothing, okay?"
"Don't worry." Rose said as she put her Ear Pods on "We can do it."
"We could die in there." Pete said "Why are you doing this?"
"Let's just say I'm doing it for my mum and dad." they had both put on their Ear Pods "Right." she said "let's go."
They got up and left their hiding place. Pete gave her hand a squeeze and they joined the line of people walking into the factory.
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Jake and Mickey made it to the place where the Zeppelin was docked. They climbed up to the roof, but stopped when Jake spotted guards. They quietly climbed on to the roof and hid "Two guards." Jake said "We can take them."
"Don't kill them." Mickey said
"Who put you in charge?" Jake asked
"If you kill them, what;s the difference between you and a Cyberman?" Mickey asked
"Well, I suppose we could use these." Jake said as he reached into his pocket and took out what looked like a bottle of smelling salts
"Smelling salts?" Micket asked
"Bit stronger than that." Jake answered "One of Mrs Moore's little tricks. Should knock them out." Mickey nodded and Jake whispered "Three, two, one." When he lowered the third finger the two of them ran, the came up behind the guards and grabbed them, they held the smelling salts under their noses until they were knocked out. They let them fall to the ground "There's gotta be more guards on board." said Mickey
"Then let's go get them." Jake said
The two of them climbed up the ladder and into the Zeppelin.
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The Doctor and Mrs Moore were still in the cooling tunnels. "How did you get into this, then?" he asked "Rattling along with the Preachers?"
"Oh, I used to be ordinary." she answered "Worked at Cybus Industries, 9-to-5. Until one day, I find something I'm not supposed to. A file on the mainframe. All I did was read it. Then suddenly, I've got men with guns knocking in the middle of the night. A life on the run. Then I found the Preachers. They needed a techie, so I just sat down and taught myself everything."
"What about Mr Moore?"
"Well, he's not called Moore." she said causing the Doctor to turn to her "I got that from a book. Mrs Moore. It's safer not to use real names. But he thinks I'm dead. It was the only way to keep him safe. Him and the kids. What about you? Got any family or..."
"I've got Rose." he said
"Are you and her..."
"We're married." he answered
"Where are your wedding rings?"
"Rose has them, we don't want Mickey to know..."
"I see."
"Go on then." he said "What's your real name?"
"Angela Price." she said and the Doctor grinned "Don't tell a soul."
"Not a word." They un-knowingly tripped a trap
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"Doctor, did that one just move?"
"It's just the torchlight." he answered "Keep going, come on." They walked past one Cyberman and the next one moved "They're waking up." he said "Run!"
The two of them ran through the ranks of Cybermen between them and the escape hatch. They reached the ladder and the Doctor went up first to climb it as he had to open the hatch "Get up! Quick! They're coming!" shouted Mrs Moore. The Doctor was trying to open the hatch with the sonic screwdriver "Open it! Open it!" He finally managed to get it open "Get up! Quick, quick!" she climbed up behind her
"Come on!"
The Doctor helped her out and then they closed the hatch and the Doctor locked it with the sonic screwdriver "Oh, good team, Mrs Moore." he said
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Rose and Pete were now inside and were walking through the factory, they were stopped "You will wait." said one of the Cybermen. They stood and waited
"You okay?" Pete asked
"No." Rose answered
They watched as new Cybermen were made "Any sign of Jackie?" he asked
One of the Cybermen turned and walked towards them "You are Peter Tyler." it said "Confirm. You are Peter Tyler?"
"Confirm." Pete said
"I recognise you." it said "I went first. My name was Jacqueline Tyler."
"No." said Rose
"What?" asked Pete
"They are un-programmed, restrain." said the Cyberman
"You're lying, you're not her." Pete said "You're not my Jackie."
"Now I am Cyberform." it said "Once I was Jacqueline Tyler."
"But you can't be." Rose said "Not her."
"Her brain is inside this body."
"Jacks, I came to save you."
"This man worked with Cybus Industries to create our species." it said "He will be rewarded, by force. Take them to Cyber Control." it walked away.
"They killed her." said Rose as she and Pete were taken away "They took her and killed her."
"Maybe there's a chance, I don't know." said Pete "Maybe we can reverse it."
"There's nothing we can do." Rose said
"But if she remembers..." he said and looked behind them "Where is she?" he asked "Which one was it? Which one was her?"
"They all look the same." Rose said.
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Mickey and Jake took out the final guard and entered the flight deck of the Zeppelin. "Nice one, nobody's home." said Jake "Find the transmitter controls."
"What do they look like?" Mickey asked
"I don't know." Jake answered "They might have 'transmitter controls' written in big red letters. Just look."
They looked around a bit and then Mickey saw something. He jumped "Cyberman!"
The Cyberman wasn't moving, it was just a prototype
"It's dead." Mickey said after a closer look "I don't think it was ever alive." he knocked it's head "It's empty, no brain." he said "It's just a robot suit. It's for display."
"Okay." said Jake "Transmitter."
They went in search of the transmitter controls.
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The Doctor and Mrs Moore walked away from the hatch, they walked quietly, but they were still discovered "You are not upgraded." said a Cyberman."
"Yeah, well, upgrade this." said Mrs Moore as she pulled something out of her bag of tricks and threw it a the Cyberman. It stopped the Cyberman and it collapsed to the ground
"What the hell was that thing?" asked the Doctor
"Electromagnetic bomb." she answered "Takes out computers. I figured it might stop a Cyber suit."
"Well, you figured right." the Doctor said and he crouched down "Let's have a look. Know your enemy." He took out the sonic screwdriver and took it to the C on the front "Got a logo on the front." he said "Lumic's turned them into a brand." he took it off and looked at it "Heart of steel." he said "But look." he reached into the hole and touched stuff in it.
"Is that flesh?" Mrs Moore asked
"Hmm." said the Doctor "A central nervous system. Artificially grown then threaded throughout the suit so it responds like a living thing. Well, it is a living thing. Oh, but look. Emotional inhibitor." he pointed at it "Stops them feeling anything."
"But why?"
"It's still got a human brain." the Doctor answered "Imagine its reaction if it could see itself. Realise itself inside this thing. It would go insane."
"So they cut out the one thing that makes them human." said Mrs Moore
"Because they have to."
"Why am I cold?" asked the Cyberman
"Oh, my God, it's alive." said Mrs Moore "It can feel."
"We broke the inhibitor." the Doctor said "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Why so cold?"
"Can you remember your name?" the Doctor asked
"Sally." it answered "Sally Phelan."
"You're a woman." said Mrs Moore
"Where's Gareth?"
"Who's Gareth?" asked Mrs Moore
"He can't see me." it said "It's unlucky the night before."
"You're getting married?"
"I'm cold." the Cyberman said "I'm so cold."
"It's all right." said the Doctor as he took out the sonic screwdriver "You sleep now, Sally. Just go to sleep." He used the sonic screwdriver to shut down the unit. "Sally Phelan didn't die for nothing." he said "'Cause that's the key, the emotional inhibitor. If we could find the code behind it, the cancellation code, the feed it throughout the system into every Cyberman's head, they'd realise what they are."
"And what happens then?" she asked
"I think it would kill them." the Doctor answered "Can we do that?"
"We've got to." Mrs Moore said "Before they kill everyone else. There's no choice, Doctor. It's got to be done." she stood up and was killed by a Cyberman which had been standing behind her.
"No! No!" said the Doctor "You didn't have to kill her!"
"Sensors detect a binary vascular system." it said "You are an unknown upgrade. You will be taken for analysis." the Doctor was taken away.
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Mickey had finally found the controls "The transmitter controls are sealed behind here." he told Jake "We need oxyacetylene or something."
"Oh, and I forgot to bring it with me." Jake said sarcastically.
"Then what do we do?" Mickey asked
"We'll crash the zeppelin." Jake said
"With us inside it?" Mickey asked
"We could set it on automatic and then just leg it." Jake said "Let's have a look." He went to the computer and tried to access the controls "It's locked." he said "There's got to be an override."
"Let me have a go." Mickey said "I'm good with computers. Trust me." He took over from Jake unknowingly turning the empty Cybersuit on.
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The Doctor entered Cyber Control. "I've been captured but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there." he said "They can rescue me. Oh, well, never mind." He stopped in front of Rose "You okay?" he asked, wanting nothing else but to pull her into a hug, but he couldn't as the Cybermen would use that against him
"Yeah." She answered "But they got Jackie."
"We were too late." added Pete "Lumic killed her."
"And where is he?" the Doctor asked "The famous Mr Lumic? Don't we get the chance to meet our lord and master?"
"He has been upgraded."
"So he's just like you?" the Doctor asked
"He is superior." it answered "The Lumic unit has been designated Cyber controller."
They watched as a Cyberman came through some doors on the opposite side of the room, this one was different, you could actually see the brain and it was sitting in a chair, just as the real Lumic had. "This is the Age of Steel and I am its creator." he said
Okay, that's the end of this part, I'll be doing more tomorrow and I promise that I'll update my other story (with a little help: Part two) as soon as possible, remember, it's this then that, then this again and so on until Wednesday. I'm going to go to the other one now.
TTFN
Julie