Right, here we go with the final first part of this story. After this there are two more chapters, so be aware that this will all be up at the same time. I don't know when I'll be posting this. It'll be most likely be later on on the 13th, but for now, I should start.
The Daleks advanced upon Rose, Mickey and Doctor Singh, with cries of "exterminate!".
"Daleks!" Rose shouted. They fell silent, taken aback. "You're called 'Daleks'." The Daleks did not respond, the seemed to simply observe her.. Rose walked towards them. "I know your name." she said as the took off the lab coat "Think about it - how can I know that? A Human... who knows about the Daleks. And the Time War. If you wanna know how, then keep us alive. That's all I'm asking. Me and my friends."
"Yeah, Daleks. Time War. Me too." Mickey said as the Dalek's eye-piece swivelled around to look at him.
"Yeah. And me." Rajesh said
The Dalek turned to Rose "You will be necessary." he said and then turned to one of the other Daleks "Report - what is the status of the Genesis Ark?"
"Status - hibernation." the Dalek answered
"Commence awakening." said the first
"The Genesis Ark must be protected above all else." said another. The Daleks turned to the Genesis Ark which had also emerged from the sphere. One clamped it's suction arm to the side of the Ark
"The Daleks - you said they were all dead." Mickey said to Rose while still pointing his gun at the Daleks
"Never mind that - what the hell's a Genesis Ark?" she asked
--
The Doctor was worried about Rose and he could see that Jackie was too
"What's down there?" Jackie asked "She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose?" The Doctor looked back at her from his position against a wall "I don't know." he answered
Jackie started to cry, the Doctor went over to her "I'll find her." he told her "I brought you here, I'll get you both out. You and your daughter. Jackie, look at me. Look at me." Jackie looked up at him, her eyes red from crying "I promise you. I give you my word."
A Cyberman approached Yvonne, who was sitting at her desk "You will talk to your central world authority and order global surrender."
"Oh, do some research." she replied without a trace of fear "We haven't GOT a central world authority."
"You have now. I will speak on all global wavelengths." The Doctor put on his 3D specs "This broadcast is for human kind. Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet. But you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex and class and colour and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us." The Doctor, Jackie, Yvonne and one of the Cybermen watched what was going on below from the top of Torchwood Tower "I ordered surrender."
"They're not taking instructions." the Doctor said "Don't you understand? You're on every street - you're in their homes. You've got their children." as he said this his tone got angrier "Of course they're gonna fight."
--
"Which of you is least important?" the black Dalek asked Rose
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked
"Which of you is least important?"
"No, we don't work like that." Rose answered "None of us."
"Designate the least important!"
"This is my responsibility." Rajesh said
Rose held him back "No, don't!" He ignored her and stood before the Dalek dejectedly.
"I er - I represent the Torchwood Institute." he said "Anything you need, you... come through me. Leave these two alone."
"You will kneel."
"What for?" Rajesh asked
"Kneel." Rajesh knelt, the Daleks turned their eye stalks on to him. "The Daleks need information about current Earth history."
"Yeah well I can give you a certain amount of intelligence but nothing that will compromise Home Land security--" Rajesh said
"Speech is not necessary. We will extract brainwaves." Three of the Daleks advanced upon Rajesh and position their suction arms around his head. For the first time, he actually looked frightened
"Don't... I-- I'll tell you everything you need. No. No!" He shouted out in agony before the Daleks crushed his skull. Mickey moved forward but Rose held him back, knowing that it was already too late
Eventually the Daleks let Rajesh's blackened corpse fall to the ground.
"His mind spoke of a second species invading Earth infected by the superstition of ghosts."
"You didn't need to kill him!" Rose said, sounding like her husband.
"Neither did we need him alive."
"Dalek Thay - investigate outside."
"I obey." the Dalek called Thay said
--
A visual of the area occupied by two Cybermen appeared on Yvonne's laptop. "Visual contact established."
--
"Establish visual contact. Lower communications barrier." A projection appeared in the area previously occupied by the sphere, showing Dalek Thay's point of view. He met with the two Cybermen."
--
The Doctor watched the scene on Yvonne's laptop and then he saw the Dalek for the first time. Now he was worried. Cybermen and Daleks were as bad as each other, but when they're together they're worse
"Identify yourselves." the Dalek said
"You will identify first." one of the Cybermen said
"State your identity." The Doctor continued to stare at the image on the laptop, realising that this is worse than he had imagined
"You will identify first."
"Identify!"
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"It's like Stephen Hawkins meets the Speaking Clock." Mickey said to Rose
--
"... illogical, you will modify." The Cyberman said
"Daleks do not take orders."
"You have identified as Daleks."
"Outline resembles the INFERIOR species known as 'Cybermen'."
--
"Rose said about the Daleks." Jackie said to the Doctor "She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?" The Doctor turned to her
"Phone." he said through gritted teeth
"What did you--?" Jackie whispered
"Phone!" Jackie got the message and surreptitiously handed the Doctor her phone so the Cybermen don't notice. The Doctor dials his wife's familiar number and held the phone to his ear, obviously frantic with worry
--
Rose answered her phone, but couldn't talk for fear of drawing attention to herself. The Daleks and the Cybermen were bantering all the while."
--
"She's answered, she's alive." the Doctor told her. Jackie clapped her hands over her mouth "Why haven't they killed her?" he asked
"Well, don't complain!" Jackie said
"They must need her for something." the Doctor replied
--
"We must protect the Genesis Ark."
--
"The Genesis Ark?" he asked as he heard what the Dalek said over the phone. He put on his 3D glasses and looked at the laptop again.
"Our species our similar, though your design is inelegant."
"Daleks have no concept of elegance."
"This is obvious. But consider - our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks - together, we could upgrade the Universe."
"You propose an alliance?"
"This is correct."
"Request denied."
The Cybermen immediately prepared to shoot "Hostile elements will be deleted." They shot at the Dalek, but the rays simply bounced off its armour
"Exterminate! The Dalek aimed at both Cybermen, one after the other, and they collapsed onto the floor.
--
"Open visual link." The Cyberman addressed the Daleks in the sphere room through the projection screen "Daleks, be warned: you have declared war upon the Cybermen." Jackie's eyes widened with horror
"This is not war. This is pest control." the black Dalek said
"We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?"
"Four."
"You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?!"
"We would destroy the Cybermen with ONE Dalek. You are superior in only one respect."
"What is that?"
"You are better at dying. Raise communications barrier!" The screen went static.
"Wait!"
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The Doctor ended the call "Lost her."
--
"Rewind image by nine rells." The Doctor appeared in frame in the background "Identify grid seven gamma frame." They zoomed in on the Doctor "This male registers as enemy."
Rose smiled "The female's heartbeat has increased."
"Yeah, tell me about it." Mickey said
"Identify him."
"All right then..." Rose said "if you really wanna know... that's the Doctor." The Daleks rolled backwards "Five million Cybermen - easy. One Doctor? NOW you're scared."
--
"Quarantine the Sphere Chamber. Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel." Yvonne struggled and shouted as they dragged her away "No, you can't do this! We surrendered! We surrendered!" They began to drag Jackie and the Doctor away too, but then
"This one's increased adrenaline suggests he has vital Dalek information." Jackie screamed back at the Doctor as she was dragged away and he shouted back over her, trying to reassure her.
"You promised me!" she shouted "You gave me your word!"
"I'll think of something!" he replied as she was dragged out of sight.
--
Dalek Thay entered the sphere chamber. "Cyber threat irrelevant. Concentrate on the Genesis Ark." The black Dalek pressed it's suction arm to the side of the Genesis Ark.
"Why are we being kept alive?" Mickey asked Rose
Rose didn't answer for a minute "They might need me." she said
"What? What is it?"
Rose just stared at the Daleks with fear in her eyes. All she wanted right at that moment was a huge hug from her husband and that safe feeling she had when she was with him.
--
The Cybermen had taken Yvonne and Jackie down to a curtained area. They were marching the personnel behind the curtains to be upgraded. The place was full of screaming and the sound of drills, sparks were flying everywhere. "What happens in there?" Jackie asked "What's upgrading mean? What do they do?"
"I think..." Yvonne said sounding sick. "I think they remove the brain... sorry, um... I think they remove the brain and they put it in a suit of armour. That's what these things are. They're us."
"Next." Yvonne was dragged away.
"This is your fault!" Jackie shouted after her "You and your Torchwood. You've killed us all!"
"I did my duty for Queen and Country." Yvonne shouted back tearfully. She wrenched her armm aeay form the Cyberman's grip and faced the area where the humans were being upgraded and steeled herself to walk in. "I did my duty." she said to herself "I did my duty. Oh, God. I did my duty." She walked in. Jackie winced at the sound of her screams and the sparks flying from behind the curtain.
--
The Doctor was sitting on the window sill in silence. A Cyberman approached him. "You are proof."
"Of what?" the Doctor asked
"That emotions destroy you."
"Yeah, I am." he said as he glanced to the side "Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes."
Okay, I know that's kind of a weird place to stop, but I have a plan for this episode and let's just say, I'm gonna leave you hanging. I'll explain why in the final Author's Note. Anyway. I'm off to sort out the next chapter.
TTFN
Julie