Chapter Twenty-Five (Doctor`s Point of View)
Three things may be possible of happening.
There`s something here that is nonhuman, an obvious tactic for a silent and swift abduction and/or murder.
There`s something leaking, like a gas pipe, that is poisonous or toxic, thus being why some people are suspected to have died.
Or, there`s nothing here and the Queen is going crazy, along with her subjects.
Ditzy`s grip on my hand tightened the closer we got to the back of the room.
"Again, I`m scared," She laughed nervously.
"Again, that`s alright," I responded without hesitation. "It`s alright, Ditzy. We`re just going to poke around, see what`s happening."
"If we die, I`m so killing you," She said seriously, making me laugh.
"Well, I can regenerate. Your top priority when it comes to not dying," I reminded her.
"Aw, you`re so nice," She rolled her eyes with a smile.
A large metallic sound hitting the marble floors (like a large frying pan) echoed once more in front of us. The room was completely dark because Rebecca said the bulb blew (and since the noises were still there, no one decided to fix them), and Ditzy started to get anxious. "Who do you think is behind this?" She asks.
"I think you might mean what..." I shuddered. "Hopefully nothing I haven`t dealt with before."
The back of the room was a hand away – but there was nothing. Not a single hole in the wall, not a portal – nothing.
"Is this some joke?" I nearly screamed, trying to feel the wall. Like I said, there were no lights, so I couldn`t see. I eventually gave up and pulled my sonic screwdriver out of my pocket. "Ditzy, grab yours."
"Why?" She asked, wielding it like a sword.
"You never know when you might need one."
I pointed mine to the broken lamp. The light flickered for several clicks, and then stayed on. A small humming sound filled the room.
"We need to look for a way out of here. Not the entrance for the basement, of course, I mean where these disappearing people could have vanished." I told her.
"Alright," She nodded. "Let`s do half and half?"
"Yeah, and I will scan for any anomalies."
We checked every square inch, moving statues, hitting the wall, stomping the floor, until we made a discovery.
"Ditzy, look, there`s something over here! A large quantity of unknown anomalies, right behind this wall..." I said loud enough so she would hear. Ditzy ran over and kneeled beside me.
"Oh, there`s a crack!"
"Huh? Where...?"
Ditzy shined her sonic screwdriver`s light to where she was pointing. If I stood up it would be about the height from my ankle to my knee, and it was spread outwards by a few inches.
"It looks like it could be easily broken."
"Easily kickable, you mean?" I smiled. "Oh, love, you are SUCH a genius!"
"You`re so British," She laughed.
"Whatever," I muttered. "Watch out!" I stood up and kicked it using all of my force.
A small section of the wall large enough for us to crawl through crumbled to the ground. "My God, Doctor, aren`t you hurt?" She asked.
"Why would I be? My foot feels fine. Might be bruised a bit, but nothing to be worried about," I started running around. "See? Perfectly fine,"
"Alright, but if you fall, I won`t be able to carry you around again." She smiled. "Now, should I wait for you to say it, or should I say it?"
I crossed my arms and walked over to her.
"Allons-y," She yelled with a triumphant laugh, jumping into the wall`s crater.
"Is this how it feels to be the companion?" I laughed, following directly after.
The room was completely black except for a few blue and green lights occasionally flashing on a dim setting. The humming noise from the basement wasn`t completely heard. A few faulty electrical wires were heard zapping in the distance. And did I mention the size of the room?
It was like a HUGE asylum. The floor seemed to stretch on forever, the walls seemed to be insanely high, and cells dotted the walls on floors 1-3, on what seemed to be 4-5 there was plastic.
"What is this place...?" Ditzy asked fearfully. "And how did they hide it or fit it under the palace?!" She gasped. "Is this a TARDIS?"
"I don`t know," I admitted. "Just stay close." I grabbed onto her hand and she shared a nervous smile with me before we used our free hands to shed some light on our situation using our screwdrivers.
That`s when I realized we weren`t alone.
Metal, stomping the ground in fury, echoed around us from the floor above.
"Ditzy, don`t move, don`t even flinch," I whispered.
It stopped. "Someone else is here," One said to the other.
"Doctor...?"
The voice was unmistakable.
"Cybermen..." I growled. "Don`t let them get you."
"What would they do?" Her voice was barely anything of a whimper.
"Honestly?"
"Honestly..." She responded, but I knew she was lying.
"They will rip out your brain, put it in a suit, and you`ll be one of them." Ditzy gasped quietly. "Please, please, just be safe. It won`t happen unless they get you."
"I wanna go home," She whispered. A tear spilled out and slid down her cheek.
"I promise you, I will get you home. This can be the last adventure we go on. Just be smart, alright?"
"How do I know what`s smart and what`s not?"
I looked at her and frowned. She looked helpless, desperate, looking like she wanted to be reassured. "Just do what`s right. You`ll know what that means when the time comes."
The metal footsteps continued, getting louder. The zapping stopped. They stepped into view.
Cybermen they all were, yet they never looked the same each time I see one. A silver tinned body, a helmet with handlebars. Five fingers clenched into a fist on each side, a left and a right. Eyes that looked like they had tear drops, when really they had no emotions...
"So we meet again," I laughed.
"Doctor, what are you doing?" I grabbed her other hand (the one holding her sonic screwdriver) and tilted it towards the first Cyberman`s head.
"Keep it there, Ditzy, and don`t move or shoot until I tell you. No matter what happens, don`t shoot until I say so, alright?"
"A-a-a-alright..." She stammers.
"I thought after Rose you`d leave me alone, but NAH, you lot decided to stick around to see the Doctor one last time, huh?" I smiled. "Not that I don`t like company, as you can clearly see..."
"Come forth, Doctor and... assistant? You will be one of us." A Cyberman ordered.
"Nah, I think I`m alright for now."
"You will be upgraded!" The first Cyberman raised its arm towards me.
"Ditzy, NOW, shoot him right now!" I yelled, ducking from the laser.
She did as told and her screwdriver`s blue tip grew brighter until another shot ran out, hitting the Cyberman in the head. It fell to the ground.
"You have declared war. Prepare... to be... assimilated!" The rest shouted. "DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!"
I ran over to Ditzy and picked her up, moving her over to a safer spot in a corner.
"What do we do?" She asked. "You just gave them our suicide notes!"
"And how do you think the rest of my companions felt?" I reminded her. "This is normal!"
"I don`t want to be like the rest of your companions! I want to be the one that survives!"
"We have bigger things to worry about, and if you want to survive we need to FIGHT!" I yelled.
"Fine... Fine, Doctor, have it your way."
"I`m sorry about this, I`m so, so sorry, Ditzy," I muttered. "This is what`s best."
She shot at a Cyberman that had inched closer and I realized this wasn`t time to talk, but to fight.
Author`s Note:
Sorry for late upload.
And this isn`t even the final fighting. Just wait...