The Light could feel the energy pouring into the human it was using as a host, making it stronger, faster; less fragile.
Now he could sense his soldiers, still deep in their forced sleep, but not for much longer. Soon, within minutes he would have his full power and his army would rise and then he could make war against his brother.
Already he could sense his army, buried deep beneath the city, awaiting his return. He could also sense something, just on the edge of this host's consciousness...his brother had an army too and it was closing.
No time to wait then, his army would have to awaken...now.
He reached out with his mind and found the thing he wanted. He could sense more than feel the ground shift beneath him.
His army was awakening.
Jack fell against a statue of something with too many arms and too many teeth as the ground beneath him shifted again...was it an earthquake?
His looked in the direction that Ianto had gone and then back at the entrance to the temple. His mind said he should leave the temple before it collapsed on him, but his heart wanted to try and save Ianto.
When the whole building shook, his mind took over and forced him to run for the entrance. As he flew down the steps the ground began to shift again, only this time it didn't stop. He lost his balance and tumbled down the last remaining steps.
He didn't have the time to regain his balance before the buildings in front of him began to collapse...the ground was caving in.
He crouched low to the ground, panic about the safety of Gwen, Martha and the Doctor warring against his fear about Ianto.
He began to make his way across the still unsteady floor when a low rumble filled the air and if he could believe his ears...the sound of marching feet!
The Darkness finally managed to regain his balance, now that the ground had stopped moving.
He looked up at the sky at the vortex that hung the city like its namesake...a very hungry dragon. He could sense the approach of the Dalek fleet, it would be here soon; but then again, so would his brother's army.
For a fleeting second he wondered how the Daleks would fair against his brother's forces. It would be an interesting battle, but one he intended to win.
He ignored the two human females and gathering his strength he began to rise off the ground. He needed to see what army his brother was raising.
He soared above the city and towards his brother's temple.
He stopped...the temple and the building surrounding it had disappeared and appearing out of the crater came the things that had defeated his old army...the ones he feared the most.
The Immortals of Shain!
There was a crack of thunder and the Darkness looked up.
Out of the Vortex shapes began to stream...the Daleks had arrived.
An unearthly howl filled the air as the Immortals spotted the Daleks and the sound of a myriad weapons being raised filled the air and mingled with the metallic screams of 'Exterminate!'
The Darkness scanned the ground beneath before calling. "Where are you brother...let us finish this!"