The Light heard the howls of his army and heard the metallic replies of his brother's forces. He smiled; the battle would be very interesting.
But his main interest was in removing his brother from the Time Lord's body and transferring from this human shell to him...then he could show his real colours.
He emerged from the room into the ruined temple and strode over the fallen columns and statues. He'd only gone down a few steps when he heard his brothers' challenge.
With a snarl he leapt down the last of the steps and forced his way through his rapidly increasing forces.
He looked up and saw the metallic forms descending. "Kill them all, let not one escape."
With that he did not look back but rose off the ground and went in search of his brother.
The Darkness hadn't been expecting the Immortals and it had shocked him. That meant his brother had his full powers, so it would be an even match between them now...it would certainly be to the death.
He would make sure the death of his brother's host was slow and painful and then he would take his brother's powers and he would be unstoppable. Then he would see if he could finally kill off the rest of the Time Lord's consciousness; but first he would let him watch as he killed Captain Harkness and made sure he stayed dead.
"Descend and exterminate!" he snarled and after that ignored them and went in search of his brother. He never saw the figure below him lower her gun.
Gwen heard Martha's voice on the edges of the rage that was flowing through and it cut through the red mist like a shaft of pure light.
She was right, it wasn't her place to kill the Doctor...it was Jack's, if it was anyone's at all. She watched the Darkness rise further into the sky and her arm dropped and she let the gun fall to the floor.
Then she heard it, two of the most blood chilling sounds she'd ever heard...the metallic shrieks of the Daleks and another sound, the howl of something inhuman.
"Martha, I think we better move," she said as the skies above filled with metallic death.
She helped Martha to her feet and headed for the relative shelter of one of the houses as the sound of marching filled the air.
She placed Martha against the wall and returned to the only window and peered out of it and nearly recoiled.
She'd seen aliens before and wasn't easily cowed, but whatever these things were they emanated something that made her skin crawl, even more than the Daleks.
She ducked down when one of them turned its head and she hoped it hadn't seen her, but the sounds of claws outside the window told her it had seen her.
She held her breath as the creature stopped outside and she tried not to gag as it let out a breath that stank of decay and death.
She did jump when it stuck its head through the window; it didn't look down but looked to its left to where she'd left Martha.
It let out a growl that attracted the attention of one of its fellows who it seemed to defer to.
It growled at the other one who with hardly any effort kicked the door in.
Gwen and Martha let out cries of alarm as it burst through the door, its bulk filling the room and the stench was overpowering as it let out a snarl.
Gwen expected it to turn and sink its claws into her. She was surprised when it backed out of the building and the sounds coming from outside told Gwen that something was being fatally reprimanded for diverting from whatever target they were intent on.
She hurried over to Martha and pulled her close, closing her ears to the sound of something being ripped apart and thanked God that whatever they were thought they were unimportant.
As the noise died away she spoke softly to Martha. "We have to find Jack, are you up to moving?"
Martha nodded. "There's nothing we can do, is there?"
Gwen gave her a sad smile. "No, I don't think there is. Whichever one wins, Jack is going to have to stop them."
"Then we need to be there for him," Martha replied. "I just hope he's okay."
Jack had just seen something that he thought he would never see and his mind was still reeling from it.
He'd watched from his hiding place as a lone Dalek had swooped down on one of the whatever they were.
He was sure the thing was dead as a rake of laser hit it square on.
Jack was expecting the thing to fall down dead and then he blinked in surprise and he wondered if the Dalek had blinked too.
Instead of falling under the laser fire, the creature let out a howl and then snarled in what sounded like irritation.
With a blood-chilling howl it launched itself at the offending Dalek; talons outstretched and as it reached it, a set of razor sharp claws raked across its undercarriage.
The Dalek actually shuddered and then sparks began to pour from underneath it.
"Emergency! Emergency! Unable to elevate!" it screeched as it fell to the ground and disappeared under a mass of claws and teeth.
Jack couldn't stop himself from smiling; a feral smile...the Daleks may have just met their match!
He knew that it wouldn't be one sided and to prove his point two Daleks fired on one of the creatures and it writhed in agony.
H couldn't stay and watch...he had to find the Doctor and Ianto.
He had to either save them or kill them both.