Chapter 4: Attack of the Cybermen

=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot Mountain, Deep Inside Canterlot Mountain, The Gates of Tartarus, 1003 C.E. =

The Cyber-Controller looked over the groups of Cybermen who had just released it from the gates. They all stepped forward and did a salute that only went up to their chins. Romana and Daring Do attempted to take this opportunity to run forward and stop the Doctor from being sucked in to Tartarus. Unfortunately, the Cybermen grabbed and restrained them once again. But of course, none of the Cybermen decided on anything other than leaving the Doctor to hang on the side of the gate for dear life. It was then that Trixie made it out the end of the tunnel, unseen by anyone else, and walked carefully through the room.

It was at that point that the Cyber-Controller spoke. Its voice was completely electronic and emotionless, and it sent a chill down Romana, Daring Do, and Trixie's spines.

"We w-w-will advance. We will commence." It said as it walked forward in to the crowd of Cybermen.

"What shall we do with the prisoners?" The Cyber-Leader asked it.

"Leave them. T-t-they will never survive here." The Cyber-Controller as the crowd of Cybermen walked away and left them. They even saw Trixie, but they simply continued walking, sealing the passageway behind them, leaving them all trapped in.

Trixie ran forward and pulled the Doctor out and away from the gates.

"Thanks so much for that." The Doctor said as he panted and made sure he wouldn't get pulled in again.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie is not interested in your thanks!" Trixie said as she held her nose high and put a hoof to her chest.

Daring Do rolled her eyes and slapped her forehead. "Of all the ponies to come and rescue us, it had to be her…" She muttered to herself.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie heard that!" Trixie said.

Daring Do sighed as she looked around. She watched nervously, as the sources of the demonic screeching began to advance towards the gates. "That isn't good. We're still stuck in this place."

"Do you really think that the pony who built this place would only make one way out of the most dangerous place in Equestria?" The Doctor said as he began to look around.

"That makes a lot of sense." Romana said as she began to look around as well.

Daring Do, being the only Pegasus, began to fly up to see if there were any exits towards the top of the large domed room.

Trixie didn't really seem to want to dirty her hooves, as evident as how she was doing nothing to find the other exit.

The Doctor was the first one to find the exit, as it was hidden behind a series of books in the bookcase that lined the walls. The Doctor noted to himself that he hadn't been expecting it to be that easy. He called over all the others to where he had found the exit.

"Are you absolutely certain this leads outside?" Trixie said abrasively.

"Would they really go to all the trouble to hide it if it didn't?" The Doctor asked as he began to walk in to the passageway. After a very short moment of hesitation, the others walked in, closing it up just in case behind them as they walked down it as well.

As they left, the terrifying demons from Tartarus flew and/or walked out of the gates holding them in, and began to try and break out of the mountain that was still keeping them trapped in.

=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot Mountain, The Tunnels Leading Away From The Gates of Tartarus, 1003 C.E. =

The Doctor, Daring Do, Romana, and Trixie all kept moving through the tunnel, which was rather a sewer, right down to the water on the floor. And sure enough, Trixie was complaining about it, driving the rest of them crazy.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie does not want to be walking in this ice cold water!" Trixie yelled.

The Doctor and Romana didn't even reply, having toned out a while ago. Daring Do, however, was not as lucky about this, having to listen to every complaint the arrogant unicorn made at them. That didn't mean she had to answer, though. All she could really do was hope that they would reach the end of the tunnel soon enough before she couldn't take it anymore.

Then she realized that the water beneath them was now ice and the tunnel was slanting downhill. They began to slide down, quickly rising to uncontrollable speeds. Soon enough their hooves were no longer touching the ice at all and they were simply falling very fast.

Impact was not pleasant, but once they picked themselves up, they realized that the exit of the mountain was mere feet away. And so they all ran out of the tunnel and saw where they were.

"Is that Ponyville?" Trixie said, slightly deflated, as she saw the colorful city a small distance away from them.

"It would appear so." Romana said. Then they all heard a metallic sound behind them. They looked up to see a single Cyberman descending the mountain and heading the same way as they were: towards Ponyville.

"Let's hurry!" The Doctor yelled as they all ran towards Ponyville, despite knowing that the Cybermen was heading the same place.

When they reached Ponyville, they found it almost empty, due to it having only been three weeks since the pony equivalent of Christmas. They found that the Cyberman was now storming through the city.

"Let's hide in there." Romana said as she pointed out a library that happened to be built inside of a tree.

Trixie's eyes widened as she recognized the house. "Uh… I don't think we should…"

"Come on!" said the Doctor as he grabbed her by the hoof and dragged her in to the house, the owner of which being at the Crystal Empire at this current moment.

The Cyberman stalked through the city. Until the main ship informed the Cyber-Fleet that they had found the Cyber-Controller, no one could know of their visit to this planet, so it was here to kill all who were in this city that might have seen the Cyber-Ship landing on the mountain.

An old pony walked through the mostly empty streets, but screamed as the Cyberman strangled him to death, and then used his gun to destroy the body. After this was taken care of, it looked for others to kill to serve the purpose of the Cybermen. It saw a house that had been built in a tree, and began to walk towards it to kill all who were there, and all that were in this city until the Cyber-Controller was returned to the Cybermen.