Post by Fitz Kreiner on Feb 13, 2006 18:16:32 GMT
“Controller, do you really think that the Time Lords will let you have control of time?” The Doctor asked the impassive figure. “You tried that once before, remember? You tried to stop Mondas’ destruction. They won’t let you destroy the web of time. If I cannot stop you, then they will in force.”
“Is that true?” Tom asked.
“I don’t know.” The Doctor whispered back.
<WE HAVE ANTICIPATED HOSTILE TIME LORD ACTION. IF THAT IS THE CASE WE WILL FIGHT>
“In four dimensions?” The Doctor jibed. “You don’t have that much control over time mechanics, nor do you know that much about how to manipulate it.”
<WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE WE WILL KNOW> The Controller replied <IF THE TIME LORDS WISH TO FIGHT IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION WE WILL FIGHT A TIME WAR AGAINST THEM. WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR MIGHT WE WILL TRIUMPH>
“Ah!” Came the Doctors reply. “This is assuming that we do help you.”
“You’re forgetting their threats again.” Tome whispered.
“Oh, yes.” The Doctors face fell slightly. “So, get on with it then, what is our ultimate fate? I’m sure you’re ‘excited’ and bursting to tell us!” He almost sneered.
<YOU ARE TO BECOME AS WE HAVE BECOME> The Co-ordinator said.
“Yes, we’ve got that bit.” Tom said.
<FIRST YOU WILL SEE THE EFFECT OUR FORCES HAVE ON THE GALAXY. THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR WEAK MINDS. WE WILL SAVE YOU AND ADD YOU TO OUR ELITE> The Controller started.
“There’s an elite amongst Cybermen? And I always thought they were above things like that.” The Doctor whispered to Tom.
The Cyber Controller continued unabated.
<YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED CO-ORDINATOR AND LEADER STATUS OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. YOU WILL COMMAND OUR TIME FORCES AND LEAD THE ASSAULT UPON GALLIFREY. ALL TIME LORDS WILL COME TO OUR CAUSE OR BE ELIMINATED. WHAT WE DESIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT. YOU BELONG TO US>
“What was that?” Tom asked the Doctor.
“He said that…“ The Doctor started.
“No.” Tom stopped him. “The whispering, can’t you hear it?” Tom strained to hear the babble of voices. Then it struck him, they were electronic voices. Voices of Cybermen.
“I can’t hear any whispering. I can hear the Controller making empty threats.” The Doctor raised his voice to bait the Cybermen again.
Tom ignored him and strained harder to hear. The voices weren’t coming from anywhere in the room. Then he realised. They were in his head. Again! He hadn’t heard them in his head since the Cyber implants had been removed. He concentrated harder. He could no longer hear the Cybermens’ planning. They were telling the truth about that then. He could hear persuasion. They were trying to get him to join them. Not just that. He could hear their victories of the past. He could hear hundreds of cyber voices, thousands. Millions even. The sound in his head was getting worse; he could feel the pain increase. He winced as yet more voices added themselves to his head. Then it went quiet. Just three voices remained, telling him he was theirs, he would join them, he belonged to them. He recognised all three; the Controller, the Co-ordinator and the Leader.
“Get out of my head!” He screamed dropping to his knees trying to clutch at his head, the restraints stopping him. “Get out of my head!”
The Doctor stopped and looked round at Tom. He turned back to glare at the Cyber Controller.
“Stop what you’re doing to him right now.” He shouted.
<FLESH IS WEAK. TOMROWAN IS LEARNING THAT. HE WILL BECOME ONE WITH US. HE WILL BE LIKE US. THE HUMAN MIND IS UNSTABLE. WE BRING STABILITY. EMOTION LEADS TO IRRATIONALITY> The Controller said.
“And irrationality leads in individuality and human life!” The Doctor shouted back, stopped by another scream of pain from Tom. “Stop it now!” He yelled back at the Controller.
<VERY WELL>
Toms scream turned to a groan, as the voices stopped. The Doctor knelt down beside him to make sure he was ok.
“I’m ok.” Tom croaked. “I could hear them. In my head. They were trying to break me, make me beg them to be converted.”
I thought as much.” The Doctor said. “It’s also because you’re slightly telepathic, all Time Lords are.” The Doctor helped Tom back to his feet. “And I think that’s just the start of it.”
<CORRECT DOCTOR> The Cyberleader said.
<THE FINAL INVASION OF THE GALAXY IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE> The Co-ordinator said.
The Doctor and Tom watched as large screens flickered to life all around Cyber control. The central screen showed the Station holding the gateway to the portals. As they watched, the Doctor and Tom saw many fleets of Cyber ships head towards the portal.
“So, where to first, Controller?” The Doctor asked.
<ALL THE POWERS WILL FALL BEFORE OUR MIGHT> The Controller said <THE DALEK EMPIRE AND SONTARAN AND RUTAN FORCES WILL FALL. THE DRACONIAN EMPIRE WILL COLLAPSE. FEAR WILL TEAR THE FEDERATION APART AND EARTH WILL BE OURS. ALL RESISTANCE WILL BE DESTROYED>
“This is not good at all.” Tom said.
“Earth has some time left. The Cybermen will want to recuperate their losses in the battles with the Daleks first. They could be quite nasty, and they wouldn’t want new recruits and converts killed in process.” The Doctor whispered. “Trust me Tom, we’ve got time.”
The Controller turned to the Cyberleader.
<IT IS TIME. TAKE THE DOCTOR>
<CONTROLLER>
The Cyberleader motioned to two Cybermen who grabbed hold of the Doctor and dragged him to the doorway, the Cyber leader following on.
“Doctor!” Tom shouted after them.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine.” The Doctor shouted back. “While there’s life there’s hope.” He shouted as the Cybermen carried him down the corridor.
Tom turned back to face the Cyber controller just as it started talking to him again.
<FOR YOU THERE IS NO HOPE. YOUR HOPE WILL TURN TO DESPAIR. THERE IS NOONE HERE WHO CAN SAVE YOU. YOUR LUST FOR LIFE WILL SOON FADE. YOU WILL BEG TO BECOME AS WE ARE>
“No matter how many times you say that, you won’t make it true.” Tom replied.
<OBSERVE> The Controller said, turning to a screen.
The Cyber portal had activated and a fleet of ships were flying into in, one after the other. Despite the deadly premise behind it, the sight was a spectacular one to behold. A section of one of the largest invasion fleets in the history of the universe calmly waited as it entered the portal one ship at a time. Tom watched as the fleet destined for the Sontaran Empire flew through the portal, which closed behind them. Another screen showed another fleet of ships preparing to move to the portal, ready to invade another section of the universe.
“Is that true?” Tom asked.
“I don’t know.” The Doctor whispered back.
<WE HAVE ANTICIPATED HOSTILE TIME LORD ACTION. IF THAT IS THE CASE WE WILL FIGHT>
“In four dimensions?” The Doctor jibed. “You don’t have that much control over time mechanics, nor do you know that much about how to manipulate it.”
<WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE WE WILL KNOW> The Controller replied <IF THE TIME LORDS WISH TO FIGHT IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION WE WILL FIGHT A TIME WAR AGAINST THEM. WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR MIGHT WE WILL TRIUMPH>
“Ah!” Came the Doctors reply. “This is assuming that we do help you.”
“You’re forgetting their threats again.” Tome whispered.
“Oh, yes.” The Doctors face fell slightly. “So, get on with it then, what is our ultimate fate? I’m sure you’re ‘excited’ and bursting to tell us!” He almost sneered.
<YOU ARE TO BECOME AS WE HAVE BECOME> The Co-ordinator said.
“Yes, we’ve got that bit.” Tom said.
<FIRST YOU WILL SEE THE EFFECT OUR FORCES HAVE ON THE GALAXY. THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR WEAK MINDS. WE WILL SAVE YOU AND ADD YOU TO OUR ELITE> The Controller started.
“There’s an elite amongst Cybermen? And I always thought they were above things like that.” The Doctor whispered to Tom.
The Cyber Controller continued unabated.
<YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED CO-ORDINATOR AND LEADER STATUS OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. YOU WILL COMMAND OUR TIME FORCES AND LEAD THE ASSAULT UPON GALLIFREY. ALL TIME LORDS WILL COME TO OUR CAUSE OR BE ELIMINATED. WHAT WE DESIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT. YOU BELONG TO US>
“What was that?” Tom asked the Doctor.
“He said that…“ The Doctor started.
“No.” Tom stopped him. “The whispering, can’t you hear it?” Tom strained to hear the babble of voices. Then it struck him, they were electronic voices. Voices of Cybermen.
“I can’t hear any whispering. I can hear the Controller making empty threats.” The Doctor raised his voice to bait the Cybermen again.
Tom ignored him and strained harder to hear. The voices weren’t coming from anywhere in the room. Then he realised. They were in his head. Again! He hadn’t heard them in his head since the Cyber implants had been removed. He concentrated harder. He could no longer hear the Cybermens’ planning. They were telling the truth about that then. He could hear persuasion. They were trying to get him to join them. Not just that. He could hear their victories of the past. He could hear hundreds of cyber voices, thousands. Millions even. The sound in his head was getting worse; he could feel the pain increase. He winced as yet more voices added themselves to his head. Then it went quiet. Just three voices remained, telling him he was theirs, he would join them, he belonged to them. He recognised all three; the Controller, the Co-ordinator and the Leader.
“Get out of my head!” He screamed dropping to his knees trying to clutch at his head, the restraints stopping him. “Get out of my head!”
The Doctor stopped and looked round at Tom. He turned back to glare at the Cyber Controller.
“Stop what you’re doing to him right now.” He shouted.
<FLESH IS WEAK. TOMROWAN IS LEARNING THAT. HE WILL BECOME ONE WITH US. HE WILL BE LIKE US. THE HUMAN MIND IS UNSTABLE. WE BRING STABILITY. EMOTION LEADS TO IRRATIONALITY> The Controller said.
“And irrationality leads in individuality and human life!” The Doctor shouted back, stopped by another scream of pain from Tom. “Stop it now!” He yelled back at the Controller.
<VERY WELL>
Toms scream turned to a groan, as the voices stopped. The Doctor knelt down beside him to make sure he was ok.
“I’m ok.” Tom croaked. “I could hear them. In my head. They were trying to break me, make me beg them to be converted.”
I thought as much.” The Doctor said. “It’s also because you’re slightly telepathic, all Time Lords are.” The Doctor helped Tom back to his feet. “And I think that’s just the start of it.”
<CORRECT DOCTOR> The Cyberleader said.
<THE FINAL INVASION OF THE GALAXY IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE> The Co-ordinator said.
The Doctor and Tom watched as large screens flickered to life all around Cyber control. The central screen showed the Station holding the gateway to the portals. As they watched, the Doctor and Tom saw many fleets of Cyber ships head towards the portal.
“So, where to first, Controller?” The Doctor asked.
<ALL THE POWERS WILL FALL BEFORE OUR MIGHT> The Controller said <THE DALEK EMPIRE AND SONTARAN AND RUTAN FORCES WILL FALL. THE DRACONIAN EMPIRE WILL COLLAPSE. FEAR WILL TEAR THE FEDERATION APART AND EARTH WILL BE OURS. ALL RESISTANCE WILL BE DESTROYED>
“This is not good at all.” Tom said.
“Earth has some time left. The Cybermen will want to recuperate their losses in the battles with the Daleks first. They could be quite nasty, and they wouldn’t want new recruits and converts killed in process.” The Doctor whispered. “Trust me Tom, we’ve got time.”
The Controller turned to the Cyberleader.
<IT IS TIME. TAKE THE DOCTOR>
<CONTROLLER>
The Cyberleader motioned to two Cybermen who grabbed hold of the Doctor and dragged him to the doorway, the Cyber leader following on.
“Doctor!” Tom shouted after them.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine.” The Doctor shouted back. “While there’s life there’s hope.” He shouted as the Cybermen carried him down the corridor.
Tom turned back to face the Cyber controller just as it started talking to him again.
<FOR YOU THERE IS NO HOPE. YOUR HOPE WILL TURN TO DESPAIR. THERE IS NOONE HERE WHO CAN SAVE YOU. YOUR LUST FOR LIFE WILL SOON FADE. YOU WILL BEG TO BECOME AS WE ARE>
“No matter how many times you say that, you won’t make it true.” Tom replied.
<OBSERVE> The Controller said, turning to a screen.
The Cyber portal had activated and a fleet of ships were flying into in, one after the other. Despite the deadly premise behind it, the sight was a spectacular one to behold. A section of one of the largest invasion fleets in the history of the universe calmly waited as it entered the portal one ship at a time. Tom watched as the fleet destined for the Sontaran Empire flew through the portal, which closed behind them. Another screen showed another fleet of ships preparing to move to the portal, ready to invade another section of the universe.
