//------------------------------// // Episode 12 // Story: Doctor Whooves: Savior of the Universe - Series 1 // by veeSheep //------------------------------// Doctor Whooves: Savior of the Universe Series 1 Episode 12: The Battle of Arkantus The Doctor, Twilight Sparkle and Chrome Green arrived at the Arkantus system and landed at the hangar of the prison complex, as the TARDIS stopped, Chrome returned to the armory to get weapons that she felt would be useful. “Do you think you can use this, Twilight?” Chrome asked, handing the purple unicorn a small white pistol. “Yep, just enough,” Twilight replied, she held the weapon with her magic and accidentally fired it at the time rotor, breaking through the glass casing but not damaging the machine itself. “Just be very careful not to end up going all trigger happy,” Chrome said. “So, shall we head out and see what those Cybermen are up to in this place?” The Doctor asked. The two mares nodded and they all stepped outside of the TARDIS to explore the station, Chrome going ahead, as she had a rifle. “The coast is clear, let’s go deeper into the complex,” Chrome confirmed as she looked around a corner, Twilight and The Doctor walked slightly faster to catch up to the gray mare. They went further inside of the station and found cell block A, the entire prison was abandoned, and due to all the cracks, cobwebs and scattered debris, The Doctor could tell that it was left there for a long time. “A space station made of cement, you see something new every day,” Twilight commented. “It’s not all cement, just the cell blocks, for some reason,” Chrome replied. The Doctor ran beside Twilight to talk to her. “What if this is where that battle is gonna be?” The Doctor asked, “The one that will supposedly kill me and all?” He added. “I have no clue, I can’t see into the future, not yet, at least,” Twilight said, The Doctor did not reply, simply turning his head to look forwards as he trotted after Chrome, Twilight did the same. “Whatever happens, just promise you won’t leave me behind if I regenerate,” The Doctor said, not turning to face Twilight. “I’ll try to…” The purple unicorn replied. The trio took an elevator to cell block B, when they arrived, someone was breathing heavily near the doors, the mysterious person turned around the corner, showing himself to be Dommy, who pointed a blaster at them. “Oh, Twilight, Doctor!” Dommy said, putting down his blaster. “Why hello, Dommy, we got your message,” The Doctor greeted. “Nice to see ya again,” Twilight responded. “Who would the silver-coated lady be?” Dommy asked. “This is Chrome,” The Doctor introduced her. “Good to meet you, Chrome,” Dommy said, “So, shall we keep going?” He asked, Dommy went ahead, The Doctor following and catching up to him while Twilight and Chrome trotted at the back of the group. “Chrome, scan Dommy,” Twilight requested. “I don’t scan anyone without them knowing, it’s rude,” Chrome politely refused. “I think he’s suspicious,” Twilight explained, slowly aiming her blaster at him. “Put the gun down, he looks just fine to me,” Chrome said, “If you try killing a bystander or somepony on our side, I will arrest you on the spot,” She continued, Twilight remained quiet. As the group passed by cell block C, they heard the sound of the Cybermen marching towards them. “They’re getting closer, we need to hide!” Dommy shouted, the group hid in the cells to not be found by the cyborgs. “How did they come back?” The Doctor asked himself. The Cybermen entered the cell block, lead by the Cyber-Lord. Chrome made a mistake and jumped out of hiding, pointing her gun at the Cybermen. “Stop right there, I will shoot,” Chrome threatened. “We Cybermen are not scared of you, inferior lifeforms,” The Cyber-Lord said. “If you’re really not, do something about me,” Chrome bluffed. “Chrome, stop!” The Doctor yelled. “Affirmative,” The Cyber-Lord replied to the gray mare, raising a hoof and shooting Chrome in the chest. She fell on the floor, unconscious, Dommy rushed to see if she was okay. “Dommy, leave her!” Twilight shouted. “You shall come with us, subject ‘Dommy’,” A Cyberman said, it touched the gray stallion with its metallic hoof, shocking him and knocking Dommy unconscious, the Cyberman then dragged him back to where its squad came out of. “Stop it!” The Doctor shouted, coming out of his hiding spot. “Doctor, you show yourself at last,” The Cyber-Lord said, “We are taking your friend for conversion,” It continued. “Oh, you won’t, I refuse to let you kill him,” The Doctor replied, he pointed his sonic screwdriver at the Cyber-Lord, but it did nothing. “Your tools are useless against the new Cyberman army, Doctor,” A Cyberman claimed. The squad then walked off to their part of the complex, leaving The Doctor, Twilight and Chrome behind. Chrome woke up and walked up to the other two. “What happened? I got shot by that Cyberman and didn’t see anything,” Chrome said. “The Cybermen took Dommy, we have to go find them,” Twilight replied. “But where would they be?” The Doctor asked, “Where would I hide if I was a killer cyborg aboard a space station…” He thought out loud. “If I had to guess, I’d say they would be in the engine room,” Chrome said. “A bit too obvious, but it’s very possible,” The Doctor replied. The team then headed back to the elevator to check the map on the wall, the engine room was at the bottom of the prison, they made it down there and saw a legion of Cybermen and a large metallic sphere at the top of the main engine, with cables connecting it to the generators on the sides. “Hello, John Smith here,” The Doctor joked as they entered the room. “You fail to fool any of us, Doctor,” The sphere at the top said. “And you fail to ever understand humor, mister Cyber-Planner,” The Doctor replied. “Cybermen need no ‘humor’,” The Cyber-Planner replied back. “Doc, now’s not the time to be cracking jokes with these things,” Chrome said, worried that the Cybermen would start firing at any moment. “Just a second,” The Doctor responded, “I always thought you guys were very bland, I got out of that last battle by giving a speech to your commander on how he was wrong and boring, but now for the topic of the hour,” He said, “Where is Dommy?” The Doctor asked. “He has been successfully converted,” The Cyber-Lord answered, pushing a Cyberman forwards, Chrome got up to it and shot it in the head and chest. “Last time I met you you were calling me a hypocrite, now look who’s trigger happy today, missy!” The Doctor called Chrome out. “He was trying to fool us, also, I never said anything like that,” Chrome replied, The Doctor immediately remembered that she told him that in the future, so he stayed quiet, “I scanned this hunk of junk and did not detect DNA in whatever is still inside this husk,” She explained. “So you are not so foolish after all,” The Cyber-Planner said, “But we refuse to give away where your friend is located in this space station,” It added. “I guessed that much, but I have ways of making you talk,” The Doctor said, adjusting something in his sonic screwdriver, he then pointed it at a Cyberman and its head slowly began to glow bright red, it soon fell on the ground. “What are you doing to my soldiers?” The Cyber-Lord asked. “This was an old party trick in Gallifrey, using a sonic to heat something up, just be glad I didn’t get to the exploding part,” The Doctor said, overheating another Cyberman, “I’m sure they’ll be back up soon, think of this as an interrogation, the longer you don’t speak up, the more of your men will get harmed,” He explained. “The Doctor is awfully jovial as he’s facing these guys and possibly killing them,” Twilight remarked. “Ditto, but I’m not complaining,” Chrome agreed. There were at least thirteen Cybermen overheated on the floor of the engine room when the Cyber-Planner finally decided to give The Doctor the information he wanted. “I shall tell you what you want,” The Cyber-Planner began, “Your companion may be found at one of the hangars of level D in this station,” It said. “Thank you very much for finally cooperating, see you later to get rid of you until an anniversary special or something,” The Doctor smiled, but Chrome and Twilight were just confused at the comment, but the two mares aimed their guns at the Cybermen as The Doctor left the room, they soon followed him. The trio checked all four hangars in level D and Dommy was nowhere to be found, could he have actually been converted or outright killed? “The Cyber-Planner is not the type of AI to lie just to be left alone like that, Dommy must be here somewhere,” The Doctor said. They heard the marching of the Cybermen behind them, about fifteen soldiers were walking to the hangar, the trio turned around and noticed that Dommy was in front of them. “Dommy, you’re alright!” Chrome said. “Yes, I surely am,” Dommy said, The Doctor’s suspicions of him from when he first saw Dommy were quickly returning. Chrome tried to go up to Dommy for a hug, but was pulled back by The Doctor. “I no longer have a good feeling about this guy, stay armed,” The Doctor said, it was odd for him to say that someone should keep their guns up, but Chrome and Twilight obeyed and took aim. “Wow, no need to point guns at me, I just need to ask a few questions,” Dommy said. “Go on then,” The Doctor agreed with Dommy questioning them. “Question one,” The gray colt began, “Who or what brought you three over here?” He asked. “You sent us a distress call,” Chrome answered. “Good, question two, who do you suppose is the big bad in this situation?” Dommy asked. “The Cybermen, of course,” Twilight replied. “Amazing, you are a brilliant little group, final question time,” Dommy said, “Dommy is short for ‘Dominus’, your turn, Doctor, do you know what that word means?” He asked, trotting towards The Doctor. “I’ve had Latin classes a few times, and if I remember correctly, Dominus…” The Doctor stopped himself to think for a second, “But it can’t be, I’m the last, you died and I saw it!” He said. “Come on, no need for drama, answer my final question to get your reward,” Dommy said. “Dominus…” The Doctor began to get mad, “Means ‘Master’,” He finally said. “Very good indeed, old friend, or should I say foe?” Dommy said, “Which means that I am ‘Master’ or ‘The Master’, if you don’t mind any formalities,” The Master added. “But I swear I saw you pass out back in Arsenia, you died in that cave,” The Doctor claimed. “If I did die, it’s because you left me there, so much for being the big hero of the universe, eh, Doc?” The Master taunted. Twilight tried shooting The Master, but the recoil from the blaster sent it flying to the edge of the hangar but she didn’t bother getting it back, instead preparing to cast a spell. “Cybermen, transporter beams, get me to my room before they force me to regenerate right here,” The Master ordered, the Cybermen shot him with red lasers and he disappeared into the air, presumably appearing somewhere else in the complex. “What is our reward?” Chrome asked, ready to fire at the robots. “You shall be spared for now,” One of the Cybermen said, making the trio settle down, “But you must come with us,” The Cyberman said, shooting a red laser at each of them, which took them to a chamber at the top of the prison complex, the room had a large, circular window at the ceiling, which was pointed at a nearby sun, The Master, the Cybermen and the Cyber-Planner were all there. “So, Doctor, it’s time for my obligatory bad guy monologue,” The Master said, “Basically, we’re using this base as a huge cannon to destroy this entire system,” He explained. “And you’re feeding this weapon with the power of a sun?” Chrome asked. “You sure are a smart one, yes, we are using that star up there, Zeta-1312, to power our cannon,” The Master said. “You’re gonna destroy an entire system? For what?” The Doctor questioned. “You destroyed our home, Gallifrey, and suddenly I’m not allowed to bring an entire system down?” The Master asked, prancing around the Cyber-Planner. “That’s a massive leap and you know it,” The Doctor replied. “I don’t care, Planner, tell him to shut up,” The Master said, turning his back and raising a hoof to his ear and talking. “Quiet, Doctor, or you and your companions will be deleted,” The Cyber-Planner said. “Well, good enough, anyways, if we want to do this, we’ll have to get rid of you guys, so,” The Master said. “So what?” Twilight asked. “So, I called an armada of Cybermen, straight from Mondas, just for you three,” The Master replied, “Thank me for ending your miserable lives later, oh wait,” He added and started laughing maniacally. “I’ve met many terrible beings, but you always manage to be up there on the list,” The Doctor said. “Can’t hear you, being taken to my office, get them, Cybers,” The Master said as he was transported to another part of the station, the trio got their tools out, Twilight’s magic, Chrome’s rifle and The Doctor’s screwdriver, and prepared to fight or run. END OF EPISODE 12, PART 1