//------------------------------// // Episode 13 // Story: Doctor Whooves: Savior of the Universe - Series 1 // by veeSheep //------------------------------// Doctor Whooves: Savior of the Universe Series 1 Episode 13: Fading to Black “Chrome, could you call for back-up as well?” Twilight asked. “Sure, they’ll be here soon,” Chrome said, she out her hoof to her ear and called for reinforcements for the battle, the trio then ran away, Twilight stopping to use magic against the Cybermen, firing a few glowing pink spheres at the Cyber-Planner. “Twilight, we have to go!” The Doctor shouted. “Alright,” Twilight replied, rushing to rejoin the group. They stopped and hid in one of the cell blocks to set up their battle plan. “Any ideas on how we could win this?” The Doctor asked. “I say Twilight and I hold out at a hangar until the Alliance arrives while you go and get The Master, wherever he is,” Chrome suggested. “Sounds good,” The Doctor replied, “I’ll go and find The Master while you two cover me,” He said. “That’s not necessarily my suggestion, but okay,” Chrome said, The Doctor ran off and some Cybermen appeared from the opposite side of the cell block, Chrome and Twilight fought them off to make it to a hangar. The Doctor was roaming the halls of the abandoned prison, hiding from or overheating any Cyberman he found. “If I was The Master in an intergalactic prison, where would I be hiding, what part would be my little base of operations…”The Doctor said to himself, He looked out of a window and saw various ships arriving in the distance, they looked like the ships belonging to the Cybermen, so he had to move quickly. *** “Twilight, I see some spaceships way over there, do you?” Chrome asked. “The Centurion Alliance took no time getting here,” Twilight replied. “Those are not Centurion ships, that’s a Mondasian fleet, the Cybermen are almost here,” “Halt, organic lifeforms detected,” A Cyberman behind the two mares said, “You shall come with us or you shall be deleted,” It continued, a squad of fourteen other cyborgs showed up behind it. “Delete this!” Twilight yelled, firing several magical shots at the Cybermen, destroying them, Chrome quietly applauded but quickly stopped. *** The Doctor continued to walk around, trying to find The Master, until he came across a large door labeled ‘Warden’ “Well, duh, how is it possible that I didn’t figure out he would be in here,” The Doctor said, hitting himself in the face, he opened the doors and walked across a corridor surrounded by a glass tube. The Doctor passed through the other doors and saw The Master, sitting at his desk and playing with a pen. “Doctor, I was expecting you,” The Master said. “Cut the super villain stuff, please,” The Doctor replied. “As you wish,” The Master said, “I’d assume you want to know everything that lead up to the current events, am I right?” He asked. “First of all, I told you to cut it,” The Doctor began,” And second, yes, tell me about it,” He answered. “I’m sure you remember the battle of Hiskus, where you fought the Cybermen and Chrome died and you got all saddy waddy or whatever,” The Master started, “Well, I ended up there when I left Geb with my vortex manipulator, I found the Cyberman ship and turned them all back on, with one condition, they would follow me and only me, from the regular soldiers to the Planner, all of them would obey their master,” He explained. “And that all relates to wanting to destroy an entire solar system how?” The Doctor asked. “It doesn’t relate, it’s just that you destroyed Gallifrey, the many Time Lords, the innocent farmers and workers, our families, you mercilessly killed all of them with the press of a button,” The Master ranted, “So I’ll be testing you, if you truly care about all of these planets, you’ll finish the job and be the last Time Lord, right here, right now,” He taunted. “You know I don’t like to kill anything and anyone,” The Doctor said. “This desk is the same from the Cyberman ship back in Hiskus, it can turn every Cyberman off, if you decide to at least fight, I’ll let you use the switch no matter what,” The Master responded, slowly reaching for something in his jacket, The Doctor quickly drew his sonic screwdriver and The master got his laser screwdriver, “Hah, what’re you gonna do with that thing? Build a cabinet around me?” The Master joked. “No, I’ve got other plans,” The Doctor said, “If you don’t turn all of the Cybermen off on your own, I’ll break the windows and we’ll both go flying off into space and die frozen,” He explained his idea. “But you’ll hold on to the desk to stay inside while the airlock closes down,” The Master said. “But you’re closer, if you know I could do that, how do I know you wouldn’t do the same and throw me out?” The Doctor questioned. “This fight is gonna go literally nowhere while the scene switches back to your little friends, is it?” The Master said. “What?” The Doctor asked. *** “Come on, any moment now the Centurion ships will get here to help us,” Chrome said, look out of the hangar at the Cyberman ships closing in on the prison. “A distant artificial planet… What if this is where The Doctor’s big battle is gonna be?” Twilight asked. “It’s very possible,” Chrome replied. As the Cyberman ships were almost at the prison complex, a large fleet warped into place and began to shoot at the incoming ships, smaller ships appeared and landed in the hangars, the Cybermen in the station rushed to take down the invaders. “Agent Chrome, are you really alive?” Asked a helmeted pony as she stepped out of a ship in the hangar. “Yes, who are you?” Chrome asked back, the pony removed her helmet and revealed herself to be Zyla, the Silurian. “It’s good to see you again, captain Zyla at your disposal, commander,” Zyla said, Chrome gasped for a moment. “Indeed, you have been ranked up to commander, we felt you were worthy of leading the battle just this once,” Silver Bullet said, stepping out of his fighter ship, “Where is The Doctor, by the way?” He asked. “He’s fighting The Master somewhere in the base,” Twilight answered. “Then I’ll form a squadron to locate and take down this ‘Master’,” Silver Bullet said. *** At the warden’s office, The Doctor and The Master were still locked, waiting for one of them to make a move, which would kill one of them of both at once. “Are you waiting for a formal invite, Doctor? Go on, your plan won’t work anyway, but you can still try,” The Master taunted. “Do you refuse to turn your army off?” The Doctor asked. “Well, before I do, there’s something I want to show you,” The Master said, the two put down their items and headed to a screen on the desk. Chrome and her troops ran down a corridor and came across the Cyber-Lord and a different looking Cyberman, this one had green markings and the letters ‘BW’ on its side. “Squadron, prepare to fire,” Chrome said. “Cyber-Captain, delete the intruders,” the Cyber-Lord said, the green-painted Cyberman stepped forwards and took aim. “Stop, all of you!” The Doctor’s voice shouted through the intercom. “Doctor? Where are you?” Chrome asked, “Why shouldn’t we gun down these Cybermen?” She added. “Why should we listen to you and cease fire?” The Cyber-Lord questioned. “Cyber-Chrome, if you’re still hanging it there and listening you can’t do this,” The Doctor said, “If you interact with you past self, even if she doesn’t die, the paradox could damage the universal timeline,” He added. “Yes, because you’re the best one to be chit-chatting about not damaging the timeline,” The Master said, “Mister ‘I can do this crud all I want but nobody else can because I dictate the rules for some reason’,” He taunted in a childish and squeaky voice. “Doctor? Are you really there?” Cyber-Chrome asked. “Yes, I’ll be with you in just a moment,” The Doctor said, he then turned around and punched The Master in the face before leaving to meet up with Chrome and her future self. The Doctor arrived at the corridor and was met with the normal Chrome and Cyber-Chrome in front of each other. “Doctor, what is this thing and why did it listen to you?” Chrome asked, stepping towards her future self. “Don’t touch her, she’s you from your future,” The Doctor said. “What?” Chrome was confused. “She is you, and if you interact with each other, lord knows what may happen,” The Doctor explained. “Well, do you know where The Master is?” Chrome asked. “You shall not reach our master, you will be deleted,” The Cyber-Lord said, it aimed at Chrome and fired, Zyla went up to the harmed Chrome to check on her. The Doctor used his screwdriver to overheat the Cyber-Lord and blew up its head. “No need to worry about Chrome, she’s immortal,” The Doctor said, Zyla got up from checking on her as the gray mare got back up. “Ugh, second time I get shot by that piece of scrap today,” Chrome griped. “Back to your question, The Master is at the warden’s office, back there,” The Doctor said, pointing in the right way, the entire group headed to the office and made their way inside. “Doctor, should I have followed you here?” Cyber-Chrome wondered. “Of course, you can help us,” The Doctor told her. In the office, they did not see The Master anywhere, Zyla went up to the desk to check behind it, “It’s a trap!” The Doctor and Chrome said in unison, The Master jumped out from hiding and shot Zyla with his laser screwdriver, killing her. “You are under arrest for severely harming an officer!” Chrome shouted, Cyber-Chrome and her took aim to shoot The Master. “Yes, because I, a Time Lord, am so scared to get shot and die,” The Master said, he then shot Chrome with his screwdriver and she fell down on the ground for the third time. “Stop it!” The Doctor yelled. “‘Stop it, I’m telling mommy!’,” The Master joked, “Shouting at everyone doesn’t solve anything,” He said. “I refuse to kill you,” The Doctor said. “But killing my Cybermen is just fine, isn’t it?” The Master asked, silencing The Doctor, “Most, if not, all of them were people too, do they suddenly not matter?” He started taunting The Doctor again. “Shut up already, you murderer!” The Doctor shouted. “Said the pot to the kettle,” The Master said, “Just because you’re such a little baby when it comes to violence, doesn’t mean everyone else is,” He added, he then killed all of the other soldiers with his laser screwdriver. “My patience is getting to its limit with you!” The Doctor yelled, tearing up from anger. “Yappity yappity yap, how about you shut up and let me do what I want? Who do you think you are to be ordering that stuff to your old friend? Sorry, I forgot, you thought you were the last of the Time Lords, so, naturally, you can do anything with no consequences,” The Master ranted, backing The Doctor out of his office. Twilight showed up at the door and The Master ponted his weapon at her. “Kill Twilight and my mercy goes straight out of the window,” The Doctor angrily said. “Let’s see if that’s tru-” He was stopped by Twilight’s magic shots, which knocked him back. “Doctor, are you okay?” Twilight asked, she ran up to The Doctor and hugged him. “Yes, we just have to defeat The Master and I’ll get you home safe and sound,” The Doctor replied, The Master got back up and prepared to shoot The Doctor and Twilight. “How cute, looks like the little couple will die together,” The Master said, before he could fire, Chrome knocked him out by whacking him on the head with the handle of her rifle, she then placed cuffs on his hooves and dragged him back up. Twilight went to the desk and saw the red switch. “Is it okay to flip this thing?” Twilight asked The Doctor. “That switch turns off all of the Cybermen on the ship, all the remaining soldiers, the Cyber-Planner…” The Doctor paused, “And the future Chrome,” He said. “Press it, please,” Cyber-Chrome said, The Doctor walked up to her, not saying anything, and hugged her one last time. “Now you can do it, Twily,” The Doctor said, Twilight obeyed and turned all of the Cybermen off, ultimately ending the battle. *** The group carried The Master to the hangar where a carrier ship was parked, which was the same as where the TARDIS was. “Chrome, you did it, where are the others?” Silver Bullet asked. “Zyla and the other soldiers are all dead, The Master killed them,” The Doctor answered. “What about the Cybermen in the station?” Silver added. “I turned them all off,” Twilight said. “Great, I suppose out job here is done,” Silver happily said, The Master woke up and stood on his own, Chrome and The Doctor let go of him. “What happened?” The Master asked. “You’re under arrest, as I said before,” Chrome said. The Doctor got his sonic screwdriver out and used it on the chains on the cuffs holding The Master’s front hooves, “Doc, what are you doing?” Chrome asked, worried. “Will you apologize for all the lives you took, either on your own or with your army?” The Doctor asked. “Typical pacifist Doctor, thinking that saying ‘sorry’ will solve all the problems in the universe,” The Master sarcastically replied. “I know it won’t fix anything, those who died will stay dead, Gallifrey will stay destroyed, but if I won’t kill you-” He was cut off by The Master kicking Chrome and taking his screwdriver from her belt. “Then I will!” The Master finished the sentence, he then shot The Doctor and made him fall back, gravely injured. “Troops, disarm him and put him in the carrier!” Silver Bullet shouted, The Master dropped the screwdriver and put his hooves in the air, as if he was glad to be arrested. He was taken into the large ship and locked into a small cell during the trip, the carrier flew away along with the other ships of the Centurion armada. The Doctor was on the floor of the hangar, dying, Twilight and Chrome picked him up and dragged him to the TARDIS, laying him over the console. “Doctor, will you be okay?” Twilight asked. “No… That shot was fatal, now I…” The Doctor stopped to breathe, “I have to go…” “You don’t have to regenerate now, we can help, can’t you hold it back?” Chrome asked. “I’m so sorry, Chrome, Twilight, it’s over for your old ninth Doctor, the clock will strike ten any minute now…” He said. “Even when you’re dying, you still manage to say some cheesy thing that belongs in an old story book,” Chrome joked, still slightly crying. “Yeah, good old me, always ranting, yelling, cracking bad jokes…” The Doctor said, his face and hooves getting covered by some sort of orange energy, “God, I’m gonna miss these days,” He said as his vision grew blurry and the energy engulfed his body. A second afterwards, The Doctor’s coat was a grayed out dark green and his mane was darker and not as dim, he opened his eyes and they were a bright orange. “Are you alright now?” Twilight asked. “Alright, I wish that was enough to describe it,” The new Doctor said, he got back up but groaned in pain, “Sorry, my new spine feels kinda weird, I’ll get used to it,” He said, making the two mares in the room confused. “So, that was it? I expected some sort of dramatic explosion, but I’m not complaining,” Twilight said. “I also expected that, maybe next time, let’s just hope that it doesn’t come so soon,” The Doctor said, smiling, “Anyways, let’s go, I have two girls to get home, which one comes first?” He asked himself. “I think I’ll travel with you a little bit longer,” Chrome said. “Alright, that just leaves Twily, who lives in a library on Earth,” The Doctor said, he took off and after a moment, the TARDIS began to malfunction for some odd reason. “Doctor, what’s happening? Can we help?” Twilight asked. “I don’t know, reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?” The Doctor said. “How and what?” Twilight asked again. “I also don’t know, usually I pass out soon after regenerating, but this time I’m remembering a bunch of stuff from my past, in order, because it has to be boring,” The Doctor said, flipping levers and pressing buttons. “Are we gonna crash?!” Chrome asked, extremely worried. “Not today, baby!” The Doctor replied, tugging on a pump-like device on the side of the console that made the ship get back on course. The TARDIS safely landed behind the Golden Oaks Library and Twilight stepped outside, it was a rainy day, so she wanted to rush inside. “Doctor, thank you for showing me the universe and all that other stuff, I hope I’ll see you again someday,” Twilight said, she then ran into the library to not get wet in the rain, The Doctor ran after her to say something. “Twilight!” The Doctor called for her, “Can we talk tomorrow at that cafe downtown?” he asked. Sugar Cube Corner? Sure, why not,” Twilight replied. “Okay, see ya,” The Doctor said, he then walked back to the TARDIS and turned it on. “Where are we going?” Chrome asked. “Just to tomorrow, that’s all,” The Doctor answered. The next morning, Twilight went to Sugar Cube Corner and met with The Doctor, still with his different face, but with a bow tie instead of a scarf. “Doctor, what did you want to talk about?” Twilight asked. “Well, it’s about traveling with me,” The Doctor began, “Do you still want to do it? You must have lots of things to do, friends and family you haven’t seen in a while and that you might miss if you go,” The Doctor said. “Yeah, I’ve also thought of leaving you,” Twilight replied, “I’m sorry for breaking that promise, Doc,” She added. “It’s alright, you can leave if you want, I can’t force you to do something like that,” The Doctor said. “So, is that all you came here for?” Twilight asked. “That, and the coffee here is amazing, you should have a cup someday,” The Doctor said, he got up and walked away slowly, “So, bye, Twi,” The Doctor said to his friend. “See you…” Twilight said. A moment later The Doctor came back with a book. “One last thing, Twily,” The Doctor said, “Check this out,” He showed her the book. “Is it a gift?” Twilight asked. “Not really, I just wanted to show you something from the future to encourage you,” The Doctor said, he flipped the pages to the very last one where it showed the author and it had a picture of an older looking Twilight Sparkle. “This is a book I wrote?” Twilight asked. “Yep, and look back at the cover,” The Doctor said, closing the book and pointing at a golden sticker on the cover. “It’s a best seller!?” Twilight was pleasantly surprised. “Yeah, so, unless you want this moment to go into a temporal waste bin, make it happen and write this book some day,” The Doctor said, he took the book back and left Twilight smiling and waving at him in front of Sugar Cube Corner. The Doctor went back into the TARDIS and remembered that Chrome was inside. “What now?” Chrome asked. “I just need to make a phone call then we can move on,” The Doctor replied, he took the TARDIS’ phone and called the same number in the past, Twilight picked up after she left the Manehattan cafe. “Hello, Twilight?” The Doctor said. “Yes, who is this?” “I’m The Doctor,” He continued. “But, how? You’re in there paying for the food at the cafe,” Twilight was confused. “As I’m talking to you here, I’m dead, the version of me that’s with you, that is,” The Doctor said, “It’s a long story, I’m sure that old feller will explain when it’s time,” He continued. “I have no clue what’s going on,” “Well, I don’t have much time, but I need you to know something, about that guy Dommy,” The Doctor began, but Twilight hung up the phone as her Doctor arrived, “He’s The Master, if you meet him again don’t…” He said, but got no response, Twilight already let go of the phone on her end. “Done?” Chrome asked. “Yes,” The Doctor replied. “Where do we go now?” Chrome questioned. “Wherever there are any evil aliens, I can just track them with the TARDIS computer,” The Doctor said, “It’s detecting something in this place called ‘Manehattan’, shall we get moving?” the Doctor asked, Chrome nodded and they took off to a new adventure. END OF EPISODE 13, PART 2 END OF SERIES 1