Three and Twilight's trek was about to reach it's conclusion, as they had come to a level path through the mountains, and had found a clearing.
"Are we just about done yet?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, now keep moving."
"Haven't we shaken the Cyberponies off yet?"
"I doubt it." Three responded. "They never tire out, remember?"
Twilight nodded. Before she took another step, a strange noise sounded out. A sort of 'ZING' kind of sound.
"Don't move." Three whispered.
Twilight immediately froze up. She didn't know what was going on, but had enough faith in The Doctor to listen to him. "What's going on?"
"That sound is the signal of a Raston Warrior Robot." Three explained. "They detect motion and wipe out any and all stragglers in the games."
"Anything else?"
"They're faster than those lightning bolts."
Twilight gulped.
As the two stood still, a loud thumping sound grew behind them. A Raston on one side, and Cyberponies on the other. The proverbial rock and a hard place.
"Do we run?" Twilight asked.
"Only if you'd like a swift death." Three answered.
Meanwhile in the TARDIS...
The Cyberponies' menace wasn't limited to The Third Doctor, however. Caramel and Susan remained trapped in the TARDIS, with another batallion outside.
"You're a Time Lord, right?" Caramel asked.
"Yeah." Susan said.
"Well, can't you use the controls to get us out of here?"
"I could," she replied, "but the forcefield's still active. We can't move."
Meanwhile with The First Doctor...
Even if Bon Bon knew what Caramel was going through at the moment, she would gladly trade places with him. She had long since had enough of The First Doctor. Every other sentence out of his mouth was a complaint or a condescending remark. Compared to how sweet and kind her Doctor was, it was quite jarring to make the jump.
Also, he didn't move very quickly. "Come on Doc, get the lead out!" she shouted behind her.
One stumbled forward, short of breath. "I'm going as fast as I can, young filly," he panted. "And kindly refrain from referring to me as 'Doc'!"
Meanwhile with The High Council...
The Castellan waited patiently for the Guard Commander to return. The Doctor's accusations against him were completely frivolous! He refused to let this get to him, mind you, but seeing The Doctor just sitting around waiting after accusing him for such a crime was more than a little annoying.
The Guard Commander walked in with a black box. "Behold, Lord President, a case that bears the Seal of Rassilon."
Five stood back up upon hearing this.
"And where did you find this?" Borusa asked.
"In The Castellan's quarters, sir."
Flavia opened the case. The box contained scrolls made from black paper. Flavia gasped. "The Forbidden Black Scrolls of Rassilon!"
The Castellan reacted immediately. "I've never seen those before in my life! They must've been planted on me!"
Five reached for the scrolls, but Borusa slammed the case shut. "They've been given the title of 'Forbidden' for a reason, Doctor." he deadpanned.
Suddenly, the case burst into flame. "Clearly you didn't wish to take any chances." Flavia said.
"I am innocent!" The Castellan shouted back.
"Commander," Borusa ordered, "take The Castellan in for interrogation. You are authorized to utilize the mind probe."
Everypony in the room gasped.
"No." The Castellan whispered, frightened. The Guard dragged him out of the room, kicking and screaming. "Not the mind probe!"
Five looked concerned for The Castellan. "Borusa, please let me talk to him."
"No need, Doctor." Borusa replied. "The mind probe will tell us all we need to know."
The zapping sound of a laser beam rang out. Borusa, Flavia, and Five ran out of the room to investigate. The Guard Commander had a look of guilt across his face, and The Castellan lay dead on the floor.
"He tried to make a break for it. I fired my staser gun on impulse." the Commander preemptively explained.
A staser was an interesting piece of technology, as it would kill a Time Lord and simultaneously negate his ability to regenerate. Naturally, only guards were permitted to wield such weapons, but even then, sometimes things like this could happen.
"Well," Five said, rather upset with the Guard, "at least the High Council has been saved the embarassment of a trial."
The true meaning of Five's statement was obvious. He was now over his nostalgia for his home planet, and had been reminded why he left in the first place.
"Maybe so, Doctor, but at least now we've found the traitor and we can focus on finding your other selves." Lord Borusa offered.
"Yes, I should probably get back to them."
Flavia interjected. "Not possible. We'll need time to recharge the Transmat device."
"Furthermore," Borusa said, "we'll need a report from you to help establish The Castellan's actions."
"Well, I can't abandon my other selves!" Five argued.
"They'll be able to cope, Doctor." Borusa shot back.
Five conceded. "Are all of them in the Zone?"
Borusa nodded. "All except your fourth incarnation. Your chronomancer friend knocked you both into a Time Eddy."
"Good old Colgate." Five said, reminiscing on the Time Lady.
"Flavia, would you escort The Doctor to a place where he can rest?" Borusa asked. "He's probably exhausted after all he's been through."
Flavia nodded and took Five with her.
Meanwhile with The Second Doctor...
Two and Shining were being very careful. The catacombs were a pratical labyrinth, and, as Shining said, all they had to go on was a nursery rhyme that Two didn't fully remember. To top it all off, some sort of beast was in the caves with them.
"Whatever that thing is," Shining said, "odds are, it's already got our scent."
A large, hairy bipedal creature appeared in front of them. It roared with an incredible fury.
"A Yeti!" Shining announced, strangely. After all, they could both clearly tell what it was.
Two offered something a bit more constructive. "Captain, there's an alcove here, come on!"
The two fit through the small passage as the Yeti charged at them. They were able to enter the passway, but the Yeti reached its arm into the crevice.
"Doctor, any ideas?" Shining asked.
Two began rustling through his jacket pockets. He pulled out his recorder, a miniature catapult, an apple, a battery-powered battery charger, a bag of jelly fillies, and settled upon a tube wrapped in what appeared to be wax paper. "Captain, can you use your magic to set fire to this?"
"Yes."
"Excellent!" Two announced. "Now, when I throw this, I want you to ignite it once it gets close to the Yeti."
Shining nodded in affirmation, and Two tossed the tube. Shining fired a bolt of magic, and the tube exploded in a shower of golden sparks, scaring the Yeti off. Once the beast left, Shining turned towards Two. "What was that stuff?"
"Galactic Glitter." Two replied, placing his items back in his pockets.
Shining looked down their passway, and noticed something of interest. "Doctor, there's a door."
Two turned around. "That's our way in."
"Into the Tower that has an undead alicorn with time powers inside of it?" Shining clarified.
"Yes. After you, Captain."
"No, Doctor. I insist."
Two complied, wisely choosing to avoid doing this for the next five minutes.
Meanwhile in the TARDIS...
As Caramel and Susan watched the main monitor, they noticed the Cyberponies bringing a series of metal parts and a large coil of wire toward the TARDIS.
"What are they doing?" Susan asked.
"I don't know." Caramel replied. "But I don't like it."
Meanwhile with The Third Doctor...
The tension was so thick you couldn't cut it with a knife. The Cyberponies continued their approach, and Twilight beginning to sweat. "Doctor, I can't take much more of this."
"Give it a moment." Three whispered back.
At last the Cyberponies had arrived. The 'ZING' sound was heard again. Now, a Cyberpony has no fear, and would pay such a thing no mind. This would be the final mistake of this battalion. Out of nowhere, The Raston Warrior Robot appeared with another 'ZING'.
While Cyberponies were rather bulky in their design, a Raston Warrior Robot was thin and lanky. It's face had no eyes and no semblance of a mouth. The Raston fired a javelin from its hoof, skewering one of the Cyberponies. The other cyborgs returned fire from their head-mounted blasters, but The Raston's lightning-fast reflexes allowed it to continue this Cyber-massacre.
It was during this distraction that Three and Twilight were able to make their escape. The two ran past the Raston and up a cliff face. Fortunately, they were able to reach the mountain's peak unharmed.
"We should be out of its range." Three panted.
"And we've made it!" Twilight declared, pointing to the nearby Tower. From the peak, the two could make out a small door on a balcony near the Tower's summit. "Only, how are we supposed to get there?"
She heard a clank behind her. She turned around, and there was good news and bad news. The good news was that it wasn't one of the dangerous metallic ponies.
The bad news was that Three was holding his grappling hook in his mouth. And he was grinning ear to ear.
"Why me?" Twilight muttered.