//------------------------------// // Daleks, Cybermen, and The Master. // Story: Mares in Black // by MrAquino //------------------------------// "WAKE UP!!!" Bon Bon yelled, jumping onto the bed, waking up her apprentice and best friend. Lyra woke up screaming as Bon Bon shook her wildly. "I'M UP!!!" Lyra yelled "I'M UP!!! What is it!?!?!?" "The Doctor!!! He's gone!!!" "Doctor?" "Sorry, I mean Time Turner." "TIME TUNRER IS MISSING!!!" "Yes! And not just him, but Derpy, the mare from yesterday, and the T.A.R.D.I.S. as well!!!" "Well... where was it?" "Come!!!" Bon Bon dragged Lyra off of her bed and ran ahead. Lyra followed her mentor, running out of the house. They saw a couple of M.I.B. agents around the area already, guarding it. They allowed the two to past without hesitation. A perfect square was in the grass area, and next to it was a large cover sheet that looked like the rocks below. "Did someone steal it?" "Highly unlikely. The T.A.R.D.I.S. won't be able to open to just anypony, let alone, anyone could find it under it's disguise as a boulder." "Then what happened?" "...I thing I have it: The Doctor took his wife, Derpy, to go on an adventure." "An Adventure?" "I'm... not really sure why he would do it. Perhaps he needs that nostalgia, but took his wife as an assistant. "Assistant?" "Back then, he always had at least ONE assistant with him during his adventures." "What are we gonna do? Do we wait for him?" "No. He actually violated one of his rules to never use the T.A.R.D.I.S. unless it's for an emergency. Since he's followed our rules, this must be important." "But... where is he?" "Not really where, but when is he? Come on, we're going back into H.Q." "I'll get in the car." "No! Look, put on your clothing and follow me." With Derpy and Time Turner "Derpy," Time turner spoke very hesitantly "Don't... make... any... sudden... movements." Derpy swallowed hard and stood as slowly as she could. "What are they?" Derpy asked, sweating hard as the machine aimed at her. "We are Daleks!!!" The machine replied, scaring Derpy a bit "And you are our prisoners!!!" "Just follow what they say," Time Turner whispered back "Don't try to question them, just follow, I'll be right behind you." Derpy exited the T.A.R.D.I.S., followed by her husband. they were surrounded by Daleks, each backing up away from them. "THE DOCTOR!!!" One of the Daleks yelled is a low voice with fear "THE DOCTOR IS STILL ALIVE!?!?!?" "IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Another yelled "HE WAS EXTERMINATED!!!" "EXTERMINATE!!!" Another yelled "EXTERMINATE!!!" "Halt!" a, normal sounding male voice said. The group of Daleks parted, showing bipedal robots, marching in two large rows. "Cybermen?" Time Turner asked "And Daleks not killing each other?" "What do you mean?" Derpy asked "Look, Daleks and Cybermen are nearly opposites: they both think of themselves as superior amongst other species in the galaxy. Daleks will kill all who stand in their way, but Cybermen will take your brain and make you one of them, erasing all your memories and what make you you. How are they together?" The Cybermen stopped marching and parted, revealing a pony in the middle: he had a blue coat, and orange-yellow mane & tail that looked more tamed than time turner's, wore a red bow tie with white collars sticking out, and his cutie mark was the same as Time Turner's. "All Hail "The Master"!!!" The Cybermen spoke as one. Time Turner's eyes shrunk, he shivered in place, and sweated hard. "What's wrong?" Derpy asked "The Master?" Time Turner responded, breathing hard "Well, well, well," The master spoke in a more sly voice as he walked to them "If it isn't my old friend, The Doctor. How long has it been, buddy?" "You! What are you doing here?" "I was going to ask you the same, pal. It's pretty weird getting used to this new body as a, well, a pony. How did you manage to do this?" "I'd rather not tell!!!" "Of course you wouldn't, you and your secrets. Ooh! Who's this lovely gem?" The master walked past Time Turner. Time was about to attack, but saw the Cybermen aiming their arm blaster at him, causing him to stand still but still sweat, not sure what the Master will do to his wife. Derpy backed up a bit until her flank landed on the closed door of the T.A.R.D.I.S. She cowered and whimpered a bit. "Please," she begged "Don't hurt me." "Hurt you? My dear, I don't hurt women like how the Doctor does." "...What?" "Has he not told you? Doctor, such a shame, not informing her about all those other women you were with before? Tsk, tsk, tsk, such a brute." Derpy immediately slapped the Master across his face with one of her front hooves. All the Cybermen and Daleks aimed at her, but the Master lifted his front leg up, and they all lowered their weapons. "Hmm... fending the Doctor? I've never seen that in a while. Tell me, who are you?" "I'm Derpy!!! Derpy Hooves!!! And, 'The Doctor', is my husband!!" Silence fell amongst them all. The master went into a blank expression, then made large smug, followed by an evil chuckle, leading to a loud roar of laughter!!! "What's so funny!?!?!?!?" "YOU!!! His Wife!?!?!?!? OH MY WORD!!! That's... so... HYSTERICAL!!!" Master immediately returned the slap to Derpy, catching her off guard, and she fell to the floor unconscious. "DERPY!!!" Time Turner ran to her wife and picked her up by her head, luckily, seeing no permanent damage was caused. The master continued laughing. "Oh Doctor, this is your crowning jewel, is it not? A wife!?!?!? I never saw you as the married type of person, at all! But, as much as I want to, she is important to my friends' and my plan." "Plan? What plan?" "Oh, I may have spoiled a bit of our plan, but let's just say, I'm not alone. Cybermen, hold the Doctor for a little while: Don't upgrade him, just yet." The Cybermen picked up Time Turner from his wife, and struggled a bit to become free. "You won't get away with this!!! Even if I don't stop you, the M.I.B. will!!!" "M.I.B.? Hmm... I believe they're part of this as well." The ship shook rapidly with some lights going out. "WHAT WAS THAT!?!?!?" "That's them." Earlier: Lyra and Bon Bon, both in suits, walked into the "Quills and Sofas only" store. "Why are we here?" Lyra asked "How are getting Quills and/or sofas the way to get them back?" "Hold on," Bon Bon said, walking to the cashier "just give me a moment." "Wonderful day we're having!" The cashier spoke "Yes, but I which I brought my umbrella." Without any word, the cashier went to a candle on the wall and bent the mantle down. A door opened next to the cashier, releaving an elevator. Lyra stood with her mouth open wide. "Secret entrances everywhere. Just glad the elevator here is working, otherwise we'd have to use the toilets." Lyra shook her head and followed Bon Bon into the elevator. They descended into the headquarters of base, making Bon Bon believe that is is actually in the core of their planet or, at least, close to it. Luna was already near the elevator doors as they descended, still snuggling with Tiberius while leading a human male in a yellow suit with another human male that looked older & had pointy ears in a blue suit to another area. "Tell Sulu I said 'Hello'!!!" Luna spoke kindly as the two left. She turned back to the other two as they descended. "Geez. What is up with Kirk? What is it with being with other female interns, especially me!?!?!?" "I don't know," Tiberius answered "perhaps it's like you with me?" "Oh hush! You're much cuter than him! What's wrong B-B?" "The Doctor and the T.A.R.D.I.S. are missing." Bon Bon replied "Yes, so I've heard. I know this is important to you, so I'm letting you, and L.H, lead a group to his last destination." "Where is that?" Lyra asked "According to the files... he's in space right now." Lyra's face froze for a bit. "Uh... space?" "Yes. I don't think he's drifting in it, though, he's most likely in a ship." "No offense, but how do we get there? It's not like we have a device that will lead us to space, right?" they both turned to her, then made a smug on their face. "Why am I not surprised?" "Come on," Bon Bon said "you'll enjoy it." The two walked in, yet, another room, this time, a huge rocket was there, and many M.I.B. agents were entering it, taking their weapons inside. Bon Bon and Lyra entered the machine, sitting next to other agents, putting on helmets over their heads, found above their seats. The two were near a large door, most likely, where they will all pour out and attack whatever has the Doctor, the T.A.R.D.I.S., and Derpy. The two put on their helmets and, following everpony else, strapped themselves in. Lyra's heart was pounding her chest. "The Flight shall begin in, T- Minus, 10 seconds." A voice said in the speakers. "10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!!!" A large force was felt, as Lyra shutter her eyes tight, giving her the feeling that she was crushed. she opened her eyes and saw some objects, mostly change and dirt, float without magic. "Lyra?" Bon Bon's voice was heard through a peaked in her helmet "Can you hear me?" "Yeah," Lyra replied "Are we... in space?" "Yep. Don't take it all in, we'll be fighting in a couple of minutes." Lyra turned to Bon Bon, seeing that she had a square device: she was reading the profiles of something. "What's that?" "Our Targets: Daleks and Cybermen?" "...What and what?" "Daleks are an extraterrestrial race of cyborgs created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals. He genetically modified his race, the Kaleds, and integrated them with a tank-like, robotic, mechanical shell. His final modification was to remove their ability to feel pity, compassion, or remorse. The Daleks soon came to view themselves as the supreme race in the universe and began a conquest of universal domination and extermination. Cybermen, on the other hoof, were originally a wholly organic species of humanoids originating on Earth's twin planet, Mondas, that began to implant more and more artificial parts into their bodies as a means of self-preservation. This led to the race becoming coldly logical and calculating, with every emotion deleted from their minds. These two have battled each other and the Doctor multiple times, but woking together to defeat the Doctor? Either they formed an alliance, or under control of something, or someone else." "What if it's all combined?" "That's... a good theory, actually." "Arriving in T-minus 5 seconds." the ship shook hard, breaking a couple of lights, but the area went from yellow to a threatening red. "Boarding beginning." "Get ready," Bon Bon simply said, holding up her large rifle from her seat below "If the Daleks don't kill you, then the Cybermen will turn into one of them." Lyra gulped hard at what she said, and pulled out her rifle below. Present: A red circle started to form at the side of their ship. The Master turned to the Doctor, who only let out a smirk. A perfect circle was cut off and fell below. Smoke was made, and a weird blinking red light came from the smoke, stopping at the feet of some nearby Cybermen and Deleks. Both species looked down at it, before it opened and released a large surge of electricity!!! The cybermen hit by it fell to their knees, yelling in pain before their heads exploded, and the Daleks hit by it began to spin in circles, zapping uncontrollably, exterminating allies everywhere!!! Bon Bon exited the hole first. "CHARGE!!!" She simply yelled. A whole swarm of other M.I.B. agents came through and started to fire at the Cybermen and Daleks, easily taking down the cybermen with one shot, but needing a couple of shots to defeat a Dalek. "YOU IDIOTS!!!" The Master ordered "ATTACK!!! ATTACK!!!" both Cybermen and Daleks fired back at the M.I.B. agents, yelling a mix of both 'Exterminate!!!' and 'Delete!!!'. the Doctor pulled his forearms out of the grips of the Cybermen grabbing him and ran to his wife, carrying her and entering the T.A.R.D.I.S. Bon Bon and Lyra ran to the T.A.R.D.I.S., firing at a couple of their enemies. "Doctor!!!" Lyra yelled, taking the cover off her helmet "Are you alright?" "Yes!" the muffled voice of the Doctor replied "The Master!!! He's the one leading them!!!" "The Master!!!" Bon Bon yelled, also removing the cover of her helmet "He brought these two dangerous species together?" "Yes!" The door opened and the Doctor stepped out, holding a weird, glowing device that had a blue light on it "Come! We must stop him!!!" The three ran ahead, following the blue pony as he escaped into a hallway "Who's The Master?" Lyra asked, putting back on her cover. "The Master was the Doctor's old friend. There had a peculiar relationship between them: you see, The Doctor was the only person like The Master; both renegade Time Lords and, in a funny sort of way, they were partners in crime." "Don't make it seem like I'm his best friend!!!" The Doctor barked "He wants power!!! I just want to know it all!!! He's nothing like me!!!" They saw the Master enter a large room filled with controls. He pressed on the button, and a large, metal barrier was made between the two!!!" "NO!!!" Lyra yelled, slamming at the barrier "We can't let this happen!!! Do we have explosives that can-" "Ahem." Lyra turned to the Doctor, who twirled the same device in his hooves. "Let me do this." "What is that?" "That's a Sonic Screwdriver." Bon Bon answered. "Sonic Screwdriver?" "Yes. Next to the T.A.R.D.I.S., the Sonic Screwdriver is the Doctor's other important tool. Basically, it can hack into any net work in a matter of second, open anything he wishes to use, and manipulate anything he pleases. The only weakness to it: wooden doors." "Don't remind me of that accident!!!" the Doctor pleaded. The metal door opened, and the Master sat in his seat, covering from the three. "Master!!!" on Bon yelled "Your time is over!!! Surrender now, or else!!!" "Or Else what?" the Master replied "Shoot me down, and I still live!!!" "True... but which form is this?" "Pardon?" "You're a Time-Lord! You only have thirteen forms!!! Tell me, or else you'll be dead, for good!!!" Te master sweated a bit, then released a sigh. He went to the control, picked up a Microphone, and spoke into it. "Daleks and Cybermen... surrender yourselves. We have lost." "Good boy." "What are you going to do with him?" "We're gonna have him locked up!" Lyra replied "he won't cause any trouble in there, right?" "Oh, I promise," the Master spoke slyly "nothing will go wrong... at least, not now." "Get out of my sight!!!" Doctor growled at Master "I'll see you later, old friend." Bon Bon died a Portal and the Master walked in, not even trying to make a run for it. It closed, leaving nothing behind. "I don't like this." "What do you mean?" Lyra asked "He surrendered without a fight. Something must be up right now." "Like how?" "He said... my wife is part of his plan." "Plan?" the two asked "I have no idea what it is either, but, I just hope, we didn't help it out." the two walked down to where the T.A.R.D.I.S. was at. Some M.I.B. agents laid on the floor, dead, but the rest made two portals: one for the Cybermen and the other for the Daleks. Time Turner walked into the T.A.R.D.I.S.. "Before you go," Bon Bon spoke. Time Turner stopped and looked at her "please, why did you reuse the T.A.R.D.I.S. and brought your wife along?" He froze and stared at them. "She... I wanted to go on one small adventure, and she followed me. We both landed here. She was frightened, and the Master made her unconscious. I know her: she will think this was all a dream. No need to get involved." Bon Bon looked at the Doctor, then nodded. "Alright, I trust you on this. Please, keep her away from all M.I.B. business." "I will." He closed the door, and the T.A.R.D.I.S. began to disappear. "Come on, let's get back home." "Right." Lyra replied. The T.A.R.D.I.S. came back into the same area where it left. Time Turner, using his front legs as arms, walked with his wife in his forelegs. He gently lowered her and put on the boulder disguise over the T.A.R.D.I.S., hopefully, no pony saw him while doing it. He carried her again and headed to his home. Dinky was gone, at school with her friends and learning from Ms. Cheerilee. He placed his wife on their bed and laid next to her, giving a kiss on her cheek. "I'm so sorry." he said with a single tear coming down. "I truly am."