Time Lord In Equestria
Chapter 3 - Emotional Trainwreck
Previous ChapterThe Cyber-Commander turned to the Cyberman to his left and pointed to a console to the left wall of the ship.
"Prepare to deploy the troops. We shall upgrade every life form on this planet."
The Cyberman bowed slightly and walked over to the console, pressing buttons and pulling levers. The Cyber-Commander turned to the Doctor, who was still staring at Derpy with a gaze that was hidden from everyone.
"Tell me, Doctor. I have been told about your ability to develop plans instantaneously. What plan do you have now?"
"I'll tell you what I'll do..."
The Doctor slowly lifted his head to the Cyber-Commander.
"...I'm going to get out of here, save Derpy and everyone else. And then..."
He raised his face to the Cyber-Commander, eyes filled with rage.
"...I'm going to rip you apart. Servo by servo, gear by gear."
The Cyber-Commander turned to face the Main Console behind him and the Doctor focused back on Derpy.
"Prepare for planet-wide upgrade."
A large set of doors opened up behind the cage the Doctor was being held in. The Doctor continued to stare at Derpy. Her face was emotionless as her body was motionless. The Cyber-Commander turned around as the other Cybermen did so as well.
"Go forward and upgrade all life forms you see."
The Cyber-Commander, along with the Cybermen, marched forward out of the ship and into the Everfree Forest, heading towards Ponyville.
The Cybermen left Derpy and the Doctor all alone aboard the ship. The Doctor grinned and pulled his sonic screwdriver out, sonic-ing the cage around him.
"They forgot to search me~!"
The cage fell apart as the Doctor stowed his screwdriver back. He sprinted forward towards Derpy, determined to save her. He grabbed his screwdriver out once more and aimed it at the device stuck to Derpy.
"I promised to protect you and by Rassilon I will save you!"
He continued to sonic the device, but to no avail. he grunted and stowed it back while giving Derpy a saddened look.
"The sonic won't work."
The sniffed and reached forward to the emotionless pegasus, giving her a massive hug.
"Please, Derpy. Just come back. Please..."
The Doctor hugged tighter and sighed.
"I don't want to be alone."
The Doctor heard a spark of electricity and something hit the floor. A few seconds passed before the silence was broken.
"Doctor?"
The Doctor smiled and pulled away to reveal a confused Derpy in his grip.
"What happened?"
The Doctor leaned forward for another hug.
"Emotion. The Cyberman's greatest weakness."
He pulled away and ran towards the Main Console the Cyber-Commander used just moments before, with Derpy trailing behind seconds later. He looked the console over, trying to find something. He groaned and pulled his screwdriver out, aiming the tool at the machine.
"Let's see if we can undo the adaption of the Cyberman."
~Ponyville~
"All life forms will be upgraded. Resistance will end in deletion."
A wave of Cyberman was marching down the streets of Ponyville. Ponies were running indoors from fear and watched from the windows, or were simply too scared to even move and watched in awe as the Cyberman marched.
As they marched on, Twilight Sparkle herself was with her 5 friends hiding inside SugarCube Corner. She turned away from the window and looked to her friends.
"Okay. We need to come up with a plan. Any ideas?"
"Oh! OH!"
Twilight rolled her eyes and nodded to the pink party pony.
"We can just wait for the Doctor to save us!"
Twilight shared a confused with her friends and looked back at Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie, who is the Doctor?"
"A stallion who saved me from one of those things marching outside right now."
Pinkie smiled while Twilight stared slack-jawed at her friend.
"Why didn't you tell us this sooner?!"
Pinkie shrunk back slightly and giggled.
"I guess I forgot."
Twilight groaned loudly and slammed her head onto the floor.
~Cyberman Ship~
The Doctor was now inside the Main Console. He had opened it up and was now looking for something to help. From Derpy's perspective, he looked much like a mechanic does when underneath a car.
"This goes here....and this connects here...."
A large noise behind Derpy alerted the bubbly pegasus. She turned around to see the Cyber-Commander was now inside the ship looking directly at the two.
"D-D-Doctor."
"Just a second, Derpy!"
The Cyber-Commander reached a hand forward and started walking towards the frightened mare.
"Doctor!"
~Ponyville~
Two loud resounding knocks on the doors of SugarCube Corner caught everypony's attention.
"Come out, or else we will use force."
Twilight gulped and looked to her friends. Applejack was looking shocked, Rainbow Dash looked ready to kill, Rarity was on the verge of tears, Fluttershy was stiff as a board, Pinkie looked upset and had her mane straight.
Twilight took a deep breath and used her magic to border the door up with random furniture.
"We're not coming out!"
A few seconds passed before the furniture shook.
"You are resisting. You will be deleted."
~Cyberman Ship~
"D-D-Doctor!"
"Derpy, please! Just a moment!"
The Cyber-Commander was just steps away from the mare.
"Delete."
"Doctor!"
"AH-HA!"
~Ponyville~
The Cybermen had broken the barrier, and Twilight's magic was failing. The 6 friends crowded into a corner, hugging each other for dear life with tightly shut eyes as the Cybermen advanced towards them with outstretched hands.
"Delete. Delete. Deleeeeee......"
The Cyberman's arm went limp, as did the upper half of his body. The Cybermen behind him followed suit. The 6 friends opened their scared eyes, to reveal the Cybermen had stopped completely.
"What...what happened?"
~Cyberman Ship~
The Doctor sprung up from underneath the console with a smug smile.
"Well, originally I was only looking to disable your adaption, but instead I found the circuit that maintains a Cyberman's loss of emotion. Removing that would effectively kill you all."
The Cyber-Commander halted his advance towards the scared mare.
"Doctor, what have you done?"
The Doctor smiled like a kid on Christmas as he picked up the circuit from the console.
"Saved the day."
The Doctor yanked on the circuit, removing it from the console.
The Cyber-Commander grabbed his head as sparks shot out from his joints. He looked to be in terrible pain.
"DOOOOOCTOOOOOOOOR!"
As the sparks stopped the Cyber-Commander fell over, now a pile of scrap metal. Nothing more.
~Alley way~
The Doctor stood in front of his TARDIS with Derpy. All the Cybermen bodies in Ponyville were being cleaned up by the weather team. The Doctor scoffed a laugh and looked up to his TARDIS.
"Well, this is where we say goodbye, Derpy."
He turned back to Derpy to see her disappointed face.
"Do you really have to go now? I had a lot of fun with you."
The Doctor smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. All of Time and Space at my fin- hooves. It's a busy job but someones gotta do it."
Derpy nodded and turned around, walking sadly with her ears flopped against her head out the alley way.
"You know, you can come with me."
Derpy's ears perked back up as she spun quickly around to see the Doctor smiling brightly while leaning against his TARDIS.
"Really?!"
The Doctor nodded once more, and the pegasus leaped forward and grappled him in a hug.
"Thank you! But, how will we fit inside?"
The Doctor pushed her away and laughed.
"This bit always gets me."
He lightly pushes the door of the TARDIS open, revealing the inside. Derpy stared with open mouth at the interior of the ship.
"It's....it's....."
The Doctor nudged her and laughed.
"Go on. Say it. I've heard it a million times."
She flew inside the ship and all around.
"It's......it's..."
"Bigger on the inside?"
Derpy nodded as the Doctor closed the TARDIS door with a smile.
"Well, Miss Derpy!.."
The Doctor casually strolled up to the main console with a massive grin on his face.
"All of Time and Space. Where do ya wanna go?"
He leaned on the console as Derpy spun around with a worried look.
"What about my friends? What about my job? I just can't leave them behind!"
"Derpy, it's a Time Machine. We can be gone for a week and I can drop you off 5 minutes from now!"
Derpy looked amazed before smiling brightly.
"So, anywhere right?"
The Doctor smiled and nodded as he flipped a few switches and pushed buttons.
"Can we go to your planet?"
The Doctor froze at the request. Looking to Derpy with a sad look he shook his head.
"Sorry Derpy, my planet is gone..."
Derpy frowned before tapping a hoof on her chin.
"What about the Discord Era? 1,000 years ago?"
The Doctor smiled and pushed and pulled more random things on the TARDIS.
"Sure, why not?"
The TARDIS shook violently and the Doctor and Derpy held on for dear life as the ship took them to their next destination. The Doctor laughed heartily and threw his head back with glee.
"Alonns-y!"
