Dr. Whooves- Parallel Complications

I see him in my dreams. The incredible Doctor. A beacon of hope in universes filled with terror. I see him singlehandedly protect millions at a time from threats that no one else has ever been able to victoriously face. I see him care for the needy, help the innocent, and be more brilliant than any living creature that has ever existed in all of time. Then I wake up, and I wouldn’t even be able to tell you I think aliens exist.

It’s thanks to the cracks in the universes that I can see him. I don’t really understand it all, it would help if I could mull over it while I’m awake, but the universe energy from the universe he is in is very strong, and it sort of flows into my head. God, I wish I could wake up and tell everyone about what I’ve seen, but as soon as I awake, my brain thinks it had some random dream about going to the supermarket without any pants.

Everything is beginning to converge now, so my dreams are becoming more and more intense. The final conflict is over, which is why I’m trying to write some things down while I still have a chance. I don’t know if it’s possible for anyone to find and read what I’ve written in a dream, but maybe, just maybe, it will be found some day.

The necessary tool to enter the void was found, but the key the Doctor needs is still a mystery to him. I have seen all of the final battle, and the outcome that follows. I have very little time to try and write it all down, and hope I can finish telling the story.

This is the story of the end of all things.

***

The Pony Universe
Capetra (Planet 64598)
2008 years after the Doctor’s initial arrival

Serenity smiled as she trotted through the grass, laughing and playing with her android toy. The toy would fly around and make noises, and when she managed to hit it, the noises would change.

“Serenity! Dinner’s almost ready!”

“Coming mom!” Serenity shouted back, hearing her mom call out from inside the house. “Toy, deactivate.” The flying toy instantly shut off, and fell onto Serenity’s hoof. She returned to the house, going inside and putting the toy away before moving to the dinner table.

“You really like that toy don’t you?” Serenity’s mother said, stirring a pot of noodles over the stove. “A new model is coming out soon. Do you think you’d want it for your eleventh birthday?”

“That would be great mom!” Serenity replied. All the plates and silverware were stacked neatly on one end of the table. Before sitting down, she set the plates out, placing a set of silverware at each plate, one for her, one for her mom, and one for her dad. The three of them lived in a small, quiet home, and lived quite happily and comfortably.

“I think I know what my cutie mark is going to be mom, I’m close to figuring it out,” Serenity said.

“Oh really, and what might that be?” Before Serenity could respond, her mom heard something. “Hold on, Serenity, did you hear that?” Her mom lifted the pot off the stove so the water would stop boiling, and listened carefully. A strange whirring sound was coming from outside.

“What could that be?” Serenity’s mom thought aloud. A few moments later, her husband came running down the stairs. “Honey, is everything alright?”

“That sound…” was all he said.

Serenity’s father stepped outside, slowly walking as his eyes widened. He stepped closer and closer to a large blue box, which had faded into existence in his front yard. A brown pony with a cutie mark shaped like an hourglass stood before him, the wind gently rustling his tail.

“Doctor…”

“Hello Oliver,” the Doctor replied. “I thought I’d meet your daughter like you offered, and I have a favor to ask of you.”

***

Location unknown
Time unknown

Nothingness. No level of scientific study can explain the nothingness between the universes, for something must be there in order for study to take place. There were some things that could not be explained by even the highest and oldest of species; only beings that existed before time understood the true extent of reality. The oldest tale, the tail of good against evil, light against the darkness, all originated from the creators and the destroyers.
Chaos meditated from deep within the void, his power building. Soon he would have enough power to begin truly tearing apart all of existence, and bringing it into the void, leaving nothing but the emptiness.

He had expanded to countless universes, performing small acts of disarray to slowly build his power. His abilities did not come from one universe energy field, they came from many, mixing with each other to create something completely new. All that was needed was the catalyst tear, and the rest would soon follow.

And there were two universes in particular he’d start with. He would use the Doctor’s own universe and the universe he was in now as the ignition point. He would make the Doctor be the first one to suffer.

***

Capetra

After setting a few extra plates, eating dinner, and using the sonic screwdriver to update Serenity’s favorite toy, Oliver, the Doctor, and all the Doctor’s companions sat down at the dining room table again, while Oliver’s wife kept Serenity occupied. A chilled silence overcame the table, as both parties knew that while the visit had started in a positive light, there were serious matters to be discussed.

“I didn’t really expect to see you again, yet here you are,” Oliver said. “She’s here to laugh, play, and meet you because of you. I am forever in you debt; any favor you need, if I can do it, it is my honor to help.”

“She’s a lovely daughter, Oliver, brilliant too,” the Doctor replied. He sat back in his chair a bit, letting out a sigh. “I’m glad you are all happy.”

“What troubles you, Doctor?” Oliver asked.

“A battle is about to begin. And I’m a part of it,” the Doctor replied. “Everything is at risk.”

“What can I do to help?”

“I’m usually never the one for guns, but I don’t know what lies ahead,” the Doctor said. “I fear that now may be a time where weapons are necessary. I can’t leave any of my friends unprotected. Can you build more sonic blasters like the one you had when we met?”

Oliver thought for a moment, then nodded. “I will need to go out and get some supplies, but I can have one for each of you made within four hours. Will that do?”

“That’s even quicker than I had hoped. Thank you Oliver,” the Doctor said. Oliver stood, moving for the door, but stopped and turned back.
“Doctor, I will do this for you easily, but I must ask, you don’t seem like the type that gets involved in a fight as big as you are describing,” he said. “Is everything alright?”

“I wish I could say everything is alright, but it’s not at the moment,” the Doctor replied. “And don’t worry about me. I don’t get involved in conflicts, I actually try to avoid them but they end up finding me.”

“I understand.” Oliver turned again, informing his wife and daughter that he’d be back in a little while, he left some things at work.

Minuette spoke up. “Hard to believe that in a home like this, with a loving wife and a little daughter, someone would be so easily willing to make weaponry.”

“Because he knows my intention,” the Doctor replied. “He knows what it looks like to simply be trying to help people, because he’s been in the same place before, with a sonic blaster on his hoof, and no evil intent.”

Paige couldn’t help but stare at Serenity in the other room. She was so innocent. So young. Over the past half a year, Paige had traveled to dozens of worlds. Sometimes it ended up just being a fun trip where they got to see a talking two headed fish. But other times, they would find people in need, dangers lurking, matters of life and death. And they’d save them, the Doctor and her. All Paige could think about was if they couldn’t stop Chaos. All they had done, all the people they had helped, would have been for nothing. She couldn't bear to think about that. She couldn’t bear to think of all those lives, and infinitely many others, gone in an instant.

Along with that, she couldn’t imagine being without the Doctor. She hadn’t fallen in love with him, she knew the Doctor well enough to see that it would never happen. Hearing his entire story be told to Minuette revealed the pain he had experienced in the past with falling in love, which helped even more. But she had certainly fallen in love with travelling with him. Ordinary life, working at the library, going home, reading a good book, going to bed. It felt so far away. She couldn’t imagine going back to anything like that. She needed to be with him, helping people, making people smile, seeing things beyond her wildest dreams. She couldn’t imagine leaving this life behind.

“So once Oliver is done, we’ll have sonic blasters in the style of your new screwdriver?” Jack asked.

“Correct,” the Doctor said.

“Are these really going to help against something as powerful as Chaos, though?”

“It’s not because of Chaos that I want these,” the Doctor replied. “I may not know how to defeat him yet, but when we enter the void, he’s likely going to think I have something in mind already, and attempt to block us first. He’s thrown things at me from my universe, beetles, daleks… there are a lot of things he could throw at me that we’d need protection against. I don’t want to be without weaponry like we were in Canterlot.”

The Doctor noticed Paige staring at Serenity, a small tear dropping from her face, and he got up from his seat, moving next to her. “Paige,” he said softly, startling her and causing her to look at him. “Are you alright?”

Paige took a deep breath, and nodded. “We’re going to stop Chaos,” she said with confidence. “We have to.”

“That’s my Paige,” the Doctor said, grinning. “Curious, strong, brilliant Paige.” He placed a hoof on her shoulder. “Always look at the end, not at what’s happening now.”

“With Chaos defeated, everything will be safe, and our adventures can go back to normal. If you could call any of what we do normal.” She chuckled.

“Absolutely.”

***

Oliver returned later with the supplies, and immediately set to work. The Doctor tinkered with more of Serenity’s toys, and Oliver’s wife prepared some coffee for everyone to have. Paige had joined the Doctor in having fun with Serenity, leaving Jack and Minuette alone at the table.

Minuette magically stirred her drink with a spoon, while Jack took a careful sip. “Do you think we can finish this? Save everything?” Minuette asked.

“Do you?” Jack replied.

Minuette thought for a moment. “I do,” she said. “I guess I’m just nervous. Truthfully, I don’t doubt the Doctor at all. If there’s anyone that can beat Chaos, it’s him.”

“You really have grown to like him, haven’t you?”

“Doesn’t everyone?” Minuette chuckled. “He’s the only one who can share my pain. I didn’t know for sure what had happened to Gallifrey until he showed up, but my time in Equestria made me believe that I was the last of my kind. Now I have him. At least until…”

“Until what?”

“Nothing. I was thinking about something else.” Minuette had realized something that she didn’t know whether or not to be true. However, she didn’t want to share it just yet.

“But how about you?” Minuette asked. “How do you feel about all this?”

“I don’t know,” Jack replied. “I always get nervous when the Doctor gets like this. He doesn’t like fights. He fights when it helps people, and it’s always in defense, never on the attack. When the Doctor has to be on the offensive side, he acts different. The way he’s acting now. I don’t know how to help him, but something inside him changes when a real battle is waging. He doesn’t want to fight, but he does because he knows he must. Me, I like helping people too. I’ve done all sorts of things with my immortal life so far, had a long term gig on Earth, traveled around after that. To be back with the Doctor is pretty incredible; I wish I could stick around more often. But unfortunately I’ve got my own journey to do.”

Minuette nodded. “This feels familiar. You and I having our own little conversation.”

“Well there’s some gap of unknown length in our memory from all the stuff that ended up never actually happening,” Jack said, to which both chuckled. “I think I’m glad I don’t remember though. I’d rather not know why I didn’t even show up to the temple.”

“True.” Minuette thought back on the message her older self had told her to give to the Doctor when he needed to hear it. She didn’t know when the words would be needed, but she kept them fresh in her mind, not wanting to lose a single word.

***

The sun set, and Serenity got tucked into bed by her mother. All was calm and quiet in the house; the only sound at this hour was the gentle ticking of an old fashioned clock on the wall. The seconds ticked by, each tick breaking the stilled silence of the living room.
Oliver came down placed the devices on the dining room table. Each one was bound with black leather, with all sorts of mechanical components stitched in to the band, and a small silver cylinder that stood up from the rest, where the blast itself came from. “Be careful when testing them out, be sure to get a feel for them,” Oliver said.

“Again, I can’t thank you enough,” the Doctor replied. “I apologize for keeping you up so late.”

“It’s quite alright Doctor, I wanted to finish these for you.” Oliver looked at the Doctor. “Doctor, there’s something I think you should do, before this battle begins.”

“Yes?”

“I can’t imagine how many you have helped, with the way you carry yourself,” Oliver said. “I fear what could happen to you in this battle you must go to, but I am glad to have the knowledge that you are doing so, so that I may send you my thoughts. I ask you, even if it’s a very brief message, to tell those whose lives you have touched about what is to come. You have made a friend out of me, Doctor, and I put my faith in you.”

The Doctor thought for a long moment about what Oliver said. He had always just run away, never to look back, just to save the day and move on to the next adventure. His mind came to Utah, when all of time began happening at once, and River had sent out a help message to the stars, showing the Doctor how many people knew who he was. He didn’t like being that well known, it led to some problems, but a feeling of warmth grew inside him as he realized he had more friends than he thought. Perhaps Oliver was right.

“I’m just… not sure what I’d say… I’m not good at seeing people again…”

Paige had an idea. “I can write the message,” she offered. “I think I know what to say.”

The Doctor was surprised, but nodded in agreement. “Consider it done then, Oliver,” the Doctor replied. “All I ask of you now is that you protect what you have. Cherish it. This battle is big, and I don’t know what will come of it. There may not be much time left.”

Oliver nodded. “All I know about you is that you have a remarkable ship. Hearing all this, I’d rather not ask for details on what’s about to happen. At least, not until it’s over. I will do as you say, Doctor, for it’s what I do every day anyways. Be safe.”

“Thank you.” With that, the Doctor and Oliver shook hooves, and the four departed the house.

A calm wind blew, and the stars twinkled above their heads. The vast, infinite universe, shining brightly for anyone, no matter where they were, to see, so long as they were looking. The Doctor entered the TARDIS, and began looking for some paper. Paige entered, took the discovered paper from the Doctor, and with the aid of Colgate’s magic, she began.

***

The Griffon Kingdom
290 years before Paige’s birth

The griffon kingdom glistened more than ever, as its beautiful, bustling castles and villages enjoyed a renaissance built off of the peace treaty between Celestia’s kingdom and theirs. Ponies that had traveled long and far to share their works or trade with griffons were greeted peacefully and with joy, arts and academics flourished. Prince Davion and Princess Celestia created a joint kingdom military force, separate from each of their individual ones, to create a powerful and protected alliance. Nothing would threaten their kingdoms for decades if not centuries to come.

Altea still served Prince Davion directly, working in the castle guard. Soon his retirement would come; he wasn’t too old, but being on the guard came with living a tough life, and it was about time for him to leave it to the younger griffons.

He walked upon the lush, green grass as he headed home. The sun was still high in the sky, he had been released from work early today. In just a few more months, he would retire, and live peacefully for the rest of his days.

As he walked, a harsh wind suddenly hit him. He raised a claw in front of his eyes to shield himself, his feathers ruffling in the breeze, and his raised claw instinctively caught something that came flying at him. Shortly after, the breeze calmed again, and he looked down to see what was in his claw. He discovered a pale blue envelope, with no markings on it, only a seal. Curious, he cautiously ripped open the envelope, and pulled out the letter contained inside. He had never seen paper like this, it seemed quite refined.

***

New Vender (Planet 02488)
2800 years after Altea received his letter

Nurse Cinnamon trotted through the halls of the hospital, cheerily greeting patients as they walked by. She loved putting smiles on ponies’ faces. It was the reason she became a nurse in the first place, to help people and make them happier. It made her even more overjoyed when others joined her in the cause of helping others, and she was about to visit a pony who did just that.

“Looks like those cookies and juice are helping you recover,” Cinnamon said sweetly, entering a room that had one stallion in a hospital bed. “I don’t know what this hospital would do without you, every month when we do blood donations I get to see your face, Daniel.”

Daniel smiled, swallowing his bite of cookie. “You could say I have a good reason to do this. That, and the cookies are always delicious.”

Cinnamon chuckled, and Daniel laughed too. A moment later, a knock came on the door, and both looked up.

“Hey there sweetheart,” Luke said, popping his head into the doorway. “How was donating blood?”

“Great as always,” Daniel replied. “Nurse Cinnamon gave me extra cookies since I’ve been coming for so long.”

“Well thank you for treating my husband like that, nurse,” Luke said, to which Cinnamon beamed and nodded. “Hey Luke, I brought somepony to say hello.”

“Oh really, who?”

Luke walked forward, and from behind him came Ruby. Daniel stiffened in bed as if coming to attention, and gave a salute.

“Oh stop it you,” Ruby said, laughing while Daniel grinned widely, successfully making Ruby blush.

“It’s not every day somepony like me gets to be in the presence of an admiral,” Daniel replied.

“Yeah, yeah, you know you’re a friend,” Ruby replied. “But thanks. The new uniform does feel good. I hear though that you’re no longer the only officer in this marriage?”

“That’s right,” Daniel said. “We got married before I was an officer so it was fine for just one of us to be one, but now we don’t have to worry about it anyways. Meet Lieutenant Luke, engineering officer.”

Luke blushed, not having realized that Ruby got the news. He was going to tell her himself when they got to the hospital.

“So you’re no longer the jack of all trades, eh? Decided on engineering?”

“It was my favorite,” Luke replied. “And worth the paycheck to specialize a bit more. My new uniform feels good too.”

“Get me a picture of you two in uniform, I’m surprised I don’t have one,” Ruby said. “And congratulations. You two keep enjoying your adventures, my ship flying days are over, it was time for me to accept the promotion and settle down to a regular schedule.”

Another nurse entered the room and cleared her throat. “Excuse me everypony,” the nurse said. “But I just received a letter from a stallion outside, he seemed in a bit of a rush. He said it was for the three ponies in this room, but not the nurse, but he didn’t mean to leave the nurse out, so he also gave me a banana.” The nurse looked quite confused, gave the letter to Ruby, and gave the banana to nurse Cinnamon, who shrugged and excused herself from the room to enjoy the snack and give the other three some privacy.

“What’s the letter? Who would write to all three of us specifically?” Daniel asked.

Ruby stared down at the envelope. It was a pale blue, with no writing on it. “It’s not addressed to any of us, and it doesn’t say who it’s from,” she said. Her horn glowed, and she levitated the envelope in front of her for a moment. “I’ve dealt with tricks before, my magic isn’t picking up anything.”

Everypony’s ears flicked when they heard something outside the hospital. A faint, but familiar noise. Luke went up to the window, looking outside, only seeing ponies walking about, hovercrafts going to and fro, clean grass, tall buildings. A normal day.

“That sounded like…” Luke lost his train of thought.

“I say we better open this letter,” Ruby said.

***

Earth
Equestria
2500 years before Ruby received her letter

The sun glistened in the tall windows of Canterlot castle, naturally illuminating the spacious throne room. Celestia sat alone, working on financial documents, when she heard the doors open on the far end.

A very familiar mare came through the doors. Celestia couldn’t believe how much she had grown. She had truly proven herself to be worthy of the path Celestia had believed she would take.

“Princess Celestia,” Twilight said, bowing slightly.

“Princess Twilight,” Celestia replied, giving a bow of her own. “We don’t need to be so formal my student. What troubles you?”

“The Doctor…” Twilight began. She bit her lip, and Celestia noticed something tucked underneath her right wing. “You told me about him once. About how there’s nothing we can do against Chaos, and we must leave it to him. I thought I didn’t know him, but then later… I did.”

“Go on?”

“It was a little while after I experienced time travel, I think that’s what helped,” Twilight said. “I remember some things that according to history didn’t happen. The Doctor was there, and helped me save Ponyville from a dilemma.” She paused, lifting her wing and using her magic to lift up a crisp note in front of her face. “This letter was delivered to me, and it’s from him. I thought you should read it as well.”

Celestia was intrigued. “Let me see,” she said, and Twilight levitated the letter over. Celestia used her magic to take over holding the letter, and began to read.

***

To the receivers of this letter,

You are getting this letter because at some point in your life you have experienced an event that you can’t really explain, something incredible yet tragic at the same time. And when that moment came, a mysterious stallion called the Doctor helped you, and together you saved lives.

I write this letter to you to warn you of an oncoming storm. All of creation is at risk; there is a great evil that has been preparing to strike, but the Doctor is going to try and stop it. He doesn’t like to admit it, but he truly cares when others think positively about him. In fact, he needs it. He needs others to believe in him, or else sometimes he may not believe in himself.

All I ask is that you put your faith in him. I know that the Doctor can save us all, but he needs to know that others are thinking of him. He cares so much about others that he forgets to care for his own needs. Be prepared for the worst to happen, but know that the Doctor is up there, somewhere in the sky, fighting with all his might. If things begin to look grim, know that, and hold on to that. Please take care, for not long after this warning has been sent, the fight is going to begin. I don’t know what will happen when it does.

Sincerely,

Paige Turner

***

Altea clutched the note tightly, his thoughts returning to the day that ponies and griffons no longer fought. The day that his kingdom was saved, and his own life was saved. The time to go home was later. He gripped the note tightly in his claw, spread his wings, and took off into the air, flying back to the castle.

***

“He was a character, wasn’t he,” Ruby said, putting the note down.

“Is there any way we can help him?” Luke asked. “Get a ship, something.” He was breathing rapidly, having just found out the pony that saved his husband may be in trouble.

“Where would we find him?” Ruby replied. “If something more drastic and unexplainable than the frozen planet is happening, all we can do is as the letter says. Keep our thoughts on him.”

“She’s right, Luke, it’ll be ok,” Daniel said. “We have no way to actively help unless the Doctor is suddenly in a fight right above the planet or something.”

Daniel flinched in bed, and Ruby and Luke ducked for cover when a loud crash outside shook the entire hospital.

***

Celestia smiled as she read the note, and it only grew wider as she continued reading. “Clever girl, Paige, you did it,” she said.

“I’m not sure what you mean, Celestia,” Twilight said, her face displaying her confusion. “This letter looks like it’s just a warning about the impending conflict.”

“Oh, it’s more than that,” Celestia said. “Paige may not realize it, and the Doctor might not either, but Paige just discovered the key.”

***

The TARDIS took off as the final envelope was delivered to Captain Silver's house. Paige didn’t want to share with the Doctor what she wrote, and he allowed it, trusting her. The letter had been delivered to about half a dozen different people, all the ones that would remember the Doctor more than any other. From what the Doctor knew about Twilight, she would share the letter with princess Celestia, which saved a trip.

“That’s it,” the Doctor said. “I wish we could warn some that I know in my universe, but Chaos will likely detect us the moment we enter the void. When we go in, we have to start fighting.”

“Is it time?” Minuette asked.

The Doctor took a deep breath. “It’s time.”

There was a moment where everyone in the TARDIS simply looked at each other. There wasn’t a plan, there wasn’t anyone else to help, only they could defeat Chaos, and they weren’t even sure how to do that yet. But there was no time left, the fight needed to start.

The Doctor moved to the consol, beginning to make scans for a good place to enter the void. Minuette walked to the other side of the consol; she would help fly the TARDIS while the fight went on to make things easier. “Everyone hold on tight,” the Doctor said. Paige’s heart pounded, and Jack grabbed on to a rail. “Activating the void drive.” The Doctor flipped some switches, and a loud hum came from the ceiling of the TARDIS where the void drive had been installed. “We’re going in.”

The TARDIS began to move, and after a few seconds, the entire thing shook hard. The Doctor and Minuette tripped away from the consol, and struggled to find a solid grip on the floor again.

“We’ve entered the void!” Minuette shouted. “The TARDIS is stable!”

“Start scanning!” the Doctor shouted back. “The TARDIS isn’t advanced enough to get any data out of the void, but Chaos will be giving off energy from our universes!”

Minuette activated a scan, searching for traces of universe energy. Her hooves rapidly traced over button after button, rhythmically working the controls. “I found something!” she called out.

“Then let’s head for it and see what happens!”

***

Chaos opened his eyes as he felt something stir the void. The Doctor. The Doctor was inside the void. He had been focused on gaining his energy that he hadn’t observed the occurrences at the temple. His children had done many things across the Doctor’s timeline, but they had not stopped him there.

Anger grew inside as he felt the Doctor’s ship approach through the nothingness. He couldn’t just kill him, the Doctor had too much of two different universes flowing through him. He tried to destroy the ship, but he soon discovered that the ship wasn’t just parts, it was alive, and had the same mixture of universe energy inside it.

“Get out of my void now,” he said to himself. Chaos had more ways than destroying the ship to hold back the Doctor, but he didn’t want to utilize them yet. If the Doctor wanted to even attempt to foil his plans, he would have to face an army first. Chaos had perfected his ability to take things from one universe and put them in another. He would not be facing one dalek ship that was badly damaged. He’d face much more this time.

***

“We’re getting close!” Minuette shouted.

“Alright, time to think of a plan then,” the Doctor said, pulling down a lever and looking at the monitor, trying to think of something. Suddenly, he found himself being thrown across the room, the TARDIS having been hit by some sort of massive force.

“What the hell was that?” Jack asked.

Minuette had been sent across the room as well, but got on her hooves faster than the Doctor. She ran back to the consol, looking to see what had happened. “We’re no longer in the void! We’re back in the pony universe!”

The TARDIS was flying out of control, flipping through space as Minuette struggled to stabilize it.

“Any more specifics on location?”

“We’re a ways in the future from Paige’s time, I don’t know our location,” Minuette replied. “We got thrown out of the void so quickly that everything’s going haywire, scanners aren’t working, shields are fluctuating on and off… in fact, something is trying to teleport us off this ship!”

“What?” Paige yelled, flying in the air and holding Jack so that neither of them got thrown about the ship.

The Doctor arrived at the Consol again, and looked to confirm what Minuette was saying. “You’re right,” he told her. “Systems are slowly stabilizing, but if they don’t stabilize in time, whatever is trying to teleport us off this ship will succeed if they just find the right window-“

There was no longer anyone on board the TARDIS.

***

The Doctor and everyone else found themselves in a small, square room. All the walls were a shiny steel, and an energy field made up one side, preventing them from escaping. The Doctor looked to see that everyone still had their weapons, and he had his screwdriver. Whoever teleported them wasn’t able to teleport their bodies without what was attached to them.

“Where are we? What just happened?” Minuette looked out through the energy field. They were clearly in some sort of spaceship, but she had no idea what kind.

“This architecture… it’s familiar…” the Doctor walked up to a wall and sniffed it, trying to awaken memories. “I know the alloy this is made out of, but it’s more modernized than what I’m used to. I think it’s-“ the Doctor’s heart sank.

Before anyone could ask the Doctor to finish his sentence, they began to hear footsteps. These footsteps were not the sound of hooves, or feet. It was the sound of metal, pistons, heavy weight slamming down on the floor with each step. Everyone backed up against the rear wall of their prison, and soon the origin of the sound came into view, and turned to face them.

The Doctor had been thankful that he had only rarely encountered the vastly imrproved versions of these monstrosities. The older ones were still a force to be reckoned with, but were slow; they had exploitable weaknesses. These new ones had adapted much more; they were faster, stronger, and entire planets had been blown up just to stop one of them.

In front of them stood a modern cyber man. They had been teleported to a cyber ship.