The Deadly Arcade

“I think we’re going to need some cover.” Light commented as she stared up at the gargantuan reptile with her mouth agape.

“Yes, sir!” The Sontaran acknowledged as a panel on the ground before him flipped up, the tile forming a shield for him to duck under in case of retaliation from hostile forces.

“There’s no way we can take that thing down!” Button shouted, anxiously.

“Calm down, girl!” Came the Sontaran’s response. “Mark my words; we will kill this filthy reptile or die trying.”

“For the glory of the Sontaran Empire!” he shouted pridefully, raising his rifle before taking aim and firing at one of the Hydra’s five heads, which easily dodged the blast thanks to its serpentine neck.

He tried again several more times only to receive the same result.

“Blasted creature!” The Sontaran swore. “Remain immobile, so that I may destroy you!”

The Cyberman was marching toward the creature, but slowly-ever so slowly…

“Can’t you move any faster?” Button complained.

“Request Acknowledged,” It replied, kneeling down and pressing its fist into the tile it was on. “Upgrade in progress…”

The Zygon moved towards the Hydra, only to be caught up in one of its many mouths, it released a strange raspy-whisper of a scream as its sharp teeth dug into the Zygon’s torso as it let out a cry of agony after feeling sharps pricks on its gums and tongue, drop the saliva-covered creature to the ground.

Before any of them could ask The Doctor what was going on, a few welts were visibly beginning to swell up in the creature’s mouth as its other heads joined in its shrieking chorus before falling forward, crushing the Zygon beneath its large body.

“WHAT!?” An outraged Eight exclaimed. “What’s going on? I demand you tell me the meaning of this! You’re cheating! You must be!”

“Actually, I’m not.” The Doctor replied, calmly. “Zygon’s possess barbs in their palms, which once injected into something else’s flesh can stun, maim, or even kill them…it’s just a part of their anatomy.”

“But, you’ve lost your creature in the process!” Eight shouted.

“True,” he conceded. “But, so have you-we have two creatures remaining on our side of the field-you on the other hand, are completely defenseless.”

“Not yet.” He snarled as Queen Chrysalis appeared on the board along with a mass of Changelings.

“Hey, that’s cheating!” Button exclaimed.

“That shouldn’t be too much of a problem.” The Doctor commented as the Sontaran began blasting Changelings left and right with relative is.

“Ha! This isn’t war-This is sport!” he exclaimed joyfully.

Despite the deaths of their comrades, the Changelings continued to charge forward.

Before it can reach Button’s upgrading Cyberman one is hit by a green blast.

“EXTERMINATE!”

A trio of other Changelings follow suit, only to be struck down by the Dalek in quick succession.

At this point the Cyberman stood up.

“Upgrade Complete.”

It then aimed the blaster mounted on it wrist at the several remaining Changelings before deleting the rogue elements.

“Only one left!” Button smirked confidently, looking towards the holographic Queen Chrysalis.

“Yeah, we’ve got him on the ropes now!” Light added. “Right, Doctor? Doctor…?”

He was gone.