Silence Will Fall When the Question is Asked

Part Ten: The Truth

No. No.

This isn't real. I was not from another planet.

I shook my head furiously. "No, no, no. I'm not from another planet. I'm human!"

I turned to him, my eyes now overfilling with tears. "Please tell me I'm human!!" I screamed, the tears now flowing aimlessly down my cheeks. This couldn't be real.

His amazing eyes were overtaken by sorrow and guilt, and I knew his answer to my question.

I wasn't a human.

I don't have a family.

I'm all alone.

"NO!!" I screamed, sobbing harder than ever. I struggled in my seat, desperately trying to free myself from this. I whipped my head at him, my teeth clenched, suddenly angry.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" I shouted even louder. He couldn't look me in the eye. His gaze was pointed downwards, and his brown bangs were hanging over his eyes, covering them from me.

The evil man appeared in front of me, smiling bigger than ever. "He didn't tell you because he wanted to fix his mistake. Right his own wrong. He just didn't know that I was behind it all."

I whipped my head upwards towards where he was standing in front of me. "You...you were the one that destroyed the planet." I whispered.

He laughed a loud, evil laugh. "Of course!" I destroyed the entire Dirmoin race! I did everything!"

He then leaned forward, resting his hands on the armrests of the chair I was trapped on. His face turned to scowl, and his face was very close to mine.

"You are the last of your pathetic little race. You were never meant to be alive. You should be dead along with your parents," He observed my face as I boiled with fury. And with a voice no more than a breath, he hissed, "You deserve to die."

The anger and fury and sorrow I was feeling at the moment was starting to overwhelm me. I had never felt this angry before in my life, and never before had I felt my body tingle so weirdly...

I leaned closer, so close that our noses were almost brushing against each other. With a snarl I spat through clenched teeth, "You think you can get away with this?"

He smiled again. "What makes you think I can't?"

"Everything," I hissed, and I felt my weakened body start to grow stronger...

Suddenly, before I knew it, I had broken the chain. His eyes widened in shock, and with all the force I could muster, I brought up my leg and sent my Airwalk boots straight into his stomach. The kick was so much stronger than I had actually planned for, because he was sent flying hundreds of feet into his circular control panel!

I stood up, the chains falling off my arms, brushing on my legs. I stared at the old man, who was coughing and struggling to stand in the rubble I had created.

I walked over to where he was, standing over him. I leaned my chest forward and hissed down at his struggling life form, "Who's the one who deserves to die?"

He coughed harder, staring at me with such anger and hate, it almost sent chills down my spine.

"I see you still h-have your power..." He sputtered. I narrowed my eyes into slits, glaring at him.

"You don't control me. I will destroy every one of your Cybermen, and you will die at my own hands." I snarled. Inwardly, I gasped at myself. Since when did I have the anger and confidence to say something like that? I never could've said that to anyone if I still thought I was...

I gulped. If I still thought that I was...human.

I turned around, back towards the Doctor who was staring in awe at everything.

I walked towards him, as he smiled a toothy grin at my previous performance. "That was great! I didn't know you still had..." He started to fade away as he saw the expression on my face. "...your power," he gulped.

I clenched my teeth. With power I held up my hand, and I slapped him across the face. His face was pink where I had slapped him, and his hair was disheveled as his head snapped back against his left shoulder. He looked back at me, his eyes wide in surprise, his mouth slightly opened.

"What was that for?!"

The fury was unleashed. "WHY DO YOU THINK?!" I screamed, louder than I ever had in my life. My voice boomed throughout the control room.

"YOU WILL BE DELETED!"

I screamed in frustration as I saw the Cybermen starting towards us, streaming in from a door in the shadows where the old man had slid out of when we first woke up.

"Seize them!" The old man screamed, pointing an old, pointy finger at us.

I gave a glare to the Doctor. "I would leave you, but I can't. You're my ride out of this place."

He gulped, staring at me with his face still half pink from the slap on his face. I guess I should feel guilty for slapping him, so he really didn't do anything to deserve it. But I wasn't. I pushed that thought out of my head. He did deserve it.

I reached down, clutching the chains tightly in both hands. Then, will all the strength I could, I pulled them apart.

Immediately, the chains broke. It didn't even need all the force I was giving it. The Doctor stood up, brushing off the chains that were slipping down his legs.

"Well, I guess we're running again." He said, looking down at me.

I stood on my tiptoes, both of our noses almost touching. He searched my eyes, the surprise and guilt screaming from his eyes to mine. I searched his face, my upper lip curling over my teeth. I was really mad. What was preventing him from telling me one of the mose important things of my life?

"Why didn't you tell me?" I hissed through my clenched teeth. Once again, the tingly feeling returned in my eyes, and I knew that it was the power. I could feel it rising up in my chest, powering up everything in my body.

I stared into his eyes through my narrowed slits. His olive green eyes showed the perfect example of a guilty child.

"I...I didn't know how to tell you...." He mumbled. He looked me straight in the eyes, and with the most sorry and pleading eyes he could give me, he whispered, "I'm sorry."

My eyes widened and my eyebrows shot up towards my hairline. He was genuinely sorry. I felt my eyes widen, and I felt my eyes tear up as I realized...

I forgave him.

In my heart I knew he was genuinely sorry, and even though I was furious at him for keeping the most important secret of my life, I knew I would forgive him.

I told him with my eyes that I forgave him. His eyes looked back at me, and relief and pity for me were immediately shown in his eyes.

I stood away from him, grabbed his hand, and said, "Let's go!"

And with a yell, we both ran out of the control panel room, hand-in-hand.

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OH. MY. GOSH.

This has taken forever! I really need some help with the story. If anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE comment them! I'll use any help that I can get.

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