Should've known nothing goes according to plan, even if there isn't any reason for it not to, but here they were, scouring the train carts looking for whoever pinged on the radar that the Cybermen looked for, which Al says he still can't figure out, because none of the people on the list raised flags for him, while avoiding the three Cybermen lingering.
"Who could they possibly be after?" Lizzy wondered who the Cybermen went after, if not the Doctor, and Lila responds that the Cybermen generally would've told them upfront.
Daleks, they're not too fond of explaining themselves, they much prefer the old-fashioned way, involving exploding things, asking questions later, if they bother.
This threw her and Al off, because the presence of the Doctor should've resulted in the Cybermen acting like they normally done, them doing this for someone who isn't him's just out of character.
"They don't do this?" Bumble looked at the two with confusion, before Al informed her that, no, Cybermen weren't the types.
Daleks, ditto, but they'll just explode the train and everyone aboard, even if there's still Daleks aboard, just because.
In rare instances, maybe when they both want the Doctor dead that day and they're feeling diplomatic, would they work together in their latest attempt at killing the Doctor, which includes scanning and detailing all options.
His search came up with nothing, no one on the list stuck out as an enemy of the Cybermen, and it left Al bedeviled as it left with him with no answers.
His radar hadn't picked up on anything noteworthy and the fact he couldn't pick up on the Cybermen meant they used some form of blocker to keep him from detecting their presence.
Which shouldn't happen, but it did, and it's bothering him.
"If not a person, maybe an object?" Bumble suggested as they're sneaking around the corners, avoiding the Cybermen, as they're going by the numbered cabins, while Al went through the occupants on the list.
If it was a person like they thought, Cybermen would've already broken through the cabin doors, forcing out the occupants, lining them up, going down the list, that in this instance, the patrons were almost an afterthought.
Al gestured as he mentioned that it makes sense, because nobody on the list looked like a prime target for Cybermen.
Businessmen, oil barons, the usuals, nothing the Cybermen bothered with.
"Then, what could they be looking for?" Lizzy inquired what object could vex the Cybermen so, which Al answered that it could be any number of things.
Bombs, nuclear reactors, anything the Cybermen think should belong to them, really, no different than Daleks, but more rigid in the collection process, that they wait until after they get what they want before they explode an area, covering up their presence from the Daleks or the Doctor.
Gesturing, Al says he'll know what they're looking for, for now, let's find a way into the cargo hold, maybe whatever they're looking for's in there.
Which, going by the layout Al found, they're not far, just must watch out for the straggling Cybermen.
There's three, the other two must've been with Theodore, and since he hadn't gone back to them, it's safe to assume he didn't find anything else about why the Cybermen came here.
Carefully, with the aid of Al and Bumble, they got inside the cargo hold, where there's enough luggage to make a handler weep with bitter tears.
Sealed boxes, luggage, everything that's going to the different stations along the route, as the train made its way through the designated lines.
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The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who
أدب الهواةIt's never easy stepping into the shoes of the Doctor-more when you're his son-and so, begins the tale of Theodore Levy Smith. The son of the Doctor. Or specifically, his second son. His father's the progenitor of the title and it'd seem that the ti...
