13 | Rise of the Cybermen

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"And that weird munchkin lady with the big eyes? Do you remember? The way she looked at you! And then she opens her mouth and fire comes out!" says the Doctor as he, Quinn, and Rose were talking about their past trips.

"I thought I was going to get frazzled!" said Rose.

"Yeah. One minute she's standing there, and the next minute roar!" the Doctor said.

"Yeah. Where was that, then? What happened?" Mickey wondered.

"Oh, it was on this er, this er planet thing. Asteroid. It's a long story, you had to be there. Er, what're you doing that for?" asked the Doctor.

"Because you told me to," says Mickey.

"When was that?" asks the Doctor.

"About half an hour ago," says Mickey.

"Er, you can let go now."

"Well, how long's it been since I could've stopped?" asked Mickey.

"Ten minutes? Twenty? Twenty nine?" the Doctor says.

"You just forgot me!" Mickey exclaimed.

"No, no, no. I was just, I was, I was calibrating. I was just. No, I know exactly what I'm doing," says the Doctor.

Then, something blows up.

"What's happened?" Rose asked.

"What the hell was that?" asked Quinn.

"The time vortex is gone. That's impossible. It's just gone. Brace yourself! We're going to crash!" says the Doctor.

The TARDIS comes to a sudden stop, and gas masks drop from the ceiling. The power is off. Quinn holds onto the Doctor.

"Everyone all right? Rose? Mickey?"

"Oi, forgetting someone?"

"I know you're not alright!" the Doctor exclaimed.

"I'm fine. I'm okay. Sorry. Yeah," says Mickey.

"She's dead. The TARDIS is dead," says the Doctor.

"You can fix it?" asks Rose.

"There's nothing to fix. She's perished. The last TARDIS in the universe. Extinct," says the Doctor.

"How can it be extinct?" asked Quinn.

"We can get help, yeah?" asked Rose.

"Where from?"

"Well, we've landed. We've got to be somewhere," says Rose.

"We fell out of the vortex, through the void, into nothingness. We're in some sort of no place. The silent realm. The lost dimension," says the Doctor, grabbing Quinn's hand unknowingly.

Mickey opens the door.

"Otherwise known as London," says Mickey.

*~*~*

"London, England, Earth. Hold on," says Mickey. He picks up a discarded newspaper.

"First of February this year. Not exactly far flung, is it?" asked Mickey.

"So this is London," says the Doctor.

"Yep."

"Your city," says the Doctor.

"That's the one."

"Just as we left it."

"Bang on," says Mickey. Quinn rolls her eyes.

"And that includes the Zeppelins?"

"What the hell?" Mickey asks.

Massive airships pass overhead.

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