The Tenth Impact

The Age of Steel

The Doctor leapt forward. He aimed the charging crystal at the Cyberman, blasting it head on. It connected with the others around it. The beam spread from Cyber to Cyber to Cyber. They dissolved to dust before our eyes.

"What the hell was that?" Ricky gawked.

Unfortunately, more Cybermen were coming from the direction of the lights.

"We'll have that instead. Run!" The Doctor shouted.

While everyone ran away, I ran to the van.

"Where are you going?!" Lawrence shouted. I ignored him. Mrs Moore pulled up. "I get it now!" Lawrence shouted in apology.

Mrs Moore honked. "Everybody, in!" She called out the window.

I threw the door to the van open, making sure the natives on this world got inside. Looking over I saw the Doctor trying to include the Tyler's. They were being stubborn assholes.

"Get over here, Carolina, or you get left behind!" I shouted at them.

The Doctor was telling Rose to get a move on. When she didn't start running, he grabbed her arm. The two ran to the van. I hopped inside to make room for them.

"Finished chatting?" Mrs Moore snarked as the Doctor slide the door shut. "Never seen a slower getaway in my life!"

==TTI==

We'd been driving for a few minutes, long enough to slow our heartbeats to somewhat normal. Lawrence-across from me- stopped wincing. Hearing heartbeats may sound cool until you're hearing a dozen at once, double-hearts included. He was on the Tyler side of the van, close to the front seats.

"I mean, just a few hours." I remarked. "Just a few."

"Yes Terra." The Doctor replied dryly.

"And you were following her, keeping her out of trouble you said."

"Yes I did Terra. Thanks for the analysis."

"So I've only got one question."

"You'll ask with or without permission."

"What were you thinking?!" I Slapped him on the cheek. He groaned out in pain. "There's only so much stupidity I can take before it gets to be too much! That's four, by the way."

Rose and Mickey were reasonably shaken by the events of the night. Still, they tried to hide their giddy smiles at me slapping the Doctor.

"It's not my fault!" The Doctor reminded me.

"Never is!" I pointed out. "I just like slapping you in the face."

Mickey chuckled openly at that one. Rose was still hiding behind her hand.

"What was that thing?" Ricky pointed to what the Doctor held in his hands.

"Little bit of technology from my home." The Doctor answered, hoping to get over the slapping scene.

"It's stopped glowing. Has it run out?" Mickey asked us.

"It's on a revitalizing loop. It'll charge back up in about four hours." The Doctor explained.

I leaned back against my seat. Lawrence was watching everything with a keen eye.

"Right. So, we don't have a weapon anymore." Ricky scoffed.

"Yeah, we've got weapons." Jake reminded, meaning the gun. "Might not be one of those metal things, but they're good enough for men like him." He looked at Pete Tyler.