𝑫𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 ☆ The Glorious Series ｟ BOOK 2 ｠

Nightmare in Silver [Part 3]

Inside, Webley's, Main room...

"Artie?" Lucas called out as he and Lexi ran into the room, finding the lights on and Artie missing.

"Artie?" Lexi repeated as she looked around.

Lucas and Lexi shared a look before the two of them hurried down the stairs.

"Glorious, look." Lucas said quickly, pointing when he noticed one of the little metal insects on a table by the couches.

Lexi squinted and bent down to look at it more directly. "Firstly, if anybody is watching this, those children are under me and my husband's protection. And considering he isn't with me at the moment, you've just got me. Well, me and my friend here." She corrected herself, pointing at Lucas with her thumb. "We're coming to get them. And secondly... little metal machine... you are absolutely beautiful." She smirked as she pulled out her sonic, scanning the little metal insect before then picking it up by the tail and twisting it this way and that. "You're not even a Cybermat anymore, eh? Last time I saw one of those it tried to hurt a friend of mine. No... You're definitely not Cybermats. You're... Cybermites."

She gently set the tiny metal insect in the palm of her hand before glancing at Lucas. "Follow me."

Inside, Webley's, Chess room...

Lexi and Lucas entered the room, Lexi holding the Cybermite in her hand.

"Okay, so... missing Cyberman." Lucas noted as he saw the empty chair at the chess table where the Cyberman had once sat. "Must've been the one that took Angie."

"Probably." Lexi muttered as she used her sonic screwdriver on the Cybermite. "Now, going from past experience, there should be a local transmat link open to your home. And if I can find the frequency..."

Lexi held up her sonic just before she and Lucas disappeared in a flash of light.

Inside, Cybermen base...

"Hey." Lexi grinned as she and Lucas appeared in the base. "If life with the Doctor has taught me anything, it's that... well, that really shouldn't have worked."

"Glorious, help us."

"Artie?" Lexi spun around to see the two kids unresponsive, blinking lights flashing on the side of their heads. "Angie?"

"Webley?" Lucas said, making Lexi turn to see Webley with half of his face turned Cyber.

"We needed children, but the children had stopped coming." He said as he walked out from the shadows. "It was your idea to come here, was it not? You brought us children." He grinned madly, saluting by putting his right hand to his chest. "Hail to you, the Glorious, savior of the Cybermen!"

Outside, Castle...

"What would the Empire do if they were alerted?" Clara asked as she, the Doctor, Porridge, the former Captain and the rest of the soldiers approached the castle.

"I told you, tell me to blow up the planet!" The former Captain insisted.

"After they got us off?"

Porridge scoffed. "Captain, you want to take that one?"

"No, ma'am." The former Captain admitted. "Just blow the sucker up."

"Drawbridge, moat." Clara smiled as they all came to a stop at the foot of the drawbridge, everyone gazing up at the castle. "Brilliant."

"With respect, ma'am," The bespectacled soldier, Brains, chimed in. "we ought to be hunting the creature."

Clara turned around to face Brains, raising an eyebrow at him. "The only reason I'm still alive is because I do what the Doctor says." She told him, putting a hand on the Doctor's shoulder, said Time Lord looking on at her proudly. "The only reason he is still even here is because he trusts the Glorious to get done what needs to be done. I trust her." She took a couple steps towards Brains. "Can you guarantee me you'd bring back my children alive and unharmed?" Brains shook his head, making Clara nod. "I trust the Glorious."