Master - Electrify

‘Hmmm.’ The Master’s face was inscrutable. ‘So what is this amazing plan, then? Why the boots?’

Missy cocked an eyebrow and pointed upwards. ‘Rain,’ she said.

The Master gazed at the sky for a moment and then his face lit up, a broad smile spreading across his face. Then he laughed loudly. ‘You’ll be needing my laser screwdriver.’

‘That would be nice,’ Missy agreed.

Alit jumped as a group of Cybermen stepped out of cover behind them, their weapons firing. Explosions bloomed around her, and she screamed.

The Master produced his torch-like device and pointed it at the metal deck.

‘That’s it!’ Missy called above the roar of rain and gunfire. ‘Give the plan some welly!’

The Master blew her a kiss and fired the screwdriver. The electrical discharge hit the deck and arced away from the centre of impact, blowing out the lights and shorting the systems all around them.

The effect on the Cybermen was deadly. They stood, rooted to the spot as the flow of electricity reverberated through their bodies. The sections above their eyes where the lamps were exploded, and the Cybermen all fell to the ground save for the Leader. It managed to take a couple more steps towards Alit before tumbling face first to the floor.

The Master stopped firing and held the screwdriver aloft with a flourish.

Alit stared in shock at the fallen silver bodies around her. Even she knew that electricity and water did not mix. There had been a loose cable in the barn one day and the dripping water had caused the whole house to lose power. ‘You electrocuted them!’ she whispered, in some awe and not a little fear. Then she looked at her feet. ‘And the boots saved us because they’re rubber!’

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The Missy Chronicles, Alit in Underland