Chapter Eleven
Showdown
"Splitting up was a terrible idea." Rose said the second the Doctor was out of earshot.
"Agreed." Sam nodded.
"Well, I think we should ask for directions, shouldn't you?" Rose suggested.
"But we're not Zygots." Sam reminded her.
"Zygons." Ferb corrected.
"Well, you see, they don't know that, do they?" Rose smirked. "They're shapeshifters, and we're prisoners. Remember? I'm going to go up to a Zygon soldier and ask directions. You kids hang around a corner and knock him out with something when he comes around. K?"
"Alright." Sam nodded. "Ferb, do you have something?"
Ferb, in response, pulled a wrench out of his pocket.
"Have you really not used that yet?" Sam raised an eyebrow.
"That's not important." Rose said. "Go."
"Splitting up was a horrible idea." Candace said.
"Would you stop saying that?" the Doctor groaned. "Besides, it's a bit late for that."
"So what's the plan, then?" Phineas asked.
"They go free the prisoners, we find the Captain of this ship and tell her to get off this planet."
"I don't remember you mentioning that before." Candace responded.
"I said I wanted to talk to the leader, and I meant it." the Doctor shrugged. "So, we're going to give ourselves up on the condition they take us to the main deck. Everyone down with that?"
"Sure." Phineas said, looking behind the Doctor. The Doctor turned around, but saw nothing there.
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Phineas responded. "I'm keeping watch."
"Ugh." Candace slapped her forehead.
"Well, then, let's go." the Doctor ordered. "We're getting everyone off this ship safely if it's the last thing I do."
BAM! The Zygon fell to the ground.
"That was brilliant, Rose!" Sam said, poorly imitating a British accent.
"Don't; just don't." Ferb held up a hand as she tried to continue.
Rose looked a little concerned as she observed the Zygon. "He seemed suspicious, but told me where to go anyway. You don't think it's a trap, do you?"
"We'll be prepared this time, if it is." Sam grinned. "Are we moving or what?"
Rose nodded. "Right. We're close. Follow me and hope that there aren't any guards."
"That seems unlikely." Ferb noted.
"I know." Rose groaned. "But there weren't any around us, so…"
The three of them traveled until reaching a large metal room, locked by key-card again. And, once again, with no guards.
"Okay, this is definitely a trap." Rose said. "Sam, if anybody in there looks human, ask them something."
"I probably don't know most of them." Sam bit her lip.
"Get them to ask each other, then." Rose responded. "And after that, we're getting anybody here back into New York, because we don't want anybody hurt, yeah? So, get ready."
Rose slid open the door and looked inside. Inside were a group of people, apparently asleep, and all hooked up to a large machine in the center of the room. Losing no time, Rose rushed in and unhooked a woman. The woman blinked her eyes open and looked confused. "Where am I? I was in the park…" she muttered.
"It's alright, you'll be fine. Sam, do you know her?" Rose gestured behind her for the children to come in.
Sam looked at the girl, her eyes sparking with recognition. "Mrs. Whitney!" she ran over, then stopped short in front of her. "What did your two daughters sing in the Talent Show?"
As Mrs. Whitney gave an answer, very confused, Rose felt her phone buzz. She picked it up and answered it. "What's the number?"
"2005." the Doctor's voice responded, very agitated. "Yours?"
"221b. What's the problem?"
"Get the prisoners out, then follow my directions to where we are."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"We've met the leader."
As Sam and Ferb led the very confused prisoners down the hallways, Rose trekked through the deserted ship until she reached the right door. She had Ferb's wrench up her sleeve in case a weapon was needed, and slid the door open.
Inside were hundreds of Zygons, and all were staring right at her.
Rose sighed and walked over to the middle of the room, where the Doctor stood with the Flynns, who looked none too impressed by their situation. In front of them was a Zygon, sitting on some sort of chair, in front of a control panel.
"There. The prisoners are out." the Zygon said, annoyed. "We actually keep our word, Doctor."
"I assure you, I still have no idea what you're talking about. Time travel." the Doctor shrugged. "Hey, Rose."
"What is going on?" Rose whispered to him.
"Oh, well, part of our negotiations was that they would release the prisoners, so they called all the guards back before you broke in. They know about that, by the way."
"So why weren't we guarded?" the Companion asked.
The Doctor nodded slowly. "Fair point." he turned to the leader. "Why weren't we being guarded?"
"Why, because we wanted you here." the leader said.
The Doctor looked confused. "Who, us? You wanted us to reveal your spies and destroy whatever plan you had?"
"Our plan was to attract your attention." the Zygon explained. "And I'd say that succeeded." She tossed a piece of paper at the Time Lord, who looked over it. Rose looked over his shoulder, and the kids turned toward them curiously.
"These are coordinates." the Doctor said.
"Exactly. You're needed." the Zygon said. "Get right to it."
The Doctor looked up. "You could have just asked. What else did you do?"
The Zygon laughed. "Like we'd tell you. You'll find out soon enough."
"What does that mean?" Rose asked, crossing her arms. "Are some of us Zygons, then?"
"Unfortunately, no." the leader sighed. "All of our members are here. If they weren't, you'd figure it out quickly enough. The Doctor is intelligent, I'll admit, and would realize something was different before we could even do anything to him. So you're all safe for now."
"So we'll just leave?" Candace asked. "We can do that?"
"If you go to those coordinates." the leader sighed. "Then you can get off my ship."
"And the Sontarans are weak in the back of the neck." the Doctor said.
Sam made a note on a piece of paper. "Got it."
"Right, then, you'll be ready for anything." the Doctor winked at her. "I'll be back."
"Soon?" Sam asked.
"Maybe." the Doctor told her. "In the meantime, you stay on top of things, Sam. And remember, I can change faces!"
Sam smiled and nodded. "I will! Bye!"
"Goodbye!" the Doctor called, and went into the TARDIS.
"So, are you going to tell us who that was?" Rose asked as the Doctor ordered the TARDIS to their new destination.
"Oh, Sam?" the Doctor asked. "When she was Twenty-two, my fourth regeneration crash-landed here. She became my companion. And I always wondered how she got so lucky with those monsters. I guess it was me! Now," he turned to the others, a twinkle in his eye, "Who's ready for some more fun?"
As soon as the group had left, the Zygon leader punched in some coordinates to take them back to the rest of the fleet.
"Do you think they know?" a guard asked her.
"Oh, I suppose the Doctor suspects." the leader shrugged. "They'll soon figure it out. We did our job, and that's it. We'll deliver the prisoner and the technology to Command, and then we're done with this."
The ship sped off.
AN: Right, I'm really excited for the next episode. Let's just say it's a Doctor-lite episode that you're all going to LOVE! It will be very Blink-influenced, but I think it'll be good. And sorry for the cop-out ending, I was focusing so much on the next episode that I forgot that I needed to finish this one. (O_O) Oh well!
