Chapter 36
Bad Wolf

Part 1

"Re!" I jumped up as I heard my name being called alarmed, feeling like I have overslept something. I moved my head around to see Rose besides me.

"Rose?" I questioned noticing that there was a pain in my forehead and that we were not in the Tardis any more. "What happened?" All I could remembered was a bright light that surrounded us, the Doctor and Jack. "Where the Doctor and Jack?"

"I don't know." Rose spoke honestly looking at me also confused to where we were. We soon saw a man walking up to us before crouching.

"It's all right... it's the transmat. Does your head in." He could tell that we were in pain. "Get a bit of amnesia. What's your names?" He asked as I moved my hand down my pocket to feel a familiar heating sensations.

"Rose." Rose told the man. "And this is..."

"Re." I stated interrupting her, shaking my head, I didn't want him to know we were together I felt like something was up and I wanted to keep much things quiet as possible. "What's going on?" I asked him as I began to try and stand up, while Rose gave me a confused look, and I gave a her look telling her to be quiet about us. She frowned at me, not understanding and I patted my Jacket coat signalling to the watch, and she nodded.

"A game. Just remember – do what the android says. Don't provoke it. The Android's word is law." He explained.

"What d'you mean, android? Like... a robot?" Rose questioned before a voice called out.

"Positions, everyone! Thank you!"

"Come on. Hurry up!" The man spoke and helped bring Rose to her feet along with me. "Steady, steady..." As Rose also felt a bit dizzy as well as we began to walk to the stage.

"That's enough chat! Positions! Final call!" That lady shouted standing next to a inactive robot, which was being worked on. This set up looked familiar to me, but I couldn't place my finger on it. "Good luck!" She wished us luck and the man smiled at us.

"But I'm not supposed to be here." Rose told him frightened, while I tried to kept quiet trying to stay calm and holding my good luck charm in my pocket.

"Well, it says your names on the podium..." He pointed out and looks down to see it for herself and I looked over to see my name. "Come on!" He dashed of and we take are places. Rose, who was next to him, while I was one away from her.

"Hold on... I must be going mad." Rose started now looking around and see looked over to me. "It can't be. This looks like the-" I knew she saw the same familiar atmosphere as I did.

"Android activated!" We then turned to the android to realise who it was as it sprung to life.

"Oh, my God. The Android. The Anne... Droid." Rose pointed out and my eyes went wide.

"Welcome, to 'The Weakest Link'!" The Anne-droid began the show and the music began to play. I gave Rose one more quick look. Not knowing what was going on but knew it was not good.

"17... 16... 15... thank you people, transmitting in 12... 11... 10..." The floor manager was counting down til we were what seemed to be live, we I was sure that didn't happen in the weakest link in our time.

"But we need to find the Doc-" Rose turned to Rodrick, which I read on the podium, before he pushed her away from him impatiently and I felt myself frowning giving him an annoyed look.

"Just- shut up and play the game!" I heard him tell her, I clenched my fists before turning my head back to the Android.

"All right then. What the hell? I'm gonna play to win!" I heard Rose say and I shook my head, I knew there must be a trick to this game.

"3, and cue!" I heard the floor manager finished and the Anne-droid began to speck once again.

"Let's play 'The Weakest Link'!" As soon as it said that the room lit up with lights around us and music playing signalling the beginning. "Start the clock." She started and I realised I was the first one to begin and I felt nervousness hitting me.

"Rebecca - the name of which basic food stuff is an anagram of the word 'beard'?" It asked me and I was alarmed to here a question like that on a futuristic period.

"Bread?" I questioned confused.

"Correct. Fitch - in the Pan Traffic Calendar, which month comes after Hoob?" There was a question that fitted with this time period. I knew I should of gave it more time. I now just up the things I learnt from the Doctor and what I have read about the universe so far would come in handy. I'm just know worried about Rose, she doesn't know as much as the people here. "Is it... Clavadoe?" Fitch guessed. "No, Pandoff. Rose, in maths, what is 258 minus 158?" She went to Rose,l who answered quickly please with herself and wanted to laugh at that as it was an easy question. "One hundred!" "Correct. Rodrick -" "Bank." "Which letter of the alphabet appears in the word 'dangle' but not in the word 'gland'?" I watched Rodrick think for a second before answering. "E." "Correct! Colleen - in social security, what D is the name of the payment given to Martian Drones?" "Default." "Correct. Broff - the Great Cobalt Pyramid is built on the remains of which famous Old Earth Institute?" "T- Touchdown." "No – Torchwood." I heard Rose laugh, but I could see on Broff's face he looked distraught. I could tell he wasn't alright, he was terrified, but of what." "Rebecca" My head turned back to the robot waiting for her question. "In language, all five examples of which type of letter appear in the word 'facetious'?" "Vowels." I stated, feeling like Rose and I were getting the easy ones. "Correct. Fitch - in biology, which blood cells contain iron - red or white?" "Um... white." I heard Rose giggling and Fitch looks as if her heart and just sunk down to her shoes, and I felt sad for her. I gave Rose a disapproved face. "No, red. Rose - in the holovid series 'Jupiter Rising', the Grexnik is married to whom?" "How should I know?" Rose laughed and I crossed me arms, before it was Rodrick's turn. This continued on until the time of the round ran out., and we had to chose who was the weakest link. I felt unsure of who to right down and looked on most peoples faces. Most seemed scared apart for Rose. Something was going to happen once we give a numbers weren't we. I didn't know what to do for a bit before deciding to go with the rules of the game and vote for the weakest link. From my observation it was Broff who was the weakest link. I felt sad putting his name down, but I had to. As it was are turn to reveal the person I chose, I saw the majority going to Finch, who began to sob. "So, Rose. What do you actually do?" The Anne-droid began to talk to Rose. "I just travel about a bit. Bit of a... tourist, I suppose." She told her relaxed and I saw Rodrick glancing sideways at her. "Another way of saying 'unemployed'." The robot commented. "No." Rose retaliated "Have you got a job?" Anne beat her. "Well... not really, no, but-" Rose tried to explain. "Then you ARE unemployed! And yet, you've STILL got enough money to buy peroxide. Why Fitch?" "Uh... I think she got a few of the questions wrong." Rose tried to speak after what the android said, noticing Fitch crying. "... that's all." "Oh, you'd know all about that." The Robot dug deeper into Rose. "Well yeah, but I can't vote for myself, so it had to be Fitch..." Rose spoke as she watched Fitch in confusion, while I looked straight ahead, feeling apprehension. "I'm sorry... that's the game. That's how it works... I had to vote for someone." Rose told Finch, but Fitch ignores her and began to plead terrified. "Let me try again, it was the lights and everything - I couldn't think." "In fact, with three answers wrong, Broff was the weakest link in that round, but - it's votes that count." The Anne-droid ignored her. "I'm sorry. Oh, please... oh God, help me!" She was begging and I bit my lips staring straight on. "Fitch - you are the weakest link. Goodbye!" I let out a gasps as I watched the robot mouth opens, revealing a gun, shooting a thick bolt of yellow at Fitch, who was know no more. I froze now knowing what why going on, what the danger was, why everyone was scared. If you lose you die. I slowly turned my head to Rose who was just looking at the smoking ground where Fitch once was. "And we've gone to the adverts. Back in three minutes..." The game we interrupted by the floor manager. "Wassat? What's just happened?" Rose turned to Rodrick, but I slowly spoke shocked and scared. "She was the weakest link - she got disintegrated." I mentioned, and I know she had difficulty comprehending that and Rodrick spoke like her was talking to a dimwit. "Blasted into atoms." I could see Rose was stunned. "But I voted for her. Oh, my God. This is sick." She exclaimed loudly and everyone glanced at her. "All of ya, you're just sick! I'm not playing this-" She signalled to everyone else in the room apart from me. "I'm not playing!" Broff interrupted crying and terrified, and the Anne-droid began to turn to him slowly. "I... I can't do it." I watched him leap of the stage and began to run for it. "I'm not- please, somebody let me-" I was about to run after him and help him, but I soon heard the robot saying he was the weakest link and shot him. I watched as he disappeared from a mid-run, and I felt like I was going to cry at what was happening. "Don't try to escape. It's play... or die." I heard Rodrick say to Rose as I began to look straight on again, trying to regain my calm, but now I was worried, not for me though, but for Rose. I didn't want her to be eliminated, I swear I won't let this happen to her.