Anti-Rose
Chapter Five.
"Put the gun down." Rose's Doctor told anti-Rose. He lifted his hand up to hers, took the gun from her unresisting hands, and threw it to the floor.
"Your TARDIS key and your sonic screwdriver as well. In fact, both of you empty your pockets. I don't trust you." the other Doctor said. Anti-Rose and Rose's Doctor dutifully emptied their pockets. The other Doctor, not taking his eyes off the two in front of him, readjusted his sonic screwdriver and used it to cut through the bindings holding Rose to the chair. Then he swiftly readjusted it, and grabbed Rose around the throat, holding her against him with the sonic screwdriver once more against her head.
"I know this setting would be lethal and she would take her time to die, but die she would if I activate it. Any resistance and she dies. Then I would start on the other Rose Tyler. I don't need any of them for any other purpose they're only useful as hostages." the other Doctor said. "Now, both walk in front of me with your hands up through that door over there."
He took them through several twisty turney tunnels until he reached a small, bare room. He indicated they should enter, thrust Rose in after them, and closed and locked the door. The three of them were alone. The Doctor went over to where Rose lay recovering her breath on the floor.
"Are you alright, Rose. Did he hurt you?" He carefully touched the swelling where the other Doctor had struck her.
"I'll live. What about getting out of here?" she asked.
"Sorry to put a dampener on things, but we have nothing to work with. He took your Doctor's sonic screwdriver and TARDIS key, remember? He made us empty our pockets." anti-Rose said. She stuck out her hand.
'I'm also Rose Tyler, by the way, sorry about earlier, I thought you were with the other him." she said, indicating Rose's Doctor. Rose shook her head.
"Don't worry about it. The thing is, he didn't make me empty my pockets, did he? Any good? Rose asked, taking out her mobile and spare TARDIS key the Doctor had given her.
"Rose Tyler, you're a genius!" the Doctor cried. Rose and Anti-Rose both looked at him. "Uh-never mind." he said, "Two of you will take some getting used to."
Rose and anti-Rose smirked at each other.
"Most TARDISes use the same key for the front door lock as other locks, although a few rooms do have their own locks." he explained. "If this isn't one of them, we can get out."
"Give me the phone! I can call on some help!" Anti-Rose said. She flipped off the back cover and nodded, replacing it. "This'll do nicely. She thought a moment, than dialled a number from memory. After two wrong numbers she obviously got it right, because she told the person on the other end what had transpired, then told Rose and the Doctor that help would be arriving.
"Right, let's see if this key works." He fitted it in the lock and it did indeed work.
"What if he's still around?" anti-Rose sad.
"A risk we'll have to take." the Doctor said. "We'll just have to be careful, that's all. Anyway, he's probably off looking for my TARDIS-not that he'll get very far if he does. She got severely damaged on the trip here and it'll take weeks of repairs to get her moving again." By this time they themselves were on the move, and the Doctor said "And on the subject of repairs, I need a few spares. There are some things in here that don't necessarily need a sonic screwdriver to obtain." He managed to lever off a hatch, and reached in. Ten minutes later, he had three odd-looking objects and they set off again, the Doctor blowing on singed fingers. "No, you don't need a sonic screwdriver to remove them, but one would have helped." he observed.
It took a while, but eventually they reached a door marked 'CONSOLE ROOM'. The Doctor carefully opened the door a crack, and peered in. He then opened the door wide. "The coast is clear." he said. Indeed, the other Doctor did not seem to be in evidence. He hadn't even bothered to take anything except the Doctor's TARDIS key: the Doctor crowed with delight and picked up his sonic screwdriver before sorting the other assorted items back into their respective pockets. "Let's get moving!" he said. He moved out of the other Doctor's TARDIS, walked forward two stops, and stopped. He spread his arms out, hoping to shield the two women.
There in front of him, with a weapon drawn, stood the Master.
The Rani, also armed, was stood next to him.
They both raised their weapons ready to fire.