Author Note: AARGH! I forgot to add my author note to the last chapter. Stupid me!
Anyways, thanks so much to YamiKITG (Yes, I know I need a little more description, so, just for you, I have added a little more to this chapter, and thanks for pointing that out. Constructive critisism is always welcome), Megenta (I'm glad you're liking it so far...and this is only the beginning!) and angelic-ninja (I hope you enjoy the rest of the story too!) for your great reviews. Now, here we are with the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy!
"Remind me why I'm doing this again? Why I can't just be your normal sidekick?"
"Because, dear sweet Rose, thats too simple. and besides, we need her to panic so that tries to get into her suit and we catch her in the act. That way the world will know that Margaret is really a dead woman with an alien inside her, and not just some hoax we've made up as a publicity stunt."
"Right, whatever," Rose sighed. It didn't make sense to her, but then most of the Doctor's plans didn't anyway.
"Prime Minister?" she called as she knocked on the door of the office. "There's a man here who demands to see you. Says his name's the Doctor and he won't go away until he's talked to you. I tried to tell him your busy and you don't want to be disturbed, but he won't listen."
"Alright Amelia, hang on a moment," came Margaret's worried voice from inside the office. It was obvious she was trying to fit back into her human skin again. The Doctor grinned at Rose, waited a few seconds then barged in. Rose waited by the door and shouted "Oi! You can't go in there, come back!" and then she followed him in too.
And there she was. Margaret the Slitheen, with half a human body wrapped round her waist.
"Ma'am, I'm so sorry!" Rose exclaimed, pretending to be shocked, even though she'd seen it before. "He...he just barged in, and..." she noticed the Doctor wink, her signal, then she turned tail and ran out of the office door. Margaret was obviously furious. She didn't know whether to stay and face the Doctor, or hunt down and kill the human who had just discovered who she really was. As it turned out, she had no choice but to face the Doctor, because Rose emerged a moment later with Jack, her hair loose and hanging over her shoulders again, the glasses gone, along with her jacket. She stood there in her fitted shirt, pinstriped trousers, and flashy new trainers.
"You! I knew I recognized you!" Margaret cried, pointing a claw at Rose, who just raised her eyebrows.
"Don't you know it's rude to point?" she replied. "Oh and by the way. My name's Rose, not 'You!' so please don't call me that anymore."
Margaret snarled angrily and made to lunge at Rose, but the Doctor jumped in her way and wrestled her furiously to the ground. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and held it to the device round her neck, causing it to explode with a shower of sparks.
"There, now you can't go round in dead humans anymore," he said as he looked into her ugly, bug like face. She snarled, heaved him off her and started for Rose again, but Jack blocked her this time and the Doctor kicked out with one foot, catching one of her claws. It shattered and splinters flew everywhere. Jack was thrown into Rose, knocking her against the far wall. Pain shot through her shoulder and she gasped as Jack pulled himself away, horrified that he'd just hurt her.
But then Rose was on the move again, ducking and rolling to avoid the remaining claws, pulling herself up and running to the Doctor. Jack was beside them in a second, leaving the door clear for Margaret to escape.
However all three of them knew that she'd never use it, because she was still in her alien form, and it would blow her whole plan, so she turned back to the Doctor.
"Alright. You've got me. What now Doctor? Are you going to send me to my death, like you were intending to do last time?"
"Yes," came the simple reply, and Margaret laughed.
"Really Doctor. And how do you intend to get me out of this place without someone seeing me?"
"I don't. I'm going to let the world know exactly what you are, Blon Fel Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, so that if you ever try to take over this planet again, they'll be ready for you. Oh, and why were you trying to take over again anyway? You know that me and Rose here have stopped you twice already, so why risk it a third time?"
"Third time lucky, I guess," Margaret sighed, knowing he was right.
"Only it wasn't third time lucky, was it" Jack said. "This time you took it too far and now you've got to face the consequences."
"Shall we go then? Or are we just going to stand around here all day chatting about world domination?" Rose asked, rubbing her sore shoulder. Jack must have hit her really hard, because she could already feel a bruise forming.
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Half an hour later, the Doctor had put out an emergency notice to the media, who were now eagerly crowding round outside Number 10, waiting for the big news. Rose and Jack had gathered all the staff in the main hall aswell, and now they all waited for the Doctor to bring Margaret down to expose her to the world.
After a few minutes there was still no sign of them, and Rose was getting restless. She was pacing back and forth in the hall, glancing at her watch every now and then. The brief case with her disguise sat by the front door, because she had now changed back into her old clothes, and Jack was examining the glasses she had worn.
"You were right about these Rose," he said. "They are just bits of glass, nothing special or visually enhancing about them at all. What a rip off!"
Rose couldn't stand the wait any longer. She marched back up the stairs and into Margaret's office, only to find the Slitheen and the Doctor having a drink of wine together.
"What is this, the last supper?" she snapped. "Doctor, everyone's waiting for you downstairs. If you don't hurry up, they'll all get bored and go home again."
"I know. But Margaret - or rather Blon - and I were just having one last drink together. Its tradition you know."
"Whatever," Rose sighed as she turned to the door. There was a sudden scuffle behind her, and she turned round intime to see the Doctor lying on the floor, shouting a warning to her and Margaret swinging the empty wine bottle. It caught her on the side of the head and knocked her sideways into a bookshelf. The shelves collapsed ontop of her, burying her in books and she blacked out.
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Jack and everyone else downstairs in the hall had heard the struggle, and the shouts. Then Margaret had come thundering down the stairs with the Doctor right behind her.
Everyone gasped and screamed as the alien barged past and out of the door. The camera's went wild, snapping and filming as much as they could, standing their ground against the terrifying alien that had just emerged with half its body inside the skin of the Prime Minister.
The Doctor decided that she wouldn't be able to harm anyone all the time the bulbs from the cameras were flashing away, blinding her, so he turned to Jack. "Rose is hurt. Go and check that she's alright, bring her down here and wait out the back for me. I'm gonna take Margaret and go get the TARDIS."
"Right," Jack nodded, suddenly worried about Rose. How bad was she hurt. It must be serious for the Doctor to want to bring the TARDIS to her. He ran back up the stairs two at a time and crashed into the office. At first there was no sign of Rose, then he heard a groan from underneath a pile of books and began digging frantically. Finally he managed to free her and pulled her over to the sofa. She had a large purple bruise on the side of her forehead, just below the hairline. He touched it gently and she yelped in pain, her eyes snapping open and her hand flying up, ready to attack. But when she saw who it was, she relaxed.
"Margaret...she escaped...I couldn't stop her..." she groaned as she sat up straight and held her head with one hand.
"Its alright. The Doctor's got her, and he's shown her to the world. She won't be causing anymore trouble now," Jack reassured her, removing her hand slowly so that he could get a better look at the bruise.
Rose sighed with relief and stood up, leaning on Jack for support as he helped her down the stairs. Jeeves ran forwards to help too.
"Are you alright Miss?" he asked and she nodded, then cried out as pain shot through her head, starting at the point where Margaret had hit her with the bottle. She was amazed that the bottle hadn't smashed, and even more amazed that she didn't have brain damage. That had been one hell of a blow the Slitheen had given her.
When they arrived out the back, the TARDIS was already waiting for them, so Rose said farewell to Jeeves, thanked him for all his help, then climbed inside, followed by Jack. The door shut, and with a screeching, grating sound the TARDIS dissapeared, the little light on the top flashing frantically. Jeeves just shrugged and went back inside, convinced he must be going mad.