In a fury, the Doctor stormed to the control room, Jack hurrying to catch up with him. Immediately, the Doctor threw the floor panel to Jack, who just barely caught it, and dived to the wire that had been fixed, somehow, by the zombies. Again, he yanked the wire in two and jumped up as the zombies, and Rose, appeared in front of him. The Doctor grinned like a maniac as he gazed at Rose. The zombies looked furious, realizing they were found out. After completely relishing the triumph that Rose was still alive, the Doctor grabbed her shoulders and threw her behind him to Jack. Surprised, Jack dropped the floor panel and caught Rose. Then the Doctor turned back to the zombies. Rose's sneered at him.
"We can still control her," she pointed out.
"But you won't until you answer a few questions," the Doctor said. "What do you really want? Why did you stop the TARDIS in prehistoric times? Why do you want Rose's soul? And who are you?"
Rose's zombie grinned evilly. "Stopping in prehistoric times was a mistake, but we figured we could get to civilization once we had completed our primary goal here: taking over Rose."
"Why?" the Doctor asked. "What's so special about her?"
The female zombie stared at him for a while before looking behind him suddenly. The Doctor turned around to see Rose suddenly elbow Jack hard in the face. Jack fell back and Rose charged at the Doctor. The Doctor braced himself and grabbed her as she slammed into him. He craned his neck forward as Rose started clawing at his arms and kissed her, internally shaking his head at himself. He had said he wouldn't do this again. Oh well.
The Doctor felt Rose's body relax in his grip as he kissed her passionately, but he didn't pull away. He kept kissing her, long and hard, trying not to release all his emotion so as not to hurt the fragile human. He thought he heard her mutter his name, but he kept at it. He loved her too much, he couldn't draw away…
"Doctor…" she whispered, pulling away. He opened his eyes and looked at her, suddenly embarrassed. He looked up to see Jack was staring at him, open-mouthed, and flushed slightly. Roughly, he pushed Rose back to Jack and turned around to confront the zombies again.
"Now," he said calmly, as if nothing had happened, "answer my question. Why do you want Rose?"
Rose rushed to Jack's arms, eyes wide. "Was it just my imagination," she said quietly, "or was the Doctor…"
"He was kissing you," Jack finished, confirming her suspicions. The Doctor tensed.
"Will you two shut it?" he called, not turning. Jack and Rose shut up. The Doctor turned his attention back to Rose's zombie, whose nostrils were flaring slightly.
"Answer me."
The female zombie's mouth twitched before she jerked her head at Rose. "Ask her."
The Doctor frowned and turned to give Rose a sideways glance. She stared at him, her eyes wide.
"How am I supposed to know?" she demanded, shrugging. The Doctor turned back to look at the Rose zombie.
"What is she supposed to know?" he asked. Rose's ripped and torn corpse smiled.
"She created us. She should know everything about us."
Incredulous, the Doctor turned to stare at Rose. She stared back.
"I have no idea what she's talking about," Rose protested defensively. The Doctor stared at her a bit longer before turning back as the female zombie started talking again.
"We," she said, gesturing to herself and her companions, "are her greatest fear. Not so much me, but the Doctor and Jack. Especially the Doctor."
Rose gasped. She froze as she found herself looking deeply into her own eyes. "We started out as a nightmare, plain and simple," Rose's zombie continued, "and progressed to a live creation. All thanks to a stupid ape."
Jack leaned down to whisper in Rose's ear. "If they're your imagination, maybe the Doctor's kiss was also."
The Doctor glared at him. "Shut it."
Jack smiled jestingly. The Doctor scowled and looked back to the zombies. "So what do you plan to do after you take over Rose?"
Rose's zombie shrugged. "Take the TARDIS back to civilization and feed off their souls. We do need food."
"I thought you couldn't fix the TARDIS," the Doctor pointed out. The female zombie sighed impatiently.
"The TARDIS was never broken. All we did was stall it whenever you tried to move."
The Doctor frowned. "How?"
Rose-zombie rolled her eyes. "Does it really matter? All that matters is we're here. And we're stronger than all three of you. And you happen to be in our way. So if you would excuse us, we have work to do." She turned her back to him, walking past her comrades. "Doctor, Captain," she said. "Take them away."
With that, the zombies of the Doctor and Jack grabbed the humans and Time Lord and roughly pulled them out the room.
A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!
