Rose had always wanted to take some kind of self-defense class. It had looked so cool in the movies! If only she could've…but instead, she had ended up taking gymnastics. All right, so that had saved the Doctor's life when they had first met, but now? Rose really wished she had taken self-defense.
As soon as she and her friends had walked into the control room, the zombies had quite suddenly attacked them, each zombie to the real versions of them. Rose's was particularly vicious and was clawing at her arms, her hair, biting her shoulders, her fingers, whatever found themselves too close to her mouth. Rose screamed shortly when her zombie had first attacked and now found herself fighting for her life. It was times like these when she wished she had never met the Doctor. All the death, all the danger.
Suddenly Rose found herself flying to a wall, flung easily across the room by her zombie. She hit the wall hard and crumpled to the floor. After gathering her wits back up, Rose stood and could only watch the scene before her with horror welling up inside. The Rose zombie had decided to help the Doctor zombie with Rose's Doctor and the Jack zombie was about finished with the Captain. Rose ducked as Jack flew towards her, hitting the wall himself. He groaned and hauled himself up. Rose stared at him and he grabbed her, wrapping his arms around her.
"Don't even try to help him," he hissed. "You'll kill yourself."
Confused, Rose stared into his eyes. What was he talking about? And why was he holding her so tightly? She soon realized Jack wasn't looking at her, but past her. She turned to look where his gaze was held to see all three zombies ganging up on the Doctor. But Rose didn't care about that. What she cared about was the Doctor himself.
One eye was half-closed, a black eye forming. Blood was trickling steadily from his mouth and his blows were weak and wild. Suddenly, he was on the floor, stomach first. Unable to fight back any longer, the Doctor only laid there, wincing with the constant blows of pain. Wearily, he opened his eyes and met Rose's gaze. Their gazes locked as tears welled up in Rose's eyes. The zombies were killing him.
The Rose zombie turned around and ripped a piece of the railing off. Then she turned back to the Doctor, raising the metal bar above her, ready to bring it down on the Doctor's head, the final blow. The Doctor drew his gaze away from Rose and looked up to see his end. This was it, he knew. Good-bye Rose, he thought and prepared himself for the darkness.
"NO!" came a sudden, high scream. The Doctor's eyes snapped open to see Rose, his Rose, now with the metal bar in her hands, staring with fury at the female zombie cowering before her. The look in Rose's eyes was so fierce, the Doctor would've never guessed she was scared to death…mostly for him.
"If I created you," Rose seethed, "I can destroy you."
Suddenly there was a small pop and the Rose zombie disappeared. Rose looked at Jack's zombie and with another pop, he disappeared. She, then, looked to the Doctor zombie and, again, pop, he was gone. After taking in a shaky breath, Rose scrambled over to the Doctor, her Doctor, who was staring at her in awe, sitting up.
"Are you okay?" she asked. He nodded, still staring at her.
"Stars, Rose…" he whispered, blood sputtering through his teeth. Hastily, he wiped it away, as Rose watched with sympathy. "You're amazing."
She blushed slightly, looking down. "It comes from hanging with you," she told him and he smiled. Unable to her herself back any longer, Rose fell into the Doctor's arms, hugging him hard.
"I was so scared," she told him through her tears. "I thought…"
"Sh…it's okay. I'm fine, Jack's as alive as ever, you're safe," he told her, patting her back. "You're safe."
Rose shook her head, looking up at him. "Not for me," she whispered, "for you. I thought…you were gonna leave me."
The Doctor stared at her. Did she…? No.
He smiled tenderly, brushing away her tears.
"I'll never leave you," he promised, meaning more than he made it seem. "Never."
A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!
