A-Levels and Aliens
Alrighty then! Here's the next chapter. Hope you like. I'm not too sure about when the next chapter will be as I have AS results tomorrow (coincidentally for exactly the same subjects as Rose except my French result will probably be the other end of the grade table!) and then I'm off on hol for a week on Saturday. So.., you might have an update on Friday but no promises. Hi to Charlotte who the ending is for as she didn't like the last one (nor did a lot of you according to the reviews!)
Disclaimer: Nothing you might recognise belongs to me
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When Rose awoke, it was all dark save for a patch of moonlight coming through a small window, high up in the stone wall. Realising that her arms and feet were numb, she stood up with great difficulty from the cold, bare floor and winced in pain as pins and needles suddenly erupted in her limbs. Tentatively rubbing her arms and shaking out her feet, Rose peered around the darkened room. There was nothing in the room apart from some steep steps leading up to a thick wooden door and a bare light bulb, hanging way above her head.
Suddenly, the light flicked on causing Rose to screw up her eyes from the brightness. She heard a lock being undone and the door opened without a sound.
"Hello Rose."
Rose stared up the steps and saw Zoë and Zach coming towards her.
"What's going on?" she demanded,
"We have you," said Zach, staring straight at her,
"Why?"
"We need your Bad Wolf abilities."
Rose felt the bottom fall out of her stomach. She and the Doctor had talked about what had happened just before he regenerated and he had told her the little that he understood and some of his theories and speculations. Rose didn't like the whole idea but she knew it was a great power that she wasn't sure how to use.
"Why?" she asked again,
"We want Bad Wolf to resurrect our species after their unneeded deaths in the Time War- a war that coincidentally had only one known survivor- your precious boyfriend!" Zoë spat,
"I can't do that. I don't know how!" Rose said, her voice rising, "How do you know about Bad Wolf anyway?"
"We have heard the legends from long ago and looked further into it. Imagine how surprised we were to discover that the mighty Bad Wolf was a mere human girl. But that made our plans, oh, so much easier," Zach said, softly,
"Yes, how easy it was to implant myself into your college and win the trust of you and your friends," Zoë said, with a sneer, "A little more planning and Zach was suddenly on the scene, gaining your friendship while amplifying mine with you, so much that the minute you heard me in danger, you came running to help your poor, defenceless friend. It was almost too easy, Rose,"
"How could you?" Rose whispered, "Did none of the good times we had mean anything to you?"
"No," Zoë snapped, "Now are you going to help us?"
"No," replied Rose, "I told you I don't know how and even if I did, I wouldn't help you,"
"You lie," hissed Zach, angrily.
Rose just blinked at him.
"Right, well maybe a nice stay in here for a couple of days will change your mind. Good luck Rose."
With that, the two aliens whom Rose had believed to be her human friends marched out. The light snapped out suddenly plunging her into darkness once more.
"Oh Doctor," Rose whispered, her bravado disappearing now that she was alone again, "Please help me."
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At nine o'clock the following morning, Jackie Tyler was disturbed from her Sunday morning lie in by a great rapping at the front door.
"Alright, alright, I'm coming!" she grumbled, tying the sash of her dressing gown and opening the front door.
"Sorry to disturb you so early, Mrs. Tyler, but is Rose in?"
Jackie frowned at Rose's friends- Kirsty and Lauren she thought they were called. "No, she sent me a text last night to say that she was sleeping over at one of her friend's houses,"
"Oh, thank you," Lauren said, "Sorry again."
The two girls turned to leave and Jackie closed the front door. She'd make herself a cup of tea and some hot, buttered toast and go back to bed. And then there was that nice, romance novel that Tina down the landing had lent her… She was ready for a nice peaceful day.
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Meanwhile, Kirsty and Lauren had got to the bottom of the stairs and were talking anxiously.
"It's really odd,"
"I know. Do you think she's at Zoë's? Or maybe Matt's?"
"Hey! Kirsty! Lauren!" yelled a voice,
"Matt, hi!" Kirsty cried as their friend ran panting up to them, "What are you doing here?"
"Going to see if Rose is in. I need some help with my History and she said to pop in over the weekend."
The girl's faces fell slowly. "So Rose didn't spend the night at yours?"
"Nope," Matt replied, blushing, "Why?"
"She disappeared from the club last night without telling us. Zoë did as well but it's really not like Rose. She always tells us if she's leaving early," Lauren explained, "We wanted to check she was OK and we couldn't get her on the 'phone."
Matt scratched his head. "Have you tried Zoë's? If they disappeared together, chances are she'll be there,"
"We're going there now. We just thought we'd see if she was at home first," said Kirsty, "You coming with us?"
"Alright," replied Matt, "Let's go."
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Ten minutes later, the trio arrived outside Zoë's house. It was a big, old Gothic looking house, completely detached from the other grand houses on the street and bordered by a thick, tall hedge.
Matt whistled, having never seen it before. "Zoë's uncle must be rich!"
"She said they got it cheap," Kirsty said, "'Cause it needed some renovations or whatever."
Matt nodded and rang the doorbell; the loud jangle making them jump. The door creaked open and Zoë peeked out.
"Hi guys!" she said, in obvious surprise,
"Hey," Lauren greeted, "Is Rose here?"
"Erm… nope," Zoë said, innocently, "I haven't seen her since last night when she went off with that Zach guy. Probably had a one night stand with him or something"
"Oh," Kirsty said, her brow furrowed, "We'll probably see her later then,"
"Maybe. I have to go. See you tomorrow," Zoë said, closing the door quickly before her friends had a chance to say goodbye,
"Well, that's that then," Lauren shrugged and then spotting that her lace was undone, "Hang on, I'll just tie this…"
"I'll try ringing her again," Matt said, suddenly, "Something doesn't seem right about this. Rose wouldn't have a one night stand. She loves the Doctor too much."
Kirsty nodded in agreement and watched as Matt found Rose's number in his mobile phone and pressed enter. "It's ringing," he mumbled.
Suddenly, they heard a shrill ring tone echoing from inside Zoë's house, the front door of which they hadn't left yet.
"That's Rose's ring tone!" Kirsty cried, "Why's it coming from in there?"
"Rose must be here," Matt said, quietly, "Zoë's lied to us. I think I'm gonna have a quick snoop round. Keep an eye out for me."
He walked over to the side of the house and carefully peered into the first window he came across. He couldn't see anything as it was gloomy inside. He tried the next window but again, had no success. Suddenly, Matt noticed a small window, set very low down in the wall. Feeling Kirsty and Lauren's worried stares on his back; he dropped to his hands and knees and looked inside.
"Oh my God!" he gasped, upon seeing Rose sitting on the floor, looking bored out of her mind. He tapped gently on the window and watched as Rose glanced up, her face changing quickly from neutral to astonished.
"Matt!" he saw her mouth, desperately, "I'm trapped!"
"Are you OK?" he mouthed back, aware of the fact that he couldn't yell or he'd be caught. The situation had suddenly gotten a lot more serious.
Rose nodded. "Call the Doctor!" she said, putting her hand up to her ear as if speaking into a phone. "Go!"
Matt nodded and flashed her a thumbs up sign before quickly scurrying back to where Lauren and Kirsty were anxiously waiting.
"Come on," he hissed, "We need to get away from here fast."
The girls threw him confused looking glances but followed him as he ran off, neither of them noticing Zoë watching them intently from an upstairs window.
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"Matt, what's going on?" Lauren panted, as they banged on the front door of Jackie's flat,
"Mrs. Tyler," Matt said, the minute she opened the door, "I need to call the Doctor immediately. It's an emergency, Rose is in trouble!"
Jackie's breath hitched. "OK then, the numbers next to the 'phone,"
"Thanks!" Matt said and ran into the flat.
The girls followed him, their eyes wide.
"Do you know what's going on?" Jackie asked them,
"We're not sure," Kirsty replied, slowly, "Me and Lauren were out looking for Rose as she suddenly disappeared last night with Zoë. Then Matt came along and joined us and we went to Zoë's house. She told us Rose wasn't there but when Matt rang her mobile, we heard it in Zoë's house so Matt decided to have a look around and he must have seen something as he came tearing back to us and told us to run and we ended up here."
Jackie's face paled and then all heads turned towards Matt as he re-entered the room.
"What did you see, Matt?" asked Lauren, almost timidly,
"I saw Rose," replied the young man, "She was trapped in what appeared to be Zoë's cellar. We managed to communicate and she mouthed at me to call the Doctor. So I did. Except…" He shook the 'phone still clasped in his right hand. "No-one's answering."
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