A-Levels and Aliens

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Rose came to with a groan and opened her eyes slowly. Immediately, she scrambled up, leaning against the wallpapered wall and staring around, trying desperately to remember what had happened and how she'd got here…wherever 'here' was. The room she was in was small, light and bare with no furniture at all and nothing on the walls except a horrible yellow flowery wallpaper that was slowly peeling away. The carpet was threadbare and colourless with dubious looking stains on.

Rose glanced around, taking in the door and window. She darted to the ordinary looking door and tugged at the metal handle, wishing for it to open but it didn't. There was no obvious way of keeping it locked on her side of the door so there must be a bolt or some kind of contraption on the other side. Next she tried the window that was in good need of a clean, both inside and out. It looked to be a push up window but when she tried, it didn't work. She obviously needed a key to release the latch.

Realising that she had run out of escape options, Rose looked outside, hoping that it would help her work out where she was. The first thing she noticed was that the ground was a long way away- she must be on the second floor at least. There was an un-kept garden below her and then an empty road. She assumed that she was still in London as she could see lots of high-rise buildings beyond the neighbouring houses and could hear traffic through the single glazing windows.

Rubbing her left arm unconsciously as she thought about what to do now, Rose became aware of a patch on her arm that hurt when she touched it. Pushing up her t-shirt sleeve and idly wondering where her jacket was, she noticed a tiny pinprick on her skin that hadn't been there before.

What on earth had happened?

Screwing up her face in concentration, Rose thought hard, struggling to remember…She had been in the Camden Markets with Jack… he had started flirting with that guy so she had moved on… she had taken off her jacket in order to try another on from a nearby clothes stall… and then she'd suddenly felt somebody grab her from behind and a sharp pain in her upper left arm and then… nothing. Rose rubbed the pinprick again. She must have been injected with a drug of some sort to make her fall unconscious or something.

Suddenly, she heard the door being unbolted and opened but she stayed staring out of the window, arms crossed. She was pretty certain that she knew who would be standing there.

"Hello Rose. Long time no see."

Rose sighed, her heart pumping furiously.

"Hi Zoë."

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This can't be happening!

The Doctor paced round and round the TARDIS console, his hand ruffling through his hair in agitation as he waited for Jack to return so they could find Rose.

Why didn't I go with them? I could have stopped this from happening! Oh God, why didn't I go? No, no, I can't blame myself now. There'll be time enough for that later.

He collapsed onto the Captain's Chair, his face in his hands. He desperately hoped that Rose was alright. It had to be the Ziola; no-one else had the motive to kidnap his angel. He knew that Rose had been kidnapped now. Jack was about to hang up earlier when he had suddenly spotted Rose's jacket on the floor next to a clothes stall. It was her favourite and she would never leave it behind. Jack had questioned the stall owner, who said that she had seen a young blonde woman at her stall about ten minutes previously and she had been about to try on a jacket when two other people came up behind her and she seemed to leave quite happily with them. That was the bit that worried the Doctor the most. Why would Rose walk away happily with the Ziola?

The sound of the TARDIS door bursting open interrupted the Doctor from his musing and he looked up.

"Jack!"

"Doctor!"

"It's gotta be the Ziola, Jack,"

"I think you're right," replied the pale ex- Time Agent, "D'ya think we should go and check out that house where they kept Rose before?"

"Good idea," said the Doctor, glad that Jack had thought up an idea. His brain was refusing to co-operate at the moment. "Let's go."

The two men ran the entire way to where they hoped Rose was. The house looked exactly the same as it did the previous November except there were less leaves littering the floor and more on the trees.

The Doctor pounded on the front door, ignoring the horrible feeling in his gut that told him the house was deserted. He pulled out the sonic screwdriver and unlocked the door before quickly searching every room in the dark and dusty building. Finally, he returned to the main hallway, breathing heavily as he realised his gut feeling had been right all along.

Rose wasn't here.

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"What do you want, Zoë?" Rose asked, still not bothering to turn around,

"The same as we did last time. Bad Wolf to resurrect our species," replied the alien,

"You still don't get it, do you?" Rose snapped, finally turning around. Zoë still looked the same as ever. "I don't know how to do that. Just get it into your thick head!"

Zoë leapt forward and slapped Rose sharply across the face. "Don't ever call me thick again! I am a Ziola. We are more intelligent than the entirety of your miserable race put together!"

Rose smirked, ignoring her stinging cheek. "Then why don't you start showing it?"

Zoë growled, an ugly expression appearing on her face. "You just made a big mistake, Rose Tyler," she said, softly. She hit out and her fist connected with Rose's face before starting to pummel her stomach. Rose twisted over, trying to protect herself from the blows. Zoë kicked out and Rose fell over with a thud, curling up into the foetal position while trying to hit back. It was near impossible, unfortunately, due to her position. Suddenly, she found herself winded as Zoë's foot crashed through her defences and impacted with her stomach, swiftly followed by another. She gasped for breath while staring up at Zoë through pain- induced teary eyes.

"Pathetic," Zoë snarled, "Where's your precious Doctor now, Rose? Huh? Where is he?"

Rose struggled to take in a deep breath as Zoë slammed and bolted the door behind her. She reached up to fiddle with her necklace, hoping desperately that her saviour was on his way.

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"What the hell do we do now?" Jack raged, striding around when they had returned to the TARDIS, "We've got no leads, nothing!"

The Doctor sat on the metal floor, the nervous energy in his body making him fiddle with his suit jacket buttons, while he listened to Jack rant.

"I mean, why the hell do the Ziola keep picking on Rose anyway? What's she ever do to them?" Jack continued, furiously, "She's just a sweet, innocent young woman! Can't they just leave her alone?"

"They probably still want Bad Wolf," the Doctor sighed, "I just wish I knew where she was!" Suddenly, he had an idea. "What did Rose have on her?"

"Just her normal stuff," Jack said, "Why?"

"The TARDIS could track her if she has anything that has the TARDIS in," the Doctor explained, urgently,

"Like the Superphone!" Jack said in excitement, before his face dropped, "No, she left that here. Damn!"

"Erm… her TARDIS key!" the Doctor cried, standing up and racing to the control panel. He quickly keyed in some commands and then his face lit up. "She's locating it! Oh my beautiful ship!"

The two men eagerly watched for a few moments before the screen displayed the key's location.

"Yes!" Jack cheered, before looking again, "Hang on, that's saying it's in here..!"

The Doctor felt both his hearts plummet. "Her jacket," he said, hoarsely, before striding over to where Jack had left it, hung over a railing on his return. He picked it up and felt in the pockets before swearing loudly and pulling out a small golden key. "C'mon, there's got to be something else!"

"Her necklace!" Jack shouted, "The one you gave her for Christmas!"

"Of course!" the Doctor cried, "That was the whole point of giving it to her so I could find her if this sort of thing happened. Why on earth didn't I think of it before?"

"You've thought of it now, come on!" Jack urged.

The Doctor typed in new commands and breathlessly waited for the new location to appear.

"It's moving," Jack said, watching as the small gold dot shifted ever so slightly across the screen, "It's got to be her! Where is she?"

The Doctor scanned the screen intently. "North West London, street called Camden Lane. I'm locking the TARDIS onto it." He pulled a few levers and the familiar drone of the engines rose up. A few seconds later, they cut away. "We're near Rose. She'll be somewhere around but the TARDIS can't get any closer."

Jack nodded. "I guess we're near the markets." He sighed heavily. "I can't believe I let her be kidnapped right under my nose! If only I hadn't spent so long flirting with that guy! I should have stayed with her!"

"You did what?" the Doctor growled, "You mean to say that you were flirting while Rose was being kidnapped? You complete and utter idiot! I trusted you to look after her, Jack! I can't believe you!"

"Look, I'm sorry, alright!" Jack exclaimed, "I really am but us standing here arguing isn't helping Rose!"

The Doctor glared at him. "You're right. So now I'm going to go out and find her alone…"

Jack winced but nodded, understanding.

"…And I hope for your sake that she's OK!"

And with that, the Doctor took one last glance at the TARDIS' screen before sweeping out of his ship, his long overcoat billowing out behind him.

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Rose bit her lip, trying desperately to not scream out loud as the ray swept up and down her body. She had been dragged roughly from her original room, down two flights of stairs and into another room, where the as-yet unnamed Ziola was waiting. Zoë and Zach placed her against a wall and shackled her hands and feet to the wall and removed her top. She'd then looked in front of her and seen a sort of ray gun pointed straight at her.

"You will use Bad Wolf to resurrect our species," stated the other male Ziola, who had introduced himself as Zed before commencing,

"No," Rose gasped out, finding breathing to be painful and fighting the urge to hold her chest in order to relieve the pain,

"Very well," Zed smirked, before pressing a button again, allowing the ray to scan her again. The pain was immense, and added to her already aching body, made Rose feel as if she was about to die. Beginning to feel dizzy, she choked out, "I can't! I'm not just saying it 'cause I won't, I really truly can't!"

Zed pressed the button again, making Rose scream out loud, much to her dismay and shame. "Please, I can't!" she pleaded, feeling tears begin to gather in her eyes,

"Very well. We'll take a break from this for the time being," Zed said, after a moment, "Zach, it's your turn."

Zoë took the hand of the man she had originally introduced as her uncle and the two walked out, leaving Rose and Zach alone. He walked up to her and gently ran his hand down the side of her face before tutting. "Oh Rose, Rose, Rose. What do you look like now? And you looked so beautiful before,"

"Fuck you!" she spat,

"That's not the way a well mannered young woman should speak," Zach taunted, "Are you going to teach that sort of language to your baby?"

Rose froze. "What baby? I'm not pregnant!"

"Oh, aren't you? Why, haven't you and your darling Doctor had sex yet?"

"That's none of your business!" Rose retorted,

"Oh Rose, I'm sorry! Doesn't your Doctor want you, pretty little thing like you?" Zach ran his hands across her bare stomach. She desperately tried to shy away but the shackles pinning her to the wall didn't let her.

"Of course he wants me. He showed me how much he does!" Rose blurted out, before realising her mistake. Zach simply raised his eyebrows and smirked.

"So, I heard you had a death in your family recently," he said,

"Yeah, my Uncle Jim," Rose said, cautiously, not sure where this was going, "He was on one of the trains that crashed last January,"

"I know,"

"How do you…" Rose's eyes widened. "You caused that crash. You killed him and a load of other innocent people! You bastard!" She fought the shackles furiously, wanting to tear this evil alien limb from limb. "How could you?"

Zach grinned maliciously. "Easy. All I had to do was inject the driver of the oncoming train with a special Ziola manufactured mind controlling drug and get him to ignore the next stop sign. Simple. Much like doing exactly the same thing to you earlier,"

"You murderer!" Rose hissed, between clenched teeth, feeling panic rise in her chest.

I need to get out of here now! But how..?

"It was fun," Zach said, "You feeling alright up there?"

"I dunno, feel like I'm about to faint," Rose murmured, closing her eyes and nodding her head forward slightly. She did in truth feel dizzy but not to the extent that she was letting on.

"Aww," Zach cooed, "Suppose I'd better take you back to your luxurious accommodation so you can sleep it off. Don't want you fainting in the middle of our little sessions. It would spoil the fun, you not being able to scream and all." His palm slapped a nearby button and Rose's shackles snapped undone, causing her to fall face first onto the stone floor. She knelt gingerly, rubbing her sore wrists before feeling herself being pulled up from behind, Zach gripping her firmly by the shoulders. She kept her head down, feigning tiredness as he captor pushed her out of the room and into the main hallway where the front door was.

Now!

Suddenly jerking her head up, Rose readied her arms in the defensive position before crashing her elbow back into Zach's stomach.

Solar plexus

She then stamped back on the side of his foot…

Instep

…before raising her left fist up to knock Zach's face…

Nose

…and then swinging it back down to hit him hard between the legs.

Groin!

Zach immediately released her as he bent over in pain. Rose quickly snatched up her t-shirt from where he'd dropped it on the floor and ran to the front door, thanking her lucky stars that it was an easy latch door and she'd had an obsession with watching Miss Congeniality when she was younger. She had watched it everyday for nearly a month before getting bored but she still came back to it from time to time.

She bolted out of the door and randomly turned right, not having any real idea where she was. Breathing shallowly, Rose ran as fast as her sore and bruised legs could take her, not daring to look behind her to check if Zach or the other Ziola were chasing her. Her heart dropped like a stone when she heard someone behind her shouting;

"Rose! Come back!"

Desperately looking around for a sign to tell her where she was, she noticed an alleyway to her right. Not seeming to have any other choice as the road ahead seemed to be purely residential, she took it only to find herself sprawled on the floor as she tripped over an unseen stone. Dragging herself to her knees, feeling her palms sting sharply, Rose tried to crawl forwards before giving up with a cry of despair as her body hurt too much and she was really started to get dizzy. Tasting something murky in her mouth, she spat out and was horrified to see blood mixed in with her saliva. Hearing running footsteps coming nearer and nearer, Rose curled herself into a ball, tears falling down her cheeks.

This was it.

This was the end.

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