"Well? Have you come to save me?"

"Yes." The Doctor waved a hand by his side discreetly, and those still standing backed away slowly.

"Do you think I am stupid?" Rose smiled. The people behind her stopped mid-step, frozen, their eyes flickering from side to side in panic. "You can't save her now," she laughed.

Jack stepped forward. "Save who? Who are you?"

"You do not know me? I made you." The captain's eyes widened and he backed off.

"Rose," began the Doctor slowly, "let those people go, and come with me."

"I am not Rose."

"Who are you?"

"I do not have a name."

"Then I'll call you Rose. Come with me to the TARDIS. Jack can come too, if you want."

"The TARDIS?" Rose laughed again. "You do not know what you are asking, Doctor."

"Come with me, or I'll take you with me."

The people behind her who were held frozen fell backwards, finishing their steps, and a few of them turned on their heels and ran. Rose smiled smugly at the Doctor.

"Lead the way."

The three began the walk towards the TARDIS, which was partially hidden by a wall at the end of the road, Rose in front followed by the Doctor and Jack, who gestured to the police officers in a 'don't even think about following' fashion. Halfway there, Rose stopped.

"What?" Jack asked, his hand unconsciously reaching for his gun. He cursed himself when he realised; how could he think about shooting Rose?

She turned slowly to face them again, the look of amusement replaced by terror. "Doctor? I told you to leave me! Why are you here?"

"What the…Rose? Is that you?" The Doctor took her by the shoulders and searched her face, confused. She began to cry.

"No more tears, I didn't want tears…help me, Doctor, please," she cried, and he stared in disbelief as the tears dried from her cheeks instantly and the smirk reappeared. Rose looked down at his hands in disgust and jerked them away.

"Enough's enough, Doctor," whispered Jack as they approached the TARDIS. They nodded to each other, and in one swift motion grabbed Rose, picked her up and hurried into the mercifully unlocked ship, bundling her into the captain's chair.

"You like to think I didn't expect that, don't you?" she laughed, swinging her legs over the side of the chair and leaning back comfortably. "I can see everything. I can see all of you, Doctor. I could do to you in an instant what I did to the Daleks."

"You don't scare me. Give me back my Rose."

"You're right. You're not scared, but he is." She smiled at Jack. "Would you like to know what I see now?" The captain swallowed nervously. "I see heartbeats. His are calm. Yours are fast – you're scared! And I know why. Because you have tried to convince yourself that you were wrong, and that the tests were wrong, and that it was all your imagination, but it isn't. You know that now."

"Jack, what the Hell is she talking about?" asked the Doctor, completely lost by now, and not liking it at all.

"Now really, Doctor, how can you not know? Doesn't register up here, does it? So used to finding nothing that you do not try anymore."

Realisation hit him, and he turned to Jack slowly, not taking his eyes off the man's chest. Under normal circumstances he supposed this would be the point where a comment or two would be made. He looked for a few seconds, reeling as if he'd been punched in the stomach. When he looked back at Rose, his face was pure anger.

"Let her go. Now. Let her go or I will make you realise what fear REALLY is!" Rose laughed, childlike glee in her voice. "GIVE ROSE BACK TO ME!"