Meanwhile, back at the church

As a naked future Rose Tyler pounced on her and tried to strangle her, the woman who used to be Marcie Ross could not help wishing that she was at least a tad bit bi so that she could better appreciate the situation. It was not that the feel of future Rose's uncovered breasts pressing up against her own chest was unpleasant; indeed, if not for the whole strangulation thing, Marcie might have enjoyed that. But the rest of the physical experience seemed lost on her -- though the proximity of future Rose's naked vagina to her own covered loins did make Marcie feel a wee bit uncomfortable.

Then finally Marcie heard the voice of 1860 Drusilla shout, "Rose! Stop that this instant! Get off that woman and come here! You heard me! Come here now!"

Future Rose immediately stopped strangling Marcie and ran over to the side of the woman who was apparently the younger version of Marcie's employer.

But no sooner had future Rose got there than Marcie heard a voice from the opposite direction cry, "Rose! Come here! Obey your Mistress!"

It was Darla, of course, and to Marcie's surprise, future Rose actually responded to her commands.

"Rose!" shouted Drusilla. "Come back here! Ignore that woman!"

"No, Rose!" shouted Darla as she smirked in Marcie's direction. "Come over here! Come to your true Mistress!"

The two women kept shouting commands at poor future Rose until finally the poor girl collapsed upon the floor.

As Darla smiled a triumphant smile in Drusilla's direction, Marcie said, "What the hell" and reached for the gun in her ankle holster.

But no sooner had Marcie pulled out her gun than she felt it being snatched away.

Suddenly she looked up to see Darla staring down at her and aiming her own gun at her face.

"I really should kill you now," said Darla, "just for being dumb enough to bring a loaded gun to a vampire fight. There's no way you can kill me with it and if it got too bothersome, I could always take it away from you like I just did. Any last words, MarcieIMeanCordelia?"

"Grandmother!" shouted future Rose Tyler as she quickly stood up and ran over to Marcie's side. "Please don't kill her. Please. I beg you. I didn't really want her dead. I was just so worried that she might try to shoot you again."

"Aw, that's sweet," said Darla. "You really don't deserve a friend like that, MarcieIMeanCordelia. So I'll do you the favor of sparing your life..."

Future Rose breathed a sigh of relief.

Darla continued, "...And instead kill Rose."

And with that, Darla turned and fired Marcie's gun at future Rose at point-blank range.