At the Pool
"Banzai!" Joey yelled as he splashed into the pool. It was a large beautiful thing with many ocean related scenes painted on the bottom and sides. The steps up to the slides were decorated with beautiful murals. It was an excellent place to be on that warm evening and the TARDIS crew had the whole pool to themselves.
The Doctor was on the board preparing for a dive; "Watch this everybody!" He splashed into the water and Yugi and Joey clapped.
"I give it a six" Donna commented from where she was tanning.
"A six! Now I know you're just being difficult.
Joey asked if Yugi was having fun; "Of course I am. The water feels great!"
"My only problem is that there are no pretty girls here to look at."
"Joey!"
"Come on Yugi" he said as he lowered his voice "I know that you're a little devil at times. You like to peek."
Yugi blushed but didn't say anything. He floated on his back and began to gaze at the clouds. "Doctor, can we stay as long as we like?"
"I don't see why not. You and Joey are fun to have around. Just be careful; keep in mind that you have a very good life to return to."
"I know but it's going to be hard to go back."
Joey said "We're supposed to be relaxing so stop it with the serious talk."
"Okay! Is this silly enough for you?" He splashed Joey right in the face who instantly reciprocated. The resulting splash war carried on for several minutes with the Doctor and Donna watching with interest.
"That was fun" Joey said "now what?"
The Doctor suggested a race and Yugi exited the pool to give them room. "On your mark" he called out "get set, go!"
The teen and the Time lord were neck in neck for several laps but Joey won by a hair.
"You are really good at this."
"Thanks! Let's hit the slides."
The tree guys rushed up the stairs and all lined up to go down the slide. Yugi, who was last in line, looked down upon the slide with a smile. As you zipped down, all the scenes in the mural flashed past in a very cool effect. It was his turn so he zoomed down towards the pool thoroughly enjoying himself. In the mural he glanced the image of a lady in white and instantly felt a blow to the head.
Joey was the first to notice as the unconscious Yugi shot out and sank to the bottom of the pool. He didn't even take time to cry out as he dove and grabbed his friend. Yugi's body was unnaturally heavy, as if something were trying to keep it at the bottom. The Doctor was quickly at his side and together they heaved Yugi onto the ground beside the pool.
"He's going to be alright, isn't he!"
"We'll just see Joey." He checked for a pulse and checked to see if he was breathing. He sighed with relief and began to examine Yugi's head.
"I can find no obvious sign of injury."
"Come on wake up!" Joey shouted as he violently shook his friend.
"Careful" Donna cautioned and the Doctor agreed "Be gentle Joey."
Yugi's eyelid's fluttered and he sat up. Joey and Donna instantly smothered him in hugs of relief while the Doctor looked back up the slide but found nothing out of the ordinary.
"What happened?" Donna asked.
"I don't know. I felt something hit me and then everything went black."
"Anything else?" the Doctor prompted.
"Right before it happened I saw a painting of a lady in a white dress. I don't think I'd ever noticed her before."
"Just like in the dinning room" Joey exclaimed "One minute she was there and the next she wasn't."
"Something odd is going on" the Doctor commented "I think we've had enough time in the pool for today."
Everyone agreed and they all returned to the locker rooms to change. The Doctor was very quiet as he pulled his clothes on and Yugi was concerned.
"Doctor, are we in serious danger?"
"I have no idea what we're up against so it's hard to say. What happened to you may just be an unlucky coincidence."
"We aren't leaving are we?" Joey asked
"Oh no! We have free rooms and we're going to use them. Just be careful."
"We will."
"Good; now let's go find Donna and have supper."
The boys agreed but the Doctor watched every painting carefully as they travelled to the dining room.
