The Oncoming Storm a.k.a Very Angry Doctor
The Doctor pounded along the way towards the castle taking giant strides.
Samantha, who was much shorter and did not have very long legs like the Doctor, had to run to keep up with him.
Seeball, who had been leading since they left the house, now was being out walked by the Doctor as he walked ahead in a fit of rage.
Samantha sighed. The King was going to be visited by a very angry Timelord.
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And the Timelord's anger had resulted in them being thrown in a dungeon.
'Which is great' thought Samantha, as she made herself comfortable on the cold and dirty floor, 'At least now I don't have to go to that Christmas Eve party.'
She watched as the Doctor tried to open the doors with his sonic screwdriver. But all his efforts were in vain.
Laying her head against the coolness of the wall, she closed her eyes and remembered how terrible their adventure had been ever since they reached the castle.
Flashback
"I'm going to have to leave you here" said Seeball when they neared the castle doors but not enough so that the guards could see them, "I'm sorry, but I can't let them know I had anything to do with it. Who knows what the King will do. I'm sorry"
And she looked like she really meant it and felt bad about to leaving them so Samantha said, "Don't worry, its fine. We understand"
She gave Seeball a reassuring smile. Seeball smiled back before turning and walking away.
Samantha turned back to the Doctor who was staring at the guards intently.
"So, how are we going to get through?" she asked.
"Like this" he said and took her hand. Walking up to the guards he said, "We would like to speak to the King, please."
They were led in through the doors. No questions like, "For what purpose?" or "Where are you from?" or even a simple, "Who are you?"
They were just lead in straight through. Without any hassle.
Samantha was disappointed.
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"I was hoping for a more adventurous way of getting through. Not just asking to be let in!" she said when they'd been guided into a room and were told to wait until the King was ready to speak to them.
"Why? What did you have in mind?" asked the Doctor. He seemed to have a cooled off a bit as he scanned the things inside the room. His curiosity won over his anger. For the moment.
"I don't know. Like a plan to get in without them seeing us. Tying them up and gagging them, holding them as ransom" said Samantha as she sat on the comfy looking armchair.
"Do you watch a lot of TV?" asked the Doctor.
"A bit yeah" she said.
"I can tell" said the Doctor and would have gone into a great discussion about why gagging people wasn't good when the door opened and a page came in.
"The King is ready to meet you" said the age before walking out.
"About time" said the Doctor as he walked out immediately followed by Samantha.
'Right' she thought, 'Now we're in trouble. Or the King is anyway'
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"Why do you want to take over the Earth?" was the first thing that the Doctor said to King Cracass.
No "Good evening your Majesty" or "So sorry to interrupt" or any other form of politeness. The Doctor went straight to the point.
This was probably why the King just sat there for a few minutes staring at them in bafflement before getting very angry and demanding why the Doctor was speaking to him with such disrespect.
The Doctor then went on a long tirade about how he wasn't going to be respectful to someone who thought that just because he was the King of one planet meant that he could take over other planets too. Just because he felt like it.
This made the King really angry than he already was. He turned a lovely shade of purple (which Samantha had never thought was actually possible) and all his four grey eyes burned with anger.
"Seize him and the girl and throw them in the dungeons" he shouted.
"I'm going to stop you Cracass. I'm not going to let you take over Earth" was the last thing the Doctor shouted before being pulled out of the room.
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"They didn't hurt you did they?" asked the Doctor as he sat next to her. The sonic screwdriver obviously wasn't going to help them get out.
"No. And that's because I came willingly unlike you who was screaming at the King and thrashing around wildly" she replied in matter of fact way.
There's silence as they are each lost in their own thoughts.
"I must say" she said, "I didn't expect to see why they call you the Oncoming Storm on the very first time"
The Doctor sighed.
"Sorry about this" he said waving his hand at the dungeon "Didn't really mean to get us thrown in here. On Christmas eve."
She sighed, "Don't worry about it. It doesn't matter really. I'd rather be here than on Earth. Where I'd have to go to a party and see everyone there having fun as they dance with the person they love, or like at least. I'd just be stuck there, trying very hard not to be a killjoy"
"You miss a lot don't you?" he asked.
"Yeah" she sighed. "What about you?" she asked after a moment of silence.
"Well, can't say I miss him as I didn't really know him but you know. Seemed like a good chap from your memories and he seemed to love you very much. And I'm using the word 'seemed' because you know, your memories are from your point of view and they might be different from someone else's point of view. Like me for example -"
He would have gone on and on if Samantha hadn't interrupted him, "I didn't mean him"
The Doctor knew that of course. He'd just chosen to interpret the question wrong so as to try and get out of answering it.
"Who then?" he asked trying to stall for time.
"Rose, Donna, Martha, Jack, Sarah Jane and everyone else?" she asked as she turned to face him and looked him in the eye.
He was about to steer away from the topic but decided that maybe answering truthfully wouldn't be as bad as he thought.
"Yeah" he said.
There was another moment of silence.
"So how do you propose we get out?" she asked when she couldn't take the silence anymore.
He grinned and took a pin out of his pocket. Holding it up, he said, "The old fashioned way"
Her wide grin matched his as she laughed.