Chapter Twenty Nine
"Let me out!!!" Donna screamed as she pounded on the door leading out of the fairy tale room.
For the past ten minutes after she realized the door was locked, she had been trying everything she could think of to get out again. She nearly screamed herself hoarse and pounded on the door until her fists hurt before slumping against the door in exhaustion. It was then that the door to the Sleeping Beauty room slowly came ajar.
"Oh no you don't. I'm not going in there, not after that maniac almost tried to kill me in the other room."
She winced and covered her ears when suddenly a loud horn blared out, nearly deafening her. It continued on and on as the Sleeping Beauty door opened wider. Facing possibly deafness, Donna sprinted for it and slammed the door shut, sighing with relief when the horn stopped. She turned, tried the door and let out a yell of frustration when she found it was locked.
"What the hell is this place?" she yelled.
She looked around and noticed she was in another large banquet hall of a castle. The walls and floor were made of stone blocks and there were twenty tables arranged neatly with long purple tablecloths on them that had gold trim and a royal crest on the side that was also in gold. She paused, collected her thoughts and tried to remember what went on in Sleeping Beauty.
"Okay, am I at the part where she's asleep or somewhere earlier than that?"
Just then a door on the far side of the room opened and people dressed in medieval outfits began filing in and sitting at the tables. Donna stayed back by the door and watched them warily as they slowly marched inside. Last to come in was a Jack bot and Ianto bot, both dressed regally in matching purple outfits, cloaks and gold crowns. They sat down at the head of a table closest to the door and then skinny servants came in bearing the food on silver platters. She watched as other servants brought in plates, dishes, glasses and cutlery and sat them in front of each guest. No one ate though; all were watching Jack and Ianto who were sitting quietly and watching them in turn.
Finally when the dishes and glasses and silverware had been arranged and the food placed in between the guests, the servants all filed out and the door was closed behind them. Jack rose from his chair and everyone stopped talking and gave him their full attention.
"My people, today is a joyous day! I have given birth to a beautiful daughter!"
"What?" Donna said.
"My husband and I have been waiting for a child since we first found out I could conceive one and now we have an heir to my throne."
He smiled when everyone applauded, except for Donna who was stunned that Jack supposedly gave birth.
"I have called this feast to celebrate the occasion and show off my Aurora to everyone. Also, the good fairies of the kingdom have told me they wish to bestow gifts on the child. I just hope it's not a Porsche, eh, everyone?" he said as everyone laughed. "I'm just kidding. Let the feast commence!"
Everyone dug into the food while Donna walked up towards Jack and Ianto who were currently feeding each other bits of mutton and gazing longingly into each other's eyes. Jack paused when he noticed Donna was right behind Ianto and lowered the bit of mutton in his fingers.
"Yes? Is there something you need?" he said as he and Ianto looked at her.
"How do you get out of here?" Donna asked him.
"I'm sorry?" Jack said, confused.
"How…do…you…get…out…of…the…flippin'…fairy…tale…room!" Donna said, saying each word slowly and clearly.
Jack and Ianto shared a confused look.
"You go out a thing called a door to get outside," Jack said as if he was talking to a moron.
"Dear, perhaps this is one of the so-called Village Idiots we've heard about," Ianto said to Jack.
"Oh! Yes, my Boo-boo, I think you might be right. Hello there, Village Idiot, I'm glad you decided to come with the normal people and enjoy the feast. Have some mutton. That's what this is," Jack said, pointing to the platter of mutton in front of him.
"I know what mutton is," Donna muttered as she walked over to an empty seat.
Jack and Ianto observed her as she put a bit of food on her plate. Jack leaned in to Ianto.
"Fascinating. I always imagined the village idiot would be all dirty and drooly and wild eyed but she seems perfectly normal."
"Perhaps she's just getting started in her chosen profession," Ianto muttered to him.
"Ah, yes, you could be right. Just goes to show you never know who the local jackass is nowadays. Anyway, where were we?" Jack said, picking up a bit of mutton.
The Doctor opened up door number nineteen and peeked inside. He noticed there was an elegant bedroom. The walls were covered with scarlet red wallpaper and there was a wooden four poster bed along the back wall that had scarlet curtains hiding the bed from view. Beside it was a small bedside table and on the left side was a chest of drawers and a big wooden trunk. On the other side of the wall was a wooden bookcase filled with books and two mounted wall lamps on either side of it.
"Rose?" he called out.
"Yes?"
The Doctor's attention was drawn to the bed when he heard Rose's voice behind the curtains.
"Ah! There you are, you slipperly little eel. I was wondering where you swanned off to," the Doctor said, walking over to the bed.
"Come to me," he heard Rose purr.
"Okey-dokey," the Doctor said.
He pulled back a scarlet curtain and blinked in surprise when he saw Rose lying on the bed in white silk lingerie. She was giving him a come hither look as she beckoned to him.
"Um, what's…going on?" the Doctor said, trying not to look directly at her heaving bosom.
"This…is a seduction," Rose moaned.
"Mmm, well, I'm not in the mood right now. I thought we were on a scavenger hunt."
"We are. I have things hidden on my body. Hunt for them," Rose said.
"Yeah, that's funny, Rose. Get up off the bed, get dressed and come on," the Doctor said to her.
"Mmmm, speaking of coming on, why don't you do just that all over me?"
The Doctor sighed angrily.
"Fine, fine, you wanna play temptress, you can do it on your own time. I'd rather search for things. So goodbye, Rose, I'll be outside looking through the other rooms whenever you get done with your roleplaying."
He lowered the curtain and started to walk back towards the door.
"What's wrong, Doctor? Scared?"
The Doctor froze and looked back at the curtain.
"Scared of what?" he said.
"Of me," he heard Rose say. "Of us. You know, we've only held hands and kissed, we've never gone beyond that. Why?"
"Because I didn't feel a need to," the Doctor said.
"But you've wanted to, right?" Rose purred. "All those times you've looked at me, you wanted me and now here I am, ready and willing, and you're going to just walk out the door?"
The Doctor frowned.
"Rose, what's gotten into you? Why are you acting this way?"
"Oh, come off it, Doctor. Deep down inside you're wanting this just as much as me," Rose said.
"No, I'm not," the Doctor lied.
"Come to me, Doctor. I can be yours forever if you just let me," Rose moaned. "I can be your everything! I've longed for you, Doctor. Ease my longing."
The Doctor approached the bed warily. He and Rose were a couple but they had never gone beyond kissing and handholding and for Rose to act this way set off red flags in his mind. He pulled back the curtain and was shocked when he noticed Rose was now completely naked, her lingerie scattered across the bed as she cupped her breasts with her hands and gave him a seductive look.
"Right, I think I'll be going now," the Doctor said as he quickly dropped the curtain and ran towards the door.
He tried it and grunted when he couldn't get it open. He tried his screwdriver on it and found to his horror it had been deadlock sealed.
"Doctor!"
He looked back at Rose who was coming towards him, only now instead of the seductive look. She had a look of malice on her face.
"You will come to bed with me," she growled at him, "or else…"
