Hangover. Massive hangover.
Enjoy.
The security camera in the corridor remained on and recorded nothing but empty space for a good six hours after, and was only disrupted when several thumps sounded from inside the cupboard. There was a hushed argument when someone stood on someone's foot, and then the cupboard door creaked open wide enough for a hand holding a screwdriver to silently sneak out and point it at the security camera again. As soon as the red light died and the camera switched itself off again, the door was flung open, and the Doctor tumbled out, groaning as fell against the opposite wall. Ezio and Leonardo wasted no time in following him, almost falling over as they flung out their arms and stretched appreciatively.
'Never again, Doctor,' Ezio muttered darkly as he pulled the both of his arms across his chest, grunting appreciatively.
'My back…' Leonardo moaned, leaning back with his hands on his hips, wincing when he heard his back crack.
'Stop whinging,' the Doctor snapped at them both. 'You would've thought you weren't used to small boxes by now.' He jumped on the spot, and twitched his head so his neck cracked. 'Right,' he said, rubbing his hands together before pulling out the museum map again. He paced up and down for a while, turning the map upside down and back again when, without looking up, he threw a finger down the corridor – back the way they'd come. 'That way!' He announced, marching smartly down the corridor. Still grumbling, Leonardo and Ezio followed him, still stretching out their aching muscles as much as they could.
The corridor remained empty before the Doctor's hand snuck around the corner, holding the screwdriver. It buzzed, and the camera turned back on, just missing the flash of tweed as it was snatched back from around the corner.
But recording that the cupboard door had seemingly opened all on its own.
'Doctor, what exactly is it that we're looking for?'
'None of this stuff,' the Doctor said, not looking up from the museum map as he waved dismissively at the glass cases he was leading them back through. There was something different about them, now that the lights were off and no one else was around. Ezio wasn't sure he liked it. He said very little and kept glancing nervously at the displays that towered over them. His wrist twitched occasionally.
'Then what?' Leonardo demanded impatiently.
'Secret stuff, stuff that the museum people don't want normal people looking at, but the stuff they'll show the right kind of people – the good stuff, basically, and it'll be around here somewhere, somewhere hidden, except I can't find it because I'm not being observant enough,' he halted suddenly, and wheeled around on the spot, startling Leonardo. Ezio nearly walked into him, but instead watched as the Doctor lifted a finger and pointed at them both, suddenly incensed. 'You know, I've got a friend, and all he does is observe. It gets right on my nerves, because when he sees something he doesn't even tell anyone, he just does this,' with a sour look, the Doctor flicked up the collar of his jacket, and glared at Ezio and Leonardo. 'He doesn't tell me, not even anyone. No, we've got to guess, and I don't like guessing, not when there's stuff. So stop whining and start observing.' The Doctor went to turn away from a perplexed Ezio and Leonardo, but suddenly turned around, smoothing out his collar again as he talked. 'Actually, remind me to give him a call when all this is done. The last time we met he'd…fallen…into some trouble.'
The Doctor lapsed into a sudden silence that both Ezio and Leonardo found troubling, so they began to look around them. Leonardo saw something, and patted the Doctor on the arm.
'Doctor?'
'Mm? Yes?'
'"Staff Only", what does that mean?'
'Oh, it's just a place where only people that work here are allowed to go,' the Doctor said dismissively, waving the suggestion away before he suddenly realised what he'd said. He pushed in between Leonardo and Ezio, pulling the screwdriver from his pocket and pressing it against the handle. The door unlocked in an instant, and the Doctor opened the door. He wasn't encountered with a corridor as he'd been expecting, but instead a stairway which descended abruptly into darkness. He deactivated the screwdriver and held out his hand behind him, expecting the torch. After realising what he wanted after a few second's pause, Ezio scrambled to take his satchel from his shoulder and awkwardly hand the Doctor the torch. He took it without a word, and shone the light down the stairs.
'I think it might be down here…' he said softly.
Reaching around behind him, he motioned to Ezio and Leonardo to follow him. And they did, creeping down the stairs gently, leaving the old relics to gather dust all on their own.
So there's an extra reference in there because I have a problem.
Excuse me while I go nurse a headache.
