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Author's Note: Here's the second part of the Tooth and Claw! :D Of course the Doctor and Sophie are going to have to pretend to be married! How fun is that?! And of course the TARDIS (Sexy) will continue to be playing matchmaker which is another awesome thing! Lol. Anyway, I won't keep you from reading any longer! Please leave reviews and tell me what you think of the second part! :D
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One of the footmen opened the door of the carriage and helped Queen Victoria out of it while Rose, the Doctor, and I stood with the soldiers once we made it to the place. There was a sign on the house and it said:
Torchwood House…
I didn't know why the name made me feel like it was going to be important one day. But before I had time to think about, a man came out of the house and approached the Queen with a monk behind him. I frowned to myself. There was something about him that made my stomach twist unpleasantly and it seemed to feel that way even more so when his eyes glanced at me. I flinched under his gaze and unconsciously moved closer to the Doctor who noticed this and looked at me with concern in his eyes.
"I'm fine," I told him quietly, knowing he was going to ask.
He stared at me for a moment before nodding but I could tell he didn't believe me, being the perceptive person that he was.
"You're Majesty," the man said, bowing to Queen Victoria who smiled at him.
"Sir Robert."
So this was Sir Robert? I realized, looking him over with narrowed eyes. There was something off about him too but not in the same way the monk was. It was a different kind of off. One that you couldn't see unless you looked really closely. I snapped out of my thoughts when Queen Victoria continued speaking.
"My apologizes for the emergency," she said. "And how is Lady Isobel?"
"She's…" Sir Robert seemed to hesitate as if he was thinking about what he was going to say but this didn't last that long. "Indisposed, I'm afraid – she's gone to Edinburgh for the season. And she's taken the cook with her – the kitchens are barely stocked…I wouldn't blame Your Majesty if you wanted to ride on."
I raised my eyebrow at him and from the corner of my eye, I saw the Doctor cock his head to one side, watching him. I wondered if he was thinking the same way I was. That Sir Robert seemed to want the Queen to stay away from here. But the Queen was having none of that.
"Oh, not at all!" she said happily. "I've had quite enough carriage exercise. And this is…" She paused as she took in the house before saying, still in a cheer tone. "Charming. If rustic. It's my first visit to this house. My late husband spoke of it often. The Torchwood Estate. Now, shall we go inside?"
Sir Robert looked reluctant but the Queen didn't notice but I did. The look in his eyes showed how reluctant he was. I wondered why he was being like this…
"And please excuse the naked girl," Queen Victoria said, nodding to Rose.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"She's a feral child, I bought her for sixpence in old London Town," the Doctor explained, coming up with a lie. "It was her or the Elephant, but the wife…" He nodded towards me. "Insisted on getting the girl because, well, who would want the Elephant?"
"Thinks he's funny," Rose said then she looked pointedly at Queen Victoria. "But I'm so not amused. What do you think, Ma'am?"
I stifled a giggle earning a nudge in the side by the Doctor, but he seemed to hiding his own smile.
"It hardly matters," she answered. She looked at Sir Robert. "Shall we proceed?" He nodded and they began to make their way into the house as Rose said quietly to the Doctor and me,
"So close."
"Sure, Rose, just keep thinking that," I teased and my friend stuck her tongue out at me childishly. I returned the gesture then to the Doctor, I told him, "Just you wait she's going to get that out of her."
"We'll see Sophie, we'll see," The Doctor said with amused smirk, not taking the bait.
"Oh yes we will," I said back and I giggled. If I didn't know any better, I would say we were flirting and just the thought of that made me blush internally. I bet Sexy would be laughing at me right now … cheeky cow that she was.
"Makerson and Ramsey, you will escort the Property," The Capitan said to two of his soldiers.
"Yes sir." The first one nodded and the second one said the same thing, nodding as well before one of the soldiers took a small wooden box from the carriage and started to carry it carefully to the house.
"What's in there then?" the Doctor asked, the interest clear in his voice.
"Property of the Crown," the Capitan answered. He gave the Doctor a look, "You will dismiss any further thoughts, sir?"
When he wasn't looking, the Doctor pulled a face to Rose and me. I stifled another giggle.
"The rest of you will go to the rear of the house. Assume your designated positions."
Another solider spoke to the other ones in a stern voice. "You heard the orders. Positions, sir."
The Doctor nodded towards the house and we followed behind the soldiers.
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Meeting up with Sir Robert and Queen Victoria, we followed them into the Observatory room followed by two of the monks including the one that gave me this bad feeling. The first thing anyone would take notice in the room would be this humungous telescope that was in the middle of the room. It was really amazing looking.
"This, I take it, is the famous Endeavour," Queen Victoria said, making it a statement rather than a question.
Sir Robert nodded. "All my father's work. Built by hand in his final years. Became something of an obsession – he spent his money on this rather than caring for the house or himself."
"I wish I'd met him, I like him," The Doctor said, smiling. "That thing's beautiful – can I um…?"
"I think my husband's asking if we could take a look," I told Sir Robert. "Right dear?" I looked at the Doctor, amusement in my eyes, obviously having fun with this pretending to be husband and wife.
"Yes, that's right, darling," The Doctor agreed, still smiling but his smile seemed to wide even more almost making me giggle. God this was fun… I took a look at Rose who was frowning, obviously not liking what happened. Now I wished that I didn't look…
"Help yourself," Sir Robert said.
The Doctor slipped his hand through mine, entwining our fingers together, and he tugged me in the direction of the telescope and the wheel that was next to it with Rose behind us.
"What did he model it on?" The Doctor asked Sir Robert as he let go of my hand to examine the telescope closer.
"I know nothing about it," he replied honestly. "To be honest, most of us thought him a little …shall we say, eccentric?"
The Doctor gave a dopey laugh as he bent down towards the telescope to look through it.
"I wish now I'd spent more time with him. And listening to his stories."
"It's a bit rubbish," The Doctor commented rudely, peering through the telescope."
Rose turned to me, hiding a huge grin as she stood next to me.
"How many prisms has it got? Way too many. The magnification's gone right over the top, that's stupid kind a—"Then he paused and quietly asked Rose and I, "Am I being rude again?"
"Just a little bit," I was the one to respond, showing how much with my fingers.
The Doctor quickly corrected himself, standing up, "But it's pretty. It's very…" He patted the telescope, putting a smile on his face. "Pretty."
Rose patted him fondly on the arm as I gave him a 'much better' expression while giving his hand a squeeze, unable to not think of how easy it was being this way with him. It was weird… but not unpleasant at all.
"And the imagination of it should be applaud," Queen Victoria said with a smile as she came closer to us.
"Couldn't agree with you more, your Majesty," I told her with a smile of my own. "There's nothing better than stargazing. It was one of my favorite things to do when I was a child with my father." And it was true; it was something I did with my Dad when he was alive. It was something I missed. I could feel my eyes tear up at the thought of my Dad.
Queen Victoria seemed to notice the sadness in my eyes. "You alright, dear?"
"Yes I'm fine," I mumbled quietly, rubbing my eyes, not noticing the fact that the Doctor was looking at me with concern.
Rose changed the subject. "I thought you might disapprove, Your Majesty," she said causing the Queen to look over at her. "Stargazing. Isn't that a bit fanciful." I smiled to myself, knowing that she was trying to get the Queen to say it again.
But she just stared at her.
"You could easily … not be amused, or something…?" Rose tried again but the Queen continued to stare at her. "No…?"
Queen Victoria finally spoke, but still stared at Rose. "This device surveys the infinite work of God."
The Doctor shook his head at Rose, a vague smile on his face. It was looking like he was going to win the bet but I just knew Rose would win…maybe not but soon.
"What could be finer? Sir Robert's father was an example to us all," Queen Victoria continued on. "A polymath. Stepped in astronomy and sciences, yet equally well versed in folklore and fairy tales."
"Stars and magic. I like him more and more." The Doctor wandered around the telescope to examine it more.
"Oh, my late husband enjoyed his company." Queen Victoria looked at me and Rose. "Prince Albert was aquatinted with many rural superstitions coming as he did from the Saxe Coburg."
Once he made his way around the telescope, the Doctor now stood behind Rose and whispered to us,
"That's Bavaria."
"Yes I know," I told him quietly and I really did. As I said, I read all about Queen Victoria and about her husband as well.
"You do?" The Doctor sounded surprised.
I titled my head to the side. "Why is that so surprising?"
"It's not," he said, scratching the back of his sheepishly.
I gave a him a 'really now?' expression but Queen Victoria didn't notice this exchange as she turned to Sir Robert.
"When Albert was told about your local wolf, he was transported," she told him with a smile.
"So, what's with this wolf then?" The Doctor asked.
"It's just a story."
"Then tell it," my fake husband pressed.
Sir Robert glanced around at the mock who gave me that bad feeling uncomfortably causing me to wonder why he was looking at him like that. Finally he looked back at us and said in haltingly sort of way,
"It's said that—"
But he was cut off.
"Excuse me sir," The monk said giving Sir Robert a warning look. "Perhaps her Majesty's party could repair to their. It's almost dark."
"Of course," Sir Robert agreed. "Yes, of course."
"And then supper," Queen Victoria said. "And … could we find some clothes for Miss Tyler? I'm tired of nakedness."
"It's not amusing, is it?" Rose asked pointedly.
But the Queen glanced around her and decided to ignore this comment and turned back to Sir Robert. I heard the Doctor mutter something to Rose and she poked him in the chest and I smiled to myself.
"Sir Robert, your wife must've left some clothes," the Queen said. "See to it." Once he nodded, she turned to me. "And perhaps, you could go with her Lady Sophie, and help her pick the right clothes wear." Rose scowled to herself but it was unseen and the Queen added, "If that's alright with your husband of course?"
"Of course she can," The Doctor answered, giving my hand a squeeze. "She can do what she wants. She does it all the time anyway." He gave me a teasing look.
"I resent that," I grumbled to myself quietly but the Doctor heard and he chuckled, leaning in to give me a kiss on the cheek but I glanced up at him so he ended up kissing the side of my mouth instead. My cheeks turned rosy as he pulled back making me take notice to the fact he was blushing too but his was a slight blush while mine was a bright one and you were able to see it as clear as day. We glanced away from each other at the same and I missed Rose glaring at us.
"We shall dine at seven," Queen Victoria told everyone in the room. "And talk some more about this wolf. After all…there is a full moon tonight."
"So there is, ma'am." Sir Robert said, bowing to her.
With that, she left the room with the others including the Doctor, Rose, and I followed behind her. After we were shown to one of the bedrooms in the Torchwood house, Rose went over to one of the wardrobes that were in the room and she picked out a brown dress, putting it up to herself before she turned to me where I was sitting on the bed.
"What about this one?" she asked.
I shook my head immediately. "No, brown isn't your color, Rose."
She looked herself in the mirror and nodded in agreement as she put up the dress before picking this white frilly blouse, again asking me what I thought. I gave my response and it must have been funny to her because she laughed and put the blouse up. Then she pulled out this blue dress, put it up to herself and twirled around for a moment before looking at me.
"This one?" she asked.
"I love it," I replied and I really did. Blue was defiantly Rose's color. As she sat down the dress on the bed next to me, I noticed that there was another wardrobe. "Maybe there might be something better there. I'll check it out.
Rose nodded and I stood up, crossing over to the wardrobe and I opened it up only to scream and jump at the sight of a young maid crouched inside the wardrobe, breathing heavily.
"What is it?" Rose asked worriedly and she ran over to me, her eyes widening at the sight of the maid sitting in there wardrobe.
A couple minutes later, we were sitting on the bed and the maid looked scared as she spoke up.
"They came through the house," she said shakingly. "The incitements, they took the Steward and the Master. And my Lady."
I grabbed her hand and squeezed, giving her a reassuring smile. "Everything's going to be fine Sweetheart. Listen we—"I nodded towards Rose before looking back at the maid, still with a reassuring smile on my face. "Have a friend – he's called the Doctor, he'll know what to do. I'm sure of it."
The maid didn't look too reassured but she didn't look that scared anymore.
"You've got to come with us," I continued.
But she shook her head immediately, the scared expression back on her face. "Oh, but I can't Miss."
I gave her another squeeze. "Yes, you can."
Deciding to help out, Rose grabbed her other hand and the maid looked at her. "What's your name?"
"Flora," The maid or now known as Flora answered.
"Flora, we'll be safe," Rose told her. "There's more people arrived downstairs – soldiers and everything, and they can help us. I promise."
"You just have to trust us, okay? Everything will be fine," I added in as my friend and I helped Flora from the bed and started to leave the room, together, telling her to come on quietly.
I was the first one to get to the door and peered cautiously out of it, glancing around. When I was sure it was clear, I grabbed Flora's hand and led her out of the room, down the corridor with Rose close behind. Just around the corner, there was a guard lying there and I gasped at the sight of him as I felt Flora squeeze my hand tightly, her eyes were wide.
"Oh Misses," she whispered then louder, fright in her voice, "I did warn you!"
Rose went over to him, kneeled, and felt his pulse.
"Rose?" I asked as I let go of Flora's hand and went over to my friend.
"He's not dead," Rose finally said, moving her hand away from the man's neck, glancing up at me "I don't think— he must have been drugged or something."
Before I could even ask who would do that, I heard muffled scream coming from Flora's direction but Rose and I didn't have to react because both of us were grabbed. I struggled in the monk's grip and I almost let out a scream to call the Doctor's name but my almost scream was muffled by a hand and I closed my eyes tightly, wondering what was going to happen to us.
TBC...
Oh no! Both Rose and Sophie have been captured by the monks! That's not good especially since they're gonna be stuck in a room with a werewolf! Talk about scary! So what did you think of the side on the mouth kiss the Doctor gave Sophie. Sure it was accident but it was a sweet accident! Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you think! Until next time on WITS! :D