Title :Beauty and the Beast

Chapter Four: Pissing off the Beast

Author:The Lady of Shadows

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Authors Note: This chapter drastically diverged from the movie. Rodney needed a different reason to throw Radek into the dungeon. Also thanks, Alison, my beta for this. Thank god your back!

Beauty and the Beast

Chapter Three: Pissing off the Beast

Radek stood in front of the fire, shudders shaking his frame. "Now let's get you warmed up!" Bates stated, once again snapping his fingers.

Two, oak coat racks scurried into the room, carrying a bunch of fluffy white towels and a colorful comforter. They headed toward Radek and began to vigorously dry him and his clothes off. Then they hustled him back into a comfy, leather chair and wrapping the thick comforter securely around him. The doors burst open once again and a trolley with a dark, brown teapot, a matching cup, and the fixings for tea wheeled up beside him.

Deep brown eyes regarded him for a moment. The teapot opened its mouth and a resonant voice intoned. "I am Holling, sir. Would you like some Athosian Ceremonial Tea to warm you up?"

Radek cautiously nodded, Holling the teapot, nodded, leaned forward and poured Radek a glass of piping hot tea. Holling looked at him, a slightly disapproving expression on his face, cocked his eyebrow at a spoon and asked, "One lump or two?"

Radek cleared his throat nervously and replied, "I prefer it black."

The disapproving expression rapidly cleared from his face into one of profound approval. "You sir, truly understand the perfection that is Athosian Ceremonial Tea!" Then muttered under his voice, "Unlike some people!"

Radek picked up his teacup and took a long, appreciative sip. He closed his eyes in bliss, as the hot drink coursed through his system, chasing out the last lingering chill. Radek looked curiously around him. Radek heard a loud barking and then a footstool came racing into the room, it stood on its two 'hind legs' and seemed to peer up at him curiously. "Hello, there boy," Radek murmured and patted the footstool on what seemed to be its head.

The footstool panted happily and licked his hand. The Teapot, Candelabra, and Clock exchanged glances then Holling smiled, stating happily, "It seems the Masters pet likes you!"

Everyone in the room nodded happily at this announcement and Radek got the feeling that they were all quite satisfied about it. Like the fact, that the Master pet liked him, meant something important. 'Why would it be important that the Masters dog …err pet, like him?' Radek hemmed into his tea cup, thinking about what it could mean. He was distracted though when his cup giggled and said, "That tickles!"

Radek turned the cup around and looked into a pair of brown eyes that exactly matched Holling's. "Hi there! I'm Jinto!" The teacup giggled.

The laughter was so infectious that Radek smiled back at Jinto and said, "Hi, I'm Radek Zelenka."

"It's nice to meetcha Mr. Zelenka! Do you like the castle?" Jinto happily beamed at Radek.

"Um, it's quite interesting." Came Radek's hesitant reply.

"Would ya like me to show ya around the castle?" little Jinto asked eagerly.

"Alright."

Jinto turned to Holling and asked, "Is it alright if I show Mr. Zelenka around Dad?"

Holling nodded and Jinto beamed happily, hopped off of Radek's hand and onto the trolley. From there he slid down the cloth that covered the trolley to floor. He hopped to the door and said, "Follow me, Mr. Zelenka!"

Radek got up and wrapped the comforter securely around his shoulders and followed the happily, hopping Jinto. They wandered through the castle, Jinto pointing out the best places to hide while playing hide and seek and similar such games. They eventually came to a set of stairs that led to the west part of the castle. "What's up this way?' Radek asked Jinto curiously.

"Oh, that's where the Master has his labs." Jinto responded.

"Labs?"

"Yes, the Masters labs. He does some kinds of experiments and stuff up there." Jinto shrugged apologetically, "I really don't know what he does up there. No one tells me anything."

Radek looked curiously up the stairs. "Labs," he murmured and then determination lit his eyes and he headed upward.

"Umm, Mr. Radek, I don't think we are allowed up there." Jinto called after Radek.

Radek turned and smiled down at Jinto, "Hmm, did your father forbid you to go up here?"

"Weeeelll, no but I think it was kinda implied." Jinto replied uneasily.

"Well if you weren't told not to then it's alright." Radek stated. "Aren't you a little bit curious Jinto?"

Jinto thought about it for a minute and then nodded decisively. "You're right, Mr. Radek!" Then he hopped up the stairs after Radek.

They passed by many doors until they came to one that had light glowing under the door. Radek opened the door and peered cautiously in. There was no one there and so they went it. On a table was a rose floating in mid-air under a glass dome. Radek ignored it for the more fascinating equations on black board in the back of the room. "Hmmm, it looks like your Master is working on the Hans Christian Anderson Therom. But," Radek frowns and looks around for a piece of chalk and chalk brush, "he's doing it all wrong!"

Radek proceeded to erase the latter half of the equations and put what he thought was the right one in, while Jinto looked on in horror. Radek had gotten half-way through when a deep voice screamed, "What have you done!"

Radek jumped back, dropping the piece of chalk, spinning around to face the voice. Radek's eyes widened in horror as he took in the figure before him, it was a Beast. It was about six feet tall, with brown fur (the tufts of fur on the top of the head looked kinda sparse, like the Beast had a receding hairline), huge fangs and claws. He also seemed to be kinda pudgy, like he didn't get enough exercise.

The Beast was staring at his chalk board in horror. "You moron, you destroyed months of hard work! I had almost finished my calculations and it would have blown the Hans Christian Anderson Therom out of the water and it's gone now!" The Beast glared at Radek hateful and hissed "And it is all your fault!"

Holling, Ford, and Bates came rushing into the room. "Now Master he didn't mean to do it. It was an accident, don't be too hasty."

"Hasty! Hasty!" the Beasts voice rose into a shriek. "He destroyed months of work with his accident. He must be punished."

With that statement, the Beast, grabbed Radek and dragged him to a distant tower. He threw Radek in a cold, damp cell. "This should teach a lesson about messing with other peoples work." The Beast growled and then stalked out of the tower.

Hollings, Bates, Ford, and Jinto looked at each other sadly. "He'd been so promising too." Hollings stated sadly.

"He is intelligent just like the Master. I felt they could have had so much in common." Ford lamented.

"Now who is going to break the curse? He can't. There is no way either of them are going to fall in love with each other now!"