03

"So," Jade said while sitting next to Phil, Doctor was still pottering around reading anything he could get his hands on. "It all started when my father died, my mother couldn't cope and my brother was to take over from my father. The problem was that at the time there were a lot of people suffering."

"Suffering?"

"Yes suffering, there is always suffering in a city Phil, you should know that considering you lived in one." Doctor said while putting down a piece of paper, "What suffering was it here?"

"Poverty and plague." Jade said sadly, "Many died, but my father created a plan to combat it and stop the suffering."

"He sounded like a good man," Doctor pulled a chair over to where they were on the sofa and sat down in front of them. "What happened then? How does you running away from home fit into this?"

"My mother was the first to disappear, then he appeared."

"He?" Phil asked while fidgeting on the sofa slightly to look at Jade more properly, the woman beside her gave a nod. "Who is he?"

"Marcus, he said he could become my brothers adviser, despite the advisers from when my father still ruled being in action. Marcus poisoned my brothers mind, and caused my brother to disappear." Jade paused, "He made it sound like I murdered the three of them. Then he spouts a story about everyone being spirited away because of me."

"Well this Marcus person sounds just lovely," Phil said sarcastically while leaning against the sofa, "So I take it Marcus is the one to turn your guards against you?"

"Yes."

"Where is this guy hiding?" Doctor asked while thinking over Jade's story, she sat in thought for a moment before standing up and walking over to a bookcase. "Are they actually spirited away?" Phil leaned forward and looked at him, "How do two people just disappear?"

"I don't know Phil, not until I meet this Marcus fellow."

"Are you possibly suggesting breaking into the palace again?"

"There wasn't even a first time! We just accidentally landed in there." Doctor corrected while taping her on the nose. Phil was about to answer when Jade walked back over and sat down, she flicked through a book and turned it to show them.

The paper was worn and crumpled but the map on the paper was evident, "You two will need this to get in there."

"You can't come with us? You'd be an excellent guide," Doctor pointed out but Jade shook her head sadly. He took the book from her hands and flicked through it, "Marcus doesn't leave the building. He has never once been seen out doors."

"Maybe he's agoraphobic?" Phil pointed out while tying her curly hair up and off of her neck, Jade looked at her thoughtfully while Doctor just nodded, "Fear of the outside world?" Doctor said while looking up at the ceiling, "But then how did he get in?"

"Oh...erm...hmm," Phil scratched her head in thought while he just raised an eyebrow at her and nodded, "Exactly." He said while shutting the book and handing it back to Jade. "We will have this sorted soon! In the mean time I suggest laying low, by looks of things your hiding skills are very impressive." Doctor looked around the room again and pulled Phil to stand, "Bye." He waved and walked out of the building, Phil looked up at him and narrowed her eyes, "What? What's with that look?"

"You know what's up. You have the habit whether you know it or not, of having an expression which screams 'Aha! I know what's going on!' Then leaving all of us in the dark."

"Not my fault some people aren't as genius as me."

"Stop boosting your own ego!" Phil laughed and nudged him in the arm while they walked down the stairs to exit the tall market building. "So what's his motive?"

"Phil how many dramas did you watch? This isn't a detective program."

"To many! I already said that," Phil pouted and crossed her arms, "But everyone has a motive for doing things."

"True, that is certainly true." Doctor nodded and stopped walking to look up at the building that they had accidentally appeared in earlier. "How does someone make two people disappear?" Phil asked while running after him when he quickly walked towards the door. "Teleporting?"

"You people and teleporting!" Doctor exclaimed while trying to push the door open, Phil just looked at him and smirked. "Oh shut up you," he said while taking the screwdriver out of his jacket pocket and scanning it over the lock. Pushing the door open when it clicked the two peeked in, the main foyer was dark.

Phil shuddered, she had a sudden uneasy feeling where ever there was darkness, this had only just appeared after her previous encounter with moving shadows. Doctor sensing her uneasiness patted her on the shoulder, "So what is he?"

"Not a clue."

"Bu-"

"Shh," Doctor said while pointing a finger at her, Phil flinched slightly and frowned and looked at him confused. He grinned and headed towards a set of stairs, "How can you shut someone up by doing that?"

"It's a skill what can I say?"

"I so wanna learn that skill."

"No way! It only works once and I'm not teaching you it." Doctor said while looking over his shoulder at Phil who was slouching her way up the stairs. "Oh gee Phil way to look enthusiastic."

"Sorry I'm just thinking."

"Don't do to much of that you could hurt yourself."

"I said that to you, and between the two of us your the one with the more active brain."

"You make yourself sound brain dead."

"Huh." Phil jumped up two stairs to walk up them beside him, "No it's just, what can someone who is meant to be an adviser get from making two people disappear and make the last member of the royal family go into hiding?"

"A home."

"A home?"

"Think about it Phil, get rid of the monarchy then you can take over." Doctor nodded and stopped to look at a pair of double doors which they had come to.

"So you're suggesting that some random alien or whatever has come here, upturned the people in charge for the sake of a home?"

"Yes."

"And we're about to confront said alien or whatever?"

"Yes."

"What if they don't leave?"

"They will."

"Why?"

"Because I'm the Doctor and they'll have to listen to me. If they don't then I'll just stand there and lecture them, how can anyone really say no to me?" Doctor said lightly while scanning the double doors and then smiling at Phil.