He was sitting on the bus on midnight and Donna kneeled before him. He felt her in his mind and he was repeating her. He sees Rose come over and pull Donna away from him. Suddenly hands grab him and as he falls back he sees The Master looking down at him and dragging him towards the exit. He feels the heat of Gallifrey burning as he is thrown off the bus and the door shuts behind him. As he falls into the pit, his eyes shoot open.
He looks to his side and sees Rose with Kiam snuggled against her sound asleep. Kiam had grown leaps and bounds since Rose had been back. She worked tirelessly with him to improve his motor skills and he was almost at a normal two year olds level. But he still refused to talk. She had read all the books she could get her hands on and had worked with him but apart from the occasional Da Da or No the child was silent. Still determined to communicate with him she had taught him simple signs for eat and sleep and other basics.
As much as he loved Rose she couldn't stop the nightmares. He gets carefully out of bed and gets dressed. He needed a break and he knew exactly where he wanted to go.
-Dw-
He landed the Tardis and not bothering to wake anyone, he stepped outside. He was on Woman wept. The entire ocean, including the waves were frozen in an instant because of an event involving its sun. He found the Planet peaceful and had brought Rose here before. He spread out his coat and laid on his back looking up at the stars.
He laid out there for awhile until he heard someone coming. Rose laid down beside him and put her head on his chest. He put his arm around her and started stroking her hair gently.
"Nightmare?"
"Hmm"
"I wish I could help."
-DW-
He opened the door to reveal that The Tardis has parked herself on the first floor landing of a staircase which winds its way up the floors. There is elevator music playing.
"Let's go to Ravan-Skala, he says. The people are six hundred feet tall. You have to talk to them in hot air balloons and the Tourist Information Centre is made of one of their hats, he says." Rose turns to look at him, "I'm sorry, but I don't see any huge hats."
"Rose, Jackieboy, Kiam, this could be the most exciting thing I have ever seen." He says excitedly.
"You're kidding." Jack says.
"How can you be excited about a hotel on Earth?" Rose asks.
"Because, this is not Earth. This has just been made to look like Earth. The craftsmanship involved. Can you imagine?" He looks around excitedly.
"What? Then where are we?" ROse asks.
"I don't know. Something must have yanked us off course."
"Right, but who would mock up an Earth hotel?" Jack asks.
"Colonists maybe, recreating a bit of home, like when ex-pats open English pubs in Majorca. No, whoever did this, I am shaking his stroke her hand stroke tentacle.
"Have you seen these? Look at the labels underneath." Jack calls them over.
He pulls out his glasses and puts them on to look at the pictures on the wall. There is a picture of a Sontaran named Commander Halke and underneath it, it says Defeat. The next picture is of a man named Tim Heath and the caption says having his picture taken.
"Lady Silver-Tear, Daleks." He reads.
"Paige Barnes, other people's socks. Tim Nelson, balloons. Novice Prin, sabrewolves. Royston Luke Gold, Plymouth? Lucy Hayward, that brutal gorilla." Jack says
"Doctor, what does it mean?" Rose asks concerned.
"I don't know. Let's find out." He heads over to the reception desk and rings the bell. Three people appear in front of him. Two of them look human and have weapons, and the third one is a grey alien with slightly rodent teeth and no hair of them is waving a white flag. He glares at them.
"We surrender." Says the alien.
"No, it's okay, we're nice," Rose says.
"We surrender." The alien says again.
"She's threatening me with a chair leg." He says his voice cold.
"Who are you?" The female of the group asks.
"Oh god, we're back in reception." Says the male.
"We surrender."
"I've never been threatened with a chair leg before." He says again coldly, suddenly he gets a grin on his face and sounds happy. "No, hang on, I tell a lie."
"Did you just say, it's okay, we're nice?" Jack asks Rose and she shrugs.
"Okay, I need everyone to shut up, now." The female says.
"Rita, be careful, yeah?" The male says.
"Their pupils are dilated. They're as surprised as we are. Besides which, if it's a trick, it'll tell us something." Rita says.
"Oh, you're good. Oh, she's good. Jack, with regret, you're fired."
"What?"
"I'm kidding." He mouth's we'll talk at her and then continues on in a normal tone. "I take it from the pathological compulsion to surrender, you're from Tivoli."
"Yes. The most invaded planet in the galaxy. Our anthem is called Glory To Insert Name Here." he hears Rose snickering behind him.
"You, Howie, you said you were surprised to be back in reception."
"The walls move. Everything changes." Howie explains.
"Rita, What's he talking about?"
"The corridors twist and stretch. Rooms vanish and pop up somewhere else. It's like the hotel's alive." She explains.
He notices where the music is coming out of and reaches over and turns it off. "That's quite enough of that."
"Yeah, and it's huge, with, like, no way out." Howie says.
"Have you tried the front door?" Jack ask.
"No. In two days it never occurred to us to try the front door. Thank God you're here." Rita answers sarcastically. Rose laughs at Jack as he turns red.
He walks over to the doors and pulls them open to reveal a solid wall behind them. "They're not doors, they're walls. I mean, the windows are, " He walks over to the curtains and pulls them back to reveal another solid wall. "Right, big day if you're a fan of walls."
"It's not just that. The rooms have things in them." Rita says.
"What sort of things?"
"Nightmares."