Ianto tried the door one more time, but still it remained locked. He heard the mechanism turning, he knew that the door was unlocking every time he turned the key, but something was negating that. He thought about trying to find something to pick the lock, but he didn't think that that would work anyway, what with the way his hands were shaking and also with the fact that he'd still get it unlocked to find that the door wouldn't open. Something didn't want them to get out of the room, and that something was more powerful than a simple key in a door.

Ianto lay his head against the door. He heard the panic bubbling up in Sulu's voice, knew that he'd just terrified the other man with how effected he was by this whole ghost thing. He'd been strong for him up until then, but the ghost climbing into bed with him had rocked him, and he needed to get his footing. "Sulu, it's no use," he said, trying to keep his voice low and as calming as he could, because the other man really wasn't going to like what he had to say, "I'm sorry. The door, it... It won't open. I've tried the lock a dozen times, but it's. It's no use. It's not going to let us leave. Not tonight." As Ianto spoke, a shadow passed over the two of them, like someone had walked in front of the light, and yet Ianto knew for a fact that no one had. He shivered.