Disclaimer: I don't own The Librarians, unfortunately.

The annex was its usual chaotic work space. Flynn and Eve had just returned from their second vacation to warmer climates. Eve specified these trips as team bonding, however Ezekiel would protest not much team bonding between team mates can occur if half the team isn't invited.

Cassandra was huddled over a large and quite dusty book, trying her hardest to keep her pencil moving as fast as the visions flashing before her eyes. Jenkins and Ezekiel were arguing animatedly over the near coffee machine Ezekiel had insisted be installed in Jenkins' lab.

"….I can't help it if the back door doesn't offer a duty free service," exclaimed Flynn.

"I just think that we should go somewhere using an actual travel service for once."

"Just so you can shop in duty free?"

Eve coughed to bring Flynn's attention to the fact that they were not alone in the annex. Cassandra lifted her head from the page she had been reading, smiling as her eyes connected with her friends. Jenkins and Ezekiel paused momentarily to greet the newcomers.

"Aw, thank god you guys are back! Eve you have to tell Jenkins how good it's going to be having fresh coffee in the morning with the new machine I installed in the lab." Ezekiel had taken Eve's suitcase and sat it next to the back door as he ushered her over to Jenkins who had been stood at the head of the table.

Jenkins huffed at the insinuation, "May I remind Mr. Jones that it is not 'the lab', it is My lab. I have very important work to be done in there and it cannot be interrupted by the awful noises that escape your…machine."

Eve closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, "I love my job, I love my job…"

"Maybe I can intervene," said Flynn as he stepped forward, "Cassandra could you please give us an update on what pish-posh is going on?"

Cassandra let out a small sigh and pursed her lips, "Well, Jenkins needs a quiet workspace and Ezekiel put in a coffee machine that grinds the beans 35 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds ago and they've spent about half of that time arguing over the noise it makes."

Flynn clapped his hands together and let out a shriek, "Ah-hah! I have solved all your problems. The machine stays…"

Ezekiel whooped in triumph, Jenkins opened his mouth to protest. Flynn held up a finger to silence him.

"…But, it must be kept elsewhere."

Ezekiel groaned, "But where am I going to put it? All the mugs are in the lab!"

He turned on his heel to return to the lab with a grinning Jenkins close behind him.

Eve kissed Flynn on the cheek for solving the issue of the stress migraine she could feel forming at the back of head.

Cassandra came up to hug Eve and Flynn, "Welcome back guys, how was Athens?"

"It was so beautiful," Eve gushed.

Jake rummaged through the Greek mythology section of the Library. He had been working on a new article and required some extra information to be able to finish it. He ran his hand over several of the books, the dust gathering on his fingers. "No ones been here in a while…" he murmured to himself.

Suddenly one of the books, popped out from the rest of the books. Jake smiled to himself, the library always knew what he was looking for before he did. He plucked the book from the stacks and inspected the cover. It was black leather with deep dark red markings along the spine. The title didn't appear anywhere on the cover or inside the first few pages. He frowned as he thumbed through the first few pages and saw nothing at all, no words or markings, just blank pages. He thought Jenkins would be his best bet to investigate why the library would bring his attention to this book in particular.

He picked up the rest of his things and put the black book to the top of the pile he planned on carrying back to the annex.

When he arrived he found his fellow librarians and guardian chatting happily sitting around the table with what looked like freshly brewed coffee.

"You guys leave for 2 weeks and come back and he," he looked pointedly at Ezekiel, "just gets to keep the coffee machine?" He put his book pile down on the table beside Cassandra with a slam, making the red head jump slightly out of her seat. He slapped Flynn on the back as they hugged, "Nice to have you guys back I s'pose." Jake grinned as he settled beside Cassandra, the book sitting on top of the table soon forgotten.

Eve had been struggling to sleep due to the roaring sounds of Flynn's snoring. She tried pushing on his back in an attempt to turn him over onto his side, however it was no use. She crossed her arms over her chest knowing that sleep was far from her at this point.

As she glanced to the clock on her beside table she heard a small whimper coming from outside the door. The library had created spaces for each of the librarians that resembled their apartments from their last residences. This meant that they were never too far from their resources if troubled occurred.

Eve slowly turned her gaze to the door. The whimpering turned into a low groan as thin smoky tendrils reached under the door to turn the handle to open it. Eve's breath caught in her throat as she willed her body to move, to do something, anything other than sit completely still. As the door opened the smoky tendrils beckoned her to leave her bed and follow them. Against her will, her body began to move towards the door. She continued to follow the smoke to the annex where a large book was lying open upon the table. There was a scarlet glow underneath the book casting an insidious light on the annex. Stopping in front of it, the low groaning sounds morphed into a deep voice which quietly spoke to her.

"See what awaits…"

Eve looked into the pages as they swirled together forming a dark portal. She closed her eyes as the smoky tendrils pulled her face down into the portal. She gasped as she saw flashes of her librarians facing their darkest fears. Ezekiel, being unable to save them from the time loop and forced to watch his friends die again and again. Jake, sitting beside his father's deathbed without having mended their relationship. Cassandra, dying before getting the chance to live her newly established life. Flynn, following through on his plan to defeat Apep and having to leave Eve behind.

Not wishing to see anymore she ripped her face away from the portal and fell to the ground with a pained moan. The smoke began to move around the annex before stopping in front of Eve. She looked up to see the shape of a man before the smoke dissipated. Just as she was about to sigh in relief the smoke returned and made it's way up her nose and in her mouth. She struggled against it and let out a scream of anguish as she clawed at her face in an attempt to stop it from becoming a part of her. She felt her body lift from the ground as her eyes lit up with the same red from the book. She hit the ground again and everything went black.