Well, originally I had written an original adventure, but then I decided to add one from the show, I was thinking It would be nice for Chloe to meet River. I prefer original adventures but what the heck. This was one of my favorite Doctor Who adventures and it makes me happy to write. I only own Chloe.
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Chapter 7: The Library pt.1
Chloe had been traveling with Donna and The Doctor for a few months now. She was growing more comfortable with her abilities to where future visions barely plagued her without her consent and she hardly had a problem with accidently controlling anyone.
"Chloe, do you like reading?"
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Several minutes later they exited out of the Tardis into a large empty room.
"Books!" The Doctor started "People never really stop loving books. They need the smell. Deep breath." And The Doctor inhaled an impossibly long breath.
Chloe looked around. The room was huge! Marble covered the floor and the walls. But, Chloe noticed, that for people who needed books, they didn't seem to be around much. In fact, she had the off feeling that they were the only ones here.
The Doctor was busy showing off to Donna, Chloe was only half paying attention.
"…so bit it doesn't need a name, just a big 'The'…whole planet… largest hard drive ever…I love biographies…are you listening...Chloe…Chloe!"
She jumped a little when she realized that The Doctor was talking to her.
"Chloe, what's wrong? You okay?" he said, frowning at her "you don't like libraries?"
"No, It's not that, it's just…"
Chloe motioned all around her, "where IS everybody?"
The Doctor looked around himself and his eyebrows raised a bit. Then he turned to a large screen that was embedded in a terminal and used his sonic screwdriver to turn it on. He was busy for a moment with it.
"well, that's interesting." He finally stated.
"what is?" asked Donna.
"according to this we are the only people here…but, when I expand the search to ANY lifeforms, it says that there's over one million million!"
"But there's no one here!" exclaimed Donna.
Suddenly a loud voice interjected "welcome!" and all three of them looked back through to the front desk. There was a humanoid there with a very real looking face on it.
The Doctor and Donna went back to see if they could get some information out of it.
Chloe decided to walk out to a far balcony and look out onto The Library. For as far as she could see were bookshelves and buildings containing more books and the moon! The Moon? That confused Chloe. But The Doctor did say that this was a planet so she shouldn't really be surprised, but… wheat if it rained?
She could hear The Doctor and Donna come back out to her.
"Lord, that was un nerving, what did they mean my 'count the shadows?" asked Donna.
"Whats up?" asked Chloe.
"Creepy, Crazy things That's what's up. The Doctor went to talk to the thing behind the desk and it had some messages saying that we should run and get out of here stay away from the shadows and count them." Donna turned towards The Doctor. "And then says he got a message on his psychic paper. And they signed it with a kiss!"
"Donna" The Doctor started, and then pointed behind her. She turned and all three realized all of the lights were going out.
"Run!" The Doctor called and then turned and sprinted down a hallway. Chloe and Donna were right on his heels.
They happened upon a large door and The Doctor tried to open it with his sonic. When that didn't work Dona rammed her heel into the doors effectively kicking them open.
The three of them ran into the room and instantly Chloe could feel something…or someone. She looked over to the center of the room they were in and saw a small round wooden globe with a camera lens just floating there, watching them.
She could feel something, fear? Confusion? Something from that globe that was in the center of the room. Suddenly Chloe was in a living room, everything was white and clean, and there was a little girl staring intensely at her. Almost as quickly as she was there, she was brought back to her senses in The Library.
The Doctor turned after locking the door. "oh…sorry to burst in on you, mind if we stop here for a bit?"
Chloe could feel a climax of fear explode from the ball and then all feelings vanished. The floating globe fell to the ground with a heavy thud and Donna exclaimed "wot was THAT?!"
"It's a security camera" replied The Doctor, "switched itself off."
"I don't think that was just a security camera" said Chloe, "I think…I think that is a living creature."
"Nonsense! It's just a camera-"and the Doctor picked up the globe and pointed his sonic at to, trying to get it to turn on again. Suddenly he gasped, "Oh! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I really am! I didn't know!"
He looked back up to Chloe "you're right. It's alive."
"But you said it was a security camera" said Donna.
"yes, it is, it's an alive one."
Suddenly a humanoid at another desk table switched on "Others are coming" it said.
Donna walked over to it. "Others? What do you mean others?"
"Others are coming" It repeated.
Donna backed away "Doctor…I don't like this place…"
Suddenly The Doctor caught her arm "Donna! Don't move!"
"What is it?"
"The shadows! Look!" and The Doctor pointed at the shadows that surrounded them.
"Oi, what about them?"
Suddenly the shadow disappeared just as fast as it would if someone turned on the light. All of the little hairs on Chloe's arms and neck stood up on end.
"It's gone!" said Donna
"oh! I'm thick! So very thick! We need to get out of here, NOW! Donna, Chloe, come!" exclaimed The Doctor and he reached out to grab Chloe's hand.
"Why?" asked Donna as he reached out for her hand too.
"because the shadow is not GONE, it's just MOVED!"
The humanoid behind the desk started speaking again "Others are coming!" it said "the Library has been breached, others are coming."
The Doctor was almost back to the double doors then had come through when someone opened the doors from the other side.
Six people in spacesuits emerged and filled the room and Chloe was hit with visions of their lives. She couldn't control it, so many different lives, they all were scared and nervous. Except For one. The leading person in the space suit Took off their helmet and a large poof ac curly hair and smiling face appeared.
"Hello sweetie." She stared.
The Doctor had shock written all over his face and Chloe again was suddenly hit with more images. She saw this woman, she…was on the Tardis, it looked different though. She was in a cell, she was climbing out of water in a space suit, she was standing in front of Hitler…who was she?
Chloe stumbled, unable to keep her balance and The Doctor reached out and caught her by the shoulders, steading her.
The woman looked a tad bit sympathetic and came up to Chloe and put her hand on her shoulder. "Chloe" she said. Both The Doctor and Chloe looked surprised. "just relax Chloe, Think of snow. You told me once that thinking of snow helped you control your thoughts."
"When-"
"Think of snow, close your eyes…feel how cold it is, how it hurts your fingertips, the cold air you inhale, can you feel it in your lungs? The chill creeping up your coat sleeves, can you feel it?"
Chloe nodded, and opened her eyes. No more thoughts, no more visions.
The woman stood straight again.
"you are not safe here" said the Doctor, still looking upset, how could the woman calm Chloe so quickly? She said 'you once told me' ,so she knew Chloe? It didn't matter now, all that mattered is that they all got out safely. He will ask questions later. "All of you need to turn back around, get in your rocket and leave, it's not safe here."
To be continued…
