Hey guys...
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Life has been hectic with exams/end of uni etc.
Hope you like this chapter. It's Silence in the Library. Well the beginning of it at least. I'm hoping to spilt it into sections rather than just into two parts like I did with some of the other episodes, because I feel it will be important in Rose/The Doctor's relationship.
If you're not keen on the eps, please bear with me. I have some great ideas for the rest of the series and beyond.
Enjoy.
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Donna ambled into the console room, covering her hand with her mouth as a huge yawn escaped her lips.
"Tired Donna?" chuckled Rose from the jump seat, glancing up from her book, to look at the new arrival.
"Didn't sleep a wink last night after watching that Dracula movie with you two," shuddered Donna moving over to the console, where the Doctor was working underneath the grating.
"I loved it!" said Rose with relish, holding up her book. "I'm reading it now."
"Eugh," muttered Donna. "What's the point, you already saw the film!"
Rose shrugged, before immersing herself in her book once again.
Donna suddenly jumped as the Doctor sprang up from beneath the console.
"Don't you love reading Donna? The feel of a new book, the smell of an old one.." the Doctor inhaled deeply. "Brilliant!"
Donna grimaced. "No...not particularly."
"Aww but books...books are...well just BOOKS!" said the Doctor unable to articulate a sentence due to his enthusiasm.
Donna rolled her eyes, as the Doctor suddenly clapped his hands together happily.
"Books!" he cried, before springing into action and jumping around the console pressing buttons and pulling levers.
Donna laughed watching the Doctor's excitement, as the TARDIS suddenly shook violently sending her sprawling to the ground.
"Where are we going?" she chortled, as the TARDIS came to a sudden halt.
The Doctor stood up straight, holding out his hand to Donna and flinging on his coat with the other.
"Books!" he yelled once again, as Rose got to her feet and followed him and Donna out of the doors.
She gazed around as the trio stepped out of the TARDIS doors and into a dimly lit room.
"Come on then? Where are we? Any guesses?" asked the Doctor spinning around on the spot.
"Fifty-third century?" attempted Rose as they stepped through a door into a high ceilinged room, filled with elaborately styled architecture.
"Oh-ho," said the Doctor with a grin. "You're getting good at this Rose Tyler...but you're still wrong."
Donna nudged Rose in the ribs and waggled a finger at her sarcastically.
"This is the fifty-first century and this, is the library," he said gesturing around, as the two women beside him gasped.
"It's like a city!" cried Donna, shaking her head.
"It's got all the books...well ever! Anything anyone would want to read..." sniffed the Doctor.
"I remember you tellin' me about this!" said Rose running forwards to catch up with the Doctor.
The Doctor flashed her a grin. "Well, were near the equator so...this must be...BIOGRAPHIES!" he shouted, making Donna jump.
"I love biographies," he smiled absent-mindedly as Donna plucked up a book from in front of her and began to rifle through.
"Oi!" shouted the Doctor suddenly snatching it from her grasp. "Spoilers! These books are from your future...if you read ahead it'll spoil all the surprises."
"Isn't life with you just one big spoiler?" said Rose glancing up at him cheekily and sticking her tongue out between her teeth.
The Doctor scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "I try to keep you away from major plot developments...which I do seem to be very bad at because, well...this is the biggest library in the universe...so where is everyone?"
Rose blinked for a few moments before staring up at the Doctor. His eerie words making her shiver slightly.
"Its silent," he whispered, moving over to a large screen beside him.
"Maybe everyone's just really, reeeeally quiet," said Donna rolling her eyes. "It is a bloody library after all."
"Yeah..." said the Doctor gazing intently at the screen, "..but they'd still show up on the system..."
Rose frowned. "Doctor..." said asked placing a hand on her arm, making his eyes turn to her instantly. "Why are we here?"
"I told you," said the Doctor gazing at Rose like she was the only person in the universe, "Books!"
Rose shook her head. "You're lying," she said squeezing his arm. "Your voice always does that high-pitched thing when you're lying."
"No it doesn't!" said the Doctor indignantly, his voice indeed in a higher pitch than normal.
"Oi," said Donna cottoning on suddenly. "So when I asked yesterday morning if you'd used the last of the milk..."
"Donna...this really isn't the time..." said the Doctor sighing.
"Oh, I think it's the perfect bloody time, Skinny Boy! Do you know how hard it is to eat dry weetabix?"
"You could have just asked the TARDIS to get you more..." said Rose over her shoulder.
Donna folded her arms. "Yeah but she still was angry at me for spilling that glass of squash in the corridor."
Rose shook her head as the Doctor piped up. "Oi and you can clean that up too! I was wondering why my trainers were sticking to the floor this morning."
Donna looked away sulkily, as Rose turned back to the Doctor.
"So without lying to me, do you want to tell me why we're really here?" she asked seriously.
But the Doctor ignored her and began to sonic the screen in front of him.
"Doctor!" said Rose tapping her foot impatiently.
"Shhhhhh," said the Doctor placing a hand on her lower back and ushering her forward towards the screen. "Look...scanning for basic life forms...all I get is us. But if I increase the scans to any kind of life..."
He typed away quick, as suddenly numbers scrolled across the screen.
"A million million," whispered the Doctor, as the trio gazed around the room wide eyed.
Rose suddenly shivered and without really thinking, stepped a little closer to the Doctor.
"Come on!" he suddenly cried, ushering the two girls back into the shadowing room where the TARDIS lay.
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Rose's eyes widened as they stared up at the data point.
"Run. For God's sake, run. No way is safe. The library has sealed itself...we can't...oh no. They're here...MESSAGE ENDS," said the device in a monotone voice.
"So that's why we're here..." said the Doctor quietly as Rose swung around to look at him.
"Any other messages...same date stamp?" shouted the Doctor at the device.
"Count the shadows. For God's sake if you want to live, count the shadows...MESSAGE ENDS," said the device, suddenly becoming silent.
Rose and the others gazed around the dark and shadowy room, staring into the dark spaces at its corners.
She swung around suddenly to see the Doctor's coat tails disappearing around a door.
Donna rolled her eyes in Rose's direction and the two girls quickly followed him into a large room stacked full of high bookcases.
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Rose was busy examining another data-point across the corridor, when Donna suddenly grabbed the Doctor's arm and pulled him aside.
"Oi, we weren't just in the neighbourhood were we?" she snapped, giving the Doctor an accusing look.
He scratched the back of his head awkwardly glancing over towards Rose. "No, I sort of well...lied a bit..."
"No? Really? Said Donna in a sarcastic voice. "So why are we really here?"
The Doctor glanced over at Rose making sure she was too far away to hear their conversation, before plucking the psychic paper from his inside pocket. "A message on the psychic paper," he said, holding it up for her to see. "What do you think? A cry for help?"
"A cry for help? With a kiss?" said Donna snatching it from his grasp. "Is this why you didn't want Rose to know?"
The Doctor glanced over at Rose, a sad look appearing in his eyes.
"So who's it from?" asked the red-head. "You got some other woman stashed away somewhere?"
"No!" snapped the Doctor tugged the psychic paper away from her and shoving it back into his pocket. "I just...well...I just didn't want her...well...coming to the wrong conclusions..."
Donna rolled her eyes as Rose suddenly ran towards them. "Um guys..." she gulped tugging at their sleeves. I think we have a problem."
With that, she gestured over to the end of the mile-long corridor to where the lights were slowly going out.
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