Remnant Who

By ReaderWarrior

I do not own Doctor Who or RWBY.

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Honorary (dead) companions:

Clive, Raffalo, Moxx, Jabe, Sneed, Gwyneth

Fantastic's:

4

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Carra - Thanks! *Returning thumbs-up with jazz hands*

Guest - Honestly? Stressed out of my mind. But I'm not stopping yet! Don't worry about me.

Sleeping in a T.A.R.D.I.S isn't a normal experience. Time moves… differently inside of one. For one thing, the rooms don't always sync together. For instance, team RWBY could have slept for 14 hours, woken up, gotten changed, and returned to the Librarian who only slept for 8.

This can also lead to the console room being disconnected from the outside world's timestream. While it is possible for the Librarian to have returned to the point of time when he initially left with the girls, he didn't trust himself (nor the T.A.R.D.I.S) to land at the designated target. Especially not with his, nor the Doctor's track record with doing such a thing.

However, the Librarian didn't sleep for 8 hours. He rarely slept at all. Four was enough for him. When he opened his eyes, he immediately began returning everything to a form of normalcy. First he turned off sleep mode, allowing ELI to return to normal operations.

"How did you sleep?" ELI asked after she finished rebooting.

The Librarian rolled his eyes. "Fine."

"Any nightmares this time?"

"No," he lied as he began connecting the room's timestreams with the outside.

He could almost hear ELI frown. "You can lie to them, but don't lie to me. Just because you don't want the truth out doesn't mean I do. Before you could even blink I could have your 'companions' told every secret you're keeping."

This caused the Librarian to freeze. He turned to one of his screens, one depicting ELI's audio output, and scowled. "You wouldn't dare."

"Try me."

Before the Librarian could continue to argue with the one person onboard he could truly talk with, he was interrupted by the sound of insistent tapping at the door.

"One second!" He yelled out of habit, only to pause in realization. "ELI… are we still Creasing?" The Librarian asks.

"Yes," she answered. Creasing was he called the act of having the T.A.R.D.I.S in its current position. They weren't in between realities, but instead the fold between the edge between one universe and the void between the different worlds in the multiverse.

And there's nothing in the Crease. So who could that be knocking at my door?

With a raised eyebrow, the Librarian grabbed his jacket and put it on. Then, he slowly made his way to the interior, white doors of the T.A.R.D.I.S entrance.

"Hello?" He comments as he slowly widens the door. Outside, the Library only saw the familiar purplish-blue space of the familiar Crease. Confused, he opened the door wider.

"CAW!" something cried as a black object lunged at him. The Librarian instinctively lept backward, quickly slamming the door shut. But he wasn't quick enough. The black thing flew over him and vanished behind the T.A.R.D.I.S console.

The Librarian reaches for his watch. "ELI, initiate-" Wait. Where's my watch!? He cast a glance to the console, realizing he forgot to put it on after tossing it onto one of the controls last night. As he looked back at the intruder, he now found a large, no, giant blade held pointed near his neck.

Qrow Branwen, Ruby and Yang's gruff, comedic, and alcoholic uncle, glared at him with bloodshot eyes. "You have seven seconds to tell me what you did with my nieces and their friends before I start chopping off your limbs."

Ruby and her friends were cleaning up. After a long night of pillow fights and talking about their predicament, they woke up to a fairly large mess. Feathers were scattered across the floor, Ruby's desk was overturned when Weiss used it as a fortification, and Blake's books were tossed into a corner.

"Leave it cleaner than when you left it," Yang mumbled, reciting a common phrase their father told them whenever they went camping in the woods.

Ruby rolled her eyes as she picked up one of Blake's loaned books. Unlike the others, this one was signed by the author. "Woah!" Ruby cried as she read the signature. 'Charles John Huffman Dickens'. She touched the signature almost reverently before Blake held out her hand to take it back.

"I know," Blake smiles, taking it from her hand, closing the book. She stroked the spine softly before placing it on the pile of the other books the Librarian lent her. "I'm all cleaned up," Blake acknowledged as she stood up.

Yang dusted off her hands after tossing the last of the feathers in a trashcan, "Same here!" Weiss nodded in agreement after tipping back up the desk and Ruby tossed her pillows back onto her bed.

"So," Ruby stated, placing her hands on her hips, "what's the plan for today?"

Her teammates rolled their eyes. "Watching the Doctor," Weiss answered. "What else are we here for?"

Ruby frowned. "Well… yeah. But what about later?"

"Later?" Blake asked.

Nodding, team RWBY's leader waved her arms in a spreading motion. "The Librarian said his T.A.R.D.I.S could travel through time, space, and different worlds! We can't just spend the next few days watching TV!"

Yang gasped comically and slapped her hands onto her cheeks. "Not watch TV!? Who are you and what have you done with my sister?"

Ignoring her, Ruby continued her sermon. "We have the chance of a lifetime, RWBYs!"

"I never agreed to that name," Weiss mumbled.

"I say we ask the Librarian to take us somewhere like the Doctor does with Rose! Someplace fun! Say 'aye' if you're with me!"

Unlike the last time she asked for an 'aye', her teammates quickly rose to their feet and pumped their fists into the air. "AYE!" Ruby smiled proudly and marched to the door with her team right behind her.

The Librarian held up his hands in surrender as Qrow held his sword towards him. The drunkard's steady hands left little room for the Librarian to force disarmament. His watch was still sitting on the T.A.R.D.I.S console, too far away for him to grab either.

"Listen," he started, "my name is the Librarian-"

Qrow stepped forward, pressing his blade closer to the Librarian's throat. "The only thing I want to hear is where you took Yang and Ruby."

This wasn't the first time the Librarian had a sharp, pointed object to his throat, and he doubted it would be the last. However, he already had an encyclopedia of knowledge of the drunk and knew he was most likely utilizing his semblance. Most of his plans would probably be cursed with 'bad luck' and fail in most aspects.

That meant not relying on anything with even the slightest chance at failing. ELI had just rebooted, so any command he gave her was out of the question (she could glitch). Making a grab for his watch was also going to be difficult as it would require him to bat away Qrow's sword and place it back onto his arm (which had any number of variables in the course of events leading to that scenario).

That leaves stalling. Crap, I really need to start adding magic-suppressors in all the rooms. Things would be much simpler. And why did I ever let myself take off my watch?!

The Doctor had his sonic screwdriver. Tony Stark had his armory. Batman had his utility belt. And Midoriya had his notebooks. Everyone the Librarian ever met had a personal or sentimental attachment to certain things. For him, it was his watch.

The only thing he carried with weapons on it.

"Well?" Qrow snarled.

Stall, stall, stall, the Librarian thought as he gulped. "Listen. I didn't kidnap Ruby or Yang. They are here of their own volition."

The huntsman's eyes flicker. "Where are they?"

"I'll tell you… but only if you put down your weapon," the Librarian counters.

"Why the hell would I do that?"

"Because you're liable to accidentally break something when Ruby jumps onto your shoulder and calls out your name," the traveler answers.

Right on cue, a red blur lept out from the main hallway and jumped onto the back of the huntsman. "Uncle Qrow!" He stumbles forward slightly from the impact before looking back to see Ruby and her team.

"Hey kiddo," Qrow answers back, though his sword is still levelled at the Librarian's throat. "What are you doing here?"

"What are we doing here? What are you doing here!?" Yang asks back, crossing her hands.

"Hey, can someone take away his sword?"

Qrow frowns. "I just finished a mission and decided to see my favorite nieces-" he pauses to rub Ruby's hair for a moment with his free hand "-when I saw you four disappearing into a blue box. I grabbed ahold of it and broke my way in."

"Wasn't that yesterday?" Blake asked.

"Umm, sword. Help. Please?"

"Yesterday?" Qrow raises an eyebrow in confusion. "That was only an hour-or-so ago."

"If you drop the sword, I'll explain," the Librarian offers.

Rolling his eyes, Qrow finally drops his weapon and sheathes it onto his back. Then, before the Librarian could offer an explanation, he pulls out his flask and takes a quick swig. "Okay," he responds. "Now let's hear it."

For the next thirty minutes, the Librarian did his best to explain what had happened. He explained how he offered team RWBY a chance to watch the Doctor, help them with their own personal issues, and even take them places throughout the infinite dimensions and worlds available to him. By the time he got around to explaining how the T.A.R.D.I.S was a time machine, Qrow had (magically yet unsurprisingly) found one of the bottles of alcohol the Librarian kept hidden in the console room.

Ruby and Yang sighed in embarrassment as he flopped over the control room's railings with a half-drunken smile. "I am way too sober for this crap."

With a groan and an eye-roll, Weiss walked over to the Librarian, who was now fidgeting with the watch on his arm. "I'll never leave you again," he whispered, patting its head like how one would with a pet.

"Are you serious?" Weiss asked.

"What?" The Librarian defended with a smirk. "What's a time traveler without his watch?"

Weiss frowned. "Lost?"

"Bingo."

Before they could continue their banter, the Librarian noticed Blake taking more than a few glances at the slip-slopes panel. Catching her eye, he gave an exasperated sigh and began ushering his guests towards the transporter. "Alright!" He called out, "let's get this show on the road."

"Where are we going?" Qrow asked as he stepped onto the retractable floor.

Yang sighed. "Weren't you listening?"

"Yeah. But why don't we just watch Doctor What's-his-name here?"

"Well…" Ruby pauses and looks back at the console and its many screens. "Because it has food?"

"Better yet," the Librarian interrupts, "it has alcohol."

Instantly, the huntsman's eyes sparkle with new life. "What kind?"

"All of them."

10 minutes later, team RWBY, Qrow, and the Librarian were all sitting down in Theatre-7 with an assortment of breakfast items, drinks, and, for one of them, spiked orange juice. Qrow was original not going to have the orange juice, but his nieces talked him into having something more breakfast-related.

I hope he'll stay sober enough to at least finish the episode, the Librarian thought. Or, at least, until his interest is peaked so he won't feel forced. Outloud he commented, "I would really prefer it if you didn't bring that thing along with you." The Librarian motioned to Qrow's sword, which was now resting on his lap, holding his drink(s) like a tray.

"Listen," Qrow started, "I'm not about to let you disarm me in the middle of enemy territory. I don't trust you. So you do you and I'll do me."

Blake blushed at the euphemism.

"Besides, I need something to put my drinks down on," he finished.

"You shouldn't be having that many this early anyway," Yang mumbled next to him.

"Whassat?"

The Librarian quickly clapped his hands together and the lights began to dim. "Alright! Doctor Who's the Aliens of London. From what I've heard, this one is a real treat."

Ruby smiled. "Sounds like fun!"

"What's London?" Weiss asks.

"It's the main capital city of England and the United Kingdom," the Librarian answers. "London is where Rose is from."

Blake nods. "Interesting."

"Who cares?" Yang asks. "Let's just start her up!"

With a single voice, team RWBY and the Librarian all yell out, "hobey-ho!"

"Hobey-what?" Qrow asks as the screen begins to lights up.

Ruby grabs his arm and squeals excitedly. "It's how we start the episodes, Uncle Qrow. The Librarian said it was the catchphrase of one of his heroes."

Nice to see they are paying attention.

"Still sounds stupid."

The Librarian rolls his eyes. "So does the concept of a human unlucky-charm, but here you are."

The two males make quick moves for their weapons, one reaching for the handle of his blade while the other rolls up the jacket sleeve covering his watch. Team RWBY quickly springs into action. Ruby and Yang grab their uncle while the Librarian is quickly held back by Weiss and Blake.

"Calm down!" Yang yells after they finally get Qrow and the Librarian seated again. "And that's coming from me!"

"What's going on with you two?" Weiss asks with a frown.

The Librarian points at Qrow. "He had a sword to my throat!"

"You kidnapped my nieces!"

With a roll of her eyes, Ruby yells, "we weren't kidnapped! Now stop fighting and show us Doctor Who!"

"Yes ma'am!" both Qrow and the Librarian yelp.

Another small chapter this time everyone, sorry. As I said in my last update, a lot has been going on as of late. I'm still in the process of moving and only recently got the internet (and my computer) hooked up. Not to mention a lot of my own personal items I've found broken on purpose just so they could fit them into boxes (i.e: Full-sized shardblade, Stormbreaker, and the M90 shotgun replicas I've made).

As for the chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it. I say it often but your comments do mean a lot to me, especially with what is going on in my life right now.

There is a lot of things I wanted to do in this installment, but I had to hold myself back. Could the Librarian have dealt with Qrow? Yes. Would most of them leave him murdered, maimed, or comatose? Probably. Also, don't forget Qrow's semblance was being enflamed. The Librarian has his own misgivings for Qrow, not all of them relating to him being on the sharp end of his sword. RAFO about that at a later date.

The next chapter will be the first half of the next episode, as usual. However, the next 3 episodes, so 6 chapters, will most likely all be done right after each other (so probably no break chapters). I want to finish off this disc before this Fic reaches its 1-year birthday (which is coming up soon).

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