Chapter Three

Amy woke up to find that she couldn't see anything. She sat up, holding her head with her hand, and tried to make out where the heck she was. The last thing she remembered was being at that party with River, the Doctor and Rory. Rory'd just gone to fetch them both some punch. Now she was here.

Her eyes adjusted slightly, and she could tell she was in a dark room with no lights and only one, very small window allowing only a tiny bit of light inside. She blinked and looked around. Somebody else was there, with her.

"Hello, Amy. I see you're awake now."

It was River. Just River. Amy's heart– which had been beating fast when she realized there was another in the room–slowed down. "Where are we?" She asked, trying with all her might to keep fear out of her voice– trying, and failing.

"Don't know," River admitted, "but whoever or whatever did this had it all planned." She motioned to her wrist; her vortex maniputator was gone.

"Did you see a door? Surely there's a door. Let's get out of her–" Amy tried, but her daughter cut her off.

"The door's bolted. Won't open."

"Well that's rubbish. Can't you contact the Doctor? He and Rory must be worried sick..," Amy thought about what the Doctor and her husband might be doing right now.

"There's no use just contacting the Doctor without knowing where we are. Or WHEN we are..," River countered.

"I suppose..But how are we going to find that out?"

Just then, a ring escaped from Amy's jacket pocket; her cell phone. Out of instinct, and without thinking, she answered it. "Hello?"

River heard a voice on the other end. A cold but otherwise unintelligible voice.

Amy's eyes widened and she took the phone away from her ear and hit a button. The speakerphone feature.

"What do you mean, 'help us'?" Amy inquired, and River put two and two together.

The voice on the other end was clearer now. "I can help you get out of there. Help you contact the Doctor."

"How do you know the Doctor? Who are you?" River snapped. "Amy, check the calling number.

Amy looked at the phone. "There's no number. It's not there," she stated, astonished.

The voice spoke again, breaking a silence that felt like ages. "That is not important. What is, is that I know where you are."

"Yeah? And how do we know this isn't a trap?" Amy shot back at the voice.

"You don't."

River and Amy exchanged glances and River spoke. "Where are we then? Go on, tell us. We have nothing better to do."

The voice was silent, as if contemplating wether or not to actually tell the two women the truth. It finally spoke, "The Library. So big, it doesn't need a name. The biggest library in the universe. It's literally the entire planet. It holds every book ever written. That's where you are."

The surprised and confused faces of Amy and River were soon turned to expressions of suspicion.

"And WHEN are we, then?" Amy asked, half-joking.

"September 4, 5157," The voice said.

"Yeah. Whatever. Why should we trust you? We don't even know who you are!" Amy pointed out.

The voice on the other end of Amy's phone sighed. "Jeb. My name's Jeb. Nice to meet you ladies."

"NICE to MEET us?! How'd you get my number, 'Jeb'? How'd you know where we are? How do you know about the Doctor?" Amy started spewing questions this way and that and at a hundred kilos an hour.

There was metalic "beep", and the phone connection was lost.

Amy opened her mouth to say something but closed it again as she heard a faint noise through the wall. River seemed to notice it as well. They bother put their ears up too the wall and listened.
They heard what sounded like people talking. They couldn't make out the words but Amy could make out two voices.
She noticed almost immediately that one of the voices sounded distinctly like her daughter, but she quickly dismissed the thought. There was also the faint sound of a mans voice. Then they heard a muffled count down.

5...4...3...2...1

Then everything went silent.

Then. A door opened.