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Chapter 4- And Now For Someone Completely Different, or the Badass Bookworm
"What do you fear? What have you not been willing to speak about?"
"Who are you?" Rose asked the strange man, still speaking into the microphone. "What is this place?"
"It seems, dear listeners, that the madman and the blonde have broken into the radio station. Stay alert, for we do not know what they want yet."
"That doesn't answer my question!" she yelled.
The man sighed, and didn't say anything. He took a pen from the cup on his desk and a sticky note and wrote on it. A few seconds later he handed it to Rose and she looked at it. Don't open this until you leave the radio station. Can't talk now. She frowned and looked up at the man.
"What does it say?" the Doctor asked. She handed him the sticky note and he silently read the same words she had looked at just a few moments ago. "Should we go, then?" he asked her and she nodded.
When they left the radio station Rose opened the piece of paper. "It says to meet him at a place called Big Rico's at 3pm tomorrow, look for someone with amazing hair and a lab coat."
"What?" he asked. "Why don't we just go in there and demand answers? The Doctor doesn't follow orders!"
They were interrupted by a scream down the road. He looked at Rose and grabbed her hand.
"Let's go!" The pair raced down the street and Rose tried to keep the butterflies in her stomach down from this man taking her hand once more. The screams were coming from the town library. They rushed in through the doors and over to the Young section.
"Young what?" she asked aloud, but the Doctor replied, "No time!"
They came to a stop in front of a girl reading.
"This is where the screams were coming from?" he frowned.
"Yeah, I'll talk to her." Rose walked over to the girl. "Hello, my name's Rose Tyler. What about you?"
The girl looked up from her book and said, "You're British."
"Yeah, so?" she asked.
"You're an outsider," she replied coolly and went back to reading.
Rose got angry. "You listen here, yeah? Just 'cause we're outsiders doesn't mean you treat us no different!"
"Do you even know where you are?" she asked her.
"No," she admitted.
The girl sighed and snapped her book shut. "This place is called Night Vale. I'm Tamika Flynn."
"Hello, Tamika," Rose acknowledged. "This is my friend the Doctor." She pointed to him and he waved.
"Doctor what?" she asked.
"That's it. Just the Doctor."
"What a weird name," Tamika said. Rose giggled. The Doctor walked over.
"Who's this, then?" he asked.
"Tamika Flynn," Rose told him. "And this is Night Vale."
"Night Vale?" He paused, deep in thought. "Never heard of it."
"That's probably because we're not on any maps. How'd you get here anyways?" she asked them.
"Took my TARDIS. We landed here on accident."
"Well, I suggest you leave before something bad happens to the two of you," she warned.
The Doctor just grinned. "I can handle it."
Tamika stood up and grabbed her book. "Come with me. There's something you should see."
The Doctor and Rose followed along after the girl and she stopped at the circulation desk. She paused, like she was at war with herself about whether to press the bell on it or not, but eventually she reached out and tapped it firmly. Ding! Ding! The sound echoed through the entire library.
Tamika stood there calmly as all the lights went out one by one.
"What's happening?" Rose asked fearfully. The Doctor squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"The librarians are coming," she told them.
"Who are they?" the Doctor asked.
"You'll see. And you'll see why you should go."
Something hissed behind them and they all spun around in unison. A sound like glass crashing was right in front of them.
"They're here," Tamika whispered and flicked on her book light. The Doctor followed suit and pulled out his sonic screwdriver, radiating light out five feet in front of them.
"Probably not the best idea," Rose murmured, for now they could see the creatures.
"We are the librarians," they hissed. "Who are you?"
"I'm the Doctor!" he announced, "And you're about to know my name and never forget it!"
Rose dashed to the desk to pick up a small paperweight laying there. She raised it above her head and bashed one of the creatures with it. Instead of falling, however, it turned into a guy. One in a leather jacket similar to the Doctor's, but his hair was floppy and he had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
"Who is that?" the Doctor asked. Rose just shook her head, her eyes wide.
"Her worst fear," Tamika replied.
"A smokin', leather wearin' guy? He doesn't look more than 150 pounds soaking wet. How can she be afraid of that?"
As if to answer him, the creature got closer to Rose and put an arm around her. "Come on, babe, let's go back to my place and fool around."
Trying to keep her voice as steady as possible, Rose answered, "No."
Anger flashed across the guy's face. "What?"
"I said no," she said loudly. The creature struck her across the face and Rose cried in pain and fell backwards.
"Rose!" the Doctor shouted and moved to grab the guy. Tamika stopped him.
"She is the only one that can defeat it."
"Defend yourself, Rose!" he said.
She whimpered on the floor. He raised his sonic screwdriver to another of the creatures and attempted to shock it but instead it started crying, and sounding like flames crackling. He crumpled to the ground.
"No! Stop it!" he cried.
Tamika stood there, and said, "I told you."
"Name your worst fear out loud. That is the way to get librarians away from you. Or you could always try Summer Reading."
"There was that voice again!" Rose exclaimed as she received another kick to the stomach.
"Stay with me, Ro!" the guy screamed. "I love you!"
"Well, I don't love you!" she shouted.
The Doctor screamed in pain, and Tamika decided she would have to help them.
She walked calmly to the desk noticing the sign that said summer reading sign-ups. She picked up a pencil and neatly wrote her name. The creatures stopped and turned all of their attention on her.
"If this is the path you choose, you must read advanced level books to leave."
Tamika sighed and opened her book once more. She started reading quickly. Discarded that book and picked up another from a desk. She read and read until there was a mountain of books beside her. The creatures let out a moan and they clutched their middles.
"Nooooooo!" they shrieked. The creatures disappeared with a pop! and the lights all came back on. The Doctor and Rose stood up sheepishly and thanked the girl quietly.
"I don't think I'll call you Tamika," he said.
"What would you call me?" she asked confusedly.
"The Badass Bookworm."