Invasion
The Annex was a mess. Books were all over the floor and loose pages lay everywhere. The lamps on the table had fallen over, one of them had goneout.
Eve stood at the Back Door, staring with a stern look at the Librarian, who was leaning against the table.
"I leave you alone for a few hours and you manage to do... this!" Lost for more words, she just made a vague gesture to the whole of the Annex.
Flynn gave her his best innocent smile, hoping it would calm her down.
"What happened?", Eve finally managed to say.
"Well... you know, er... We had a bit of trouble. Nothing we couldn't..."
"Flynn! It's coming your way!"
The Librarian immediately reacted. He grabbed a bucket that had been standing on the table, hurried over to the door connecting the Annex and the Library and stood there, bucket raised high like a weapon, and waited. When something small whooshedpast him, he pulled the bucket over it, trapping whatever it was.
Stone, Jones and Cassandra stormed into the Annex, trying to regain their breath. Jenkins followed shortly after.
"What happened?" Eve asked again with a baffled look.
"Someone", Flynn looked meaningful at Jones, "managed to leave the door open, so that something could come in."
"What?", Eve snapped, worried.
"Don't freak, Eve! This was the last one, I promise", Flynn said, nervously looking up at his Guardian.
"It's rats, Colonel", Jenkins said.
Eve, who had had her hand on her weapon, relaxed: "I thought someone had breached the Library, trying to cause the end of the world. Again.", she laughed, "But as long as it is just rats..."
"Told you", Jones whispered to Stone, "she's not afraid of rats."
Flynn, who had trouble holding the bucket down, murmured: "Yep, only rats. An invasion of small, non-furred, squeaking, spying cyborg-rats. Nothing we couldn't handle ourselves. Just your average Thursday, right?"
Eve stared at him for a few seconds, then she couldn't help herself anymore and burst out laughing.