𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 ✧ 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 Ⅱ [✓]

Silence Of The Library Pt. 1

"Books. People never really stop loving books" the Doctor says as he grabs his coat and walks out of the TARIDS followed by {Y/N} and Donna. The TARDIS is in a mostly empty area with just a few small cases of books.

"Fifty-first century. By now you've got holovids, direct to brain downloads, fiction mist, but you need the smell. The smell of books, Donna. Deep breath" {Y/N} says as they all move to a staircase.

"The Library. So, big it doesn't need a name. Just a great big The" the Doctor says.

"It's like a city," Donna says.

"It's a world. Literally, a world. The whole core of the planet is the index computer. Biggest hard drive ever. And up here, every book ever written. Whole continents of Jeffrey Archer, Bridget Jones, Monty Python's Big Red Book. Brand new editions, specially printed" {Y/N} says as they look over a balcony onto roofs below.

"We're near the equator, so this must be biographies. I love biographies" the Doctor says.

"Yeah, very you. Always a death at the end."

"You need a good death. Without death, there'd only be comedies. Dying gives us size" Donna picks up a book and the Doctor takes it from her.

"Way-a. Spoilers" he says giving the book to {Y/N} who flicks through it.

"What?" Donna says.

"These books are from your future. You don't want to read ahead. Spoil all the surprises. Like peeking at the end" {Y/N} smiles.

"Isn't traveling with you two one big spoiler?"

"We try to keep you away from major plot developments. Which, to be honest, we seem to be very bad at, because you know what? This is the biggest library in the universe. So where is everyone? It's silent" the Doctor uses his screwdriver on a nearby information screen, bringing it online.

"The library?"

"The planet. The whole planet" {Y/N} says.

"Maybe it's a Sunday."

"No, we never land on Sundays. Sundays are boring" the Doctor says.

"Well, maybe everyone's really, really quiet."

"Yeah, maybe. But they'd still show up on the system" {Y/N} says.

"Doctor, why are we here? Really, why?" Donna asks.

"Oh, you know, just passing," the Doctor says.

"No, seriously. It was all let's hit the beach, then suddenly we're in a library. Why?" Donna asks looking at {Y/N} who shakes her head as if she didn't know but definitely knew why they were there.

"Now that's interesting," the Doctor says.

"What?" Donna asks.

"Scanning for life forms. If I do a scan looking for your basic humanoids. You know, your book readers, few limbs and a face, apart from us, I get nothing. Zippo, nada. See? Nobody home. But if I widen the parameters to any kind of life" the Doctor moves his sonic over the screen Error 1,000,000,000,000 lifeform number capped at maximum record "a million, million. Gives up after that. A million, million."

"But there's nothing here. There's no one" Donna says.

"And not a sound. A million. million life forms, and silence in the library" {Y/N} says.

"But there's no one here. There's just books. I mean, it's not the books, is it? I mean, it can't be the books, can it? I mean, books can't be alive" Donna says as her and the Doctor both reach slowly for a book. A voice makes them jump.