fandomhigh | The Library (12/21/2005)

It took Angela longer than she expected to re-shelve the books that belonged in the regular collection. By the time she enters Special Collections, she's uneasily aware of how fast the rickshaw will need to be for her to catch her plane.

She's thinking about that, and other things, as she pushes open the double doors to SC. She doesn't realize she's forgotten her protective gloves until she's standing in front of the shelf where she needs to put the time travel books.

She peers at them; they don't look dangerous, and, anyhow, the lights are on and she's still within sight of the regular library.

Deciding to take a chance, Angela impatiently parts the books already on the shelf and shoves the Roberta Sparrow work and the other volumes into place. A strange thud-jolt of electricity passes through her ...

And the Angela standing when she yanks her fingers away from the books looks much older, and has absolutely no idea of where she is.

*rover hesitates before the doors to this place.*

*even rover knows this is a bad place.*

*he doesn't like to go here.*

*that he's never been here hardly matters.*

*this place makes him wiggly.*

*...and not in the good way.*

*standing in front of a shelf, she is only a little not familiar.*

*ok, she is familiar only not a little.*

*it's not angela.*

*it is angela, only not.*

*regardless, this angela is not authorized personnel.*

*especially unauthorized personnel here.*

*he rolls to a stop in front of her.*

*and wiggles.*

Angela is deeply, deeply confused. As you would beif you had been ordering a double latte with extra foam at Starbucks and, just as the clerk finally announced that your order was ready, you found yourself in some sort of place with ... a lot of books. A library?

And, apparently, there is a weather balloon in the library. A roaming weather balloon.

Angela did the only logical thing in this situation.

She screamed. LOUD.

Rory looked up from where she was out in the library.

"Angela?" she called, hurrying into the stacks. "Angela, are you okay?"

*the scream pierced through the air.*

*making rover vibrate.*

*it was not a good vibrate.*

*two in one day.*

*what are the odds?*

*rover rolls forward.*

*and the screaming notangela-angela disappears.*

*and reappears on the steps to town hall.*

*his job done, rover rolls out of this special place.*

*and back through the library on his way to his office again.*

*and the video feeds.*

*and lava lamps.*

*and hopefully, the good kind of vibrates.*

Foggily, Angela begins to wonder how the dark-haired girl knows her name and why she seems almost familiar.

This train of thought, like her scream, is rather firmly interrupted by Rover.

"What was that?" asked Janet. "Rory, did you hear Angela?"

*Zero tilted her head to one side.* Rover? Janet, Rover's in the Library. It is Not Amused.

"Yeah," Rory said, looking confused. "Rover just...did something to her. She's gone."

Wait, did he take her? Wha?

"I guess?" Rory bit her lip. "She looked kind of weird. Her hair was a different color, and she was a little taller. Could've been the lighting, though. But...yeah."

Janet shook her head. "I don't know what's going on, but why does this have to happen on the last day of school?"

She spotted Marty walking in.

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