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[thumping]

[maniacal laughter]

[evil voice] Free...

Free from my prison.

Free from the Forbidden Section.

[swishing]

History will be rewritten!

[sparks]

[powering up]

[footsteps approaching]

Librarian? Are you okay?

Oh, Zero, thank goodness I have found you.

I am...exhausted.

Yeah, so I see.

Listen, I need your help. All of you.

Of course,

but Del's not aboard the ship right now and Guardian's on stand-by

-and-- -Well, whoever is here, then.

I felt a...disturbance,

telling me something bad has happened down in my Library.

Gem, Tag, get to the Library immediately.

I'll meet you there.

I fear this is very bad, Zero.

Very bad.

I think...it's got out.

[Zero] A decade ago, the Imperium created the Bioweve,

a digital nightmare they wired into our brains.

They locked me away, stole my memories, left me with nothing.

Then one day, I was rescued and taken aboard the Rogue.

Now my friends and I are going to shut down the Bioweve

and free humanity.

Because I am Prisoner Zero.

[theme music playing]

I'm sorry, Librarian, but this looks really, really bad.

You said you picked up a disturbance.

I heard a, a cry

from within the Forbidden Section.

The what now?

The Forbidden Section is where the darkest knowledge of the universe

has been secured, safe from prying eyes.

-But something got in. -Or out.

-And ended up here. -That's right.

Which means that this entire Library,

every room, every nook, every cranny,

is now a very dangerous place to be.

If there's danger, we have to move fast.

But first we need to know what we're up against.

My whole library contains

myriad creatures and artifacts

which could cause chaos if left unchecked.

So you're saying that there's more than one dangerous thing

that could be running rampant throughout my ship?

Your ship?

There are things aboard this starship, Zero,

that predate even my arrival.

Things from the darkest of times.

Cheery today, aren't you?

Look around you, dear child.

I should never have let this happen.

Look at it. It's almost like it's...

[swishing]

Tag!

What do you think it is?

This is why we have come here.

It is just one of the countless victims.

Victims of what?

An ancient and terrible evil.

It has escaped. And now it's loose inside my Library.

We're here because something's hurting books?

Libraries aren't just for storing books, my boy.

They are for retaining information in all its forms.

Artifacts, public records, images.

Sometimes even living creatures.

That is what I trapped inside the Forbidden Section.

Something that can rewrite the world around it.

But if you trapped it once, you can do it again?

-Provided we find it? -Perhaps.

There is an ancient tome, the Grymarcanorium.

But we must head for the Forbidden Section quickly.

[swishing]

Getting out of here is definitely a plan. Look!

[trickling]

Ah!

Ah. Guessing that's our ancient evil, then.

Nice to meet you too. [grunts]

[grunting]

-Zero, I don't like this. -No kidding.

How's it doing all this?

What does it want? Librarian?

It has only one purpose, Zero,

it aims to rewrite history.

[Librarian groaning]

It's using Rogue to transmit its signal.

The entire history of the cosmos

could be changed in a matter of days, or even hours.

Oh, please, whatever you are, just stop.

Stop?

You cannot stop what now must happen.

You are but ants.

Librarian, do something, anything.

Uh... I can't.

The Dark Times shall return, Ancient One.

And there is nothing you can do to prevent it.

[all screaming]

[ruffling]

Zero! Librarian!

They're still inside!

[grunts]

That thing's really powerful.

It's tearing apart your library.

The whole Rogue will be next.

I think it's time we ended this, don't you?

There is no end, Ancient One.

My task is incomplete.

I cannot cease until all knowledge has been "corrected".

You assign this knowledge as History.

You claim it documents all that happened.

And yet it tells of defeat.

It probably tells the truth.

What sort of super weapon are you, anyway?

Already the past is reasserting itself.

-History shall be corrected. -[grunting]

And every world shall know the power of the Dark Times.

Soon they will never have known anything different.

You can't just rewrite history.

I can. That is my function.

All histories can be rewritten.

Even yours... Ancient One.

[exclaiming]

Librarian!

No, no. Zero, help me.

[grunts]

What have you done to him?

I am reading him.

Making certain the truth is told.

As for you...

[growls]

You are something different.

You have no history.

That presents a threat to my mission.

Oh, the biggest threat.

And I don't know why or how, but do you know what?

I don't care.

Because I am going to find a way to end you, once and for all.

Your words are lies.

You cannot defeat me.

You would do better not to talk.

Well, you might not like the taste of me, but I'm getting him back one way.

Or another! [screams]

[maniacal laughter]

[sighs]

Let's see if we can find another way in.

[Tag] Before that thing finds a way out.

[ruffling]

[creature] All history can be rewritten.

Rewritten. Rewritten.

Rewritten. Rewritten. Rewritten.

[Gem and Tag panting]

[Tag] Whoa. Where are we?

Somewhere that hasn't seen a good clean in a few centuries.

-Argh! -[laughs]

I don't see what's so funny.

We're in a Library, remember?

It's not like that hungry book's going to be the only one.

[beeping]

Is anyone receiving? Zero? Guardian?

Do you copy? Del? Can anyone read me? Hello?

Looks like something might be interfering with the comms.

Might be something to do with that thing over there.

-What makes you say that? -Nothing.

Thought I just saw something.

Just be careful, yeah?

Don't touch the books or they'll bite your hand off.

Yes, my lady. Of course, my lady.

Tag Anaton. Show me your hands.

Other hand.

Not touching it. Not at all. Nope.

[sighs] Can't take you anywhere.

All right. It wasn't my fault.

[indistinct voices]

[gasps]

Maybe this wasn't my best idea.

[panting]

No, definitely not!

Librarian mentioned something about a book.

The Grimmy-thingy-mabob or something.

He said it was our only hope.

Sounds like a plan. Any idea where we can find it?

-I'm working on it. -[indistinct voices]

Why is it always me that has to think up these things?

[sighs] Now where are you?

Tag?

[ruffling]

[groans]

[panting] "1001 Survival Tips."

Hmm, I think I'll hang on to you.

So, I'm trapped inside a Dark Times creature out to destroy the universe.

Not a good thing.

Hungry books attacking me wherever I go,

another not a good thing.

Guessing the two must be connected. So, what?

It's rewritten every book from the Library it's absorbed?

Turning them against me? [panting]

[Librarian] That's what the entity does.

[Zero gasps]

Huh?

It'll rewrite everything here. Then project that out across the cosmos.

Soon nobody will know any different.

And what is it we're up against exactly?

It's the Ragnabook.

It broke free, somehow.

I'm sorry.

Ragnabook? What's a Ragnabook?

Only one of the greatest weapons of the Dark Times.

A living, thinking weapon,

working for whoever the current victor was.

It would document their successes, all their victories,

their achievements,

destroying everything else.

[wind howling]

It traveled from world to world,

all to ensure its masters' truth held strong

and no-one ever learned about their defeats.

Sometimes it even destroyed their own worlds,

all to protect the lies it turned into truths.

The Ragnabook followed its instructions to the letter.

Entire constellations fell to preserve its secrets.

It sucked the life out of the universe.

[Zero] Which is what it's doing now, using the Rogue.

Yes.

But you said that you managed to stop it once before.

Oh! You were the one who trapped it in that book!

For all the good it did.

What's the point of making all those sacrifices

if evil keeps coming back?

[grunts]

[indistinct voices]

-Really? -[gasps]

[exclaims]

[swishing]

[indistinct chatter]

[children laughing]

[explosion]

[children laughing]

[crackling]

-This looks familiar. -Because we've been here before.

Five minutes ago.

I don't think so. You just think they all look alike.

[footsteps]

On the other hand, you may have a point.

So now we're lost. Thanks, Tag.

[laughs]

But Tag Anaton, hero to the masses, has a plan.

-I like a plan. Is it a good one? -Aren't they always?

Okay, we need a VR map.

So let's create BAM scouts to survey the local area.

Now, we know what's back that way, so if we cover the other aisles...

Gotcha!

Now, if I can just trace the signal, home in on their stats,

I should be able to...

There.

[Gem] Look. That must be Zero and Librarian.

-I don't think so. I think that's us. -So where are they, then?

These readings don't make any sense. Everything's changing!

Except for that bit.

Remember what Librarian said,

the creature wants to rewrite the world around it.

What if that's what's happening here?

It's rewriting the Library!

So why isn't that bit changing like the rest of it?

I don't know.

Maybe it can't get in there?

Because it's forbidden.

The Forbidden Section, right!

We just found our bearings.

-[panting] -[groaning]

I'm getting too old for this, Zero.

Ah! Too old for everything.

Oh, that's nonsense.

You've been caring for your Library for, what, thousands of years?

You've probably got at least 10,000 more in you.

No. You don't understand, my friend.

I'm exhausted.

I can't fight old age any more than I can fight the Ragnabook.

Listen to me.

You can give up, let the Ragnabook win,

let yourself be rewritten, stay trapped in this...

Whatever this place is, its prisoner for eternity--

I sense you are going to give me some great, emotive speech

to propel me forward, to keep me fighting.

Actually, I wasn't sure where I was going with it,

but what you just said sounds as good a plan as any.

Hmm. You're a good man, Zero.

You are right.

To find a way out of our present, though,

I fear we may need to see the past,

ensure it has not already been changed.

How do we do that?

I reckon nowhere in the Library is safe.

I have an idea, but it could be very dangerous.

We could end up as great a threat as the one the Ragnabook poses.

We just have to make sure we don't then.

What do we need to do?

[Librarian groans]

[rumbling]

[groans]

[clamoring]

Uh...

Where... Where am I?

Oh, you've got to be joking.

[Librarian] Enough!

[lightning crackling]

Whoa!

[sighs]

I don't actually exist here.

They can't hurt me.

Librarian?

Hey!

[panting]

I'm sure it's this way.

Yeah, you said that five minutes ago.

When we went left and found ourselves in the cookery section,

facing cookbooks that wanted to eat us.

Yeah? Well, this time I am sure.

[mimics Gem] "This time I am sure", she says.

[groans]

Librarian! Wait for me!

Librarian, you handsome scallywag, we've got to get back.

Librarian... Ah.

And I'm talking to a memory.

[footsteps receding]

[sighs]

No way out. Fantastic.

What do you mean? There's always a way out!

You're just not looking hard enough. We'll go...

Told you!

No need to sound so pleased about it.

-They're coming for you as well. -I know, but still.

[grinding]

[rumbling]

Gotta love a secret passage.

-Told you there's always a way out. -Oh, don't get so smug.

I'm never smug.

-Just right. -[Tag laughs]

[rumbling]

[panting]

Librarian?

Oh, Librarian. It's you.

My you, the older you.

No, no. Stay away. I have to concentrate.

You're holding this memory, fighting off the Ragnabook.

But you have to know that's not the way we're going to beat it.

Please, leave me be.

I have to concentrate.

If I lose this...I can't keep fighting.

We've got to get back. You've got to trap it again.

[swishing]

I told you, I am too old for all this.

-[growls] -[gasps]

[Tag] Has no one ever heard of lighting in this Library?

Kind of want to see where we're going.

What for? We just go forward.

Just thinking, secret passages are great

unless they have secret trapdoors or secret monsters

or secret other things that are secret for a reason.

You worry too much.

[swishing]

Looks like this place won't last much longer.

It's like it's pulling your memories apart, moment by moment.

I am not strong enough to hold it together.

The Ragnabook is destroying all trace of its masters' weaknesses.

Turning defeat into victory at the cost of all reality.

Can't stand sore losers.

History works in cycles, Zero.

The same things happen, time and again.

Which means we can stop it again.

You have to focus.

Give it everything you've got.

I'll only go and make the same mistakes again.

And I'll be the last man standing.

Again.

-[gasps] -[grunts]

Now what's your problem?

That is.

Huh?

[theme music playing]