The Adventures of Clara and Me

Chapter 6: Rescue

 "So what do you mean there aren't any children?" Clara asked.

"There have never been any children here not the entire time of this planet" 564 said.

"Were you here when they took him away?" Me questioned.

"They didn't just take him, ma'am. They took his parents too!"

"Do you have any idea where they took them?"

"Probably where they take all criminals," 564 said. "The city hall,"

Clara looked at Me. Why were there all of those empty cells? She thought.

Without another word, Me took off towards their TARDIS, Clara following behind her.

When the TARDIS landed, they found themselves in the same familiar corridor of cells that they had been in when they first arrived.

"Help me! Please help me! They're going to kill me! They killed my mum and dad!" cried a young voice from down the hall. They turned the corner to find the boy in a cell.

"Don't worry, we're here!" Clara replied. They ran to the boy's cell.

"What's your name?" Me asked him as she pulled out her sonic glasses.

"Jim," the boy said, wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Well, Jim, we're here to save you," Clara told him.

"Not so fast," said a deep voice from behind them.

Clara and Me turned around to see that they were surrounded by the same guards they had encountered before.

They put their hands up in surrender, not wanting to cause any trouble.

"Well this is very easy," said their captain, opening a cell for them.

Clara walked into the cell. Me tried to follow her, but was cut off by one of the guards.

"No, last time you two were in the same cell, you worked your way out," the captain said. "And I'll take these," he snatched Me's sonic glasses off of the top of her head.

"But they're just an accessory, what harm could they do?" She said.

"Then you won't mind not having them," he said, locking her into the cell.

The captain and his guards left the room without another word, leaving Clara and me to their thoughts.

So, Clara thought, sitting on the bench in her cell.

There has to be a way out, Me thought. She looked around her cell to find something to help her. She felt in her pockets to find only several napkins from the diner.

Clara rested her head in her hands. It struck her that they might escape when she found a bobby pin in her hair.

Immediately, she jumped up off of her cell bench and went to the lock of her cell door. She appreciated the fact that it was not high-tech and could easily be picked.

It took Clara several minutes, but she successfully picked the lock and was free from her cell.

"Hey," Clara said, appearing in front of Me's cell.

"What?" She said, utterly puzzled.

Clara held up the bobby pin and grinned.

"Oh, you're a genius," She said. Me waited patiently for Clara to unlock her cell door.

When her door was finally open, Me stretched her arms, even though the cell wasn't tight.

"Hi Jim," Clara said, picking his cell door lock. "I'm Clara, and this is Me." Clara gestured to Me to avoid confusion.

"What sort of a name is Me?" He said.

"It's my name," she said with a grin.

"Alright," Jim said. "Cool name,"

Clara took Jim's hand and brought him back to the TARDIS which was around the corner.

"Where's Me?" Jim asked.

Clara turned around to see that Me was no longer with them. She unlocked the doors to the diner and brought Jim inside.

"You wait here," she instructed.

Clara was startled when she opened the diner door to find Me standing on the other side.

"What were you doing?" Clara asked, startled by the sudden appearance of her friend.

"I went back for these, of course," Me said, pointing to the sonic sunglasses that now sat again on the top of her head. "They were just sitting outside the door at the end of the hallway,"

"C'mon, let's go before they notice we're gone," Clara suggested and the closed the diner doors.