When We Travel Book 2 | Whouffaldi

Chapter 27: Soufflé Girl

Clara's POV

I had been roaming this damn Dalek Asylum for days now... "Well... at least I get a little bit of me time I suppose..." I paused as I 'rolled' around the dark-ish building, "I really want to thank Missy about giving me the Doctor's number but... I honestly hate her for making me meet the Doctor because of this specific moment!" I paused once more. "Gods, I've resulted to talking to myself. And who says the word 'specific' in an everyday sentence anymore?" I exclaimed to myself, "I'm gonna go insane."

Mr. Clever's POV

"Right." I muttered as I slowly sat up, I rubbed my forehead to try and rid the after effects from the fall down to the Asylum. I looked around to try and spot any of the group, "Why? Why did I agree to this? Noo... River wants to do it the hard way by making Clara suffer in a bloody Dalek! Again! Repetitive woman..." I paused, "Great. Talking to myself." I stood up and looked around at the snowy terrain, "Now. Just have to make sure that all of these useless idiots get stuck on this planet until either the Daleks or the cold kills them."

Ashildr's POV

"Ouch!" I exclaimed as I felt something jab my leg, making me jump up from the snow.

"Oh, sorry!" I voice said. Where did that come from?

Jack exclaimed as he approached me, "Ashildr!" he called, "Ah, good. You're alright." I looked around in confusion, "What's wrong?" Jack asked.

"Something or someone spoke to me." I continued looking down at the snow.

"Yes!" the voice said again, "Over here!" we turned around and looked down to see some sort of eye stalk popping up from the snow.

"Erm-" Jack paused, "H-Hi?" he said, "Wh-What or who are you?"

"Oswin." she said, "Well... My friends used to call me Soufflé girl. Whichever you fancy."

I glanced at Jack. I then mouth 'Oswin?' he just shrugged in response. It couldn't be Clara's daughter... Could it? She did sound awfully a lot like her, "How did you get here?" I asked.

"Well..." Oswin began, "I've been here for a few years now. Lost count actually. I'm locked in a room and there's these weird salt shakers attacking me. I don't really remember how I got here."

I needed to make sure that Oswin wasn't Clara's daughter, "Oswin... quick question. Do you know anything about time travel o-or a TARDIS?"

"A TARDIS? Sounds weird. What is it?" she questioned.

"I-Its fine, Oswin." Jack said, "Just wanted to clarify that you didn't know what one was."

"Look. Do you need help?" I asked.

Oswin shouted, "Yes! I mean... it gets quite boring here. And those things out there- they are quite scary."

"You said salt shakers... Do you mean Daleks?" Jack asked.

"Yes!" Oswin confirmed, "That's what they're called!"

"Well, Oswin. We're here to save one of our friends. We can help you too along the way, if you want." I offered. Oswin agreed.

Mr. Clever's POV

"Missy! Jenny!" I called out to them. I stopped walking towards them as a pounding occurred within my head. It was the Doctor trying to break free and tell Missy and Jenny about my presence, "No you pathetic Time Lord." I mumbled, "Let me have my fun, just this once."

"You okay, dad?" Jenny asked as she put her arms around me.

I gulped before awkwardly putting my arms around her, "Er- Yeah." keep it cool Mr. Clever... I could see that Missy was eyeing me curiously out the corner of my eye as Jenny pulled away.

"Doctor." Missy said before circling around me, "Doctor Doctor. What's wrong with you?"

"Wr-Wrong? Nothing."

She then said, "You know about mobile phones, right?"

I nodded, "Yes. What's your point?"

"Next time... You should really end the call before you start talking to yourself."

"Wh-What are you talking about, Missy?" Jenny questioned in confusion.

Missy then pointed at my head, "It's starting to show." I quickly reached for the side of my head... but I felt nothing, "Aha! So you aren't the Doctor! I was lying! I just wanted to see if you would actually reach for the cyber metal."

"Who is he?" Jenny asked.

"Ah, he's noone important."

"Excuse me?" I questioned.

"Despite the name." Missy said, "You're not so clever, are you?" she then quickly took out a gun and before I could react- I felt a sharp pain in my neck.

"M-Missy!?" I heard Jenny exclaim. I sat down in the snow as I felt the metal push through the side of my head, "What did you do?"

Missy answered, "Nothing to worry about, dear. Just a bit of Gallifreyan technology. Calm him down a bit and hopefully let the Doctor take control again."

"Take control?" Jenny questioned.

"Yes. He is Mr. Clever. The Doctor's 'evil' side. All of his evil and dark thoughts poured into one person." she explained.

The Doctor's POV

"Oh, thank the gods!" I exclaimed before clutching my head, "Well. I don't really thank them for giving me this headache."

"Doctor?" Missy cautiously asked.

I quickly jumped up, "Clara! Clara Clara Clara! Have to find Clara! Who knows how long shes been here!"

"Yep. It's him." Jenny confirmed.

"Hold up, old man! You need to calm down!" Missy said.

"No!" I exclaimed, "I need to find her as soon as possible! I have very bad memories of this place and I don't want her to end up like Oswin!"

"Oswin?!" Jenny and Missy said simultaneously.

"No no no!" I assured them, "Not my daughter: Oswin! Clara's echo! She was called Oswin! She just got stuck inside of a Dalek forever. Complex stuff. I need to find Clara before I go insane."

"Dad. We will find her." Jenny said to me.

I let out a sigh, "Okay. Okay." I paused, "Sorry. Just... Going through some things right now. Having Mr. Clever controlling me doesn't exactly help me."

"What's gotten into you, old man?" Missy asked, "You haven't worried about Clara this much for quite a while now."

"I don't know!" I replied, "I don't think I've ever missed Clara this much actually!"

"Looks like the love is coming back." Missy groaned.

"Great." Jenny muttered, "I'm ready for another rollercoaster of emotions."