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'Hey, Doc,' called out Jennifer. 'Can we talk? It's about Clara.'
'Oh, what about her?' asked Doc. 'Did something happen to her?'
'Uh, no,' replied Jennifer. 'You see, I was wondering if we could maybe take her back to 1985 with us. She really wants to go where we go.'
'Well, she doesn't belong in our time,' Doc said, gently. 'I cautioned you about disruption of the continuum for your own personal benefit. We will proceed as planned, and as soon as we return to 1985 - we'll destroy this infernal machine. Travelling through time has become much too stressful.'
'Well, technically,' Jennifer said, quietly, 'she no longer belongs in this time. If it wasn't for us, she would have drowned. So leaving her here could drastically affect the space-time continuum. Besides, with Billy Needles out to get her - she'd be safer in our time, anyway.'
'Are you sure you want to do this?' Doc asked, quietly. 'I mean, where is she going to stay. She can't very well stay with me. People would be frowning on that.'
'She could stay with me,' suggested Jennifer. 'Listen, Doc, we could let my parents in on the time machine. Maybe we could say that she's my twin. Anyway, she is a relative - so I'm sure my parents wouldn't object.'
'So where is she right now?' asked Doc.
'She went to the lake with Marty,' explained Jennifer. 'We could show her the DeLorean, and tell her about everything.'
'Yeah, I suppose we should,' Doc replied. 'I'm not sure how she'd feel about living in 1985 - but I suppose that is best for the space-time continuum.'
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About an hour later, Doc and Jennifer met Marty and Clara at Doc's cabin.
'Clara, we, uh, we need to show you something,' said Doc, after taking a deep breath.
'Can't you just tell me what it is?' protested Clara.
'You wouldn't believe me, if I just told you,' insisted Doc.
'Oh, all right,' said Clara with a sigh. 'This must be something really important, then.'
'Yeah, to say the least,' replied Doc.
Then Clara was a little worried. 'Are you okay, Dr. Brown? You're not sick or anything, are you?'
'Oh, no, no, no, no! Not at all,' Doc protested. 'It's just that, well, you'll see when we get there. Just trust me on this, please.'
Then the quartet started to head off to the train tracks, where the DeLorean was.
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'What in tarnation is this?' asked Clara, as she was looking at the DeLorean. 'I have never seen anything like this before! What kind of contraption is this?'
'Well, Clara, this is a, a time machine,' explained Doc. 'Come here, I'll show you how it works. First, you turn the time circuits on.' Doc did so, displaying the three panels. 'This readout tells you where you're going, this one tells you where you are, this one tells you where you were. You input the destination time on this keypad. Say, you wanna see the signing of the Declaration of Independence...' Doc said, as he typed in July 24, 1776, '... or witness the birth of Christ,' Doc added, imputting the date December 25, 0000.
'This is unbelieveable,' muttered Clara. 'I'm not even sure whether or not I should believe you, but you people seem so sincere. Plus, this contraption does look rather, uh, futuristic. I mean, I've never seen anything like this before in my life!'
'Well, Clara, how would you feel about coming back with us to 1985?' asked Jennifer.
'Well, I will miss Mark and Jamie and the kids,' said Clara, with a sigh. 'Maybe we could come back here and visit them, seeing that you do have a time machine. Other than that, though, I really can't stand to leave you people. So, please, take me back with you!'
Clara looked like she wanted to cry. Jennifer put her arm around her friend and gave her a gentle squeeze. 'I'd be happy to have you for a sister. It'll be almost like we're twins. Being an only child can be so lonesome, at times.'
'Oh, thank you so much, Jennifer!' exclaimed Clara, smiling. 'Maybe there are things of this world that I have yet to discover.'
'You're welcome,' replied Jennifer, smiling back. 'You'd be amazed by how much the world has advanced in 100 years. A lot of things about the future will probably surprise you.'
'By the way,' added Marty, 'My real name is Martin Seamus McFly. I'm the great-great-grandson of Seamus and Maggie McFly, so that's why I couldn't use my real name here. Marty is my nickname, though.'
'Oh, I see,' said Clara, trying to digest everything. Then, turning to Jennifer, she asked, 'How about you, Jennifer? Is Jennifer Jane Parker your real name?'
'Yeah, that is my real name,' replied Jennifer. 'I guess I should have used a different name, too - but I just didn't think of it. I'm sure I must have confused the hell out of Mark and Jamie. We can't tell them about the time machine.'
'So, anyway,' asked Clara, 'what happens in the next hundred years? Do we have any major wars? I really hate wars with a passion.'
'Yeah, two major wars break out in the early 20th century,' explained Jennifer. 'Well, you'll learn about them, when we get back to 1985.'
'Believe me, Clara,' added Marty. 'You will have a lot of catching up to do - but, believe me, the 1980s is a totally awesome decade. You have awesome things like rock and roll music and video games.'
'Okay, now you've lost me, Marty,' said Clara, confused. 'It's like you're speaking a foreign language. Oh well, I guess we'd better head home and hit the sack, now. I'm pretty tired.'
'Yeah, that sounds like a good idea,' replied Doc. 'We'll have to get up pretty early tomorrow, so that we can catch the train by eight.'
'Train?' asked Clara, confused. Then, pointing to the DeLorean, she said, 'I thought we were going in this thing.'
'We are,' replied Doc. 'We need the train to push this up to 88 miles per hour, though. Then the time circuits will be activated.'
'This is certainly confusing,' Clara said, quietly. 'I guess you know what you're doing, though.'
Then Marty skipped back to Doc's workshop, happy that everything was going to work out, and they were all going back to 1985. He had Huey Lewis and The News' Power of Love going through his head, which was the best substitute for not having rock and roll in this time period.