The two time travelers and the police officer got to the prison and went inside his office. They saw on a really huge wall, about 30,000 tiny cells with clear doors. They were all so small that the prisoners had to sit on their hands and knees just to be able to fit inside.
Police Officer: You two will be staying next to our longest-staying cellmate ever. His name's Bert and he's been here for the past 32 years.
Uniqua: Wow! What did he do that was so horrible?
Police Officer: He stole a cup of coffee.
Pablo: How does stealing a cup of coffee get you in jail for 32 years?
Police Officer: How should I know? I'm not even that old.
The cop took the handcuffs off of Pablo and Uniqua and Pablo got into his cell. But Uniqua just stood there refusing to do the same.
Police Officer: What are you waiting for? Your birthday? Halloween? Christmas?
Uniqua: I'm waiting for nothing. Because I'm not going in there.
Police Officer: Why not?
Uniqua: Because I didn't do anything bad.
Police Officer: What are you talking about? You said the I word, the 2nd most horrible crime of all.
Uniqua: It's not where I come from.
Police Officer: That's not possible because it's a law all around the world.
Uniqua: True, but I'm not from Earth.
Pablo: You're not.
Uniqua: Yep.
Pablo: That's odd, because I always thought you were a ant or a pig or something.
Uniqua: Nope. If I was a ant I'd be tiny, and if I was a pig I'd have a squiggly tail. But what I meant was it's not against the law in 2010.
Police Officer: You're trying to pull that time traveler excuse again. 'Cause it ain't gonna work on me or anybody else. But I don't care who you are or where you're from. You still have to go to jail. Now get into your cell.
Tense music played for about 27 seconds until Uniqua finally spoke.
Uniqua: No!
Uniqua ran straight out the door and the police officer started chasing her into the hallway.
Uniqua (while running): You'll never take me alive copper!
Police Officer (while running): You know what? That sentence doesn't make sense anymore because it's impossible for the police not to catch the bad guys.
Uniqua (while running): What the heck are you talking about?
Uniqua looked ahead and spotted the front door.
Uniqua (while running): There's the exit.
Uniqua made a dramatic jump for the door and she froze in midair. Pablo came into the hallway baffled and amazed.
Pablo: Wow! What happened to her?
Police Officer: I froze her.
The cop lifted up a teaser-looking device that he had just used.
Police Officer: I used my Paralyze Laser Gun. It takes away the ability to move from whatever person, fish, or animal it's laser hits.
Pablo: That is awesome! Do it to me!
Police Officer: Ok.
The officer pointed his laser gun at Pablo but didn't get a chance to press the button before Pablo spoke.
Pablo: Wait! Don't just do it. I wanna be doing something when you press the button.
Pablo started doing a bunch of silly and crazy things, such as summersaults and cartwheels. He also started running around in small circles. Annoyed, the cop shot his laser gun at Pablo. Once Pablo was frozen, he had just fininshed a lap of running around.
Police Officer: I didn't notice 'til now, but there's something familiar about these kids.
The police officer picked up Uniqua and Pablo's frozen bodies and carried them back into his office.
