1: Prologue: Part One

October 26, 1985

01:28 AM PST

Emmett Lathrop "Doc" Brown, better known as "Crazy Old Doc Brown" or just "Brown Nutcase" was feeling really heavy in his stomach. He was busy doing an experiment with his time travelling DeLorean, and he knew it would go wrong. He would get shot by a pair of Libyan terrorists, and the person next to him, Marty McFly, would get send back in time to 1955. He had been preparing this since Marty left 1955 on November 12, at 10:04 PM when lightning struck the clock tower in the Courthouse Square.

"The future" Marty said in astonishment, "so that's where you're going."

Doc looked up. "That's right" he said. "Twenty-five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next 25 World Series."

"Uh Doc" Marty asked. When Doc looked at him with a "Huh", a little astonished what he would ask, he continued: "Look me up, when you get there."

Doc smiled. "Indeed I will, roll em." Marty got the camera and went standing right in front of Doc.

"I, Doctor Emmett Brown, are gonna make an historic journey" Doc said. Then he suddenly remembered he had to put the second case of plutonium in the generator. Of course he couldn't put it quickly in right now, because it could create a paradox. If Marty did have plutonium in 1955 lots of things wouldn't even happen. "What am I think off, almost forgot to bring some extra plutonium!" he chuckled. "How did I ever expect to get back, one pellet, one trip! I must be out of my mind!" Then Einstein started barking.

"What is it Einie?" Doc asked and looked in the direction Einstein looked to. Then he saw something what really scared him. '55 Marty had been true.

The terrorists.

"Oh my God" he muttered. "They found me, I don't know how but they found me." Suddenly he went hysterically, as his heart raced, while he had the bullet-proof vest, though. "Run for it Marty!"

"Who? Who?" Marty asked scared. Doc never thought his lifelong friend could ever react so stupid. Who would he think, his grandma or something? "Who do you think, the Libyans!" he called.

Marty looked at the terrorists who were driving towards the van. "Holy shit!" he exclaimed. Both he and Doc quickly hid behind the van.

"I'll draw their fire!" Doc shouted in a manner to protect his best friend. "Doc, wait!" Marty called.

But it was too late already.

Too Late.

Doc tried to fire at the Libyans but – discovered it ran out of bullets. "Oh-oh" he thought. In a way to protect his own life, he threw the gun away. But, that wasn't enough for the terrorists. They fired at him. The bullets caused a little pain, but not enough for him to be killed. Though, he fall on his back – dead. He was supposed to be dead, or else Marty could never end up in 1955.

"NOOO!!!! Bastards!" he heard Marty calling. How good it was to have a friend to care for you.

As he heard the Libyan van driving away, he felt sad for his poor friend. How much pain he could be going through? Could he, anyway, been shot? Could that be a new change in the new timeline which would cause a paradox? After all those preparations for this fateful date? Would the universe blow up before he ever got a chance to travel through time?

He couldn't believe how relieved he felt when he heard the DeLorean motor start and driving away, followed by the Libyans van. After a few moments, it was silent on the mall.

The van was away. Marty was away, being chased by the terrorists, but he would soon be transported back to 1955.

It had been a real hard night. He almost thought he wouldn't survive it.

But he was still alive.

Finally sure of his live.

He could go travel through time, now.

Doc opened his eyes and turned his arm to him to see his watch. He didn't dare yet to stand up, afraid the Libyans would come back. He watched as his watch turned from 1:33 AM to 1:34 AM.

He breathed again a sigh of relief and closed his eyes again. Marty would around now be arriving at Courthouse Square and he could drive over here in about four minutes. Only a few minutes from now he would finally catch up with the version of his friend he met in 1955. Finally.

Then he heard footsteps. Footsteps! It couldn't be Marty; Marty was right now returning at Courthouse Square. It had to be the terrorists. Some of them were left behind to check out if Doc was really dead. They would shot him.

"Doc! Doc!" he then heard Marty's voice calling. Shortly after that he heard him sniffing, thinking Doc was not alive anymore. Doc opened his eyes and looked around. It was Marty.

Marty turned around, stunned to see Doc right up again. "You're alive?" he asked, stunned.

Doc smiled and opened his suit. He saw how Marty reacted stunned by seeing the bullet-proof vest. "Bullet-proof vest, how did you know?" Marty asked. "I never got a chance to tell you."

Doc grinned to himself. He had been thinking about Marty's reaction on this for over the past thirty years, and he knew what to do now. With a wavy move he picked up Marty's thirty-year-old letter out of his pocket. Marty's eyes grew wide.

"About all that talk about screwing up future events, the space-time continuum?" he could just stammer out. Doc grinned. "Well, I figured, what the hell" he told Marty and got up. Marty watched him in amazement.

"Oh this is heavy Doc" he said. "I still can't believe you're alive. I had such a hard time when I thought you were dead." He sighed for a second. "Why did you did that? Why didn't you just make sure you didn't come to the mall tonight? You could've been killed!"

Doc nodded understanding. "I understand you reasoning Marty, but I want you to understand mine. If I hadn't done this, you probably wouldn't have get send back to 1955. I had to make sure you was sent back at this exact moment and this exact place, October 26th 1985 1:35 AM, or a paradox could occur."

"A what?" Marty asked. "Never mind" Doc told him. "Where did you hide the DeLorean? You aren't here with it, because I didn't hear you coming." He took a deep piece of breath and glanced at the sign of "Lone Pine Mall". It said 1:38am. Doc was stunned. Hadn't Marty been supposed to arrive at 1:35? How could he be here now then? He asked it Marty, who answered: "Just wanted to make sure you'd survive, Doc. I really do care for you and wouldn't like you getting shot."

Doc hugged Marty. "That's so nice of you Marty! I do love you, too. It was such a surreal experience when I first met you back in 1975. Of course I already knew you from 1955 but I couldn't tell you that."

"I understand, Doc" Marty nodded. "Well, has the timeline changed much, Doc? Am I still named Martin Seamus McFly? Am I still born on June 9, 1968? Am I still dating Jennifer Jane Parker? How much on earth have I changed Doc!"

"Well, until now, everything seems to be all right" Doc confirmed him. "All the things you said are true. Well, I guess they would actually be true even if they're here not true – just because they're true in the timeline you came from."

"Now you lost me" Marty chuckled. "But, what the hell? It might not have been that important – and I'm just not a star in science, you know. Come on, let's get the DeLorean and go home."

"Well, you'll go home" Doc pointed out. "I'll probably go home too – but then my home in the year 2015." After Marty looked stunned, he quickly added: "I wanted to go to the future, remember?"

"Oh yeah," Marty chuckled, "I hadn't even thought of that yet. Well, I guess I'll wish you a good trip then. See you in the future."

"See you" Doc answered grinning. "Whatever, let's get the DeLorean. I'm guessing you really want to go home again." They started to walk off the mall.

"That's true" Marty nodded. Then his eyes caught something strange and he almost passed out. "What the…what the hell is that supposed to mean!" he gasped.

Doc looked worried and confused at his young friend. The place Marty was pointing at was the sign of Lone Pine Mall, 1:45am. What could be strange on that? Of course it was now about half an hour after the unveiling of the time machine. Could that be Marty's strange reaction? Had he been thinking in the present it was also a week later, just like he spent one full week in 1955? He couldn't be that stupid. Doc decided to ask Marty about it. "What do you mean?"

"It…it's called Lone Pine Mall!" Marty stammered. Now Doc was completely hit with confusedness. "Of course it's called Lone Pine Mall!" he called. "It's been called that since old man Peabody sold the land in 1972 to Hill Valley Mall Company! What's strange on that?"

"It isn't supposed to be this way" Marty told him. "It's supposed to be Twin Pines Mall. Named after Peabody's twin pines." He then got it. "Wait a minute…I ran over one of the pines when I was in 1955! That's the reason!" Happily he looked up to Doc who answered his smile with another smile. Time travel could sure be confusing…and fun.