Chapter Two - Get to 88.
Saturday
October 26th
1985
12:25am
"Samantha pass me the tool box on the side please, oh and I need you to call Marty, firstly, to make sure he is awake and secondly, ask him to get me the JVC video recorder at the house because I seemed to have forgot to bring it with me. I gave out a little sigh as I walked out of the side door and towards the front of van where inside Doc brand new Carphone was placed between the driver and passenger seats. I was kind of grateful he bought this new technology because it saved me having to find a quarter in my bag and then walking all the way to the phone-box at the other end of the car lot.I opened the driver side door and crouched in. I listened to the dial tone and waited for Marty's voice, it rang three times before a startled and kind of sleepy sounded voice answered the phone,
" Hello?"
"Marty! You were asleep wasn't you?" I joked,
"What? No I wasn't asleep!"
"Hmm okay if you say so." I knew he was, "Doc needs you to go to the house before you get here and get the JVC video recorder" the receiver was silent, "Marty? You haven't forgotten have you?"
"huh? No I haven't, 1:15, Twin Pines Mall" he said eager however it instantly changed to concern "Sam?"
"Yeahh?"I slapped my forhead with my lefthand because I knew what was coming,
" Earlier on, what you said to Jen. What did you actually mean?"I was quiet what seemed like ages but really was seconds,
"Huh? what did I say to Jennifer? I say a lot of things to her..." I trailed of pretending to act stupid.
"Oh c'mon you know exactly what I mean Sam don't play dumb." he knew me to well. I didn't know entirerly sure what to say,
"Me? Play dumb? Never?" I squeaked. He was about to reply to my useless answer, "Yeahh?!" I pretended my uncle was calling after me. "Okay, okay I be there now. Hey sorry Marty got to go Doc wants me to help him, Anyway remember JVC okay thanks, see ya." I didn't even give him a chance to say something before I hung up the phone. I lent back in my seat and gave out a huge sigh as I opened the window for air. "Why did I let my anger take over me, now I'm going to have to tell him what I bloody saw. I don't want to do that. NO ONE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT!" I overreacted.
"No one would want to do what?"
"Doc!" With a fright I jumped out of my seat forgetting the van roof above me and whacked my head with such force in an instant I was back in the sitting position I orginally was.
"Shit! Ouch that hurt! You scared the hell outta me!" I shouted in horror at Doc who was no longer at the back of the vehicle but now leaning into the open window of the drivers seat,
"I can see that, you okay? You hit your head with quite a force." His face changed from concern to laughter.
"Yeah I know, I felt that force more than I would have liked." I rubbed the bump already forming on my head.
"So what did he say?"
"What? Who?"
"Marty? Is he definitely bringing the JVC?" He examined me,
"Huh? Oh! Yeah. Sure, yeah he is." I didn't know whether it was my conscience playing up or the knock on the head.
"Samantha, are you sure you're oka-" I cut him off,
" Yeah I'm fine now come on don't we have like half hour before Marty gets here?" I changed my tune and put on a smile. Doc's concerning voice vanished and was replaced with the energetic excited tone I knew well.
"Great Scott! Is that the time? You are correct, we need to set-up for your grand entrance." He gave a wink. I continued to smile as Doc walked off. I muttered to myself,
" I have a strange feeling this is going to be a long night." I didn't realise how true that statement was going to be.
Saturday
October 26th
1985
1:15am
"Doc? Samantha? Where are you guys?" Marty asked as he rode into the car park and stopped in front of the van and Einstien.
"Ahh Eini hello you haven't seen them both have you?" Although at this point I was all strapped up and Marty couldn't see me or Doc I could here him from outside. Doc smiled smoothly at Marty's arrival as he was sitting next to me and flipped a black switch on some sort of electronic device. In sync with the switch flipping the back doors of Doc's white van to reveal a DeLorean DMC in which my Uncle and I were currently sitting in. As I was in the drivers seat I reversed it out of the van and onto the Twin Pines Mall car-lot (right in front of Marty's sight. Doc opened the car doors as I stopped reversing. He flung out of the passenger side to welcome Marty,
"Marty! You made it, welcome to my latest experiment. This is the one I have been waiting for all my life!"
"We'll yeah Doc." Marty stated while staring in my direction totally ignoring Doc's gaze. "This is a DeLorean." As Marty kept looking towards the car I decided to give him a little wave of encouragement. He waved very slowly with both of his brows raised.
"All your questions will be answered, roll the tape and we'll proceed" Doc ignored us both.
,"Doc, why is Sam in the DeLorean?"
"Never mind that now. Not now." He shushed Marty and asked if he was ready.
"Okay I'm ready" Was last thing Marty said before rolling the tape,
"Good evening I'm Dr. Emmet Brown. I am in the Twin Pines Mall parking lot. It's Saturday morning, October 26, 1985, 1:18am and this is temporal experiment number one." Doc explained to the video recorder while Marty was filming. I blocked out the two's conversation at this point and started to focus on what actually was about to happen. I had been so excited all week when Doc finally told me, however now I don't know whether I'm excited or I want to run out of the car and never come back. Eini jumped into the seat next to me while Doc, Marty and the video recorder followed,
"Please note that Einstein's clock is in precise synchronisation with my control watch" Doc was still explaining to the camcorder and Marty, "Did you get that Marty?"
"Right. Check. Doc." was his reply.
"Have a good trip you two." Doc winked while closing the passenger side door slowly.
"Well, Eini there is no going back now is there." I said while the adrenaline rushed to my head.
"RUFF!" was the reply Eini gave me.
"Guess I'm taking that as a yes." I would of ruffled my hand through his fur for comfort but my hands were fixated on the steering wheel with anticipation.
"Samantha we are ready!" Doc shouted from the side of the car. That was my Cue to go. I reversed the DeLorean to the back of the parking lot. I saw the two of them move so they were now facing the car a few 100metres away. I couldn't hear them but could tell Doc was bragging about what was about to happen (well I hope would happen).
"Now!" Doc shouted and cued his hand down for me to go.
"Here goes nothing." I whispered. I put my foot down as hard as I could and charged the DeLorean towards the both of them."Get to 88, get to 88!" that sentence was the only thing running through my head in the seconds between the back of the car park to Doc and Marty. Just before what seemed I would of killed them both, loud clashing and sparking noises clouded all around Eini and I, not to mention the bright purple, blue and white light flashing all around us as well. For a blink of an eye it went completely black and silent. I would of thought I was dead, however, the loud noises and bright colours arrived again. All of a sudden I had to break, the pedals were frozen. I noticed Eini shivering and the steering wheel was freezing to my hands too. I could hear two voices from the outside of the DeLorean. It took me some time to acknowledge that It was Doc and Marty,
"Thank God" I heard myself say. With that Einstein's side door opened and that's when I saw Doc,
"Eini you little devil!" Doc said and grabbed Eini's clock. "Einstein's clock is exactly one minute behind mine and still ticking!" Doc squealed. My door opened and I saw Marty on my side holding out a hand. I managed to undo my seat belt and grab his hand what led me out of the car,
"You and Einstein are okay." I knew Marty said it as a statement but I nodded my head to agree.
"They are fine, of course they are! Eini is completely unaware that anything happened!" Doc answered for me,
"I'm aware though and freezing." was all I said regaining my balance.
"Of course." Doc replied,
"Wait, what?" Marty looked to Doc,
"As far as he's concerned and Samantha, the trip was instantaneous. Thats why his watch is exactly one minute behind mine, they both skipped over that minute to instantly arrive at this moment in time. Here I show you how it works." Doc went off explaining his greatest experiment, I couldn't keep up. I stepped aside while he jumped in the DeLorean to show what he was on about. Declarations of independence and falling off toilets was all that i picked up from the conversation. I stood in silence leaning against the official first time machine trying to sink everything what just happened in my - now very sore - head.
"This is heavy-duty Doc. This is great...uhh does it run on like regular gasoline?" Marty interrupted my train of thought as he and Doc walked away from the car and back towards the van, I followed.
"No. It needs something with a little kick. Plutonium." My uncle replied like Plutonium was an everyday buy that I giggled.
"Umm plutonium, wait a minute... Are you telling me this sucker is nuclear!" Marty screeched.
"No, no, no, this sucker is electrical but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 Jiga watts of electricity I need." At that point Marty got a little rowdy and I lost interest again. I'm the first human time traveller. It was amazing but hard to sink in.
"Come on, I need to get you to both a radiation suit so we can prepare to reload!" My train of thought left again.
"You knew about this?" suddenly Marty was standing in front of me with the tape still rolling.
"Marty turn that off please." I covered my face while he switched the on button to off, "And well yeah obviously I did otherwise I wouldn't of been in that car?" It was a bit of a stupid question but I understood his shock.
"I mean why couldn't of you have told me so could of been just a tad more prepared with what just happened. I mean you just went to the future and a bloody DeLorean!"
"I told you earlier, you know what Doc is like with surprises." I whispered he last word because Doc was walking back with three large yellow rain coats? Well, they certainly looked like rain coats.
"Put this radiation suit on Samantha" Doc said while handing me the yellow suit. Without arguing I did what was asked, it felt horrible on and made scuffling noises every time I moved. I felt a bit better when I saw Marty wearing the same thing, he did look awfully terrible in it. I didn't move from my position, however, I was focusing on Doc putting plutonium inside the time machine very carefully and Marty still filming.
"It's safe now." I took my radiation suit straight off after hearing those words and left it on the floor.
"Okay now I'm all packed up... Oh, no I nearly forgot my luggage, you don't know what underwear there could be in the future" Doc unexpectedly said.
"Wait the future, you didn't tell me you were going to go straight after this!" I argued. I started to walk over.
"Samantha relax I be back before you even know it." he smiled.
"The future, that's where you're going?" Marty was next to ask,
"Yes 25 years to be exact, always dreamed of seeing the future beyond my years"
"Doc?"
"Yes Marty?"
"Look me up when you get there? And Sam, but me first of course." he joked with me. I gave him the evil eye and then laughed,
"Indeed I will, roll the tape again!" My uncle said opening the DeLorean door. I moved next to Marty because now I was in the way.
"I, Doctor Emmett Brown, am about to embark an historic journey."Doc began, "Wait what was I thinking! I almost forgot to bring extra plutonium, I must be out of my mind."
"WOOF!" the sound of Eini's bark Stopped Doc with his blog.
"What is it Eini?" I asked expecting a dog to reply. Doc was now looking through us into the distance,
"Oh my god, they found me, I don't know how but they found me." Marty and I looked at each other with the same confused expression.
"Who?" we both asked. "
Run for it you two!" with that Doc ran away leaving me and Marty even more puzzled,
"Who?" Marty now asked,
"Who do you think? The Libyans!" Doc screamed and pointed at a blue camper van driving towards the car lot. Gun shots began firing,
"Holy shit!" Marty shouted and forced me and him down to the floor behind the DeLorean. Bullets were being fired everywhere, like a James Bond action movie! I didn't have a clue what was happening.
"Doc wait!" We both shouted as we saw him leave and rush around the corner,
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!" was all that echoed through the parking lot. Marty was blocking my view,"Nooooooooo bastards!" Marty screamed and stood up to reveal my uncle lying on the floor with bullets pounded through his chest. I sat there, stiff until more rounds of gunshots were fired, which shook me back to reality. I saw Marty frantically running away from the blue camper van. Without thinking I opened the car door behind me and revved up the engine. I followed the camper van to where it stopped, the Libyan was about shoot Marty, I drove straight in between them both and shouted,"Get in!" He rolled over the bonnet of the car and dived into the passenger seat. With that he closed the door and I sped past the Libyans blue van. "We can't leave Doc!" Marty screamed at me, "We have no choice Marty we can't go back or we will all be killed!" I shouted back with my voice breaking. Marty didn't know what to say as tears started to trickle down my face. He leaned out of the window,
"They are catching on us Sam!" I heard him shout from outside the window. At that point all my anger and frustration hit me.
"I'd like to see those son of a bitches try!" I muttered under my breath. I put my foot down once more on the DoLerean's accelerator. This time not realising the consequence of reaching 88mph...