A/N Be sure to let me know what you think of my story. I do not own Johnny Test, or Back to the Future
Chapter 2: Travel to the Old West
Doc and the teens load up the Delorean in a tow truck while it was dark, and Doc says,
Doc: "You know, when I was a kid, I always wanted to be a cowboy. And now, knowing I'm going to spend my future in the past, sounds like a wonderful way to spend my retirement years."
Johnny: "Yeah, I guess so."
Doc: "Just occurred to me, kids. Since I end up in 1885, perhaps I'm now in the history books. I wonder, you think we could go by the library, and look myself up in the old newspaper archives?"
Susan: "That's probably not the best course of action, Doc."
Mary: "You're the one that's always reminding us that no man should know too much about their own destiny."
Doc: "You're right. I know too much already. Better that I not attempt to uncover the circumstances of my own future."
Then Doc sees Copernicus sitting by a tombstone, and says,
Doc: "Copernicus! Come on, boy!"
Johnny: "I'll go get him." (Walks toward Copernicus) "Copernicus! Come on, let's get outta here. What's wrong, Copernicus? Come on, time to go."
When Johnny got to Copernicus, he sees a tombstone with Doc's name on it.
Johnny: "Doc! Susan! Mary! Come here, quick!"
Doc and the twins ran over to Johnny, and said,
Mary: "What's the matter, Johnny?"
Doc: "You look like you've seen a ghost."
Johnny: "You're not far off there. Look who's grave this is."
Then they looked at the front of the tombstone, and became as shocked as Johnny.
Doc: "(Gasps) Great Scott!"
Johnny: "Look what it says. 'Died September 7th, 1885'."
Susan: "That's one week after you wrote that letter to us."
Johnny: "'Erected in eternal memory by his beloved Clara'?" (Stands up) "Guys, who the hell is Clara?"
Doc: "Johnny, please, don't stand there!"
Johnny: "Whoops! Sorry." (Steps away from tombstone) "I gotta get a picture of this."
Mary: "'Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of $80'?"
Doc: "What kind of a future do you kids call that?"
A few minutes later, they all went to the library to look up Buford Tannen and Doc in 1885. After a while of looking, they find an archive of Buford Tannen, and the twins read it out loud saying,
Susan: "'Buford Tannen was a notorious gunman whose short temper, and a tendency to drool earned him the nickname of 'Mad Dog.' He was quick on the trigger, and bragged that he had killed twelve men, not including Indians or Chinamen.'"
Doc: "Does it mention me? Am I one of the twelve?"
Johnny: "Hold on, Doc."
Mary: "'However, this claim cannot be substantiated, since precise records were not kept after Tannen shot a newspaper editor who printed an unfavorable story about him in 1884.'"
Johnny: "Man, it's no wonder we can't find anything."
Then Doc brings a book about the history of Porkbelly of the 1850s to the 1930s, with a picture of their relatives, and said,
Doc: "Look. 'William Test and family.' Your relatives?"
Susan: "Our great-grandfather's name was William."
Mary: (Points at William on picture) "That's him. Good-looking guy."
Doc: "Tests, but no Browns."
Johnny: "Well, come on, Doc, maybe we had it wrong. Maybe that grave wasn't your grave. That could be another Emmett Brown that lived in 1885. Didn't you have any relatives in Porkbelly back in 1885?"
Doc: "No, Johnny. The Browns didn't come to Porkbelly until 1908. Then, they were the Von Brauns. My father changed our name during the first world war."
Then while Johnny was going through some papers, he finds a photo of Doc near the clockworks for the clock tower that was taken on September 5th, 1885.
Johnny: "Guys, look at this."
Doc: "(Gasps) Great Scott! It's me! Then it is true. All of it. It is me that goes back there, and gets shot."
Johnny: "No way, Doc."
Mary: "We won't let this happen to you."
Susan: "After we fix the time circuits, and put new tires on the Delorean…
Johnny: "Susan, Mary and I are gonna go back to 1885, and bring you home."
The next day, Doc picked out some clothes for the teens to wear to 1885, and they brought the Delorean to a drive-in theater that was far from the town. Mary was wearing her usual yellow t-shirt while also wearing a long blue skirt, green heeled-boots, a red hat with a moon on it and a red bandana around her neck, and Susan was wearing her usual blue t-shirt while wearing a longer black skirt than her usual, black heeled-boots, a red hat with a star on it, and a dark blue bandana around her neck. While Doc and the twins were making sure that the Delorean was ready to go, Johnny was in the restroom of the drive-in putting on his clothes for the trip.
Doc: "Johnny, do your clothes fit?"
Johnny: "Yeah, everything except the boots, they're kind of tight."
Mary: "Doc, are you sure Johnny's outfit is authentic?"
Doc: "Of course. Haven't you kids ever seen a western?"
Johnny comes out of the restroom wearing a pink and blue long-sleeve shirt, red pants, a white cowboy hat, and a red bandana around his neck while carrying a pair of boots.
Johnny: "Sure we have, Doc. But Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this."
Doc: "Clint who?"
Johnny: "Oh, right, you haven't heard of him yet."
Susan: "Johnny, you need to wear those boots. You can't wear your usual shoes in 1885."
Doc: "You shouldn't even be wearing them here in 1955."
Johnny: "Okay, well, as soon as we get there, I'll put them on."
Doc: "Okay. I think we're about ready! We put gas in the tank, your future clothes are packed. Just in case, fresh batteries for your walkie-talkies. Oh, what about that floating device?"
Johnny: "You mean hoverboard?"
Doc: "Oh, right."
Then Doc puts the walkie-talkies and hoverboard in the Delorean, and Johnny says,
Johnny: "You know guys, It's gonna take us a long time before we get back to Porkbelly from here."
Mary: "It's still the safest plan, Johnny. After all, we don't wanna risk being sent into a populated area, or to a spot that's geographically unknown."
Susan: "We also don't wanna end up crashing into a tree that existed in the past."
Doc: "This is all on completely open country, so you'll have plenty of runoff space when you arrive. Remember, where you three are going there are no roads. There's a small cave over there, which will be a perfect place to hide the time vehicle. Well, the new time circuit control tubes are warmed up." (Gets in Delorean) "Time circuits on. I wrote the letter on September 1st, so we'll send you all back the very next day, September 2nd. That's a Wednesday." (Types in destination time) "September 2nd, 1885, 8:00 AM. I get shot on Monday the 7th, so you kids have five days to locate me. According to my letter, I'm a blacksmith, so I probably have a shop somewhere."
Doc gets out of the Delorean, gives Johnny the picture of Doc's tombstone, and the picture of Doc near the clock, and says,
Doc: "All you have to do is drive the time vehicle directly toward that screen, accelerating at 88 miles per hour."
Johnny sees the picture of Indians below the screen, and says,
Johnny: "But Doc, if we drive straight towards that screen, we'll crash into those Indians."
Doc: "Johnny, you're not thinking fourth-dimensionally. You and your sisters will be instantly transported to 1885, and those Indians won't even be there."
Johnny: "If you say so…"
Doc: "Well… Good luck, for all of our sakes. See you all in the future."
Johnny: "You mean in the past?"
Doc: "Exactly!"
Then Johnny gets in the driver's seat, Mary and Susan got in the passenger seat, and Johnny reverses the Delorean to the very back of the drive-in while Doc says,
Doc: "Happy trails, kids!"
When they got to the back of the drive-in, Doc says,
Doc: "Ready?"
Johnny, Mary and Susan: "Ready!"
Doc takes out a gun, aims it at the sky, looks at his watch, and says,
Doc: "Set…"
Johnny: "Ready or not, Doc, here we come." (Shifts gear)
Then Doc fires the gun in the air, and Johnny steps on the gas, accelerating the Delorean to 88 miles per hour, then lights flashed around the Delorean, and they were in the middle of a deserted area, and real Indians were coming straight at them on horses.
Johnny, Mary and Susan: "Indians!"
Johnny starts driving the Delorean backwards to get away from the Indians while saying,
Johnny: "I thought Doc said that there wouldn't be any Indians."
Mary: "Must have made a small miscalculation about where they would be."
Johnny: "So much for thinking fourth-dimensionally."
Then Johnny turns the Delorean around, and drives forward away from the Indians. Then they see that they were about to drive off a ledge, Johnny drives around it, stops the Delorean, looks at his rear-view mirror, and says,
Johnny: "There's the cave!"
Johnny reverses the Delorean into the cave, and the teens waited until all the Indians had passed them. When they left, the teens got out of the Delorean, and walked out of the cave. Then they climb up the ledge, and see another group of people were coming at them on horses.
Susan: "It's the Calvary!"
Mary: "Back in the cave!"
Then they got inside the cave, and waited for the Calvary to pass them. When they left, they walked out of the cave again, and Johnny says,
Johnny: "Is anyone else on horses gonna come here?"
Mary: "No, that should be the last of them."
Then they walked to the Delorean, Johnny takes the picture of Doc's tombstone, and the boots out of it, closes the door, and Susan says,
Susan: "Okay, Johnny, you gotta put on those boots now."
Johnny: "Yeah, I know… Hey, (Sniffs) you two smell something?"
Susan: "(Sniffs) Yeah, I do smell something."
Mary: "Me too. (Sniffs) Smells like…"
They heard liquid trickling, looked underneath of the Delorean, and saw gas coming out of it.
Mary: "Aw no, the fuel line's been ripped."
Johnny: "Could this get any worse?"
Then they see a bear coming at them, and Johnny says,
Johnny: "Oh, me and my big fat mouth."
The bear stands up tall, the teens screamed as the bear roared at them, and then they ran out of the cave with the bear chasing them. Johnny drops his boots and the bear sniffs at them as the teens walked up a rocky ledge, and Mary says,
Mary: "Guess that bear likes your boots, Johnny."
Johnny: "Yeah, well, better him than me."
But then the teens tripped and started rolling down a hill, and then they banged their heads on a fence, which knocked them unconscious. A man walks up to them, tried to wake them up with no avail, and shouts,
Man: "Maggie! Bring some water, we got some hurt children over here!"
A few hours later, Johnny wakes up in a bed when it was dark, and sees a shadowy figure, which he assumed to be his mom.
Johnny: "Mom? Is that you, Mom?"
Lady: "There, there, now. You've been asleep for nearly six hours now."
Johnny: "Aw man, I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamed that Susan, Mary and I were in the Old West, we were chased by Indians, the Calvary, and a bear."
Lady: "Well, you're safe and sound now. Here at the ol' Test farm."
Johnny: "Test farm? Whaa!"
Johnny sits up on the bed, the lady switches on a lantern, and he says,
Johnny: "You're my… my… wait, you're not…"
Then he sees his sisters waking up on the right side bed. They also sit up from the bed saying,
Susan: "Ow, my head."
Mary: "Johnny? Oh, where are we?"
Johnny: "Well, uh, we're in a farm called the Test farm, and this is um… Who are you?"
Maggie: "Name's Test. Maggie Test."
Susan: "Test?"
Mary: "Maggie?"
Maggie: "That's Mrs. Test, and don't forget about the missus. And what is your name, young man?"
Johnny: "Well it's… It's uh… Eastwood. I'm Clint. Clint Eastwood."
Maggie: "And you said that these two young ladies are Susan and Mary, Mr. Eastwood?"
Johnny: "Uh, yeah, they're uh, my big sisters. She's Susan, and she's Mary."
Susan and Mary: "Hello."
Maggie: "Well, you hit your heads, children. Not too serious, but lucky for you three, Seamus found you all while you were all unconscious."
Johnny: "Seamus?"
Maggie: "My husband. Now if you three will excuse me, I must tend to William." (Leaves bedroom)
Johnny: "William."
Then the teens get out of the bed, and walk out of the bedroom to see their great-grandfather as a baby in Maggie's arms.
Johnny: "So that's William, huh?"
Maggie: "Yes, he is. William Sean Test, the first of our family to be born in America. Oh, that's okay, Will. This is Clint Eastwood, and his sisters, Susan and Mary Eastwood. They're visiting us. He seems to like you already, children."
Then her husband Seamus comes in through the front door with a rifle, and two dead rabbits saying,
Seamus: "Maggie! I got supper."
A few minutes later, they were all eating dinner, and Seamus says,
Seamus: "I'm not one to get in the middle someone's own personal affairs, but what were you three doing all the way out here by yourselves? And what happened to your horses, and where are your boots and hat, Mr. Eastwood?"
Mary: "Well, we were on our way to find our friend, Emmett Brown. He works as a blacksmith in Porkbelly."
Susan: "And our, uh, horse broke down, a bear ate uh, Clint's boots."
Johnny: "Yeah and, I don't know, I guess I forgot my hat."
Maggie: "How could you forget your hat? Well, would you like a cup of water?"
Johnny: "Uh, sure."
Then Maggie poured Johnny a cup of water, walks to the kitchen counter, and Seamus says,
Seamus: "I'll tell you what, Mr. Eastwood. I will help you and your sisters find your blacksmith friend. You can all stay in the barn for the night, and tomorrow, I'll take you all as far as to where the railroad tracks are. You can follow them straight to town. I'll even give you a hat."
Johnny: "That's sounds great."
Mary: "Thanks, Seamus."
Susan: "We really appreciate it."
Then William starts crying, Seamus carries him to the table, and says,
Seamus: "I think you children will find the barn to be quite comfortable. Never had any complaints about it from the pigs."
Maggie: "Seamus. Could I have a word with you in the bedroom?"
Seamus: "Certainly, my dear. Would you hold William for a moment, Mr. Eastwood?"
Johnny: "Uh, sure."
Seamus gives William to Johnny, he walks to the bedroom with Maggie, and she says,
Maggie: "Are you sure you're not trying to bring a curse on this house? The Eastwoods are such strange people. And the boy's hair is very odd."
Seamus: "Yes, I know, but I got a feeling about them, Maggie. Looking after them is the right thing to do. That's important." (Looks at dining table) "Look how happy the baby looks around them. William has never acted this way to strangers before. It's almost as if, they're connected to us somehow."
Susan: "Hey, Will."
Mary: "How you doing, Will?"
Johnny: "So you're our great-grandpa. The first Test to be born in America."
Then they see that William peed in his diaper, the twins giggled as Johnny held him up and said,
Johnny: "And you just peed on me."
TO BE CONTINUED
