Chapter 7 - The Getaway
Act 3, Scene 2
(Outside of Mark's house, we see Griff getting into the De Lorean. He punches in a destination time on the keypad, as he starts the engine. Doc and Marty race out of the house, towards the car. Griff sees them and panics. He starts to drive, swerves and knocks over a roving trash can.)
Doc: Stop!
(A man and a woman come out of a shop, their arms full of groceries. The woman starts crossing the road. Griff is staring at Doc, who is just ahead of him. He tries to swerve away.)
Doc: Watch out for the lady!
(Griff turns his head and sees her. He swerves again. Doc tries to save the woman, by getting in front of her. Griff hits the breaks. The car screeches to a halt, but not before knocking over both Doc and the woman.)
Marty: No!
(The man, dropping his bags, runs over to the woman. Marty checks the Doc. Both casualties are unconscious and not moving. Marty opens the De Lorean door, grabs Griff and punches him in the face. Griff spins around a full 360 degrees, falls back against the side of the car, and then drops to the ground.)
The man (grabbing hold of the woman's hand): Donna. You will be okay. Please hold on.
Marty: Will somebody get some help?
(Someone rings for help.
In the distance, Sylvester had seen the whole incident. He was on his way to see Mark. He rushes over.)
Sylvester: Marty, is there anything I can do?
Marty (with tears rolling down his face): I don't think there is anything that anyone can do. It's too late.
(Marty stops and thinks.)
Marty: Hang on. Have you got a pen and some paper?
(Sylvester looks around. He sees a whole load of junk outside the back of Café 80's. Besides a tobacco spitoon, a broken chandelier and some warped trays, he spots a worn-out cardboard box. He rushes over to it and rummages through it. He finds some paper, an envelope and a pen among old menus, napkins and an apron.
While Sylvester searches, Marty wonders what Griff was doing on that side of town. Had he followed the Doc and him there, or was he just taking a random joyride? Marty then notices the time display readings. The 'DESTINATION TIME' has been altered. Marty thinks back to another Tannen, from another timeline, who had also stolen Doc's car. It suddenly hits him, that Griff must have somehow found out about the time machine.
Sylvester brings the stationery over to Marty. Marty starts writing quickly on a sheet of paper. He folds it and puts it into the envelope. Then, after sealing it, he writes a message on the front.)
Sylvester: Do you want me to give that to somebody?
Marty: Yeah, I need you to take it to Mark.
Sylvester: Okay, I'm on my way.
(Sylvester takes the letter from Marty and starts to head for Mark's house.)
Marty: No, Sylvester. He is not at home.
Sylvester: Oh.
Marty: … Yet.
Sylvester: Oh.
Marty: You really need to take the De Lorean and head south.
Sylvester: Can't you take the note to him, yourself?
Marty: No, I got to wait with the Doc. I can't leave him alone.
Sylvester: I understand, but I am not a confident driver. I haven't been driving that long - let alone flying.
Marty: I know it is bad advice to tell you to drive when you are feeling nervous, but this is an emergency. It is really important that Mark gets that letter and soon.
Sylvester: Okay, Marty. I hate seeing you so distressed. I will stick to the basics, keeping firmly to the ground and driving slowly ... to be safe.
Marty: But you have to drive fast. Don't worry. Just head south for a few miles, until you are out of town. After that, it is open road. But please, trust me, you need to get up to 88 miles per hour. It is the only way we have a chance to save the Doc and this lady.
Sylvester: Okay, I'll do it.
(Sylvester gets into the De Lorean, powers up and drives off, leaving the scene behind him, not realizing that he is about to leave the future behind him, as well.)
(As Sylvester exits, Griff slowly regains consciousness. He is still on his back, on the ground. He raises his head and looks down, at his body.
A figure appears suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere.)
Griff: I'm not shot? I thought I was dying. The last thing I remember, was hearing a bang and me falling to the ground. The next thing I know, I'm driving a car? What's happening?
The figure: Zoey, Lothos is giving you one final chance to leap home. He says, there is an 84.3% probability that Alia is here. Dr Beckett's holographic friend, Al, is in danger, and she has been sent to save him.
Zoey: So, Thames, what does Lothos want me to do?
Thames: Your main goal is to defeat Alia. If she is no longer leaping around, then she will be unable to destroy all the bad work we have done to get where we are. Also, if she is dead, then Al will not be safe from whatever danger he is in. If Al dies, then Dr Beckett will be all alone and have no support to put right what we have put wrong.
Zoey: Well, when I leapt in, I was driving a car. I was in a daze. I couldn't control the steering wheel. I knocked down two people.
Thames: That's a bit of luck, and you weren't even trying to be evil. You're such a professional.
Zoey: I better check up on those two people.
(Zoey slowly approaches the lying bodies.)
Marty: Griff. Stay away.
Zoey: I'm sorry. I did try to stop. It's okay. I know CPR. Please. Let me check his pulse.
Marty: Okay, but be careful.
(Zoey crouches down and checks for Doc's pulse, but it is weak and fading. As she does, she hears the other victim of the car accident groaning, as she tries to move.
Zoey checks her pulse, too. As she does, she sees the woman's face change.)
The woman: Zoey. No. Get away from me.
The man: Hey, you. Get your damn hands off her.
Zoey: Okay. Okay. I'm going.
(Zoey stands up, turns around and walks away, with an evil grin on her face. Thames walks by her side.)
Zoey: Did you see?
Thames: What a stroke of good fortune. Not only did you find Alia, you ran over her.
Zoey: And her pulse is so faint. She won't make it through the night.
Thames: Lothos will be pleased. You're going home, girl!
(Over at Mark's house, an unexpected car approaches.)
