A/N Be sure to let me know how you like my story. I do not own Back to the Future or Johnny Test.

Chapter 9: Rescuing Arthur

Johnny makes it to the court yard, looks at the clock on the clock tower, and says,

Johnny: "Okay, 4:55. Grandpa's gotta be still in the court house somewhere, telling the D.A. what he knows about Kid."

Then he spots Arthur at one of the windows at the court house, he tries running to the court house saying,

Johnny: "Yes! He's still in there! If I could just get to him before-"

Edna: "Mr. Corleone!"

Johnny: "Argh, before that happens."

Edna: "I was wondering if I could do a little follow-up interview with you about the plight of poor Mr. Sagan. My sources indicate that Judge Brown will be setting him free tomorrow."

Johnny: "Yeah, I don't think so."

Edna: "What's that?"

Johnny: "Never mind. Look, can we do this later? I'm in a hurry to get to the court house."

Edna: "Really? Why?"

Johnny: "Well, my Grandpa, uhh… forgot his medicine… and I need to get it to him right away."

Edna: "Oh. Well then, carry on." (Walks away) "And do put that vicious dog of yours on a leash, will you? We have laws for that sort of thing, you know."

Johnny: (Walks toward court house) "Uh-huh, yeah, yeah, sure, the law, whatever. D'ahh!"

Johnny saw Emmett, Einstein, Susan, Mary and his other self at the front doors of the court house, and dives head-first next to the tree in the court yard. As soon as he stands up and hides himself behind the tree to avoid being spotted, he starts feeling the pain of fading out, and saw through himself for a few seconds.

Johnny: "(Groans) Aw man, now I'm fading out! (Sighs) Come on, other me, young Doc and big sisters. Quit talking, and get to Emmett's lab already!"

But then, Einstein caught whiff of Johnny's scent, and runs to the court yard.

Johnny: "Oh no."

Einstein sees the Johnny hiding behind the tree, and the Johnny at the court house notices Einstein at the court yard, and says,

Johnny's other self: "Einstein? What's the matter, boy?"

Johnny: (Whispering) "Einy! Go away!"

But Einstein did the opposite, and runs at him while picking up a stick along the way.

Johnny: (Smacks self on forehead) "Darn it!"

Then Einstein drops the stick near Johnny, and he says,

Johnny: (Whispering) "Get out of here, Einy! You're gonna give me away!"

Mary: "Einstein!"

Susan: "Come here, boy!"

Johnny's other self: "I'll go get him." (Runs to Einstein)

Johnny tries to remain in the opposite direction of his other self behind the tree to stay hidden.

Johnny's other self: "What is it, Einy? Do you smell a squirrel, or something?" (Walks behind tree)

Johnny: (Whispering) "Or something. Hang on, Artie. I'll be right there. Hmm… You wanting to play fetch Einy?" (Picks up stick) "All right, let's play."

Then Johnny sees Edna by the gazebo, and since Einstein doesn't seem to like Edna very much, he decides to use it to his advantage.

Johnny: (Whispering) "Einy, fetch!" (Throws stick near Edna)

Einstein goes to fetch the stick, but then his attention turns over to Edna.

Edna: "You!"

Johnny's other self: "Einy?" (Sees Einstein running towards Edna) "Uh-oh!"

Einstein starts growling and barking at Edna again as she shouts,

Edna: "Ahh! Get this mangy animal away from me!"

Then Johnny's other self runs toward Einstein with Susan and Mary joining in as they say,

Johnny's other self: "Come on, Einstein, take it easy!"

Mary: "Get away from the nice lady, Einy!"

Edna: "My shoes!"

Susan: "What's the matter with you?"

Johnny's other self: "Einstein, stop!"

Edna: "Noooo!"

Then Edna runs out of the court yard with Einstein chasing after her, Susan and Mary and the other Johnny were trying to catch up with them.

Johnny: "Good boy, Einy." (Runs to court house) "Now to get to Artie in the court house before Tannen's guys- (Stops running) Ow, argh!"

Then Johnny sees a guy wearing a gray suit and glasses, named Zane, noticing Arthur in the court house, and Johnny figured that he was one of Kid's goons, and had to hurry to court house more than ever now. But just when he made it out of the court yard, he runs into Emmett as he says,

Emmett: "Hey."

Johnny: "Didn't see that coming. Uh, hey, Emmett."

Emmett: "According to my calculations, the rotary engine for a full-scale rocket drill will require 1.21 kilowatts of power." (Turns around) "Can you get your sisters to check over my work to make sure-"

Emmett turns around again to see that Johnny looked like he was in pain for some reason, and says,

Emmett: "Are you all right?"

Johnny: "Uh, yeah, I'm okay. I just need to get to Artie real quick."

Emmett: "Why?"

Johnny: "Because, uhh… well, he might be heading for an accident, and-"

Emmett: "Arthur Test may not be the most coordinated fellow around, but I'm sure he can walk up a flight of stairs."

Johnny: "Uh, that's not what I-"

Emmett: (Walks a few feet away) "Come on, shouldn't we be getting on with our work? We're on a strict deadline, right?"

Johnny: "Uh, yeah, you go ahead and start without me. Just head on over to your place and forget we ever had this conversation, okay?"

Emmett: "Huh?"

But then he sees Mary, Susan and his other self coming their way around the court yard, and says,

Johnny: "Oh, this is bad! Uh, hey, Emmett! What the hell is that?"

Emmett: (Looks to the right) "What's what?"

Johnny hides behind the bricked fence of the court yard to avoid being seen as Johnny's other self and sisters as they walk up to Emmett.

Johnny's other self: "Um, who were you talking to?"

Emmett: "I'm talking to you."

Susan: "No, he meant before, while we were walking towards you."

Emmett: "I wasn't talking to anyone. I was just asking your brother if he could ask the both of you to check my equations for the rocket-powered drill."

Johnny's other self: "What? When did you-? (Sighs) Never mind. Let's just get to your lab."

Emmett: "Follow me."

After they all left, Johnny says,

Johnny: "Whew, I thought I was never gonna leave. At least I can get to Artie now."

Then Johnny runs straight inside the court house, but when he did, Arthur walks out of the court house, walking past Johnny.

Johnny: "Huh? Hey, what the-" (Exits court house) "You've got to get outta here! You're in big trouble!"

Arthur: "What do you mean I'm in trouble?"

Johnny: "No time to explain, Gran- uh, I mean, Artie. Look, just head to the police station, and don't come out until-"

But then, Matches, and Zane were walking up the steps of the court house saying,

Matches: "Artie Test. Just the guy we're looking for."

Johnny: "Oh, so close."

Arthur: "Heyyy, fellas…"

Johnny: "RUN, ARTIE!"

Arthur tries to get away from Matches and Zane as they chased after him, and Cueball whacked Johnny in the back of the head with a spoon, and he was knocked out for few seconds. When Johnny got up from the floor, he says,

Johnny: "Grandpa?" (Groans) "Oh man, I better find out where they'd gone before I lose their trail."

Then he spots Zane going into the Soup Kitchen, and rushes over to it. He hides behind a corner as he sees Arthur and Kid's thugs saying,

Cueball: "Looks clear."

Matches: "All right, Test. Let's go see the boss."

They all head to the alley behind the soup kitchen, and Johnny follows them without being noticed. He hides behind another corner in a hallway to the backdoor of a building behind the Soup Kitchen as Arthur, Matches and Cueball stopped in front of a door, and Kid Tannen comes out of it with a girl in a purple dress, named Trixie Trotter, and says,

Kid: "Artie! How's my favorite accountant doing?"

Arthur: "Oh, I've been better."

Kid: "I'm so sorry to hear that, Test. Trixie! Take a powder, doll. We've got business to discuss."

Trixie: "Kayo. You boys play nice now. Nice to see you again, Artie."

Arthur: "You too, Ms. Trotter."

Kid: "Yeah, yeah, We're all happy as clams. Now scram!"

Johnny watches Trixie leave the alley, and he had no idea who she was, and yet his grandfather seemed to be acquainted with her. Then he sees Kid and his thugs surrounding Arthur, thinking that they were gonna kill him right on the spot. But then Kid nods at Cueball, he pours chloroform on a rag, and used it to knock Arthur unconscious, and was carrying his now motionless body.

Kid: "Are you guys stupid? What are you thinking, bringing this fish food to my doorstep?"

Cueball: "We just thought-"

Kid: "That was your first mistake. Thinking. Look at me, do you ever catch me thinking? Huh"

Matches: "Uhh…"

Kid: "Don't answer that. Look, just drag him inside, find out what he told the D.A., then get rid of him!"

Cueball: "I think we can handle that."

Kid: "Good. Now, if you don't mind, I've got an arsonist to snuff out." (Walks away) "And will one of you slobs start hauling these crates in?"

Matches: "We're on it, Kid."

After Matches and Cueball dragged Arthur inside the door Kid came out of, Johnny comes out of hiding, and says,

Johnny: "Okay, now I just gotta deal with Tannen's- g'aghh!"

Johnny's fading was getting worse. He checks the picture of Hubert again, and his head was completely gone. He puts it back in his pocket, and says,

Johnny: "I've gotta get in there now! I doubt they'll let me in through the front door, so I'll have to try another way. Hey, maybe I can fit into one of these boxes." (Walks to medium-size crate, looks at shipping label) "'Contents: One-Winged Goddess'. A winged goddess? Never heard of those before."

Then Johnny opens the crate, and a statue falls out, breaking into several pieces.

Johnny: "Whoops!"

He picks up the shattered statue pieces, hides them behind the junk in the alley, crawls inside the crate, and says,

Johnny: "Wow, that was convenient. I hope this works." (Closes crate)

Then Cueball comes out of the door muttering to himself saying,

Cueball: "Get the crates, Cueball. Stir the soup, Cueball. Clean out the blood stains, Cueball. I'm not a gangster, I'm a freakin' butler! Now which one of you guys goes in first?" (Picks up medium-size crate) "Geez, for a gal with no arms, you sure is heavy!"

Johnny didn't know where he was going, but he knew he was being taken into the place where Arthur was in. After a while, Cueball had dropped the crate that Johnny was in, and said,

Cueball: "Oops!"

Johnny: (Whispering) "Ow, that hurt!"

Matches: "Do you mind? I'm trying to conduct a professional interrogation over here."

Cueball: "Where should I put this?"

Matches: "Just shove it behind the bar."

Cueball: (Muttering to self) "I'll just shove you behind the bar."

The word "bar" gave Johnny a hint of where he was. He was now inside Kid Tannen's new speakeasy. He takes a peek outside the crate, and he sees that the speakeasy seemed like it was only half-finished, and Matches was trying to slap Arthur awake while he was tied up on a chair since he was still knocked out from the chloroform Cueball used on him. Matches slapped him so hard, Arthur's hat fell off, and he says,

Matches: "Come on, Artie! Geez, how much chloroform'd you put on that rag anyway?"

Cueball: "Why?"

Matches: "Cause I'm having a hard time bringing sleeping beauty here around."

Arthur: (Groggily) "Uhhh…"

Cueball: "Lemme see."

Johnny sees Cueball putting the bottle of chloroform on the bar counter, and figured that it could be useful somehow. Then he sees Cueball shouting at Arthur saying,

Cueball: "Hey, Artie! We got a few questions about you and the D.A.!"

Arthur: (Groggily) "D.A.… Day, D, E, Deee? (Snoring)"

Then Johnny climbs out of the crate, and crawls to the back of the counter without being noticed.

Matches: "You see what I'm workin' with here?"

Cueball notices that Zane was sleeping on the counter, and said,

Cueball: "Seems to be catching."

Matches: "Zane! Wake up!"

Zane: "Huh? Uhh, sorry, boss. This stupid cold's got me wiped-out. Ah-choo!"

Matches: "Well, tried to stay awake long enough to finish that poster, will ya? We got a club to open in a few days! And turn off that sign, would ya?"

Zane flipped a switch that turned off a sign that says, "El Kid", and then sits near a bar stool to resume painting a poster of Trixie, Cueball starts playing on a piano, Matches turns on an interrogation light over Arthur's head, and keeps trying to wake Arthur up.

Matches: "Wake up, sleepyhead!"

Arthur: "(Snoring)"

Matches: "Ugh, think there's a way we can get Rip Van Winkle here into talking in his sleep?"

Cueball: "Hey, I sleep talked once. That's how I ended up married to Mildred."

Matches: "Remind me to sleep-slap you later tonight!"

Then Johnny looks over the counter, sees the bottle of chloroform, and takes it without any of the goons noticing. The stench of the chloroform got to Johnny's nose, and says,

Johnny: (Whispering) "(Sniffs) Whoo! Man, it's no wonder Grandpa's so out of it. This stuff reeks! Hmm… not much left in this thing. Probably only enough to knock out one of them."

Then Johnny notices the ink bottle that Zane was currently using to paint the picture, and pours what was left in the chloroform bottle inside the ink bottle while Zane wasn't looking. When Zane dipped his brush inside the bottle, and tries to keep painting, the stench of the chloroform was getting to him as he said,

Zane: "Oh, hey, guys, I don't feel so…" (Falls asleep on counter)

Matches: "Zane! Wake up, ya lazy bum!"

Cueball: "Must've been the cold."

Matches: "Cold, my eye! He's been dipping into the inventory."

Arthur: (Groggily) "Da inventory!"

Johnny: (Whispering) "One dork down, two to go."

Cueball: "Shouldn't Kid be back by now? How long's it take to stroll next door and pop a jailbird?"

Matches: "Didn't you hear? Change of plans."

Cueball: "Huh?"

Matches: "Word on the street is Sagan's workin' on some kinda jailbreak, so the cops are movin' him up to the State Pen tonight. Kid's gonna head em off at the pass."

Cueball: "Why don't people tell me these things?"

Johnny: (Whispering) "Ah, shoot! No wonder Kid was the one driving that paddywagon! They must've noticed Doc was up to something every time we went to see him at the jail window."

Matches: "Come on, Artie! Wake up! You're sleeping your life away! Literally!"

Johnny: (Whispering) "Well, whatevs. I better hurry and get rid of these dorks before Artie wakes up, and I disappear."

Then Johnny looks over the counter again, and notices a sheet of paper with words on it that says,

"What do I spy with my little eye?

I spy a dry guy.

Do you know what's down below?
Lowlifes and Vermin.

Why should I let you in?
In case I get thirsty."

Johnny: (Whispering) "(Takes sheet of paper) What's this, some kind of riddle or something? (Put's paper in pocket) I hate riddles."

Arthur: (Groggily) "Eggs over-easy… and raisin toast. (Snoring)"

Matches: "Test? Test! Ah, great."

Johnny: (Whispering) "It's a lil late for breakfast, Grandpa." (Sees switch underneath counter) "Huh? What's this do?"

As soon as Johnny flips the switch, the alcohol shelves behind the bar counter go up, revealing an ice cream counter behind it with a sign that reads, "Kid's Ice Cream" above it, the poker table in the half-finished speakeasy folded up, and a curtain closes between Matches and Arthur, which made the room seem like it was an ice cream parlor.

Matches: "Hey!"

Cueball: "Hey!"

Matches: "What was that?"

Cueball: "Must be some wiring problems with the emergency button."

Then Matches walks over to the counter, and reaches over it to flip the switch back, but Johnny does it for him, and the room goes back to looking like a speakeasy, and a bottle of whiskey falls off the shelf, lands near Johnny, and Matches walks back to Arthur. Then Johnny remembered why Matches told Zane to turn off the "El Kid" sign before he turned on the interrogation light, and turned it back on, which shorted out both the sign, and the light.

Arthur: (Groggily) "Nighty-night."

Matches: "What the-"

Cueball: "I think we blew a fuse."

Matches: "Well, go up to the soup kitchen and get a new one."

Cueball: "Why me?"

Matches: "You'd rather hang around and talk to this guy, huh?"

Arthur: (Groggily singing) "Happy days are here again…"

Cueball: "Yeah, I'll just get that fuse."

Then Cueball uses the lift to go up into the Soup Kitchen, and Johnny whispers,

Johnny: (Whispering) "Oh yeah, only one dork left."

Then Johnny flips the emergency switch again, the room changes to an ice cream parlor, Matches walks back to the counter, and reaches over it to flip the switch back. Johnny grabs the top part of the bottle of whiskey that fell near him, slowly stands up, and just when Matches managed to flip the switch, Johnny bashes the bottle on the back of Matches head, and he was now out like a light.

Arthur: (Groggily) "Bam! Right in the kisser."

Johnny was no longer fading out, or feeling any pain, he checks his picture of Hubert, and he was whole again.

Johnny: "Whew, that was close."

Arthur: (Groggily) "Uhhh…"

Johnny walks over to Arthur, and starts untying him the chair as he says,

Arthur: (Groggily) "Hey, you! Wait, do I know you?"

Johnny: "Not yet you don't."

Cueball: "Is anyone down there?"

Arthur: (Groggily picks up hat, stands up) "Whooaa… everything's spinning…"

Johnny: "Yeah, well, let's just get outta here before these dorks try to kill you."

Arthur: (Groggily) "Wait a minute, they were gonna kill me?"

Then Arthur fainted, Johnny catches him, and says,

Johnny: "Agh, yup, good to have you back, Grandpa."

Cueball: "This isn't funny, guys. Is anyone down there?"

Johnny carries Arthur out of the speakeasy, and all the way to the Delorean he hid in another alley, puts Arthur in the passenger seat, and drives all the way back to the billboard. Along the way, he sees his other self, his sisters and Doc flying by in the bicycle, and says,

Johnny: "Right on time!" (Pulls Delorean over) "Hold on, Artie, we've got ourselves a little pickup to make."

Then Johnny waited until his other self makes his escape to the past, and drives the Delorean straight towards the billboard where Doc, Susan and Mary were at. Johnny's other self disappears into the past just as the two Deloreans passed by each other, Johnny stops the Delorean near the billboard, opens the passenger door, and says,

Johnny: "Told you I'd be back in a flash. You guys need a lift?"

Mary: "We thought you'd never ask."

Doc: "Ack! What's he doing here?"

Johnny: "Uh, yeah, about that…"

Then Doc got in the driver's seat with Johnny, Mary and Susan got in the passenger seat with Arthur, and Johnny starts driving away from the cop as he says,

Cop: "Oh, son of a…"

A few minutes later, Johnny was finishing telling his sisters and Doc how he saved Arthur.

Johnny: "…And then I brought Artie in the Delorean, and that's how we got here."

Doc: "Fascinating"

Mary: "Good work, Johnny."

Johnny: "Thanks. So, can we go home now?"

Doc: "Not yet, we still have this loose end to tie up."

Arthur: "No, don't tie me up again…"

Susan: "He's coming around."

Johnny pulls over near a bus stop, Arthur gets out of the Delorean, and Doc says,

Doc: "So please be careful. You won't be safe in Porkbelly as long as Kid Tannen remains at large."

Arthur: "Don't worry, I'm going far away from Porkbelly, and I am never coming back!"

Johnny, Mary, Susan and Doc: "NO!"

Susan: (Whispering) "He's gotta get married with Grandma!"

Doc: (Whispering) "What's her name?"

Mary: (Whispering) "Sylvia!"

Doc: "You know a woman named Sylvia?"

Arthur: "No."

Mary: "Well, she knows you."

Susan: "Will know you."

Doc: "It's vitally important you two meet."

Arthur: "Oh, I get it! You want me to be part of some undercover sting operation?"

Doc: "Uhh… possibly."

Johnny: "Yeah."

Susan: "Let's go with that."

Arthur: "Are you all government agents?"

Johnny: "Yup."

Mary: "Uh-huh."

Doc: "Something like that."

Arthur: "Sure, anything for Uncle Sam." (Turns around) "I'll stay nearby, and wait for this Sylvia. But in the meantime, I'll lay low."

Doc: "Good man." (Closes door)

Arthur: (Turns around) "When Can I expect to see you-" (Sees car driving away) "again…?"

Doc: "That was a close call!"

Mary: "You can say that again."

Johnny: "Artie's gonna be home free from now on out, right?"

Doc: "You kids aren't fading out, are you?"

Mary and Susan: "Nope."

Doc: "Besides, Arthur will be completely out of danger come August 25th."

Johnny: "August 25th?"

Mary: "Of course! That's the day Biff's dad will finally be put behind bars."

Doc: "Precisely! How's that picture of your pop?"

Johnny: (Takes out picture) "Still there."

Doc: "Good." (Types in May 15th, 1986, 8:30 AM) "Let's get out of here before we accidentally elect Hoover to a second term."

Johnny accelerates the Delorean up to 88 miles per hour, lights start flashing around it, and then they disappeared back to 1986.

TO BE CONTINUED