Thursday
December 3rd
1925.
MORNING.
INT. BROWN LAB.
EXT. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
From Los Angeles.
It's dated 'Tuesday October 29th 1985' NUCLEAR ATTACK PREVENTED'
'Downtown Libyan Threat Thwarted. Millions Saved.''
Its the same article Marty found in his letter from Doc in 2015.
EXT. HILL VALLEY TELEGRAPH.
Dated 'Friday November 1st 1985'
The Article reads. 'LIBYAN BOMB MAKER CONFESSES TO '62' BROWN MANSION INFERNO'
'Local Scientist Fate Unresolved.'
EXT. PHOTOGRAPH.
A mug shot of Ronald Harris in the mid 1940's - who appeared at the Hill Valley Courthouse in 1985,
before Doc was arrested.
Marty's voice is heard.
MARTY
So this is the guy who built the Bomb for the terrorists? (O.S.).
INT. MARTY MCFLY.
He turns round.
INT. JULES
Jules points at the Picture.
JULES
Yep. A guy with a serious problem.
INT. VERNE.
Appears beside his Brother.
VERNE
He's been committed to a Maxmimum Security Mental Hospital.
We managed to get Fathers younger self out of Jail in 1985.
MARTY
How did you manage that?
JULES
We fooled Authorities we were FBI Agents and that he was under our interrogation.
MARTY
Good stunt.
Marty places the photo back on the table. He folds his arms.
MARTY
How did this Ronald Harris know how to make a Bomb? One that's Nuclear.
(shrugs)
VERNE
Manhattan Project. During World War II , Harris became an engineer for the U.S Army Corps. He kind of got way too possessed for the Militaries liking.
MARTY
You mean dangerous?
Verne agrees.
VERNE
Right. He got tranferred to a Mental Hospital, where he stayed until the early fifties.
Marty looks at Ronald Harris's mug shot and picks it.
MARTY
And he was friends with your Dad at College?
Jules gives a negative expression.
JULES
Not necessarily. More like associates - for a time. But, after a while Father couldn't trust him, as Harris became unstable and a paranoid schizophrenic. Eventually Harris saw Dad as his competition. It's a conflict that has lasted over Forty Years.
Marty thinks there's more to Ronald Harris's outburst, than meets the eye.
MARTY
And he burnt down Doc's Mansion in 1962, because of this?
Jules and Verne glance at each other.
Jules pulls a photograph from a folder and hands it to Marty.
EXT. PHOTOGRAPH.
It's a picture of a woman, who looks similar to Clara Clayton.
Marty frowns in confusion.
MARTY
Your mother?
Jules and Verne pause momentarily.
Jules hunches up briefly.
JULES
That there is Claire Clayton.
Marty frowns, unsure of who the woman is.
VERNE
A descendant of our mothers. She moved to Hill Valley in the early sixties from New Jersey. It was the first time a descendant of Mothers came to Hill Valley, since 1885.
MARTY
But, what does Claire Clayton have to do with the Mansion fire?
JULES
Father and Harris met sometime again in early 1962. Ron met and fell in love with Claire Clayton after he resurfaced back in Hill Valley. He intended to marry her.
VERNE
However, he became controlling and mentally abused her. Dad was her shoulder to cry on...
Marty rolls his eyes.
MARTY
It was more than that?
(figured)
JULES
Claire loved Dad and I think he felt the same way. But, she was scared of how Ron would take it. She insisted the affair couldn't carry on. But Ron found out and Claire left him and ultimately Hill Valley. The night she left, Harris snuck into the Mansion and torched it. He escaped town. Father assumed a random burglar. But then accusations and rumours started circulating thanks to your former High School Principal - and Dad was accused of Arson, because he acquired the Insurance Money.
Marty throws his arms in the air.
MARTY
But, how did the Libyans know Harris could build a Bomb?
VERNE
Following the Mall incident and during your Day and a Half MIA period in the Space Time Continuum, Ron coincidentally stumbled upon the terrorist group and discovered, Dad's Plutonium deception and that he somehow evoided his execution at the local Mall. Ron was still mentally unstable , even after so many years and offered to build them a bomb, in exchange for Five Million Dollars.
MARTY
And that would give both Harris and the terrorists each of their own scores to settle. And Los Angeles was used as bait...
The fire of '62' wasn't enough for this Loon.
JULES
You should have seen this guy, when he confessed all his bad deeds. He didn't have an ounce of remorse. He found all the reasons to hate Dad - not just for Father affair with Claire. Father was just simply brilliant and Harris couldn't handle it since day one.
VERNE
Harris was declared mentally insane and incredibly dangerous.
JULES
After we secured Dad's earlier counterpart, we took him to the year 2015.
MARTY
Then you came back here to 1925?
Jules and Verne smile awkwardly hesitating again.
JULES
Actually no.
VERNE
We went to the year 2115.
Marty's face drops.
MARTY
2115!
Jules and Verne laugh.
VERNE
Technology, one hundred years, has advanced alot more than this time.
JULES
But, blame it on Global Warming.
VERNE
I needed to find some upgrades for the Time Train.
Hopefully, we can restore her and get her up and flying,
ready to take you and your family back to the future.
MARTY
Sounds like you were busy.
Jules checks his watch.
JULES
Marty, why don't you go back into the house and grab your family and yourself something to eat.
I'm gonna help Verne on the Train before we head off.
MARTY
OK. Cheers Guys.
Marty heads off out of the Lab.
Jules and Verne rest against a table and watch Marty exit the Main Lab Door.
They fold their arms. They both feel proud of their achievement to secure the future - for the better.
Verne whispers in Jules ear.
VERNE
Do you wanna tell him?
JULES
About what?
VERNE
The future?
JULES
No.
Let it be a surprise.
