Running Out Of Time
Chapter 9
Discovering The Truth

Dan had unlocked both doors, and they both hopped in. Being a little hot from the California sun, Eduardo opened the glove box in hopes top find something to wipe his face with...

Eduardo: Man, don't tell me they didn't even to bother to put snot rags in here!

Dan: Eddy, what did I tell you about touching anything in here?

Eduardo: Come on, man! What possibly could there be in the glove compartment that could be dangerous?

Dan: Alright, ya got a point.

Eduardo shuffled around papers in the glove box, and came across a bag...

Eduardo: What's this?

Dan snatched it from Eduardo...

Dan: Well, lets take a look. ::opens bag, pulls out papers:: Hey, this looks like a police report.

Eduardo: What does it say?

Dan: "California State Police," Yata, yata. "November 2, 1985"? What the hell?

Eduardo: What?

Dan: This was taken down about a week or so after the first date we arrived in. "Parts of a vehicle were found on the railroad tracks in Hill Valley. The vehicle has been identified as a 1982 model DeLorean Gull-wing coupe."

Eduardo: Ho, shit.

Dan: "It has been suspected the DeLorean is the same DeLorean that was found rolling across the tracks on the 27th of October. The FBI has been called in to investigate." What the hell? This thing was found on railroad tracks? What is this all about?!

Eduardo: Read the rest of the reports!

Dan: ::Pulls out new paper:: This one looks like a log. "December 19, 1988. Major construction of the main vehicle component [DeLorean] has been rebuilt, and broken parts of vehicle replaced. Starting work on electronics systems."

Dan and Eduardo looked at each other, and shrugged. Dan began to read more...

Dan: "July 6, 1994. We have been stumped by certain components that were once attached to the electronic sub-system and power-relay controls. Being able to reverse-engineer certain parts have played a frantic part in the reconstruction of project DOLO-12."

Eduardo: DOLO-12? What's that mean?

Dan: I guess that's the code name for the project. DOLO standing for DeLorean, and 12 standing for DMC-12, which was the model of the DeLorean.

Eduardo: Right. Whatever. Just keep reading.

Dan: "It appears most parts on the DeLorean have been either custom build, or of another source. The power conversion device we have found, which we have dubbed, 'Mr. Fusion' from the inscription on it, has been found to be a most intriguing device on the vehicle."

Eduardo: Huh?

Dan: I'll just skip the rest of this one. ::Pulls out new sheet:: "March 12, 1999. We have discovered the missing piece of the DOLO-12. A 'Y' shaped device was handed to us days prior to this log entry. A small radioactive flux was pulsing from the device upon discovery 14 years ago, which resulted in it being locked up in a lead box. We have discovered this device requires a lot of power, and we believe the 'Mr. Fusion' device counteracts with that power consumption."

Eduardo looked back into the glove box, and discovered something else...

Eduardo: Uh, Dan?

Dan: Can you believe this, Eddy? This thing was invented by someone else prior to the government getting a hold of this thing!

Eduardo: Dan?

Dan: Do you have any idea what a great discovery this is? But this is too dangerous for the government to have.

Eduardo: Danny?

Dan: If they change the past, we could all be in danger...

Eduardo: DAN!

Dan snapped his head around, and looked at Eduardo with shock. Eduardo held up an old black and white picture that was taped back together. Dan looked at it...

Dan: Oh... My... God. ::Grabs the picture:: Those are the same two guys we just saw.

Eduardo: Do you think they've screwed up anything?

Dan: Well, why build something if you don't know the dangers of what you built?

Eduardo: Well, what do we do now?

Dan: We stick with the plan... we find either of these guys, and get back to where we belong.