Running Out Of Time
Chapter 14
Getting There Is 1/3 The Battle

Re-entry Time: September 8, 1895
5:00 PM

After the flashes and bangs, the DeLorean appeared on a very rocky and bumpy terrain. Dan slammed on the brakes. It was fairly dark outside. It seemed quiet. Dan opened his door, and stepped out. He looked around. The horizon was so dark, a man couldn't even see a thing for miles.

He was about to get back in the car, when he started to feel rumbling under his feet. The tremors became more and more noticeable as time passed. It was then it hit him...

Dan: HO SHIT!

Dan hopped back into the drivers seat, and franticly started the car. It wouldn't turn over...

Dan: Come on, damnit! Come on!

Jennifer: What is it?

Dan: Come on, you fucking DeLorean... START!

Marty: What is it?!

Dan hit the headlights. They saw a large dust cloud pass in front of the light beams. When the DeLorean finally started, a large group of charging cattle came into view...

Marty: STAMPEED!

Everyone screamed, as Dan threw the car into reverse, and floored it. The cattle stayed at the most 5 feet away from the hood of the stainless steel vehicle, as the Ghostbuster kept his foot on the floor. When Dan figured they had enough space, he pulled a Rockford turn, and started moving forward.

In the trunk, Biff had no idea what the hell was going on, but he tried to protect his head from slamming it into the hood again.

Biff: What the hell is that butthead doing?! Doesn't this guy know how to drive?!

Dan looked in the mirror, and saw the reflection of the tail lights in the cattle's eyes, verifying that they were gaining on the Time Machine. The poor DeLorean was bouncing around like Jell-O on an airplane in turbulence. Eduardo and Jennifer kept hitting their heads on the roof of the car as Dan slammed into 3rd gear. Eduardo yelled over the engine...

Eduardo: Can you please take it easy on the bumps?! We're gettin' headaches over here, man!

Dan: Eddy, trying to drive smooth on rocky terrain in a sports car is like telling Slimer to stop eating for an hour! DeLoreans were not build for this purpose!

It was now that the cattle started ramming into the sides of the DeLorean. Dan was starting to loose control on the car. He did the one thing he should of done before they left, because it would have been logical...

He hit the hover controls.

The DeLorean stayed parallel to the ground, and the bouncing stopped. Dan floored it, and sent the car speeding. Then, an alarm went off behind Marty and Jennifer. It was the Plutonium Chamber's empty light. This time, instead of the "Hover Reserve" light, it was a new light. It read, "Emergency Auto-Land." The car landed itself, and the road became bumpy once again.

Dan: Damn! Even in the future, things suck!

Eduardo: Well, at least we got ahead of 'em.

Marty: Uh, Dan?

Dan: What?

Marty: LOOK OUT FOR THE EMBANKMENT!

Dan looked in front of him, and saw there was no ground. Dan took a sharp left, and rolled the car down the side of the hill, in the process, fishtailing as he stopped. Dan looked ahead, and saw the opening of the cave.

Dan: There it is!

He spun the wheels, pulled into the cave, and stopped the car. Both doors flung open, as everyone jumped out. The cattle approached, and started jumping down the steep slope, over the group's heads. When the dust cleared, and all the cattle gone, everyone looked around. Marty went back to the time machine, and looked under the car. He didn't smell any gas.

Marty: That's a relief.

Dan walked in after Marty, and pulled out a pen light. He started taking assessments on the damage to the DeLorean...

Dan: Looks like a couple of dents in the side, some scratches on the metal... but nothing too serious.

Marty: Did any of the wires get severed, or anything?

Dan: Uh... Not that I can see. How does it look under the car?

Marty took Dan's light, and shined it underneath.

Marty: Looks ok. No leaks.

Dan was about to take back his light, when a growl came from behind him...

Dan: Uh, Eddy? Is that you behind me?

Eduardo walked in front of Dan...

Eduardo: No. Why?

Marty: Jennifer?

Jennifer: No.

Marty had a frightened look on his face, as he took the light and shined it behind Dan...

Dan: ::grinding teeth:: What is it?

Marty was too frightened. Dan slowly turned around, and saw a whole pack of coyotes in front of him.

Dan: ::under breath:: Oh, shit. Marty... run like hell.

Marty did just that. As he ran out of the cave, he grabbed Jennifer by the hand, and Eduardo followed close behind. The coyotes were about to chase after them, when Dan diverted their attention to him. Marty and Jennifer looked back, to find that Dan stayed behind to do such a thing. Eduardo stopped and looked as well, when he caught up with them...

Marty: Is he insane?!

Eduardo: Don't worry, he knows what he's doing.

The coyotes surrounded Dan. The only thing that was allowing Dan to see them was the pen light Marty dropped. One jumped for him, and he dodged it. Another came, and bit him in the back of the leg. Dan was about to take care of it, when another one came, and charged him in the chest. The coyotes started to gather to begin tearing into Dan, when he punched one of them in the head, and bit one in the leg.

Another coyote was about to jump on him, when he kicked it in the head, and sent it flying into another coyote. One came up, and was prepared to bite into his jugular, when he grabbed it by the ears, and head budded it. All the coyotes yelped, as they ran out of the cave, and into the night. Dan stood up, and staggered out of the mouth of the cave, bruised and bleeding.

They all ran to him, but stopped, when they saw something else behind Dan. Dan looked at them with a confused expression on his face. He then turned around , and saw large object silhouetted by the pen light he had not picked up. He heard a large roar. Dan didn't even flinch at it, as he pulled out his ED Pistol, and shot it on low setting like Indiana Jones.

Apparently, a bear was also residing in that cave, and came out from all the commotion. The bear fled back to the comforting confines of his cave, away from the human with the painful boom stick thing.

Biff popped his head up from the inside of the trunk of the DeLorean, and saw the small light on the ground. He was about to get out, when the bear decided to use the DeLorean's hood for a bed that night, thus trapping him inside the trunk once again.

Biff: Son-of-a-bitch! When the hell am I ever going to get out of here?!