Running Out Of Time
Chapter 18
Hijacked
5:20 AM
Doc and Dan were in the downstairs lab on the inside of the main house. Doc looked at the Proton Packs, as Dan looked at the many other devices in the lab...
Doc: This technology is remarkable! Your propulsion system just might be the thing that changes the way transportation is in the future.
Dan: Yeah, it's amazing what you can do with a nuclear particle accelerator, and an idea.
Doc: I had always wondered how hover systems were created. This just might have been the start of it.
Dan: Well, the original pack was created 1995. This is the upgraded one.
Doc: Of course, the particle propulsion idea is pretty old fashioned compared to the ones that are on the train and the DeLorean, not to mention dangerous.
Dan: I'm aware of that, considering I'm the jackass that has to use it.
Doc: Sorry, I just got so carried away with the fact I'm taking to one of the creators of the hover flight system. It's like talking to Thomas Edison himself!
Dan: Well, I didn't invent a phonograph. It's just a plutonium cell that accelerates by means of magnetic fields, then goes through a particle filtering process that utilizes fusion, and then is trusted out eject ports. Nothing big.
Doc's mouth was open.
Doc: That's no big deal? It's amazing!
Dan: Trust me, it's not all that spectacular. If you fire the thrower when airborne, the power that the propulsion needs gets used, meaning that there isn't enough power to keep you up in the air.
Doc: Well, that happens. Sometimes, there's not enough power in the world.
Dan: Well, if we talk politics, there is WAY to much power.
Doc: Maybe in your time, but not here.
Dan: Lucky bastard.
Meanwhile, Biff decided it was time to get out of the cramped and stuffy DeLorean trunk. He gave himself a moment, stretched, and waited for his eyes to adjust to the light again. He looked around the barn, and saw the train. He turned back to the DeLorean, and saw that they couple was still asleep. He quietly walked to the passenger side, and started looking in the door. He saw the ED Pistol on the floor, under the seat Jennifer was sitting in.
Biff slowly slipped his hand behind Jennifer's leg, and grabbed the pistol. As he was pulling it out, however, he nudged her in the leg. Jennifer awoke. She looked over, and she saw Biff standing there with Dan's Destabilizer in his hand. She let out a scream, which awoke Marty and Eduardo. In a line of defense, Biff pointed the gun at Jennifer's head...
Biff: Shut up, or I'll blow your god damn head all over the place!
Marty: Biff! You son of a bitch, how did you get here!
Marty was about to get out of the driver seat, when Biff switched on the pistol...
Biff: Don't McFly, or the pretty girl gets it! Do you understand, Marty McFly? Or should I call you... Calvin Kline?
Marty's face was fear-stricken. He sat back down in the seat.
Biff: That's a good boy. Get out, nice and slow.
They did. As Biff pointed the gun in the direction he wanted them to go, he spoke...
Biff: McFly, there are about 4 reasons why I should shoot you, but there is one that in which prevents me. You ruined my future, and I want it back!
Marty: Biff, you took a future you didn't earn, so it wasn't yours in the first place!
Biff: Oh, trust me. I earned it, for the hell I was put through over the last 30 years! Not including the shit I had to suffer through that week you were in 55'!
Jennifer: Marty, what is he talking about?
Biff: Shut up!
Biff didn't know it, but Eduardo had staggered off the hay bail, and wandered behind him. He tapped him on the shoulder...
Eduardo: Excuse me. Don't yell like that in front of a lady again.
When Biff turned around, Eduardo decked him right across the face. Biff staggered a little. Eduardo was about to hit him again, when he pointed the pistol right between Eduardo's eyes...
Biff: Ok, smartass, over there with the rest of them.
Eduardo: Well... I tried.
Jennifer: Thanks anyway.
Marty: Well, Biff... what are you going to do now? You can't fit all of us in the DeLorean, and run away.
Biff: ::pause:: You know, you're right, McFly, so we're going to do good ol' Doc Brown a favor... We're going to test his new Time Machine. Get in!
Back in the basement, Doc had shown Dan the old hoverboard Marty had left behind 10 years prior...
Dan: ::standing on board:: Whoa! This thing is incredibly unstable!
Doc: That's because you're shifting your weight too much. Hold on, let me help you.
Doc held Dan by the shoulders, and tried to stabilize him. When Dan had just about got it, a train whistle blew. Doc's attention was suddenly diverted from the Ghostbuster on the floating device, to the loud whistle outside. Dan, at the same time, lost his balance, and fell off the board onto the floor with a thud.
Doc: My train!
Dan: My back.
Doc: Someone's stealing my train!
Dan stood up like a flash...
Dan: What?!
Both men ran out of the house, and into the barn, just in time for the train to fly right over them. The train hit 88, and disappeared with a bang, knocking both Doc and Dan off their feet. They propped themselves on their arms, and saw the 2 trails fade in the now dawn sky.
They ran into the barn, to find Marty, Jennifer, and Eduardo gone. Dan looked over, and saw a note under the windshield wiper blade of the car. Dan took it out, and brought it to Doc's attention...
Dan: Doc!
Doc: What?
Dan: I found a note on the DeLorean!
Doc: What does it say?
Dan: "Dear Doctor Brown, for 30 years, I've been in hell, and now I know why. It's your fault I am the way I am today, and it all could have changed for me, but you took my only chance! Not this time, or any time for that matter. I'm going to change my past, and completely erase yours! Signed, the 'Town Nuisance', Biff Tannen. PS: I've got your gun and your partner, you Ghostbusting Butthead!"
Dan looked to Doc, and he looked back. A sensation of rage filled Dan, as he crumpled the note, and threw it on the floor. Doc broke in at a bad time...
Doc: Oh, no. Biff's got my train, and he's got Marty, Jennifer and Eduardo. And if he says he's going to erase my existence, he's going to create a paradox. That would mean that all existence in our universe's fabric would unravel, and will...
Dan: I KNOW WHAT A GOD DAMN PARADOX IS!
Doc jumped. The expression of anger left Dan, as he saw the startled scientist leaning up against the side of the DeLorean...
Dan: Sorry, man. When start worrying about people, I tend to get really pissed.
Doc: It's alright. I have a bad tendency to comment on situations.
Dan: Alright... What is it can we do about this?
Doc: We'll need to go after Biff in the DeLorean.
Dan: What if he goes to somewhere between the times we can't go?
There was a long pause, as Doc tried to think of something. He then came up with an idea...
Doc: We'll have to go back to 1985, and fix the time machine then.
Chapter 18
Hijacked
5:20 AM
Doc and Dan were in the downstairs lab on the inside of the main house. Doc looked at the Proton Packs, as Dan looked at the many other devices in the lab...
Doc: This technology is remarkable! Your propulsion system just might be the thing that changes the way transportation is in the future.
Dan: Yeah, it's amazing what you can do with a nuclear particle accelerator, and an idea.
Doc: I had always wondered how hover systems were created. This just might have been the start of it.
Dan: Well, the original pack was created 1995. This is the upgraded one.
Doc: Of course, the particle propulsion idea is pretty old fashioned compared to the ones that are on the train and the DeLorean, not to mention dangerous.
Dan: I'm aware of that, considering I'm the jackass that has to use it.
Doc: Sorry, I just got so carried away with the fact I'm taking to one of the creators of the hover flight system. It's like talking to Thomas Edison himself!
Dan: Well, I didn't invent a phonograph. It's just a plutonium cell that accelerates by means of magnetic fields, then goes through a particle filtering process that utilizes fusion, and then is trusted out eject ports. Nothing big.
Doc's mouth was open.
Doc: That's no big deal? It's amazing!
Dan: Trust me, it's not all that spectacular. If you fire the thrower when airborne, the power that the propulsion needs gets used, meaning that there isn't enough power to keep you up in the air.
Doc: Well, that happens. Sometimes, there's not enough power in the world.
Dan: Well, if we talk politics, there is WAY to much power.
Doc: Maybe in your time, but not here.
Dan: Lucky bastard.
Meanwhile, Biff decided it was time to get out of the cramped and stuffy DeLorean trunk. He gave himself a moment, stretched, and waited for his eyes to adjust to the light again. He looked around the barn, and saw the train. He turned back to the DeLorean, and saw that they couple was still asleep. He quietly walked to the passenger side, and started looking in the door. He saw the ED Pistol on the floor, under the seat Jennifer was sitting in.
Biff slowly slipped his hand behind Jennifer's leg, and grabbed the pistol. As he was pulling it out, however, he nudged her in the leg. Jennifer awoke. She looked over, and she saw Biff standing there with Dan's Destabilizer in his hand. She let out a scream, which awoke Marty and Eduardo. In a line of defense, Biff pointed the gun at Jennifer's head...
Biff: Shut up, or I'll blow your god damn head all over the place!
Marty: Biff! You son of a bitch, how did you get here!
Marty was about to get out of the driver seat, when Biff switched on the pistol...
Biff: Don't McFly, or the pretty girl gets it! Do you understand, Marty McFly? Or should I call you... Calvin Kline?
Marty's face was fear-stricken. He sat back down in the seat.
Biff: That's a good boy. Get out, nice and slow.
They did. As Biff pointed the gun in the direction he wanted them to go, he spoke...
Biff: McFly, there are about 4 reasons why I should shoot you, but there is one that in which prevents me. You ruined my future, and I want it back!
Marty: Biff, you took a future you didn't earn, so it wasn't yours in the first place!
Biff: Oh, trust me. I earned it, for the hell I was put through over the last 30 years! Not including the shit I had to suffer through that week you were in 55'!
Jennifer: Marty, what is he talking about?
Biff: Shut up!
Biff didn't know it, but Eduardo had staggered off the hay bail, and wandered behind him. He tapped him on the shoulder...
Eduardo: Excuse me. Don't yell like that in front of a lady again.
When Biff turned around, Eduardo decked him right across the face. Biff staggered a little. Eduardo was about to hit him again, when he pointed the pistol right between Eduardo's eyes...
Biff: Ok, smartass, over there with the rest of them.
Eduardo: Well... I tried.
Jennifer: Thanks anyway.
Marty: Well, Biff... what are you going to do now? You can't fit all of us in the DeLorean, and run away.
Biff: ::pause:: You know, you're right, McFly, so we're going to do good ol' Doc Brown a favor... We're going to test his new Time Machine. Get in!
Back in the basement, Doc had shown Dan the old hoverboard Marty had left behind 10 years prior...
Dan: ::standing on board:: Whoa! This thing is incredibly unstable!
Doc: That's because you're shifting your weight too much. Hold on, let me help you.
Doc held Dan by the shoulders, and tried to stabilize him. When Dan had just about got it, a train whistle blew. Doc's attention was suddenly diverted from the Ghostbuster on the floating device, to the loud whistle outside. Dan, at the same time, lost his balance, and fell off the board onto the floor with a thud.
Doc: My train!
Dan: My back.
Doc: Someone's stealing my train!
Dan stood up like a flash...
Dan: What?!
Both men ran out of the house, and into the barn, just in time for the train to fly right over them. The train hit 88, and disappeared with a bang, knocking both Doc and Dan off their feet. They propped themselves on their arms, and saw the 2 trails fade in the now dawn sky.
They ran into the barn, to find Marty, Jennifer, and Eduardo gone. Dan looked over, and saw a note under the windshield wiper blade of the car. Dan took it out, and brought it to Doc's attention...
Dan: Doc!
Doc: What?
Dan: I found a note on the DeLorean!
Doc: What does it say?
Dan: "Dear Doctor Brown, for 30 years, I've been in hell, and now I know why. It's your fault I am the way I am today, and it all could have changed for me, but you took my only chance! Not this time, or any time for that matter. I'm going to change my past, and completely erase yours! Signed, the 'Town Nuisance', Biff Tannen. PS: I've got your gun and your partner, you Ghostbusting Butthead!"
Dan looked to Doc, and he looked back. A sensation of rage filled Dan, as he crumpled the note, and threw it on the floor. Doc broke in at a bad time...
Doc: Oh, no. Biff's got my train, and he's got Marty, Jennifer and Eduardo. And if he says he's going to erase my existence, he's going to create a paradox. That would mean that all existence in our universe's fabric would unravel, and will...
Dan: I KNOW WHAT A GOD DAMN PARADOX IS!
Doc jumped. The expression of anger left Dan, as he saw the startled scientist leaning up against the side of the DeLorean...
Dan: Sorry, man. When start worrying about people, I tend to get really pissed.
Doc: It's alright. I have a bad tendency to comment on situations.
Dan: Alright... What is it can we do about this?
Doc: We'll need to go after Biff in the DeLorean.
Dan: What if he goes to somewhere between the times we can't go?
There was a long pause, as Doc tried to think of something. He then came up with an idea...
Doc: We'll have to go back to 1985, and fix the time machine then.
