Running Out Of Time
Chapter 27
Second Shot

10:32

The DeLorean flew low to the ground to avoid an accidental lightning strike. Doc had taken the metallic visors, and began attaching them to the other small object that he had put into his pocket before hand. Dan had handed the PKE meter to Marty, and now Marty searched the area with the door open. Dan continuously looked around...

Dan: Are you sure it's around here?

Marty: It should be!

Doc: Are you checking for the readings?

Marty: I don't see anything yet.

It was then, a spike came over the meter almost immediately.

Marty: Wait! Two... No three readings ahead!

Dan: Three? Pointing where?

Marty: Two small ones, and a huge one!

Dan, Doc and Marty looked at each other...

Dan: So, what? Do we go after the big one, or the small ones?

Doc: The small ones. If the book is still there, we should grab it! It would be the only opportune time to do so.

Dan: Right!

Dan began to land the car behind the billboard of the Lyon Estates site. Marty jumped out, and ran to the other side. He looked at the meter, and it was pointed towards the pail. He looked into it, and found it empty. Dan walked up from behind, and looked over his shoulder...

Dan: Where is it?

Marty: Shit! Biff must already have it!

Dan: Then why are the readings pointing here?!

Marty looked around. Right next to the pail, he found a book of matches. He picked them up, and read the inscription on the back. It read Biff's Pleasure Paradise. Marty literally smacked himself in the head...

Marty: I dropped the matches after my last trip here!

Dan: You mean we were sent on a wild goose chase?! You ass!

Before Marty could return an insult, Doc was heard screaming...

Doc: AAAAHHHHH! MARTY! DAN! COME QUICK!

They looked at each other, then bolted towards Doc's screaming...

Dan: What?! What is it?!

Doc pointed towards the ground, and saw Eduardo's body face down. Dan rolled him over, and saw he was shot in the stomach.

Dan: This dude is REALLY giving me the Red-Ass!

He started shaking Eduardo...

Dan: Eddy! Eddy, come back to us, dude!

Doc took the salts out of his pocket, and threw it to Dan. Dan waved it under Eduardo's nose, and he came to...

Eduardo: Huh? How did I get out here?

Eduardo sat up, and looked around. He saw Marty...

Eduardo: What the...?

Dan: Relax, Eddy. Didn't you remember the protocol for the pistols? Keep on low setting?

Eduardo: I forgot about that!

Doc: What happened?

Eduardo: Biff was, like, over here, flying over here, watching something through binoculars. I don't know what though, but he said something about everything going as planed, or something?

All three men looked blankly at each other, then back at Eduardo...

Eduardo: What?!

Dan: That means he's already got the book!

Eduardo: Who?

Marty: Young Biff!

Dan: Doc, there's got to be a way to get it from him!

Doc: I believe there is. Follow me!

Doc ran back to the DeLorean. Dan and Marty followed, as Eduardo first helped himself up. Once again he grumbled under his breath...

Eduardo: I REALLY wish I hadn't grabbed that paper from Dan!

When Doc got to the DeLorean, he opened the trunk, and pulled out the futuristic bag again. He put it on the hood, opened it up, and pulled out a yellow one-piece suit...

Doc: Marty, the one thing you forgot to take with you on your first trip back to 1985, was this radiation suit. The me of 1955 put it in with your other stuff before you went to 1885. I've been holding onto it so when I got back to 1985, I could drop it off.

Dan: So what are we going to do with it? Rob a Nuclear Power Plant, or something?

Doc No. I figured we could use this to scare Young Biff into handing over the book. And here's how I figured we could do it...