Time For a change chapter 8.
Doc's feet screamed in pain as he walked along the railroad tracks, and he gritted his teeth to stop the scream of pain emerging from his mouth vocally. Glancing up he noticed a building in the distance. It looked a little like a train station. Doc's hopes rose a bit and he began to walk again.
Moments later Doc was walking through the station and out onto the main street of the Hill Valley town circa 1885. Doc looked around taking in all the sights—it sure looked tempting to stay here in the old west, Doc thought wistfully. But then he shook his head dismmissing the thought. As tempting as it was to stay here, it simply wasn't possible. Time travel had simply become much too dangerous. No, the right thing to do was to find Marty, spend the night here to give his feet a rest as well as the rest of his body, and get back to the future as early as possible tommorrow morning.
Looking around again Doc heaved a small sigh, and headed towards the saloon, where he was most likely to be able to find the whereabouts of his young friend.
As he walked through the double saloon doors, Doc's eyes ajusted to the darkness and he wandered up to the bartender.
"What do ya want to drink pal?" the Bar tender asked as he began to spit shine some glasses.
"nothing thanks," Doc said politely "But I would like to know if you can help me, I'm looking for the town handyman—can you tell me where I might find him?"
"Oh you mean that Rodgers boy?" asked the bartender smiling "Ol' Roy is out at the Little Patch Of Heaven Ranch building a new outhouse for the Bickerstaff's, he probably won't be back until about ten or eleven."
"Rodgers boy?, Ol' Roy?" Doc thought puzzled at first.
Then Doc chuckled as he began to get it . Of course. Roy Rodgers.
Doc thanked the man and left the saloon and walked to the Hill Valley Bluebird Inn across the street and paid for a room.
Stumbling through the door of his room, Doc yanked off his boots and tossed them at the foot of his bed. Then locking his door, Doc limped over to the bed and collasped in a heap.
Three minutes later he was sound asleep.
Back at the cave, inside the Delorean Max was trying to figure out how the machine worked but to no avail. Frustrated he pounded on the dashboard and cursed. He would try to figure out how to make this machine work later. Right now he needed some sleep.
And with that he fell into a deep sleep.
The early morning sun shone through the window and Doc's eyes fluttered open. He yawned and then stretched, and then rubbed his still sore feet before getting dressed and leaving the Bluebird Inn. He needed to find Marty as soon as possible and get out of here before noon.
Nabbing a passerby Doc asked him where he could find the town handyman.
"Why in that barn over there" the guy said looking at Doc quizzically "everybody who's anybody knows that. What are you, new here?"
Doc ignored the guy and walked over to the barn. Excitement building in his body.
Grabbing the handle Doc tugged on it gently.
It was locked.
Doc knocked a couple of times and heard some rustling from inside followed by a mutter of "Go 'way"
"Marty It's me, Doc!"
suddenly he heard the sound of something heavy hitting the floor and the door swung open to reveal Marty standing there in long underwear.
His eyes nearly bugged out and his jaw dropped upon seeing Doc and the two immedietly embraced.
"I don't believe it Doc. I thought for sure I was stuck here---what happened?"
"I woulda been here sooner but I had a few problems " Doc said as he recounted everything that had happened to him.
When he was done Marty whistled "This is great. I just finished my last job yesterday. Mr. Bickerstaff was going to come by later today to pay me, but screw that. Let's just get the freakin' heck outta this hell hole and get back to where we belong!" Marty cheered.
Grabbing his futuristic clothes Marty slipped behind a curtian and began to change.
"Anything happen while I was away?" Doc asked as he sat to wait for Marty.
"Nothing much" came Marty's reply "At least nothing worth noting" he said almost as an afterthought as he began to recount his experience upon arriving in 1885 up until now.
The curtain jerked to one side and Marty came out wearing the clothes too futuristic for this time period.
"I'm ready to go Doc"
With that the two men headed towards the train station and outta town.
Meanwhile back at the cave.
Max awoke with a start and yawned. Sitting in this cramped little machine sure gave one a stiff back from sleeping in it all night.
Max decided he would start on trying to figure out how this machine worked—but first he had to pee.
Shutting the Delorean's door Max walked out of the cave, turned and began to climb the hill the cave was under. Upon reaching the top he walked down the other side and his jaw dropped in surprise. Not ten yard away there was a pond. The perfect place to bath Max reasoned.
And he could pee and bath at the same time.
With that Max began to shuck his laundry and stripped compleltely naked before diving into the cool water.
Marty and Doc had finally reached the cave. Marty gave a small cheer and grinned at Doc. It's gonna be such a big relief to get home he said."
"Agreed" Doc muttered "And when we do, I'm gonna destroy this machine. It's just caused to much trouble—it simply isn't time for man to begin experimenting with time travel."
Marty nodded and waited as Doc climbed into the Delorean and then leaned over and unlocked the passenger side door.
Climbing in Marty buckled his belt as did Doc and then they closed their doors as Doc started the car up and pulled out of the cave.
"Oh-almost forgot!" Doc said snapping his fingers, "I gotta fill Mr. Fusion—And I know just what to fill it with" Doc said pulling out the huge roll of 1800 bills from his pocket.
Climbing out of the ar Doc flipped the lid of Mr. Fusion up and tossed the entire roll in, and then tossed his duster and cowboy hat as well for added fuel.
Climbing back into the driver's seat Doc looked over at Marty, "ready to go?" he asked
"Bet your butt I'm ready to go!" Marty said
"Well then," Doc said "Let's blow this popsicle stand." And he reached down to set the time machine circuts for home.
"Hey Doc, what's with that button Marty asked pointing to a gigantic red button with the letter H on it right beside the gas pedal. Doc finished setting the time and glanced where Marty was pointing.
A look of confuson covered his face. "I have no idea—I never even saw it before." Doc said in a puzzled tone.
"Only one way to find out though" and with that Doc stomped on the button.
Suddenly there was a loud explosive sound and the Car shot ten feet straight up into the air.
"We're gonna die!" Marty shouted panicked.
"No I think it's just a hovering system" Doc said
"Well what the heck was with the sudden jerking around and loud noise.?" Marty said beginning to get annoyed.
Doc looked out the window and towards the ground. "Obviously Mr. Ramsey is working on an advanced form of Hover-conversion." He said "the wheels didn't flatten out like they usually do!"
"Let's just get home." Marty muttered.
"I'm with you there Doc said and with that he shot straight up into the air until he reached eighty-eight miles and hour there was a Triple sonic boom and a flash of light blinded the veiw of the desert.
Max was fully enjoying himself and lay on the shore catching some rays and hoping to get a full body tan when he heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the other side of the hill.
Jumping to his feet he, ran as fast as he could up the rocky terrian of the hill, causing his feet to get cut by the sharp rocks and his naked body get scratched by the torn bushes as he struggled to get to the top of the hill. Then he saw the Delorean in the air and panicked. He ran even faster as the machine tilted it's nose higher up into the air and shot up into the sky!
At the last second Max jumped and snagged a hold onto the underside of the machine as it gained speed and dragged him higher into the air.
Max laughed "Ain't no way you getting rid of me that easily you sonuva----"
Suddenly Max's words were cut off as bolts of lighting eneveloped the car and then began to dance across his body electrocuting him the several volts and burning his skin almost to charcoal, he screamed in pain but the triple sonic boom drowned him out,suddenly the pain began to intensify and beore he knew it his body literally turned inside out and various organs began to burst as he somehow survived it, bones began to crack and his body flipped back inside in, his eyes began to bulge like balloons out of their sockets and suddenly exploded.
And still he was alive.
And then his body began to glow a bright blue and a hypersonic sound pierced his mind and burst his eardrums.
And then with a flash his body, his mind evaporated and he was gone.
And all this, all the pain and torture that seemed a lifetime had only happened withing five seconds.
And he was no more.
There was the sound of a triple sonic boom and Marty and Doc arrived in 1985.
Finally .
They were home.
The End.
P.S. Below is a list of all the in jokes, gags, and such in the story as well as alternate ideas/deleted chapters etc.
Chapter 1:
Originally I was going to have it set many months later than November, because of an alternate chapter where Doc was going to find out that Marty had gotten killed soon after his arrival and that the date on the letter had been incorrect. However I decided to limit it two November as to not make it too long a stay for Marty. The chapter of Doc going top the incorrect time of the old west was still there though up until this morning actually. I decided that most of the readers would probably want the story to end. And besides I found the whole alternate chapter of Doc finding out he was in the wrong time a bit useless. It didn't really move the story along or contribute anything new, so it went.
There is also a small in joke here where Biff thinks Doc is a freshman who's pulling a prank on him. This is a reference to the novelization of BTTF 2 where Biff thinks kids are fooling around in his garage.
Chapter 2:
The part with Godiva Peabody, getting her bare rear spanked and riding away on a horse is an in joke to the legend of the Lady of Godiva who rode a white horse through her town in the nude.
The whole "Wagon Train to Hell" bit is also a reference to the Peabody "alien invader" scene in BTTF 1.
I know I explained this in the reveiws but I decided to have Marty go by the name of Roy Rodgers(another historically classic cowboy hero movie/televison star) because I felt that certain circimstances bring on certain reactions—besides I figured using Roy Rodgers would be a respectable tio of the hat to fans of the classic cowboy stars.
Part of the title of this Chapter is a reference to the pawn shop Marty bought the Almanac from in BTTF 2
Chapter 3:
The Goldie Wilson Hover-Conversion shop is an obvious nod to the split-second ad scene in BTTF 2 wherein the grandson of Goldie Wilson reveals that he has a Hover-Conversion shop.
The whole scene where Max the rude employee of the Hover Conversion shop argues with the robot about the right size of Soni-Rachet was an obvious referance to the scene in BTTF 2 where Doc corrects his past-self about the right size of wrench.
Chapter 4:
As it has been guessed by someone on the review board, Marty's dream is actually a reference to a BTTF fan-fic by Futuregirl, one of the best writers of fanfics around. Here's the link to her site where you can find the Salem Witch Trial Story, as well as others and even links to smaller stories she's written. If you like her writtings there then there's even better news, Kristen Sheley has just become an author of her own time travel series of books that are published and read by fans all over. If you would like to order any of her books my suggestion would be to go to Amazon or or a similar site and type in her name.
NOTE: When I decided to do a page that revealed references, in-jokes,missing chapters, changed ideas etc. I decided that I wanted to know for sure if it was based on one of Futuregirl's stories as I haven't been there in ages. Upon finding the site I was surprised to find a rather resonable request from Futuregirl that her permisson be asked to make references to her stories. Out of respect for her wishes I have changed the dream sequence so the reference to her BTTF story is no longer present.
The line where Marty says he Probably woke the dead is a reference to his line about he and Doc waking the dead in BTTF 3.
Police Academy 10 is a reference to the in-joke in BTTF 2 where Jaws 18 was advertised.
And obviously the time-travel movie that Doc thinks about taking Marty to after the adventure is over is a reference to BTTF.
Forsythe J. Jones, the guy who drives the Manure truck is a double reference. The first is a reference to P. Jones in the BTTF movies who is the manure trucker in BTTF 1&2 and whose descendant is also a manure hauler in BTTF 3. The second reference is to Jughead P. Jones from Archie comics whose real name happens to be Forsythe.
Jughead is also my favorite character.
The speeding maniac who destroys Jones Truck and causes a chain reaction that ends up in the destruction of Doc's car was originally going to be revealed to be Dixon. The reheaded bully from the 1950's in BTTF 1.(he's the guy who cut in on George and Lorraine at the dance before George shoved him away) I decided to cut that idea because it really didn't seem to matter nor did it help the story.
Chapter 5:
The kind Hover-Technician named Optimus Prime was named after the leader of the heroic Transformers from the popular eighties action cartoon.
The character Shemp Ramsey is an almost exact reference to the character of the same name(and who wore rocket boots and a steel combat suit as well) PLAYED BY Hulk Hogan in the movie Suburban Commando. The movie co-stars Christopher Lloyd.
The action scene where the street thugs shoot Ramsey with his own ice gun only to discover he drank "anti-freeze" is also a reference to a similar scene in Suburban Commando, as is the scene with the bar bending duel.
Shemp's shop "Classy Freddie Blassie's Classy Cars" is named after Shemp's "hero" Classy Freddie Blassie. A legendary wrestling star.
Now there are really Red Deloreans but I was actually using it as a personal in joke to another fan-fiction written by someone else.
Chapter 6:
As it was pointed out in the story, the four thugs who attacked Doc are all named after characters/real people from the 1980's.
There was actually supposed to be an extended scene here where there was a gunfight Jason has with the cops inside the mall, and he was going to shoot a rocket Launcher. Being a lousy aim he would miss the cops and blow up the entire face of the courthouse thus destroying the clock and injuring several townspeople including the mayor. However the more I thought about it the more I thought that some readers may think it was a reference or may try to compare it to the horrible event of Sept. 11 2000.
Thus it was cut.
Chapter 7.
The Chapter's title is a reference to a poular series of sci-fi books I've heard of.
Chapter 8:
The name Bickerstaff, is a reference to the man who wrote Gulliver's Travels. He hated astroligers and so he used a new pen name Bickerstaff to play a prank on them.
The "Little Patch Of Heaven" Ranch is a nod to Disney's movie Home On The Range.
Chapter eight was originally going to have Marty at a halloween party in the 1880's , where he got up on stage and sang "Thriller" and dance like Micheal Jackson until the other townspeople ended up joining him. It was going to be a hilarious bit of fun but I decided to cut it for time reasons.