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'Are you kids hungry?' Doc asked the teens, as they were all in the living room, listening to the stereo. 'We can make some ham sandwiches, if you'd like. We have mustard and horseradish sauce. We can have applesauce on the side. Maybe make some kool-aid.'
'That sounds delicious,' exclaimed Jamie. 'You're a great cook, Grandpa!'
'Thank you, honey,' replied Doc, as he hugged Jamie. 'Why don't you all sit at the living room table, and I'll bring out the food. Then I can tell you the story about how I came up with time travel. There's a lot of things about us that I'm sure you don't know of.'
'Well, it'll be nice to not have to worry about Miff and Needles anymore,' Marty said, sighing. 'So Griff and his gang have been hassling you guys. I'm not too surprised.'
'Yeah, he has been persuing Marlene and Harmony for many years,' explained Marty Jr. 'With Jamie, they've just been making fun of her. Sadly, some people at our school feel the need to pick on her. I swear, some kids can be so mean.'
'It looks like some things never change,' Marty said, sighing. 'What about you and Melody? Does he ever persue Melody? Do he ever give you grief?'
'He tries to bully me into doing dangerous things,' Marty Jr replied. 'He hasn't started persuing Melody until recently. He mostly makes fun of her, because she's best friends with Jamie. Anyway, we were trying to drive far away from Griff and his gang - when we suddenly landed here in 1986. Gee, I wonder what happened to them.'
Marty just smiled, as he remembered what happened to the Libyans, when they were chasing him around the mall parking lot. Griff and his gang would deserve it.
'Well, kids,' called out Doc, as he endered the dining room with a large platter, 'are you ready to hear the story of how I invented time travel?'
Everyone nodded in agreement, as they reached for a roll and a slice of ham.
'Okay, the story starts on November 5 on 1955,' explained Doc. 'You see, this was the day that I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock. The porcelain was wet. I slipped, hit my head on the edge of the sink - and when I came to, I had a revelation, a picture, a picture in my head, a picture of a y-shaped device called a flux capacitor. That is what makes time travel possible.'
'Whoa, this is heavy,' gasped Marty Jr. 'I remember seeing the flux capacitor.'
'That's not all, though,' Doc said, quietly. 'This was also the day that Marty arrived in 1955. At first, I didn't believe him when he told me he came from 1985. Then, when he told me about how I came up with the flux capacitor, I had no choice but to believe him. It was so encouraging to know that I would, one day, invent something that actually works. I have become quite fond of him, during that one week. Of course, I won't deny that it was a little stressful trying to get Marty back home.'
'What happened during that one week?' Harmony asked, with curiosity.
'Well, I accidentally interfered with my parents meeting,' Marty said, blushing. 'It was so stressful trying to get my parents to meet and fall in love, you know.'
'I can imagine it would be,' Marlene said, nodding. 'I'm so thankful that I, at least, don't have to try to get you and mom to fall in love. Besides that, you already know about time travel. I have we have it pretty easy, by comparison.'
'At any rate,' continued Doc, 'it's a good thing that Marty brought the flyer along, which told us when lightning with hit the clock tower. So I had to figure out how to harness that bolt of lightning into the flux capacitor. Fortunately, it worked.'
'Wow!' gasped Harmony. 'That must have been the busiest week of your life!'
'Well, close to it,' Marty said, with a small smile. 'Actually, I was really busy the next day, after Doc brought Jennifer and I to 2015. It was in the reality where I had broken my hand in an automobile accident, so I gave up on my music and had a rather depressing future. It was also the reality where my son lacked confidence, and was easily pushed around by Griff and his gang. I was supposed to take his place, and prevent him from committing a robbery.'
'Wow!' gasped Marty Jr. 'Was I really that bad? I was never one to take any shit from Griff and his gang. I would have told them to go nump off.'
'Well, that was a different version of you,' Marty said, gently. 'Anyway, I ended up purchasing an almanac, so that I could become rich. Doc had stopped me from doing so, insisting that he didn't create the time machine for financial gang.'
'I just felt it was very unethical,' Doc said, nodding. 'Unfortunately, Biff must have heard me lecturing Marty - because he took my DeLorean back to 1955 to give the almanac to his younger self. I should have been more careful.'
'I sometimes still have nightmares about that corrupt 1985,' Marty said, shuddering. 'Biff had killed my father and married my mother. He also had Doc committed.'
'That sounds really awful!' gasped Melody. 'I can't say I'm too surprised, though.'
'It was tough trying to chase after Biff,' Marty said, cringing. 'Then I, unfortunately, lost my judgement when Biff called me a chicken. So I ended up having to chase after him for the almanac. Then I was finally able to burn it, restoring our timeline.'
'Then, this was when lightning struck the DeLorean,' added Doc. 'I ended up being sent back to 1885, and this was where I met Clara. I told Marty not to bother coming back to 1885 to get me, but I guess I ended up getting shot by Buford Tannen.'
'So Grandma Clara grew up during the 19th century?' asked Harmony, stunned.
'Yeah, she did,' Doc said, nodding. 'She didn't even see this era until she was 38 years old. This era was a real shocker to her. Anyway, Jules and Verne were both born in the 19th century - while Haven was born in this era.'
'So why did you decide to come back here?' asked Marty Jr.
'Well, it was for several reasons,' Doc said, smiling. 'I couldn't just abandon Marty, after being close friends for so long. Also, there was the fact that none of us really belonged in that era - and thatt we could be a risk to the space-time continuum. Even Clara no longer belonged in that time, as she was supposed to have fallen over the ravine. You see, Eastwood Ravine used to called Clayton Ravine.'
'Whoa, this is heavy!' gasped Marty Jr. 'Sounds like you've had quite the adventure!'
'I never knew Grandma Clara grew up in the Old West,' added Harmony, stunned.
'I guess you learn something new, everyday,' Melody added, smiling.
'Well, would you kids all like some more buns and ham?' asked Doc.
Everyone nodded, as Doc took the platter to the kitchen, to get some more food.