Author's note: Hell Valley Doc overhears some important news during the fateful weekend in October on 1985.

October 27, 1985
3:15 AM PST

It was dark and rainy outside, and Dr. Emmett Brown felt rather restless. He had a very hard time with falling asleep - as he was greatly concerned about the space-time continuum. He remembered how, nearly thirty years ago, he had received a visit from a certain teenager. His name was Marty McFly. He was rather amazed that he could remember the date he sent Marty home, but he did. He sent Marty back to 1:35 AM of October 26, 1985.

He realized that it was more than a day later, and the space-time continuum seemed to remain intact. However, he had a gut feeling that something seemed to be a little out of the ordinary. His friend, Sabrina Palmer, would call it a "sixth sense". He hadn't seen this world's version of Marty McFly, since he was five. As soon as Biff married Lorraine, who was Marty's mother, he sent Marty and his two older siblings off to a boarding school in Switzerland. That was the last time Doc had ever seen his friend. He figured that Marty was safer outside of the country, anyway - as the rest of the world had placed an embargo on Biff Tannen, as well as his lackeys.

He started working on the time machine, a few years ago. However, two years ago, he had been committed. Fortunately, as he had some warning, he was able to hide the DeLorean time machine in the Del Gato mine. He hoped that nobody would find the time machine, as it would possibly make the world even worse than it already was. It was likely that Doc would remain in this place, until the day that he died.

However, he did have one small hope in Sabrina Palmer - who was a natural witch. Of course, being a witch didn't mean she could just wave a magic wand and do anything that she pleased. Her spells really were more intricate, and there was the whole deal with how much energy was available. While Doc knew little about magick, his major in physics had given him some idea - with regards to how much energy was required for various magick spells. Sabrina did promise him that she would find some way to free him from the institution. Still, there was the possibility that the spell might not work.

Doc suddenly heard some voices in the next room. One of the luckier in-mates, who were entitled to town visits, had just returned. Doc wished, quite desperately, that they could trust him to go on town visits. However, they probably figured that he would try to find a way to escape. It certainly wasn't like Doc hadn't thought of it, after all. Doc sighed to himself.

"You are so lucky, Todd," said a voice in the other room. "You actually get to go on town visits. Anyway, what did you do? What all has happened?"

"Well, Brent," replied Todd, "I've heard from my friend, Andrea Fierman, that Biff Tannen's stepson is back in town. I think his name is Melvin or Marvin. I'm almost sure that it's Marvin."

Doc's ears then perked up, as he heard his in-mates talking. He was real good buddies with Brent and Todd - even though he couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Todd. He wondered why Todd even bothered to come back to this infernal place.

"What's Marvin doing in town?" asked Brent, stunned. "If he knows what's good for him, he would stay in Switzerland. Biff suretreats his stepchildren like dirt, y'know. I believe he spoils his own sons, Cliff and Miff. Figures!"

"Well, you see," Todd explained, "that's just the thing. It was like this Marvin had, uh, amnesia - or something like that. That poor boy seemed so confused. He kept insisting that his mother left his father for Biff. It's like he didn't even remember that his father died, back when he was five. His brother, Dave, mentioned that he didn't realize that he was old enough to drink, as he was seventeen - and also that he forgot he wasn't on speaking terms with his mother. Anyway, Biff suspected that he got kicked out of another boarding school. I wonder why, though. He doesn't really strike me as being a troublemaker. One would think he would want to stay in Switzerland."

"That poor kid," Brent replied, sadly. "I feel so bad for him. Maybe he just misses his mommy, or something. You know, I really feel bad for Lorraine. I wonder why Biff is so obsessed with her, anyway. I mean, there are a bunch of other women who have the hots for him. Why doesn't he just marry one of them, instead?"

"It's all about the power," Todd explained, grimly. "Y'see, my mom was best friends with Lorraine - and she says that Biff was always harassing Lorraine. Since Lorraine never loved him back, you'd think he would just give up and find another woman. I guess whatever Biff wants, Biff gets."

"I bet Biff was the one to shot her husband, George McFly," said Brent, sighing. "I certainly wouldn't put it past him, anyway. He's quite the ruthless man. That's for sure. I hope that the world ends, soon. We could, at least, get out of this hellhole."

"If anybody should be committed," Todd said, grimly, "if should be Biff Tannen himself. He claims to have seen Marvin on top of a flying DeLorean - and that someone in the DeLorean knocked Biff out, with the gullwing door. Now if that's not actually loony, I really don't know what is."

"Yeah, like, since when do DeLoreans fly?" Brent snorted. "I mean, how the hell did Biff become so rich, anyway? What was his secret? I sometimes wonder if there really is a God. I mean, I'm starting to question if He even exists."

"Beats me!" replied Todd. "Oh, yeah, there's something else. Josie Parker was with us, too - and she told me that this girl, who looked just like her daughter, barged into the house. This girl claimed that she was their daughter. I bet this was all Biff's idea. After all, Biff have been threatening to evict Robert and Josie from their home."

"Yeah, but where would Biff be able to find a look-alike?" Brent asked, confused.

"She might be one of Biff's fangirls," Todd suggested, "and Biff quite realized that she looked like someone else she knew. Well, anyway, it's getting pretty late - and I think we should try to get some sleep."

"Good night, Todd," commented Brent.

It was suddenly silent. Doc began to wonder if this mysterious Marty who was in town was, by any chance, the same Marty that he knew back in 1955. He figured that his own counterpart, from that other world, had also come along. Still, he wasn't sure how the DeLorean was able to fly. It could be possible that Marty and his counterpart have travelled to some time inthe future.

Could it be possible that, somehow, Biff received the almanac from the future. But how, though? It wasn't like his counterpart and Marty would give it to him. It could actually be possible for Biff's older self to have stolen the time machine, and found some way to give it to his younger self.

Doc began to wonder something else. Could it be possible that his counterpart and Marty went back to the past to undo this world? If so, could it be possible for the timeline of this world to be erased - and he would live in another timeline... a timeline where Biff wasn't so rich and powerful, and he himself wasn't committed.

He then realized that it maybe wouldn't work. His counterpart and Marty were not native to this timeline, after all. The only person who could undo this timeline would be himself. He hoped and prayed for a miracle to happen. He suddenly rolled over, and he quickly fell asleep.