Chapter 2:

Nix had just skated up into Doc Brown's driveway when she heard a huge crash. She cringed and picked up her board and ran into the gate.

"Doc?" she called as she ran into his house.

Smoke filled her nostrils and burned her eyes. She coughed and got attacked by Doc's dog, Einstein. She forgot all about the smoke and focused on that poor dog. Einstein probably got experimented on a daily basis.

"Hey, boy," she smiled, patting the dogs head, "Where's Doc?"

"Nicole? Is that you?"

"Yeah, Doc!" Nix called.

"I'm glad you're here! I need a little bit of assistance!"
Nix laughed, "By the smell of it, I can tell."

She found Doc soon inside the house more. He was covered in smoke and ash, but hair still white and wild as usual. She smiled at the sight of her elder friend.

"What happened?" she asked with a smile.

"I was working on a new way to time travel, but it uh, didn't go the way I wanted it too."

"I can tell," she laughed, "But what about the Flux capacitor?"

"That was only in one of my time machines. Each machine is different, remember?"

"I remember how most of them were flops or could only go back five years at a time."

"I only had one success the-"

"The DeLorean, I know. But you said that you gave it to your friend Marty back in 1985 so he could go back and forward and what have you. And you didn't regret it either because you trusted him whole-heartedly."

"Have a told you the story before?"

"Few times, yeah, Doc," she crossed her arms, "So what do you need help with?"

"Getting the calculations correct. Can you go over my work again just to double check?"

"I'll do my best," she shrugged and walked over to his designing table, "You know I'm not good in math."

"Do you best, please?"

"Sure, sure."

Nix sat down on the stool in front of the design table. His calculations seemed to be correct. She went over them and over them numerous times as Doc continued to tinker around with another machine. What sounded like something sparking up echoed through the workspace. She smiled and shook her head.

"Doc, I really don't see any problems with your calculations," Nix called over her shoulder.

"Are you su-"he stopped. There was a knock on the door.

The two tensed up.

"It's Dane! Open up!"

The tension was released as Nix stood to let her brother in the house. Dane ran inside the house.

"Doc? What is that smell?"

"Science, Dane, science!"

"Fuck you, science…" Nix said to herself with a giggle.

"What's wrong, Dane?" Doc asked, completely oblivious to Nix's science comment.

"I need to take Nix home," he said walking into the workspace. He patted Einstein on the head as he walked in.

"What's wrong?" Nix asked.

"Dad's looking for you. He said he needed to talk to all of us."

"Shit!" she exclaimed. Then spoke to Doc, "Well, your math seems to be correct."

"Dane, can you go over it quickly?"

"Sure, Doc," Dane said.

"Nicole, will you be returning?" Doc asked.

She nodded, "Yeah, of course."

"But tonight," Dane said, butting in, "Dad said Uncle Dana's coming over."

"Great…"

"Doc, your math is fine. I don't know what the problem could be then. Something with the equipment maybe?"

"I'll figure it out. You two just get going."

He hurried the two out of the house. Nix barely grabbed her skateboard as Dane and Doc both hurried out of the house. She and Dane ran out to the street curb where his '74 GTO sat. Nix threw her skateboard in the back and hopped in the front seat. Dane drove off away from the Doc's house and headed home.

"Sorry to rush you outta there, but dad said that Uncle Dana and Aunt Jamie are coming over."

"I hate when they just 'pop by'. That usually means Uncle Dana wants to gloat about something."

"It could be a normal visit," he suggested.

"You're funny…" she said with a sigh.

"Dad kinda got… suspicious."

"About?" she tensed up.

"Me jumping to find you rather than Logan or Chan."

"He can't know about Doc, at all!"

"I know, I know. So you gotta be careful. I don't think I'll be able to pick you up tonight if you do go back."

"No big deal. I'll just board home or something. It'll be fine."

Closer to the middle of Twin Pines, the driver from the DeLorean had finally made it to civilization. People on the sidewalks gave him odd glances from his get up. The driver didn't care what other people thought. He was on a mission to find the Doc and to get home.

The driver of the car had just begun to cross the one street leading to the clock tower, when a car raced around the corner. The car didn't even stop as it nailed the driver in the side.

"Watch where you're going, dick wad!"

Dane stopped the car just about where the driver was lying on the ground. Nix got out, not even minding to close the door. She ran over and knelt down next to the driver.

"Dane! He's hurt!" Nix called. She pushed her dark brown hair behind her ears and put a hand on the drivers back. With her other hand, she pushed his light brown hair from his eyes. She smiled. He was cute.

Dane shut off his GTO and ran next to his sister. He knelt down next to her as a crowd of people began to form.

"Do you think this is-?"

"It can't be…" Dane said trailing off. Once back to himself he said, "Come on. Let's take him home."

Dane picked the driver up Nix helped Dane put him in the back seat of his car. The crowd of people dispersed quickly, seeing as they didn't give two shits. The two Fox siblings got back into the car and headed for home.

"What are we going to tell dad?" Nix asked, "We can't tell him that this guy is possibly a time traveler!"

"No, we'll tell'em that I didn't see I'm coming and accidentally hit him. Meaning he's our responsibility."

"Nice work, Dane."

He shrugged with a smile, "I try."