August 10, 2017
12:25 PM PDT
Future Son Universe

"If you girls don't stop crying right now, I'll hit you on the head!"

"Like you didn't do that before!"

"Well, then I'll do it again!"

Melody McFly looked at Griff furiously, as the guy was leaning over to Marlene One and tried to kiss her hair. "Wouldn't you cry if you'd be in a situation like we are?" she asked. "Don't you have any respect? Don't you know how to treat us?"

"I do know how to treat you" Griff said, smirking. "I'll treat you like what you are: my girls. our girls." He grinned. "Your world is a nice variation on the themes, y'know. A Harmony again, after all these different girls, a Marlene who looks like her grandma, and an extra McFly kid who resembles her mom." He looked over to Marlene Four and kissed her passionately. "Not that I complain, of course."

Harmony One somehow managed to kick Griff away from Marlene Four with her feet. "Stop it!" she called out. "Why can't you leave us alone?"

"Because I wouldn't have as much fun in that case" Griff simply said. He then looked around. "Why is it so light? It's much lighter now!"

Looking around, Melody found out that he was telling the truth. While it had been after 10 PM where they came from, it was now broad daylight. She wondered how that change came to be.

Cliff soon solved the mystery. He stepped forwards and pointed to the time of Destination: 12:25 PM. "I figured some light would help us" he simply said. "We do want to see the girls we catch." He smirked, a huge grin splitting his face. "Wouldn't that be much nicer?"

Melody sighed and lowered her head to her knees. "Oh, perfect."

"That is a little too flattering" Cliff said, with a grin. "I am great, yes, but perfect is not a thing I would call myself. Yet." He smiled. "Now, behave yourself."

"What if we don't?" Harmony Two argued, angry.

Cliff smiled, and winked to Griff, who presented a large box of chocolate eclairs. "Then you won't get these either."

The girls gasped, except for Harmony, Melody and Marlene Four. After all, they'd just had food at the party. The others, though, looked at the eclairs adoringly, and tried to grab them. As they were restrained, though, that wasn't a possibility.

"What are you waiting for?" Cliff said, smiling. "Go get them."

"We're tied up, bojo" Marlene Two said, angry tugging on the ropes. "If you could perhaps give them to us..."

"Sure" Cliff said. "But only under certain... conditions."

The girls sighed, tried again to move towards the eclairs, then found out that they were tied up too much. "Present your ideas" Jennifer groaned.

"You may each have one fourth of an eclair" Cliff said, "if you kiss me and Griff both. Every time you want an additional piece, the amount of kisses you have to give is doubled."

"No way!" the Harmony's, Marlene's, Suzy, Melody and Jennifer shouted in unision.

"That'll be no eclairs, then" Griff said, grabbing the box and preparing to carry it to the back of the train.

"Now, now wait" Marlene One said. "Can't you make an exception for us? We've been flying around for eight hours without anything now!"

"You'll have to kiss us first" Cliff said. "That's the way the rules are."

The girls exchanged glances, thought for a few moments, then sighed. "All right Cliff" Jennifer said, depressed. "You win. We'll kiss you."

"And Griff."

"And Griff."

Cliff grinned. He lowered the train and parked it near the Square, where they had now arrived. He then exchanged a glance with Griff. "Who's first?"

"You go, Dad" Griff said, with a grin. "I'll wait."

"Thanks, son" Cliff said. He moved over to Jennifer, and loosened the ties around her arms. "One move and your friends are in trouble, remember that."

Jennifer sighed, nodded, and moved loose of the ties. She then leaned over to Cliff, put her arms around him, and kissed him. Cliff grinned broadly as they parted, after a few moments. "Ah" he said. "Now that was nice."

"It felt more like throwing up to me" Jennifer said, disgusted. She sighed, then stood up again and hugged Griff, too, kissing him. This kiss lasted longer than the previous, as Griff didn't want to let her go, and after twenty seconds, Cliff eventually pushed Griff away from her again. "We'll get enough time to kiss them later on" he said.

"My... eclair" Jennifer said.

"Here you go" Cliff said, cutting one eclair in four pieces and handing one to Jennifer. She ate it all, then let Cliff tie her up again. Soon, she was just as restrained as in the start.

This procedure repeated itself by all of the girls. Eventually, Cliff was finished, and headed over to the front door. "You keep guard" he told his son. "I wonder what we'll encounter this time. It's a PF reality again - PF #51. I am curious what kind of Marlene's and whatever McFly's girlfriend is this time around we'll find here."

"See ya, Dad" Griff said.

"See you too, son" Cliff said, with a smirk. He then exited the train, and walked towards the Square. The time travellers waited in the train, as his footsteps eventually disappeared into nothing.

oooooooo

Cliff Tannen smiled, as he looked around him. Hill Valley Courthouse Square, in once another dimension. He was beginning to like it. Also, the future continued to amaze him. Who could've thought that flying cars could ever exist? And the DeLorean had ran on some Mr. Fusion guy who could convert trash to electricity! It wasn't like Cliff was too big of a science person, but that sounded pretty amazing. Even he knew that oil and gas was expensive but everyone had to use it for their cars, and that it also could be used to produce electricity. And now, this Fusion guy had thought up some easy way to convert ordinary trash into electricity. Cliff smiled, as he made sure that, when this time would roll around, he'd remember to invest in Fusion. That might as well make him rich.

The thing that surprised him the most about this world, though, was Doctor Emmett Brown - and his invention. The thought that Crazy Old Brown could really have invented a time machine went beyond him. Sure, Brown could be smart sometimes, but an actual time machine? Most people who belonged in a nuthouse didn't invent time machines in their free time. Brown apparently did, though, as he'd seen four different machines now. A DeLorean, a station wagon, a bus, and a train. An old west steam train, with that flux capaciwhat's it thing attached to the side. However he didn't like to admit it, Cliff had to say that he was very impressed.

Ignoring his thoughts about Brown, Cliff focused on his mission. Where would the girls be this time around? He didn't see them at the moment. Maybe they were back home. That was an idea that Cliff did not really like. He didn't like breaking into homes. Granted, they'd done it at the Brown house, but that was different. He liked breaking into really nutty people's homes better than into normal ones. You could get caught in the latter situation, after all. Anyway, he did not really like it. Sometimes, though, it would be convenient, when the owners weren't at home. Then, he could steal some money unnoticed. These days, though, more and more people had security systems. That was really too bad.

Cliff now looked across the street. There he saw someone very familiar. It was none else but Marty McFly Junior. Cliff sneakily crossed the street, and started following the teen. Not to kidnap him of course, as he wasn't willing to go through all that trouble for kidnapping a boy instead of a girl, but he simply wished to follow him. Maybe McFly could lead him to the girls.

After just two moments of following McFly, the teen entered the Café 80s. He went towards the nearest waiter and ordered a Pepsi. Cliff snuck in, too, and hid behind the nearest table to McFly. He didn't have to wait long, as a young woman approached Marty Junior within just a few minutes. "Hey, McFly" the woman said. "How are you doing?"

"Fine, Amy, fine" Marty Jr said, apparently disinterested in a conversation.

Amy stared at him. "Something wrong, McFly?"

"Shut up" Marty Junior said, defensively. "You Needles are all the same. All bullying and harassing us McFly's. You're almost worse than the Tannen's."

"Little do you know, McFly" Cliff thought, grinning.

Amy Needles shrugged. "You are the one who's being impolite" she said. "I was just asking where your sister and girlfriend are. I wanted to go shop with them."

"They're in the Courthouse Mall along with Maria Brown, buying a present for my uncle Dave who's birthday will be celebrated next Saturday, and they're not interested in you annoying them and beating them up, and if you even try to do that, you'll have to deal with a very angry version of me." Marty Junior said, snapping. "Now if you will excuse me..." He walked off, annoyed, and left the Café. Amy shrugged, and went to sit down right behind Cliff's chair.

Cliff, in the meantime, had gotten interested. He tapped Amy on the shoulder. "Hey."

The woman turned around, and gasped in surprise. "Hey, what's the mat - Griff Tannen? How did you break out of jail?"

Cliff sighed. "I can't believe I keep being mistaken for him. At least someone should've noticed his bionic implants are missing."

Amy frowned. "You're right" she said. "What's going on here, huh? If you ain't Griff, then who are you? Is this some kind of trick?"

Cliff smirked mysteriously. "You'll find out" he said. "Just follow me out of the Café."

"Sure" Amy said, frowning. "But what kind of good is that supposed to be?"

"Just do it, okay?"

Amy sighed, then nodded and followed him out. She followed Cliff, who eventually stopped a few feet away from the Café. "Now what?" she asked. "Who are you?"

"My name is Cliff Tannen" Cliff said. "I'm Griff's father."

Amy frowned, then chuckled. "Cliff Tannen?" she said. "No way! You're way too young to be him!"

"That's where the interesting part comes in" Cliff said. "I'm the Cliff Tannen from 1987. I stole Doc Brown's time machine there and headed into 2017. Then I met up with Griff, teamed up with him, and started hopping through dimensions kidnapping all the McFly and Brown girls we could get!"

"I see" Amy said, nodding. "Original April Fools Joke, I must admit. Now, what do you want me to do? Laugh hard?"

"I'm telling the truth, girl" Cliff said. "I really am who I say I am. Tell me, what did you want to do with those girls you asked McFly for?"

"Find them, beat them up a little, take their cash, go home again" Amy summed up. "So?"

Cliff smiled. "Nice" he said. "I could use you in my team. You wanna team up with me?"

"Team up with a supposed time traveller from the past and another dimension?" Amy said, rolling her eyes. "Why should I?"

Cliff had expected that. "Give me a chance" he said. "If what I say is not true and I'm not going to take you to those girls, all you've lost have time and you can beat them up some other time. If what I say is not true but I am going to take you to those girls, you can still beat them up as you wanted and then leave. If what I say is true, though, then you'll get to beat them up while Griff and I kiss them - and that won't be restricted to them alone. There'll be dozens of girls for you to beat up, and the satisfaction that their friends are worried about them. Also, you'll get an interesting adventure." He looked at her. "What do you think?"

"I think I'll join you, for now" Amy said, after long hesitation. "But you have to show me your so-called time machine after we get those girls."

"Fine with me" Cliff said. "It's parked close to the Square. As soon as we get those girls, it's off to the time machine and to a new dimension we go."

"I see" Amy said, not entirely believing it just yet but being more and more doubting that Cliff's story was untrue, thanks to Cliff's complicated story which, if it was fake, at least was fabricated into detail. "How are we going to get those girls?"

Cliff reached into his pocket, and found a near-empty bottle of chloroform. "Too bad" he growled. "This will only last for one knock-out."

"I'll help you beating the other two up then" Amy offered. "I'm good at punching people unconscious."

"Good" Cliff said, grinning. "Let's go, then." The pair of kidnappers then continued their way, and headed up into the Courthouse Mall, anxious to find the newest set of girls to take along.

oooooooo

Maria Emma Brown felt overjoyed, as she was in the Courthouse Mall. Even though Dave McFly wasn't her uncle or future uncle-in-law, like with Marlene and Suzy, she still had offered to go along with the girls, just because she liked it. Not that shopping was her favourite hobby, but with Marlene and Suzy, it always became fun, as they had lots of jokes together and would talk about all that was happening. Later in the afternoon, they could maybe catch a movie too. She smiled, and looked around towards Marlene and Suzy, who were staring at a business suit. They'd explored two suit shops this morning, and after having some chips for lunch, they now once again had gone on their journey through the huge mall.

"This really is a nice suit, Marly" Suzy said, grinning. "I bet it'd fit Mr. McFly."

"Dad gave me Uncle Dave's size" Marlene said. "He should be about six feet tall."

"The suit is suited for someone of six feet one inch" Suzy said. "That's a little too big, but maybe it'd still fit him. I think it's a really nice-looking suit."

"Oh, it sure is" Maria Emma assured her. "But I don't think that buying a suit that is one size too tall is the best idea."

"Then what do you suggest?" Marlene said. "We can't walk around here forever."

"We'll go to one more shop" Maria Emma proposed. "Then, there we can see if there's a nice suit, and if there's not one in Mr. McFly's size, we'll buy one that is one size bigger. It's about the idea of giving a present, after all, and not about what you give. Well, that's preferably nice as well, but the idea that you give a present is also important."

Marlene sighed. "I guess you're right" she said. "C'mon, Suzy, let's go." Suzy hung the suit back and they walked out of the shop.

Suddenly, Marlene stumbled over something, and dropped down. Maria gasped, and Suzy did the same. Then, they heard some familiar laughter, and saw a twenty-one-year-old girl standing there.

Suzy frowned at her. "Amy Needles" she said, sighing. "Can't you ever leave us alone?"

"I can, but that wouldn't be fun" Amy said. "Now, why don't you each stand in order, so I can beat you up a little."

Maria, Suzy and Marlene, who had stumbled up again, rose their fists. "Just because Marty ain't here doesn't mean we can't defend ourselves" Suzy said, growling. "Back off, Amy."

Amy chuckled. "I kind of figured that" she said. "That's partly why I brought some help."

"Help?" Maria said, confused.

"Yes" a familiar voice said, stepping out of the shadows. "Me."

"Griff Tannen!" Suzy exclaimed, horrified. "What on earth are you doing here! I thought you were in jail! I saw you being dragged off myself!"

"Suzy MacArthur" Griff said, grinning. "I could ask you what you're doing here, too. Your turn isn't until the next world. I'd expected a Stephanie."

Suzy, Marlene and Maria exchanged some confused glances, then shrugged. "I don't know what or who you are talking about, Griff, but whatever you're planning, you're not going to go through with it!" Maria exclaimed.

Griff smiled, amused. "So, I'm not going to go through with it" he said, thoughtfully. "And who might you be, miss know-it-all?"

"Maria Emma Brown, daughter of Dr. Emmett Brown" Maria said. "You know that, Griff. Don't pretend you don't."

"I've never met you before in my life" Griff said, smiling. "But it doesn't matter. I can still have fun with you. With all three of you, actually." With that, he stepped forward, got out a washcloth with chloroform, and held it in front of Marlene's nose. Before she could protest, she collapsed onto the ground.

Maria and Suzy stepped back, shocked. "What the heck!" Suzy exclaimed. "What was that all about?"

"Don't ask questions, run!" Maria said. She ran off, and Suzy followed her. Griff followed in pursuit. They ran around in the mall for a while, and then, Maria frowned, as something occured to her.

"Suzy?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you seen where Amy went?"

"No" the girl responded. "Why? It isn't important."

Amy suddenly appeared in front of them, as the girls just went around a corner. Both gasped and stopped to a halt, but it was too late. Suzy was captured by Amy, and Maria by Griff. "That's why" Maria said, depressed.

Both girls struggled against their captives, but they were held securely. "Let us go!" Maria said. "We did nothing to you!"

Griff looked at Amy, sighing. "They're a little annoying, aren't they?"

"Yes, they sure are" Amy said, grinning. "Do you think what I think?"

Griff smiled in return. He then looked towards Maria, and hit her in the face, hard. Amy did the same with Suzy. The latter was knocked out, but Maria wasn't. "You..." she muttered.

"Sometimes, second time's the charm as well" Griff simply said. With that, he slammed his fist into Maria's face once more. Maria's brain tried to stay alive, but it was too beaten and she felt too much pain. Within seconds, she slipped into unconsciousness.

oooooooo

Marty Junior Four sighed, as they once again moved into another world. He was really worried about his girlfriend, now. Even though he was curious to discover another universe, the worries were the most dominant feeling he had. After all, it wasn't every day that someone from the 1980s kidnapped your girlfriend and sisters, and hauled them off to another universe.

The teenager looked around at the other hims, and realized how different they all were from him. They were each dating different girls, except for Marty One, who was dating Harmony as well. However, no one of them knew Melody McFly. It was really depressing. Marty Junior sighed. This just wasn't his day.

"Well, I guess we made it" Doc Three said. "We are in another universe once again. I guess this one is more similar to my world."

"Yeah, I suppose so" Doc One said. "Why don't you take the controls? If it is your type of world, you'd be more likely to find us some place where the Marlene, girlfriend or whatever of this world would be."

"Yes, I suppose so" Doc Three said. "Now I wish I looked farther into the future of the universe where Marty Junior stayed in the 1980s. Then I would've known more about the situation here."

"But maybe the bus already would've been malfunctioning" Marty Senior Three pointed out. "Then it would only have made us realize earlier that we were hopping through dimensions."

"Even then it would've been nice to see the future," Doc Three said, "because it would've been interesting to discover when that thing went wrong. Maybe it wasn't the fault of the reloading at all, or maybe the fault was wider than just that?"

"Well, you're the Doc, Doc" Marty Senior Three said. "Let's just get going, okay?"

"That's right" Doc Two said. "Your stories, though, are very interesting. I'd like to hear some more about the adventures you've been through, as well as about the Teens In Time trilogy."

"Ask Marty - Senior or Junior" Doc Three said. "I have to fly the time machine now."

"On the other hand, you'd better not ask him" Doc '87 said. "Remember, you can't tell anything which we would be likely to overhear, while it's still in our future." He sighed. "Great Scott - I just wish that Cliff had remained in 1987 with his hopping. It wouldn't have made me feel like an outsider so much."

"Same here, Doc" TeenMarty said. "I'm feeling more and more like I'm being treated like once another version of my son."

"I know the feeling" Alex commented. "Well, Marty Junior is not my son - but I'm getting the feeling that I'm just a clone! Even though I might've been created by Uncle Marty's time travels, that doesn't make me less of a person!"

"We know, Alex" Marty Junior Two said, putting an arm around his cousin to comfort him. "Even though that should be the least of our concerns by now, I can understand where you're coming from. Don't worry - everything will be all right. We're with you, remember!"

"Your Marty's right" Doc '87 said. "And TeenMarty - well, he's right on that issue, too. At least we're not alone in this adventure. You're not the only outcast here - we're together in this foreign time."

"I suppose" TeenMarty said, as Doc Three started the bus again. He leaned back in his seat.

Marty Junior Four sighed, as he, too, leaned back. He sure hoped that they would track down Cliff again. Sure, they'd just confrontated him, but that had been successful. He felt being torn between wishing to catch up with Cliff and free the girls, and fear to catch up with him, as Cliff might possibly endanger the girls. It was a really hard debacle. He just wished that his friends were free again. At least then, they would be all safe and sound, and could really relax.

oooooooo

Marty Junior frowned, as he looked at his watch. It had now been about one hour, since one-thirty PM, that the girls were supposed to be back. He really felt concerned about them. Something bad could've happened to them. Maybe they were kidnapped and held for a ransom. His father was very rich after all. Maria's father was rich as well. He shivered. Maybe he'd never see the girls back again.

"What do you think that could've happened, Dad?" he asked his father. "Do you think they've been kidnapped?"

Marty Senior sighed. "I hate to admit it, but that might be a possibility" he said. "After all, we are quite rich, you know..."

"Yeah, but something like this has never happened before" Marty Junior said, tears coming into his eyes. "I think something drastic has happened. Maybe we should call Doc and ask him to take out the time machine and help fix it."

"Only in utmost necessary situations" Marty Senior reminded his son. "You know that Doc hates taking out the time machine for every minor thing. But still - it's been an hour. Marlene has never been that late before." He sighed. "All right, we'll call Doc, and ask him what he advises us."

Marty Junior sighed, as his father went over to the phone. The teenager thought of Suzy. He really loved his girlfriend. What could've possibly happened to her?

Soon, Marty Senior returned. "Doc hasn't seen them either. He says that he's coming over here right away, with the time machine" he reported. "He hasn't made any guarantees yet about actually time travelling, though."

Marty Junior sighed with relief. "At least he's coming" the teen commented. "That counts for something."

"I hope so, yes" Marty Senior said. "It looks like the girls still aren't back. I'm beginning to get worried myself now, I must admit. It really isn't like them to stay away for that long." He sighed. "For this to happen, again... I'm not really up to being sucked into a time travelling adventure."

"I agree, Dad" Marty Junior said, sighing. "That first trip was hellish. Well, I kind of liked some things of it, but staying three years in the 1980s wasn't all too well. At least we managed to erase that so I could move into 2015, but... I'm still different. I'm 21, going on 22, as opposed to the 19 the people think I am. I'm actually older than Marly now." He chuckled, then sighed, as the thought of his sister made him think again about this incident.

Marty Senior patted his son on the shoulder. "I'm sure she's all right" he said. "Suzy and Maria as well. They're clever girls - they wouldn't let something bad happen to them easily." He sighed. "I just hope it isn't that awful Needles girl, Amy. She really is a terror. Not as bad as the Tannens, but she's still not a nice person. Her sister, Roberta, really is much nicer. You can barely believe that they're from the same family - but then again, Douglas and Lauren Anne aren't exactly alike either."

Marty Junior grimaced. "You're right" he said. "I saw enough of Needles in the '80s to know how bad he is. He's just like his youngest kid. And the fact that I still remember living in that timeline where he ruined your life by that car accident, bullied you around at work, and according to Mom, also got you fired..." He sighed. "You know what I mean."

Marty Senior nodded. "I'm just glad that he pretty much left me alone after High School" he said. "He always was a major jerk, whatever reality we were in. Same goes for Biff, even though they weren't really the same type - Needles was just a jerk. Biff was much worse. We've both seen the results of that in 1985A."

Marty Junior shuddered. "Yeah" he said. "I can't believe that Biff could've been that horrifying. I never really knew him too well. Right now, I am tempted to kick him every time I see him in the Café 80s."

Marty Senior sighed. "I know how you feel" he said. "After all, I was your best pal for three years."

Marty Junior chuckled. "Yeah" he said. "That was weird. I couldn't help but see you as some clone of me, not my old man. After all, you really look different from how you do now, even though you look like you're younger than 49. Still, you look no younger than late thirties. Why not get a rejuvenation?"

"I'd prefer to wait for that a few years, until the early 2020s or so, and ten remove 25 or 30 years all together" Marty Senior said. "Also, I'd better at least look a bit older than my son, don't you think?"

Marty Junior nodded. "Yeah" he said. "Though in the future, I think that is going to be less and less of an issue as time passes. You might even have fathers who look younger than their sons."

"That would be strange" Marty Senior agreed. He then looked outside of the window. "Marty!" he exclaimed. "Look! It's Doc Brown!"

As the two exited, they saw the time machine landing - but as Marty took a closer look, he saw that it was not the train he'd expected. It was a bus. A hover-converted one, but a bus nonetheless. Yet, there was all kinds of equipment on it. It looked like a bus Doc would build, and very familiar. Yet, Marty couldn't place his finger on it.

Marty Senior cleared up the mystery. "This reminds me of the time that we were visited by Doc and myself from another reality" he said. "Remember that one, Junior?"

The teen sighed, and nodded. However his time in the 1980s had been fun, he didn't really like being reminded of the visitors from a world in which he had never hid in the time machine, and therefore had never gone through all the events that lead up to him being trapped in 1985 as the DeLorean was destroyed. Granted, the idea of his old memories fading was kind of scary, but the thought of not having to readjust to the present and to having a new girlfriend was in fact very pleasant. He wondered if this were the same guys again, coming back for a visit, after twenty-nine years (two for him).

Soon, things got even more weird as Marty's father stuck his head out of the window. "You can land, Doc - oh holy shit." He looked at his counterpart. "It always remains strange, seeing myself. I suppose I'll never adjust to this."

"Who are you guys?" Marty Senior said, uncertain.

Other Marty Senior shrugged. "I'm not the right person to answer that question" he said. "Well, I probably could, but Doc's better at handling that sort of stuff than I am... you probably know that." He turned into the bus. "Doc Three! These guys here want to know what's happening!"

"Let me '87 go!" Doc's voice replied. "He knows things better than I do! He's been longer on this than I am, and I want to stay at the controls for the moment!"

Marty Junior frowned. "There's more than one Doc on there?" he asked, surprised. "And one from 1987 as well?"

"Five, if you will believe it" Other Marty Senior said, grinning. "It's just a detail now. We'll explain the situation to you soon enough, but wait just a moment - ah, here's the guy you're waiting for." He walked back.

A few moments later, Doc's face appeared at the bus door. "Hi" he said, politely. "I suppose you want to know what we're doing here, with multiple Doc Browns, visiting you?"

"The thought crossed my mind" Marty Senior said, sarcastically. "So, if you could please tell us what is going on, we would appreciate it very much."

Doc smiled. "Well, it's a rather complicated story" he said. "And it sounds rather unbelievable, too. For now, I can summarize it to you like this: at our dimension, Cliff Tannen from 1987 came over to my house to get matchbooks which his father, Biff, lost there while doing a wax job at my place. He found out about the DeLorean while we weren't at home. When Jennifer went to visit me Cliff kidnapped her, forced her to explain the workings of the time machine to him, and took her to the future. Cliff there caught up with Griff, and found the time machine from 2017. Marty and I found out about what had happened and travelled to the future as well, where Cliff and Griff had kidnapped some girls from the 2010s. We confronted him, my older self got annoyed, and he accidentally provoked them to dimension travel. Now they'd managed to see how that worked, they started travelling through various 2017's kidnapping all the girls they could find. This is the fifth dimension, including the original one."

Marty Junior gasped. "You were right" he finally said. "This was a complicated story."

Marty Senior looked enraged. "That jerk!" he exclaimed. "Stealing Doc's time machine! Kidnapping my daughter, my future daughter-in-law, another version of my wife..." He growled. "When I get to that bastard, I'd like to tie him up to a tree and leave him there for an entire day!"

"We all had similar ideas the first time we heard about Cliff's terror" the Doc said. "But if you could come aboard now, it would make things a lot easier for us. Especially with talking." He smiled. "I'm sure the others would be very interested in hearing your stories."

Marty Senior nodded. He walked up to the bus, Marty Junior following, and nervously stepped inside. What he saw then made up for his wildest dreams and then some.

Inside was a very huge and very odd bunch of people. "A-all right" Marty Junior said. "What's going on here?"

Doc smiled. "I told you we went through various dimensions, kid."

"Yeah, I know, but that doesn't really tell you much until you see it with your own eyes" Marty Junior said. "Holy shit."

"Marty!"

"You use it all the time!" Marty Junior looked at the bus, then spotted two figures who shouldn't be there. He froze. "What the heck are Tannens doing there?" he exclaimed. "They can't be Griff, as Griff has bionic implants... who are these guys?"

The Tannens sighed. "This can be so incredibly disappointing sometimes" one of them said. "I'm Bill Tannen, and this is my counterpart - he's Bill Tannen as well. We're Griff's cousin, but trust me, we're both with the good guys. I detest my cousin's ways."

"Would I be willing to go along with him if he wasn't?" another Marty Junior argued.

Marty Junior looked at his counterpart. "No" he finally settled on. "Boy, this is weird."

"Likewise."

"I know the feeling."

"Completely symphatize."

"We understand."

Marty Junior faintly smiled. "Good" he said.

He was given no time to relax, however, as the Marty Junior that had last spoken rushed forwards and looked at him anxiously. "Is it really true that you spent two and a half years in the 1980s?" he asked, anxious to hear the answer as if he was talking about paradise and not a decade.

Marty Junior winced. "Um, yeah" he said, smiling. "I was stuck, so I had to wait out the time for the time machine to be rebuilt."

Marty Junior Two whistled. "Wow!" he exclaimed. "You are so lucky! I've always wished to go to the '80s! The only time I got to go was back when Uncle Calvin broke his leg, and he had to be fixed in a future hospital - and then Doc accidentally dragged Alex and I back to the past."

"Uncle Calvin?" Marty Junior said, frowning.

"Another one of the differences between our worlds" Alex said. "My father, Calvin William McFly, is Marty McFly's twin brother - or at least, he's supposed to be so." He groaned. "I can hardly believe this. I mean, Uncle Marty is younger than Dad! Well, it's only two minutes, but still! Shouldn't it be more likely that he doesn't exist?"

"I don't believe the universe works that way" Doc Two said, amused. "Marty McFly existed in the original timeline without a twin brother. In fact, it was kind of weird that Calvin was born older than Marty, instead of younger."

"I suppose" Alex said. "I still think it's weird that I keep not existing, though."

"Well, it's not my fault" Doc Three apologized. "I don't control the universe."

"Yeah, Alex, he's right" Marty Junior One said. "Anyway, I agree with Marty Junior Two. You are really a lucky person, Marty Junior... Five, I suppose."

Marty Junior shook his head. "It isn't as great as you think it is" he said. "Sure, it was kind of nice to enjoy the '80s surroundings. After the excitement of being in another time period had gotten time to calm down, though, I seriously started to get homesick around Christmas. Doc was at the time still busy with drawing up the plans for the new time machine, and realizing all he needed, so that didn't really help me. In fact, Dad tried to help me, and Mom did, as well - but seeing them as teenagers wasn't too great either. They didn't really feel like my parents. They were, but, still. At the time, they weren't even adults yet."

Marty Junior Three nodded. "I told them that, too" he said. "I told them that it probably wasn't all that great as they made it up to be, but they wouldn't listen. I mean - I myself would have no problems at all with visiting the '80s and living in it for a week or two, but after that, homesickness would start to begin. I'm actually surprised you managed to last without much trouble as far as you did. Christmas is two full months after you first arrived."

"Well, we were mostly otherwise occupied" Marty Junior said. "But, yeah, I think I would've gotten homesick sooner, if I wasn't busy with all those things. Doc and Clara's wedding, helping them move into a new home... with no longer a time machine around, that wasn't easy."

"I suppose so" Marty Junior Two said. "Still, I think that I would've fit in into the '80s pretty well. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I would probably not get homesick really soon."

"That's right" Marty Junior One said. "I don't really fit in here. Even with all the hoverboards and cool inventions they've got today, I feel like the '80s is where I really belong. I like '80s music, I like '80s stuff, I'm in a rock band myself... I was probably born thirty years too late."

"Well, if you were born thirty years earlier, you'd probably be a twin of your father" Marty Junior Four smirked. "But I get what you mean. The '80s are awesome. I wouldn't mind living there."

"I think you are exaggerating" Marty Junior said. "Have any of you ever seen the '80s before?"

That got a sincere nod from all three. "I visited the time period for one afternoon once, as I told you" Marty Junior Two said. "Even with Alex and I having to replace Dad and Uncle Calvin, that was a really nice afternoon. I'd do it again in a heartbeat if you'd ask me to."

"I've been to the 1980s for a week" Marty Junior One said. "I didn't really mind the fact that I had to go home at the end, but that was probably because I was missing some of my friends. At least Harmony was with me." He sighed. "I suppose I kind of get what you're saying. The '80s are okay, but without your friends, you're going to get hit by a serious bout of homesickness eventually." He paused. "And seeing my folks as teens didn't really help either."

"I've been to the 1980s, too" Marty Junior Four said. "Two times, actually. The first time was a mistake - Harmony, Jamie, Melody, Marlene and I went accidentally back to 1986 when escaping from Griff Tannen and his gang. The second time, though, we went there on purpose - as our future descendents wanted it."

"Future descendents?" Marty Junior Three asked, surprised. "You mean, you visited the future?"

Marty Junior Four nodded. "Yeah" he said. "March 28th, 2046, to be exact. It was really cool. I'd never been to the future before. I also met my future son, Marty McFly the Third. It's amazing how much he looked like me."

"I guess that's kind of a tradition in our families" Marty Junior Two said, smirking. "I look like my Dad, and Alex looks like his Dad, too. I guess our mothers must have really recessive genes - no offense, alternate mom."

"None taken" Jennifer said, smiling.

"Well, it's all very interesting to hear, you know" Marty Senior said. "Still, I think we should leave now. I'm anxious to see the new reality. Also, maybe we can still try to catch Griff and Cliff before they leave this world."

"I'm kind of divided on that" Doc One admitted. "On one hand, I'd like to remain as close to them as possible, so we can have profit from possible mistakes, but on the other hand, I don't want to endanger the girls."

"You're right" Doc Three said. "It's probably a minor issue - but when we got close to them last time around, Griff made my sleep inducer shatter onto the rocks. Those things are quite expensive! Granted, I might be one of the richest men in the world - but I don't think wasting things like that is quite right."

"You are?" Doc One said, surprised. "I remember how you complained about financial issues, when I visited your world."

"Well, that's fixed now" Doc Three said. "I invented hover-conversion, and Jules is on his way to finish a working Fusion reactor."

"You're lucky" Doc Two said. "The formula I invented helped scientists build the present inventions, but I didn't really become a billionaire from it." He frowned. "But, if Jules is going to build the Fusion reactor, who built it in the original timeline? Wouldn't that be idea theft, so to speak?"

"I was worried about that issue myself" Doc Three said. "Finally, I concluded that, in the original timeline, the local scientists must have invented the fusion reactor, with help of some basic diagrams which I came up with in the 1970s, when I was thinking about how I should power the DeLorean, not really wanting to have to rely on nuclear power. I lost them in the early '80s, but in the world in which I died in 2003, they must've been found back. In this world, I didn't find them back until three years ago - so the basic ideas Jules has been working on for so long are all his. I purposely did not show them to him ever since, as I knew he wanted to do it all himself. Therefore, the fusion reactors which I saw in the future are even better and more perfected than the one which I saw on my original trip to 2015." He paused. "Anyway, we should leave, now."

"I agree" Jennifer said. "I do feel hungry, though. I'd like to have a chocolate eclair, if you have one."

"Sorry" Doc One said. "I'd prefer us not to leave the bus, right now."

"I understand" Jennifer said. "I just felt the urge to eat one. But I suppose it can wait, though." She looked at Doc Three, who was currently at the front. "Let's go."

Before Doc Three could do that, a familiar train came chugging down from the sky. "Great Scott!" Doc One exclaimed. "That's the time train!"

"And I suppose it's not Cliff and Griff" Marty Senior said. "Not only would they not know where I live unless they I asked it the girls, but I also don't think they'd come here on purpose. I think it's our Doc."

"You don't know what they are up to" Doc Two said, darkly. "But I agree with you - it's probably not them. I suppose it's your Doc Brown, then."

That theory was confirmed, when the train landed, and a familiar head poked out of the window. Local Doc's eyes went wide, as he saw the bus. "Great Scott!"

"That's definitely not Cliff or Griff" Marty Junior smirked.

Marty Junior Three frowned at him. "I can see that."

"I supposed you would" Marty Junior said.

Doc Brown ran up to the train. "What's going on?" he demanded to know. "Whose vehicle is this?"

Marty Senior leaned out of the window. "Doc, it's me" he said. "We don't have time to tell you everything, heck, I don't think that even I know everything just yet, but we have to go. These guys are us from another reality and they have told me that Cliff Tannen from the 1980s has kidnapped our girls!"

Doc Brown gasped. "Great Scott!" he repeated. "Are you serious?"

"You wouldn't think that I'd joke about something like that, would you?"

"No" Doc admitted. "Sorry, Marty. But... another dimension? Really?"

To answer his question, two Doc's appeared at the window. "Hi" one of the Docs said. "I would love to fill you in on all this, but we have to get going. With all this delay, I doubt we have a chance to catch up with our enemies, now."

As to prove his point, the time tracker ran. "Told you so" the Doc said, running back. "What's it, Doc '87?"

"August 10th, 2017, 2:30 PM, Hill Valley, California, EJ #54" Doc '87 reported. "Anything familiar about that to anyone?"

Everyone around shook their heads. Doc '87 sighed. "I guess we'll have to leave then. Um... Doc Five, why don't you come aboard, and then we can leave."

Doc frowned slightly at his nickname, then stepped aboard of the bus. His eyes almost bugged out of his skull as he saw all the Doc's. "Great Scott! Looks like you guys weren't kidding!"

"We actually get to see our future!" Marty Senior added.

"Marty, stop imitating Jennifer from our first trip! I don't want to think about that trip again!"

"All right, all right..."

"Time circuits set" Doc One reported, from the panels. "We can go now."

"As long as I get my explanation" Doc Five said, confusedly sitting down. "A good one, preferably."

"Don't worry, you'll get your explanation" Doc One said. "I just want to leave first, though. We'll then have a better chance to catch up with the persons that we're chasing." He looked at his counterpart. "That all right with you?"

"I suppose" Doc said.

"Good" Doc One said. "Then here we go!"

The time bus lifted up from the ground, and moved rapidly through the sky. It soon increased speed, hitting first seventy, then eighty, then eighty-five, and then eighty-eight, and as it did so, a flash of light appeared and it vanished from the Future Son Universe.