Chapter 7
WHEN Doc woke up, he was on the sofa of his own home still wearing the toga he wore back in Ancient Rome. Reaching inside, he produced his pocket recorder and started recording his day. "Date." he said,"Sunday, May 4th, 1986 uh..." looking at the nearest clock he said "...3:45 p.m. Marty's rescue mission had been a complete success despite the mistake he made having the DeLorean return at 10:04 a.m. on the date of March 15, 44 B.C. Unfortunately, in the heat of the excitement, Jennifer's mother's mod outfit and Marty's Nike shoes were left behind let alone the nap sack that Marty took with him and I don't know if we went back for those things or not. In fact, I don't even know much that happened after our return back to the future. However, I just woke up from the worst nightmare of my life. I dreamt that we had Caesar's wife with us in the DeLorean and couldn't return her because the car was leaking gas. What's worse, I learned that we've overshot our own time to arrive in the future. The last thing I recall was seeing an aged Clara and my own future self. Apparently, what I heard from my mother a long time ago that dreams are really crazy when..." He stopped his recording in mid-sentence when he saw his wife Clara immensely old. Doc said "Clara?" Then a voice sounding like his own said "Is he awake?" "Yes, Emmett." said Clara. In came his extremely old future self. Doc jumped at this sight saying "No. That's my future self!" Marty burst into the room saying "Relax, Doc. I know that we're in the future." Doc was leaning on an organ still looking at the site of Clara and his own future self. "Listen to me, Doc." said Marty, "You had the circuits set for May 4, 1986 12:20 p.m. but when the spear hit the DeLorean, the time circuits reset themselves for October 21, 2015." "A spear?" exclaimed Doc, "That's an interesting story, Marty. But there's one thing that doesn't make sense, if it was a spear that caused us to overshoot 1986, how did you know about it." "I could answer that." said Doc's future self, "I gave the time circuits a shock-absorbtion test after Marty told me about the spear striking the car. You-I mean-I've gotta get that thing fixed." Turning to Marty, he said "It's a good thing that it didn't reset when you closed the door to send it one day into the future when you were back there in Ancient Rome." "That's a good thing." said Marty. "The fuel line." insisted the 1986 Doc, "What about the fuel line?" "Apparently, you-I mean-I forgot to write my 1956 self about refurbishiing the fuel line when it was in 3986." said the 2015 Doc. "Great Scott." said the 1986 Doc, "How could I overlook something like that? I must be out of my mind." Then, Marty spoke up. "That's not all our problems, Doc." he said, "Remember Calpurnia?" "You mean the woman who stowed away in the DeLorean?" asked Doc. "Yes." said Marty, "We've got a problem now. Calpurnia's disappeared." "What?" exclaimed Doc.
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True. While Doc was unconscience, Calpurnia had snuck out of the house and into the rain.
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After explaining to Doc what had happened,the 1986 Doc said "Great Scott! She'll be asking directions for Rome, Italy. And when she arrives there, one look at what's left of her house will put her into shock and pass out." "Doc." said Marty, "Rome's a long way from Hill Valley." "Marty." said Doc, "You're not thinking fourth dimensionally. The time it takes from here to Rome takes two hours now providing she finds the nearest space shuttle." "Space shuttle?" exclaimed Marty. "You see Marty," said Doc, "Yes Marty, you see, here in the future space travel has gone commercial. So now, if you want to go from point 'A' to point 'B' all you have to do is grab a shuttle." Marty felt like laughing but there's nothing funny about having someone from the past wondering around in the future. "Marty." said Doc, "Me and my future self are going back to 3986 to have the fuel line refurbished. You're responsibility is to find Calpurnia and stick to her like glue until I return." "Gotcha, Doc." said Marty. "One more thing, Marty." said the 2015 Doc, "Today's the day that you first appeared in the future with me and Jennifer. Do you remember that newspaper of your son being arrested?" "Oh yeah." said Marty,"I do." "Great Scott!" said the 1986 Doc, "Now I remember the date. Marty be careful not to run into your other self. The results could be disasterous." Before going out, Marty changed out of his Roman house servant clothes into some hand-me-downs from Jules and Verne. Remembering to pull out the pockets to fit the teen style of the time he finally went out. As he was trying to dodge the raindrops, Doc's younger self came in and they were off to the year 3986.
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The rain was letting up as Calpurnia found herself in the heart of the strange city. In the sky, she could see chariots flying around and landing on the streets. And what was more, none of them were pulled by horses. She was standing in the street when one of these horseless chariots almost struck her. Someone peered from a window of this chariot saying "Hey lady, didn't you know you had a red light?" Calpurnia approached the driver of the chariot and asked "Do you know who you're addressing?" "A jaywalker." said a voice from behind. Turning to see who said that were a couple of females approaching to take her off the street. One of them was fair-skinned and had red hair. The other was of darker color. The both wore blue clothes and strange hats. The driver pulled over to the curb and got out. One of the females talked to the driver the other talked to Calpurnia. "Okay, lady." said the female, "Your name." "Calpurnia." she said. "Calpurnia who?" asked the female in the blue clothing. "Why do you question me?" asked Calpurnia, "Don't you know my husband?" "No. Try me." said the female in blue. "Julius Caesar." said Calpurnia. The female in the blue clothing laughed. "Sure." she said, "And I'm Cleopatra. I'm gonna steal him away." "Are you trying to be funny?" asked Calpurnia. "No." said the woman in the blue clothing, "I'm serious. I want you to understand that you crossed against a red light which is dangerous. Jaywalking and crossing against the light is dangerous and against the law here in Hill Valley." "Hill Valley?" asked Calpurnia, "I never heard of it." "Of course not." said the woman in the blue clothing grinningly, "You're from Rome. And..." "That is correct." said Calpurnia, "And you're addressing the wife of Julius Caesar." "Listen lady." said the woman in blue. Then, a strange sound was heard and the woman that Calpurnia was talking too took a rectangular box from her belt and talked into it. "Reese, Foley." said a voice from the box, "We've got a report of an unconscience girl lying in the alleyway between the Texaco Station and the 'Blast From the Past' antique store. She is wearing 1980's clothing and is possibly tranqued. We want you to check it out. "Alright." said the woman talking to the box, "Foley out." Turning to Calpurnia, she said "We'll let this slide, lady. But be careful in the future." She left followed by the other officer who said "Have a nice day, ma'am." Calpurnia saw the two women get into a black-and-white chariot that drove to something that looked like and alleyway. Then, she felt a tap on the shoulder. It was and aged man who said "Hey lady. Give me a hundred bucks to save the clock tower." "I beg your pardon." said Calpurnia. "Com'on." said the man, "That's a historical monument." He indicated a white circle on a huge building. The circle itself had Roman numerals on the edge and counted up to twelve. There were also to staffs connected together and were pointing at the numerals. The shorter one was pointing at the "X" and the longer one was pointing at the "I". "Lightening struck it sixty years ago." the man went onto say, "And it hasn't rung since then." The conversation was interrupted when somecried out. Both of them turned to see a huge shark pop out of a building and tried to swallow a small boy standing in the street. But, the shark dissappeared before it could.
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Marty was finally on Hill and Main before he could find Calpurnia. When he did, he saw her talking to Old Terry who was collecting money to have the clock tower repaired. He was ready to cross the street to get her when some one cried out. It was his other self from 1985, the him that was to take his son's place so he could encounter Griff and say "No". Great! said Marty to himself, Just great! The shark had popped out of the marquee of the Holo-Max Theatre where it was showing Jaws 19 and was ready to swallow him when it vanished. Even from here, said Marty to himself, the shark still looks fake. Then, he saw Calpurnia cross the street and heading into the Cafe 80's.
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Calpurnia was beginning to understand the strange thing she put in her ear. Whatever magic powers it had, she has been able to communicate with strangers as if Latin was world-wide. She could also understand the signs and billboards around this strange town she's in. She approached this building which read "Cafe 80's". After reading it, she entered the building. Inside, she could here music playing and someone somewhere singing to it. "Beat-it, beat-it." sang the voice. Looking around, there were two boys sniggering behind a tall box that had a strange window. Looking the other way, there were two people sitting on strange vehicles like unicycles but going nowhere. And one of them was eating something. There were people sitting around eating near windows and at a counter. There were boxes suspended from the ceiling and these boxes had faces in them that she never seen before. Approaching the counter one of these boxes approached her. "Welcome to the Cafe 80's." said the man in the box, "How can I help you?" "Do you know how I can return to Rome?" asked Calpurnia. "I'm sorry ma'am." said the man in the box, "But I'm a waiter. Not an information booth. We serve food here." Feeling hungry, Calpurnia asked "What do you have to offer?" "We've got today's special Mesquite Grilled Sushi, Cajun Style." said the man in the box, "We also got Chicken Fajita Pita." Calpurnia looked at the man in the box and asked "What is a chicken fajita pita?" "A Chicken Fajita Pita", said the man in the box, "Is made from hot sausages, avocados, some anchovies mixed with your choice of beans, chicken, b-beaf or pork." Then, out of the corner of her eye she noticed a boy resembling either Heston or McFlius sitting at another part of the counter looking at a box that was talking gibberish before he say "Hey, all I want is a Pepsi." The McFlius-Heston look-a-like was wearing a strange head dress that sported multiple colors. It was like a skull cap except it had a bill in front. As for the box that he was talking took, it turned and a strangely shaped bottle popped up from the counter. And then, some elderly man, bearing the resemblance of Brutus, spoke up. "Hey McFly." he said. The McFlius look-a-like turned to look to see who it was. "Biff?" he asked. "I know you." said the Brutus look-a-like, "You're Marty's kid. You're Marty jr." Calpurnia watched as this man approached the youth.
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Feeling the sense of deju-vu, Marty stood outside the cafe looking in unable to get Calpurnia out because his 1985 self was in there with Old Biff. He never felt so helpless before. Then, another car landed outside the cafe. Marty ducked. Four people got out. Oh no! said Marty to himself. It was Griff and his gang. And just like his grandfather Biff, Griff looked a lot like Brutus. And if Calpurnia sees him, there was going to be a lot of trouble.
End of Chapter 7