Wednesday, April 13, 1988
1:30 p.m.
Hill Valley, California
TODAY was the day that Marty was to be released from the hospital. It was hard to believe that almost a month had passed since he was admitted thanks to that stabbing he received from Brutus. It was a miracle that he even survived.
Jennifer blamed herself for this. She was suffering from bulimia and Marty wanted to buy her a get well gift. Instead of going over to the Peabody Mall to buy flowers like Doc suggested he should do he went back in time to Ancient Rome to buy a bracelet for her. Not only did he wind up having Jules and Verne coming along for the ride but ran into Calpurnia who invited them to spend the week there.
Having the boys being mistaken as the sons of Julius Caesar and Calpurnia, one of the servants who happened to be an operative of Brutus and Cassius, sent a message to them The two conspirators sent some of their men to have Calpurnia and the boys kidnapped. That done, a message was sent to Marty to come alone or else. Marty did and when he arrived in the DeLorean, he confronted Brutus and a fight ensued resulting in Marty getting wounded. Jules , Verne and Calpurnia helped Marty into the time machine but during the escape attempt, a spear struck the DeLorean damaging the time circuits and leaving good for only one more use: a trip back to the future even if it meant bringing Calpurnia along.
The biggest blow to what she did to herself was to occur after she left the hospital. The DeLorean was fixed and was ready for Calpurnia’s return trip to Ancient Rome. Doc suggested that Clara take Jennifer along for the ride as well hoping that a week in Rome would be therapeutic. When the three arrived back in Calpurnia’s time, Jennifer met McFlius and fell in love with him. After a week there, it was time of Clara and Jennifer to go back to the future but Jennifer wanted to find out what was to happen to McFlius learning that he had enlisted in helping Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar track down the conspirators who murdered his master Julius Caesar.
Having jumped two years later, she learned that he was killed in the battle at Phillipi. With Jennifer struck with grief, Clara took her back to the future. But two nights later, Jennifer commandeered one of the time machines and went back in time to that same battle. Doc went back there to stop her, enlisting the help of Calpurnia knowing that she’s the only person in that era who knew time travel. They caught up with Jennifer and stopped her. But it was too late. When they returned to the 20th century , they discovered that Hill Valley was a ghost town thanks to what Jennifer did and were forced to go back there and put things right again-even if it meant that McFlius had to die again.
That last experience prompted Jennifer to joined a group therapy for bulimics. And now a month later, Marty was at last being released closing a chapter in the secret lives of Doc, Marty, Clara, Jules, Verne and Jennifer.
There was still some healing to be done. Both had missed school and may have to take classes during the summer to make up lost time and both still had to go through therapy. Jennifer through sessions and Marty through rehab.
Jennifer was getting dressed after having a shower following horse riding class when she got a call on her cell phone. Reaching into her locker, she took it out and answered it. It was Doc.
“Doctor Brown.” she said.
“Listen to me, Jennifer.” said Doc’s voice, “I need you to go to my house and feed Einstein.”
“Why?” asked Jennifer, “I was on my way to the hospital to see Marty. He’s going to be released today.”
“I know, Jennifer.” said Doc, “But it’s important that Einstein gets fed. Remember he only likes canned food.”
“Okay, Doctor Brown.” said Jennifer, “I’ll do it.” After that, she hung up.
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Jennifer arrived at the Brown household and was greeted by Einstein. “Hi Einy.” said Jennifer petting him, “Come on, I’ll feed you.”
She went to the kitchen to open some Kal-Kan. After pouring it into the bowl Jennifer put some water into it and gave it to Einstein.
While she was watching the dog, Jennifer began to feel tense. It’s nerves. she said to herself, Marty’s coming home today and you’re all excited. She needed to do something to settle down.
So she went into the library and took out a book to read. It was titled The History of Coventry. Sitting down she thumbed through the pages of this book. Then, she came across a story about a lady riding naked on horseback in 1057. Here name was Lady Godiva.
Lady Godiva. said Jennifer to herself. She heard the story about how Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through an English town called Conventry in an attempt to get her husband Earl Leofric to lower taxes. She was a horse rider just like I am now. She looked through the pages of the book for the exact date. It was on May 31, 1057. 1057! she continue to say to herself, May 31st. I could go to that date…now wait a minute, it said she began her ride at noon. I know, why don’t I make it a week’s stay. After all, all I need is one of the time machines to do that and come back to the precise moment I left just to make it look like I never left. After all, I think I need to unwind.
She put the book away and went out to the lab. The first thing she did was go into the closet and search for the proper wardrobe for the era. The closet was huge and there was a long row of women’s wear with the year appearing over each set. She came across of set of woman’s clothes under the year 1057 and try to find the right one that would suit her. After going back and forth holding each outfit up to her face while standing in front of a mirror, she found the right one, after which she went into the bathroom to change out of her own clothes and into the outfit she picked. Leaving the bathroom, she put her own clothes on a chair and went back out to the lab with Einstein barking at her.
“Don’t worry, Einstein.” she said, “I haven’t cracked up again. I just needed a diversion before going over to the hospital. As far as you’re concerned, I’ll be gone for a second. As for me, I’ll be there for a week.”
Once in the lab, Jennifer went over to pick up some packets of manure. That’s when she saw something that caught her eye. It was a bottle of something. Picking it up, she read the label. It read: HAIR GROWING TONIC.
Jennifer mused at this. Hair growing tonic. she said to herself, That’s interesting.
Then, she noticed some snapshots of his experiment. It seems that he ran some experiments on his own family assuming which meant that the tonic was safe for human usage.
And I saw Doctor Brown leave the barber shop with his two sons and they had haircuts a couple of days earlier. she said to herself.
She decided to take it along with her. Throwing it in the car seat along with a couple of packets, Jennifer took third packet and poured it into Mr. Fusion.
After taking the sleep inducer and some money compatible to the period she was going too, she got in and told the dog “I’ll see you in a week.” The dog barked. “Don’t worry, Einstein. As far as you’re concerned, I’ll be gone for a minute.”
She pushed a button and the roof opened. Closing the door, Jennifer activated both cloaking and hovering devices and the car lifted off the ground and through the roof. Once clear of the building, Jennifer put her foot on the accelerator and the car took off through the air until it reached 88 miles per hour and through the time barrier.
Saturday, May 24, 1057
6:00 a.m.
Near Coventry, England
After the light dissipated, Jennifer looked down. She was over medieval England. In the distance she could see the hamlet. She stirred the car towards the nearest abandoned shack she could find. The shack itself looked more like a barn but it was big enough to fit the time machine in. After landing the car, Jennifer got out and went to the building. Upon opening the door, she found out why it was deserted: It was rat infested. In panic, Jennifer turned to run back to the car, get in and close the door.
I hate rats. she said to herself, Now wait a minute. I remember one time Marty telling me about a device that chases rats away.
Seeing that the door was still opened, Jennifer lifted the car off the ground and hovered towards the opening. Then, she pushed a button reading REPELLANT and a brilliant light was shown on the ground. Immediately, the rats came out of the building. Then, after floating the car inside and landing it, Jennifer got out and opened the trunk.
Seeing some devices she thought So this is what they use when they were in 1957 England. She took them out and formed a parameter with them. Then, she picked up a box and flicked a switch. It gave out a low hum. Afterwards, she took the money and the sleep inducer and closed up the DeLorean. Then, she closed the barn door. Once it was closed, she went into town.
Meanwhile, the mice in question were heading towards a town called Hamelin.
Coventry, was in the center of England and was made accessible by five major roadways. But in 1057, the roads were dirt roads and muddy whenever it rained. But it wasn’t the mud that Jennifer was trying to sidestep. There were some disgusting things laying about these roads courtesy of equus caballus.
Eww! said Jennifer to herself, Disgusting! Lucky for Biff that he doesn’t live here in this time.
It got worse as she approached Coventry. There were horse-drawn buggies coming to and fro like greased lightning splashing mud and water all over her and the dress she was wearing for the period. Then, she looked down at her feet and saw that one of the horses had done a number on her shoes.
Great. said Jennifer to herself, If Doc ever finds out what happened to this outfit, he’s going to kill me for taking the time machine without his permission.
Finally she reached town she saw a huge wall commonplace in all English towns in those days with it’s huge gates. She approached the gate when a sound was heard.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
Jennifer looked to see a guard training a spear at her. But then, the guard said “My lady.”
“Beg your pardon?” asked Jennifer.
“My lady.” repeated the soldier, “What are you doing outside the gates of the city?”
“Just going for an early morning walk.” grinned Jennifer.
“Look at you.” said the soldier, “You must’ve ran into a highwayman during that walk. Was anything stolen?”
“Stolen?” asked Jennifer, “No way. But I see the roads need some work. I got splashed on. I think I’ll go in and freshen up.”
Immediately, the soldier knock on the gate and it opened. There was another man there and the soldier whispered into his ear. Then the man at the door admitted her in.
And he too said “My lady. Please come in. You shouldn’t be walking out there this early in the morning.”
“Actually,” said Jennifer, “I was…” She stopped herself in mid-speech and looked around. She found herself inside the gates and saw the medieval hamlet. The streets were just a muddy as the road outside and the houses were those of thatched huts. But in the distance she saw shiny cathedrals and palaces. The people were bad off. They were in rags making Jennifer costumed out of date for the era.
“My lady.”
Jennifer turned to see who it was. It was a crippled old lady and it seems that she was talking to her.
“Are you talking to me?” asked Jennifer.
“Yes, my lady.” said the old woman, “You must talk to your husband about those taxes that he’s raising.”
“My husband?” exclaimed Jennifer, “Ma’am. It think you’ve been…”
“I know that I have not many years left.” the woman went onto say, “But I have grandchildren and their parents-my son and his wife-are being taxed so hard that they cannot afford to pay for food.”
Jennifer. she said to herself, Don’t get involved here. Remember, this happened over nine hundred years ago and you don’t want to do anything that might alter history. So she said “Well, listen. I would like to help you but you see…”
“But you’ve got all that money.” the old lady insisted, “You don’t need to have you husband collect anymore taxes…”
“Ma’am.” said Jennifer, “There’s something you’ve got to know about me. You see…”
“We’ve been pleading with your husband to lower those taxes but he won’t listen.” the old lady went onto say, “But you have a kind heart. Can’t you please…”
Then, a man dressed like a medieval soldier stepped in and said “Alright, ma’am. That’s enough. She had a rough walk.” Turning to Jennifer, he said “My lady. Do you need a ride home?”
“Oh, I’m alright.” said Jennifer, “I don’t need a ride home.”
“But we insist.” said the soldier who called for a cabbie.
The cabbie was actually a carriage drawn by a horse. The carriage was like a stage coach out of the Old West but it was more dressier, more fancier. It was driven by a man with a whip and had two men hanging on the back.
After seeing the carriage, she said “Oh, alright.” and got in.
The inside of the carriage was like that of a rich man with padded seats which would rivaled that with the seats inside the DeLorean. And like all carriages, the seats were facing each other.
As the carriage moved, Jennifer looked out the window and saw that the shiny cathedrals and palaces she saw in the distance began to grow. That made her realized that that’s where it’s taking her. Jennifer recognized one of these cathedrals as the one that was destroyed by a Nazi air raid during World War II. But that was nine hundred years from “now”. But right now it was a beautiful church with it’s stained glass windows, it’s gothic roof and steeples. What a shame that it was attacked on the orders if such a cruel madman named Hitler.
The carriage stopped in front of a palace and Jennifer was let off.
A woman came out of this palace and said “My lady.”
I’ve gotta see how far I could go with this masquerade. said Jennifer to herself, Eventually, I’ll be running into someone looking like me.
“Let me take you in and prepare you for a bath.” said the woman.
“I don’t need a bath.” said Jennifer, “I showered a few…”
“My lady.”
Jennifer was barely in the house when she heard that. She paused to see who it was.
Biff? she said to herself.
The man who said “My lady” indeed looked like Biff.
“My lady.” asked the man, “What happened to you?”
Jennifer stood there speechless. Then, realizing that she still had to play along with the masquerade, she said “Well you see…”
Then, another woman came in and asked “You called me, my husband?”
Jennifer turned to see who it was and found out why they kept calling her “My lady”. The “lady” everyone was referring too bore a resemblance to her.
“Oh my God!” she cried out, “I’m a descendant of the of the Tannens!”
Immediately, she fainted.