Chapter 3

SAM dropped Marty at the Hughes factory. Marty looked around. It was an airfield. Nearby was the ocean. An opening of a hanger was facing the ocean. Marty entered the hanger and whistled. There it was. The Spruce Goose. So this is Howard Hughes' plane. said Marty to himself. He started asking around for a young Emmett Brown. His quiery led him into a cafeteria where he decided to rest. Marty was well aware that his grandfather, Douglass McFly, worked here as well. "Hey kid." asked a voice, "Are you new here?" Marty turned. There was a man behind a counter. "What?" asked Marty. "This cafeteria is for employees only." said the man behind the counter, "It's not a restaraunt." "Actually", said Marty, "I'm looking for Emmett Brown." "Mr. Brown's kid?" asked the man behind the counter, "That office boy won't be here until later this afternoon. He's in college you know." "Oh yeah." said Marty, "It looks like I'll be have all day to wait." "Listen." said the man behind the counter, "I don't want to get in trouble, are you an employee?" "No." said Marty, "But I'm related to Douglass McFly." The man looked at Marty very closely. "I noticed the resemblace." he said, "Okay, keep this a secret, but what'll be?" "Be?" asked Marty. "Are you going to order something, kid?" asked the man behind the counter. "Yeah, I will." said Marty, "Give me a Tab." "A tab." asked the man behind the counter, "I can't give you a tab unless you order something." "Alright." said Marty, "Give me a Pepsi Free." "If you want a Pepsi pal", said the man behind the counter, "you've gotta pay for it." "Okay." said Marty, "Give me something without sugar." "Something without sugar." repeated the man behind the counter, and he poured out some coffee and gave it to Marty. A horn was heard. "Lunch break." said the man behind the counter. "Lunch break?" asked Marty. He realized that he had been spending the entire morning looking for young Emmett and lost track of the time. A crowd a people came into the cafeteria. Among them was a familiar face. "Doc." said Marty. He got up and went towards him. "Doc." he said,"Thank God you found me." "What?" asked the man. The man was talking to another man. The other man looked familiar and had a mustache. The first man obviously looked like Doc. "Doc." said Marty, "It's me. Marty." "Who?" asked the man resembling Doc. Then, Marty realized that his father worked for Howard Hughes and said "Wait a minute. You're Doc's old man." "What?" asked the man. "Emmett." said Marty, "Your son." "You know him?" asked the man. "Yeah." said Marty, "I know him from way back when." "I see." said the man. Then, the other man spoke up. "Mr. Brown." he said, "You tell me that your son Emmett had many friends." "Neither did I, Mr. Hughes." At that, Marty exclaimed "Mr. Hughes?" "That's right." said the other man. "Mr. Hughes." continued Marty, "As in Howard Hughes?" "That's right." said the other man. "You're Howard Hughes." said Marty. "Yes." said Hughes, "And who are you?" "I'm Mar..." said Marty, but he was interrupted by voice from behind. "Hey McFly." it said, "Didn't I tell you never to come in here?" Marty turned to where the voice came from. It came from another familiar figure. "Biff?" said Marty. "Mr. Tannen." said Hughes, "You don't own this cafeteria." "You mean", said Tannen, "it's alright for an id..." Then he looked at Marty and said "Hey, you're not Douglass McFly. But you sure looked like him." "Biff?" repeated Marty. "Yeah." said Tannen, "That's my kid's name." "You're kid?" asked Marty, "You're Billsif." Marty extracted the old newspaper from his coat and read it. "You're the Nazi collaborator." he said. Billsif asked "What did you say?" He had three other guys with him. Billsif went on to say "I'd never collaborate with a bunch of losers like Nazis." Then he asked "What's your name?" Marty looked at Billsif, then he looked at Howard Hughes and turned to Billsif saying "Jones. Tommy Lee Jones." "Well." said Billsif, "I'm glad to meet you, Jones." Billsif made a swing at Marty but Marty ducked. Then, Marty pointed to a spot in the cafeteria and said "Hey look." Billsif looked to where Marty was pointing and Marty came with a right cross at him. Having flattened Billsiff, Marty bulldozed the three men that accompanied him and ran out to the manufacturing area with Billsif and his gang following. Marty then ran up some steps onto a catwalk. Marty kept running throughout the catwalk, the turned a corner into a door. Marty closed it. Looking around, he discovered that he was in a cockpit of a plane. Then, some pounding was heard. It was Billsif and his gang. Marty panicked. He put his hands down on some switches and sound of a roar was heard. Marty looked down at the panel. He had activated the plane. "Holy geez." said Marty, "How the hell do I turn it off?" Frantically, Marty pushed some more buttons and the plane started moving towards the entrance. Marty gave out a yell. "Oh shit!" he said.

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Howard Hughes, accompanied by Mr. Brown, followed Billsif and his gang out to the manufacuring floor. Following the same path that Marty and his pursuers, Mr Hughes found himself stand a few feet away from where his Spruce Goose was supposed to be. However, the Spruce Goose was gone. He looked out the entrance of the hangar and saw his plane flying. "Yes. " he said, "It works. It'll fly."

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The plane was flying towards the sea. In the cockpit, Marty said "Get ahold of yourself, McFly. This could float on water." Then, he looked behind him. Billsif and his gang boarded some biplanes and started towards him. Marty pulled the throttle. "Com'on", he said, "move." But the biplanes closed in for the kill.

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Billsif and his gang followed the Spruce Goose out to the open sea. Then the big plane made a U-turn and sped back to the hanger. Landing their respective biplanes, Billsif and his gang got out and headed into the hanger. The Spruce Goose was already parked there and standing on the catwalk at the opening of the cockpit was Howard Hughes. "Get out young man." he said. No response. He motioned to an attendant who opened the hatch. Both men peered in. And as they did, the youth who flew the plane dropped to the ground and ran off saying "Sorry about the plane." Then Hughes pulled his head back and asked around. "Who put a rear entrance on my plane?" he asked. No one answered. Then, Billsif and his gang ran through the door that Marty escaped and outside. But Marty was nowhere to be found.

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Not wanting to chance going back to the factory, Marty went back to Hill Valley. It was dark when he finally arrived. It was Halloween. The kids were trick or treating. By the time he arrived at 1640 Riverside Dr., the last trick or treater was in bed. Marty rang the door. A young man answered. "I thought the last trick or treater was in bed hours ago." he said. "I'm not looking for candy." said Marty, "I'm looking for an Emmett Brown." "You're talking to him." said the youth. "Listen." said Marty, "You don't know me, but years from now we'll be friends." Young Emmett was baffled by what he heard. Marty went on. "My name is Marty McFly." he said, "I'm the grandson of Douglass McFly, your dad's co-worker." That startled Emmett. "That baby that his wife had is named George McFly." said Marty, "He's my dad. I mean he's going to be my dad." "Is this some kind of a joke?" asked Emmett. "No it isn't." said Marty, "You see I'm from the future. I came here in a time machine that you invented..." "A time machine?" exclaimed Emmett, "What am I, an inventor?" "Yes." said Marty, "You are. Or you will be. And you've got something I need to power the time machine so I could return to the year 1985." "Is this one of Kevin's jokes?" asked Emmett, "You go back to that damn dormroom and tell him that I'm not impressed." "Kevin who?" asked Marty, "Listen, I'm telling the truth." Marty reached into his pockets and produced some things. "Here's my driver's licence." he said "Expires 1987. Look at the birthdate. I mean I haven't even been born yet." He showed Emmett some photos. "This is a picture of me with my brother Dave and sister Linda." he said "Look at my sister's T-shirt. 'Class of 1984'. Look at the intials 'HV'. It stands for Hill Valley-as in Hill Valley High School. And here, it hasn't even been built yet." Emmett looked at Marty skeptically. Marty kept pointing to the snapshot. "Look at these clothes." he said, "When do you see people wear clothes like those in 1938?" Then he showed Emmett another photo. It was a picture of his future self with his future wife from the past, Clara. "Great Scott." he said, "That's my dad with another woman. What do you think you're doing, scandalizing my family?" "No." said Marty, "This is a photo of you years from now. The woman is your wife Clara." Then Marty showed Doc another picture of him and Clara. This one had the two boys and Einstein in it. "These are your two boys." he said, "Jules and Verne." "Is it?" asked Emmett, "What's with the sheepdog?" "That's your dog, Einstein." said Marty. "Einstein?" exclaimed Emmett, "I named my dog after a physicist?" "That's right, Doc." said Marty, "I mean, Emmett." Emmett studied the last two photos that Marty showed him and asked "What is this? We look like we're dressed for a Gay 90's costume party." "That was because you eventually went back to 1885 and fell in love with Clara." said Marty. "An older woman?" exclaimed Emmett, "Living in 1885 and raise a family? What kind of a future is that for me?" "Believe me, Emmett." said Marty, "It happened. It will happen." "Okay, future boy." said Emmett, "Answer me this. Who is the President of the United States in 1985?" "Ronald Reagan." said Marty. "Ronald Reagan?" exclaimed Emmett, "The actor? Who's the Vice President, Donald Crisp?" "No Emmett," said Marty, "not really." "The next thing you'll say is that Mary McGuire is the First Lady," said Emmet, "and that Ben Hendricks Jr. is the Secretary of the Treasury. Boy, last night it was that radio hoax on the Martian Invasion and now it this. I've heard enough practical jokes. Good night, future boy." Martian invasion, said Marty to himself, That's it. He put his foot in the door as Emmett was about to close it saying "Emmett wait, that Martian invasion. You told me the story yourself. It was on how you managed to get those jars of poison. You told me that a guard listened to the broadcast and got paranoid and guarded the Spruce Goose instead. You took advantage of that situation by sneaking those jars of poison out of Mr. Hughes office and..." The door sprung open and Emmett peared out at Marty. EMMETT stood at the opened door startled at what Marty had to tell him. "When did I tell you that story?" he asked. "Forty-seven years from now." said Marty. "You're not going to tell, are you?" said Emmett. "Not as long as you help me." said Marty, "Listen Emmett, I could report you for stealing those jars but I need one of them to get home. Will you please help me?" "My father says never talk to strangers." said Emmett. "Okay." said Marty, "In the morning I'm going back to factory and tell Mr. Hughes." As he turned to leave, Emmett said "Wait!" The door closed slightly, then reopened to produce the young man as he put on his coat. Marty had succeeded. He got young Emmett's attention.

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Loaning Marty a bicycle, Emmett-on his own bike-escorted him to the site where Marty had hidden the DeLorean. On their way there, Marty explained about how he wound up in 1938. As they arrived, Marty uncovered the car and used his flashlight on it. Emmett was amazed. Marty went to open Mr. Fusion and said "This is where the poison is poured in." But Emmett was in the front seat looking at the time circuits. "Amazing." he said, "I can't believe that years from now, I'm going to invent this. You've given me something to shoot for." "Yeah, Emmett." said Marty. "Okay." said Emmett handing Marty the jar, "Here's the poison." "Emmett." said Marty, "I forgot to tell you that I'll have to get gas for the car before I get back to the future." "But." said Emmett, "You needed the poison..." "...to power Mr. Fusion." said Marty pointing to the flux capacitor, "Mr. Fusion powers the flux capacitor, but the internal combustion of the car runs on gasoline always has. Without gasoline, I can't get the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour." Emmett grabbed the jar back from Marty saying "What's the use of giving you this when this-this car is out of gas?" said Emmett. "Wait a minute." said Marty, "We could get a gas can, go into town and find an all-night station." "What's that?" asked Emmett. "That's right." said Marty, "It doesn't exist yet." "Well." said Emmett pocketing the poison, "It looks like you won't be needing this tonight. You're stuck here." "Stuck here?" exclaimed Marty, "I can't be stuck here for one more night. I've got a life in 1985. I've got a girlfriend in 1985." "Is she pretty?" asked Emmett. "She's beautiful." said Marty producing a picture of him and Jennifer sharing an intament moment, "Look at this. It says it all." But Emmett was heading back to his bike. "Emmett." said Marty, "You're my only hope." "Well." said Emmett, "You should've thought of that when you got gas. Good night." He rode off on his bike. "Great." said Marty, "Just Great." He sat in the driver's seat of the DeLorean.

End of Chapter 3

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