THE next thing Marty new was that he was waking up in someone's bedroom. Groggly he looked around and saw a familiar figure in the dark.
"Mom," he asked, "is that you?"
"Relax" said the figure-it was his mom, "You've been asleep for a half an hour now.""I had the worst nightmare." said Marty, "I dreamt that I was in that Jimmy Stewart movie 'It's a Wonderful Life.' It was terrible. I saw a strange woman in the bathroom, and I was being chased around by her husband with a baseball bat. And some Scandinavians were living in our house. Nobody knew who I was, not even Jennifer. Last thing I remember was I was being beaten up by some kids named Beavis and Butthead."
"Well you're safe and sound now" said his mother, "in the good ol' Tannen household."
"Tannen household?" said Marty and his eyes popped wide open. He sat up from the bed as a light went on. Marty looked towards his mother and saw another horrfying sight. His mother's face was battered and beaten. "Mom," said Marty, "I can't be you."
"You're right" said his mother, "I'm not your mother. Who are you?"
"Mom" said Marty, "It's me. Marty, I thought you would know who I was."
"No I don't." said his mother.
"Mom." asked Marty, "What's going on and what's happened to you?"
"What do you mean what's happened to me?" asked his mother.
"You look all beatened up." said Marty.
"It's because of my husband." said his mother.
"Dad did that to you." exclaimed Marty.
Then a voice was heard. "Lorraine." it said.
"Oh my God." said his mother, "It's my husband."
"You're husband?" said Marty as door burst open.
There stood Biff. "I thought I told told you to get the sandwiches ready for the guys." he said, "Do you know what time it is?"
"Biff's your husband?" said Marty to his mother.
His mother didn't answer but Biff did say something. "Well looky what we have here." he said, "What the hell were you doing picking on our kids."
"Your kids?" asked Mary as he turned to his mother, "Mom, you had kids by Biff?" Again his mother did not answer.
Then, there was a rap on the head. It was Biff. "Hello," he said, "hello. Is there anyone home. Anyone? Think, butthead, think. What'd you think, we call Beavis and Butthead our kids because we like the sound of it?"
Marty looked around. There outside the bedroom door were those same two boys who beat him up outside. "They're your kids?" asked Marty.
"Biff stop it." said the mother, "Can't you see he's had enough?"
Biff turned to her and said "Why don't you go into the kitchen and make the sandwiches." Then he turned to Marty and said "As for you. Make like a saw and get out of my house."
"Hey dad," said Butthead, "It's 'Make like a saw and buzz off.'"
"Yeah," said Beavis, "'Make like a saw and buzz off! Buzz off! Buzz off!'"
"Alright Beavis." said Biff. He turned to Marty and said "Buzz off!"
"Not until I found out what happened to my dad." said Marty.
"Your dad?" said Biff, Beavis, and Butthead.
"You know." said Marty, "George McFly."
"Hey look," said Biff, "I don't know who you are but I knew George McFly. A complete butthead and loser like you."
"Stop it, Biff." said Marty's mother, "Stop talking that way about George. You're not even half the man he was."
Biff turn to Marty's mother and started beating her up. Upon seeing this Marty sprung in after Biff saying "You son of a bitch. Get your meathooks off of her."
"What's it to you." said Biff, "You're really asking for it and now you're going to get it."
"Dad, dad." said one of the boys indicating a site out the window.
There was a face on the other side of the fence outside. Marty recognized it as Mr. Strickland. Since when did he become Biff's next door neighbor? said Marty to himself.
Biff riveted his attention away from the window saying "Since you're new here in this neighborhood I'll cut you a break. Today. So why don't you make like a tree and get out of here."
"Dad, dad" said one of the boys, "It's..."
"Will you two shut up!" said Biff. He turned to Marty and said "Leave!"
Marty had enough of what he was seeing and left.
Outside the house Marty ran into Mr. Strickland. "Mr. Strickland." he said.
"How did you know who I was?" asked Mr. Strickland.
"Don't you know me?" asked Marty.
"No." said Strickland, "But you look to me like a slacker."
"You're right." said Marty, "I am. Don't you remember you gave me detention last week. And the last four days you caught me for being tardy?"
"What's your name?" asked Strickland.
"Marty McFly" was the answer.
"McFly?" exclaimed Strickland, "The last McFly that was that kind of a slacker is now in Oak Park Cementary." At that Marty went to the cementary.
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Marty entered the cementary to look for the tombstone that said "McFly." When Marty found it, it was in the same spot it was when 1985 altered the first time. And it was the same first name. GEORGE DOUGLASS McFLY. But this time the date of death read FEBRUARY 9, 1964.
"No." cried Marty, "Not again. Dear God. Not again. It can't be happening again. You can't be dead again."
"I'm afraid he's dead again, Marty." said a voice. Marty turned to see Doc who went on to say, "Thank God you still exist, Marty. I need your help."
"Doc," said Marty, "Do you know what happened? February 9, 1964?"
"Yes, Marty," said Doc, "I know."
As they both left the cementary Marty saw something else. The DeLorean was back in one piece.
"Doc." said Marty "The DeLorean."
"Relax Marty." said Doc, "This is a different DeLorean. Get in."
They did and drove off.
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In the lab, Doc showed Marty a newspaper from the year 1964. The headline read:
"Doc." said Marty, "How could this happen?"
"After we left you and Jennifer," said Doc, "The time circuits malfuntioned. It caused a big jolt and a jar of poison fell off the train."
"Doc." asked Marty, "What the hell were you doing with a jar of poison?"
"I use it to load the fusion generator instead of garbage." said Doc, "It's clean. Not messy, and a heluva way to get rid of the DDT that was banned during the '70's."
"Alright Doc." said Marty, "About Dad."
"Did you ever hear about the Beatles?" asked Doc.
"Yeah Doc." said Marty, "These guys revolutionized rock and..."
"Your father was over there in New York City to cover the Beatles arrival in America for the Hill Valley Telegraph." interrupted Doc.
"Wait a minute." said Marty, "Did you just say 'New York City'?"
"Yes of course." said Doc, "Didn't you know where the Beatles started their fame in America?"
"Yeah Doc, I know." said Marty, "But that's not the point. Are you saying that you and your family were momentarily in New York City in 1964?"
"Yes, precisely Marty." said Doc, "It's something I added to the time circuits. It's called 'Destination Location.' Come here. I'll show you."
Marty followed Doc back to the DeLorean. Doc pointed out the addition. "This readout tells you where you are." said Doc pointing around, "this tells you where you were, this tells you where you're going to be, and this tells you the place you're going to."
Doc finally pointed to the bottom part of the circuits. It read DESTINATION LOCATION. Doc pressed the keyboard button saying "Suppose you want to see Moses bring the Ten Commandments down Mount Sinia." He pressed enter and the readout read.
DESTINATION TIME: SEPT. 21, 1450 B.C. 6:00 a.m. MEST.
DESTINATION LOCATION: MOUNT SINAI, SINAI PENINSULA.
"Or witness the Kennedy Assasination." he pushed a few more buttons and pressed enter.
DESTINATION TIME: NOV 22, 1963 12.00 p.m. CST.
DESTINATION LOCATION: DALLAS, TEXAS
"Alright Doc." said Marty, "I get it. When did you noticed the jar was missing."
"After I got home to the 1895." said Doc, "That's the year me and my family came from. After I collected all the neccessities from the train I discovered the jar missing. And took the new DeLorean-I'll tell you how I got that later-back to 1964 and picked up this newspaper" He showed Marty the newspaper he saw before. "When I read this headline," said Doc, " I knew the worse has happened. Someone got a hold of that poison and used it on your father. When that happened the time line once again skewed into this tangent where you and Linda do not exist. Only your mother had your brother Dave by George McFly. And it gets worse. Without you to go back in time in the first place you don't write me the note warning me about those Libyan terrorists and I don't survive there attack and I eventually go back in time to save Clara. That's why 'Eastwood Ravine' is once again 'Clayton Ravine'."
"This is heavy, Doc." said Marty.
"And it gets worse." said Doc, "Three days from now Einstein gets put to sleep."
"Einstein?" exclaimed Marty.
"Yes, Marty," said Doc, "Einstein. But that's not important. Since it was your warning that made it possible for me to eventually make that train that drop the jar of poison, it's imperitive that we retrieve it or we'll have a major paradox."
"A paradox?" said Marty, "You mean those that could destroy the universe."
"That's correct Marty." said Doc.
"Doc, one more thing." said Marty, "If I don't exist why am I still here?"
"I don't know." said Doc, "Unless, unless...Yes! That's it!"
"What, what's it?" asked Marty.
"The time traveling and the changes in the time lines." said Doc. "I don't get it." said Marty.
"Marty before you started time traveling what was your family like?" asked Doc.
"Dad was a punching bag for Biff," said Marty, "Mom was a drunk, Linda couldn't get a date, and Dave was working at McDonalds. Mom met Dad when Grampa hit him with the car."
"Of course." said Doc, "Then you went back in time and interfered with their meeting and you tried everything to get them to fall in love and in the process changed their destinies as well."
"That's right, Doc" said Marty, "I did. And the trip to the future, the sports almanac, Old Biff taking it back to 1955 to give it to his younger self, me burning that almanac."
"All this got you immune to non-existence." said Doc, "But it won't last long. That's another reason why we must get that poison before you really disappear from existence. And the only way to do that is to find out who did it."
"I got an idea who would do such a thing." said Marty, "And all I have to do is ask him."
They both left the lab and drove off to Biff's house.
End of Chapter 2