Cousin's in Time: Part III

Ch 12

September 7, 1885

7:45 a.m.

Marty's POV

I awoke and saw Annie next to me, still sound asleep but Doc was nowhere in sight. 'He didn't, did he,' I thought. I let go of Annie's hand and brushed my lips up against hers. She woke and started to kiss me back. When I was finally done kissing her, she smiled.

Annie asked, "Marty, I appreciate the wake-up call but the why the hell are you waking me up so damn early?"

I was having serious déjà vue of when I woke her back in the Twin Pines universe before we went to go meet Doc except I woke her with my lips this time instead of shaking her silly. Though, I did like waking her up with a kiss better.

I pointed to the empty cot next to us and told her, "Doc's gone."

Annie jumped out of her skin and stammered, "W-where the hell did he go? W-wait, y-you don't think..."

I nodded and responded, "Let's go find him. Maybe he went back to the store for something."

Annie nodded in agreement and we mounted on our horses and rode off for town. We arrive at the store.

I called, "Doc? Doc?"

But, he was nowhere in sight. Annie taped on my shoulder and I turned to her.

She pointed to the bar, at a horse, and asked, "Isn't that Doc's horse?"

I answered, "Yeah! He must be inside! Let's go get him!"

We ran towards the bar.

I heard one of the old men asked, "How much has he had?"

The bartender answered, "None. That's his first one and he hasn't touched it, yet. He just likes to hold it."

Annie and I ran in.

Annie asked in total disbelief, "Doc, what the hell are you doing here?"

Doc shook his head, his heart clearly broken, "I lost her, Annie. There's nothing left for me here."

I responded, "That's why you have to come back with us!"

Doc looked at me curiously and asked, "Where?"

Annie and I answered in unison, "Back to the future!"

Doc nodded and remembered quickly.

He said, turning to the old men, "Right! Excuse us, gentlemen but my friends and I have a train to catch!"

One of the old men said raising his glass, "Here's to you, blacksmith."

The other added, "And here's the future."

The last one added, "Amen."

Doc responded, as he got his got his glass, "Amen."

He put it to his lips as the bartender yelled, "Emmet, no!"

Too late though as Doc keeled over passing out. Annie and I watched in horror as he went down.

We screamed in unison, "Doc!"

We knelled over him as I asked the bartender, "How many did he have?"

The bartender dryly answered, "Just the one."

Annie shot unconscious Doc a look and responded, "Just the one? Wow, Doc really can't hold his liquor."

The bartender nodded and said, "I agree with you, little lady."

I ordered, "Get us some coffee, black."

The bartender yelled, "Joey! Coffee!"

We poured it down Doc's throat and Annie said, "Damn, he's not waking up. Next time Doc has a broken heart, we'll have to make sure that he stays away from bars."

The bartender said, "If you two want to sober him up in a hurry, you're going to have to use something stronger than coffee."

I shot him a look and asked, "Oh, yeah? What do you suggest?"

The bartender turned to his assistant and said, "Joey, let's make some wake-up juice."

They started to make the wake-up juice and he added, "In about ten minutes, he's going to be as sober as a priest on Sunday."

He laughed a little as Annie checked the clock. The clock read 7:50.

Annie blurted out, "Ten minutes?"

I added, "Why the hell do we have to cut things so damn close?"

The bartender put a close pin on Doc's nose and a funnel in his mouth.

"Oh, and stand back," the bartender instructed.

We all did so as I poured a disgusting liquid through a funnel into Doc's mouth. Doc got up quickly running out the door slamming into the water trough. The bartender and I ran after him. Doc was still in the water trough.

I shouted to Annie, "He's still out!"

The bartender explained, "That was just a reflex action. Five more minutes and he'll be alert as anyone you know."

As we dragged Doc back into the bar, I heard Annie muttered, "Perfect."

Annie and I were taking turns to try and wake up Doc.

Annie whispered to me, "He must've told Clara and she didn't believe him. Poor Doc..."

I frowned now and whispered, "Maybe our hutch was wrong, Annie."

Just then, Seamus and Diane came in.

The bartender perked up and said to them, "Seamus, Diane! I wasn't expecting you to come in so early!"

Diane nodded and responded, "Aye but we just had a feeling to come."

Seamus added, "Almost if our future's depended on it."

They walked away and Annie and I exchanged horrified looks. If they only knew...

Just then, a scruffy voice called out, "Where is that no good cheating blacksmith?"

My heart skipped a beat as Annie checked the picture. She showed it to me and Doc's name was still there.

I whispered, "Aw, Annie! What are we going to do?"

Annie shook her head and responded, her voice near a whisper, "I don't know but we've got to try keep trying to wake up Doc!"

I prayed to God to help us out of this. I heard footsteps. Time around me stopped as I turned to see Tannen in the window.

He yelled, "Blacksmith! Are you in there?"

Annie rolled her eyes and responded, "Crap and us without an escape plan!"

Doc got up and he was holding his head.

He mumbled, "I've got a giant headache."

I turned to the bartender and asked, "Is there a back door to this place?"

He nodded and answered, "Yeah, it's in the back."

Annie responded, "Great, thanks! Come on, Doc."

With that, the two of us dragged Doc out of the bar.

When we were outside, Doc mumbled to us, "It is times like these I really miss Tylenol."

Annie shot Doc a look and before she could tell him that to leave the jokes to her, a goon of Tannen's saw us and shot at us. Doc and Annie hid behind a water barrel while I ran into the shop next door and into the stove. The stove door fell off, giving me an idea.

I heard the goon say to Doc and Annie, "Reach blacksmith and pretty lady!"

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