Back to the Future part VI

Part 6

Sunday, November 13th 1955, 11.20pm.

At the Boot Hill Cemetery, a gravestone doesn't have a name on it - just a quote: "Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, the other men will be able to achieve - Jules Verne".

Jules, Verne, Marty Senior, Scott and Suzy stand around the freshly filled in grave site.

MARTY SENIOR

I can't believe he's gone.

VERNE

I know, but on the other hand, he hasn't gone. It's strange; Jules and I will have to live another forty years with him, knowing when and how he's going to die.

JULES

This is what he'd have wanted; a subtle anonymous gravestone, out here, where nobody would make a fuss.

Scott has his arm around a sobbing Suzy.

SUZY

We saw him die, and now we're going to go back to 2015 and see him again. It's really... spooky.

SCOTT

But he's alive and well there.

SUZY

It just doesn't seem right.

MARTY SENIOR

Another problem that time travel poses.

Scott lets go of Suzy and takes Jules to one side.

SCOTT

Jules, did Barty and Ellie arrive back safely in 2045?

JULES

Yeah, don't worry, they're fine. I made sure they got home without disrupting any more events. I took the train and they took the pre-Mister Fusion DeLorean. Barty wanted me thank you for everything, and he can't wait to talk to you about it.

SCOTT

Yeah, cool. Thanks for that. It's a nice gravestone you got.

JULES

I picked it up whilst I was still in 2045.

SCOTT

It would do him proud.

Jules sheds a tear. Verne gives his brother a hug. Scott moves back towards Suzy.

VERNE

What are we going to do about Dad's house? It's bad enough that Dad's gone, but Mom's gone too.

JULES

We've got all the time in the world to sort the house out. We've got to be careful not to find any details about her death.

VERNE

We could move back home.

JULES

What about our work in the future?

VERNE

Not now. We can sort it out in forty years' time, when this is properly our time.

Jules ponders the thought. Marty Senior comes over to talk to Jules and Verne.

MARTY SENIOR

I'm going to be here with Doc tomorrow. Well, the younger version of me is. The DeLorean is buried over there in the mine. It's been there since 1885.

VERNE

So it is. We'd better get you all home and tie up the loose ends. We can come back here in the future. It'll still be here.

JULES

Come on everyone. Let's go to 2015.

Jules, Verne, Marty Senior, Scott and Suzy walk away from the cemetery.

When they are out of sight, four more people come out of the shadows; two men in their late sixties, with similar aged female partners. The moonlight reveals that it is older versions Jules and Verne with their future wives. They stand around the gravestone to pay their respects with the bright moonlight shining over them.

Scott and Suzy climb into the DeLorean and Marty Senior is ready to climb beside them. Jules and Verne are there to see them off.

VERNE

Right Marty; you know what to do now then?

MARTY SENIOR

Yeah. We fly down this lane and when we hit 88 miles-per-hour we will arrive outside Suzy's house back in 2015. Doc will be there and will have just seen you taking us back to here to 1955.

VERNE

We'll meet you there straight after I've parked up the train. We'll just make sure everything is okay in 2015 before we head off back to 2115.

MARTY SENIOR

I do hope everything is okay. All this time travelling is bad for the nerves.

VERNE

I'm sure everything will be just fine.

Marty smiles and gets into the DeLorean. He starts it up, the wheels turn in and it lifts it into the air.

Inside the DeLorean, Marty Senior, Scott and Suzy prepare to go home.

SUZY

This is strange. This will be my street in sixty years time. It's barely recognisable now.

Suzy looks at Scott.

SUZY

That reminds me; we've got to get our assignment for school done.

SCOTT

Do you mean the history of Hill Valley assignment?

SUZY

Yes, that one. I think we've done enough research for it now.

Scott and Suzy chuckle.

Marty Senior jerks the DeLorean.

SCOTT

Steady on Dad.

MARTY SENIOR

I seem to have forgotten how to fly a car. I remember two futures now, one where my car flew and another... It's just seems a little tricky.

SCOTT

The future has changed again then. Back to how I remember it originally. I should've driven Dad.

MARTY SENIOR

You're only fifteen Scott. You shouldn't have driven it at all.

SCOTT

At least I can fly it straight.

MARTY SENIOR

That's only because you're never off those video games; the ones where you fly those simulators.

SCOTT

I bet you played video games when you were younger.

Marty smiles to himself.

MARTY SENIOR

Well, I was pretty hot at Wild Gunman. I loved that game.

Marty steadily flies the DeLorean up and sweeps it around to face the length of the lane. He flies faster and as he hits 88 miles-per-hour, three sonic booms are heard, the DeLorean flashes with light and the scenery around changes to resemble the street where Suzy lives.