Back to the Future: Get Back in Time!

Chapter Fourteen: Courthouse Commotion

Monday, August 25, 1975.

"Whoa, I feel different." Marty Jr. said, checking out his 70's outfit.

"You'll get used to it Marty." Young Doc said.

"It's a little loose... Down there." The teen pointed down his pants.

"Now, you need to blend in for the meantime, and don't mess with historical events, please."

"How about my Aunt Jodi?"

"You need to keep an eye out for her, but please, do not let her fall in love with you, just like what happened to your dad and your grandma." Doc firmly said.

"W-w-wait, my dad and grandma?" Marty Jr. Blurted out.

"It was back in 1955, you almost did not exist and so did your father."

"What? I don't understand."

"Your grandma Lorraine was supposed to meet your grandfather at an accident, but instead, your father got in the way, and she became amorously infatuated with him instead of your grandpa."

"Ew, gross."

"He could've created a paradox."

"Paradox?"

"You see, Marty, if Lorraine did not fall in love with George that time, your father would not be born, and there will be no one to go back to the past, thereby creating a major paradox and will disrupt the space-time continuum and destroy the universe!" Doc said, out of breath.

"Well, that's a relief, what does this have to do with me and Jodi?"

"The way I see it, is that there are two outcomes. One: you get beaten up and killed on that day..."

"Heavy." Marty Jr. sighed.

"Two: you don't take Jodi to the prom, she gets killed and she and her sons will cease to exist."

Marty Jr. thought for a second, he can't let both outcomes happen. There must be another way.

"Is there another way?" Junior asked.

"You must get her and your Uncle John to meet." Doc paused, HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF.

The school bell rang.

"Time to go to school Marty." Doc pushed Marty to the entrance.

"Thanks Doc." Thanked the teen.

"You must get them to meet."

"I know." Then they parted ways. Marty Jr. stepped inside the school's hallway, it was way different compared to how he remembered, it was...cleaner, more organized than what it looks like in 2015, less faded color of the walls, and the design was made according to theme, that funky 70s atmosphere, with peace signs painted everywhere. The teachers has those 'groovy' rainbow bandanas, he thought, if those were worn in his time, it would just make him really weird.

"Groovy." He said, looking around to find his Uncle John but unfortunately, almost everyone in the school are wearing the same designed shirt, A white shirt spray painted with different colors, giving it that authentic 70s theme. This is gonna be harder than he thought.

Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder. He makes a half turn on his spot to see who it is, it's Jodi, greeting him with a huge smile.

"Hey Marty! Nice to see you here!" She said.

"Oh hi, Jodi." He greeted.

"You go to school here now?" The girl grinned wide.

"For the meantime, yes"

"So you're not staying long?" Her tune changed.

"Yeah." Jodi's wide smile slowly faded away, it turned into a slight frown.

"Why so sad?" Junior asked.

"Nothing." She said as she turned away from him.

"Wait." Junior grabbed her shoulder, "While I'm here, why don't you show me around?"

Her smile returned, "GLADLY!" She said, tugging Marty's shoulder.

"Oh boy." Junior sighed.

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Marty Jr. still hasn't found his uncle, and to make matters worse, Jodi has been following him everywhere. He walked to the courthouse with Jodi walking behind, he tried his best not to get mad, but she's getting a little bit clingy. He finally reached Cafe 80's, or Lou's cafe at the period. He turned around to see Jodi behind him.

"Jodi, okay listen, why are you following me?" He asked, a little bit annoyed.

"I'm sorry, it's just that, I don't have that much friends." She said, Marty's heart sank, he felt sorry for the girl.

"I'm sorry too, hey, how about we get something to drink? It's on me." He offered, then Jodi's smile returned.

The two went inside the cafe. The cafe's interior design almost looked like the ones he saw in the school, very psychedelic feel, they went to the bar. They chatted for a while, laughing and joking around.

Then, the front door bursts open. Junior looks at the customer, a familiar sight, that bulldog face, that tall stature, and that stink eye face... Jim Tannen. He watched him approach them, Marty prepared himself, in case of emergency, he readied his fists. Following him are three mean looking students, probably his henchmen.

"Hey Johnnie boy!" Jim shouted pushing Marty out of the way. Marty turned around and saw a thin sickly young man, with long curly hair, and a rainbow bandana, he immediately recognized him.

"Uncle John?" Junior mouthed. Jim stepped closer to John.

"I thought I told you to do my homework?" The bully said.

"I'm not your servant Jim." John replied, he received a right hook for that.

Anger formed inside Marty, hit my uncle will ya? He thought. He stood up and tapped Jim's shoulder. The bully looked at him standing upright, he was little compared to Jim, just a little below the shoulder. His eyes widened in shock but stared back at him.
"What do you want butthead?" Jim asked.

"Whoa, Jim, what's that?" Junior said, pointing over Jim's right shoulder.

How gullible, Jim looked to his right and Marty threw his right arm backwards and swung his fist back, hitting the bully in full force, the prefect right hook, sending the bully to the ground. Run dude.

Marty Jr. rushed to the outside, with the man in hot pursuit, with his gang of three behind him. Junior looked around the area and saw a bike parked near a lamp post on the corner of the cafe. Without any hesitation, he took it and started pedaling fast.

Jim and his crew jumped in his car, a Ford Thunderbird 1966, and drove after Marty, with the intention of running him over. Marty heard engines roar behind him, it's Jim, raging towards him. He started sprinting on his bike, switching lanes, avoiding the oncoming traffic, and hopping from the road to the sidewalk.

"Excuse me! Sorry!" He shouted as he past a lot of people on the sidewalk, narrowly missing them. The car's still in pursuit. He turns to the left around the courthouse park, he makes another sharp bank into the park, but that did not stop the chasing bullies. Jim runs the car into the center of the park, flattening the grass hedge. The bumper of the car draws nearer to the rear wheel of the bike.

BSSSHHHHHH! He heard the bumper ram against his wheel. Any moment now he'll be pancaked. He looks to his front, a marble step with metal railings blocks his way.
"Damn, okay, here goes nothing." He says, he jumps with his bike and grinds on the metal railing narrowly escaping the car. Jim witnesses the stunt and turns away from the metal railing and drives straight into a truck.

"SHIIIIIIIIT!" They all scream in unison. Jim steers the front away, colliding with the back of the truck with its side. They all let out a sigh of relief.

Then a cracking noise came from the truck. The rear doors finally gave way, sending tons of soil in his car, burying them under it. It has a funny smell... The smell of MANURE.