Chapter One: I’ll Be in Your Dreams Tonight

“Doc, Doc, Doc, look at this! It’s changing.”

The stressing scientist leaned over his young friend’s shoulder,
gazing intently at the newspaper in his hands as the headline:
YOUTH JAILED suddenly dissolved to read: GANG JAILED.

Doc reached into his pocket, pulled out the futuristic binoculars –
a binocular card – and aimed the device at the courthouse. He saw
Griff being “escorted” out of the damaged building by the Hill
Valley police, shouting, “I was framed!”

“Ah, yes!” Doc exulted. “Yes, of course. Because this hoverboard
incident has now occurred, Griff now goes to jail. Therefore, your
son won’t go with him tonight and that robbery will never take
place. Thus, history, future history has now been altered, and this
is the proof! Marty, we’ve succeeded, not exactly as I planned, but
no matter. Let’s go get Jennifer and go home!”

Marty went to collect the toy hoverboard so they could prepare to
leave; however, Lisa’s voice stopped them both. “Doc, wait. Could
I try this out, just once?” She was holding up a small pocket
camera, one that didn’t need film. Photographs were stored on a
computer chip that held far more pictures than the standard film in
1985. “I want a shot of all four of us and the De’.” Lisa was, of
course, including Doc’s sheepdog, Einstein, in the equation. The
“De’ ” was her pet name for the DeLorean time machine.

“Lisa,” Doc began, “we really…”

“Please?” she pleaded.

One could almost see the gears in the inventor’s head spinning. If
it had been any other person asking, the answer would have been a
flat NO…however, this was Lisa, so…

“Oh, I suppose.” Doc relented while Marty smiled behind his
back. When it all boiled down to things, Doc would let Lisa get
away with nearly anything. Nearly.

Happily, Lisa set up the camera using a tripod to hold it to the
desired height and distance away in order to fit herself, Doc,
Marty, Einstein, and the DeLorean in the picture.

As she surveyed the group in front of her, she gave directions to
her companions. “Doc, open the driver door. I’ll sit in the seat.
Marty, sit on the hood. Over to the left a little more. Good. Einie,
sit by Marty. If you could lean on the door, Doc…perfect! Timer
set for ten seconds starting…now!”

Lisa hit a button on the camera and a steady light appeared by the
viewfinder. She scurried over to the DeLorean, seating herself in
the driver seat, leaning against the frame of the vehicle. After a few
seconds, the light began to blink, then there was a soft beep, and
she ran to the camera again, examining it, then she grinned
broadly.

Removing the camera from the tripod and replacing the latter
accessory in the car, she showed her two human friends the LCD
screen on the back of the camera, which displayed a crystal-clear,
but small, image of what the camera had just taken.

All of a sudden, everything around them began to waver like the
air above pavement on a hot summer day. It was as if Hill Valley
of 2015 had begun to melt around them…

Lisa, Doc, Marty, Einstein, and the DeLorean faded into
blackness…

End chapter one.

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