Back In Time Ch 2 PG 13 Champagne Challenge Crossover

[cassysj]

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Mick was about to say “You must be thinking of my Dad.” but before he could say anything his cousin said.

“Did you fall off the toilet too?” Emmett asked.

Mick was as confused as he looked. “Huh?”

“That’s when I figured out the Flux Capacitor which makes time travel possible. It’s taken me thirty years and my entire family fortune but I’m almost ready. How did you do it Mick? If you were trying to go home you must have overshot by at least twenty-five years or thirty years.

“What’s a Flux Capacitor?”

Emmett shook his head. “It’s what makes time travel possible. It’s the only explanation unless there is a hole in the space/time continuum. You haven’t aged a day.

Every vampire instinct was telling Mick to explain this was mistaken identity but Emmett Brown was the only family he had left. He couldn’t tell him about vampires, Emmett was so curious it would get him killed. He could see him looking for vampires to conduct scientific experiments on.

“Emmett, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I went on a cruise for my honeymoon, there was a storm and then the next thing I know I’m in a life boat and it’s 1985..

“Cruise? I thought you were going to Palm Springs.”

“Coraline met some friends there and they invited us on their yacht. We flew east and set sail for Bermuda

“Great Scott! I thought those stories about the Bermuda Triangle were a myth. How long did the storm last?”

“I don’t remember. We fell asleep and when we woke up we were nowhere near Bermuda, we were in the water and a ship brought us to Martinique. Thank God Coraline can speak French. I don’t know what happened to the captain or her friends. Coraline called her sister Cynthia.”

“Sister? Emmett asked. “I thought she didn’t have any family.”

“She has a sister, Cynthia. She was her maid of honor. She’s almost sixty but she lives in the same house so we sent a telegram. I don’t know what happened to anyone else on the boat. The police believed we were in a state of shock and Cynthia flew in and said she was Coraline’s mother. You know they had a lot of money so she got some forged documents. She’s just so happy to see Coraline she doesn’t care about all the time that’s passed.

Emmett glanced behind Mick as if waiting for someone to appear. “Where is Coraline?”

“She went to Paris with her sister. I told her I had to come home and see my family, let them know I’m alive. I couldn’t find them in LA so I thought I’d come here and maybe…….maybe you could tell me where they are.

Emmett shifted on his feet and stared at the ground. “Thirty years is a long time Mick. Your folks have been gone…..a long time. Your Pop died of cancer in ‘65 and your Mom just passed about five years ago of a heart attack. I took care of their funerals, I put them right near my folks.

Mick laughed. “I’m not sure your Dad would want to be near my Dad forever.”

Emmett smiled. “It’s not like they were getting a lot of company. I’m the end of the line.

“You never married?”

Emmett shook his head. “No, I’ve been too busy with science. Emmett brightened “Which is good for you because if it works you can go back to 1952 and tell yourself not to go to Bermuda. I mean it would be dangerous to change something like the assassination of JFK but you’re a musician…..

Mick played dumb. “Who is JFK?”

“Oh Mick. I better not tell you too much. I should be ready in a couple of months I just have to find some plutonium.

Mick raised his eyebrows. “Plutonium?

“I’ll tell you all about it. Why don’t you come inside and I’ll get you something to eat.

Mick followed his eccentric cousin to hear more about “time travel”. It was as ridiculous as “vampires.”

[jen]

You have the voices down perfectly!

If Mick does, in fact, go back to 1952, I wonder if he would change anything. If he doesn't marry Coraline, be Turned into a vampire and follow the same course of events, he and Beth would never meet.

This is fabulous!!!

Thank you!

Jenna

[r1015bill]

Ah! Emmett knows time travel is possible so, of course, that's the only way Mick could appear the same age.

I loved the end of the chapter that time travel is just as crazy as vampires.

[allegrita]

What a brilliant idea for Mick to blame the time travel on the Bermuda Triangle! How sweet of Emmet to have taken care of Mick's folks' burials... he can't know that Mick was there all along. I love Mick's joke about their dads. He hasn't lost his wry sense of humor.

But how's he going to explain the fact that he doesn't eat...?

I'm loving this story so far!

[darkstarrising]

I love the bit about time travel being as ridiculous as vampires...maybe to Mick. Emmet would certainly scoff at vampires

This is fascinating, Carol, I just wonder how long Mick is going to be able to keep Emmet in the dark...if he can figure out how to make a flux capacitor work, he might just start to believe in vampires.

[MickLifeCrisis]

Very clever, blaming his 30 absence on the Bermuda Triangle!

That last line just cracked me up! Do go on, cassy!

[Lucy]

Wow........ what a premise. Now Mick has to think about whether he can do without Beth and all the positives of his changed life.

[Luxe de Luxe]

what an interesting premise! I was so fascinated I read straight through the first chapter and came right here. Good old Doc Brown, you have him down pat. I wonder whether he'll assist Mick to go back to before he wed Coraline. What will Mick do???

[francis]

Oh this is so interesting. The Bermuda Triangle was a great way to explain his time travel. But will he really go back to 1952? With what we know about Emmett things are bound to go wacky. I wonder when Marty McFly will come in.

[cassysj]

Thank you so much for all the nice comments. I had a lot of fun revisiting this crossover.

[allegrita]

I'm having so much fun rereading this story. You really have Doc's voice down. I can hear him in my head as I read! It still cracks me up that time travel is as wacky a concept as vampires.

[allegrita]

It's been awhile since I read this story, and I've forgotten what happens, so it's like reading it for the first time! Oh man, I can see Mick being torn between wanting to fix his past and disbelief in time travel at all. I love your Doc, he's perfect.

[cassysj]

Thank you. Doc is my favorite character in BTTF I'm glad I got him right.