There is a theory about time where all points in time happen concurrently; so it's not impossible that the original, unaltered timeline that Marty left from, continued on from 1985, for a relative flicker of a moment. Under such circumstances, yes, George and Lorraine would wakeup the next day, and Marty would not be there. Since he had plans to go camping that weekend, it's possible they would conclude he found some other means to go, since the McFly's car had been wrecked; and at best they would not have cause to worry until he fails to come home by the end of that weekend. Lorraine starts to worry, telling George she can just sense something's wrong, as she finishes her third Jack Daniels and Pepsi; while George tries to remain optimistic that everything's fine.
That's when the FBI shows up. Two special agents inform the McFly's about something they had been keeping under wraps the last two days. An old man had been found shot dead in the parking lot of Twin Pines Mall; the official report released to the media was that it was a carjacking gone wrong, probably gang related, but the FBI had reason to believe that this elderly gentleman, one Dr. Emmitt L. Brown, had ties to Libyan extremists, who were suspected of being involved in the disappearance of a case of plutonium. The bullets used to kill Dr. Brown were consistent with machine guns this group of extremists are known to have. They have radiation readings of the parking lot have confirmed the likely presence of the plutonium in the immediate vicinity of Dr. Brown's murder; and it's believe that Dr. Brown was killed during an exchange gone wrong.
About a hundred yards or so from where Dr. Brown's body was found, the combined wreckage of a photo-hut and VW bus; inside of which were the bodies of two extremists the FBI had been monitoring. They died from trauma of the impact. The stolen case of plutonium was recovered, but two vials were missing; and it was believed those vials were smuggled out in another vehicle presence, caught briefly on exterior security cameras, that recorded a high speed chase between the VW bus and a heavily modified Delorean DMC, shortly before what appeared to be a high energy EM burst shorted out the system. This has lead the Bureau to lean towards the theory that Dr. Brown tried to double cross the Libyans, and keep the plutonium for himself; and that an accomplice made off with the two missing vials. In running down a list of current known associates to Dr. Brown, only one name came up - Martin George McFly, age 17.
George and Lorraine admit that their son did know Dr. Brown, and that he had hired Marty about a year earlier as a "lab assistant," to clean his laboratory space, and occasionally walk his dog.
The agents ask if that's the same "lab" space located at such-and-such address, located next to a Burger King; which is in fact, not a properly zoned lab or residential space, in spite of Dr. Brown using it for both. Investigating that space found it in a state of disarray, also noting that trace radiation had been detected there as well.
When asked where their son is, Lorraine asserts that her son had planned on going camping with some of his friends; while George nervously chimes in that, that was entirely true, as he had been planning to go camping with his girlfriend, but when he hadn't returned home, George had called Jennifer and she said she hadn't heard from Marty since he called her at her grandmothers to tell her the care was wrecked. Lorraine immediately attacks Jennifer's character, saying she never trusted her, and that she's probably lying; and that Marty is probably fine, and will be home soon. "He's always worrying needlessly, this one," she tells the agents, referring to George.
Of course Marty doesn't return, and the FBI continues its investigation; interviewing some of the other people in town who knew Marty. His principal had nothing flattering to say, other than that he's not surprised that Marty's association with Dr. Emmitt Brown has lead to him being interviewed by the authorities. George's supervisor, Biff Tannen, attests that Marty was a "butthead," and that if they think he's involved in something possible treasonous, he wouldn't be surprised.
The news media gets wind of this, and a national debate erupts about whether this teen is a homegrown terrorist or a missing youth caught in the crossfire, whom people should be looking for, to bring him home.
Folksongs are written about Marty, based on speculation that he was actually trying to protect his country by keeping the plutonium out of the hands of terrorists; before succumbing to radiation poisoning and dying somewhere in the desert. Others think he's hiding in a cave, planning to use the plutonium in a domestic nuclear strike; something becomes it's own sort of folk legend among domestic and foreign extremists. To some militant Americans, he comes to represent a true hero, taking back the power that Uncle Sam had been keeping to itself since World War II; while terrorist outside the US see Marty McFly is everything to aspire to - the one who got away, who holds the power and pulled on over on the capitalist dogs. That's when terrorists begin attacking in his name; Marty's image is used the world over for propaganda, that gives rise to a dystopian police state, that last a thousand years - until the house of McFly is uncovered by archeologists. It had been lost in the atomic cola wars of '87, but there they find a treasure trove of memorabilia belonging to The McFly; including an archaic form of analog media called the "cassette tape".
Scientists were able to devise a way of pulling the contents off of it, to learn that this was a "demo tape" of Marin McFly's band, the Pinheads, playing a song that surprised everyone. Instead of lyrics about death, destruction, anarchy, it was about love! About the power of love, how it makes one man weep, makes another man sing; and that you don't need money or fame or even a credit card to ride that train. Love, Marty preached, makes the world go round; and overnight the world was inspired by the man once believed to be a ruthless despot, but was really a visionary. Soon a new era of peace would prevail and last for ten thousand years.
And in the next blink of an eye, Marty arrived in 1955, and prevented his dad from being hit by a car; erasing everything that would happened from that moment on, and placing the future into a state of flux, until he made further alterations that align it closer to the future, but never back the way it would have been if he remained missing.
"What's the matter, sir? It still tastes like cream of corn."
"Except it's deviled ham!"
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muchmeow
8 years ago
Wow... Just wow. ROFL. You sir or ma'am should write novels! :D :D :D :D :D
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