July 16, 1989
9:00 PM PDT
BTTF Universe
Bill thought of what an eventful day it simply was, as the entire group listened to The Pinheads. Bill found himself envying Marty's talent, as he really wished that The Wyld Stallyns could be as good. He tried to be optimistic, as he simply thought of how they were destined to be real famous. In fact, The Wyld Stallyns would change the world.
"Your band is brilliant," Joanna commented, impressed. "Say, if you could make a few copies for us - we'd be real happy to have them. I know we can't quite let our friends know about them, but it'll be quite wonderful. Marty, you do have a lot of potential."
"Thank you," Marty replied, beaming. "I most certainly would love for our band to get discovered - but, even if we don't, I'm still in it for the music. I'm not quite too sure of what to make of The New Kids on the Block. They're just a little too poppish for me."
"Well, to be quite honest," Jennifer said, thoughtfully, "some of their songs aren't too bad. I mean, I'll admit that I quite enjoy The Right Stuff. It's kind of a nice and catchy song, even though it's not exactly rock and roll. After all, nothing can quite beat stuff like Def Leppard and Van Halen. Anyway, Marty, I'm pretty sure that you'll make up."
"Not to sound that boastful," Marty commented, as he flashed a lopsided smile, "but I know that I'll be making it. After all, I did quite find out about that from my future son and Harmony. From all that time travelling, I know a little too much about my future."
"I guess we know too much about our future, too," Bill commented, laughing. "Rufus seemed to have no qualms about letting us know, though. Granted, he didn't bother to tell us - until after we managed to complete our assignment, which I understand."
"Yeah, I sort of see where he's really coming from," Marty replied, laughing. "In fact, Doc did sort of the same thing. At first, Doc simply decided not to warn me about the race with Needles - as he figured it'd really be more effective for me to have practice in defending my future son. My son really was much different, when I first saw him."
"Well, he seemed to share his father's sense of humour," Jennifer pointed out, "even though his father himself didn't seem to appreciate it. I sure wonder what it would be like, if my son met his other self. I bet he would be pretty horrified by what he saw."
"Well, in the current timeline," Marty explained, "Dad actually used to have recurring dreams about being himself from the original timeline. I really wonder if my son might have had those kind of dreams, too. I'm glad that we averted out unhappy future."
"It's hard to believe that our world's future would've been different," commented Bill, "if we hadn't managed to pass the test. We're still somewhat, uh, rusty on our guitar skills - but I try to be quite optimistic. After all, Rufus did explain to us about how our music has changed the world. Maybe we're all destined to become famous rockers."
"It's sure bad that we're not from the same universe," commented Ted. "Just imagine, The Pinheads and the Wyld Stallyns touring together. It might be the most triumphant concert tour! I really wonder if there is a universe somewhere, where we all exist."
"Well, you just never know," replied Marty. "There's a universe where the Family Ties characters exist, and there's a universe where George Orwell's 1984 is reality. I think the possibilities are endless. Say, how would you boys like to watch Mind Warped?"
"That would be most excellent," replied Bill. "It's so atypical to think that, in this world, Michael J Fox got his start in a different movie. You know, I have a feeling that Keanu Reeves will be pretty famous on both of our worlds - and Alex Winter, not so much. It really isn't too had to deduct that. Christopher Lloyd was already well-established..."
"I admit that I haven't thought much of it," replied Marty, "but you make a very good point. Sometimes, I should take a trip to your world. It sure looks like we both have a machine, that enables us to travel into different worlds. That really is so awesome."
"Do you want to visit Orwell's 1984, next?" teased Joanna. As Bill and Ted shook their heads violently, she added, "Yeah, I really wouldn't want to. It's very hard to imagine living in a world like that. I mean, I don't quite think anyone would be entirely happy."
"That would be most odius," agreed Bill, as he remembered how much he really hated the book. "Granted, the Proles seemed to be the most like normal people - but I quite feel that even they weren't happy. They were denied a 'real' culture, and everything given to them was manufactured. Just imagine what kind of a life that would be."
"Yeah, we've been in that world," explained Marty, "and it was real horrid. It turned out that my parents were both Outer Party members, and I didn't exist. Doc, rather surprisingly, was a Prole. Biff Tannen, naturally, was a Thought Police member."
"We did end up helping them gain their freedom," commented Jennifer. "I'm real glad that our '80s aren't like that. The future of your world seems like it'll be a great place to live. I'm really not sure what our world will be like, in that distant amount of time."
"I sure hope that our world never loses sight of nature," Marty said, sighing. "It would really be interesting, though, to actually be able to live in a world of crystals. My older friend, Sabrina Palmer, really is big on crystals. Of course, she's also a witch - and she uses the crystals to help her with her magick. I think they're rather pretty to look at."
"I totally agree with you, dude," Ted commented, excitedly. "The future in our world looks like a stellar place to live. It would be real nice, to think that rock and roll would never die. It's had a bogus image for a long time, but people are quite starting to..."
"... accept it as a legitimate form of art?" asked Marty. As Ted nodded, he added, "It simply is ironic how, in this timeline, my parents are far more accepting of that kind of music. In the original timeline, my mom really was down on my preferences in music."
As Bill glanced from Marty to Ted, he simply wondered how much Marty's mother from the original timeline was like Ted's father. He just figured that Ted's father was rather worse, as he couldn't see Marty's mother threatening to send him into the military. Of course, Ted's father rarely ever had anything that positive to say about his own son.
"My father doesn't like our music, either," Ted commented, sadly. "My mother seems a little more supportive, though. I do wish I could live with her, but my father simply has a grudge against her - and he'll do almost about anything to keep us away from her."
Bill thought back to the day that Ted's father give him a long list of chores to do, as a punishment for stating that he loved his mother. While his father didn't really expect, or even want, for his son to love him - loving his mother really was strictly forbidden.
"Aww, I'm real sorry to hear that," Marty replied, sympathetically. "He doesn't seem to even like you - and, yet, he won't let you live with your mother? Jesus, is he just that much of a sadistic person - that he wants to force you to live with him, just so he that can make you suffer? I would actually fight against that, if I were you!"
"Well, that might be part of it," Ted commened, as tears filled his eyes. "The thing is, he despises my mother so much - and he knows how much she loves us. He wants to hurt her so much, that he wants to take us away from her. I really can't fight back."
"I guess he's very powerful, isn't he?" Marty asked, sorrowfully. "It's actually a shame that you can't go back in time, and make things be better for your family. By the way, I know that you to the future before. Have you found out about your future family?"
"As a general rule, we're really not supposed to visit the future," replied Ted. "It might be somewhat risky, finding out much about your own destiny. Say, you quite said that you've visited the future, a few times?" As Marty and Jennifer nodded, he asked, "So, what was that like? What was the longest amount of time you stayed in the future?"
"Well, there is the 24-hour ripple effect," explained Marty. "What that means is, if you stay in the future for quite too long - your future self would disappear from existence, and the reality around you would change. We found out three-and-a-half years ago."
"That sounds interesting," replied Bill, smiling. "I suppose that might actually be one of the risks of spending too much time in the future. Of course, Joanna and Elizabeth did permanently move into the present - so disappeared from the moment that they left."
"I know one problem that Doc has rather had with your form of time travel," explained Marty, "is taking all those historical figures out of the past. Just imagine if you decided to leave them in the present. It might create a real major time paradox, and the world as you know it would've been very different. That simply wouldn't've been so good."
"Well, at any rate," Jennifer interjected, as she glanced at the clock on the wall, "we should put the movie on. I'll go start the popcorn, and then we could all enjoy a flick. It's certainly a fascinating concept, how Todd and Brent end up switching places."
"I sure can't imagine waking up as Michael J Fox," Marty commented, laughing. To the visitors, he added, "In another reality, my counterpart ended up switched places with Michael J Fox - from another universe. I can imagine how confusing both would've..."
Bill just smiled, as he simply began to ponder over what it might be like - if he and Ted switched places with Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves. He wondered if the actors were just as close, as he and Ted were. As Marty put in the videocassette, Bill wondered if the movie would compare to Back to the Future. He somehow doubted that it would.