Time And Alternate Dimension In Space - Part 17

Quantum Leap - Tear Down This Wall (Part 4)*

The bar was like many others. Tables and chairs filled the room, stools by the bar, a pool table in the back along with a jukebox playing ‘La Bamba’, from Los Lobos. Sam walked in and drew only a few looks from the patrons closest to the door. Sam looked around but didn’t see Matthew right away. He walked towards the bar.

“Excuse me, I’m looking for someone named Matthew, do you know him?”

The bartender eyed him up for a second. “You gonna order something?”

Sam wasn’t sure if he had the information and wanted him to purchase a beer first, or if he was ignoring him but still wanted him to order something. “Yea, give me a beer.”

The bartender poured the beer and set it on the counter, waiting to be paid. Sam handed him a bill more than the cost of the drink. “Keep it.” Sam told him indicating the change.

“He’s back watching the game. I’m not going to have any trouble from you am I?”

“No, just here to talk.”

The bartender pointed toward a corner of the room where broken glass and bottles had been swept neatly into a pile. “That’s from the last ‘discussion’ here.”

“I’ll make sure our talk goes smoother than the last one.” Sam flashed him a weak smile. He grabbed his beer and took a drink, then put it down walking toward the pool tables. “Can I get next game?”

Matthew recognized him instantly, despite the several beers in his system. “Hey, you!” Matthew stood and looked Sam in the eyes. “I know you. You were trying to hit on my wife.”

“Actually, I wasn’t.” Sam told him, but Matthew barely heard as he took a swing. Being inebriated, he missed Sam and swung at empty air. Sam grabbed his arm and held it behind his back, stopping Matthew from acting any further. The two men from the pool game put down their sticks. “I only came to talk.” He told them, they didn’t resume their game.

“I should tear you limb from limb.” Matthew told him. “Let go of me and fight like a man.”

“I didn’t come to fight.”

“I don’t care, let me go.” Sam released his arm hoping it would ease the tension. It didn’t, Matthew put both his fists back in the air tempting Sam to continue fighting. Sam remained calm and shook his head. Matthew took another swing at Sam, but missed wildly again.

Sam took another step back, “I’m just here to talk. I’m sorry about before but…” Matthew took another swing. It came closer to Sam this time and instinctively Sam countered it and punched Matthew in the stomach, sending him to the ground. “Do you want your wife to walk out on you?”

This made Matthew stop; the words were too close to home. He buried his head in his hands. Sam reached down to help him up. “I’ve really come to talk. I was not hitting on your wife.”

“Then what?” Matthew asked accepting Sam’s help. The song ‘With or Without You’ from U2 began playing on the jukebox.

“I’ve noticed Amy’s been on edge lately. When you saw me with her earlier, I left the gym and saw her walking down the street crying. I went to make sure she was okay, but she’s not is she?”

“I’ve not been myself lately.” Sam and Matthew grabbed a table and sat down. The two others continued their pool table game.

“Yea, so Amy told me. Things must really be hectic for you at work.”

“You’ve no idea. “

“I’m sure your wife has no idea either. That’s probably what’s bothering her, you not talking to her.”

“I don’t want to bother her with my problem. Captain Baites has me working on a top secret project.”

“Maybe you don't want to bother her but you’re creating more of a problem by not telling her how you feel. The more you hold everything in, the more a wall comes between the two of you.”

“Are you a psychologist or something?” Matthew asked.

Sam thought back trying to remember if he took any psychology classes. He then realized it wouldn’t matter if he did anyway, “I took psychology classes in college.”

“Actually, you did.” It was Al, he somehow snuck in without Sam hearing, a trick Al loved to play on him. Absentmindedly, Sam turned around to look at him, but remembered no one else could see Al. He turned back towards Matthew.

“The work you are doing must be very important. But how can you focus on it properly when your home life is in chaos? You need to fix your family life so you can excel at work. Shutting Amy out and drinking your problem away is not going to draw you two together. If your work is hectic, share it with your wife. She’ll thank you, and you can draw on her for support.”

“Good Sam.” Al told him, he checked the display of his hand device and nodded approvingly. “I think that did it Sam.”

Matthew picked himself up from the table. “Thanks, I appreciate your help.”

“And let your wife continue her fitness classes. She wants to look good for herself and for you.”

“Sure, right.” Matthew said. He shook Sam’s hand and walked over to the bartender asking for a coffee to go.

Sam looked over to Al. “Well?”

“You did it Sam. Matthew goes home and patches things up with his wife. The shielding he develops is a success. The incident on the remote island is contained and no one dies.”

“What about Amy and Matthew?”

“They remain married.” Al hits a few more buttons on his device. “Oh, till she dies in 1998 from a car accident. But they are happy till then.”

“Not the happiest of endings I guess.” Sam admitted.

“Maybe not, but you gave them many years of happiness they were not originally going to have. You did good.”

“I know Al, thanks for being here for me. I’m glad I’ve got you as a helper and friend.”

Sam suddenly felt an electrical surge charge his body and in a blinding light his consciousness was gone, returning Andrew back to his body. Sam was moving on to his next adventure.


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*This is part 17 of the 20 part 'Time And Alternate Dimension In Space'.
A Doctor Who, Quantum leap, Writers Block, Sliders & Legion of Super Heroes crossover.

Time And Alternate Dimension In Space - Part 12

Quantum Leap - Tear Down This Wall (Part 3)*

Sam looked around wondering if anyone saw him hit the ground. Fortunately, the street was quiet. He picked himself up and made his way to the house where Andrew lived. It was a two bedroom, one being used for fitness. A jump rope hung on the wall and a couple of medicine balls were on the floor along with dumbbells. He tossed the gym bag into the room and walked back to the living room, pacing up and down hoping Al would arrive with additional information. He turned the television on as a distraction and recognized the show but with his Swiss-cheese brain he couldn't think of the name. Four men were racing down the road in a black van with a red stripe down the side. Half of the men were hanging out of the windows shooting guns at a car in front of them. The oldest looking man finally squeezed off a shot that blew the cars tire. The car spun wildly out of control and flipped over. As the van came to a stop he pulled himself back into the van, taking the cigar out of his mouth he said, ‘I love it when a plan comes together’. Sam said the line along with him, remembering it, as if it had been said many times before. He then ignored the TV and went back to pacing up and down.

His contemplation was interrupted by the sound of the chamber door. Al stepped in and noticed dried blood under Sam's nose. “What happened to you?”

“I ran into Amy’s husband. He punched me when he felt I was sticking my nose where it didn’t belong.”

“Was it?” Al asked.

“How can you ask me that? I was leaving the gym and saw Amy walking down the street crying. I went to make sure she wasn’t hurt and he pulled up in his car and punched me before taking her home.”

Al considered telling Sam he should have been more careful, then realized he would have done the same thing.

“So what did you find?”

“This is interesting Sam. He’s a military scientist working on a shielding project to stabilize quantum energy signatures.”

The words made Sam think for a second, “Isn’t that a field I specialize in? Am I here to give him the answers?” Sam sounded and looked disgusted.

“No, no. That’s part of the unusual bit. He’s highly skilled in this area. But his work on this project stopped suddenly when his wife left him. The break-up tore him apart and he became unraveled. Eventually the military let him go, his work was handed to someone else?”

“So I need to make sure his marriage lasts, so he continues the project? What difference does it make if he’s on or not?”

“As I said, he’s exceptionally skilled in this area. And uh…” Al trailed off as he kept looking at the display.”

“What? Did something happen? Al.”

“The person who took over for him was not as skilled. The shielding his replacement came up with was utilized in 2009. But it wasn’t as strong as it should have been; there was an incident which caused a catastrophic explosion, thousands of people died. If there was better shielding it could have been avoided. You need to make sure things are patched up between Amy and Matthew.”

“How am I going to do that? He tried to take my head off last time we met.”

Al didn’t respond but looked towards the TV, which was now showing a special news report. Both paused for a second as they listened to Ronald Reagan. A crowd gathered in front of him at the Brandenburg gate was cheering. When it died down Reagan continued. “Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.”



“I’m not sure how you’re going to do it Sam, but one thing is certain. You need to tear down the wall that has come between Amy and Matthew.” Al tapped a few buttons on his machine, “He’s at a local pub, ‘the Sugar Shack’, a mile west of here.”

“Sure, he can go out.” Sam muttered to himself.

(To Be Concluded)


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*This is part 12 of the 20 part 'Time And Alternate Dimension In Space'.
A Doctor Who, Quantum leap, Writers Block, Sliders & Legion of Super Heroes crossover.

Time And Alternate Dimension In Space - Part 7

Quantum Leap - Tear Down This Wall (Part 2)*

With the room empty, Sam and Al were able to talk without Sam having to reply in code. When others were around, Sam had to carefully reply since no one could see Al. And the last thing needed was his host to be viewed as crazy.

“What happened?” Sam asked?

“I don’t know.” Al pressed a few buttons frantically but the device still wouldn’t respond. “It was fine before I came in. I’ve never seen it lose power like this.”

“Can you remember where I am at least?”

“Oh yes, June 12th 1987.” Al hesitated as he waited to see if the date meant anything. Sam shook his head and waited for Al to continue.

“This is the day Ronald Reagan gave his speech at the Brandenburg Gate telling Gorbechev to tear down the Berlin Wall.”

Sam sighed, “I hate the 80’s. Was there any reasoning you feel I need to save their marriage?” As Sam said this, there was a blip from Al's hand-link.

“Sam, I've got a bit of power here. 80% it’s now saying.” The back light on the display was faint but steady. “I think it started losing power when you suggested helping Amy instead of her marriage.”

“I don’t see why I would be helping her marriage if her husband is abusive.”

“I didn’t see any abuse.” Al had to admit. Looking down, he noticed the screen was gone again. “Powers gone.”

“This is ridiculous.” Sam admitted, still he was up for his own little experiment. “I’ll try to save her marriage as long as I don’t think I’m putting her in any dangerous situation.”

The power returned suddenly and Al quickly hit a switch, opening the imaging chamber door. “I think someone is trying to tell you something.” Al pointed to the ceiling.

“Don’t be stupid.” Sam said. Still, he had to admit it was eerie how the project lost power every time he suggested helping Amy instead of her marriage.

“See what you can do. I’m going to research what I can find out about Amy or her husband.” Hurriedly, Al stepped out of the imaging room and the door closed behind him, leaving Sam to himself. He looked around the room for anything to more clearly identify who he was. Amy called him Andrew so he knew his name. In one corner Sam found a gym bag. Upon inspection he found a wallet with Andrews name in it and a set of car keys. He grabbed the keys and put the wallet into a pocket of the gym bag. He picked up the bag and headed outside to find the car. Stepping outside he noticed a single car along the road. He locked the door to the gym behind him and tested the car keys to make sure they opened the car. When they did Sam threw the bag inside and was about to get in when he saw Amy half a block away. She was walking slowly and looked upset. Instead of getting into the car, Sam ran off towards Amy.

“Amy.” He called as he approached her. She quickly tried to dry some tears.

“Don’t.” She said picking up her pace.

“What’s wrong?” He insisted.

“He left me.” She said. “…told me if I wanted to be out and about I could walk home.”

“I don’t understand.” Sam told her. “What’s going on? Really?”

Amy stopped walking and looked into his eyes. “I don’t know what’s wrong. He’s never been like this. Ever since he started working on that new project handed over from the Roswell branch he’s been irate and explosive. I know you think I’m just saying it, but he was never like this.”

“Well maybe it’s none of my business.” Sam admitted to her. “But that shouldn’t be an excuse for treating you like that. It was uncalled for.”

“I’ve…” She stopped herself for a moment then continued. “I’ve been thinking of leaving him.”

“Has he hit you?” Sam asked.

“No, he’s never laid a hand on me, I… I just don’t know how much of this I can handle. He refuses to talk to me so I have no idea what he’s going through. He says the project is too top secret to talk about.”

Sam hated to see a woman upset and stressed out, but he knew he couldn’t support her idea of leaving her husband, as much as he wanted to. He wasn’t sure how to encourage her, whatever he said wouldn’t be what he really wanted to suggest.

Suddenly the sound of a car screeching could be heard. Looking over to the road, Amy’s husband pulled up and put his car in park and ran over. “Get your hands off her!” He said, pushing Sam backward. He grabbed Amy’s arm and Sam saw her wince in pain. “Get in the car!” He yelled at her.

“Hey!” Sam said moving back toward Amy and Matthew. In a second, Matthew turned around and smashed Sam in the face, knocking him to the ground. Sam could feel the blood begin to trickle down his nose.

Amy looked to Sam on the ground but ran to the car.

“Mind your own business.” Matthew told him. He was back in the car and driving down the street before Sam could even get back up.



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A Doctor Who, Quantum leap, Writers Block, Sliders & Legion of Super Heroes crossover.

Time And Alternate Dimension In Space - Part 2

Quantum Leap - Tear Down This Wall (Part 1)*

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Becket led an elite group of scientists into the desert to develop a top secret project known as Quantum Leap. Pressured to prove his theories or lose funding, Dr. Becket prematurely stepped into the project accelerator and vanished. He awoke to find himself in the past; suffering from partial amnesia and facing a mirror image that was not his own. Fortunately contact with his own time was maintained through brainwave transmissions with Al, the project observer who appeared in the form of a hologram that only Dr Becket can see and hear. Trapped in the past, Dr. Becket finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right that once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

Sam always remembered the feeling from 'leaping'. It was somewhat frightening yet calming at the same time. What scared him most was the dreaded feeling of not knowing who he he was going to be or what period in time he was going. He became an expert on stalling for time till he figured out what he was doing, or what he was expected to be doing.

When the feeling of leaping was over, Sam immediately began to ascertain where and when he was. It wasn't difficult to figure out what he looked like this time as he was in a room with mirrors on every wall except the back, where the main door was. He was a fit looking man wearing sweats and a muscle shirt. Looking around the room, many good-looking women were wearing leotards and/or one-piece outfits. Many had hair secured behind their heads in the form of a ponytail. Currently, Sam's host was in mid-process of bending over and grabbing his ankle, stretching it as much as possible. Trying not to skip a beat, he reached over and grabbed his other leg to stretch for a second or two.

“Aren’t you done warming up?” A young lady called out to him, she was dressed in light blue. Sam stood to talk but she was already walking away, giving him a wink as she continued to the back of the room.

‘Where are you Al?’, Sam wondered to himself. He was in an aerobics class, at the very beginning it looked like. Leaping through time kept Sam pretty active, but he never took a fitness class. As he looked around, the rest of the girls were taking positions on the floor, ready to begin, he looked around for a place to call his own.

“Same tape?” It was the woman.

“Uh, yea,” Sam replied having no idea what he agreed to.

“Well, take your position.” She said, Sam looked around for an empty spot. “The girls are waiting for you to begin.”

Suddenly realization smacked him. He wasn’t here as a student, he was the fitness instructor. “Oh boy.” Sam said to himself.

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Sam normally tried to lay low and watch others to determine how to react till Al arrived. Being the instructor, he didn’t have the luxury. A radio from the back of the room began to play a Gloria Estefan song, as all eyes looked towards him. Sam wasn’t sure exactly how to start so he drew upon as many memories as he could of his childhood gym class. He started doing jumping jacks, which got a few odd glares, but the women obediently followed along. He realized he couldn’t continue the entire session doing the same thing and tried to remember other active moves. Suddenly a large pounding at the door was heard. Somewhat relieved Sam said, “Sorry ladies, take five. We’ll begin again in a minute.” The music at the back stopped leaving the girls looking around confused.

Sam noticed the door was oddly locked. As he unlocked the door his young assistant called out, “Andrew no!”

The warning was late and the door suddenly opened outward, in a rush. A rather gruff looking man immediately tried to enter but Sam blocked his way, “can I help you?”

“Get out of my way.” The man said poking him in the chest. Sam didn’t budge but the man was persistent and pushed his way in. “I thought I told you to quit this class Amy!” He yelled at the assistant. She backed away slightly.

“You were okay with it when I started.”

“When you were doing it in the mornings. I came home from the base tonight and nothing was ready for supper. Let’s go now!” He reached over and grabbed her arm.

“Listen buddy, why not leave her alone? You need some time to cool off.”

“What business is it of yours?”

Sam looked in the mirror and noticed how much taller Andrew was than the guy threatening Amy. He stood up straighter and began clenching his fists slightly. “I said cool off. She’ll leave when she’s ready.”

“I’ll wait in the car.” He replied as all eyes in the room were now fixed on him. He let her arm go and stormed out. “You better be right out.”

“You shouldn’t have done that.” Amy said. “It’s not what it looks like, he’s been under a lot of stress.”

Suddenly, Sam heard the sound of a mechanical door whooshing open only he could hear. Beyond it was a white blinding light and Al stepped in. The door closed just as quickly. The hand-held device in his hand glowed with multi-colored lights as he pushed various buttons. As normal, Sam attempted to ignore his arrival.

“I couldn’t just stand there and let him treat you like that. He has no right, no matter how much stress he's been under.” Al noticed Sam needed the name of her husband so he punched a few buttons on the strange device.

“Her husband’s name is….” Al never finished as Amy spoke up quickly, almost as if she heard Al.

“Matthews having problems on an assignment. You don’t understand.” She cried as she suddenly ran for the door. Sam let her go, looking frustrated. Turning back toward Al he saw all others in the class still watching the scene.

“I think under the circumstances, we should cancel the class for now.” The women didn’t seem to complain and began gathering their things.

“Okay, you’re here because…”

This time it was Sam who cut him off, “I know why I’m here.” He looked towards the door.

“Are you sticking around?” One of the women asked Sam who thought he was talking to her.

“What? No. Just thinking out loud, sorry.” He walked toward the front of the room where it was empty. The other ladies began to file out.

Al watched the women walk out of the gym. “Right now I don’t care why you’re here. I wonder where the locker room is.”

“Al!” Sam yelled at him. One of the last few women filing out turned and looked at him for a second. He didn’t notice so she resumed leaving, shrugging her shoulders.

“Sorry.” Al said.

“I’m here to save Amy from her husband.”

Al slammed the side of the device and grunted at it in disgust. “I’m afraid not. Ziggy says there’s a 78% chance you’re here to save her marriage.”

“That can’t be right.” Sam told him. “Did you see the way he was treating her?”

Al slammed the device once more. He tried pushing a button, then slammed it again as it gave off a mechanical groaning noise. It didn’t seem to like being smacked. Al shook his fist at it and slammed it again.

“What wrong?” Sam asked.

“I don’t know, this stupid thing is acting really funny again. It’s stopped giving any other information other than ‘cataclysm’. I don’t recall it doing this before. The lights on the device began to fade. “Sam, the powers going out.” Al attempted to press a few more buttons when suddenly the lights, and the low mechanical sound it made faded to nothing. “We’ve lost power.”

Sam gave a questioningly look to Al, “But if the project has lost power, why are you still here?”


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