From: Lenora McCoy Subject: "Quantum Leap: A Visit to a Weird Planet" (5/5) Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 22:56:39 -0700 Organization: Sprint Internet Passport Message-Id: <336EC817.679@technologist.com> "Quantum Leap: A Visit to a Weird Planet" by Lenora McCoy (part 5 of 5) Dean splashed some water on his face and put on gold pants, black shirt, and a burnished gold jacket, with shiny gold shoes, and headed down to the Control Room. "I talked to Stone, Admiral. He told me that he'd had an affair with Janice DiCaro two years ago and she called him the night of the murder," Dr. Beeks was saying. "What?" Dean didn't like this turn of events. "Yes, Admiral. According to the phone records of the DiCaro household, the last number dialed the night of the murder was Jack Stone's," Ziggy replied. "Oh boy. Look's like Stone is the killer." Dean dreaded having to tell Sam. He burst through the Imaging Chamber door. Sam was meeting with Mason Crane. "Sam, you gotta get outta here. Ziggy found out why DiCaro kills you. Jack and Janice had an affair two years ago. She called him the night of the murder. DiCaro isn't the killer. You are!" At lunch, Al had fun making fun of Scott along with the rest of the crew. The neat thing about it was that Scott didn't seem to mind the constant teasing. After the hour of teasing, Al became a little more light- hearted on the set, and Deborah remarked that he must have gotten his energy back. Dean had a nagging thought in the back of his mind about just how big the Imaging Chamber really was as he walked alongside Sam all the way from Crane's office to Malibu General, arguing with Sam about why he shouldn't go talk to P.J. Of course, Sam wouldn't listen to his advice, or Verbena's advice that he passed on. Ziggy relayed updated information and advice from Beeks. "Beeks says that if you make him remember his mother's death, he could maybe never pull out of this." Sam kept trying to find out who P.J. had seen in his house the night of the murder. Dean tried pulling an update on the odds up on the handlink. "Damn. Sam, you still get killed. I'm gonna go back and get with Ziggy on this." He punched the door code in, "You stay put." Dean stood for a moment staring at the door, then he got into his 'Admiral mode' and stormed into the Control Room. "Damnit Ziggy! I need something useful!" The computer replied evenly, "We're doing the best we can, Admiral. Why don't you go to your quarters and relax. You are no help to Dr. Beckett in your current emotional state. Perhaps a couple hours rest will help you to see the answers more clearly." Dean had to concede to that piece of advice. He shoved the handlink into Gooshie's hands and stormed back to Al's quarters. Once there, he flopped on the bed. "Ziggy, do you have anything on my situation?" "As a matter of fact, I do. That is why I suggested you come here, so I could tell you privately." "Finally! I need something helpful to brighten my day." "It seems that the unusual coincidence of both you and Admiral Calavicci performing the exact same movements at the exact same time of day on the same day of the year, caused a minor tear in the space-time continuum, which resulted in the switch." "Okay. So how do we reverse the switch?" "I do not know. It may not be possible." Dean sat and contemplated this. His one thought was Uh oh. Al was truly enjoying himself. Off-camera, they had a good time joking about the script. On-camera, everyone was professional. They were filming the final scene of the episode that afternoon -- one that was dramatic and heavy in tone. Sam was under hypnosis from the creepy shrink, Mason Crane, and Crane was trying to get Sam to commit suicide. Al had to walk through the Imaging Chamber door part way through the scene. Al carefully reviewed the script in his mind as the scene began. Dean took a deep breath to calm himself as he walked through the door to the Control Room. "What's up Ziggy?" "We have some information on Janice DiCaro's murder, and the mysterious dreams Dr. Beckett has been having. It turns out that Jack Stone witnessed his mother's autopsy when he was only nine years old. Seeing Janice DiCaro's body must have reminded him of that horrible memory. And we have discovered that the reason Peter DiCaro tried to commit suicide was that he was under hypnosis." "Hypnosis! Who hypnotized him?" Al breathed a sigh of relief as the director called, "Cut! Print! Great job everyone!" They were finally finished for the day. Al wearily headed back to Dean's trailer. As he looked at the children's drawings hanging on the wall, he wondered, Am I ever going to get back home? Dean panicked when Ziggy told him they were loosing Sam. He hurried into the Imaging Chamber. "Sam! Sam! Sam! Snap out of it! He's inside your mind! Ziggy can't hold on to you!" There was a knock on the door to the trailer. "Come in!" "Here's next week's script. You don't have to be here for the leapin, as usual. Go ahead and go home to Joy and the kids, and be back on Monday." The man left. Al wondered how he was going to get home if he didn't even know where home was. Dean sighed as Sam slid down to sit on the floor. Crane was dead, and Sam was safe. Dean crouched down by Sam, and watched as he lept away. I'm glad I got to see this. It's really beautiful. He took a deep breath and left the Imaging Chamber. "Dr. Beckett has leaped. You won't be needed for several hours at least, so go to bed Admiral." Dean grunted, tossed the handlink onto the main console, staggered over to Al's quarters and laid down. How am I ever going to get home? All of a sudden, Dean opened his eyes and saw not the bare walls of Al Calavicci's quarters, but rather the walls of his trailer. "Home?" Al saw his own quarters and rejoiced. "Ziggy, what's gone on?" "It is a pleasure to have you back, Admiral. Dr. Beckett is safe and between leaps." "You're still here Dean? I thought by now you'd be halfway back home!" Dean sighed. Home at last. He hoped Al and Sam were both safe. Al sighed. Home at last. He hoped Dean had gotten home safe. He sat down at the terminal and began to call up information on a certain period of history. ----------------------------THE END----------------------------------- -- Lenora McCoy, confessed Obsessed Leaper, Al-coholic, and Dean-drooler AdmiralCalavicci@hotmail.com AdmiralAl@star-trek.com http://www.geocities.com/Area51/4401/ CalavicciQL@juno.com Author of "Quantum Kirk" and other stories (list and/or requests by e-mail)