From: Lenora McCoy Subject: "Quantum Leap: A Visit to a Weird Planet" (2/5) Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 22:51:59 -0700 Organization: Sprint Internet Passport Message-Id: <336EC6FF.2009@technologist.com> "Quantum Leap: A Visit to a Weird Planet" by Lenora McCoy (part 2 of 5) "Dean! Dean! I think our spoiled rotten star is getting more spoiled by the minute. How much are you paying him, Don?" "Same as you, Scott." Al woke slowly, slightly confused at first. He'd been talking with Sam and then . . . oh yeah. He'd ended up on this show that was filming what was going on at Project Quantum Leap. He groaned as he sat up and discovered stiffened muscles. How long had he slept, anyway? "What time is it?" The sandy-haired man who had been shaking him, and who was a dead ringer for Sam, smiled. "Only 6 o'clock, lazy bones. You've been out for four hours. Luckily, we didn't need your carbon quarks anymore today." Al scowled -- this guy was having way too much fun at Al's expense. "Okay, Scott, enough. Remember what Dean did during 'Sea Bride'? You don't want to go through that again, do you?" So this guy was Scott, and he'd called the other guy Don. That was a start. Now if only Ziggy could find him and tell him what he had to do. "Did you forget about our dinner date already, Dean? Oh, and here's a revised timetable for the rest of the week." Don handed him a new timetable. "Uh, no, well, it kinda slipped my mind." Al figured faking amnesia to get information was better than not knowing enough and making a big mistake. He got up and put the new timetable inside the cover of the script, on top of the old one. The new one was blue, while the old one was white, so Al didn't think he'd get them confused. "Yeah, our dinner at the Brown Derby to discuss the next few weeks of episodes. I'm driving," Scott answered. Dean met with Dr. Beeks. She was even more beautiful than the actress who had made a couple of guest appearances as Verbena on the show. He could really understand Al's comment from a past show about how he 'used to think she was cute'. She explained that there didn't seem to be any indications that Stone -- the guy in the Waiting Room, had murdered Janice DiCaro. She also warned him to keep Sam away from P.J. DiCaro. Dean nodded and added his input at the right times and was happy to note that she seemed fooled. Thank God. Later, sitting in Al's quarters looking at the Admiral's flashy wardrobe, Dean decided to confide in Ziggy. Maybe she can help me get back home, and he started up a conversation with the hybrid computer. After he had explained the situation to Ziggy, she sighed. Dean was surprised at how human she sounded. He thought of how much the real Ziggy sounded like Deborah. "I do not believe it would be a good idea to reveal the switch to other members of the project. Your brain wave patterns are close enough to those of Admiral Calavicci's so that there should be no problems with maintaining contact with Dr. Beckett. Meanwhile, I will try to determine how this switch occurred. Do you think you can fool the other members of the project?" Dean smiled, "Oh, I think I can fool them with a role I've been playing for nearly five years. What I'm worried about is the handlink. I can't figure out which button is which!" Suddenly, the terminal on the desk lit up with a picture of the handlink. "Here is the tutorial the Admiral used to familiarize himself with this handlink design. Gooshie will be expecting you in the Control Room in one half hour." "Thanks Ziggy!" "You're welcome, Mr. Stockwell. Or shall I say, Admiral." Dean sat down at the desk and began to work his way through the handlink tutorial. -----------------------------To be continued--------------------------- -- 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)