From: la095at8@csulb.edu (Michael Ejercito) Subject: Oval Office Date: 8 Dec 1995 01:07:21 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <4a8349$fnq@garuda.csulb.edu> Summary: Sam leaps into President Dwight David Eisenhower Note: This leap is subsequent to "Mirror Image" OVAL OFFICE by Michael Ejercito Stallions Gate,New Mexico. June 13,1999 Rear Admiral Albert Calavicci woke up at 7:11 a.m.,shaken by that awful dream he had last night. The light from the morning sun pierced his bedroom window,flooding his bedroom with warm rays. As he looked at the sleeping form covered by the blanket,he realized the significance of that day. It was his thirty-ninth wedding anniversary. An arm crept out of the blanket."Good morning,Beth,"Al said. "Good morning,Al,"Beth replied as she folded the blanket away from her. "Happy anniversary." "Happy anniversary to you too." Al thought briefly about their marriage. He thought about how they met in 1958,their wedding on June 13,1960. He remembered his captivity when his plane was shot down in Vietnam,and its significance. Beth had been considering divorce before Al went on his second tour of duty. Somehow,his captivity in Vietnam convinced Beth that she loved him,so she was there to greet him when he came back. Al then proceeded to go to the space program,Project StarBright,and Project Quantum Leap. Al and Beth were in the dining room. Al had Trix cereal,scrambled eggs,toast,and Minute Maid orange juice for breakfast. He said to Beth,"You know,I had a strange dream last night." "What was it about?"Beth asked. "I dreamed that when I came home after the Vietnam War,you were gone. The whole house was empty." "I would have never done that,"Beth said to Al. Al went into the bedroom to get dressed for work. He heard beeps coming from the wood drawer next to his bed. He opened the drawer and took out a small flashing,multi-colored,transluscent device. He looked at the device's screen. The device was a handlink to Ziggy,a supercomputer designed to run the quantum leap accelerator and the imaging chamber. Al looked at the handlink's screen. "Oh no! Sam leaped!"Al exclaimed. "Al,is there anything wrong?"Beth asked,hearing the commotion in the bedroom. "Yes! Damn it Beth!"Al shouted as he put on his uniform. "I have to go! Now!" Al put on his shoes and sprinted to the garage. He pressed a button to open the garage door. He saw Beth enter the garage. "You forgot this,"Beth said as she tossed him the handlink. "Thanks,"Al said. Al got into his 1994 red Corvette and started the engine. After the engine sputtered and roared to life,he put the car into reverse gear. He backed out of the driveway and into the street. He put the car in first gear and rolled down the street. As he sped along U.S. Highway 666 from Stallions Gate,with the song "Take on Me" by A-ha blaring out of the Corvette's stereo,Al thought about Sam's previous leap. Sam leaped into Cokeburg,Pennsylvania as himself on August 8,1953-his birth date. Al had a difficult time locating him because his aura was not in the waiting room,so Al had to use his neuron link with Sam to find him. (Usually Al uses the aura link between Sam and his host to find Sam.) When Al found Sam,Sam told him he met a bartender,who was coincidentally named Al,whom Sam thought was leaping him. The bartender told Sam that he leaped himself,which neither he nor Al believed. Al turned right on a gravel road leading to the site of the project. As Al raced through the desert,the gravel crunched underneath the tires. The road seemed to end in the hillside-or so it seemed. Al got out of the Corvette and went to a small metallic box sticking out of the ground. He punched in a few digits on a numeric keypad mounted on the box,and the hillside opened,revealing a parking garage inside. Al gopt back into his car and drove in. Al parked in a parking space marked "RADM ALBERT CALAVICCI". He got out of his Corvette and closed the door. He looked at a red Porsche 911 next to his Corvette. That was Sam's car,parked there since that fateful day in 1995 when Sam first leaped. Al ordered that the car stay put until Sam leaped home or he said otherwise. He pulled a glass door open and went inside. A Navy guard saluted him and said,"Good morning,Admiral." "Good morning,Ensign,"Al replied to the officer. As the blue light and humming sound faded,Doctor Samuel Beckett found himself sitting in a leather chair behind a desk. There were several papers,a rotary telephone,and a newspaper on the desk. Sam read the newspaper. The newspaper read "THE WASHINGTON POST OCTOBER 9,1955". Sam thought about his previous leap. He had leaped as himself to San Diego. There he convinced Beth that her husband Al was alive to prevent her from marrying a lawyer. He did not know if he succeeded,as Al was not there to give a synopsis. And if Al was not in the imaging chamber,he would not remember the original history. Sam was dressed in a black suit. He looked through his papers to find out who he is. Somehow,this office looked familiar. He looked at one of the papers and noticed a seal with a picture of an eagle on it. Around the seal read,"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT." "Oh boy,"Sam said in shock. Sam was shocked. He was the President of the United States! He could not believe it! And after that strange leap back in Cokeburg! He knew that it was something really big. Then he heard the telephone ring. Sam picked up the receiver. "Hello. This is the President of the United States. How may I help you?"Sam said into the receiver. "Mister President,this is the director of central intelligence. I am glad to inform you that Operation Gecko will be ready by the eleventh." "Two days from now?"Sam asked. "Yes,Mister President. Two days." "Uh,okay. Is there anything else?" "No,"replied the director."Goodbye,Mister President." "Goodbye,"Sam replied. Sam looked at the watch on his wrist. It was 8:15 a.m. He left the Oval Office and looked for a bathroom out in the hall. When he found a bathroom,a man dressed in a suit spoke to him. "Where are you going,Mister President?"he asked. "I'm going to use the can,"Sam replied. "The can,Mister President?" "It's uh,a secret CIA codeword for toilet." "I'll see you later,Mister President." Sam got into the bathroom. He looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. He saw Dwight David Eisenhower. I hope you enjoyed this story. I will continue with part two. Can you mail or post comments?