Holy Toledo! I didn't think I was ever going to post this on But, here it is. For those of you that don't know me, I usually just post my SG-1 stories, but this one got such a great response on my personal website that I had to post it here for the masses. If you'd like to see my site, just go to my profile and click on homepage.

"…so I was thinking; what would happen if I could prove ghosts were real?" David Kauffman took hurried steps down the hall that led to his lab in Phoenix's Western Division's basement. "It got me into studies of ectoplasm, ghost hunters, haunted houses and so much more! Now, see, from what I've learned, our reality is not too far from theirs. If given enough energy, and focused correctly, a portal could be built and used to enter into their reality and enable us to view it! I've had a lot of success with computer models, and I wanted you to be here for the first live test, Mac. If all goes right, it should work!"

MacGyver merely rolled his eyes and tried to look like he believed Kauffman. But, to him, ghosts were nothing more than childhood fantasy. Science said: "Ghosts aren't real." Therefore, they aren't. At least to him. But, to people like Kauffman, always searching for dreams to become real, everything they saw on TV could be somehow translated into reality.

Though, he couldn't help but pity Kauffman. He felt sorry for what the "scientist" was about to find out. Dr. Kauffman's dreams were about to be crushed by reality and Mac knew it was going to hurt. He wished he could do something to convince the man that he was wrong, but he'd already tried and had only made the problem worse.

Looking over David's shoulder he could see the door to the lab up ahead. What he wouldn't give to be anywhere else at the moment. He didn't want to see another man broken in front of him. He didn't want to see David's dreams crushed before his eyes. He'd seen enough of that in his lifetime. Men had wasted away in front of their dreams, and he was tired of seeing it.

"Well, Mac, here we are!" Kauffman slid his key card through the reader and the gunmetal gray door opened with a click. "Get a load of this."

With that, Kauffman pushed open the door to reveal his lab.

Inside was a flurry of activity all centered around a giant circular machine. The portal itself was seven feet wide, seven feet high, and seven feet long. The inside was filled with modified solar panels that were a white gray color. The outside was concrete gray with blue lines running horizontally around it in a sort of sunburst pattern.

The front of the machine had dozens of blinking lights and the side to MacGyver's right had a keypad, LCD screen, some different buttons, and two red knobs. All in all, it was an impressive sight to behold.

Mac suddenly found himself wondering if it would actually work. It sure as hell looked like it would. Though it also looked like it would spontaneously take flight too, or start spouting out the String Theory at the drop of a hat. He held back a laugh at the thoughts; quite sure that nothing would happen when Kauffman flipped the switch, besides shutting down all the power for an entire city block.

"Uh, David," Mac said slowly, following the scientist further into the lab, "is this safe?"

"As safe as anything like this can be." Kauffman replied. "Feel free to look around; we have a few last minute things to do."

MacGyver nodded, then walked over to the front on the machine. He bent his neck back trying to look up at the top of the machine. Frowning, he glanced at the instrument panel to his right. Various things were passing on the LCD screen, and none made any sense, except the power levels, which were at quarter capacity.

Mac focused his gaze onto the inside, wondering exactly what Kauffman had done to the solar panels, if they were solar panels at all. They were obviously for the focusing part of Kauffman's explanation, or at least, Mac though they were. But, with things like these he could never really be sure until they were turned on.

Letting his curiosity get the best of him, MacGyver stepped inside the machine.

He looked down at his feet to see the floor of the machine was covered in the strange panels too, not just the walls and ceiling. He stepped further in, admiring Kauffman's work. The guy sure went all out with this project, that much was certain. Most of the funding had come from the man's own account, not just the Phoenix grants, amazingly.

Mac was so engrossed in his exploration that he didn't hear the P.A. announcing that the live test was about to begin.

"…five, four, three, two…one. Commencing power up sequence."

Mac frowned. Was it getting hot in there or was it just him? Confused, he glanced around and noticed that the panels were glowing. His eyes widened in shock for a brief moment, but before he could think, a bright green light erupted and MacGyver knew no more.

Wow. I've shocked myself. Sadly, that happens quite often. Please drop me a line and tell me what ya think. Oh, and fair warning, I've only written 5 chapters of this and it likely will not be finished, so don't kill me please! Review!