Sam and Daniel walked into Daniels lab. Daniel closed the door behind Sam and Al appeared beside Sam.
"So, what kind of tests were you talking about?" Sam looked at Daniel.
"Oh there's no tests.. We're just going to talk Jack. Something's up with you and I think you're afraid to tell anyone else." Daniel confronted.
"Sam I've got good news I talked to this Jack guy and he says you can trust Daniel and tell him about the quantum leap project he says that Daniel will know what to do." Al said excitedly.
"Are you sure?" Sam whispered trying not to get caught by Daniel but failing.
"Yeah I'm sure. You shouldn't be afraid to tell anyone anything Jack. We trust one another, you know that more than anyone." Daniel replied.
"Yeah yeah Jack says that the Stargate program deals with this kind of stuff all the time he says that Daniel understand and will try and help." Al answered.
"Really?" Sam whispered again trying to be careful, but Daniels sharp ears could hear anything.
"Yes really Jack." Daniel replied.
"It's worth a shot and hey if Daniel doesn't believe you that it proves that you're sick." Al told him.
"Is there anything you're hiding?" Daniel asked.
Sam sighed. "I know this might sound strange but... bear with me. what if I told you that I wasn't Jack."
"Okay." Daniel not surprisingly, he actually Sounded like he agreed with Sam.
"Okay? I'm telling you that I'm not Jack even though I look exactly like him and sound exactly like him doesn't that sound weird?" Sam asked.
"Not as weird as you might think." Daniel smiled. "Actually, i was starting to assume you weren't Jack..."
"Wait, how could you think I wasn't Jack? Sam asked.
"Well... You aren't" Daniel said bluntly.
"He has you there Sam." Al smirked, taking his cigar out of his mouth.
"Do you know a man named Ma'chello?" Daniel continued.
"What? no I mean I don't think so..." Sam struggled "Do I?"
"No you don't Sam I don't think anyone does. I think you remember if you met a man with a Name like that." Al replied.
"No I don't" Sam answered.
"Okay then you're not a gua'ould." Daniel stated.
Sam look confused
"Long story." Daniel told him, He pulled up a chair and Gestured Sam to sit on it.
"Thank you." Sam said as he sat.
"So tell me who are you? where is Jack? and how did this happen?" Daniel asked.
"Well my name is Dr. Samuel Beckett and well I'm part of a program sort of like how you're part of the Stargate program but mine sort of went a little ca-ca. It it's called the quantum leap project and it was supposed to be about going through your own time and Changing history rewriting things and setting right what once went wrong. It's about helping people. But now I'm a little bit lost. See, somehow the project actually leaps me into people and I guess that's the best i can explain it, sorry for being vague, this is the first time I actually explained it to someone who understands. See I'm not trying to be bad or get some secrets about the Stargate program or anything like that I was just sent here to stop something from happening to Jack O'Neill, I don't know who's making me do this but somehow I'm doing it and I need to find out what it was,and to find out what it is I need to know more about Jack but right now actually I want to know why you're so calm about this." Sam explained.
"Yeah I'm kind of wondering the same thing to. I mean at least some people are skeptical." Al agree with Sam.
Daniel sighed. "Well I guess To explain that I have to explain the last mission... see our last mission was to actually find a man named Ma'chello. But this man was really, really wise he made so many gadgets and machines, one of them that I didn't know at the time, was actually a sort of transference machine I guess. It actually swapped us so the longest time I was dying and apparently he was eating sundaes at the diner using my credit card that to this day i still have to pay off. Not only that but while trying to figure out what happened Jack and Teal'c you know Teal'c, he was that alien with the symbol on his forehead."
"Oh yeah, He's an alien?!" Sam asked in amazement.
"Yeah what did you just think that they were little gray men? Actually there are aliens that are little gray men I know one his name is Thor, but anyways, See while trying to save me Jack and Teal'c switched and the machine didn't have a reverse that so we had to go and try to figure out how to reverse it before I died. What ended up happening was me and Teal'c switching personalities so basically Ma'chello's personality was inside Teal'c and Jack's personality was inside me. Then the next switch was Ma'cello and Jack so basically my personality was inside Jack and Teal'cs personality was inside Ma'cello. What happened next was simple all you had to do was switch Teal'c and Ma'chello and they'd be back to normal, Then all we had to do was switch me and Jack and we'd be back to normal. But the whole thing just was a mess, Ma'chello ended up dying and we were kind of-kind of shocked because he was-was really a good guy, just had bad things happen to him, actually I learned a lot from him because he's in same situation as me but it didn't give him the right to do what he did and I mean he did it on purpose, Jack and Teal'c they were just unlucky. And after that I guess... I guess I can believe anything now." Daniel explained.
"Wow that's confusing." Al replied. "I'll go have a talk with O'Neil in the waiting room to confirm Daniels story." Al pressed buttons on the handheld and the hologram room door opened, he stepped into it and it closed behind him.
"But you know I have to tell Gen. Hammond and Sam and everybody else about this, you can't just go around masquerading as someone else." Daniel told him "Especially Jack, I mean sooner or later someone will figure out you're not him and after last mission that's pretty possible."
"See that's the thing I wasn't even supposed to tell you, but- but Jack told me to tell you, I can't tell anyone else about my program but Jack said I could trust you so can I?" Sam asked.
"Hold on a minute Where is Jack?" Daniel asked standing up From his seat, concerned
"That's hard to explain too, see... He's sort of of me it-it's difficult to explain right now, but he's fine I assure you, actually the waiting room's cozy that's where he is right now in the waiting room. It's where we take people and I leap into, its this room inside my lab in the Quantum leap project, see we have to find out who they are who they know, what's wrong with them basically you have they short while to explain what happened and they just tell us, they don't get hurt in fact think couple times Al's actually had drinks with them I bet you he's having a drink with Jack right now." Sam Explained.
"Yeah that sounds like Jack." Daniel Chuckled "So Who's Al?"
"He's-he's a friend he's part of my quantum leap project but-but he's helping me, I'm the only one who can see him because he is a hologram and he talks with the people in the waiting room to get information, he's really a good guy, oh and he was in Navy, he's an admiral that's how he knows some stuff to help me and he's not here now but he helps me all the time were sort of like a team." Sam replied
"Sounds like he and Jack would get along" Daniel smiled "So let me get this straight you are here to prevent something that hasn't happened yet and then when you do you just going to go away and I can't tell anyone about it. I don't understand how I can help But I can try. I just I really think I should tell someone about this Sam would understand."
"Well Jack didn't say anything about Sam and I'm... well to admit it, I was reluctant to even tell you I haven't really told anyone about this before so it's been Al to tell everybody in the waiting room, to explain it, but I mean if you think that's the best. What I need to do is figure out what's wrong with Jack so that I can leap out here." Sam explained.
"What's wrong with... Oh, you mean him passing out on the mission." Daniel confirmed.
"Well not really see that was actually sort of my fault, originally I was supposed to leap into him during the mission but something went wrong so he just passed out, honestly I have no idea why I'm here that's sort of why need your help. Jack can't tell us anything and we're not getting anything about the Stargate program or any of you Sam, Jack everybody we can't get anything because the Stargate program is so hush-hush. He's Actually very difficult." Sam laughed.
Daniel joined in the laughter. "Yeah that's Jack all right, but I can't tell you that much about the Stargate program either unfortunately, it's hard to explain at least to civilian. Very high-tech stuff."
"But I'm not a civilian, I'm a doctor, a quantum physicist, I'd understand this thing, Hell I built my own project , I built machines for a living trust me I can understand anything you throw at me. Besides I look like Jack Don't I? So it'd just feel like you explaining the program to Jack you've done it before right, I mean from what I know you're the one that deciphered the hieroglyphs and discovered the Stargate that's actually.. All.. we know." Sam replied "Please sooner I figure out why I'm here sooner I can leave then. You can have Jack back."
"And how do I know you're telling me the truth?" Daniel asked.
"You don't. you just have to trust me like I'm trusting you by telling you all this, I mean I told you everything I've done, all my work, I'm trusting you, so believe me or not I still have to figure out why I'm here, it doesn't really matter if you help me I just-I just wanted you know." Sam answered.
"Why?" Daniel questions raising his eyebrow.
"Because that's what Jack told me to do." Sam said bluntly.
"You're not really giving me a choice here are you?" Daniel sighed.
"There's always a choice. It's just your job to make the right one." Sam looked at Daniel innocently.
Daniel sighed again "yeah, you're definately not Jack."
