Quantum leap: Night of the werewolf II.

"Are you okay Matt?" A voice asks.

Sam shakes his head and looks around.

"Matt?" The voice asks.

Sam realizes that he is Matt and shakes his head.

"Yeah just a little shook up." Sam responds.

"Hey I would be too if I found this." The voice says.

A flashlight beam hits the ground and Sam sees another mutilated body.

"Oh boy." Sam says.

And now the conclusion.

Al Is in the control room thinking. Gushie comes in.

"What's up Admiral? Sam has leaped in now." Gushie says.

"I know where he is. He only leaped into someone else in the same time period.
But a few minutes later."
Al responds.

"That's strange. He hasn't done that…" Gushie says.

"Since he leaped out of Oswald and into a security officer in J.F.K.'s car." Al
finishes.

"That's right. That was cause he couldn't complete his mission while in Oswald.
Could the same reason
be for this situation also?" Gushie asks.

"Maybe. But the real reason why I am troubled is how to tell Sam what has
happened." Al says.

"Oh you mean about the killers latest victim?" Gushie says sadly.

"Yes. His wife Donna." Al says.


Sam nearly collapses in pain over the wolf bite.

"Hey we need to get you back to the hospital." The officer says.

Sam just nods weakly. They take him to the ambulance and he is rushed back to
the hospital. Along the
way a portion of the moon comes out and Sam suddenly feels as if his blood is on
fire. The clouds quickly
cover the moon again and Sam feels better. He closes his eyes and rests on the
way to the hospital. In his
sleep, he has nightmares of him being someone else and being mauled by a beast.
He wakes up with a start
and finds himself in the hospital.

"He's awake again." The officer next to him says to the nurse.

The nurse comes over next to Sam and prepares a needle.

"No. No. Why are you giving me a shot." Sam asks squirming.

"You were bitten by a animal. You might have rabies. Plus you need to sleep
the night off so I will give
you some sedatives." The nurse says.

She injects him with the needle then sets up an IV.

The last thing Sam remembers is the sound of a familiar door opening and Al
stepping out. But the
sedatives win over him wanting to talk to Al. When he wakes up next morning, he
is shocked to see that Al
is still there.

"Have you been waiting there all night?" Sam asks.

"Yeah buddy. I was worried about you. Heck everybody at the project is worried
about you." Al says
smiling.

"Where am I? Who am I?" Sam asks.

"You are Matt Jones. You are in the same period as your last leap. Of course
you don't remember much of
that. Damn your Swiss cheese memory." Al says.

The data-pad beeps.

"Oh yeah. We figure the reason why you leaped was for one of two reasons. One
to save yourself from
death, but then why would you leap back in to this time period? The second
theory, which is more likely,
is that you couldn't complete your mission anymore inside the other guy so you
leaped into someone you
could finish it in." Al says.

Something on Sam's face brightens up.

"Yeah I remember a bit. I thought I got the killer. Why wasn't history
changed?" Sam asks.

"Oh it was changed all right. For the worse. Either a new killer is out there
or the old one wasn't stopped
like in the original history. In the new history the killings never stop. In
fact they are still happening
today." Al responds grimly.

"Does Ziggy have any idea who the killer could be?" Sam asks.

"More like what. Ziggy thinks that it's still a werewolf that is killing
people. That means the old killer
could have bitten a new victim and now there's a new werewolf out there. One
that never gets destroyed."
Al says.

"Oh come on Al. Werewolves?" Sam asks.

"That's what you said last time." Al says.

The data-pad beeps. Al looks at it and frowns.

"I have to go Sam. There are important people at the project that want to see
me immediately. I will return
as soon as possible. I will also see if I can find anything more" Al says.

He pushes some buttons and the door opens up. Al steps in and waves to Sam
before the door closes. The
view disappears and AL finds himself in the empty viewing room. Al makes sure
his clothes are all
straight and neat and goes to meet the 'stiffs'. The 'stiffs' are standing
around and very upset.

"Okay the man is here." Al says laughing.

"I am afraid that this is not a laughing matter Admiral Calavici. We have just
been informed that your
leaper may have leaped into a werewolf." One man says.

"Maybe but he would never believe." Al says.

"Ziggy tell us when the most probable time of Sam's mission ending." The other
guy says.

"Another murder happens tonight. Since Sam is inside the most probable suspect,
I would say that his
mission will end tonight one way or the other." Ziggy responds.

"You see that's a big problem. Cause not only is it around the three-day period
of a full moon in Sam's
time but in ours too. If he becomes a werewolf, then we think the guy in the
waiting room also. If that
happens and Sam leaps then we could be stuck with a werewolf for good. That
cannot happen." The first
guy says.

"So what are you saying?" Al asks frowning big time.

"We will be here until nighttime. If the man in the waiting room becomes a
werewolf then we have no
choice to kill it and stop this project." The second man responds.

"Are you crazy? You don't even know that all this is gonna happen." AL asks.

"That's why we are willing to wait." The first man says angry.

"I will never let you kill my buddy or stop this project. That will strand Sam
in time forever." Al says.

"If you try to stop us then we are ordered to use force against you. Even you
are successful in stopping us,
there will be others." The second one says.

"Who gave you the order?" Al asks.

"That is classified." The first man says.

"Classified? Are you telling me that the government is getting into this
project now in other ways than
funding?" Al asks.

"That is classified." The second man says.

"Why did I had a feeling that you were gonna say that?" AL asks sarcastically.

"We are gonna now go into a room to wait for the time. Please do not come to
talk to us again Admiral."
The first man says.

The two men walk away. Al's face turns red.

"Those damn beurocrats. They think they know what it is like to be in this kind
of place. They in there
stupid little offices." Al says.

Al punches the wall.

"Ziggy. Have you come up with any more information." Al asks.

"Yes. There is a 95% chance that Sam is there to stop the killer." Ziggy says.

"How can he stop the Killer if he may be the killer?" Al asks.

"Maybe he isn't the killer." Ziggy responds.

Sam is still lying in bed. Visitors startle him.

"I am sorry that your partner was killed. He was a great guy." The sarge says.

Sam just nods his head.

"And I am also sorry to hear about that nasty bite and possible rabies." The
sarge says.

He pulls back the sheet and sees the bandages on Sam's leg. The sarge winces.

"Ouch that had to hurt." Sarge says.

"Yeah it did." Sam says.

"I wish I knew who attacked you. But I guess the only other witness is dead.
And you can't remember."
The doctor says as he walks in.

Something in Sam screams werewolf. A werewolf bit me and not I will be cursed
forever.

The doctor looks at the bandaged wound.

"It seems to be healing nicely and I am not detecting an infection. The results
have come back in. You
don't have rabies. The animal must have been wild and nothing more." Doctor
says.

WEREWOLF.

"Werewolf." Sam says.

"What? Oh don't be ridiculous. It does look like a wolf bit you. But a
werewolf is just a legend." The
doctor says then leaves.

Sam's meal comes and Sam picks up the spoon. He screams and drops the spoon
then grabs his hand.

"Ouch. Why was that spoon heated so hot?" Sam yells.

The Sargent reaches over and touches it.

"It's just fine Matt. Are you okay?" The sarge asks when he sees Sam's face all
white.

"No I am not okay. I don't know what is going on inside of me but something is
going on." Sam says.

"Not that werewolf stuff again." The sarge says rolling his eyes up.

Meanwhile back at the project, the same thing happens to Matt when he is giving
food.

"What is wrong?" Al asks.

"That was a silver spoon." Ziggy responds.

"Oh oh. That isn't a good sign." Al says.

"What do you mean? What's happening to me?" Matt asks scared.

"We believe that you were bitten by a werewolf before coming here. That you are
becoming one.
Werewolves are weak against silver." Al says.

"Werewolves? That's ridiculous. A wild wolf attacked me. The same one that
probably was causing all
the murders." Matt says.

Al does a double take when he sees the two suit men watching.

"Remember Admiral. If he wolfs out, he dies." The first man says.

"What did he say?" Matt asks.

"Never mind. It's gonna be okay." Al says.

He shoots a bad look at the two guys and they leave. Al lies back and falls
asleep.

"Time until the moon rises, 1 hour." Ziggy's voice says.

Al wakes up with a start.

"1 hour? Man I really slept." Al says.

"Yes you slept quite some time. You deserved to sleep though." Ziggy says.

"Yeah I guess so. I haven't slept at all since this damn leap started." Al
says.

"I recommend you sleep well when this is over." Ziggy says.

"You seem to know everything. Do you know how to get Sam out of this if Matt
wolfs out?" Al asks
annoyed.

In 50 minutes suddenly the two guys wake Al up and startle him as he sees guns
in their hands.

"What the hell are you doing? It's not time for the possible change." Al asks.

"I'm sorry Admiral but I told them that I have found out that history has
changed again. There is a 95%
chance that Sam will die as a werewolf." Ziggy says.

"And that means that we will have a problem on our hand. This project ends
now." The two men say.

They walk towards the waiting room. A couple of people get in their way but the
men knock them out.

"Ziggy. Stop them no matter what it takes. I am gonna go to Sam. Also try to
find a way out of this." Al
says.

He rushes into the viewing room and activates it. He finds Sam still in the bed
but he is really riled up.

"Let me out of here. I am gonna change and nobody will be safe." Sam yells.

The only difference between the last time Al was there last is that Sam is
strapped to the bed.

"Oh Sam. What did they do to you?" Al asks.

"They said I was crazy. They will find out just how crazy I am soon." Sam says.

He looks out the window and watches the moon rise.

"Very soon." He says in a more growling voice.

"Ziggy I need some help now." Al yells.

The moon reaches its peak and Sam's eyes begin to glow. An unearthly growl
erupts from his throat.
Right before Al's eyes and horror, Sam turns into a monstrous wolf. He easily
breaks his bonds and tries to
swipe at Al but his paw passes right through.

"Come-on buddy." Al says.

Suddenly Al begins to short out.

"Ziggy what the hell is going on here?" Al yells.

"We are having trouble keeping a lock on Sam's brain now that he has changed."
Ziggy responds.

"Keep it going. I can't lose him now." Al yells.

Sam looks over at Al and growls. Then he turns and leaps out the window. Al
pushes some buttons and
zeroes on Sam as he is racing through the woods.

"Time to probable death of Sam, 1 minute." Ziggy says.

"Please Sam. You have to listen to me. I know there is still some Sam in you."
Al pleads.

"Warning. The two men are almost free. I predict that once they are free, it
will take less than that time to
kill the person in the waiting room." Ziggy says.

"So your saying that we may not have the time till Sam dies in this time line."
Al says.

Ziggy doesn't say anything. She doesn't need to.

"Come on Sam. Snap out of this. You have gotten out of worse things than
this." Al pleads.

Suddenly Sam stops and growls at someone in the darkness.

"Ah a prey to shoot." A man says.

He raises his rifle up and prepares to fire.

"No! Sam." Al yells.

Suddenly Sam leaps out of the werewolf and into the hunter. Sam looks around
confused.

"Shoot it! Shoot it!" Al screams.

Sam shoots at the terrifying creature over and over and over again. He keeps
pulling the trigger even when
the chamber clicks. His face shows total terror. Meanwhile back in the
project, the two men break into the
waiting room. But they are surprised to see a normal Sam instead of a werewolf.
Gushie rushes in after
them.

"What happened to the werewolf?" The first man asks.

"I don't know. Perhaps he never changed." Gushie responds.

"No. We heard growling coming from inside here." The second man says.

"The doctor has leaped out and the mission is over." Ziggy says.

"But how do we know this isn't some kind of a trick?" The first man says raising
his rifle.

"Get the hell out of our project." A loud booming voice sounds.

The two men spin around and see the Al.

"This is over. I want you to leave and never come back here again. I don't
like people that threaten my job
and my friend." Al says angrily.

He rips the rifles out of both men's hands and tosses them to the ground.

"Fine. You win this time but this isn't the last time you have heard of us."
The first man says.

The two men storm out. A few minutes later Ziggy informs them they have left
the upper entrance. Al
finally releases his breath that he was holding since he bellowed the threat.
Al leaves the room and slams
his fist into the wall.

"Damn it people like that really tick me off." Al says.

"Admiral. I have finished the search for the guys that were here. There is no
record of them in any
government record. Or any record at all. They don't exist." Ziggy says.

"Then who were they?" Al wonders.

The two men are driving away and suddenly their whole bodies glow with energy
like a leap except for it's
a red hue instead of a blue white hue. Their appearances change also. When the
hue goes away the men
look around confused.

"Where are we?" One of the men asks.

"I don't know." The other man responds.

"Man things like this always seemed to happen to other people. Not me." The
first man says.

They drive away not knowing what just happened to them. An evil laughter
sounds.

This is only the beginning.

The end.

Next time Sam leaps into a counselor in the 60's. The only problem is that the
kid he is counseling has a
problem that he knows about but the rest of the world doesn't know about in that
time period. Can he
convince the parents that their kid isn't stupid and deserves some real help?