Sam watched apprehensively as the chamber door practically slammed shut.
Merton, meanwhile, was laying on the bench on his back.
"Great, I get abducted by aliens and they take their sweet time getting here..." he muttered.
"You weren't abducted by aliens, son." Al said, rolling his eyes.
"Pops??? What are you doing here??? What's going on??? Where am I??? Why am I dressed like this???"
"Easy, boy, relax..." Al said soothingly, putting a gentle hand on his shoulder.
Merton took a couple of deep breaths, eyeing his father warily.
"Okay, you know I am a Navy admiral, right?"
Merton nodded.
"And, you know the branches of the U.S. armed-forces sometimes work on top-secret scientific projects, right?"
Merton nodded again, this time more slowly.
"Well... this is project Quantum Leap. You're not in your body, Dr. Beckett is."
"Yeah, sure, Pops..."
"Look in the mirror, son." he said, steering Merton towards the mirror.
"Who's Dr. Beckett and what has he done with my body?!" Merton demande sounding nearly hysterical.
"Easy, easy... he's a good guy; one of my best friends, and this wasn't on purpose, okay? About a year ago, we sort of... well, lost him to leaping? He leaps through time, from life to life, helping to rewrite history for the better. And, I'm the only one who can communicate with him, but it's in hollogram form... But... somehow he came into the present, the year he's *supposed* to be in... only, it was in your body, not his. That must mean something is going on..." he said, looking at Merton pointedly.
Merton frowned.
"Like what?"
"You neglected to mention your best friend was a werewolf, didn't you?"
Merton's eyes got huge and he swallowed hard.
"The government knows that---"
"Easy, relax. Just me and Sam know; it's okay."
Merton sighed relievedly.
"Then... what is it?"
"Well, apparently your sister is his... 'destined mate' or some crap like that?"
~*~
Merton, meanwhile, was laying on the bench on his back.
"Great, I get abducted by aliens and they take their sweet time getting here..." he muttered.
"You weren't abducted by aliens, son." Al said, rolling his eyes.
"Pops??? What are you doing here??? What's going on??? Where am I??? Why am I dressed like this???"
"Easy, boy, relax..." Al said soothingly, putting a gentle hand on his shoulder.
Merton took a couple of deep breaths, eyeing his father warily.
"Okay, you know I am a Navy admiral, right?"
Merton nodded.
"And, you know the branches of the U.S. armed-forces sometimes work on top-secret scientific projects, right?"
Merton nodded again, this time more slowly.
"Well... this is project Quantum Leap. You're not in your body, Dr. Beckett is."
"Yeah, sure, Pops..."
"Look in the mirror, son." he said, steering Merton towards the mirror.
"Who's Dr. Beckett and what has he done with my body?!" Merton demande sounding nearly hysterical.
"Easy, easy... he's a good guy; one of my best friends, and this wasn't on purpose, okay? About a year ago, we sort of... well, lost him to leaping? He leaps through time, from life to life, helping to rewrite history for the better. And, I'm the only one who can communicate with him, but it's in hollogram form... But... somehow he came into the present, the year he's *supposed* to be in... only, it was in your body, not his. That must mean something is going on..." he said, looking at Merton pointedly.
Merton frowned.
"Like what?"
"You neglected to mention your best friend was a werewolf, didn't you?"
Merton's eyes got huge and he swallowed hard.
"The government knows that---"
"Easy, relax. Just me and Sam know; it's okay."
Merton sighed relievedly.
"Then... what is it?"
"Well, apparently your sister is his... 'destined mate' or some crap like that?"
~*~
