August 14, 1997
The sun rises, and the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen at the Kromagg Dynasty Joint Forces Southern California Garrisson begin their shift. It is a large facility located in Terminal Island. This place was once the site of a United States Naval Station and a Naval Shipyard, now it serves the the headquarters for the Kromagg Dynasty military forces in southern California. Some of the buildings were old U.S. Navy buildings that were repaired, other buildings were built from the ground up. The flag of the Kromagg Dynasty flies proud on a flagpole that once held Old Glory. Kromagg Dynasty Navy ships are docked at the piers, and constrcution begins on another naval vessel. A garrison of marines is assigned to defend the headquarters from attack.
Two Army officers enter a conference room in the Terminal Island Army Garrison.
"Open a channel to the commander of the world headquarters," says a general.
"Yes, sir," replies a private.
The image of a Navy admiral appears, the supreme commander of the Kromagg Dynasty forces on this version of Earth.
"What do you have to report?" asks the admiral.
"Admiral, we interrogated a human who admitted to quantum translocation," says the officer who interrogated Rembrandt Brown. "Under my methods, he gave the location of the humans' quantum translocation drive."
"Where is it?"
"It is in a place called Yerba Buena, somewhere in San Francisco," says the officer. "I've already sent this information to the San Francisco garrison. We will be sending copies of all relevant reports to the World Headquarters."
"Thank you."
Minutes later, the staff of the Joint Forces World Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia review the information.
"It seems that the Army garrison in San Francisco sent troops to take Yerba Buena," says an Air Force colonel. "But the humans destroyed one of the buildings."
"No doubt to prevent us from seizing their quantum translocation drive," says the admiral.
"At least the humans of this world will no longer be able to traverse the dimensions," says a Marine general.
August 16, 1997
Rembrandt Brown sits in his cell after a work detail. The kromaggs have not questioned him since he revealed the location of the sliding generator in Yerba Buena.He wonders if they captured the facility. He also wonders if this world's Maggie Beckett was all right. He was getting to like her almost as much as the other Maggie.
He sits down. Maybe Quinn will come to the rescue.
No, he thinks. Quinn and Maggie can't take on the kromaggs. They end up in here.
He is here.
"I'm gonna find you, Wade," he says.
And then he hears footsteps. It is a guard making rounds.
Focusing his anger and grief, he steps out of the cell.
The guard is alarmed and takes out his prod. But Rembrandt will not let him deliver the shock. He kicks the guard back. He then rushes him, takes the prod, and shocks him over and over again.
Remrbandt looks at the prod. He hopes its batteries did not run out.
He takes keys from the guard and goes to a door. It takes less than a minute for him to unlock it. He opens it and runs through.
He uses a tactic called shock and run. Any kromagg in his way gets shocked with the prod. He knows that the kromaggs in the prison camp are not armed with lasers or pistols. Having served in the militaty, he is aware of an officer's reluctance to call for reinforcements from other units.
He escapes out inot the fresh air. Looking to his left, he sees a military truck. He gets in the driver's seat and starts the engine, thankful that these vehicles do not need keys. He immediately puts the truck in gear and heads out to the streets of Los Angeles.
Noticing the street signs, he finds out he is on Sunset Boulevard. He passes several bombed-out buildings. He looks in the rearview mirror and sees the police car. The kromaggs' military police are following him.
He crosses the Hollywood Freeway and continues into the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. He wonders where he can go. Perhaps he can hide in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Suddenyl, military vehciles block his path at the intersection with Gower Street. Rembrandt makes a left turn. He sees another vehicular blockade.
So he crashes throuhg the gate of Sunset-Gower Studios. He stops the truck next to a sound stage and gets inside.
Maybe he can slip out unnoticed, he thinks.the interior is dark; there are no lights. There is this smell of dust, as the studio had not been used in almost a month. He can feel the movable walls used in the sets of television productions. He wanders around and finds himself in a set of what looks like a kitchen.
He hears the footsteps of the kromagg soldiers.
He doubts the kromaggs have night vision. He silently walks through the sound stage, looking for an exit.
Then he sees a spark. He feels something hit him. It is one of the ceiling light fixtures.
Rembrandt is now back in the torture room in the prison camp.
"Rembrandt Brown, you are guilty of Treason, Sedition, and driving without a license," says an officer. "You will be punished."
The prod delivers a powerful electric shock into Rembrandt's spine. His screams can be heard all over the camp.
August 28, 1997
Rembrandt Brown had been kept in isolation sicne his escape attempt. No one speaks to him.
"Remmy," he hears. "It's me, Quinn."
Remrbandt looks and sees Quinn Mallory.
"No!" he shouts. "This is a trick. You're not real!"
"He was real," Rembrandt says an hour later. "He came back."
"Well, we can't leave him in there," says Marta, who had worked in the Chandler with Rembrandt and Wade.
"I know. I lost Wade; I won't lose Q-Ball!"
August 29, 1997
"We captured a human named Quinn Mallory," says the commandant of the Kromagg Dynasty Los Angeles Re-Education Camp. "After checking records, we find he is the son of one Elizabeth Mallory, who is your prisoner. We also found that his father is Michael Mallory, whose counterpart from our world invented the weapon that defeated us."
"Are you sure?" asks the commandant of the San Francisco Re-Education Camp.
"Yes, we checked the records of the former United States government."
"We have a surprising revelation for you. We got some interesting information from Elizabeth Mallory. I will send you a copy of the full report. In the meantime, I will have her transferred to your camp."
"What did she tell you?"
"Read the report. You will be surprised."
A van pulls up to a manta transport plane parked on a taxiway in San Francisco International Airport, which had been commandeered by the Kromagg Dynasty Air Force. The military police open the doors and they lead their prisoner, a human woman named Elizabeth Mallory out. She is escorted to the manta plane. In less than five minutes, the plane takes off and heads for Los Angeles-the World Headqurters had given this flight top priority, given what this woman had told her captors.
And so Elizabeth Mallory is sent to meet the son whose very arrival was a miracle, a meeting that will forever change the course of his life.
Quinn Mallory watches as the last seconds on the timer run down. He has no doubts about this. He had learned from his mother where he was really from. he vows to find his brother, his birth parents, and then to liberate his world and free his adoptive mother.
He opens the vortex and he, Maggie Beckett, and Rembrandt Brown go in.
"It is confirmed," says a kromagg sergeant. "A vortex was detected in Los Angeles."
"So the son of Mallory has gone to find our world," says the commander of the Kromagg Dynasty Forces. "the time will come when we can reclaim our home."
"What of his mother?" asks a general.
"Ship her to another world."
The sun rises, and the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen at the Kromagg Dynasty Joint Forces Southern California Garrisson begin their shift. It is a large facility located in Terminal Island. This place was once the site of a United States Naval Station and a Naval Shipyard, now it serves the the headquarters for the Kromagg Dynasty military forces in southern California. Some of the buildings were old U.S. Navy buildings that were repaired, other buildings were built from the ground up. The flag of the Kromagg Dynasty flies proud on a flagpole that once held Old Glory. Kromagg Dynasty Navy ships are docked at the piers, and constrcution begins on another naval vessel. A garrison of marines is assigned to defend the headquarters from attack.
Two Army officers enter a conference room in the Terminal Island Army Garrison.
"Open a channel to the commander of the world headquarters," says a general.
"Yes, sir," replies a private.
The image of a Navy admiral appears, the supreme commander of the Kromagg Dynasty forces on this version of Earth.
"What do you have to report?" asks the admiral.
"Admiral, we interrogated a human who admitted to quantum translocation," says the officer who interrogated Rembrandt Brown. "Under my methods, he gave the location of the humans' quantum translocation drive."
"Where is it?"
"It is in a place called Yerba Buena, somewhere in San Francisco," says the officer. "I've already sent this information to the San Francisco garrison. We will be sending copies of all relevant reports to the World Headquarters."
"Thank you."
Minutes later, the staff of the Joint Forces World Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia review the information.
"It seems that the Army garrison in San Francisco sent troops to take Yerba Buena," says an Air Force colonel. "But the humans destroyed one of the buildings."
"No doubt to prevent us from seizing their quantum translocation drive," says the admiral.
"At least the humans of this world will no longer be able to traverse the dimensions," says a Marine general.
August 16, 1997
Rembrandt Brown sits in his cell after a work detail. The kromaggs have not questioned him since he revealed the location of the sliding generator in Yerba Buena.He wonders if they captured the facility. He also wonders if this world's Maggie Beckett was all right. He was getting to like her almost as much as the other Maggie.
He sits down. Maybe Quinn will come to the rescue.
No, he thinks. Quinn and Maggie can't take on the kromaggs. They end up in here.
He is here.
"I'm gonna find you, Wade," he says.
And then he hears footsteps. It is a guard making rounds.
Focusing his anger and grief, he steps out of the cell.
The guard is alarmed and takes out his prod. But Rembrandt will not let him deliver the shock. He kicks the guard back. He then rushes him, takes the prod, and shocks him over and over again.
Remrbandt looks at the prod. He hopes its batteries did not run out.
He takes keys from the guard and goes to a door. It takes less than a minute for him to unlock it. He opens it and runs through.
He uses a tactic called shock and run. Any kromagg in his way gets shocked with the prod. He knows that the kromaggs in the prison camp are not armed with lasers or pistols. Having served in the militaty, he is aware of an officer's reluctance to call for reinforcements from other units.
He escapes out inot the fresh air. Looking to his left, he sees a military truck. He gets in the driver's seat and starts the engine, thankful that these vehicles do not need keys. He immediately puts the truck in gear and heads out to the streets of Los Angeles.
Noticing the street signs, he finds out he is on Sunset Boulevard. He passes several bombed-out buildings. He looks in the rearview mirror and sees the police car. The kromaggs' military police are following him.
He crosses the Hollywood Freeway and continues into the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. He wonders where he can go. Perhaps he can hide in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Suddenyl, military vehciles block his path at the intersection with Gower Street. Rembrandt makes a left turn. He sees another vehicular blockade.
So he crashes throuhg the gate of Sunset-Gower Studios. He stops the truck next to a sound stage and gets inside.
Maybe he can slip out unnoticed, he thinks.the interior is dark; there are no lights. There is this smell of dust, as the studio had not been used in almost a month. He can feel the movable walls used in the sets of television productions. He wanders around and finds himself in a set of what looks like a kitchen.
He hears the footsteps of the kromagg soldiers.
He doubts the kromaggs have night vision. He silently walks through the sound stage, looking for an exit.
Then he sees a spark. He feels something hit him. It is one of the ceiling light fixtures.
Rembrandt is now back in the torture room in the prison camp.
"Rembrandt Brown, you are guilty of Treason, Sedition, and driving without a license," says an officer. "You will be punished."
The prod delivers a powerful electric shock into Rembrandt's spine. His screams can be heard all over the camp.
August 28, 1997
Rembrandt Brown had been kept in isolation sicne his escape attempt. No one speaks to him.
"Remmy," he hears. "It's me, Quinn."
Remrbandt looks and sees Quinn Mallory.
"No!" he shouts. "This is a trick. You're not real!"
"He was real," Rembrandt says an hour later. "He came back."
"Well, we can't leave him in there," says Marta, who had worked in the Chandler with Rembrandt and Wade.
"I know. I lost Wade; I won't lose Q-Ball!"
August 29, 1997
"We captured a human named Quinn Mallory," says the commandant of the Kromagg Dynasty Los Angeles Re-Education Camp. "After checking records, we find he is the son of one Elizabeth Mallory, who is your prisoner. We also found that his father is Michael Mallory, whose counterpart from our world invented the weapon that defeated us."
"Are you sure?" asks the commandant of the San Francisco Re-Education Camp.
"Yes, we checked the records of the former United States government."
"We have a surprising revelation for you. We got some interesting information from Elizabeth Mallory. I will send you a copy of the full report. In the meantime, I will have her transferred to your camp."
"What did she tell you?"
"Read the report. You will be surprised."
A van pulls up to a manta transport plane parked on a taxiway in San Francisco International Airport, which had been commandeered by the Kromagg Dynasty Air Force. The military police open the doors and they lead their prisoner, a human woman named Elizabeth Mallory out. She is escorted to the manta plane. In less than five minutes, the plane takes off and heads for Los Angeles-the World Headqurters had given this flight top priority, given what this woman had told her captors.
And so Elizabeth Mallory is sent to meet the son whose very arrival was a miracle, a meeting that will forever change the course of his life.
Quinn Mallory watches as the last seconds on the timer run down. He has no doubts about this. He had learned from his mother where he was really from. he vows to find his brother, his birth parents, and then to liberate his world and free his adoptive mother.
He opens the vortex and he, Maggie Beckett, and Rembrandt Brown go in.
"It is confirmed," says a kromagg sergeant. "A vortex was detected in Los Angeles."
"So the son of Mallory has gone to find our world," says the commander of the Kromagg Dynasty Forces. "the time will come when we can reclaim our home."
"What of his mother?" asks a general.
"Ship her to another world."