Slide Override: Sliders Fanfiction

Date: 08/14/2002
From: Knuckles_lm

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Episode 1: “Viral Agent.” Part I.

Rembrandt stared at the fierce swirling red vortex. It shimmered, howling like a tornado, as the wind blew towards him. A shimmer of distortion surrounded the area immediately around it, but this area was shortening, as the power of the vortex was beginning to fade. At that moment in time he turned to his companions: Maggie, Diana, and Mallory. There was only enough power to send one of them through the vortex, and perhaps his only chance of ever returning home. But the Seer’s words echoed in his mind. If they ventured through this gateway … it could be their last.
As he looked around at his friend’s faces he could already feel the wind lessening. It was now or never, one of them had to decide, one of them had to slide. As his gaze wandered he saw the case with the virus on the desk, a syringe right beside it. And in that moment he had decided, he had to do this. Before the others could stop him Rembrandt reached forward and injected the virus into his arm.
“Remmy?!” Shouted Maggie.
It was too late. The virus was now coursing through his veins. He noticed the looks of his friends, they did not like this, but they also knew that it was the only way. “I have to save my world.”
Maggie shook her head. “Have you forgotten what the Seer said. He said that this slide would be our last!”
“You don’t know what you are going to slide into.” Added Mallory.
Diana was still processing what he had done. “You might not even make it. The exotic matter of the vortex is already collapsing…” She was cut off as Rembrandt stepped forward and pulled her in close for a hug. “Remmy…”
“I … I don’t want to lose you.” Tears began to well up in Maggie’s eyes. She held onto him tightly, not wanting to let go.
Sighing Mallory reached out his hand and they shaked. “Be careful…”
He took one final look at his friends and then rushed towards the vortex, a flash of light emitting as his body entered the gateway. As soon as he had gotten through the vortex it began to fade in and out of sight, and with a final flash and howl it disappeared. Maggie, Diana, and Mallory stood close to each other, the fate of their friend unknown, as they continued to watch the area where the vortex had been.
“So what do we do now?”

As Rembrandt entered the vortex he was jerked forward as his body was pushed and pulled along the tunnel. He was tossed around as the falling sensation continued, gasping as he witnessed the events behind him. A few meters behind he saw the sides of the vortex unravelling, like the layers of an onion, a void of darkness right behind.
Panic rushed through his emotions. Could this be what the Seer had predicted? What if the tunnel collapsed before he had made it to the other side? Before he could ponder these questions a bright light shone from up ahead, the exit. Practically willing himself forward, dark and light ends met together, and the vortex collapsed with a loud bang…

What if you found a portal to a parallel universe?
What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds?
Where it’s the same year
And you’re the same person
But everything else is different
And what if you can’t find your way home…

Starring: Cleavent Derricks as Rembrandt Brown
Kari Wuhrer as Maggie Beckett
Robert Floyd as Mallory
And Tembi Locke as Diana Davis

… Sliders!

Rembrandt groaned in pain. He felt as if his entire body had been torn apart from both sides and he could not open his eyes. Despite the situation he found himself laughing, just happy to have survived the slide. He eventually tried to move his arms and found them more responsive but sight was still unachievable. The last flash of light that had dispersed the vortex must have temporarily blinded him. He could not even open them because of the stinging pain. Deciding that it was better not to move for now he waited until his sight returned.
Lying on the floor without his sight, his other sense took over, and he tried to see if he could make out any sounds. A few cries and gunshots sounded from far away but nothing was clear, and he was not able to make out the words. Finally giving up he was left to go over his thoughts. Was this home? Had the co-ordinates been correct and this was indeed Earth Prime? And if so was the Resistance still strong? Reaching up to rub his aching head thoughts returned of the last time he was here…

2 years ago…

“Go!” Quinn turned to his two closest friends. “Remmy, Wade go! The portal will take you guys back home!”
Rembrandt turned to the swirling pink vortex that glowed slightly above the ground on the cliff edge. This was the chance that they had all been waiting for, the chance to finally return home. It had been their goal, their one reason to continue on for all these years. As he turned his gaze to Wade he knew what she was thinking, because he was thinking it too.
“We can’t leave you, Q-ball.”
“Go on, Quinn. I can’t survive on your world.” Maggie looked into her hand and at the other timer.
“No way Maggie! I’m not leaving you here! I’ll find a way to let you breathe our atmosphere.” Quinn turned to them. “Guys go! We’ll follow!”
They hesitated for several moments longer and then turned as Rickman and the hybrids ran forward. Another minute longer and then hand in hand Rembrandt and Wade jumped into the howling vortex, its power sucking them in. As they flew through the gateway between universes they just hoped that Maggie and Quinn were following right behind by using the vortex from the other timer.
The bright light that shone up ahead heralded the end of the tunnel and with a flash of light Rembrandt was thrown clear out from it, landing roughly on the ground. Wade was not far behind and she landed on top of him. With a final flash and a howl, the vortex closed, and the wind died down.
Hesitation gripped them once more. Not wanting to look up, not wanting to face what would happen if they were wrong, if this were not their home. It was Wade who finally looked up first and she let out a scream, her body starting to tremble. Rembrandt stood up and quickly went over, putting his arms around her, as she sobbed.
“No…” The tears slid down the sides of her cheek. “No…”
Rembrandt looked around. The layout of buildings and names were exactly like he remembered them. But there were major factors that shattered their reality: buildings were on fire, blast marks scorched the ground, and people ran for their lives as they looked up to the sky. And there, slicing through the clouds, was a Kromagg manta ship.
“This can’t be home!” Wade cried out. “It just can’t be!”
Rembrandt fell silent, knowing that any words of comfort would fall flat. Knowing that he could not contradict her words because he knew it had to be, this was their world. Their world that was being invaded by the Kromaggs. “Wade, come on, we’ve got to get out of sight.” He tried to pick her up.
Something suddenly flashed across her mind and she turned to look behind her. “Quinn! … Maggie?” She wriggled out of his grasp. “We’ve got to wait for them.”
“Girl there’s no time!” Rembrandt grabbed hold of her arm and dragged her from the streets as the manta ship descended and began firing off a laser that ripped through the ground in a dazzling explosion.
Rembrandt led her through the streets, ducking into side alleys whenever he could, to lose themselves from the battle. Wade stumbled along as she was dragged forward, the wind blowing her tears away, her mind numbed. Looking up she spotted a group of people who were standing over a manhole. A young man, with light brown skin, a clean-shaven head and face, saw them approach.
“Who are you?” He lifted up a rifle.
“Woah… my name is Rembrandt Brown and she’s Wade Welles.” Remmy scanned their faces. “What’s happening?”
The guy lowered his rifle and gave the two a weird look. “Where have you been?! We’re in the middle of some kind of invasion!” He turned to the others who were descending down the manhole and then looked up. “Welcome to the Resistance…” He motioned towards it and Rembrandt and Wade followed them down into the sewers…

Present Day…

Watching her friend go was the hardest thing that she ever had to do. She had almost lost him when he wanted to stay and protect Wade but this time he was truly gone. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes as she realised that they were on their own now. She had to take charge and fast.
“Do you know anywhere safe that we can go?” Maggie turned to Mrs Mallory.
“Well I – I know of an abandoned church not far from here.”
“A church?” Inquired Diana.
“After the religion of Slidology took off here the old beliefs were forgotten and left to die out. So there was no need for the churches.”
“Ok then. Diana quickly look around and grab anything that you think looks useful, Mallory take Mrs Mallory and start heading out, we’ll catch up with you in a moment.”
He nodded and turned to her, helping her run out of the room.
“Diana!” Maggie shouted.
“Ok, ok.” Diana quickly scanned and picked up any useful pieces of equipment and all the pieces of paper that she could get her hands on. Looking up she saw Maggie’s worried expression so picked up the pace and then ran towards her. “Ok, that’s it.”
The two rushed down the corridor and then emerged outside. They caught a glimpse of Mallory waving to them from a side alley and so headed in that direction. Once reunited the team kept running at a good pace. Heading towards the abandoned church. It was not long before they spotted the large golden cross from off in the distance and soon reached the front door.
The Chapel of Our Sister Mary looked run down and was boarded up. Maggie and Mallory took a few steps back and together they managed to kick the door open. They quickly shuffled in and then closed the door shut. Not a word was said for a long time as they struggled to regain their breath.
“Do you think he made it?” Mallory broke the silence.
“He had to of.” Maggie said with confidence. “I don’t want to think otherwise.” She saw Diana beginning to sort through the equipment that she had salvaged. “Do you think we could rebuild the timer?”
“I’m not sure. I’m just not sure…”

Rembrandt was brought out of his reverie into the past as a loud shout sounded several feet from his location. As he turned his head he could make out voices and the sound of gunfire. He tried to open up his eyes and found that he could just about see but there was still a haze that covered his vision. Up ahead five humans were firing at a group of Kromaggs who were right on their tail. Remmy looked around, finally seeing the place where he had landed, he was in a large warehouse. The humans closed the shutters and proceeded to run across to the back exit.
“Hold up!” One of the men signalled to the others. “There’s someone here, he looks hurt.” The man jogged over to him. “Are you ok?”
Rembrandt shook his head. “I think so. My vision isn’t all that good though.”
“Come on.” The guy placed Rembrandt’s arm around his shoulder and helped him along.
Another of the fighters rushed up, and went to Remmy’s other side, together they soon rejoined up with the others. As they reached the back exit to the warehouse the front shutters were blasted open by an energy weapon and the Kromaggs entered.
“Fire!” Shouted the Commander.
The red beams from the Magg’s weapons roared through the air. Some of the fighters turned to fire back, one being caught in the chest, falling to the floor in a pool of blood. Firing a few more shots the last of the fighters rushed through the exit and they fled from the scene.
“We’re never gonna out run them.” One of them said, gasping for breath.
“Then we’re just going to have to slow them down.” The one to the right of Rembrandt let go of his arm and reached into his backpack. He retrieved a strange circular device and then pressed a series of buttons. It began to flash red.
“What is that?” Asked Rembrandt.
“A small paralysing device. We acquired it on one of our raids on the Magg’s storage facility to the west of the city.” He turned and started to roll it down the streets. “Everyone clear!”
They all ducked into a side alley as the first of the Kromaggs appeared on the street. There was a loud bang and then a blinding flash of light. “Takes care of them for a while.”
It was not long before the fighters came to a deserted street. They ran towards the third house on the right and then down into the basement. Rembrandt began to smile as he realised where he was. “Resistance HQ … You guys are part of the resistance?” They nodded their heads.
They all turned as a side door opened and a light brown skinned guy walked into the room. “No it can’t be…”
“Calen?…” Said Rembrandt, squinting slightly.
“Remmy!” The two old friends hugged. “I can’t believe it is you…” He took a step back. “It is you, right?” Rembrandt nodded his head. “What happened to you? How did you survive? The Kromaggs had taken you and Wade away…”
He shook his head. “It’s a long story. We were taken to one of their facilities and held in a cage. Eventually Wade was shipped off to a breeding camp and I was left all alone. But Quinn and Maggie saved me. We found out that he isn’t from this world, that he has a brother, and then Quinn gets merged with his duplicate on another world…” Remmy sighed. “Not to mention a whole load of other things. Like I said, it’s a long story.”
Calen nodded. “Well we’ve got plenty of time. Come on in and sit down. We’ve got a lot to talk about.”
“But more importantly than all that right now…” Everyone turned to him. “I carry in my bloodstream a virus that will wipe out the Kromaggs once and for all!”

To Be Continued…

Great Story

Date: 08/14/2002
From: thomasmalthus

At last. Finally a fanfiction we can get into. Ed the Horse, look out. It's time to put you out to pasture. Good job Knuckles.

WOW! SUPER! GREAT!

Date: 08/14/2002
From: Slider_Paul

I really enjoyed that. Cant wait to read the next one. Its fanfic like this that makes me want to write my own. If only I had the time.

EXECELLENT
TOP MARKS
GET PART 2 POSTED ASAP

Slider_Paul

Formatting

Date: 08/14/2002
From: LipschitzLive2000

No matter how interesting a story appears to be, if the formatting is hard to read, I will stop. I stopped after " “Remmy?!” Shouted Maggie. " Next time add spaces to separate it into paragraphs.

Thanks for the replies...

Date: 08/15/2002
From: Knuckles_lm

... I'm currently writing the next part. And Lipschitz I always write like this. I don't like spreading it out and prefere to keep it like the pages of a book are.

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