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You're about to be landed on the most highly classified data America holds. We

have a device that can allow you to send one human being back in time.

Journal entry, October 24th.

On the eve of Adam's autopsy, I'm reminded of the extraordinary odyssey

brought us to this moment, of how a living alien survivor of the Roswell

was bludgeoned by a terrified young trooper.

We'd assumed he was brain dead and with us amazed when half a century later,

chrononaut Frank Parker's presence seemed to bring the alien back to life.

What we didn't know was Adam was a sociopathic killer who, using his

ability to control people's minds, immediately escaped us to melt down a

reactor, killing over a million people.

Thank God for Backstab.

My hope is that some of what we were never able to learn from Adam in life,

may learn from him in death.

Anyway, Surgery 0800, I should get some sleep.

Death was caused by blunt trauma to the cranium, resulting in massive internal

bleeding. Too bad Parker had to hit him with such force, from a scientific point

of view. Well, it's a good thing he did.

Our Adam was hardly in a mood to surrender, as I recall.

Isaac, you were at the autopsy of the original three in 47. Is there any

significant difference between Adam and the other Roswell aliens?

If you mean something in the brain that would account for criminal behavior, I'm

afraid we haven't even managed to prove that theory in humans, much less

extraterrestrials.

Adam was one bad little entity.

I'm seeing something in the lower lumbar that reads inorganic. Let's have a

look. Right there.

We know Adam was a prisoner.

John, put up the lumbar area on the screen, please, and magnify it.

Look at the scarring.

Clear evidence of trauma.

If this was a human spine, I'd say it had been fractured, most likely

in paralysis to some extent. And yet, he moved around like a little Fred

Astaire. If I were a vetting man, I'd wager this is some sort of technology

replaces the neural relays in the spine.

So this could be a cure for paralysis, in fact.

An interesting notion.

You just want me to jog?

Just keep running, Frank, like you're doing your normal warm -up.

Easy pace for now.

Fine, I could use a little tune -up for this weekend anyway.

I'm afraid to even ask.

Sixth annual Sun Goddess Beach Volleyball Tournament at Lake Mead. Got

pass from town.

I might have known.

Hey, it's for charity.

You guys want to sponsor me? Five bucks to the runaway teen shelter for every

spike I put away. Sounds like that could get expensive. Let's just get to the

test, shall we?

Fireworm ready.

What is this? Some kind of bad 60s trip?

Just concentrate on your form, please.

Okay.

Pulse is at 90 and dropping.

Respiration slowed.

His EG patterns are becoming erratic.

Are you all right, Mr. Parker?

Yeah, I'm just feeling a little weird.

He's losing motor control.

Okay, that's enough.

We're testing for the effects of SLF on neuromotor function.

SLF? Sound Life Frequency.

Certain patterns can hypnotize, cause hallucinations, even epilepsy.

It's happening with kids who spend too much time in front of their computers.

Oh, great.

Some scientists think that it's actually the key to all human neural responses.

Oh, it's definitely the key to screwing up my whole weekend.

Oh, no, it just seems like a mild brain. Mr. Meissen, compression will be fine.

I'm not going to be able to elevate on this ankle. I might as well not even

bother with the tournament now. Thanks very much, Ballard.

I offered you a harness. You didn't want it. I'll tell you what I don't want. I

don't want to be your crash test dummy anymore.

I risk my ass every time I get in that sphere. Isn't that enough for you?

We're here all hours of the day and night doing tests to improve your

performance and your safety when you backstep, and all you can think about is

your weekend?

Yeah, well, some of us don't get out of here much.

Look, I'm sorry you twisted your ankle, Frank.

Maybe we can get you a handicap placard so you can park closer to the building.

Damn it.

Alec, are you okay?

I'm fine. Are you sure? Maybe I should call Olga and have her give you the once

-over. I'm fine.

I just, uh, dropped my marker behind the desk.

Look, I just wanted to apologize for what I said today. It wasn't cool.

Forget about it. I'm sorry I snapped.

Oh, come on. I had it coming. Me bitching about my ankle to someone

what?

Well, it's just you're so on top of everything. Most of the time I forget

even in that chair.

I guess it's really not as easy as you make it look, huh?

So, um, how'd you wind up in that thing anyway, if you don't mind me asking?

Never mind, I should probably let you get back to, um, whatever.

I, um, used to go swimming at the Brock Quarry.

I was 15 at the time.

Knocked out of school that day to go there. A friend of mine invited a couple

girls to meet up.

Turns out he...

He told them I could dive off the highest rock, and he figured that would

impress them.

The water just wasn't as deep as I thought it would be.

I'm sorry.

So am I.

But maybe not for long.

What is that?

We found this embedded in Adam's spinal column.

The little delinquent had a traumatic neural injury.

Just like me.

If they made it possible for him to walk?

Frank, I'd like you to meet Shemp.

Shemp here was born with a degenerative spinal condition.

We implanted him with the chip. Within days, he was completely ambulatory.

When we removed the chip, his condition slowly deteriorated again.

If that explains his need for Prozac.

You're seriously thinking about having this done to you?

It's all I think about.

Want a banana?

No, I'm not hungry.

How are you feeling, John?

Nervous, excited.

I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I don't want to sound like the Grinch,

but... I know, I may not get what I want. Although I have been very good

year. I think more testing is in order, considering how little we know about

this technology.

To quote Plutarch, the cure may be worse than the disease.

Well, to quote Nancy Sinatra...

These boots were made for walking.

You're absolutely sure this is what you want.

Then let's make it happen.

Olga, if you please.

For luck.

Good luck, John.

Thanks.

Ready? Yeah.

In place.

Now we have to fuse the device to the neural network.

Ready or not, here I come.

I can't believe it's been only nine days since the surgery.

If I wasn't seeing it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it.

Well, I see it, and I still don't believe it.

Go, Ballard.

Watch this.

Sidestep.

Backstep.

Hey, watch it. That's my gig.

Created a monster!

You go that way.

Yeah, this is great.

Watch it, yeah.

Dance, Spider, dance.

It's a miracle.

What, valid, or are you actually having a brew?

How do you know I don't drink beer all the time, Mr. Parker?

Not in your blood.

Ever hear of a good Russian beer?

Excuse me.

I got to shake hands with the president.

Vodka, now.

How's it going?

Going pretty great.

All right.

Keep it up, dude.

You okay?

Oh, not giving that up your feet, huh?

You schnauzer.

That's my boy.

You take care of him, girls.

Yeah.

Ramsey, I want to see your sheep.

I want to see your sheep.

I'm going now. Good night. This has been fun.

Good night.

He's had a big day.

I think you should take him to bed.

Need a hand?

No, I'm fine, thank you.

Not you, Olga.

How about it, huh?

No, I'm, uh... I'm okay.

You sure?

Yeah.

You do?

Ah,

what's that expression? The hair of the dog?

Oh, hello, my people.

Good morning. You have no right to feel that good.

Oh, you need something to clear your head, huh? You should really try Dr.

hangover remedy.

One tablespoon lime juice, one Tabasco, a dash of cayenne, and a cup of

peppermint tea.

Then you take six deep breaths of helium.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes, of course.

But, hey, I'd love to chat and hang out, but you know how it is. Things to do,

people to meet, and I've got to run.

I've always wanted to say that. I've got to run.

Me, I'm running.

God, it's hard to believe something good came out of that damn little alien,

huh?

I've never seen John so happy.

He was kidding about the helium, right?

It works for me. I feel fine.

Probably chipper, though, ain't it?

I like them better in the chair.

You caught me doing the moonwalk.

Moonwalk finals.

Keep working in there. I see you. All right. Lucy!

Oh, my gosh, it's so good to see you. How are you? You look shocked to see me.

I'm not shocked to see you. I'm happy to see you. You're blushing, and I love

that, and that's a beautiful thing, and we'll talk about it later.

Sorry about giving you the runaround yesterday.

I don't worry about it, Doc. You deserve to celebrate.

It's Parker who's on our hit list, as usual.

You know, it's funny. All that time I spent in the wheelchair, I kept

to myself.

But now that things are different, I just want you to know that I really

appreciate the job you do.

Really?

Absolutely. What a thankless task, watching everybody's back.

Especially Parker.

Well, you got that right. But one of these days, he's going to mellow out and

make all of our lives a little easier.

You know you're all right, Doug.

I mean, John.

You two just get back from the alien flea market?

We're reexamining some of the debris from the Roswell spacecraft.

Since we discovered a miracle cure for me, who knows what other breakthroughs

have been sitting right under our noses.

Come on, people have been trying to solve the mystery of that stuff for 50

years. Yes, and people have been eating bread for centuries until somebody

discovered it could produce penicillin.

Maybe I could help.

Oh, that's highly unlikely.

Uh, excuse me.

Thank you.

Mr. Parker, this is very sensitive equipment. Why don't you just, um,

Fine, I got better things to do anyway.

Geeks.

This is one invention of yours. I suppose you won't mind seeing being made

obsolete. Yeah, I got to remember to tell the crew to take that down. I've

so busy. What have you been doing down here anyway?

Well, very soon I'm going to run a test that I think is going to have a very

heavy effect on this whole program of ours.

See, I've got this theory that these little doohickeys are actually like

stabilizers, sort of shock absorbers for the space -time continuum.

And if they do what I think they do, the sphere should ride smoother and have a

longer trajectory.

Longer trajectory.

Longer back step.

Bingo.

You are a marvel, John.

Well, just have them send my Nobel Prize in the mail.

Never seen you work so hard without your tootsie puff.

Oh.

Toothache.

I see.

I'll leave you to your work.

They tried to kill me.

Two good men lose their lives trying to babysit you, and you have the

unmitigated gall to try and blame your garbage on them?

You make me sick, Parker.

I'd rather call them off before I shut them up myself.

Oh, yeah, that's right. Hide behind Daddy.

Nate!

I'm sorry, sir.

This is the last straw.

I will not stand here and let this pathetic excuse for a soldier dishonor

memories of those two. That is enough!

Stop it now.

There will be a full investigation. Until I get the results, you will stay

of it. And you are confined to quarters.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

John, I'm confused.

About what?

Well, if this schematic analysis is correct, these devices have acoustic

qualities. Well, sure, once you're bending time, you're bending every

wave there is.

Sound, light, it all comes with the territory.

Well, yes, but these seem to be operating solely on radio frequency.

These aren't stabilizers, are they?

They're transmitters.

You're brilliant, Olga.

Brilliant and beautiful.

And that's what I love about you.

You need my help?

Can I, uh, owe you some money? From the Laker team?

Yeah, 20 bucks.

You don't want to forget that, do you now?

Frank, hold a minute.

You're nothing but nice.

Accurate incident.

From who, Ramsey?

I'm not here to accuse you.

You were out celebrating with John the other night, weren't you?

Yeah, Olga was there, too.

Did you notice anything odd about his behavior, aside from the obvious?

Other than the fact that he drank more than I did and somehow totally missed

getting hit by the hangover bus?

No. Why?

Frank, I can't shake the feeling that somehow this implant could influence

beyond the use of his legs.

Don, down here.

Aren't you supposed to be locked down there? Yeah, but something is seriously

screwed up around here.

So talk to me.

Come here.

I just followed Ballard and Olga out to the SETI installation.

So they're scientists.

You don't think it's weird a guy gets an alien implant and suddenly starts

hanging out at the E .T. Welcome Center?

No.

I gotta tell Tom and Chip. What?

Hey, you guys.

What, are you trying to get free cable?

No, actually, we were just recalibrating one of the relays to the sphere.

Oh.

Well, it sent up a red flag in security, so next time, how about calling in when

you decide to fool around outside, okay? Will do.

Isn't that one of those Roswell gadgets?

Yeah, very observant.

Don't worry.

I signed it out.

Oh, okay.

That's Ramsey.

Who's got the watch on the A3 signs? Oh, Mr. Ramsey.

Please don't leave.

Why?

Well, you know, we have things we need to talk about.

You looking for me, Isaac?

Just checking on your progress, John. And from the look of things, I'd say

you've made quite a bit.

I have, actually.

But I'm still a few adjustments away from being ready to unveil.

You wouldn't want to give a sneak preview for an old colleague, would you?

Uh, sorry.

Superstitious. But you're going to get a real charge out of it, I guarantee.

Oh, I don't doubt that.

They're these stabilizers. I couldn't help but notice they're arrayed in a

sequence.

Exactly like a famous research project.

Really?

A Dr. Gavreau in France.

A fascinating man.

He was the first to discover the potential of sonic weaponry.

I've never heard of him.

But then again, he probably never heard of me either.

But it sounds very interesting.

I'll have to look it up.

Oh, man!

There's a breach of security in a sphere hangar involved, Dr. Ballard.

Everyone in this whole building lost their senses.

That's what I want to know. First Ramsey's lug nuts try and run me off a

mountain, then my pal Donovan tries to give me a home lobotomy. I think I know

why.

I've just had an encounter with our new and improved Dr. Ballard.

That implant somehow transferred Adam's consciousness into John's body.

You're saying Ballard is Adam?

Oh, all John's attributes and skills remain intact.

But Adam's driving the bus, as they say.

All right, so all we've got to do is grab him and yank that chip back out of

him. We have a larger concern.

He used the pieces from the Roswell crash to modify the sphere into some

amplifier for a subsonic weapon.

I'm with the NSA. I need your console.

What? Your console. Move aside, please.

Look, lady, I don't care if you're with the freaking Federation or the planet.

Don't even think about it.

You did this.

Well, it's more of a team effort, really. I couldn't have done it without

talents and encouragement of my colleagues, especially the lovely Olga,

Oh, come on, Frank.

You can do better than that.

Well, other than saying so, I guess you can.

Subsonic waves are destroying your inner ear, your equilibrium. It's happening

slower to you because you're inside the amplification zone. But you're still

nauseated. Probably wish you could die, huh? Well, good news.

You will.

Wow.

I always wondered what that would be like. I kind of liked it.

Oh, come on, Frank.

You wouldn't hurt your old buddy Ballard now, would you?

You're not Ballard.

You're right.

Remember this, Frank?

What? Remember this?

Son of a bitch!

Someone hand me that wrench, will ya?

It's good.

Really?

Really good.

Oleg, wherever you are, bless this mess, will ya?

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Thank you, John.

Sorry I had to kill you.

What do you know? What?

We gotta get that alien disc out of Ballard. If we don't, Adam's gonna take

his body and use him to get his revenge on the human race.

Well, Adam's dead. You killed him.

Well, apparently some nasty little spark of him lives on in that implant.

Is Adam already taking him over?

I don't know.

John is finally living out his dream. This will destroy him. We all know that.

There must be a way that we can protect him.

Look, the last time around, Adam tried to nuke the planet.

Does anybody really have any doubts about what we have to do here?

Nate's right. We can't take any chances.

We'll send a Delta team and bring him here.

I'll get on it. I don't think that's a good idea.

In the last timeline, you tried to kill me.

What? Adam's still got the power to mess with our minds through Ballard. All we

need right now is that goon squad running around under his control of the

-16s. So what do you suggest, Frank?

Well, we don't know exactly how deep Adam's got his claws into Ballard right

now. Let me approach him first.

I've dealt with Adam before.

Yeah, but you thought you killed him before.

And you were wrong.

Oh.

Hi. It's a moonwalk. I was working on the moonwalk.

Working on your moonwalk. Give it up.

Lucy, how are you? Look at this. What is this?

I don't need this. I need you. That's what I need. I need something.

I knew it wasn't this. I know it's you now. I feel dizzy. I'm choking, too.

I feel weak, I think.

Hey, buddy.

Maybe we still got time. Maybe he hasn't taken over yet.

I'm over you. He's still hungover or something?

Come on.

What are you so intense about?

I backstepped.

Why wasn't I notified?

Come here. No, wait a minute.

Oh, man, I hate to be the one to tell you this.

The implant.

Within the next seven days, Adam's going to use it to take control of you.

Wait, this is a joke, right, Frank?

If this is your idea of humor, it's not funny, Frank. I'd never lie to you about

this.

No. I'm sorry, John, but we've got no choice. We've got to get that disc out

you as soon as we can.

It's just a piece of technology. It doesn't have an agenda. John, if you let

take over, it'll destroy everyone you care about, everyone who cares about

No, no, it's not true. It is.

Well, even if it did happen in the other timeline, it doesn't have to happen

again. Now that we know about it, we can fight it. I've got an IQ of 220.

I'm mentally stronger than Adam. You're not.

No, Frank. No, please. You've got to help me. Fight it. I'm not that strong.

don't think any of us are. I'm sorry, John.

No, Frank.

Bradley, he gave me the slip.

Lock this place down.

Yes, sir.

Move it out. Sir.

I've got men searching under every rock and rattlesnake out there, sir. And?

Nothing yet.

John knows every inch of this place. If he doesn't want to be found, we'd maybe

have to look.

Yeah, Bradley, it's me.

I'm at a cafe on Route 95.

Can you send somebody to pick me up?

I want to come home.

I'm sorry, John, if there were any way around this.

There isn't any. I just wish I hadn't prepaid that subscription to Runner's

World.

Sean, this should take effect immediately.

Isaac, can I have a few minutes more? I just want to ask Frank something.

What's up?

This is all happening so fast.

I get this incredible gift, and it gets taken away.

I know it sucks.

I just wanted to know, in the other timeline, did I get to do any fun stuff?

You know, I always wanted to go surfing, just stand there right away.

I wasn't with you the whole time, but I think you pretty much spent your days

trying to wipe out the planet.

What a waste.

Thanks, Frank.

For what?

For being my friend.

You're dead.

Michael.

Remember who you are. Remember who I am.

Let's try it all faster.

Hey,

here, these might help you with your reverse pivot.

Thanks, man.

There you are.

Where the hell have you been? We've been looking all over for you.

You know, sometimes it's best not to dwell on things you can't bring back.

Yeah.

I sure did tear up that dance floor, though, didn't I?

Hey, Doc!

Hi!

Ballard, whatever it is, it certainly doesn't come in a jar or a test tube.

you, my friend, still got it.

I guess I do.

You could use some of it, that's for sure.