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(WHOOSHING)

(ALL SCREAMING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

And he doesn't
spill a drop!

We missed
King Kalihana's pagan
fertility feast for this?

You weren't about to
be the virgin sacrifice.

Don't say it, Quinn.

I'm guessing
maybe a stage two
on the smog index today.

Yeah, something nasty
went down here.

How much time we got?

Enough. 27 hours.

Looks like a war zone.

(MISSILE WHISTLING)

Sounds like
a war zone.

Incoming!

It is a war zone!

Take cover!

(MAGGIE EXCLAIMING)

(SCREAMING)

There's someone
out there! Help!

Get him up!

(MISSILE WHISTLING)

(EXPLOSION)

(GROANING)

Easy.

Since when did you
become shrapnel-proof?

What was I supposed to do?
Just leave him there?

Maybe that would've
been a good idea.

Well,

I guess
this explains it.

You risked
all our necks
to save a Magg?

I don't know
what army you were in,

but I was trained never
to leave a man down
on the battlefield.

A man, no, Maggie.

But one of these
murdering animals,
you bet.

Easy, guys.
This could be good.

Good? How?

We need to find out
the Kromaggs' home world.

Maybe we can
get some information
out of this guy.

Maybe he can
help us find Wade.

That's a lot of maybes,
Q-Ball.

What makes you think
this Magg's gonna
tell us anything?

I don't know,
but we're overdue
for a lucky break.

Maybe the Kromaggs
are good guys
on this world.

REMBRANDT: Or maybe not.

QUINN:
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?

ETHEREAL VOICE:Sliders.

Who are you?

QUINN:
Leave her alone.

What is this device?

A garage door opener.

Oh.

(GROANS)

You know,
most Kromaggs prefer
the taste of human eyes raw.

I like mine cooked
in their own juices.

(GROANING)

Maggie.
Stop it.

Now, this is a weapon?

A detonator of some kind?

Feel like
a big Magg now,
torturing women?

Every time you speak,
your companion will be
made to suffer.

I get my hands
on you...

(GROANING)

Remmy, I appreciate
the moral support,
but shut up!

So, you were planning
to sabotage the project?

What project?

I am in no hurry, human.

I like my eyes
a little bit
on the well side.

(SCREAMING)

KROMANUS: Enough.

Commander.

I'm relieved to see
that you escaped
without injury.

I mean, who knows
what might have happened

if we hadn't rescued you
from these Homo sapien spies?

Yes. Troubling.

But I'm more troubled
that you ordered
the perimeter guns tested

before I withdrew
to the safety
of the garrison.

That... That was
a miscommunication,
Commander.

And I assure you,
those responsible
have been punished.

All of them?

Shall I continue
the interrogation?

No.

Commander, need I
remind you of the priority
of this project?

They could be saboteurs.

Have them decontaminated
and brought to
my command chamber.

Sir...

I trust we will not have
another miscommunication,
Subcommander.

Sorry to spoil your lunch.

You hung pretty tough
in there, Captain Beckett.

How you feeling?

A little tingly.

Oh?

Not in a good way.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Welcome to Earth 147,
Sliders.

What'd you call us?

That's what you humans call

quantum probability
translocation, isn't it?

Sliding.
How innocuous.

The design is unusual.

Crude, but clearly it is a
trans-dimensional facilitator.

You made it?

We found it outside.
We don't know what it is.

Thought me might trade it in
for some food.

During decontamination,

a spectral scan was
done on your tissue.

No residual radiation.

No biotoxins.

Hardly indicative
of the native population.

Wouldn't you agree?

Now, you can tell me
where you came from,

or I can allow
Subcommander Krolak to
continue his interrogation.

All right.

We're sliders.

Remmy.

Hush, girl.

I'm not letting them
go to work on you again.

Your army invaded
our world, too.

Only we couldn't hold out
as long as these folks.

My friends and I,
we needed a way out.
Any way.

Some scientists were
working on this thing
called sliding.

We stole their gizmo.

Our bad luck
we would end up

in a worse hellhole
than the one we left.

Possession of this technology
by Homo sapiens is forbidden.

The punishment is death.

But my life still has
some value for me.

You saved it,
so I feel

some

obligation.

Don't get weepy on me.

If I had known it was
one of you ugly freaks
under that suit,

I'd have let
you die there.

And you?
Would you have
let me die?

Yes.

What am I to do?

I cannot
let you go.
Yet.

I'm reluctant to order
your executions.

So, for the time being,

(BEEPING)

you'll remain
under house arrest.

But make no mistake,
mercy is not
my strong suit.

If you defy an order
from any Kromagg,
you will be killed.

If you attempt to interfere
with the operation of
this garrison,

you will be killed.

And if you attempt to escape!

You will die soon enough.

Kromaggs don't show mercy.
It's not in their nature.

Maybe they're trying
to "good cop,
bad cop" us.

Why? Unless
they didn't buy
Remmy's story

about stealing the timer.

Speaking of,
we got less than a day
to get it back,

or you better
get used to
these accommodations.

Was it just me,
or did it seem
like the Lieutenant

was trying to
frag his CO?

No, there's definitely
some sort of power
struggle going on.

Maybe we can use it
to our advantage.

Yeah, it looks like
Maggie's got some juice with
these leather-faced creeps.

What?

You saved that Magg's bacon,
and he knows it.

That's the only reason
we're not dead right now.

And maybe beauty can finesse
the timer out of the beast.

Remmy.
What are you saying?

I'm saying we do
whatever we can
to get out of here.

Now, I already spent
three months in a
Kromagg re-education camp.

What they were doing
to Maggie is a sponge bath

compared to what
they have in store for us.

I watched Wade
being hauled away,
screaming.

I'm not going back.

We miss that window,
I will die

before I spend 29 years
here with these bastards.

And I will take
as many of them
with me as I can.

Commander, am I
to believe you granted
the Homo sapien spies

full access
to the garrison?

House arrest is hardly
full access, Subcommander.

KROLAK:
But they are human.
Vermin.

And if this is
how you commanded
the twelfth legion,

perhaps the great struggle
was lost from the start.

You serve at my leisure,
Krolak.

Pray I do not tire
of dogma-spewing Dynasty
toadies anytime soon.

(BEEPING)

WOMAN ON INTERCOM:
Inter-dimensional
transmission, Commander.

For your eyes only.

(BEEPING)

At your command.

The Dynasty has been
tracking a rogue human
for some time.

He possesses
trans-dimensional
travel capabilities,

and we have reason
to believe he recently
arrived on Earth 147.

If any of your garrison
encounter this man,

do not detain him.

I do not understand.

It is not for you
to understand.

Do as you are told,
and perhaps the
disgrace that soils

the Klan Kromanus
will be lifted. Clear?

Of course.

Efforts to penetrate
the dampening field

the humans have
placed around our world

have failed.

It remains cloaked
to our sensors,

lost amidst
an infinite number
of worlds.

And this human
will change that?

This human has the key
to our ultimate victory.

The tracking device
implanted in him

during his captivity
on Earth 113

will lead us
to our home world.

Quinn Mallory
will bring about
the destruction

of his own species.

QUINN: I've never
seen Remmy like
this before.

If you'd been through
what he has, you might
be a little freaked

about staying at
the Kromagg Hilton, too.

It's more than that.

Ever since we found
Earth Prime, he's just
totally shut down.

I mean, at least
I know I have
a home somewhere.

He's lost everything.

He's never been
a hateful man,
but now...

It's the only thing
that's keeping him going.

Human survivors.

Prisoners of war.
We haven't taken many.

I'm sure your troops
made sure of that.

They didn't
have to.

On most of the worlds
that we conquer,

the inhabitants
offer only
minor resistance.

Their primitive weapons
are no match for ours.

These humans, however.

We killed millions,
but they wouldn't yield.

The war dragged
on for two years.

And even though they must've
known the battle was lost,
they didn't stop.

Chemical agents,
biotoxins, atomic weapons.

(BEEPING)

They chose death
over surrender.

The Battle of California.

What?

On my Earth,
there was a world war.

It was the second
of three, actually.

Human against human.

The Japanese
invaded the west coast
of my country.

The Marines fought them,
block by block,

but they kept pouring
in reinforcements.

When the American lines
finally broke, they felt
they had no choice.

We dropped
two atomic bombs.

One on Los Angeles,
one on San Diego.

On our own soil.

On our own troops.

My grandfather fought there.

You were a warrior.

A pilot, yes.

I will hear more
of this Earth.

You will dine
with me tonight.

I don't think so.

It was not a request.

Great. Four hours
on this world,
and I got a date.

I hate to crimp
your social life,
but forget it.

We have to get
that timer back,

or we'll be joining
those people outside.

We'll find another way.

There might not
be another way.

I said forget it.

Since when have you
become my chaperone?

Why take the risk?
If the Kromaggs laid
a hand on you, I...

Quinn, I didn't
know you cared.

(BEEPING)

(ALARM SOUNDING)

(SCREAMING)

(CROAKING) Stop them.

Hey, it's okay, man.

You're gonna be all right.

KROMANUS:
Come in.

All you need is
a little soft music,
and you're in business.

I do not understand.

Let's not have
any illusions that
this is a social event.

You ordered me here,
so here I am.

This is not
an interrogation.

I had hoped we could
at least be civil.

What the hell is this?

Most humans find
a familiar image
less stressful.

Well, I don't respond
well to deception.

Did you think the sight
of a handsome face

would make me forget
you're the enemy?

You wanted to see me
because I was a soldier.

Have the courtesy
to treat me like one.

My apologies, Captain.

Will you join me now?

(PATIENTS GROANING)

MAN: Please.

(WOMAN WAILING)

MAN: No, no.

Help me.

Help me.

(WOMAN CRYING)

Hey, what did
they do to you?

(GROANING)

Hey, man.

PENNY: Forget him.
He's out of it.

They cut his eyes out.

No. It's from
the radiation outside.

He was probably
too close to
the blast site

when we tried
to push the Maggs
out of Bakersfield.

We should've
let them keep it.

You look pretty good.
What are you? Phase 1?

Phase 1?

The projects.
You can't be more
than Phase 1 or 2.

You haven't changed
enough yet.

The project?

Where you from?

From outside.

Nobody comes
from outside.
Not anymore.

What's the project?
What is going on here?

Nobody knows.
They just
take you away.

Every time you
come back different,
if you come back at all.

What's your name?

Penny.

Pretty Penny, my dad
used to call me,
before they took him away.

At least he never
saw me like this.

Come on, Penny.
I'm gonna get
you out of here.

(ZAPPING)

It's them.

They run the project.
You've gotta get
out of here.

I'm not gonna leave you
here to be turned into
some kind of monster.

You can't save us.

(SCREAMING)

Don't let them
take you, too.
Please.

(SCREAMING)

WOMAN: No!

(MAN SCREAMING)

Hey.

Where have you been?

Doing a little recon.

Where's Maggie?

Taking your advice.

What?

She's having dinner
with the Kromagg Commander,

trying to get
the timer back.

Yeah, I wish
they'd invited me.

I'd like to take
a steak knife to
that sadistic SOB.

That's why you're not
on their guest list.
What'd you find out?

This is a freaking
death camp.

Got a lab filled
with POWs.

They're using them
for some type
of experiment.

Genetic engineering
or something. I don't
know, but it's bad.

Must've been
the project they were
asking Maggie about.

Well, we need
to do something.

We need to get
the timer back.

They're butchering
these people.

You think
I like standing by,
doing nothing?

But we can't
save everybody, man.

So we just leave
this Earth to rot
like my Earth?

Look, it was my world, too.

I understand
how you feel
about the Kromaggs.

And after what
they did to you,
I can't blame you.

You have no idea
what they did to me.

You think I'm just
supposed to forget?

"Walk it off, Remmy.
It's over"?

You gonna kill
every Magg you see?

Is that what you
want to be, Remmy?
You want to be a killer?

You don't understand.

Well then, tell me.

Tell Maggie.
Tell somebody.

Remmy, you know
I'll follow you anywhere,

but you gotta learn
how to deal with this,

or else it's just
gonna eat you up

until there
is nothing left.

I saw them wheel
a body out of there,
so keep an eye out. Sorry.

What do you think?

Looks like some kind
of retina scan.

I tell you, man, I can't make
heads or tails out of half
of this Kromagg technology.

Q-Ball.

This is a
restricted area,
human.

You violated
a direct order,

and I'm very strict
about following orders.

You know, it's been so long
since I had good human eyes
on this world.

The local variety
are all wilted
and rotten.

Hey, take it easy.

Now, we didn't know that
this was a restricted area.

We just got
turned around.

All these corridors
look the same.

If you're lying,

the penalty
for spying is death.

Seems to be a catch-all
punishment with you guys.

(GROANS)

Hey, listen, listen.

What is your commander
gonna say when he
finds out you've been

carving up his guest?

Don't think Kromanus
is going to protect you.

He's grown weak,
and he won't last.

And then there'll be
no one to keep you
out of the Pit, human.

Your quarters are that way.

Aren't you going to eat?

Our dietary requirements
are a bit different
from yours.

I wouldn't want
to spoil your appetite.

You were a pilot?

Marine aviator.

I flew Harriers.
Jump jets.

A few hours
on F-18s.

Primitive aircraft.

We destroyed
thousands of them.

Well, you've never
flown against me.

You saw combat?

Some.

Mostly close air support
during the big Siberian push.

You were a trained fighter,

you've tasted combat,

and yet you fled
your world during
our invasion.

Are you a coward?

I'd already given up
flying to be
with my husband

after he got injured.

How human.

Thank you.

Your mate, he's one
of your companions?

No, he's dead.

Do you have any family?

Anyone waiting for you
back on your home world?

We don't require
sentimental bonds
to breed.

Oh. How Kromagg.

Hmm.

What are you doing here?

Earth 147
is a proving ground.

We use it as a training arena
for new tactics and weapons.

But what are
you doing here?

Explain.

How many humans did you
kill to get all these?

How many worlds
did you conquer?

I figure you'd be up
for a cushy command
on Kromagg Prime.

Not shipped off to
some ruined planet used
for target practice.

You must've screwed up
big time to get stuck here.

You are very perceptive.

We, too,
had our great war.

Kromaggs and humans
wrestling for dominion
over the world.

It raged two years,
until the endless bloodshed

finally took its toll
on your kind.

They lost their will
to fight.

A weakness of character
that we do not
suffer from.

Our victory at hand,

I commanded a legion
of troops to take
the capital city.

What happened?

It was a trap.

Their scientists
developed a
terrible weapon.

And as at your
Battle of California,

they proved
they had the will
to use it!

The day was lost.

The war was lost.

Our world was lost.

They made you a scapegoat.

I received a
command commensurate with
my battlefield performance.

One man cannot
be held accountable
for an entire world war.

I am not a man!

And you insult me with
your human sympathy.

Is that why
you saved my life?

You took pity on me?

I didn't have
time for pity.

I saw someone out there
who was going to die.

I didn't know if
he was human or Kromagg.

At the time,
it didn't seem
to matter.

Now,
if you'll excuse me,
I've had enough.

It was strange.
He was ruthless,

like you'd expect.
You know, hard.

But there was
something different.

It was like
he was haunted.

Oh, jeez, maybe
we ought to get him
some therapy.

What about the timer?

Well, it was sitting
right there on the desk,

but I couldn't grab it.

Man.

But I got this.

Hey, all right.

Maybe we could open
some doors with this.

I do not even
want to know
how you got that.

And you're not
going to find out.

But there's
something else, Quinn.

He told me about his world.

Your world.
How they lost the war.

QUINN: What?

Your people developed
some kind of secret weapon

that not even
the Kromaggs
could handle.

Kicked their butts
right off the planet.

I knew it.

That's why we gotta
get there as soon
as possible.

No, we got
business here first.

What are you talking about?

This project of theirs.

They're experimenting
on humans. Turning
them into monsters.

He told me this whole planet
was used as a proving ground
for testing weapons.

All the more
reason for us
to get to the home world.

Stop these guys
once and for all.

And how many slides
is that gonna take?

A hundred?
A million?

I don't know, Q-Ball,
maybe you're right
about me.

Maybe it is just
about payback.

About spilling some
Kromagg blood
for a change.

Remmy.

But it's not about
what's going on
inside of me right now.

I left a lot of good people
back there in that
Magg prison,

and Wade was
one of them.

I can't
walk away again.
Not this time.

Neither can we.

This is it.

(BEEPING)

They're gone.

They're all gone.

(GASPING)

This is it.

Hey, where is she?

Where'd they take her?
Where is she?

Remmy.

Phase 4.

The Pit.

The Pit.

Thanks.

(ALARM BLARING)

Any ideas?

I'm open
for suggestions.

(BEEPING)

Looking for this?

Where are the others?

QUINN: This must
be the Pit.

REMBRANDT: Yeah,
but what is that?

I got a bad feeling
about this.

Yeah.

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

(ALL SCREAMING)

Oh, my God.

REMBRANDT: What the devil
is that thing?

Looks like some
sort of particle weapon.

Probably designed
to disrupt subatomic bonds
in living tissue.

You mean
human tissue.

Yeah.

Penny?

Penny.

No!

Remmy!

Run! Run, run!

(GROAN)

(GROANS)

Look out!

Let me guess.

You're lost again.

I'm sorry, Q-Ball.

You had to do something.

(DOOR OPENING)

Maggie.

You okay?
Yeah.

It appears Krolak was right.

I was a fool to
believe you animals
could be trusted.

After what we saw outside,
you're calling us animals?

What are you
talking about?

QUINN: Tell her
what you're
really doing here.

Tell her about the weapon
you've built that rips
people apart,

atom by atom.

We will use
whatever means necessary
to regain the home world.

QUINN: This isn't about
winning your world back.

This is about revenge.

You're going to
use that weapon

to exterminate
every human being

on every alternate world
you find.

It is not my place
to question the will
of the Dynasty.

Oh, that is beautiful.

We had a bunch of guys
on our Earth
who thought the same way.

"Just following orders,"
they said.

I don't need to
justify my actions to you.

No, but you
have to justify
them to yourself.

I thought warriors
won their honor
on the battlefield,

not by committing
mass murder.

You asked me
if I pitied you.

I do now.

Have you recaptured
the test subjects?

No need, Commander.

Our scientists have
informed me that
Phase 4 is ready.

So soon?

Well, thanks to
our ample supply
of test animals,

we've been able
to tune the weapon
to be human specific

more quickly
than anticipated.

When the device
is deployed,

there'll be no place
on the planet for
the vermin to hide.

Commander?

Proceed with the tests.

This is a great day
for the Dynasty.

Yes. A great day.

Oh, I should have
grabbed that timer
when I had the chance.

Don't beat yourself up.
You got us important
information.

Nothing that's gonna
get us out of here
in the next half hour.

(BANGING)

Penny!

Look, what are you
doing here? You're
gonna get caught.

You saved my life.
I couldn't just
leave you.

Where's
the switch?

Here.

Come on.
This'll take
us outside.

We slide in 27 minutes.

If we find the timer.

Wait a minute.

Aren't you
forgetting something?

The Kromaggs' little
doomsday weapon.

If we don't stop them now,
how long you think
it's gonna be before we start

sliding into more worlds
like this one?

We try to take that
weapon out, we might
miss the sliding window.

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

(CHATTERING)

QUINN: I'll try to
dismantle the weapon,

then we've gotta
find the timer.

We saw Little Boy before.

This must be Fat Man.
Go to it, Q-Ball.

I told you,
I can't figure out
this Kromagg technology.

Six minutes.
Do something, Quinn.

Looks like this thing's
designed to resonate
a specific DNA pattern.

That's why
it kills humans
and not Kromaggs.

Just destroy it.

What will stop them
from building another one?

Hang on. I might be able
to change these settings.

(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)

(GUN COCKING)

Move away from there.

You are correct, human.

It took our scientists months
to set this weapon to disrupt
only human organics.

All your hard work
paid off.

I guess you'll be getting
another medal for this.

You may not believe this,
Captain,

but I find no honor
in this duty.

During our great struggle,
our cause was clear,

to conquer a world
that was ours
by birthright.

Half yours,
half humanity's.

Our world lost.

Our cause has become
one of bloody retribution.

Genocide.

There comes a time

when even a warrior
tires of pointless bloodshed.

Thank you.

Save your gratitude.
I'm simply following
my orders.

What orders?

Do you really believe

that your escape
from the Kromagg
Detention Center was

a result of your
own resourcefulness?

Consider my debt repaid.

Now, go.

(GROANS)

Take them away.

Quit pushing!

I'm afraid I must
take command of this garrison.

You fool.
You don't know
what you're doing.

I'm fulfilling
my own destiny.

I don't plan to end up
a disgrace like you.

Exiled and forgotten,
living on a dead world.

At least have the self-respect
to die honorably.

I plan to.

And you should be honored.

You're about to
participate in the final test
of the weapon

that will rid
the universe of
your kind forever.

Deploy Phase 4.

How's the time?

We don't have much left.

I'm sorry.

Now.

(KROMAGGS SCREAMING)

What happened?

I adjusted the DNA setting
so that the blast
wouldn't affect humans.

But I was sure that,
that Kromagg officer
saw what I did.

He did.

You okay?

30 seconds.

Look, this is
hard to explain,

but we're leaving here.
We're going to
a different world.

Now, you can
come with us.

Start all over
someplace new.

No.

There's nothing
for you here.

This is my home.

We fought for years
to keep it.

Now that it's ours again,
I can't leave.

The Kromaggs may come back
to find out what happened
to their project.

We'll make sure
they don't get
a chance to start over.

It's time.

Good luck.

Thank you
for everything!