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RB  The vortex opened, casting the only light in a bare, grey-walled room. The four sliders tumbled out, and a moment later were left in pitch black. WADE Quinn groped his way to the light switch. He tried to flip it, but it didn't return the power. QUINN The sliders found a door, and emerged to the outside. Remmy smelled the air and looked around. REMBRANDT Rembrandt wasn't really sure, but it made everyone feel better. ARTURO REMBRANDT The sliders set out to find the Chandler. DIANA Maggie! We have to leave. There's nothing for us here. Maggie looked out the window, half-expecting to see Remmy come running up the street at any moment. MALLORY MAGGIE Diana looked at Mallory, and then at Maggie. She had no answers for either of them. Even she was skeptical. She looked at the timer she had created. It was counting down. This was her doing, so that she would know she had to leave. The time made no difference though; all of that was for her. She didn't want to leave Remmy, but she wanted to go home. REMBRANDT The sliders entered the hotel, and Rembrandt led them to door 214. It was the same room. It was always the same room. Rembrandt knocked on the door. The sliders inside the room looked around. They'd had enough conflict on this world. Diana motioned to open the gateway. REMBRANDT As Diana moved to open the vortex, Maggie stopped her. MAGGIE REMBRANDT Remmy was having fun with this. He had no idea that he'd caught his friends on the verge of leaving. ARTURO Arturo knocked on the door. ARTURO Arturo, of course, had never met any of the other sliders. Maggie recognized the voice, though, from her encounter with his double. MAGGIE Arturo looked at Rembrandt. Rembrandt nodded. ARTURO Maggie had gone over this event a million times. Was this time for real? She opened the door. There stood Remmy and the Professor. MAGGIE Maggie and Remmy embraced. Maggie had a question. MAGGIE REMBRANDT Then, Quinn and Wade walked in. MAGGIE Quinn didn't really have a part in this reunion. He tried to keep quiet. QUINN Wade was more interested. She shook Maggie's hand and smiled. On the other side of the room, Rembrandt got reacquainted with his friends. REMBRANDT MALLORY Diana put down the timer, thankful she didn't use it. Then, she got up and hugged Remmy. REMBRANDT Diana looked skeptical. They'd been through this before. DIANA ARTURO DIANA Arturo nodded. Diana was impressed. DIANA Remmy continued to talk with Maggie and Mallory, while Arturo, Quinn, and Diana sat down to work. MAGGIE REMBRANDT MAGGIE REMBRANDT MAGGIE REMBRANDT MAGGIE Maggie smiled; this was all like a wonderful dream. REMBRANDT MAGGIE REMBRANDT MAGGIE Rembrandt shrugged. More questions. Quinn, Diana, and Arturo were debating how to handle the separation. ARTURO DIANA Diana's timer, on the table, caught Quinn's eye. Another idea sprang to mind -- one that was technically riskier; but he couldn't see it failing. QUINN ARTURO QUINN Arturo hesitated, knowing that there was risk involved. He almost objected, but had faith in Quinn's suggestion. Diana looked at Arturo, and he gave a silent acceptance to the plan. DIANA Quinn smiled. This would work. It was a lot less precise, but yes, it would work. Mallory looked on as Quinn put the finishing touches on the timer. Remmy was still explaining his most recent adventures, and Maggie explained how much she missed his company. A few hours later, Quinn and Arturo were finished. QUINN DIANA MALLORY Mallory was ready. He had faith in Arturo and Quinn. How could he not trust himself? When the 6-hour barrier approached, Quinn was still messing with the timer. MALLORY Mallory was beginning to get nervous. He didn't want to wait any longer. QUINN Quinn opened the vortex. The vortex was an ugly yellow color. The merged timer caused the color change. Quinn tossed the timer to Mallory. He hesitated, but continued, jumping into the vortex. It closed, and the others were left to wait. QUINN MAGGIE QUINN REMBRANDT QUINN Diana was worried. She didn't like this waiting. But her attention turned when two vortices appeared. In quick succession, each spit out a slider. Everyone mentally picked a Quinn, and raced towards him. The Quinn picked himself up. QUINN-1 The speaker's face belonged to Mallory. They looked to the other, but turned back when they heard Quinn's first words. QUINN-1 REMBRANDT QUINN-1 Diana smiled, but her attention turned to Mallory, who lay still on the floor. DIANA He moved his head, but couldn't move his body. Mallory was hurt, and he was dying. DIANA QUINN DIANA REMBRANDT ARTURO Diana picked up her timer, severing it from Quinn's. Quinn almost screamed at her, thinking she broke both, but on closer examination, his timer was all right. Diana opened the vortex and pulled Mallory inside. The vortex closed afterwards. Arturo looked at Maggie. ARTURO MAGGIE WADE Nobody knew the answer. Diana was inside a hospital room. She was sitting by Mallory's bed, crying. Mallory was weak, and near death. MALLORY DIANA (crying) MALLORY DIANA MALLORY (whispering) Mallory closed his eyes as Diana grabbed his hand. She cried, knowing he was dead. DIANA Six hours later, Wade, Quinn, EP Quinn, Arturo, Maggie, and Rembrandt emerged from the vortex. They hurried to the nearest hospital, knowing Diana would be there. They found her, sitting in the waiting room, crying. The sliders knew what had happened. It hit Quinn hard. This was his fault. His haste had killed Mallory. He hated this. Most of all, he hated the side of himself that was glad that he was going home, ignoring Mallory's death. REMBRANDT DIANA Diana tried to stop her crying. She stood up. DIANA Rembrandt nodded. Diana looked up, and then looked as if she realized something. DIANA Rembrandt looked puzzled. REMBRANDT DIANA Rembrandt looked at Diana, and then to his friends. She was right. Geiger was telling the truth.
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