Halifax, Nova Scotia April 11, 1963 4:37 PM The only way Al saw himself saving Beth was for him to somehow keep Beth with him. The best thing he could think of was to have Beth accept his gift of marriage. He knew Sam would never do it, unless Ziggy agreed with him. Chances were that hunk of scrap metal wouldn’t agree with him, just to spite him. He some how had to have Sam believe that he was hear to save Beth, by accepting his proposal. Then he would be married to Beth, and maybe she wouldn’t leave him while he was in Vietnam. Maybe they would be happily ever after. Even though Al was seriously self-diluted, he knew none of this could be true. He knew she would pronounce him dead, and he would return a broken bitter man to see his only true love married to some dirtbag nozzle, who takes advantage of a woman who has just suffered a great loss. He also knew that Sam was here to save Beth, but not in that way. Sam had to find a way to have Beth not be sent to Vietnam. Sam could always fall back on the plan of Beth marring him, even if she does end up marring a Lawyer. That would be a back-up plan, so Al still had a small chance of Beth. He would give up everything that had importance to him to have Beth. He’d give up his status of Admiral, he’d give up his “connections” with the government., just to live his life with Beth. He loved her, and always will. He couldn’t help it. If he could he would give up on Sam, just to have the chance to live with Beth once more. Sam, on the other hand, was thinking totally different thoughts. He was thinking of the past of leaping. He was concentrating on a privious leap. He forgot who he had leaped into, but he remembered his mission. He was there to keep Al and Beth together, and, for some reason or another, he just told Beth that Al was going to return, and then he leaped out. He wasn’t sure why he just told her out like that, or who he was, he just did it that way. It now occurred to him, that it was an odd way of finishing his job. He only remembered bits of it. He leaped in as he saw Beth dancing by herself. “Georgia on my Mind” was playing softly, as Sam could tell she was thinking of her lost love, Al, who had been shot down in Vietnam. She was deeply saddened and could tell that Al meant a great deal to her. Sam only wished he knew what was going through Beth’s mind. This is what went through her mind. As she slowly danced to the end of the song, she opened her eyes to see a man she has never seen before. He was standing there just watching her dance to her self. Yet as she looked at him, she realized that she had seen him before. She saw a few people she has seen before. She saw in the hazel eyes, the police officer who came over, Rawlins, was his name? Hard to believe, but she also saw Al. Not the Al that had matured along with her, but a young Al. a Bingo Al. She also saw, what she thought was odd, was a man, a man she hardly knew. She had examined him to enter the war. Hubert, she thought was his name.. Hubert Williams. But the oddest thing she saw, was the man in front of her. She saw him, but years younger. Younger than the Al that was in his eyes. She saw so many lost souls that had found their place, and she knew that it was this man who had saved them. She then realized who he was. He was an angel. He had saved countless people. Most she did not know, but she knew it was him who had guided these lost souls to their place. “Who are you?” She had asked. “I can’t explain it, but I need to tell you something. Al will return, and you must wait for him.” He was so angelic, not bay any supernatural means, but by the he was pure. Pure of heart and soul. He was, in a sense, an angel. He protected many, and still, like an angel. Got nothing in return. She just stared at him, as she saw the most amazing thing she ever saw. She saw the man who had just been there a second ago burst into the most fantastic blue light she had ever seen, and watched as he faded away, and there was only her alone again. It was seeing this angel that led her to obey. She waited for Al, even when she was tempted to date Dirk Simon, that nice lawyer, she did not date anyone. Dirk kept by her side and help her through the difficult time. Sometimes she wondered if the angel wasn’t anything more than a hallucination. But she waited and was shocked that in 1973, Al had returned. Beth never told Al about the angel. The angel kept his promise and Al had returned. It wasn’t until years later. around 1989, that Beth saw the angel again. She was reading magazines while waiting for her dental appointment, when she almost fainted. In a “Times” magazine, there was the face of the angel, or a man as he was, smiling at her. She knew that he was a time traveler instantly. His eyes did not shine of souls. It had one soul in them, and it was his own. She read the article, and it told his name was Dr. Samuel John Beckett, age: 36 next August, Wife: Dr. Donna Elesse-Beckett, Family: brother Captain Thomas Beckett, United States Navy, retired. Sister Katherine Bonnick. Mother Thelma Beckett. Father John Beckett, deceased. She read all she could on this man, but when it came to his education, it was too long for her to even begin. The man was a natural genius. More than that, he made Einstein look as though he was nothing more than a mere child. It was a week later, that Al came home from the pentagon, tired and huffy. They needed a new man for the top secret project called Star Bright. For no reason, really, Beth recommended Dr. Beckett. Al thought about this and figured she might have a good idea. With a few calls, Dr. Sam Beckett was recruited for the project. At first, Al resented him. He figured Sam to be “The smart farm boy whose gonna show up all us city-boys” As he said himself to Beth. Strangely, though, he found himself liking the kid. It was this friendship that led Al into doing Sam a favor. Getting founding for the project that would be the end of Sam’s normal life. (I made this chapter to end the Post Mirror Image conflict of Sam and Al’s friendship.)