Disclaimer: I do not own Sliders. I do not own the characters in Sliders. I do however own the concepts and new characters presented in this story. Please do not sue me, and please do not use them without my permission.

Author's Notes: OK, so I'm a bit obssessed with our original crew of Sliders. This is a little attempt to "put right what once went wrong." It is set in the 5th season BEFORE Requeim (that's muy importante), but after the nanites erased Quinn from Mallory's mind. Enjoy and please send any feedback to wadesdiary@yahoo.com

Part 1

The familiar blue vortex swirled as Mallory stood, the last of his companions to slide off this world. It had been a peaceful slide, what with America having solved the world's hunger problem with the so-called "delicious" pill. "Humph..." Mallory snorted. "I'd still rather have a cheeseburger."

[So would I] said a soft male voice inside his skull.

"Oh man...," said Mallory, wincing as he jumped headfirst into the slide. "He's back."

"OOOOOOph!" cried Remmie as he stumbled onto the sand. Maggie and Diana followed shortly, threatening to fall on top off him. But being the most experienced "lander" in the group, he quickly rolled ouit of their way. Mallory flew out last, a serious look on his face. "That's wierd," thought Remmie. "Man, that boy usually screams like he's riding a roller coaster." But he shrugged it off as he took in the beauty of their surroundings.

The Sliders stood on what looked to be a deserted beach. The ocean was a bright blue, and the sand so clean it almost looked clear.

"Think they never invented smog on this world Rem?" Maggie joked pensively. She liked nature and all, but she much preferred a good city over deserted worlds any day. No civilization usually equalled wild animals...and even wilder people. She gazed cautiously around, surveying their situation.

"How much time 'till we slide Remmie?" said Diana, involuntarily hugging herself. She, too preferred the cool solidarity of a city to the harshness of nature. In fact, really she was most comfortable in a stark lab, working on some unfathomable equation. She still hadn't quite adjusted to the stark transitions in the worlds that she and the other sliders visited.

"4 days, 2 hours, 6 mins," Remmie said, glancing at the timer.

"Oh man..." sighed Maggie. 4 days in nowheresville? She might as well build a hut and start singing Cumbaya.

"Oh c'mon guys, this place is great," said Mallory, who sparked a bit at Remmie's words. "It's clean, beautiful, quiet..."

"Yeah, too quiet," joked Remmie. "I was really hoping for a cheeseburger after a week of those delicious pills too."

"Well, we're not going to find cheeseburgers on the seagulls, so I suggest we see where we are, and if there actually is some sort of city around here," suggested Diana, as she brushed sand from her blue corduroy pants.

"Yeah let's go...I'm starving!," said Mallory with a grin.

[You guys should head east, there might be some kind of city that way. It looks like we might be in malibu or somewhere around that area...but there's no super huge houses.]

"Malibu..." said Mallory under his breath.

"What was that Mallory?" said Maggie with a smile, as she looked back at him.

"Oh...uh nothing...just mumbling to myself," Mallory said quickly, flushing. Why oh why, he thought angrily, had Quinn chosen to come back into his mind now?

Part 2

"Look guys," said Maggie, pointing at a silver rectangular shape in the distance. "I think I see a building."

The four companions had walked east across the sand for a good 20 minutes. The beach they were stretched farter inland than any ocean waters they could ever remember seeing before.

"Yeah...yeah...and there's another one," said Remmie wonderingly, as another silver shape popped up into their point of view.

"Wierd," said Diana thoughtfully. "They look like they're almost coming out of nowhere."

Mallory hung back from the group. He knew he should tell them that Quinn was back in his head -- but he was afraid. "If they have him back, I might as well jump in the ocean," he thought as he kicked some sand with his foot.

"Hey! Fogboy," Remmie called over his shoulder. "Pick up the pace. I want to eat something some time today."

"Yeah, yeah," muttered Mallory, his thoughts becoming more and more morose. But he jogged to catch up with the others.

They had treached the outcropping of a futuristic city. The edges of it seemed to meld in the sand like a puddle. The city itself was bigger than imagination, stretching across the eastern skyline like a giant monolith.

Diana smiled. "Now this is more like it," she said, looking appreciatively at the well-structured buildings.

"You're tellin' me," said Remmie. "Let's go eat!"

"Always leading by your stomach Rem," teased Maggie with a grin. "You'd make a great general!"

As they stepped onto the plain flat surface a shimmering ripple divided the air. It tickled them slightly as it passed through them.

"What was that?" said Diana.

A piercing alarm answered her question. "WARNING! WARNING! INTRUDER ALERT! WARNING!" spelled out a deep bass voice.

"Making friends already," said Mallory. He and the others turned to go back to the beach, but to their shocked surprise, what had been air was now a solid blank wall.

The sound of marching feet to their left drew their frantic attention as the alarm contiued to sound.

"Uh oh," said Maggie seeing what looked like a regiment of an army coming straight for them. "I knew this world was too pretty for it's own good. Let's bolt!"

She led the way, and the other Sliders followed.

"Do you think we can lose them?" gasped out Diana as they ran into the city itself and hid behind an outcropping of pale green buildings.

"You better pray we can girl!" siad Remmie. "Did you see those nasty looking weapons?"

[Man that was close] said the voice inside Mallory's head. "You're telling me," he responded.

Maggie gave him an odd look. "Who is he talking to?" she thought. But she didn't have much time to examine it, as the soldiers that had spotted them were still on their tail.

There was a clicking noise from behind them, and the the four sliders turned with hands up, their faces mirrors of dread.

A human youth and his legion stood there with his troupe. He looked no more than 16. "Halt in the name of the Kromagg Dynasty," he said with blank eyes.

It was those eyes that made Remmie comply more than the gun in the boy's hand.

Diana whimpered in the background. Maggie sighed. "Great not another Kromagg earth," she thought. "You sure you know how to use that toy son?" she said.

The boy said nothing, but one of his men swiftly fired a shot that burst into Maggie's shoulder.

Maggie gasped from the pain and fell back. There was a gaping wound in her upper shoulder that was bleeding. She turned pale. Remmie rushed to her side. "Guess they are serious," she mumered through clenched teeth. "When are you gonna learn to hold your tongue Maggie?" he responded.

"What the hell do you and your Kromaggot friends want with us?" he shot back at the boy.

"You are to be prisoners of the Dynasty at the request of the Commander." The boy guestured to a wall, where a previously unseen poster came into focus.

"Oh my god," said Remmie and Mallory at the same time.

To be continued...