Originally posted by scifan
View Post
Rememberance. Part 4:
Everyone is in shock over Rodney’s assessment of the machines purpose. Teyla has a puzzled look on her face a she looks at John and then to Ronon.
“Are you saying that everything we’ve seen so far are bad memories to Sheppard?” asks Ronon.
“Um, no… I don’t think so,” responds Radek. “I think some maybe good, but I’m not sure yet as why those images are appearing.”
A very brief image of a funeral comes up on the screen. Many people dressed in black and crying. A beautiful spray of flowers is laid across the casket and a banner with the words, beloved wife and mother, on it. The memory quickly changes to a happier moment. John and his brother are older and their father is playing football together in the backyard. His father still favoring his brother slightly, but it didn’t matter. Younger John laughs with a youthful voice as his father and brother tackle him. His mom is on the sideline cheering everyone on and clapping joyfully.
While John is remembering, he begins to moan louder than before and struggling in the chair. Sweat slowly merges from his brow.
“He sounds like he’s in pain,” Teyla fearfully expresses. “Why would such a wonderful memory be hurting him?”
Rodney and Radek don’t have an answer for her. Radek franticly tries to skim through the database to figure it out as Rodney finishes hooking up Keller’s machines to monitor Sheppard’s vital signs. John’s heart rate is expectantly high, due to the stress of what he is going through, but still not dangerously high.
“I think I found it!” shouts Radek. “It says here that if the person resists the purging, due to painful memories and tries to recall more pleasant ones, then the force field will put pressure on them to discourage this action.” He continues reading. “Oh no.”
“What!” Everyone responds.
“Um, I don’t know how else to say this, but um. They also had some casualties. When the person didn’t ascend, but died because they weren’t able to face their darker repressed memories.”
The room grows silent, knowing that either way John is going to die if they don’t figure out how to get him out of it.
The screen goes dark again and John’s heart rate begins to slow down.
“Teyla,” John mumbles.
Teyla quickly turns around to see John’s eyes half open. She can see the fear in his eyes, but he tries not to let it show.
“Can I get out now? I don’t like this ride,” he says with a weak smirk.
Teyla frowns and barely cracks a smile, “I’m sorry John, we are working on it as fast a they can to get you out.”
“I’m just so… tired…” John faintly speaks before he closes his eyes again.
“Dr. Keller?” Teyla shouts.
Keller looks at the monitors and reassures Teyla that his just sleeping.
During the next hour or so, minor bad memories flash on the screen, him waking from a bad dream, a pet being sick and so on.
Everyone grows more fearful as John’s vital signs begin to drop slightly.
Spoiler:
Everyone is in shock over Rodney’s assessment of the machines purpose. Teyla has a puzzled look on her face a she looks at John and then to Ronon.
“Are you saying that everything we’ve seen so far are bad memories to Sheppard?” asks Ronon.
“Um, no… I don’t think so,” responds Radek. “I think some maybe good, but I’m not sure yet as why those images are appearing.”
A very brief image of a funeral comes up on the screen. Many people dressed in black and crying. A beautiful spray of flowers is laid across the casket and a banner with the words, beloved wife and mother, on it. The memory quickly changes to a happier moment. John and his brother are older and their father is playing football together in the backyard. His father still favoring his brother slightly, but it didn’t matter. Younger John laughs with a youthful voice as his father and brother tackle him. His mom is on the sideline cheering everyone on and clapping joyfully.
While John is remembering, he begins to moan louder than before and struggling in the chair. Sweat slowly merges from his brow.
“He sounds like he’s in pain,” Teyla fearfully expresses. “Why would such a wonderful memory be hurting him?”
Rodney and Radek don’t have an answer for her. Radek franticly tries to skim through the database to figure it out as Rodney finishes hooking up Keller’s machines to monitor Sheppard’s vital signs. John’s heart rate is expectantly high, due to the stress of what he is going through, but still not dangerously high.
“I think I found it!” shouts Radek. “It says here that if the person resists the purging, due to painful memories and tries to recall more pleasant ones, then the force field will put pressure on them to discourage this action.” He continues reading. “Oh no.”
“What!” Everyone responds.
“Um, I don’t know how else to say this, but um. They also had some casualties. When the person didn’t ascend, but died because they weren’t able to face their darker repressed memories.”
The room grows silent, knowing that either way John is going to die if they don’t figure out how to get him out of it.
The screen goes dark again and John’s heart rate begins to slow down.
“Teyla,” John mumbles.
Teyla quickly turns around to see John’s eyes half open. She can see the fear in his eyes, but he tries not to let it show.
“Can I get out now? I don’t like this ride,” he says with a weak smirk.
Teyla frowns and barely cracks a smile, “I’m sorry John, we are working on it as fast a they can to get you out.”
“I’m just so… tired…” John faintly speaks before he closes his eyes again.
“Dr. Keller?” Teyla shouts.
Keller looks at the monitors and reassures Teyla that his just sleeping.
During the next hour or so, minor bad memories flash on the screen, him waking from a bad dream, a pet being sick and so on.
Everyone grows more fearful as John’s vital signs begin to drop slightly.
Spoiler:
Sounds like time is running out! Bring on the dark repressed memories!!! I gotta say though, I hope we see something else of Teyla on the screen again lol This is great Sci!!! Excellent update
Poor John he's really goin through the ringer!
You guys are cracking me up!
Comment