Sorry it took so long, people. I've had school. Only five days left then I'll have all the time in the world. Hope you like this chap.

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"Well? Can you read it?" McKay asked.

"If you're quiet I might just read it out loud for you."

McKay didn't say a thing.

"Loosely translated it talks about a great race, called the Furlings. A group of Furlings created this device so when they grew old, they could activate it. It would make them young again. They would have all the knowledge from before they activated it. As a safeguard, they made sure that only someone with Furling blood or a bonded who knew the Furling ways could use it. Eventually another group of Furlings found out about it. They fought over the use or misuse of the device and in the process, it was broken or altered. Neither group wanted to fight over it any longer so left it broken and moved to another galaxy."

"If it can only be activated by someone with Furling blood or a bonded who knew Furling ways, why did it work for Spratt?" Major Lorne asked.

"Spratt is my bonded, I was teaching her our ways."

"Oh. Right."

"Spratt lost her memory because the device is broken. The device takes the user back to the age they were thinking of."

"And Spratt was thinking of being ten? Hey! What are you doing?"

Shisco had crouched down beside the device and laid a hand on it. Closing his eyes, he blocked the device from making him younger and focused on its memory. Seeing what Spratt was thinking when she touched it.

Images flashed in front of his eyes: the day they met, Chris dying, the torture by a goa'uld, a fire, flames and screaming. Shocked Shisco wrenched his hand away.

"What was that?" McKay asked, moving his hand away from his eyes.

"Later." Shisco said, "Let's get back to Atlantis."

Lorne dialed the gate and sent through his IDC.

"Are you going to tell me what you just did?" McKay asked.

"I said later. I don't want to repeat myself more than once."

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"Doctor. I know how to change her back."

"That was quick." Elizabeth said then talking into her radio she told Carson to come to the control room with the girl.

"Ah, we might have a little problem there." Carson replied.

"What do you mean?"

"I've lost her."

'You, you lost her. How?"

"Well, she was there, then I looked away and when I looked back she was gone."

"Tell Carson to meet me in Spratt's room. I'll find her." Shisco said, before turning into a German Sheppard and running off.

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"Shisco, what are we doing here?" Carson asked as he walked into Spratt's room.

'Tracking her down.' He replied putting his nose on the pillow, 'Let's go'

Carson followed Shisco out the door and around what seemed like half the city. Eventually they come to a balcony. A person with bouncy brown curls leaned against the rail with her back to them.

'That's her. Your turn doc.'

Carson walked over and leant on the rail beside Jess.

"'Remember today, today life is good.' That's something my older sister said to me at every birthday and every Christmas for as long as I could remember." Jess said.

"When you lose someone there are always those little bits that stay with you.

She looked at him her eyes full with unspilled tears, "You've lost someone."

Carson stared into the distance, "Aye. Being a doctor you do lose people, it's something you can never get used to. Each person is different, each person is an individual with their own little quirks. But it's not only the people that have passed on that you lose. Sometimes if you love someone and they move away with no explanation that can hurt as welll. You're left hoping that maybe you'll see them again, that maybe they'll come back into your life. Eventually you convince yourself that you don't like them anymore and you grow cold towards them so when they do come back it's too late. It's hard, when you can't save them all."

Jess reached over and hugged Carson, "I'm sorry." She whispered, and silently cried into his shoulder.

"It's okay, love. You have nothing to be sorry for. There's something I want to show you. You'll love it."

Jess pulled away and nodded.

"Let's go."

'I'll meet you there Doc.' Shisco thought before running off again.

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Hope everyone liked it. I should have the next chap up in a few days.

Brownie points for anyone that can tell me where the quote 'Remember today. Today life is good.' Came from. It's a very famous movie and book. :D