311 Past and Present
This last mission was strange, they ran into Ke'ra, the destroyer of worlds. Only this time she was the destroyer of memory, not only the inhabitants of Vyus but also of herself. It got everyone on the team wondering if given the option would they choose to forget.
Daniel mulled over the idea of total amnesia. Would that be so horrible? You could forget all your mistakes you had made, all the chances missed and to have a start fresh.
To forget everything you had ever learned, every discovery you had ever made. No maybe he was too obsessed for that.
To forget everyone you had ever loved, especially so soon after losing all hope of recovering Shari. No, the pain was worth the price.
Jack wondered if Daniel had finally put Shari behind him when he saw him doting over Ke'ra. He wondered if the thought of forgetting the pain of losing Shari to the Goa'uld and finally to death made amnesia enticing. Jack at times though if he could only forget, not for a few hours but truly forget, could he salvage his life.
Forget the tragedy, yes.
But forget his son, never.
Never forget how he felt the first time he held his son in his arms.
Never forget the first time Charlie put his little arms around him and hugged him.
Never forget the first time his boy called him daddy.
No, as painful as the past might be he'd pass on amnesia.
Teal'c considered the lure of forgetting all those he killed in the service of Apophis. Forget all the innocent lives lost in the desires of a megalomaniac to conquer more territory.
Could he forget all the Jaffa under him who died in pointless battles?
No, he would not forget them, but honor them in the life he now led – a life to destroy the Goa'uld and free his people.
Sam, the perfectionist, thought sure she'd like to forget her mistakes, but isn't that how you learned.
Maybe she'd like to forget some of the embarrassing moments of her life. Especially like when she pealed off her top on mission. Alien influence, definitely Alien influence.
Or when she jumped the Colonel in the locker room. Again Alien influence – it wasn't her, not really. Might be embarrassing but no...well maybe...but no, she didn't want to forget.