"Come on in guys." Alex said opening the door of Jen's apartment for Katie,
Lucas, and Trip.
"Where's Jen." Katie asked looking around and not seeing her friend.
"She's asleep. She had a rough day."
"I'm sure she did. With the memory adaptation and all." Lucas said thickly.
Alex sighed heavily. "Please sit down." He said motioning to the two couches in the middle of the living room. "Do you want a drink?"
"How about the truth?" Katie said icily.
"All right." He conceded. "Jen wanted to walk again. She didn't want us to fight her battles for her."
"I can't believe she would do that." Trip said.
"That's just it." Lucas said glaring at Alex. "I don't think she did."
She was in the garden again. There were beautiful roses everywhere. She walked through the green coolness of the mazes that were in the garden, not too sure what or who she was looking for. Finally she came upon an opening to her right. She turned and looked inside. She saw a picnic blanket and hamper. There was a tree in the left hand corner with a wrought iron bench wrapped around it. She tried to imagine what would happen here, a boy, a girl having a picnic..no a man and a woman, they would stare into each others eyes holding hands, then the man would take out a small box and ask the woman to marry him. She of course would say "yes" and they would kiss. Jen smiled at the thought. Maybe this would happen with her and Alex. A rustle behind her woke her from her reverie. She turned and saw a blonde haired man who looked exactly like Alex. He had on a Red shirt and dark pants.
"Who are you?" She asked. "are you Alex."
He said nothing but a tear came to his eye.
"Are you all right? Is there something I can do to help you?"
"I love you Jen." He said softly using her name.
"How do you know me? Who are you?"
The man turned and walked away disappearing into the garden. She gave chase.
"Wait!" She cried "Who are you and how do you know me?"
"Wes," He answered. "My name is Wes."
"Wait!" She cried out again waking herself up.
The door burst open and Alex, Katie, Lucas, and Trip ran into the room.
"Jen are you all right?" Alex asked sitting down next to her on the bed.
"It was just a dream but it was so real." She answered shakily. "You were there. But it wasn't you it was someone else. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He said his name was Wes."
Trip listened to Jen's story and remembered the discussion he had had with one of the technicians from Memory Adapatation Unit.
"So what you're saying is that the subject must go into it willingly or the memory adaptation will fail." Trip said to the sandy haired young man.
"Yes, first the memories will come in dreams. And then they will slowly confuse the person to what is real and what is not. If the subject's memory isn't restored completely then the subject will lose contact between the real world and the memory world and will enter into a psychotic state."
"Is there anything you can do for them at that point?" Trip asked.
"No. They would have to be entered into a sanctuary. But we know what happens there."
Trip shuddered at the thought. People were often killed in horrible experiments that took place at 'sanctuary'.
"How do you restore their memory?"
"It is sort of an amnesia. You have to help the person remember the last thing that happened before the memory adaptation. Then because we have it programmed to the memory will sort of re-download and the person should be all right but there are no guarantees. Memory adaptation is a serious business not to be taken lightly. That's why we make sure all subjects are coming into it willingly and there can't be any resistance."
"She didn't enter into this willingly did she?" Trip said accusingly.
"Of course she did." Alex said denying it.
"No she didn't. I talked to one of the technicians in Memory Adaptation Unit today and this is one of the first symptoms of adaptation sickness."
"What are you talking about? Have you been spying on me?" Alex said angrily.
"No. I just asked a few questions because we all knew Jen would never go through memory adaptation. They've always made a big deal about going into it freely and now I know why." Trip answered.
"What is Trip talking about Alex? Jen said confused.
Alex sighed heavily. "All right." He answered. "No, Jen did not go through the adaptation willingly."
"Damn you Alex!" Kate growled.
"I had orders." He said defensively.
"Orders from who? Logan?" Lucas asked.
"No these went above captain Logan. They came directly from the high command. Captain Logan didn't even know that these orders existed."
"Orders to what?" Lucas said stepping closer to Alex.
"Make sure Jen stayed here in the year 3000 at any cost."
"Alex how could you do that. You robbed me of my life." Jen said crying.
Katie sat down next to her and put her arms around her. "It's okay Jen we'll help you remember everything."
Alex stood up from the bed to face Lucas.
"I think you should leave." Lucas said coldly.
"I'm sorry." Alex whispered taking one last look at Jen.
"Where's Jen." Katie asked looking around and not seeing her friend.
"She's asleep. She had a rough day."
"I'm sure she did. With the memory adaptation and all." Lucas said thickly.
Alex sighed heavily. "Please sit down." He said motioning to the two couches in the middle of the living room. "Do you want a drink?"
"How about the truth?" Katie said icily.
"All right." He conceded. "Jen wanted to walk again. She didn't want us to fight her battles for her."
"I can't believe she would do that." Trip said.
"That's just it." Lucas said glaring at Alex. "I don't think she did."
She was in the garden again. There were beautiful roses everywhere. She walked through the green coolness of the mazes that were in the garden, not too sure what or who she was looking for. Finally she came upon an opening to her right. She turned and looked inside. She saw a picnic blanket and hamper. There was a tree in the left hand corner with a wrought iron bench wrapped around it. She tried to imagine what would happen here, a boy, a girl having a picnic..no a man and a woman, they would stare into each others eyes holding hands, then the man would take out a small box and ask the woman to marry him. She of course would say "yes" and they would kiss. Jen smiled at the thought. Maybe this would happen with her and Alex. A rustle behind her woke her from her reverie. She turned and saw a blonde haired man who looked exactly like Alex. He had on a Red shirt and dark pants.
"Who are you?" She asked. "are you Alex."
He said nothing but a tear came to his eye.
"Are you all right? Is there something I can do to help you?"
"I love you Jen." He said softly using her name.
"How do you know me? Who are you?"
The man turned and walked away disappearing into the garden. She gave chase.
"Wait!" She cried "Who are you and how do you know me?"
"Wes," He answered. "My name is Wes."
"Wait!" She cried out again waking herself up.
The door burst open and Alex, Katie, Lucas, and Trip ran into the room.
"Jen are you all right?" Alex asked sitting down next to her on the bed.
"It was just a dream but it was so real." She answered shakily. "You were there. But it wasn't you it was someone else. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He said his name was Wes."
Trip listened to Jen's story and remembered the discussion he had had with one of the technicians from Memory Adapatation Unit.
"So what you're saying is that the subject must go into it willingly or the memory adaptation will fail." Trip said to the sandy haired young man.
"Yes, first the memories will come in dreams. And then they will slowly confuse the person to what is real and what is not. If the subject's memory isn't restored completely then the subject will lose contact between the real world and the memory world and will enter into a psychotic state."
"Is there anything you can do for them at that point?" Trip asked.
"No. They would have to be entered into a sanctuary. But we know what happens there."
Trip shuddered at the thought. People were often killed in horrible experiments that took place at 'sanctuary'.
"How do you restore their memory?"
"It is sort of an amnesia. You have to help the person remember the last thing that happened before the memory adaptation. Then because we have it programmed to the memory will sort of re-download and the person should be all right but there are no guarantees. Memory adaptation is a serious business not to be taken lightly. That's why we make sure all subjects are coming into it willingly and there can't be any resistance."
"She didn't enter into this willingly did she?" Trip said accusingly.
"Of course she did." Alex said denying it.
"No she didn't. I talked to one of the technicians in Memory Adaptation Unit today and this is one of the first symptoms of adaptation sickness."
"What are you talking about? Have you been spying on me?" Alex said angrily.
"No. I just asked a few questions because we all knew Jen would never go through memory adaptation. They've always made a big deal about going into it freely and now I know why." Trip answered.
"What is Trip talking about Alex? Jen said confused.
Alex sighed heavily. "All right." He answered. "No, Jen did not go through the adaptation willingly."
"Damn you Alex!" Kate growled.
"I had orders." He said defensively.
"Orders from who? Logan?" Lucas asked.
"No these went above captain Logan. They came directly from the high command. Captain Logan didn't even know that these orders existed."
"Orders to what?" Lucas said stepping closer to Alex.
"Make sure Jen stayed here in the year 3000 at any cost."
"Alex how could you do that. You robbed me of my life." Jen said crying.
Katie sat down next to her and put her arms around her. "It's okay Jen we'll help you remember everything."
Alex stood up from the bed to face Lucas.
"I think you should leave." Lucas said coldly.
"I'm sorry." Alex whispered taking one last look at Jen.
