Together at last: These Dreams
Disclaimer: Do I have to really keep doing this? None of the characters except for Roslyn and Lauren are mine. Stargate Atlantis is not mine.
A/N: In this chapter, it's tells a little about Rose's past. It has a medical explanation, but I made it up, so if it's medically impossible, sorry. I want to be a doctor, but for now, I'm 13.
Rose slowly walked around the infirmary with a glaze in her eyes. She seemed very distant, and Carson was worried about her. "Rose" he said as he approached her. " Are you alright there lass?" Rose looked at him the red eyes. " I'm fine, I just, didn't get much sleep last night is all" She walked back around to her desk. " Why?" Carson asked. He knew she was hiding something from him, and he wanted to know what. She turned, slightly irritated, and answered him " it's no big deal, Carson. It was just a dream" Carson looked at her closely " a bad dream?" "Not really," She answered. " It just brought back bad memories. It ended before anything bad happened, but I still remember what happened afterward. " What happened." At this part, Carson really wanted to know. Rose sighed as she sat down on a stool, to explain the dream to Carson. She closed her eyes and began.
A little girl, no more than 6 with long curly black hair, was running from two boys who were at least 3 years older than her. The little child tripped, and the 2 boys jumped on her and started to hit her. She screamed for them to stop or for someone to help her. Her sister, who was about 7 made the two boys leave. The older girl went over to the child. " Are you alright Rose?" her sister asked " Yes Annie, I'm fine" Rose had a few bruises, other than that, she was all right. " Let's go home" the older girl said. Home to these girls was a straw hut that stood on top dry dirt. That was home to everyone in that village. Rose's village was made up of very, very poor people. They hardly ate. Unfortunately, they couldn't afford it. Any food they had, it was usually rotting or stale leftovers from other villages that felt sorry for them. Most people's life saving were only about 6 dollars American money. That wasn't even enough to buy three day's worth of food in Brazil. The main meal was a piece of stale bread and tea, made from a bitter red flower and muddy water found in a stream (if that was what you would call it) that was less than a ¼ mile from the village. " Mommy, Daddy, we are home" Annie called. " The two girls walking into the hut to see her mother boiling water. On a clay tray, were red flowers chopped up ready to be put in the cauldron of muddy, boiling water hanging over an open flame. " Hello girls, can you get that bread over there?" The girl's mother was making lunch for them. Suddenly, a yell came from outside their home.
Rose suddenly opened her eyes. Carson was intently looking at her. " And what happened next? " Rose looked at him. " The dream ends. But I remember what happens next" "Rose, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. It's probably really hard for you to tell me. I'm not going to push you." Carson said gently. " the hard part isn't telling you. The hard part is knowing the end result." Rose picked a spot on the wall and stared straight ahead. Her eyes lost focus and she began to tell the rest of the story.
Someone yelled "STRANGERS!" outside their home. The sisters and their mother ran outside. 3 men in white coats and about 10 Brazilian soldiers stood on the border of the village. " Don't be alarmed" one of the men in white coats said with an English accent. " We're not here to harm you" He stated again. The man was portly with short brown hair and scary, dark eyes. They almost looked black. " My name is Dr. Livingston, this," He said while pointing to his left " is Dr. Reigns and Dr. Erne. We're here to help you." The village accepted the strangers, and they spoke a meeting. " We know that your immunity is low and death rate because of sickness is pretty high." Rose thought to herself that they men were right. It was very true. She had Scarlet Fever a little less than a month ago and nearly died. ½ of the children born in the village died before their 2nd birthday because of sickness, most commonly, Scarlet Fever. " we are offering you a drug that boost your immune system" All the villagers cheered, including Rose. " We hoped to inaugurate all of you as soon as possible." The leader of the village stood to speak. " You may begin tomorrow." "Wonderful!'' Dr. Erne stated. Drs. Erne and Reigns were both Americans and were Doctors before scientists. Dr. Livingston was from London and was a M.D also, but cared more about pure science than the Hippocratic oath.
The next day, everyone in the village was inaugurated with the serum. Rose walked to the front of the line, nervous. One of the soldiers noticed her anxiety. "Don't worry, we're here to help" Rose smiled at the soldier and stretched out her arm for he injection.
Rose's eyes refocused to look at Carson. "Everything was fine for a two weeks, then people got sick. From what I know, the drug reacted negatively with the bloodstream. There were numerous ways to die. My sister died in the simplest way. Her lungs filled with blood and she drowned in her own blood. My parents weren't so lucky. They had a heart attack, but they lived. If that happened, all the blood in your body rushed to your brain, causing seizures. Eventually, it would kill you and the blood would rush out of your eyes, ears, mouth and nose. I witnessed the death of my parents. Only 5 of us lived. So, there was a success rate, but not enough to be called a success. It really did work, I haven't had a cold or any virus since I had Scarlet Fever. Because I wasn't sick, I was forced to burn bodies, including my parents and sister. I was no more than 5 or 6." Rose started to tear up. " God, Carson, these men were doctors! They took the Hippocratic oath! I guess they thought it wouldn't matter because we were a poor, village that nobody cared about" She shook her head in disgust "First and Foremost, do no harm." She recited "That's why I wanted to be a doctor. To be able to help, and to make sure something like that didn't happen again. But that whole thing with the Hoffans didn't really help. Anyways, after everyone except the 5, including me, died, we found a part of Brazil named 'The Forgotten'. It's a ghetto where thousands of abandoned and orphaned children lived. From ages 4-15. They're not exactly the best kids in the world. The residents in the local area would tell the military to 'exterminate' when the stealing got to bad. They would just shoot and not care. They killed 4 year olds. After a certain amount died, they would back off until next time. I was shot 3 times because of it. As you could imagine, I really disliked the military. All I knew was that I was 8 years old and these people were trying to kill me and other kids. I didn't realize that not all military members were like that. We all had to have military training because of it. It was probably just as strict as the real military. It's any wonder I enlisted." Rose said, still flashingback. Not many knew that Rose use to be military. Only Drs. Weir and Beckett knew. She made it to sergeant, but left because she went to medical school. She only joined the military in order to pay for college. Actually, more like the Air Force paid for it. Because of her previous training as a child, she rose through the ranks. Rose tried to keep her past a secret, but she trusted Carson. Carson leaned over to give her a hug, purely for support. But when he held her in his arms, it felt right. Rose felt as though nothing could hurt her in his arms. Eventually, they pulled apart and smiled to each other. " Thank-you Carson." "Aye, no problem"
A/N: End of Chapter 3. Make sure to review! By the way, that whole part about "the forgotten" is true. I don't think that is the real name, but everything else except the part about the military is true. The police were the ones who 'exterminated' not the military. And I don't know if the kids really did have to get training. I just changed it to make it fit for the story. My history teacher told me about that. And she is the one who told me their ages. They really are from about 4-15.