Chapter 4 - Something To Hold On

"So, what now?" Jack was already circling Serena for the millionth time.

"I told you that we could use the power of this place, but it'd mean..." the fairy told him.

"Mean what?" he exquired shooting her an expectant glance.

"It's kind of difficult", Serena explained, "it requires a certain bit of strength and it often involves pain. "

Jack raised his eyebrows, "What are our other possibilities?"

"You can keep on trying on your own, but as it seems you've already forgotten too much about your friends and your beloved..."

"About whom?" he questioned with surprise.

"About Sam?" Serena proposed.

"Ah, yeah, right", Jack stated bashing the back of his hand against his forehead, "d'oh, how could I forget that."

"See?"

"Looks as if you're right", he sighed, "so, let's try this place."

"All right", Serena said, "are you sure?"

"Yeah", Jack confirmed, "what exactly does it do?"

"It leads you into the past restoring the memories you've lost."

"O-kay", Jack replied slowly, "let's go give it a try."

"Come", Serena showed him to follow her leading him to the other side of the dome and further into the cave.

Sam sighed leaning her head onto her folded arms. Janet had sent her away to have a rest or to at least eat something, since she had not done that for the past 36 hours, she had only been up staying with Jack.

And now she was here in the cafeteria, tired and not able to eat something or just to finish her coffee.

"Hey", Daniel sat down next to her gently nudging her arm.

"Hi", Sam raised her head a bit, just enough to look at him.

"Any changes with Jack since I've seen him the last time?"

"Uh-uh", Sam sadly shook her head, "after the small change I've told you all about, there was nothing more."

"But maybe I'm having good news for you."

She looked up a bit more, expectantly waiting for the news Daniel was about to tell her.

"We got through to the Asgard", he began, "Thor reckons that he can be here within the week. So there's still hope, don't you think?"

Sam nodded, "Yeah, there still is. And I won't give him up that quickly, it's still Jack we're talking about here. He's been through other things."

"You're right", Daniel consented with her.

"I think I'll look after him now", Sam rose from the table slowly.

"You look as if you could use a nap."

"I won't leave him alone longer than absolutely necessary, he needs someone by his side", she stated leaving the cafeteria and returning to infirmary.

They reached a room in the cave that was much more imposing than the first dome they had been to. Its walls looked as if they were tiled with diamonds over and over.

The floor was shining like crystal and from the high ceiling there were hanging thousands of small, silvery stalagmites.

"Wow", Jack stated, "swell place."

"Were almost in the cave's center now", Serena informed him.

"Almost?"

She led him further into that huge room until they reached a small lake with deep blue water in it.

"This is the Spring of Remembrance", Serena told him.

"That small waterhole?" Jack was a bit surprised.

"Small?" with a wave of the fairy's hand a huge fountain splashed out of the lake and covered Jack and her, enclosing them into a bluish sphere.

"And now?" Jack waited for something to happen.

"Close your eyes and relax, the spirit of this place will do the rest."

"No freaky spell to say or something?" he questioned.

"No", Serena seemed to be a bit insulted, "I'm a fairy and no idiotic witch in a fairy tail; we fairies don't do this kind of thing."

"All right, all right", Jack apologized for his stupid question finally closing his eyes trusting the fairy's instructions.

Suddenly things around him began swimming , but this time it was different, it was as if some kind of wind blew him away, taking him to a far-off place he had already forgotten for very long.

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