A/N: Chapter 2 Beta'd by Angw

Something inside me tells me that I should know who this is coming towards me. She wraps her arms around me and I just let myself respond by instinct. My arms close around her, trying to grasp the memory I know I should have.

There can't be any other explanation. Somehow, I've forgotten everything, including something so special that it hurts not to remember it.

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He didn't resist, but she could feel something was out of place. She stifled the tears of join and sadness, pushing herself away. Her heart felt both happiness and pain at the same time. Happiness that he was back, living in a form she could share. Pain that he could not remember her.

She looked to Halling, pleading silently for him to explain.

Halling placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, drawing her away. "A hunting party found him in the forest, naked and without any idea as to who and what he was. They brought him back. I told him who he was, and then I called Doctor Weir."

Teyla turned to find Rodney gesturing wildly, drawing a very large grin from John. She stepped up to him, trying to find the words to explain what it meant to her.

He beat her to it. "I know you." He said, pointing a finger at her. "I don't know how, but I know you... it hurts not to be able to remember it."

"John." Teyla said quietly.

"I remember telling you call me that." John eyebrows scrunched in, as if he was deep in thought.

"I love you. You died, and then ascended."

"Ascended?" John was clueless.

"To a higher plain of existence." Rodney said. "I believe you did something they considered wrong and hence why you're back here."

"But I don't remember any of that?"

Aiden held up a hand. "Wait a minute, I think it's possible for you to remember. I read a report back at the SGC about Doctor Jackson."

"Thatssssssssssasasasa right." Rodney replied. "So very right. We just need to stimulate his memory."

Teyla held out her hand to John, an invitation that only he could accept. Their eyes met for what seemed like an eternity. He saw the pain and love in her eyes, she saw the desperate need to grasp the memories so tied to her. He took her hand.

She took him back to the puddle jumper. He still looked clueless as to what was going on but something must have appeared in his mind.

"Puddle jumper." He said, a grin on face. He pointed to Aiden. "I remember naming it."

"Gate-ship." Rodney said sarcastically.

"No, puddle jumper." John replied, the ecstasy from the memory clear on his face.

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I can see it in her eyes. The love, the pain, the desire for me to remember her. It feels more like a blur now. I know I met her, but I can't remember anything specific. She's calmly explaining how I died. It all seems very abstract, but it feels right.

The only thing I can trust is my feelings. They don't lie like my memories do.

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Teyla took John's hand once again when they stood to leave the jumper. She had so many things she had to remind him of. Bit by bit, she was sure his memory was returning. Her pain was gradually being warped into happiness. He would remember, she was sure of it.

Elizabeth was waiting as the back hatch opened. She smiled warmly. "Welcome back John."

John pointed frantically at her, as if grasping on a memory again. "You got me to come here!"

"That's right John." Elizabeth replied, smiling broadly. "Doctor Beckett wants to see you in the infirmary."

"I hate infirmaries." John replied, not recognizing his own attempt at humor.

Teyla smiled, remember a number of escape attempts by him from the infirmary. She led him down to the infirmary, where a very happy Carson Beckett was waiting.

The Scottish doctor shook his head. "Never thought I'd be grateful to see you in my infirmary."

"You fired that drone at me." John said.

"Aye, it was an accident." Carson grinned broadly. "But I'd hope you would've found a better memory than that."

John shook his head.

Carson sighed and motioned for John to lay down on the scanner. "Okay, now just hold still." He quickly ran to scanner over John. He smiled at the results, saving them to the laptop. "You're one hundred percent healthy."

Teyla turned to Elizabeth. "I was wondering if we could watch John's football game."

Elizabeth smiled. "I'll have Rodney set it up."