SUMMARY: No, it's NOT about Lucas. And I'm sorry that there's not much more of a summary, but I wanted to make it a little mysterious at the very beginning. Later on – the first chapter pretty much explains itself, and it's not long, so you might just as well try and read it. Unless you are Lucas fanatic, then it would be all too boring :).
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any SeaQuest contents.
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WHAT FUTURE HOLDS – by YANNIK
Chapter One – THE AWAKENING
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As he woke up, all he knew was that the face he saw, was not the face he'd seen before.
Then he fell into darkness again.
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As he woke up later, she was still there. But he no longer remembered that previous face. He was sure however that it was a woman. He tried to grasp the feeling he had towards her – it seemed somehow important. But the more he struggled, the more she diminished, until he wasn't even sure it was a girl.
Then there came a huge headache and with it words: "With your shield or on it."
And he fainted again.
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Again he was waking up, and again was plunged in a gloom. Many times – he couldn't even count. Hell – he wasn't sure what numbers were coming after what numbers. Could he count? One, two, three, five, eight... No. It was some other way... Hell!
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As he started differing night from day, other faces were coming to visit him. With time he started recognizing them. The one he liked most, was a face of a dark-haired woman. He still couldn't remember her name. She was talking to him, and soon he started understanding words, sentences, meaning.
He learned how to eat, drink, aid his physiology.
How long did it take?
"How long have I been here?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you" she smiled. Anna. Her name was Anna!
"Anna."
"You remember!" her beautiful smile widened.
"And I'm Jim." Suddenly his head started hurting. "Jim Brody" he whispered. "Lieutenant Commander" he struggled to say.
And lost it yet again.
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As the days progressed they were talking about some unimportant stuff – everyday life, food, his health, her hair. He tried to make a pass on her and she knew that, and was flattered, but kept her distance. He knew he had way with women. When he tried to remember anything about that Jim Brody, she was telling him to stop. And he did willingly, 'cause it always caused headache. So they were doing just small talk. But it was nice.
Headaches were getting less troubling though. But at the same time the memories of whoever was Brody were getting more confused. He was no longer sure it was ever him. As he remembered how to write, he wrote those words that came to him on the first day, though Anna said not to think about them. And though he knew that on that other day those words had meant something, now they were empty. Now he wasn't even sure of their sound, if he didn't look at the sheet he wrote them on.
He wanted to know what happened to him.
When he confessed this to Anna, she said she would do some tests if he's ready.
So they took him to do some brain and abdomen scans, checked his bp, pulse and so on. Then they placed some sensors upon his head, and she came to him with another doctor he haven't seen before, and with a pad. She started asking questions, and as he was answering, she made notes.
Some questions were apparently about his past, but he could not remember anything. Nothing came to him even if he tried hard. But there also was no headache and that he found relieving.
After the other doctor left, and he was returned to his room, Anna stayed for a moment.
"Who was I?" he asked uneasily. He wanted to know finally!
"I don't know. And even if I did, I wouldn't be allowed to tell you. If the test results show that you have some memories, you will start rehab in order to help you remember. There is a slight chance for that. But it's more probable that you have no memories left. See…" she sat on his bed, and took his palm into hers. "You died. The person you once were died. Now your body was revived, but it's very common it that circumstances, that memories are erased once in for all. There were – maybe – three cases that cryogenised, and revived people remembered their past lives. And believe me – that was not good for them."
"But I remembered" his gaze went to the drawer where he kept the sheet with meaningless words on it.
"And you no longer do. There are no emotions associated to those anymore. Right?"
So she knew.
He nodded.
"That's for the better. Trust me. You'll start a new life."
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And so he did. Against Anna's advice however, he decided to keep the name – James Brody. He knew that he could search who that was, and maybe even find something about him. But it was someone strange – he believed that. In fact Anna once told him about few Brodies in history – James was a common name after all – and there was no emotional response to any of them from him.
He was somebody else.
So he tried to get some other life. For almost half a year he worked as a librarian in Minneapolis. And that's where he read about recruitment. He was in the army. This body was, and so was this personality. That's where it belonged. He wasn't young anymore, but he was fit, and healthy, in spite of his previous death experience. But hey – nobody had to know. It was classified – he got false birth date, false identity. And he could use it the way he choose to.
So he went to the Academy in San Diego. And he choose Navy. He hoped to get to some submarine. Maybe even the famous SeaQuest V, under command of Captain Walenchak. That was everybody's dream, so his chance was small, but he was cocky enough to dream it too.
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T.B.C.
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.yannik