Borealis (Stargate Atlantis FF)

Chapter 17 Going home

Maya woke with a start. All the dreams she was experiencing were starting to make her angry and tired. It wasn't long until she felt a steadying hand on her shoulder. It has become a habit last night in the infirmary that Susan Weir, who apparently was her mother, helped her to shake the dream and go back to sleep as many times as this happened. And since all the dreams then started very nice and cosy Maya didn't resist.

"Maybe I should get you something from doctor Beckett to help you sleep without dreams?" The older woman asked. "You should be resting, not spending your night tossing and turning."

"No, it's okay, mom, I'd prefer to have them rather than wait longer for all the memories to come back." Maya said sleepily. "I have a feeling that if I refuse them access during the night they may never come back."

Maya looked at Mrs Weir and met a shocked expression of the older woman.

"What?"

"You..." Suddenly Susan had tears in her eyes. "You said to me 'mom'..."

"I... don't know why... I'm sorry..." Elizabeth felt embarrassed. "I should have watched my tongue."

"No, no... " Susan was holding her now. "It's okay, you're getting it back, at least partially. It's okay." She patted her affectionately on the back. They were both crying. "It will all get back to you. Today, tomorrow, in a month, it doesn't matter, sweetheart."

They were holding each other affectionately for some time until Susan Weir finally pulled back. Elizabeth felt chilled for a second and then it must have shown on her face, or her eyes, or it was a mother's instinct but Susan saw there was something wrong.

"It's okay, sweetheart, it's okay." She comforted her daughter. "But now you need to sleep."

This time something was different. Elizabeth allowed herself to be laid down with a head on her mother's tigh and fell asleep with the older woman's hand petting her head. This time the nightmares didn't come back. This time she dreamt of a pocket watch and stepping through the wormhole to Atlantis and hugging general O'Neill after rescuing him and being reestablished as the leader of the Atlantis expedition. This time she woke up when the sun was brightly shining through the window and the glass offered an amazing view of her city. And that was what she thought about Atlantis – "her City". She smiled and gently got up careful not to wake her mother. She looked through the window and mused about being back home again. 'Home' felt good.

She went to the closet almost without thought and pulled out an outfit that felt most familiar at the moment. She put on the clothes and left a note on the nightstand for her mother not to be worried and walked out of the room.

Everything felt different than just the day before. People were looking familiar and many of them were actually smiling to her. This was nice and made her feel warm. She actually seemed to remember names of a lot of them. She definitely knew the place now and let her feet carry her through the halls to the place they apparently travelled very much to.

She entered the control room with a smile and kept her eyes on the Stargate.

"Good morning, Chuck." She said absentmindedly leaning on the railing on the catwalk leading to the glass office. After several moments she noticed that a lot of people behind the consoles grinned like idiots. "What?"

"I guess it finally feels right..." Stated a deep voice from behind her.

"Steven..." Elizabeth stated quietly and covered her mouth fighting tears. Then she saw a woman beside him. "Sam..."

The next thing surprised them both. Elizabeth Weir ran towards them and hugged each one.

"You've got to get used to her doing that." Commented another voice from the other side.