Stargate SG-1 Double Drabble: Not Sorry

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Not Sorry
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Harlan.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 250
Spoilers/Setting: Tin Man.
Summary: Harlan has no regrets; he only did what he had to.
Written For: Challenge 459: Amnesty 76 at fan_flashworks, using Challenge 31: Apology.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble and a half, 250 words.
 
 

Apologising was not something Harlan had thought would be necessary. The new people, his new friends, would adjust to their existence, he was sure if it; they merely needed time to learn all the advantages their new bodies provided. They were better, stronger, smarter; he had made them that way, they simply did not see that yet. But they would. Eventually.
 

For now, he had only to convince them, and for that, perhaps an apology would not go amiss.

 
“I am sorry, but there is no way to do what you ask. Your bodies are all gone; it is all part of the process.”
 

While that might not be strictly true, it was a fact that their consciousnesses could not be restored to their original bodies. Explaining that they hadn’t been removed, only duplicated in their new bodies, would only complicate the matter.

 
Besides, for all his apologising, Harlan did not honestly feel sorry. He had done what was necessary to keep the complex running. He simply was not capable of doing everything that was required by himself. He needed helpmates, and company, and when the gate had activated, bringing these four, it had seemed that the universe had recognised his need and provided a most satisfactory solution.

 
With five instead of one, the complex could be maintained with greater efficiency than had been possible for centuries. The originals would be returned to where they had come from, and these four, the new ones, would remain. All would be well.
 

 
The End
 



 
 
 
 
 

Comments

[mrs_sweetpeach]

Hmmm. I don't know much about SG-1, my knowledge coming solely from fanfic and the one episode I caught long, long ago. The one with creatures that are strong and fast and generally not a threat on their home world due to radiation, and a fishing trip that turned deadly thanks to them. Anyway, I don't know this episode at all, so I don't even know who it captured, let alone how it all turns out.

[badly_knitted]

He captured the SG-1 team, they went back to earth and found they were basically robots, thought their consciousnesses had been switched into artificial bodies, and demanded that Harlan put them back in their own bodies. He'd actually only copied them, so there was some fun with SG-1 meeting themselves. It's a very fun episode. I felt bad for Harlan. He was lonely and just wanted some helpers.

Thank you!