Story: Who Are YOU
TV Show: Stargate Atlantis
Setting: Season 3
Notes: None
Pairing: Elizabeth/John
Disclaimer: I do not own StarGate Atlantis or its characters.
Who Are YOU
RUMBLE..ROAR...BANG
Thunder was crying in the sky as rain was pouring down outside Atlantis. It had been another rainy day, so another day that everyone had to stay inside. Some teams still got to go onto missions, but the storm was so bad and horrible, so 'gate travel' was almost impossible. Sometimes the Stargate didn't respond and just stayed there, immobile.
Elizabeth was in her office- as usual -and everyone was doing everything they usually do. She was almost done reading a mission report from Major Lorne when John knocked on the door. Seeing no response, he just opened it.
"Hey 'Lizabeth," he said, walking into the room with his famous smile that she adored.
"Hello Col..John." she replied, trying to find out if they were on a professional or personal level right now.
"Well...? Rodney found another lab in Atlantis, again, - which has a weird huge machine in it - and he's investigating it." John said, shrugging, crossing his arms.
She smiled as he spoke, enjoying every second of their small 'conversation.'
"Okay..well, I'm almost done with this.." Elizabeth said, gesturing her hands to the small stacked pile of paper. "I'll do the rest later. Let's go see what Rodney is up to this time."
John nodded and laughed, letting the beautiful woman- he secretly loved -go through the door first, then he followed behind her.
They reached the lab in exactly 3 minutes. Both of them walked inside, and saw a large machine with Ancient writing on it.
'Woah,' Elizabeth thought as her mind was processing the size of the machine.
"Have you translated the text yet, Rodney?" Elizabeth asked Dr. Mckay, rising her left eyebrow as Rodney shook his head.
"Ughh..almost. Did you know how long it took me to translate a sentence..A SENTENCE...2 HOURS!" he yelled, throwing his hands into the air.
"Let me try," Elizabeth said, pushing Rodney over slightly.
"Wow...this is simple...and you said you couldn't translate it.." she said, after scanning over the whole text.
"Well...maybe it's because...um..er.." he tried to make an excuse.
Elizabeth took about 10 minutes to see what it said.
"It says ,'For one who sees, everything goes. There is nothing. The little part doesn't expand to full..never. One word: Bl-," Elizabeth didn't get to finish as she started to feel dizzy and lightheaded. She clutched the table, hopping it would hold her steady. It didn't. Everything was so blurry to her. Her whole body was now in pain. She almost collapsed onto the floor. Luckily, John saw what was about to happen and ran over to her, and caught her.
"Elizabeth? Liz? Come on...stay with us.." John pleaded, holding her head so it wouldn't hit the ground. He touched her face, hitting it lightly, noticing it was getting paler by the second. It looked like she was having trouble breathing.
"John...I.." she groaned, holding his jacket as tight as possible until she fell unconscious.
John carried her quickly to the infirmary. Her head was against his shoulders, as her arms were sort-of hugging him.
"Carson? Dr. Beckett?!" John shouted, wondering where he was.
"Elizabeth?!" Carson came through the infirmary door. He was surprised to see her unconscious.
"Ancient device. She fainted," John said, hastily.
Carson helped John carry her onto the infirmary's bed.
"Maybe you should sit down," Dr. Beckett recommended John. He saw that John was stressed, and sweating.
"I'm fine," he said, looking at Elizabeth one last time before leaving to the other side of the room.
John was pacing around in the infirmary, while Dr. Beckett examined Elizabeth. At last, Dr. Beckett walked to John.
"Her condition is fine, lad. Nothing is wrong with her. It must have been the bloody machine." Carson told John.
John nodded. He agreed that it was the machine.
'She was just reading it aloud, then just..fainted...was it the text?' he thought, worrying about Elizabeth. What did the text mean?
He turned and notice the blanket on top of Elizabeth shifted. He heard a small moan coming from her.
'She's awake,' he thought, running over the the side of the bed.
"Elizabeth...Liz, are you okay?" John asked her, carefully, waving his hand slowly in front of her.
In a few seconds, Elizabeth started screaming. It was more like a scared, little girl shriek than a normal scream.
The cardiac monitor was making a beeping sound, and it was rapid and loud.
John didn't know what to do. John tried to calm Elizabeth down, by holding her hand, stroking her hair, also mumbling ,'It's okay.' But Elizabeth was trying to push away. Suddenly, Dr. Beckett ran in.
"What happened?" Carson demanded, grabbing the sedative.
"Wait...!" John shouted, leaving Elizabeth's side, grabbing the sedative away from Dr. Beckett. John stared at him a bit, making an expression that probably said, ' I don't think that's necessary, Doctor.'
Now, Elizabeth stopped screaming. She just stared at them both, confused. Her hair was a mess, and her face showed no recognition of the two people in front of her. Tears were starting to form in her eyes.
Dr. Beckett knew this situation before. He recognized the symptoms. He went up to the bed and asked her the 'one' question.
"Do you remember us?" Carson asked, while John was at his side, really worried. John unconsciously rubbed his hands together, pleading that she was say 'Yes'.
It took a while for Elizabeth to answer.
"I...no.." Elizabeth said, softly, not knowing who those people were, ducking her head from their view. Elizabeth was scared and embarrassed.
Carson and John looked at each other, really shocked, then turned back to Elizabeth.
"So..um..who are you people?" Elizabeth asked nervously, biting her bottom lip, drawing a little bit of blood.
TBC
A/N: Mostly was inspired by those 'amnesia' stories! :p