Disclaimer: As wonderful as the world of Stargate is it in no way belongs to me, ff is just for pleasure and no profit

It's just a cold Doctor Keller…. Honest.

The sirens had begun to blare all over the city and the doors and windows had begun to close, the familiar feeling of dread had spread around Jennifer's body almost paralysing her with fear. She began to scream in earnest now as the walls all closed in around her. The darkness sweeping across the infirmary the feeling of despair from the city's inhabitants rising, and then the nothingness came. Jennifer came awake with a start when she felt a hand on her shoulder and a familiar voice attached to the body of her favourite nurse Nadia calling out her name with purpose.

"Jennifer!" came the firm voice of her long-time friend Nadia, "Jennifer, wake up this instant!"

"Mhmmm" replied Jennifer, only now beginning to wake. "What's happening" she said jumping up from her seat, "We need to ready the infirmary now," she said frantically moving around the office space.

"We need to do nothing of the sort Jen" Said Nadia. "It was just a dream, clearly quite a frightening one for you but the quarantine long passed, the city is back to normal. It was just a dream."

"Oh" said Jen softly. "Oh, it's happening again isn't it?"

"I'm afraid so." Nadia replied just as softly. "You needn't worry no one other than me over heard, but Jen sweetie, don't you think that maybe you need to sort out whatever has you waking every night."

"I'm fine," came the instant reply.

"Jen?"

"I'm fine…" insisted Jen. "Really a few more days and I'll be right back to my normal self.

"Alright Jen, I'll back off but you know where to find me if you need me. I have to go, Evan is due back in a few minutes from off world, and I'd like to be there to see him." Nadia turned with a smile and left the office heading to the infirmary's exit.

Jennifer sighed and then drew a deep breathe, sleep sounds like a good plan she thought as she headed out of the infirmary doors, waving goodbye to the night staff as she did so. First though she headed towards the mess hall, her stomach had become more insistent then her head, food then sleep. The best thing about looking for food this late was how empty the mess usually was; she headed straight to Rodney whom she knew would provide her with sufficient distraction for her to want to sleep.

She couldn't have been more wrong. Tuning in to what he was saying she discovered that John Sheppard had been down with an impressive flu over the last week and that now Ronan had showed signs of contracting a fever only he seemed to have been hit much harder. Rodney expressed disgust that they had not reported to her with this development, she hurriedly placated Rodney about his condition and how unlikely it was that he contracted whatever it was that John and possibly now Ronon had contracted.

She turned around and first headed towards John's quarters to find out how he was doing. As she walked towards the transporter she was mentally berating John for his stupidity when it came to his own health even more so as he had known how sometimes human illnesses impacted there alien friends differently. Stupid soldiers, she thought, as she reached the door.

He was reluctant to see her as he still felt ill insisting it was just a small cold, until she pulled the CMO card stating she would get Woolsey to personally accompany him to the infirmary if he did not comply immediately. Having gained his attention she began to take a detailed history of his symptoms, annotating her personal tablet as she went. It would seem he had indeed contracted a very flu like virus and was still feverish however seemed to be coping well. She left him with instructions of hydrating and taking the antipyretics she left behind. Teyla, it would seem had been checking on him regularly. She allowed him the pleasure of assuring him she would check on him on a twice daily basis. She left satisfied that he would behave himself in the meantime whilst making a mental note to ensure Teyla had sufficient knowledge of the flu as she did not wish her to contract it and she would not realise just how dangerous the simple flu could become.

Leaving John's quarters feeling the weight of the exhaustion a double shift could produce she turned and headed to the more open and secluded part of the city that housed Ronan's quarters not entirely certain her visit would be as well received as John or maybe that the threats she used to ensure John's compliance would work on him. She only thought that maybe the connection they had made during the quarantine would aid her in role as a doctor looking in on a patient.

She got to his quarters and rang the door chime, to no response. She rang again, again with no response. She called out to him and got no response, now becoming worried she called out his name again. At that point she then activated her override command to his quarters letting herself in, she justified it to herself as she was worried he may have passed out and had become so unwell that he was unable to hear her. To her embarrassment she came face to face with the Satedan in a towel having clearly just come out of the bathroom. Her face flamed and she began tried not to stare, "I erm just came to check you were alright… McKay said… and John"

"Jennifer" Ronan stopped her. "I am fine, just a headache for the last day, I feel nothing like John has done. McKay was overreacting."

Very flustered now she told him she was still going to have to check him out but that it could wait until the next day. She wanted nothing but to back out of the room and get back to her room and forget the last day had ever happened. So flustered she was that she did not realise that he had not actually agreed or that his eyes had been bright and even dry he had been covered in a sheen of sweat. Leaving his quarters now she went back towards her own finally satisfied that she could go to sleep with a niggling feeling that there was something she had missed.

There will be a few chapters to this fic however as work is v busy at the mo, the next post wont be until next week. read and review please