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Summary: Teyla and John are stuck in a ship for two years without any other company trying to get home.Need I say more?Sheyla with some side pairings: McWeir, RononOC.
This is Paradise. You Just Don't Realize It Yet.
"I have known the Yugonians for as long as I can remember." Teyla stated. "I do not believe they will be any danger to us." Teyla, along with John, Rodney, Ronon, Carson and Lt. Cadman, sat around the briefing table trying to persuede Elizabeth to let them go to M4S-995, otherwise known as Yugonia, and suggest a trade.
"They are advanced." Teyla continued when Elizabeth didn't argue. "But they are wary about sharing their technology-"
"Aren't they all." Rodney interrupted with a snort. Elizabeth shot him a glare before turning back to Teyla and motioning for her to go on.
"As I was saying, it took us many seasons to finally convince them to trade with us. In fact our mastery over fire was learned from them. I believe in time they will be willing to trade their technology with Atlantis."
"How did they manage to not be wiped out by the Wraith?" Elizabeth asked.
"That I am unsure of." She answered. "However I believe it is a result of a cloaking device. It may be that the Wraith do not even know of their exsistance."
"In which case they may provide a sanctuary for us if the Wraith attack Atlantis again." Teyla nodded. Elizabeth turned to Carson. "You say there is a plant on this planet that may be of some use to us?"
"Yes." Carson said, folding his hands over the table top. "I have determined from the sample that SGA-2 accidentally brought back," He stole a quick glance at Lt. Cadman who rolled her eyes. "that it has some properties of the Wraith enzyme. Now I'm hoping that it will help us in perfecting the retro virus so that we may one day defeat the Wraith."
"And there's an interesting energy source coming from their city." Rodney added once Carson had finished.
Now Elizabeth turned to Laura. "From what you discovered while SGA-2 was on Yugonia, what can you tell me about the people?"
Laura sat back, remembering their visit to M4S-995. The long walk through the forrest, the city. Oh! The city was just as breath-taking as Atlantis. "Well, they were nice. Those we met were friendly but we didn't meet many. We mostly talked to the head counsel who were really reluctant to talk to us since we were just quote, "representatives." I think you're going to need to come with us to negotiate any sort of trade."
Elizabeth nodded. She looked around the table. Everyone was looking expectantly at her, waiting for her answer. She leaned her arms on the table with her fingers laced together dramatically. "Yes. SGA-1, you and Dr. Beckett will go with Lt. Cadman to M4S-995 since the other 3 members of SGA-2 are temporarily confined to the infirmary. And I guess I'm going too. We leave in four hours."
Ronon jumped up and all but ran out of the room to go see his nurse 'friend' in the infirmary.
Elizabeth stood up more leisurly than Ronon had. She pushed in her chair and walked out of the briefing room, expecting Rodney to follow her to her office. And sure enough, Rodney was at her arm in seconds.
Teyla and John lingered in the briefing room so they could interrogate Laura and Carson.
"Cadman," John grinned. "how exactly did the rest of SGA-2 get injured?" Laura smiled.
Flashback
Major Lorne, Captain Kleinman, and Lieutenant Reed walked ahead of Laura through the forrest talking about typical guy stuff: sports, guns, and women. They always tried to stay away from the last topic for her sake, but sometimes they couldn't help themselves. And sometimes she couldn't help adding what the girls said about them at their weekly poker nights.
Laura couldn't help but feel a little left out. She was the only woman on the team. She never had a chance to talk about girl stuff when she was offworld. Actually she usually could only do it at poker because she spent all her time working on the Daedalus or with Carson.
Thinking of Carson made Laura's mind wander. She was so far into her daydream that she didn't notice when Major Lorne stopped to ask her a question and she ran into him.
"Woah! Watch where you're going, Lieutenant." Laura was pulled out of her daydream.
"I'm sorry, sir. I wasn't paying attention. What did you say?" She said, stepping back.
"Never mind. Are you all right?" He said with concern.
Laura smiled and nodded. "Yes. Just daydreaming." She said, her cheeks turning pink. Major Lorne chuckled.
"Okay then. I'd like to get back to Atlantis sometime before the Wraith decide they can coexsist peacefully with humans. So let's get a move on." It must have been the extra weight Major Lorne added, for as soon as he made it to where Kleinman and Reed stood, the leaf covered ground gave way and the three men fell into a six foot deep hole.
Laura's heart almost stopped. She ran to the hole and dropped down on her stomach. Looking down, she saw all three men tangled together on top of a pretty thin, broken board. Laura couldn't stop a smile creeping onto her face when she realized they had fallen into a trap.
End Flashback
John was almost doubled over in laughter and Teyla, although a little more poised, laughed with him. Carson chuckled, but since he had heard this story before, he didn't find it as funny.
Just when John was about to say something funny in reply, Rodney poked his head around the door of the briefing room. "Oh good. Colonel, you're still here. Come with me. I need you to test some ancient devices." John sighed and reluctantly started to walk around the table but was saved when Carson got a call on his radio.
"Dr. Beckett?" The nurse, Gabby said.
Carson tapped his ear piece to turn it on. "Go ahead lass." He replied.
"Ronon Dex is in here. And we're not quite sure what to do." Carson's brow furrowed with worry.
"Ronon?" John stopped and turned to look at Carson. "What happened?"
"Well, Doctor, it appears he ah- tried to break his own arm."
"WHAT!" Carson screamed. This piqued Rodney's intrest who had previously been impatiently waiting at the door.
"Yes, Sir. Do you think you could come down here? And I suggest bringing Dr. Heightmeyer as well."
"Yes of course lass. I'll be down in a minute." He turned off his radio and left the room without a word. Laura, John, Teyla, and Rodney followed him and bombarded him with questions all the way down to the infirmary.
"Is everything okay?" Laura asked with concern.
"What happened, Doc?" John asked also.
"It appears that Ronon attempted to break his arm."
"WHAT!" Four voices screamed at him simulteaneously.
"Yes." He turned to Laura. "Laura dear, would you mind getting Dr. Heightmeyer for me?" Laura nodded and ran off.
The group finally reached the infirmary where they saw Ronon sitting up in a bed, talking with Gabby who was sitting in the chair next to him.
John stalked over to the bed and let Ronon have it. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!" Gabby flushed while Ronon just stared at John with a smirk on his face.
"Nice to see you too Sheppard. My arm is just fine, thanks for asking. What have you been up to since I last saw you five minutes ago?" John looked like he was about to rip Ronon's head off.
"Well let's see: I walked from the briefing room to the infirmary. That's what I've been up to. And I'm glad you're arm is okay. BUT NOW I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR OTHER ONE!" Carson saved Ronon from John's wrath by shooing him to the other side of the room.
"Let me check this arm out." Carson lifted the swollen arm in his hands and examined it. "Now what did you do? Twist it?"
"Actually I slammed a door on it." Ronon answered calmly. Carson glared at him.
"Alright." Carson turned to Gabby. "I don't think it's broken but Gabby, take Ronon to have his arm X-rayed just to be sure." Gabby happily helped Ronon to stand and walk into the next room where the X-ray machine was located. Once they were gone, Carson walked over to Teyla, Rodney and John. Teyla was looking concerned, Rodney looking astonished, and John just looking angry as hell.
"IS HE INSANE!" Rodney shouted. Everyone ignored him.
"What do you think caused him to attempt to break his arm?" Teyla asked with her head cocked to the side.
"Well, if you ask me," Carson grinned. "he is infatuated with Gabby and just wanted to spend some time with her." Rodney muttered something about Gabby falling in love with the incredible hulk.
Teyla smiled in response to Carson. "That appears to be the case." She said. John was now glowering at Teyla who seemed to be okay with this.
But before he could say anything to her, Laura entered the room, followed by Kate and Elizabeth.
"What's going on?" Elizabeth demanded.
"It appears Ronon has a crush on Gabby. One of my nurses." Carson replied.
Elizabeth looked incredulous. "And he had to break his arm for that because?"
"He just wanted to spend time with her, Dr. Weir." Teyla calmly argued.
"Where is he now?" Kated interjected before someone had a heart attack.
"I asked Gabby to get an X-ray of his arm." Carson said. "Actually they should have been done by now."
"I bet I could tell you what's taking them so long." Rodney muttered.
"Do you think he will still be able to go on the mission?" John asked, changing the subject.
"If his arm's not broken he should be okay to go." Carson looked doubtful. "But I would be afraid that he would try to hurt himself again while we're offworld. I suggest keeping him here at least overnight. And that way everyone's happy."
"Dr. Beckett?" A small voice said from behind him. Carson turned around to see Gabby holding a folder and looking flustered. Ronon was behind her, walking back to his bed. "Here are the X-ray pictures." Carson took the pictures out of the folder and hung them on the lighted screen.
"Well, there appears to be a few fractures on the bone, but those should heal rather quickly. Other than that, it's not broken." He turned to look at Ronon. "I'm going to put your arm in a cast while it heals. You should only need it for about a week." Carson walked over to the bed and gave Ronon his worst doctor-glare. "Now I do not recommend you going offworld. There's too much of a chance that you will re-injure your arm. And I am going to keep you here overnight to make sure you don't do anything stupid with it." The look on Ronon's face was priceless. He was grinning from ear to ear. Gabby was grinning too but more subtly.
"Okay. Have fun on your mission!" Ronon called as everyone walked out of the infirmary, leaving Dr. Beckett to bandage his arm up.
"I don't think he will need to talk to me." Kate smiled. "He seems just fine."
"Ah yes. Young love is just so beautiful." Came Rodney's standard, cynical response.
Elizabeth chuckled. "Cheer up Rodney, I'm sure you'll find it someday." Rodney glared in reply.
"Colonel," Teyla called from behind them. John turned around. "It is time for our sparring lesson." She had stopped in front of the door to the gym.
"Oh yeah. I'll just go get ready and I'll meet you back here in five minutes?" Teyla nodded and they both went their separate ways to change into their sparring clothes.
Rodney, Elizabeth, and Laura continued walking. "Does anyone think that those two actually spar when they're sparring?" Rodney asked.
"I wonder about that too sometimes." Elizabeth smiled at Laura's response.
"Yes. It's a mystery. One of which that may never be solved." Elizabeth joked.
"It's so much of a mystery that it should be on Unsolved Mysteries." Laura added as they entered a transporter and disappeared to another section of the city.
K3
Teyla entered the gym wearing her skimpy sparring outfit. She stretched for a few minutes and then practiced with an imaginary parter with her tonfa sticks.
John came in a few minutes later.
"You're late." Teyla noted.
"You know me. I love to make an entrance." John replied.
"I know women from Earth take a long time to get ready, but I did not know the men do too." Teyla retorted. John pulled his pair of tonfa sticks from his bag and stood in front of her, ready to fight.
"Ha ha. Are you ready to lose this time?" He tried to hit her with one of his sticks but Teyla blocked his attack. He seemed to anticipate this and tried to hit her with his other stick but she was too fast and hit him first on his arm, knocking his stick out of his hand and allowing her to flip him over onto the mat.
"Colonel, the only time you have and ever will beat me was when Eliya infected you." John smiled, remembering the day.
"Yes. And I bet I could beat you again. You just won't give me the chance." He stood up and they began to fight again. John once again landed on his back.
"Colonel you have had many opportunities to practice. You just choose not to take them." Teyla helped him up and he was immediately knocked down again. "Now if you were to practice, then you might someday prove me wrong and win."
"Well I would if I wasn't so lazy." Teyla knocked him down several more times.
"Colonel I don't think any women would be impressed that you get beaten by a woman three times a week."
"The type of women I like don't care." He was yet again on the mat. "Okay. I need a break." Together they sat down on the bench by the window.
"Colonel, what do you think-" John held up his hand to stop her.
"Okay. Tey, every sentence that has come out of your mouth today has started with 'Colonel.' Please. Stop it. You can call me 'Colonel' if you want, but please don't say it everytime you talk to me. I know you're talking to me. Now go on." He put his hand down and Teyla smiled and continued.
"I think that was sweet what Ronon did so he could be with Gabby." John took a drink from his water bottle.
"I think it was stupid." Teyla looked at him incredulously.
"Would you not do something similar to be with the woman you love?"
"Well I wouldn't go around slamming doors on my arm if that's what you mean." Teyla sighed.
"What I mean is: Would you not do something special to show the woman you love how much you want to be with her? Would you be willing to break your arm to show her you care?" John picked at a loose string on his shirt.
"You know I would do anything for anyone." He said, purposely avoiding the question.
"That's not what I meant." Teyla said in exasperation. John lifted his head and looked her straight in the eye.
"I guess I haven't met the right woman yet."
"I see." Teyla said, looking away. John looked down at his watch.
"We've been here for quite awhile. I'm going to get ready for our mission. I'll see you later 'kay?" Teyla nodded and watched him pack up. She sat on the bench for a couple minutes after he left then finally got up and left herself.
K3
In the gate room, John, Teyla, Rodney, Elizabeth, Carson, and Laura all stood at the base of the Stargate watching as the inner ring spun around and around. The wormhole swooshed open and the team stepped through, unaware of what would soon happen.
K3
A/N- Just a starter chappie. Let me know what you think.
And please help me:
Which part should be longer: When John and Teyla are on the ship or afterwards? I havelots of ideas for this but I just don't know which part I should make the longest.