Love Never Dies

Disclaimer Not mine I own nothing other than my own character of Dr Moran, The rest I borrow and give back.

Authors' Note: this is and is not an AU. The 5 'misplaced' Characters are from an AU the rest are not.

Spoilers hints at eppy's from Quarantine through to First Contact with my own little twists thrown in.


"Are you sure this is safe Rodney?" John asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, of course I am! I did all the simulations and I worked out all the dangers, so it is good." Rodney said dismissively. "Everything will be fine. I am telling you nothing can possibly go wrong."

"Famous last words." John mumbled.

"Yes, yes, but not from me." Rodney said, rolling his eyes.

"Well, this sounds interesting; what are the famous last words?" Jennifer said, walking into the lab.

"Rodney saying nothing can go wrong when things usually go bad around him. He is turning it off now. Aren't you Rodney? So, what brings you here Doc?"

"Well, I had a little free time and I have a practice set with Teyla and I thought we could start early. Have you seen her?"

"Yeah, she and Ronon are still off-world. Teyla wanted to visit her people and Ronon wanted to get away for a while, and he might have said something about a hunt. They are scheduled back in a few minutes though." John said, checking his watch.

"Oh, I remember her saying something about going off-world. Oh well, it can wait." Jennifer said. "How is the training going by the way?" John asked.

"Good. I think Teyla says that I am progressing but sometimes I just feel like she is saying that to be nice."

"Jennifer, I would never tell you something that was not the truth." Teyla said, as her and Ronon walked into the lab.

"You know, I think we could fit a few more people in over there by that corner. Can we hold this impromptu social somewhere else, where my equipment isn't in danger of being damaged?" Rodney said, clearly irritated at having so many people taking up his space.

"Relax McKay." Ronon growled.

"What does this one do?" Jennifer teased, with a glint in her eye, her finger hovering over a green button on a nearby machine.

"No! Don't touch that!" Rodney yelled, reaching for her wrist to pull it away, but he accidentally pushed her hand down causing her to push the button.

"What was that?" Ronon asked raising his head after lowering it to hide his eyes from the sudden flash of bright white light.

"Oh crap!" McKay said, looking around him while blinking furiously to clear his vision. "Wait, it might not be so bad; things look exactly the same. For the first time I think I am glad that my invention didn't work."

"What do you mean 'things look the same' McKay?" John asked.

"Hold it! What is going on here?" A very familiar sounding voice asked from the doorway.

"Oh crap! It worked." Rodney said. "That machine is an invention that makes it possible to travel from one parallel world to another, and it seems to have worked, unless you have a twin brother you have kept secret from everyone."

"Well, we will have to see about that. Rodney, I need to see you in your lab now." John Sheppard the 2nd said from his position at the door. He also called for Major Lorne's team and Mr. Woolsey to join him. "Can I trust you all are going to behave and not cause any issues?"

"We are just as confused as you; we aren't going to do anything."

No one moved at all save a few looks at the others. Rodney was looking all around and occasionally looking to the door and the second John Sheppard. John Sheppard the first for the third time was looking at another version of himself.

Jennifer couldn't believe it. Today she actually had an easy day at work and now here she was staring at a second John who she noticed kept glancing over at her with…what was that look? There seemed to be a whole range of emotions that chased each other disbelief, regret, sadness, worry, but why? Is it probably just the situation we are in she thought to herself, still, she thought that there was something else going on.Major Lorne and his men got to the lab at about the same time as McKay. They both saw inside the lab and their shock was evident once they saw the five people inside.

"John, what is going on?" They heard Teyla before she peered in the room. She took one look at the faces of the doubles in turn. She then looked at John, gave a slight nod, and left without another word.

"Look, I understand the need for security and all trust me, but I am not really enjoying feeling like I am an exhibit in a zoo. What say you that we go somewhere a tad more private and talk?" John asked himself.

"One thing at a time…Col. First thing we are going to do is go for a walk to the infirmary and give you all a through once over; see if we can find out what is going on. Then we will go to the briefing room and have a nice long sit down and try and put all the pieces together." Woolsey said, as he walked in getting only as much information as one of Lorne's men knew.

"I really wasn't expecting it to work; I mean I had hoped that it would but I still had simulations left to run. Do you know how lucky we are? We could all be dead right now." McKay started rambling.

"McKay, shut up." Ronon growled, pushing Rodney forward to follow the rest of the people on the way out of the lab.

"Yeah, but look, it isn't my fault. Jennifer, why did you push that button without knowing what it would do?" McKay continued.

"Look Rodney, I had no intention of pushing that button. If you hadn't grabbed my wrist I would never have touched the button." Jennifer shot back.

"Cool it. We will worry about assigning blame later. First we are going to do what Mr. Woolsey has told us to do." John told his people.

"Dr. Moran, we are bringing you five people who could be doubles of some of our people. We are going to want a full workup on all of them." Woolsey called in over his radio.

"Dr. Moran?" Teyla asked, looking at the people that were walking with them, but no one said a word, much less made eye contact.


"So, it looks like things are as Dr McKay said. They are us, well, you from an alternative universe." Dr. Moran told Woolsey. During the briefing, he had run physicals checking and rechecking the results just to make sure that nothing had been missed. He was still new and the last thing he wanted to do was mess up the opportunity he had been offered.

"Well, how do we get everyone back to whatever universe they belong in?" Woolsey wanted to know.

"That is simple. I just need to…."

The noise coming from just on the other side of the door drew not only McKay's attention but also the attention of everyone in the room. The doors slid open and revealed the cause of the commotion. Ronon was standing there with a very distressed looking Teyla at his heels.

"I am sorry, I tried to keep him away but people were talking and he overheard. There was nothing I could do to keep him away." Teyla told 'her' John.

"You are really alive." Ronon said, walking with single mindedness up to Jennifer. Once he got to her, he grabbed her and pulled her into the tightest embrace she could ever remember receiving.


A/N I hope you have enjoyed it so far I have more planed and as always Reviews are loved (they are my drug of choice)