A/N: This is my first SGU story. I hope I got the characters right.

Chapter One

Lieutenant Matthew Scott watched while one of the soldiers sat on Doctor Nicholas Rush's legs and Rush was lying on his back, growling and holding tightly onto the metal pipe in his right hand. Matt cursed himself for bringing alien ticks onboard the Destiny after making a supply run because the venom from the ticks had made anyone infected to hallucinate, but he wasn't sure if Rush had been infected or had finally lost is mind.

"Hold still," Lt. Tamara Johansen said while examining Camille Wray and Camille glared at Rush.

"He stabbed me," she said.

"I thought Greer shot you," Matt said, looking at MSgt. Ronald Greer lying on the floor.

"No, Rush stabbed me with that screwdriver," Camille said, pointing at the screwdriver by her feet then thought of something. "Now that I think about it, when he attacked…he seemed terrified."

TJ and Matt looked at each other when Matt looked down at Rush and frowned.

"If he is infected, what is he seeing?" he thought.

"Um, Sir, I think something's wrong," the soldier sitting on Rush said as he looked at Matt then looked down at Rush. "I don't think he's breathing."

"What?" Matt asked when he knelt down next to Rush and Rush had his eyes closed and was lying perfectly still. "TJ, get over here."

"What's wrong?" TJ asked as she ran to Matt and knelt down next to him.

"Rush isn't breathing," Matt said as TJ looked at Rush and was about to check Rush's pulse when Rush's eyes snapped open and he pushed the soldier off him, got to his feet, grabbed the metal pipe and ran out of the storeroom.

"Great," Matt sighed then took the walkie-talkie off his belt and pushed the button. "Colonel, this is Scott."

"What's wrong?" Colonel Everett Young's voice asked.

"Greer is subdued, but Rush…"

"What about Rush?"

"He attacked Camille…"

"Is she alright?"

"Yes, but Rush got away."

"Why didn't you stop him?"

"We did, but he seemed to stop breathing. When TJ went to check him, he got free and ran."

"Find him!"

"Yes Sir," Matt said then put the walkie-talkie on his belt and looked at TJ. "Take Camille to the medical bay. I'll go find Rush."

"Ok," TJ said as he stood up and left the storage room.

Blood pounded in his ears while Rush ran and tried to find a place to hide. He knew if he played possum the aliens would leave him alone and he tightened his grip on the metal pipe. He ran faster while going around the corner then he pinned his body against the wall and closed his eyes for a few seconds.

"How did they find me without the tracking device?" he thought. His mind flashed back to the surgery when the tracking device was implanted in his chest and he had showed Chloe Armstrong what the aliens had done to him after he had freed her from the water tank. She had allowed him to check to see if they had done the same to her, but he didn't find anything that indicated she had been harmed and they barely had time to escape before Young destroyed the alien spaceship. Rush had seen the Destiny fire upon the spaceship and knew Young would rather kill Chloe along with him instead of allowing Rush to come back to the Destiny.

He moved down the passageway when he heard something and peeked into the mess hall. He had found out the aliens who captured him and Chloe were called the Nakai and he saw several of the Nakai in the room. His heart slammed hard in his chest as he looked for a way to get by without them seeing him when he saw a Nakai coming down the passageway and ran.

"Damn," Matt sighed as he watched Rush running down the passageway and ran to catch up with him.

Pinning his body against the wall, Rush looked into the control interface room when he saw four Nakai near the console and his eyes widened.

"No," he thought as one of the Nakai looked at him when he appeared in the doorway and tilted its head to one side.

"Doctor Rush?" Eli Wallace asked while Rush moved along the wall and held the metal pipe tightly in his hands.

"Get away from there!" Rush shouted, pointing the metal pipe at the console and was surprised when the Nakai held its hands up.

"Look…," Eli said then backed away when Rush swung the metal pipe and Eli's eyes went wide. "Whoa!"

"Stay away from me!" Rush shouted when a Nakai came in the room and Rush turned, glaring at them.

"Eli, whatever you do, don't move," Matt said as he held up a hand, but didn't take his eyes off Rush.

"Wouldn't think of it," Eli said while Rush moved by him and looked at the screens. "What's wrong with him?"

"I'm not sure. He's either been infected with one of the ticks or has totally lost it."

"Well, that's just great. If he is infected, what is he seeing?"

"I don't know," Matt said as Rush backed further into the room and tightened his grip on the metal pole. Rush watched as the Nakai talking to each other as his heart slammed in his chest and he started feeling a little dizzy. He didn't know why they weren't attacking and he slid down onto his bottom, placing the metal pipe next to him.

"Uh…," Brody said while pointing to Rush and Matt slowly walked closer. Rush had his knees bent up and his wrists rested on his knees. His head was lowered and Matt noticed his body was shaking. Slowly, Matt knelt down in front of Rush when Rush raised his head then backed up a bit.

"Stay away from me," Rush shouted. He grabbed onto the metal pipe and dragged the metal pipe across the floor then held the metal pipe in his hands.

"Is it me or does he look really scared?" Brody asked when Doctor Park moved toward Matt and he shook his head.

"Don't come any closer," Matt said and Doctor Park backed away.

Rush looked from one Nakai to the other and frowned. His head was pounding as he pressed his lips together and held the metal pole to his chest.

"What are you saying?" Rush asked and Eli frowned.

"He doesn't understand what we're saying?" Eli asked.

"Why wouldn't he understand what we're saying?" Doctor Volker asked when Eli thought of something and blinked his eyes a few time.

"Could what he seeing be those aliens that captured him and Chloe?" he asked.

"Could be," Matt said.

"Oh boy," Eli said as Rush looked at them, slowly stood up and held the metal pipe tightly in his hands.

"Look out!" Doctor Park said when Rush roared and swung the metal pipe at Matt. Matt ducked as Rush rammed his body into him and ran out of the room. Matt staggered to one side as Doctor Volker held onto him and Matt sighed. "Are you alright?"

"Yes," Matt said, nodding his head.

"Where do you think he went?" Eli asked and Matt ran to the doorway.

"I have no idea," he said and left the room.

Rush ran down the passageway when he ran around the corner and nearly slammed into Chloe. Before she could say anything, he grabbed her hand and half dragged her down the passageway. Chloe nearly tripped while they went down the passageway when she gently pulled his arm and he stopped, looking at her. He looked behind them when he went against the wall and looked up at the ceiling.

"I think we're safe," he panted and she gave him a confused look.

"Safe from what?" she asked.

"The Nakai have taken over the ship," he sighed and she frowned.

"No, they haven't."

"I've seen them," he said as he saw a Nakai coming down the passageway and Chloe noticed the fear in his eyes. "They found us."

Chloe watched Rush run around the corner when Matt came closer and sighed.

"Damn," Matt said and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Are you ok? Did he hurt you?"

"No. Why do you think he'd hurt me?"

"He attacked Camille," he said and her eyes widened.

"He did what?"

"He stabbed Camille with a screwdriver."

"Why?"

"Not sure. He is either infected with a tick or has finally lost his mind."

"He told me the aliens who captured us have taken over the ship. He must have thought she was one of them."

"Well, the only way to find out if he is infected or not is to get hold of him and let TJ examine him."

"Be careful," Chloe said as he nodded his head and ran down the passageway.

TJ checked on Greer while Camille sat on the examination bed when Rush appeared in the doorway and she looked at TJ.

"TJ," she said as TJ watched Rush slowly walk in the room and headed for the examination bed. He had thought the medical bay would be a safe place to hide as he looked at the Nakai and held the metal pipe tightly in his hands. He looked at the Nakai near the examination bed then at the Nakai lying under the blanket and wondered why that Nakai was strapped down. He then looked at the Nakai sitting on the other examination bed and titled his head to one side.

"Doctor Rush, put the pipe down," TJ said while holding her hands up and he glared at her. He looked at the Nakai sitting on the examination bed as he walked closer and saw the bandage wrapped around the Nakai's right shoulder then the sling.

"You're the one I attacked," he said softly and Camille saw the look in his eyes. He stood next to the examination bed while he tried to figure out what was going on and sighed.

"Camille, don't move," Matt said from the doorway while Rush turned and tightened his grip on the metal pipe. Holding his hands up, Matt walked closer as Rush growled and scrunched up his nose. Blood pounded in his ears when a wave of dizziness suddenly caused the room to spin and Rush shook his head, trying to clear his head. The metal pipe fell out of his hand as Rush slowly collapsed to the floor and TJ ran over, kneeling down next to him.

"Help me get him on the bed," TJ said when Matt walked closer, gently picked Rush off the floor and they walked to the examination bed.