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Author notes: This is my first ever posted fanfic. Set somewhere in the second series before Michael – because I can. Please read and enjoy (I hope) Thanks for the heads up on the spellings.
It was that bloody alarm again. Over and over. When Rodney McKay had first arrived in Atlantis and heard it for the first time he was impressed; after 2 years, being woken up by it meant he wasn't impressed, actually he was bloody annoyed. Didn't they know how important it was for him to get a good nights sleep? After all if he didn't get a full nights sleep and then fell asleep the next day during an important experiment that blew up the whole of Atlantis, who would be to blame? Not him. It would be who ever had set the alarm off. God, would someone shut it off already! That's it, if he wanted anything done at all round here he had to do it himself. Rodney McKay got out of his bed, put some trousers on and headed to the control tower.
What greeted him was a worried Doctor Weir and Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard. "What's the alarm for? I was up all of yesterday working on the Atlantis database and only just got to sleep." he asked Weir.
"Not sure really, we have an incoming wormhole but nothing's happened yet." Answered Weir.
"That's weird, no IDC or any signals" Asked McKay pushing one of the technicians out of the way and sitting down typing on the laptop.
"Nothing yet" Answered Sheppard.
"Wait something's coming through… that's not possible!" said McKay.
"What is it?" Asked Weir.
"I'm getting Sheppard's IDC code coming through!" McKay explained.
"Okay, I'm here, how is that possible?" Sheppard asked.
"I'm not sure but if we don't lower the shield soon it won't matter."
"Do it, full security team to the control room immediately" Weir nodded to McKay giving him the order to lower the shield. An oddly familiar figure ran through the gate, turning immediately to watch the wormhole, P-90 raised.
"Come on doc! Come on, where are you? Come on!" the figure muttered. The gate horizon flickered, blinking out and back. "COME ON!" the figure shouted. There was an explosion from the gate and another figure was sent flying through the air, landing hard. The sound of breaking bone could be heard throughout the control tower. "Raise the shield! Get a medical team in here!" the figure shouted to the control room, running to the still figure on the ground.
"Do it" Weir whispered to Rodney. The gate shut down and stillness returned the control tower. The security team kept their guns raised on the figures, who hadn't yet noticed them.
Weir, McKay and Sheppard made their way down to the two figures, what they saw made them gasp. "My god." Rodney whispered. It was enough to finally get the figure's attention. Kneeling next to a still female dressed in Atlantis gear was a John Sheppard. Rodney noticed that he looked slightly older. This Sheppard had white tips in his hair and slight wrinkles at the sides of his eyes. Apart from that he looked exactly the same, even down to the Atlantis off-world uniform.
"What the hell is going on, why are you just standing there? Get Carson down here, Sarah's really hurt." He paused finally taking in his surroundings and the people surrounding him with guns. He then looked at Rodney, Weir and Sheppard. "What's going on, who are you people?" He asked.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." Said Weir.
"Look I don't know what's going on and when Sarah wakes up I'll be sure to ask her but for now get a doctor in here before she dies." The other Sheppard explained.
"Medical team to the control tower immediately" Weir said tapping her ear piece.
"Thank you."
"What's the emergency Elizabeth? I was…" Carson paused when he took in the site of a whole security team surrounding a figure that looked an awful lot like Colonel Sheppard. As soon as his eyes fell on the figure on the ground he went straight into his professional mode and went to his patient. He checked she was breathing and her pulse. "What happened here?"
"There was an explosion through the gate, my guess something exploded on the other side of the gate as she was coming through, she got thrown quite hard." McKay said.
"Okay, what's her name?" Carson asked.
It was the other Sheppard who answered: "Sarah, Sarah McKay."
PLEASE REVIEW! Finally got someone to beta so we're slowly getting through each chapter from the start. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS FANFICTION OF MINE.