Just a small piece of drabble I wrote. I was going to use this for a past story but was left out the last minute."Wraith 'n' Seek"/please see my profile for more info on this. Enjoy :).

Sinking Feeling

The only time McKay ever moved so fast 'thought John' was when he was being chased by the Wraith.

Being the one lagging behind, he ended leading the team back to the gate, having turned tail and ran at the first sign of weapons fire, coming from a Wraith stunner.

John, Teyla and Ford had returned fire and hardly heard McKay scream, over the noise the weapons created.

John was closer to the scream and he moved towards it, to investigate what sort of trouble McKay had gotten himself into.

When John had reached the spot the distress noise was coming from, he could see McKay was waist deep in thick mud and was sinking further in every second.

"Don't just stand there!" Cried McKay as a stunner blast shot overhead. "Get me out of here."

John looked around the surrounding area; he needed to find something that could compensate for a rope. He went to the nearest tree and yanked out some vines out from the ground.

He rapped them around his arm turning into a loop before he could throw most of it towards McKay. The minute he was ready, he did just that.

McKay caught it, and John began pulling him out. Only the vine snapped before McKay moved an inch away from the middle of the muddy swamp. "Something thicker!"

John heard Ford and Teyla getting closer to their position. "Hold them off. McKay's got himself into a sticky situation."

"Oh yes, very funny." Mumbled McKay as he squirmed a bit.

"Don't struggle McKay," warned John "you'll only sink in quicker."

John looked up at the nearest tree and could see an over hanging brunch which was within reach. He walked towards it; jumped up and snapped it off. He then measured the length of it and decided it would be long enough to reach McKay. "Grab on to this and I'll pull you out."

McKay did as he asked, when the branch was within reach. He clung to it for dear life as John pulled him out of the mud.

The minute he was out, John immediately stepped back to avoid being splashed by mud as McKay struggled to stand up.

McKay found his was totally covered in mud, having struggled about a bit at the beginning. "This is just great. It's going to take a week to get this uniform clean."

"You can do mine whilst your at it." Joked John as another Wraith blast flew past them.

"Right now I'm more concerned, getting out of this situation alive."

John indicated the way to the gate. "After you then."

"Oh, no. Not this time. You can take the lead."

John complied, without question.

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Elizabeth heard the technicians voice over her radio. "Unscheduled off world activation." And made her way to the Control Room from her office.

He looked at Doctor Weir as she made her approach. "It's Major Sheppard's IDC Ma'am.

"Lower the shield."

John's team emerged through the wormhole laughing in hysterics; at least, all except Rodney. He stepped through seconds later, covered from head to foot in thick mud.

Elizabeth walked over to them with an amused look on her face, as she took in Rodney's image. "What happened to you?"

"I missed the sign saying muddy swamp ahead and fell in." With that he walked off back to his quarters, sulking.

Elizabeth turned to John with a raised eyebrow and he shrugged his shoulders. "Like he said."

The End

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