It was a typical day in Atlantis. Well, no, not really. There was no mission to go on, no threatening sickness, no dark danger. But, like all other times, that was about to change.
Teyla woke up to the crying of Torin. Sleepily, she held him, crooning softly. He was so beautiful; at times, she felt it hard to believe that he was hers. Kanan was almost never in Atlantis these days, he preferred to stay with the Ethosians. Teyla missed him, but something was different, something wasn't right. He was not the Kanan she had known before Michael. Certainly, the whole episode must have been very hard for him, she knew this. Still, she could not shake the feeling.
After dressing, Teyla went to the mess hall. It was quiet, but John was sitting in a corner table with a cup of coffee. He looked up as she entered, smiled, and motioned for her to join him.
"How's Torin this morning?" he asked.
"Very...noisy. He hasn't cried much for a few weeks now. But this morning he would not stop."
"Should get Keller to take a look at him."
"Yes. Today Kanan is coming to take him back to Ethos. It would be wise for Jennifer to make sure that he is not sick."
John noticeably stiffened at Kanan's name.
"What?"
"Huh?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"No," John said. "Should there be?"
"I was only wondering. But ever since..."
"How do you guys manage to wake up so early?"
Teyla stopped talking.
"Sorry, am I interrupting?"
"No," Teyla smiled. "Good morning, Rodney."
"French Toast," Rodney held up a plate of food. "Mmmhh. Smells good. Do you want...?"
"No, thank you."
"Hm. Okay."
Sitting down beside Teyla, Rodney started to eat with gusto.
"So, any missions today?"
"No. Not that I've been told. It's only six, Rodney," Sheppard said irritably.
"Well, I hope not. I have a new program I want to install. Or, try to install. I've developed it to increase the shield strength. So, if any Wraiths, or...whatever, try to attack Atlantis, the shields should hold for longer."
"How'd you do that?" Sheppard asked.
Rodney sighed. Why couldn't Sheppard just accept the fact that he was a genius and was capable of doing these things?
"Um... Sam started working on it while she was here. But I just finished making the adjustments."
Sheppard just nodded.
"I can't find anything wrong. He doesn't have a fever, or any other symptoms that I can see." Jennifer looked up at Teyla and smiled reassuringly. "He's probably just having a bad day."
Teyla sighed with a tired smile. "Thank you. I know I probably worry too much about him."
"Not at all. It's totally understandable."
Teyla lifted Torin in her arms gently.
"When does Kanan get here?"
"Noon. I just wanted to make certain that Torin was in good health."
"Of course."
After Teyla had left, Jennifer felt strangely empty. Today, there was simply nothing wrong. Everything was peaceful. She'd only had four patients that day, and nothing had been wrong with any of them.
"Hey," Ronon said, walking beside her.
She turned and smiled at him, after wiping the startled look off her face. "Oh. Hi, Ronon."
"Sorry."
He must have noticed her involuntary jump.
"'S okay. Does it seem too quiet around here to you?"
"Uh...a little bit, maybe. Why?"
"Oh, nothing. I just haven't seen Atlantis this quiet before."
"There is the occasional day."
"Yeah. But so far I've had three of the marines tell me that they felt sick. But I couldn't find anything wrong."
"Huh."
Ronon was quiet and they walked along in silence.
"Dr. Keller!"
Jennifer stopped and turned at the nurse's voice call her.
"Yes?"
"Major Lorne collapsed in the mess hall. I think you should come and see."
Lorne was fine. Physically, at least. He had no fever, no sign of anything. But he had had to be sedated, after going into convulsions.
Jennifer shook her head. "No. Get him under the scanners."
The scan's revealed nothing.
"I don't get it."
Later that day, the other two marines were brought in, all having the same symptoms, none showing anything wrong. And then, and then came Torin.
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