Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate: Atlantis or Galaxy Quest.

Just a Note: I apologize if anything is confusing at first, but stick with me and it will make sense. Also, don't give up partway down because of a comment by 'McKay': I will never write 'slash.' A note at the end of the chapter will explain a few things about the characters. Enjoy!

Chapter One: Meet the Cast

"McKay! Hurry it up, will ya? We don't exactly have all day!"

"I know! However, this is incredibly complex. The slightest mis…" Sparks flew from the machine he was working on, cutting him off.

"Yeah, I get it. Just hurry!"

McKay opened and closed his mouth before letting out a long-suffering sigh and hurriedly went back to work. "Right."

"Any time now, Rodney!"

"Just- Just stop talking, Sheppard!" No more than a minute passed by before Rodney threw himself away from the spark emitting machine and covered his eyes with his hands. "I give up. I apologize, Colonel. I'm afraid we're doomed."

"Don't give me that talk, McKay. You have the most brilliant mind in all twelve universes. You're a handsome guy, you have people who love and admire you. Don't let this thing defeat you!"

"You really mean it, Sheppard? I always thought you found me annoying, but… Look, just in case… I've- I've always wanted to tell you this… I'm very… attracted to you."

"I'm sorry, Rodney. I- I love someone else… And I think he loves me."

"Oh… at least tell me his name, Jane."

"I'll tell you once we get out of this mess, McKay. That's another thing to live for!"

"Right." Rodney went back to the spitting chunk of steel and intertwining wires. "Aha! It's so simple. I can't believe I missed it. All I have to do is…"

"Spare me the explanation and just do it, McKay!" Jane Sheppard looked worriedly at the shaking walls around them.

"Right." He got to his feet and walked to the back of the machine and yanked on a long cord that had been plugged into a socket on one of the walls.

The shaking, the constant spray of sparks, and the general chaos ceased to exist.

Jane closed her eyes and clenched her fists in barely contained anger. "Did you just do what I think you just did?"

Rodney smiled, proud of himself. "Yes, I did. Guess it was even simpler than it looked."

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Back in the Atlantis gate room, a group of young men and women, along with the rest of the team including a visibly relieved Ronon, circled both Rodney McKay and Jane Sheppard.

"How did you do it?" asked an eager young man with dark brown hair.

"It was simple, really…" McKay started.

"Were you not concerned you were going to depart this life?" asked the other member of the team, Teyla.

Rodney scoffed. "Of course not."

Ronon rolled his eyes. "So you didn't want to give up? Not one second?"

Jane put a hand on his shoulder and smirked. "It's like I always say, Ronon," she started, leading him away from the group to face the gate. "Never give up. Never surrender."

And with that, the giant Stargate tilted back and fell to the floor.

"CUT!"

The man she called Ronon threw his hands up in the air and said, "Please tell me we don't have to do that again."

The woman dropped her hand from his shoulder. "And I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down," she mumbled, turning around. "Hey, Steve, guess you should've gone with the house of brick, eh?"

"Is everyone ok? No one's hurt, right?" The new voice came from the side of the set, where a pretty, sweet-looking woman had rushed upon hearing the noise the gigantic cardboard prop had made when it fell.

"Don't worry, Cassie. We'll live," the woman called "Jane" replied with a grin.

"So no one needs a doctor or anything?" Cassie asked, still looking uncertain as she fiddled with her fingers.

The woman, "Teyla," who had spoken earlier now came to stand by "Sheppard." "We're fine, freak. Not that you could do anything to help us if we weren't. You only play a doctor, remember? Sewing needles scare you."

"C'mon, leave her alone, Tia. We know it's hard for you, considering you only play a decent human being," the man called 'Ronon' said, draping an arm around Cassandra's shoulders.

Tia rolled her eyes, obviously annoyed. "Whatever, Rick," she said, walking away.

"Sometimes I wonder why we talk to her, but then I remember: we don't. She talks to us."

Cassie smiled at the attempt to make her feel better. "Thanks, Julliett, Rick. So how did that happen?" She gestured at the painted "Stargate" that the crew was trying to get back into an upright position.

'Rodney,' who was walking toward them, looked confused. "How did what happen?"

Julliett, who played Jane, sent him a look that clearly said, "You weird me out," and moved a few steps away.

Rick resisted the urge to do the same and managed a smile. "The Gate fell over again, Roy."

Roy turned his head to face the mass of cardboard. "Oh. Would ya look at that?" He paused for a moment. "So when's dinner?"

Cassie held in a laugh when Rick's face turned confused and smiled kindly. "After lunch, sweetie."

Roy grinned. "Right!" He started to walk away, but about fifteen steps later, he stopped and turned on his heel. "When's lunch?"

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Alone in a dark room, sleeping with a small smile on his face, was the one and only Rodney McKay. His dream, however, was another matter entirely. In his dream he was still on Atlantis, but John, Carson, Teyla, Ronon, and everyone else were all gone. Instead, the entire city was run by McKays. At the moment, twenty or so Rodneys were seated at a long table, the Supreme Original Rodney seated at the head. This Rodney looked around at his fellows, each one just as good-looking as the original, and each one so smart, words such as "brilliant" or "genius" didn't even begin to describe them. His eyes roamed from Rodney to Rodney, McKay to McKay, all the while smiling an arrogant little smile… That is, until his eyes landed on the thing directly across from him.

It was taller than him. It had longer, thicker hair and dark brown eyes and was well-built. It was the kind of guy beautiful girls fell for every day.

It was not Rodney McKay.

What was to only be known as 'the creature' to Rodney was leaning its chair back on two legs. Then the creature opened its mouth and said, "Wassup?"

All of the Rodneys got to their feet and stared at the creature. "Excuse me?" they said in unison.

"So…" the creature started, looking around at them uncaringly, "… when's dinner?"

The Original Rodney, hoping to get rid of the creature as soon as possible, looked at the watch on his wrist. He did a double-take, and then sent an unamused look toward the creature. "After lunch."

The creature grinned and nodded, getting up to leave the room. Halfway to the door, he stopped and turned. "When's lunch?"

The McKays in the room rolled their eyes. "After we answer life's biggest questions and solve the problems of the universe," they replied in united sarcasm.

"Cool. I don't know about this, uh, universe problem, but I always thought, uh, complex math was the worst, uh, like, uh, addition of double digits. Like, uh, fifty-three plus thirty seven. That's like, uh, seventy six or something, right?"

The mouths of the many McKays opened and closed a number of times, then… "Who are you?" asked the Original Rodney. He had the sneaking suspicion that the creature was related to Zelenka.

The creature grinned again. "Me? I'm Rodney McKay, man. Who're you?"

Rodney woke up screaming.

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Somewhere out in the vastness of the universe, presumably somewhere near one of the planets that boasts one of the gates connected to the Stargate network that are accessible to the Ancient city of Atlantis, was a black hole. Sometimes, as Samantha Carter could tell you (if you had security clearance, of course), black holes cause abnormalities in the speed of time. Other times, however, black holes cause other unnatural events to occur. This specific time, for instance, the appearance of the black hole caused two separate realities to collide, and whether this strange yet not unheard of abnormality occurred because the black hole itself came from an alternate reality remains unknown. What is known, though, is that the black hole wasn't the only thing that came through.

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Note: Ok, if the actor/character relations weren't clear, here is a Cast List:

Julliett Smith……… Jane Sheppard
Rick Donaldson....… Ronon Dex
Cassandra Breyuh…Carly Beckett
Tia Erewood………Teyla Emmagan
Roy Martins………Rodney McKay