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You have to fight this. John's voice rang in her head. John. The one thing she was really sure of. He was always there for her when she needed him, and he wouldn't fail her now. She ripped her arms out of the restraints and knocked down all of the men trying to stop her. Then she ran. Ran like the wraith were at her feet, ran like she'd never run before.

She got in the elevator, frantically waiting for it to get to the next floor. Then she was at Stargate Command trying to find the way to the stargate and Atlantis. Then John was there. Showing her the way, telling her she was infected with nanites trying to take over her body and she had to fight them.

She had to choose between following Jack or John. John, of course. And when Liam tried to stop her at the gate, she could walk right through him, knowing she was going back to John, back home.

Her eyes fluttered open. She breathed a sigh of relief, seeing she was in Atlantis. There was Carson, Rodney, Ronon, and Teyla. "Where's John?" she asked.

"We had to put him in quarantine, he broke through yours and held you arm. He could have been infected with nanites," Carson answered.

It didn't surprise her. She could almost feel him, back there, touching her, leading her back to the real world.

When he finally got out of quarantine, she talked to him. "John, thank you. You saved my life, you brought me back. Now that I look back on it, you were with me the whole time. I could see you outside of my door or window, always with me. I was too blind to see it then, though. If I hadn't been, maybe I would have gotten back a lot sooner."

He just smiled and held her hand. "Well, I'm glad you saw me. And just remember, I'll always be there."