I was watching "Rising Parts One and Two" again and I noticed something. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but I thought it was very interesting.
Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate: Atlantis but it would have been nice if I could.
Chapter one
John Sheppard was not a happy camper right at this moment.
It did not matter that it was storming outside and it did not matter that he had been grounded for some strange and unknown reason, because it didn't really matter at all.
Never mind that his birthday was coming up, either.
No. The one thing that irked him more than that was being ignored.
Yes, Ronon was on the Mainland and Teyla was on loan to another team and John was alright with that. Really. After all, the two wouldn't be gone that long.
It just seemed that no matter what he did or how he did it, no one cared. It even seemed that people were avoiding him.
He really didn't understand it.
John was actually beginning to think that he had done something wrong, but he just didn't know what, yet.
Doctors Carson Beckett and Elizabeth Weir always seemed to be busy and was always getting called away from him in the middle of a conversation. Even Major Lorne wasn't hanging out with John like he used to and it was honestly ticking him off.
It kinda didn't bother him that Dr. Radek Zelenka and Dr. Rodney McKay were almost living in the labs nowadays. It just bothered him that they didn't ask him to come down to turn something on or something else to that effect.
So, it was on a stormy afternoon that Colonel Sheppard decided to get some dessert in the mess hall purely out of boredom. All paperwork was done and processing, no getting dragged down to the labs by the scruff of his neck, no meetings, no training the new recruits because they were on the Mainland with Ronon and Lorne getting drilled to within an inch of their lives…
John sat down at an empty table with a mug of coffee and a tray laden down with the desserts that he adored. As he sipped his coffee, he remembered something from a long time ago.
"I promise that you won't amount to anything in life. Even your friends will show their true colors. Sure, go into the Force if you like, but nothing will ever come of it. You will just be an annoying little bug that people only put up with because they have to."
John shook his head. 'You're wrong,' he thought. 'I am something here. My friends and co-workers don't think like that. I'm sure of it. Right, Atlantis?'
He felt a bit silly asking the city, but just about choked on his pudding when he felt a sort of warmth envelope him like a blanket.
He looked around, startled, as he finished his tray. "There is just no way that could've been… Ah, but I've dealt with stranger things in my day. I think. Oh, well. Maybe Rodney could use some help down in the lab."
He looked around again and told himself that he would ask Rodney about something like this being possible.
Rodney McKay was busy with calculations on his laptop when he heard the door open. Without turning, he said, "I told you before to stop bothering me while I'm working. You have work to do so stop coming down to my lab trying to heckle me when I could be trying to prevent an explosion from wiping us out of existence. Go bother someone else for a change, I'm busy and I don't have time to waste on idiots like you. And if you don't like it, well, I don't care. I have more important things to waste my precious time on and not on people who don't do-"
Rodney stopped his tirade and turned when he heard the door close.
"Huh," he shook his head.
"Weir to Rodney," came the voice over his earpiece.
"What's up?"
"Am I interrupting something?"
"No, I just finished talking, well, ranting at that annoying scientist that's been bugging me for the last two hours. Can't seem to get the message that I don't want him down in my territory."
"You treat all of them like that, Rodney."
"Yeah, but this one in particular…"
"I get it. I was just checking on how the preparations are coming along."
"Wonderfully, Elizabeth. Teyla is going to be back a day early, and the other two are just finishing up on the Mainland. We have it all set. You?"
"It hasn't been easy, but I'm pretty sure that John has no idea about our plans."
"He had better not. I didn't agree to this whole surprise party for Sheppard, only to find that he figured it out."
"Don't worry. Everyone has taken precautionary measures and we know that he has no inkling whatsoever."
"Hope you're right. I've never really thrown a party for anyone before. Jeez, what if he doesn't like the party? Or the present I'm gonna give him? I never really thought-"
"Rodney! He'll like it. Both of them. And it's because it is from his friends and he will be especially happy that his best friend got him something."
"If you're sure… Well, alright, then, I suppose. I just can't help but feel that something is about to go horribly wrong…"
"Don't worry. I'm sure it's just nerves. Well, I have to check in with the others. Weir out."
Rodney went back to work, still unable to shake that foreboding feeling…
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