Title: Rodney's Bad Day

By: Red-shouldered Hawk

Disclaimer: Thank the Stargate gods, for I own nothing even remotely involved with Stargate or Stargate Atlantis,

Chapter 1

"So Rodney ready to go on a mission?" Sheppard asked McKay, who was ill at the time.

"Ha ha ha. Very funny, you're just mad because you need me for this… wait. Why am I going to a village that is still in the Stone Age?" McKay asks looking towards the rest of the team in the puddle jumper. Ronon just ignored him, but Teyla answered with.

"I heard stories that the land here is very fertile, so the food they grow is suppose to be good and very healthy. We might want to try to open trade here."

"Oh yea, the other one hundred trades we got going and the food your people grow on the main land isn't even close to the number of mouths we need to feed."

"Come on McKay, you might get lucky and find a really cool anti-Wraith weapon thingy." Sheppard said with a sarcastic tone.

"Sheppard's right, we never know what we might find." Said Ronon.

"Are we there yet? I'm getting hot and the warm air in this thing isn't helping." McKay asked unzipping his jacket. Then, just like always, the jumper heard and did as it was asked. A blue screen appeared and the air in the jumper immediately cooled.

"Happy now McKay?" Asked Teyla.

"No, I just want to…" Before McKay could finish, Sheppard told everyone that they were at the landing zone. "Here we are." Sheppard landed the jumper as only an expert could. They exited their craft and were meet with a man who stands at about 5 feet, but stood as a very proud man, he had nice, gold, silk clothes on.

"Hello. I am ÆÐELRED. I'm the leader of CARPUS, the planet."

"Hi, I'm Sheppard, this is Teyla, Ronon, and McKay." Sheppard said pointing to the respected person.

"Hello, I was hoping to talk to you about a trade between our people?" Asked Teyla.

"Of course, but that will be a matter for a different time. You all must be tired if what my friends tell me is true that you live far away from here. Sorry, what is the name of your home?"

"We don't really have a name for it." McKay said with a hint of inpatients in his voice.

"Hmmm, Well! Please follow me to the village!" He said out loud.

"If there is a village near by, why isn't anyone near the Stargate?" Ronon asked remembering seeing no one near the Stargate when they flew over it.

"Even though the Wraith stop coming, the villages still fear the Stargate, but really, we must get to the village."

"Well? You heard the man. We shouldn't keep him waiting. Also, what about the Wraith just stop coming here?" Sheppard asked.

"Well, they just stopped coming. That's it really." Answered ÆÐELRED. Sheppard looked over to Teyla and Ronon.

"I have never heard anything about Wraith just leaving places that they once harvested from." Teyla answered knowing the question coming up.

"Me nether." Ronon said.

"Great, can we go now?" Asked McKay who started to look even more ill.

"Yes." Said ÆÐELRED walking away from the group.

"Teyla cloak the jumper, everyone remember where we parked, Ok? McKay… McKay, are you ok?" Sheppard asked.

"Cough-Yes-cough-cough" McKay answered coughing.

"You should head back and see a doctor." Said Ronon.

"I'm fine, can we just go already!" McKay said nearly yelling. The jumper behind them disappeared as Teyla came out of nowhere or at least it seems to be from nowhere.

"No need to yell. Ok, lets meet the villagers." Sheppard said as he started to walk towards the direction ÆÐELRED went. Teyla, Ronon, and McKay followed behind, McKay coughing every so often.

"So, the Wraith just stopped coming?" Asked Ronon.

"Yes, now please let us hurry towards the village. It will only take us a few more minutes, then we can talk about what ever you want." ÆÐELRED said with a big smile on his face. Ronon looked towards Sheppard and Teyla who both nodded in agreement that things didn't seem right.

"Wow, that's the village?" McKay asked.

"Yes, we grow a lot of food and our trade is high so we make a lot of money." Answered ÆÐELRED.

"McKay? You actually like a village for once?" Asked Sheppard.

"Very funny, I like plenty of villages we visited."

"Name one."

"That place with the kids."

"Name?"

"You know? The one where they used to off themselves at 25 years old."

"I thought you hated that place?" Asked Sheppard.

"Well, I did, but…"

"But we should get inside the village." Ronon said walking past Shepard and McKay. Everyone else followed suit. The village, didn't seem like a village at all, but more of a large city. Every building was made out of marble, but the large building in the center was made of gold.

"Stay here for now. I'm sorry, but we could only get two rooms ready. I'm sure you all don't mind sharing a room?" Asked ÆÐELRED pointing to a marble house close by.

"Two, no wait, three things. One, nice looking town you got here. Two, I think you could have done better then two rooms. Three, what's with the rooms? We're just visiting." Asked Sheppard.

"Yes, but our leader won't be here for a day and if you leave you might miss her."

"I thought you were the leader?" Asked Teyla.

"Yes, but the queen owns the planet."

"Ok, Ronon go back to the gate and inform Dr. Weir about our… arrangements. Then we can hang around town for a while." Sheppard ordered.

"What about the rooms?" Asked McKay.

"Me, you, and Ronon get one room, while Teyla gets her own room."

"That isn't fair." McKay complained.

"Rodney, you do know what you just said right?" Sheppard said as everyone turned to face McKay.

"Ok, but it still isn't fair."

"Well, if life was fair… I don't know, but it would be pretty cool if life was fair." Sheppard said walking into the marble house to take a look-see at their rooms.

In orbit of the planet CARPUS

The two Wraith cruisers halted their approach to the planet. Inside one of the two ships a Wraith queen was talking with a 'subject' as you may call it.
"ÆÐELRED reports that the ones you are after are in his village and that they are staying there until night fall." Said a man in a robe.

"Good." Was the only reply the Wraith queen gave the man. The man bowed before the Wraith and preyed to the Wraith queen. The queen grew one of those 'signature Wraith' smiles on her face as she looked down at him.

A/N: Worst no wait, the most crappie cliffhanger ever. Well, I started on the next chapter already and I hope to have it done within a week. (If things go according to plan at least.) R&R please and make this hawk feel happy he uploaded this thing. This is my first story so go easy on me and if you can tell me what I need to work on.