Title: Invulnerable
Rating: G
Author: MacGateFan
Disclaimers: Nope, none of them belong to me unfortunately.
Notes: This was for the weekend challenge at the LJ comm, ShepsAtlantis.

"Sheppard!"

I turned to face the scientist, slightly annoyed. After all, I was busy trying to assign quarters to the expedition team. "What is it, McKay?"

"This!" He exclaimed, pointing at a small device that seemed to be attached to his chest. "It's a personal shield."

I stared at him. I thought he would be smarter than to put a piece of alien technology on him without checking into it first. Although… a personal shield just might come in handy in our fight against the Wraith.

I should probably keep an eye on him. Glancing to the left, I saw that Ford and Bates seemed to have everything under control. "Be right back," I told them.

"This is amazing! I want you to test it."

"Wait, McKay, did there happen to be any notes about this shield?"

"Yeah, yeah," he replied, "I already looked at them."

I remember that statement. I used to say it when I was in high school. 'Sure, Mom, I looked at my notes for my biology exam.' I'm just lucky I retain things well.

"Okay, I want you to try and hit me."

I blinked. "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"Okay…" I said. The minute my hand came in contact with his face or the shield rather, I cried out in pain. I could hear Rodney laughing as I bounced around. "Damn it, McKay!"

"I told you it was a shield. And you didn't have to try and hit me so hard."

I glared at him, holding my throbbing hand. Suddenly I had an idea. "You're sure this thing will protect you from anything?"

"As far as I can tell, why? Do you have an idea?" I pulled my 9mil from the holster and McKay's eyes widened. For a second, I thought he was going to chicken out.

"All right, let's do it!"

"We should probably go somewhere that's less populated," I suggested. I wouldn't want anyone to get hit by a stray bullet bouncing off this shield.

When we were far enough from the rest of the expedition, I glanced at him. "Are you ready?"

"Yes," he squeaked.

He looked scared shitless, but it was now or never so I aimed at his right leg and fired. I had to duck to avoid being hit by the bullet. It landed harmlessly a few feet away and for a minute; McKay and I just stared at it.

"Oh my God, that was awesome!" McKay exclaimed.

I grinned. "Definitely! What else should we try?"

McKay was thoughtful for a few minutes, and then snapped his fingers. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards the direction of the Gateroom.

"Okay, first let go. Secondly, what do you have in mind?"

"Ever push anyone off a balcony?" he asked mischievously.