As Jennifer started to stir she was sure she could hear a familiar, yet out of place, voice. Opening her eyes and blinking a few times to try to focus she finally identified the owner if the voice.
"Cam?" She asked confused, wondering where exactly she was.
"Hey, you ok?" He asked, giving a warm smile.
"Yeah." Jennifer said, although she sounded unsure.
"It's ok. You're not hallucinating, he's really here." John said, guessing at the cause of her confusion.
"Unless she's hallucinating all of us." McKay pointed out, bringing a confused frown back to Jennifer's face.
"Not helpful McKay." John chastised.
"But true. I mean it is quite possible she is hallucinating all of us and in the hallucination we'd probably all act in character, meaning I would point this out, which actually reinforces my comment." McKay explained before looking at SG1 and adding. "Of course why she would hallucinate them I have no idea. Unless they are the bit part red shirts of the hallucination."
"Red shirts?" Vala asked confused.
"In Star Trek The Original Series, every episode there would be a crew man wearing a red shirt who would die." Rodney said.
"And you chose your leadership colours to be red?" Vala asked.
"Star Trek is a TV series. And in the later series the command staff wore red." Daniel explained.
"So the uniform colours were chosen based on a TV show?" Vala queried.
"No, it was just a coincidence." John said, before adding. "Probably. Either way why would the doc hallucinate them as red shirt characters? Even if she were to do that wouldn't they being wearing red in the hallucination?"
"Well if they are not in the hallucination to die I have no idea why she'd imagine them." Rodney said.
"Did you not once hallucinate Colonel Carter?" Teyla asked before Ronon added.
"Naked." The word causing Daniel to turn to McKay and look at him in disgust.
"But Sam and I have history." McKay argued whilst Cam and Jennifer locked eyes and shared smiles. Their brief moment was interrupted by John asking.
"You ok there doc?"
"Huh? What? Yeah." Jennifer responded, slightly flustered.
"You sure? You seem a little out of it." John pointed out.
"I'm fine. What happened?"
"In a nutshell, you were hit by a Wraith stunner and fell through the gate." McKay summarised.
"Is everyone ok?" Jennifer asked as the memories came flooding back.
"Yeah, they are all being patched up now, but the prognosis is good." John assured her.
"Then why are you all in the infirmary?" She asked, convinced she was missing something. "And why are you in this Galaxy?" The last comment directed at Cam.
"That's simple." Vala said. "Cam brought you here, except he didn't know the way so Colonel Sheppard had to show him. Then Dr McKay followed because, actually I have no idea why he followed." Suddenly turning to McKay she demanded. "Why are you here?" However, she gave him no chance to answer before turning back to Jennifer and continuing. "Anyway that left us with Mr Woolsey and well, I didn't want a repeat of our last meeting so decided it would be safer to check if you were ok and of course Daniel wanted to come with me. Except he couldn't remember where exactly the infirmary was so Teyla kindly offered to show us. And then Mr Broody over there," she paused and looked at Ronon, "didn't want to be left with Woolsey so he followed. As for why we are in Pegasus, we are on a mission."
"Don't worry." Cam said smiling at Jennifer. "That made no sense to us either."
"Well it should have." Vala argued. "I can't help it if your male brain can't cope with complex details." To which Cam rolled his eyes before looking at Jennifer and asking.
"Seriously though you ok?"
"I'm fine." Jennifer said. "What did Vala mean by you 'brought me here'?"
"Colonel 'desperate to prove himself alpha male', carried you from the gateroom." McKay answered on Cam's behalf.
"They had run out of gurneys in the gateroom and rather than having them bring one up I brought you down here." Cam explained as Rodney smugly waited for Jennifer to shout at Cam. Instead she replied.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." He said locking gazes with her once again. "But you sure you're ok?"
"She's fine. Wraith stunners are pretty harmless." McKay exclaimed, unsure why Cam was so concerned.
"Really?" John asked, not even pretending to hide his surprise.
"Well yes." McKay said. "You know that."
"I know I know that, but I didn't think you knew that. I mean the way you complain each time you are stunned you'd think it was fatal." John ribbed the physicist as Cam and Jennifer again locked eyes.
"Ok that's quite enough." Dr Cole interrupted. "Unless any of you are ill, and for the purpose of this discussion I am not counting hypochondria, you need to leave now." When no one moved the doctor continued. "Need I remind you this is an infirmary not a child's playground? And seeing how Mr Woolsey has asked me to remind you he is in the briefing room waiting for you I think you should go."
"I think that's our cue to leave." John commented. "We'll see you later doc." He added turning to leave. Sensing McKay was not following he said. "That means you too Rodney."
"Can't I just stay here and make sure Jennifer is ok?"
"Rodney, I'm fine." Jennifer assured him as John looked at the physicist and said.
"No, you're needed in the briefing."
"Why?"
"Because you are so important the meeting can't happen without you." Ronon deadpanned.
"Really?" McKay asked hopefully.
"No." Was the inevitable response from Ronon, causing the assembled group to smirk.
"Cheer up Rodney." Daniel said. "As soon as we are finished with the briefing I can help you find another hidden lab." His comment was unappreciated by McKay who scowled.
"Look after yourself." Cam said to Jennifer before leaving the infirmary, walking straight into Vala's clutches.
"What?" He asked as she grinned at him.
"Nothing."
"Thanks."
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. Next chapter up tomorrow.