A few hours later Teyla regained consciousness and looked up to see the broken Stargate. She turned her attention to her still unconscious teammate lying next to her. She gently put a hand on his chest and could feel him breathing. Teyla let out a sigh of relief at finding out he was alive.
John moaned and opened his eyes. Teyla putting her hand on his chest had caused him to awaken and he stared up at the clear bright sky.
"What happened?" he asked groggily.
"We fell during the earthquake and you hit your head on the rocks," Teyla explained.
"That explains the splitting headache," John said as he put hand to his head and felt blood. "How long was I out?"
"I do not know, I also fell unconscious," Teyla answered as a pain went through her broken leg. She then looked up at the sky. "Judging by the position of the sun, it has been several hours."
John took a deep breath and tried to sit up. He received a sharp pain in his chest as he did so. "Great not only do I have a migraine but I've broken a rib"
"That is not the only thing broken. Before I blacked out I witnessed the Stargate breaking. It is impossible to dial Atlantis. I also injured my leg," Teyla told him. For the first time John noticed the twisted and bloody leg. The bone was not sticking out, but it was still in bad shape. There was no way she could walk on it.
Then he turned to see what was left of the DHD. The top had been smashed in by the falling chevron and pieces of the DHD and gate scattered the ground.
"It will be dark soon, we should try and make our way back to the village where there's shelter. I'll see if I can find something to splint your leg with," John suggested as he stood up. "I'll keep in contact using the radio."
Teyla nodded to his retreating back as he made his way to a nearby wooded area. Around twenty minutes later Teyla's radio crackled.
"I'm on my way back. I found some sturdy branches to use."
John emerged from the forest five minutes later carrying four long sticks in his arms. He kneeled on the ground in front of Teyla dropping the sticks. He then ripped off one of the sleeves of his jacket to use as ties. He tried to rip the fabric in strips, but failed miserably.
"Allow me," Teyla said. She reached for the fabric sleeve and took out her knife. She proceeded to make several holes in the sleeve with the knife, and then ripped from the holes. The fabric easily came apart and made strips to wrap around her leg. When she was done she handed them to John with a smile on her face.
"I would have thought of that sooner of later," he jokingly said. Then he quickly changed his tone to serious as he set up to splint her leg. "Ok, I'm going to move your leg straight and put it on this stick and then place the others around it," he looked at her when he finished.
"I am ready," she said.
John put his hands on her leg and twisted it until it was straight again. Teyla only winced a little.
"You must have some pain threshold. I'd been screaming by now," John chuckled as he tied the strips of fabric securely.
Teyla smiled. "It did not hurt that much." The two began to put all the supplies they would need into one pack and got ready to make the trek to the village.
"You think you can stand?" he then asked her.
Teyla nodded and grabbed one of his arms. Using her good leg and free arm she pushed herself up while he steadied her. John then wrapped an arm around her waist to support her and they headed off towards the nearest village. Neither spoke as they were trying to keep from falling once again on the rocky, broken terrain.
They reached the village just as night fell and went inside one of the houses that was relatively undamaged. Jon sat Teyla down in a chair and then sat down across from her.
"You should let me look at your head, John," Teyla slightly demanded.
"No, it'll be ok. I've had worse," he answered brushing it off. He was too concerned about Teyla's leg to worry about a gash on his head
"Please John," she pleaded looking at him with sad eyes.
"Alright," he conceded.
Teyla took out the medical kit from the pack they had brought with them. She grabbed a piece of gauze and leaned over to gently wipe the blood off his head. She then took some antiseptic and wiped it on the wound. Finally she placed a band aid over it to keep it from getting infected.
The two stared at one another for a moment before John looked away.
"Thank you," John said to her as he got up and began to walk around the small room.
"You are most welcome," Teyla replied.
"We should probably eat something and then get some sleep, we don't know how long were going to be here," John suggested.
"Yes eating is a good idea, I am famished. But I do not believe that sleep would be wise. We may each have a concussion."
"Then we'll just have to keep each other awake," John said as he sat back down and took out some MREs.