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Finally, after giving Emma a complete exam, things in the infirmary started to calm down. Emma had just been in the infirmary a few days before due to a sparring accident. Now she was back and from the looks of it, she wasn't leaving any time soon.

"Come on Doc." Emma said with a slight whine in her voice. She knew it wasn't true and that her head was spinning but she had to at least try. "I'm fine." she continued with an attempt to get up.

Keller put a hand on her shoulder giving her the message that it was a bad idea. "Emma…you just fell through a floor. You're not fine….I don't believe you….and you're staying here."

Emma sighed in frustration and rolled her head to the side. There was no way she was getting out of the infirmary today. She was gonna be stuck there overnight and there was nothing she could do about it. She also knew it was for her own good.

"Is she gonna be alright?" Elizabeth asked in a sincere voice as she watched Emma. She didn't have a clue who she was but was curious nonetheless.

Keller glanced at Emma and then turned her gaze back to Elizabeth. "Oh she'll be fine. Fairly minor concussion and some bruised ribs. Nothing she hasn't felt before." Keller took a deep breath. "Maybe one day she will learn to stay out of trouble." There was a silence that hung in the air between them for a minute before Keller decided to break the silence. "If you want, I can have Colonel Sheppard meet you in the conference room."

Elizabeth nodded and followed the two marines out of the infirmary on her way to the conference room.

A few minutes went by when the entire infirmary was in complete silence. They all knew the drill. Emma had been in there enough for them to get used to it. It wasn't even like she planned it out but it seemed like every time she left her quarters, she managed to run into some sort of trouble. Even if it was as simple as walking down a corridor.

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The gate room was in complete silence when John, Ronon, and Lieutenant Anderson stepped out of the event horizon. "Welcome back." Chuck said as the gate deactivated. "Please report to the infirmary for your post mission check." There was a look on his face that told John that his gut feeling wasn't for nothing. Something was definitely wrong. That and he never told them to go to the infirmary for their post mission check. They already knew to do that.

"Something's up." Ronon said as he glanced at Chuck. Even Ronon could tell that something was wrong. It seemed like whenever they went off world, Emma seemed to get into something.

"There's always something." John said with a sigh. "Come on." John said as he started walking. Both Ronon and Anderson followed suit and they all made their way to the infirmary. John almost felt relieved when he walked into the infirmary and didn't see Emma.

"Finally back I see." Keller said as she walked up to them. "Colonel…can I talk to you for a second?" She started to walk away signifying that she wanted a moment alone with him.

"Oh God….what did she get into this time?" John said and then glanced around the beds in the infirmary again. He didn't see anything but empty beds at first but then his eyes fell on one bed which seemed to be occupied.

"I'm gonna have to keep Emma in here overnight." Keller said in a soft and compassionate voice hoping that she wouldn't upset him or anything. She knew that he worried about her so she knew that the new about her being in the infirmary overnight wasn't going to sit well with him.

"What happened?" John asked making sure to keep calm.

"Well, apparently she was showing Rodney a control panel that she had found in one of the lower levels of the city." Keller said.

"We already know where all the control panels are." John said.

"Well, evidently we missed a few because it seems like she activated one that we haven't ran across yet." Keller said.

"So what happened after that?" John asked apparently concerned.

"Well, from what both Rodney and Emma told me, Emma walked down the hall past the control panel and the well….the floor collapsed." Keller explained.

"Collapsed?" John repeated almost not believing what he was hearing. How the hell could a floor just collapse.

"Yeah As in…gave way and sent her falling to the level below them." Keller said

"Is she gonna be okay?" John asked as he glanced over at Emma who was laying in a bed against the wall.

"Yeah." Keller said. "She has a mild concussion and some bruised ribs but other then that…..well, she was damn lucky that she didn't get seriously hurt." Keller explained. It was true. She was damn lucky she didn't get seriously hurt. "Oh….and I think you better go and talk to Rodney. He thinks you're angry with him because you asked him to look after her when you were gone."

"It wasn't his fault." Emma said in a soft voice from her bed.

"Not now Emma." John said in a calm voice. "We'll talk about this later."

"You might want to bring her something to do." Keller said. "You know how she climbs the walls in here when she has nothing to do while she's in the infirmary. Maybe something that will keep her occupied for a while." She paused. "Also…there is someone waiting in the conference room to talk to you so make sure to stop by there after you leave."

"Will do Doc." He said as he turned around and started heading for the door.

"Not so fast Colonel." Keller said with a smile on her face. She could've sworn she heard him curse under his breath. She knew he hated it in the infirmary almost as much as Emma did. Maybe that was where she got it from. "You still need to have your post mission check."

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It seemed like it took forever having his post mission check done. He never liked the infirmary but he knew that it was necessary. John pushed all the bad memories he had had from the infirmary out of his mind as he made his way down the corridor towards Emma's quarters.

"Hey…I need to talk to you." Rodney said as he spotted him and decided to catch up with him.

"Not now Rodney." John said as he continued down the hall without so much as looking at him.

"Look….I screwed up." Rodney said. "This was all my fault." John stopped and turned to face his friend.

"She is 13 years old Rodney…she knows that things are dangerous." John said. He was about to continue but Rodney interrupted him.

"John….she's 16." Rodney said with a grin on his face. That had to be like the millionth time he corrected him on that.

Confusion washed over John's face. "….Right..." John said silently scolding himself for forgetting the worse three years of Emma's life. He shook his head and started walking again. "I gotta get used to that."

"I told her not to wander off." Rodney said as he continued to follow John down the hall.

John finally reached the door to Emma's quarters. Finally, annoyed by Rodney's presence…he turned around yet again. "Look….Rodney….I'm not angry with you. If you told her not to wander off, well, you know as well as I do that she tends to do the exact opposite of what people say half the time. She knows as well, if not more, then all of us about the dangers that are here and off world."

"Okay…you've got a point there." Rodney added in.

"Besides…Keller says she's gonna be fine. Just a minor concussion and a some bruised ribs." John said. "So please…drop it."

"But."

"Rodney!" John said, his voice much louder then before indicating that he was already upset about the whole incident and that if he pushed things any further, it was gonna make things much worse.

"Okay." Rodney said. Taking the hint that the conversation was over….he turned around and made his way down the hallway in the opposite direction.

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After searching through Emma's room for what seemed like an eternity, John finally found what he was looking for. Emma's laptop. "Yup….that should keep you occupied for a while." John said to himself as he tucked the laptop under his arm like a library book and walked out the door.

A short time later, John found himself standing outside of the conference room wondering who could possibly be in there waiting to talk to him. Most people avoided talking to him in the conference room because he only usually called people in there to talk alone if they did something wrong. Another thing Emma knew more then anyone else.

He took a deep breath and waved his hands in front of the crystals. The door opened quickly and John was shocked at who he saw when he walked in.

"Hello John." Elizabeth said, standing up to show the respect that he deserved.

"Elizabeth." John said with a look on his face that reminded her of a deer stuck in headlights. He slowly walked over to the table and set the laptop down. "I can't believe its you." She gave him a brave smile. "Please…sit down. We have a lot to catch up on."

"We do." Elizabeth agreed as she sat down at the table with John sitting down directly across from her. "And so many questions to ask."

"Questions?" John asked completely bewildered by her last statement.

"Yeah…why pink?" She asked as she glanced down at the pink dell laptop sitting on the table.

John followed suit and looked at the laptop. "Oh…it's not mine….its Emma's."

"Emma." Elizabeth said almost mirroring the look that he gave her. "Isn't she that young girl that just arrived at the infirmary?"

"Yeah." John said remembering the dread that he felt walking into the infirmary knowing that somehow, someway, Emma found a way in.

"Who is she anyway? Is she one of the Athosians?" She asked completely clueless about who she was. It was obvious that she had been gone for a long time. Emma didn't look, nor did she act like an Athosian at all.

"She is our new resident trouble maker." John said with a smirk on his face. "She takes after her father…I swear to god." Elizabeth chuckled a little bit even though she had no idea who Emma's father was. "Speaking of which…" John said as he stood up. "I have to get this to the infirmary or she's gonna go doing something stupid again."

"Mind if I walk with you?" Elizabeth asked with a hopeful look on her face. John's company would definitely be a step up from the friendly marines that had escorted her before. Even after all these years, he still hadn't changed much. Besides a few gray hairs…he managed to remain remarkably the same.

"Be my guest." John said watching Elizabeth stand up. He grabbed the pink dell laptop off the table and made his way to the door. He waved his hand in front of the crystals and the door opened again. With that, he made his way out the door and began walking towards the infirmary with Elizabeth following suit beside him.

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Okay…I know I said that I would tell you certain things in this chapter and that was the plan. But, things didn't turn out the way I planned. Things took a little more planning then I thought. And I know that I'm using the word "plan" way too much here. I was gonna say who the father (which is pretty obvious now), was and the mother but it just didn't seem right. Although, one person who reviewed thought that Elizabeth was the mother…..Sorry to disappoint. Its not her and I think I made that perfectly clear when she asked who Emma was. Also, about the whole thing on Emma being 16. That wasn't a mistake. There is a reason for that and it will eventually be explained. Hope you liked it and I hope you come back to read chapter 3 after I post it.

TBC…