AN: Hey everyone here's my second chapter. Hope you all like it and please let me know. I look forward to finding out what you think. Z

Break

Day Two: Past (John)

I woke up in the dark, its always dark here. The city is still beneath the sea at this time. I have checked the power to make sure that my arrival here doesn't jeopardize the future. After I had eaten half of a power bar I headed back to the lab Rodney has taken over in our own time.

I looked around realizing just how cold this room is without Rodney's laptop and clutter as well as whatever Dr. Z brings in with him when he is working on something with Rodney. This room is very morbid, I hate coming in here with it like this but I came here anyways. I powered up the console and opened the file. I sat down and thought a few things over as I began to type.

Day Two: Present (Rodney)

I woke up to storm clouds and laughed ruefully realizing that it mirrored my mood perfectly. I dressed and munched on a power bar as I powered up my laptop. I hooked it into the database and brought up the file the Colonel had started I was amazed to find that as I looked words began to appear.

Wow I cant believe its already my second day here. It's eerie and disturbing to be here by myself because the city is so quiet and the sounds of the ocean around the shield is unnerving to say the least. I do hope that McKay is reading this. If Rodney isn't reading this than it means that he was either taken by the device as well and is somewhere else in time or I have shifted to another reality. I guess I wont know until I get back if I ever do.

There are so many people in my time that I will miss dearly if I am not able to get back. Firstly there's Elizabeth she is like a sister to me. I know that deep in her heart she knows that I think of here this way but I think she also in her heart believes that I love her as more than a friend. She is beautiful, smart, and wonderful woman but it will never be that way between us.

Teyla Emmagan is amazing that's all I can say. She is so strong and independent. I love to spar with her mostly because I know that she loves to kick my ass though I am getting better every day. A while ago when she first came to Atlantis I thought that maybe I would fall for her and a part of me did when I was affected by the retrovirus. It wont happen either as I have come to realize. She will be with Ronon at some point and from then on. I will have to wait for the person who is meant for me no matter who that person is.

Speaking of Ronon I still cant believe how lucky we were to find him. Fate really was on our side that day. It kept Lt. Ford from killing McKay and Ronon from being killed by the Wraith that tracked him. Fate is a strange thing but I have always believed that it works in a certain and decidedly predetermined way.

Aiden Ford he has finally found his way back to Atlantis after being considered MIA for almost an entire year. Lt. Aiden Ford was the youngest member of the Atlantis expedition and one of the best Marines on the base, his speciality being in demolitions. During the Wraith siege on the city a Wraith started to feed upon him but was killed in an explosion. It shocked Aiden's system so bad that he got hooked on the enzyme the Wraith produce when they are feeding on a human. We finally were able to get him back to normal mostly thanks to the efforts of Dr. Beckett. Most people don't realize that I blame myself for what happened to the young lieutenant and no one will except for the person who is reading this.

Dr. Carson Beckett is by far the best damn doctor in two galaxies and that's no joke. He can do just about anything he puts his mind to. I cant remember how many times he's had to put me back together but it's been way too many to count. I don't mind though because I know that he will always manage it if he can. The Scott is one of the nicest and the most caring man I have ever met.

Man it's so completely silent here. I will stop for now before I say too much. I have things to do to see if the future I know if the result of this reality or another. I have decided to check the room in which we found the original Elizabeth. If she is here I will know that a friend is reading this.

Wow Sheppard thinks all of this stuff about us, or them I should say. He didn't mention me when he talked about everyone. I mean I think we are friends; actually if I'm truthful with myself he is my best friend. He sounds so sad, alone. I hate it that he is stuck there without anyone. I wish I was there so he would have someone to talk to and maybe I would be able to get us home with my science skills and his skills with math.

He actually is worried about me I can tell that he is. He's worried that maybe I got pulled back in time as well but to a different point in time. I wish there was a way I could at least send him a message. To tell him not to worry about me at least and that we were trying as hard as we could to bring him back. I know that Zelenka will be able to figure something out, though it will take him who knows how long to figure it out. I just wish I could work on the device, but John wants me monitoring his writing so that is what I will do.

Day Two: Present (Aiden)

Dr. Weir had asked me to take over the Colonel's duties until we can get him back. It has been mostly paperwork so far with a few incidents. I went by Dr. McKay's quarters but he still will only see Carson, but Carson has told me that although Rodney is okay now he will get worse if he keeps it up.

I hope that he is okay because if he isn't and we don't get Colonel Sheppard back then I will lose two of my team members instead of one. I noticed a long time ago that Colonel Sheppard and Dr. McKay are best friends though they are even closer than most friends are. They have to be though because they have to trust each other with their lives and they have never let each other down.

It is still hard to believe that the Colonel is trapped in the past. When Dr. Weir told Teyla, Ronon, and I yesterday all of us went into shock. I guess we really should start to expect things of this nature to happen though. I mean the city is millions of years old, who knows what the Ancients have hidden all over the place.

Day Three: Past (John)

I barely slept last night I think it is because of how quiet it is here. In my time I can normally always here the humming of the city as she responds to the requests of the expedition crew all over the base. Here in this time I am the only one requesting anything so the hum is barely noticeable. I guess I have grown used to the volume of the future and being here it just seems dull and lifeless.

I woke up in a cold sweat and ate my second power bar. I left my rooms and headed for Rodney's lab, once there I brought up the file and began my typing again.

I had horrible dreams last night that kept me awake. Mostly they are dreams of myself dying years from now, of old age or my team finding my body in my quarters just old bones lying on the bed. I can still hear the scream of the person who finds me. It seemed to change every dream I had and I can imagine their reactions especially Rodney's. I know that he would freak out and panic.

Rodney now he is probably the person that I will miss the most. I met him two years or so ago and I will never forget that day. I was nearly killed by an Ancient drone that Carson accidentally set off, found out about the Stargate and aliens for the first time, found I have the ATA gene and was asked to come to Atlantis. The thing I remember the most about that day is Rodney telling me to think of where we were in the solar system seconds before a massive map appeared above our heads colored in the most amazing blue.

Rodney McKay is probably my best friend in the whole world actually in two galaxies but he is also special to me. I know now that I am here and he is not exactly what that means. I am worried that he is somewhere in time lost and alone. He doesn't do well on his own I have found. I know that although he always has a power bar on him eventually he would run out of food and then the hyperglycemic shock would set in and that would be bad.

Long ago I went to Carson and had him tell me and explain a lot of Rodney's allergies and aliments to me and what a bad reaction to something is like. I did it because Rodney is a friend and the last thing I want is for him to die from some stupid citrus fruit on another world. I always make sure that I have at least three epi-pens on me. Two in my pack and one in my pants pocket. Teyla, Ronon, and Aiden all carry them as well. I hope that, if he is in our normal time, that he is not injured as it would be my fault.

I don't know why I am speaking about Rodney in this way since I asked that Rodney be the one that reads this since I don't want him anywhere near the device. So I guess I will say it this way.

Rodney you are my best friend. You are arrogant and egotistical but you care greatly for those you consider friends. I hope that I am good enough to be considered among that well deserving group of people. You are a member of my team and I would have it no other way. I also want you to know that I would do anything to make sure you are okay. I know that you are reading this I can feel it and I know that Dr. Z and the other scientists will have me home soon so that we can get back to snarking at each other.

Day Three: Present (Carson)

I have been to see Rodney since it seems I'm the only one that he will see. He hasn't been sleeping very much and he hasn't been eating like he should. If he doesn't start paying attention I fear that he will end up in the infirmary because of either his hyperglycemia or because of sleep deprivation. I have tried to get through to him the fact that if he doesn't start paying attention then he will be no help to Colonel Sheppard who needs him to monitor that file.

I'm worried about my friends. Colonel Sheppard and Rodney have been my friends since before we came here and I hope that after this horrible accident I will still have two friends that are healthy and okay. Though that hope is growing dimmer with each day that passes without Colonel Sheppard being returned to this time.