AN: The reviews have been awesome! Hope this chapter lives up to the last. Enjoy!
In case you are keeping track of the fingers remaining in play:
Sheppard 5
Teyla 5
Lorne 6
Cadman 6
Rodney 6
Jennifer 5
Ronon 6
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Stargate Atlantis or it's wonderful characters.
Spoilers: Through Season 4 - Quarantine.
4 – Turn About is Fair Play
"Let's see," Sheppard gloated, "what've I never done? Hmm…"
"Get on with it already, Sheppard." Rodney didn't find this amusing. "There can't possibly be that many things that you haven't done that we have done."
"Well, Mr. Impatient, I can think of one," Sheppard said looking at Rodney with a bit of mirth in his smile. "I never… have kissed Carson."
Jennifer fell over laughing. Too bad she hadn't thought of that one. She could feel Ronon shaking with laughter next to her. She looked up to see Sheppard smiling, quite proud of himself.
"Hey, it's not like I had a choice." Rodney's voice broke and he swallowed in an attempt to sound less panicked. "Cadman forced my body to kiss Carson," Rodney whined before turning and glaring at Cadman.
"It wasn't that hard to make your body kiss Carson, now that I think about it," Cadman winked at him.
"I'm not the one that kissed Carson," Rodney whined. "Cadman kissed Carson but used my body to do it."
Lorne tried to bring his laughter under control, but it was still evident in his voice. "Your lips touched Carson's, I think that is the definition of a kiss, Doctor."
"We almost died," Rodney complained to Cadman. "You'd think that we could look at this in less of a childish way." Rodney looked at Teyla, "Please take your turn so that these idiots can get their minds off this tragic moment in my past."
"Alright, Rodney," Teyla relented, he had probably suffered enough. "What have I never done...? Well, I find I am at a loss." Teyla closed her eyes briefly and cleared her mind as if to try meditation, but almost immediately her eyes popped back open. "I never… was fed on by a Wraith."
John shuddered as he lowered a finger bringing his total number of fingers left to four. "I think we should get bonus points for having survived such a thing," he exclaimed.
Ronon nodded, "I agree, the side effects can be nasty." For him it had been devastating - turning on his friends, trying to have the same done to them, and the long, agonizing detox, what an awful thing to go through.
Ronon's agreement warmed John to his idea, "Yeah, like a do-over at least."
"You have got to be kidding me," Rodney whined. "By the time Todd was done with you, I think you ended up ahead of the whole age game. Talk about your anti-aging gimmick, I am sure that we could make some serious money if there was a way to market such a therapy. Its better then liposuction, a face-lift and Botox all rolled into one."
"Actually, Rodney, I think between living in the time dilation field where I aged, then gaining back from Todd while trying to escape from the Genii… I probably broke even."
"Yes, yes," Rodney waived him off while he contemplated the complexities of a Wraith anti-aging therapy. Keeping the Wraith energized would be a problem, though…"
"Knock it off, Rodney" Sheppard barked.
"What?" came Rodney's annoyed reply.
"There will be no Wraith anti-aging anything."
"I wasn't…"
Lorne cut him off. "Well, on that note I think it's my turn again. I spent too much time listening to you all bicker though so I'll need a second." He looked around the room at everyone until his eyes landed on Cadman. "Ok, here we go. I never… was a Marine."
Cadman stuck her tongue out at Lorne as she lowered her sixth finger. "You know, Major, it's my turn next."
"Yeah, I figured as much."
"And yet you were stupid anyways."
"Just self-preservation. The sooner you are out, the sooner I can breathe easy that I am safe from any potential embarrassment."
Sheppard spoke up in mock seriousness, "Major, we would all be in your debt."
Lorne smirked, but Cadman seemed unfazed.
"Well it is my turn, sirs," she said looking at each. "I never… had the Ancient or ATA gene."
Both Lorne and Sheppard groaned as they lowered a finger.
"What!" Rodney bellowed with a breaking voice. "I wasn't working against you. It was all them," he said pointing one hand at Sheppard and the other at Lorne.
"Well then," Cadman smirked, "I guess I was lucky."
Rodney lowered his sixth finger while grumbling the entire time about Flyboys and their attitudes, with no regards to those they drug into their messes.
Ronon who was shaking with mirth next to Rodney and got an evil glare from the scientist. Ronon just shrugged his shoulders and grinned.
"So, that would make it my turn now." Rodney ground out very matter of factly. "I never… was born in the Pegasus Galaxy."
Ronon glared at Rodney's smug face until the smuggness skittered away to be replaced with a look twinged with worry and guilt.
"It is just a game," Rodney quietly asserted trying to deflect some of Ronon's glare.
"Yes it is, Rodney," Teyla reassured him as she lowered her sixth finger. She gave Ronon a look and a raised eyebrow until his body visibly relaxed.
Sheppard grinned at the two. "It's not like the two of you shouldn't have seen that one coming." He turned to look at Jennifer. "That would make it your turn, Doc."
"Oh," she said startled. "I wasn't paying attention to that. Um…, well…, let's see…"
Jennifer could feel Ronon looking at her. She wished he wasn't sitting so close, it made her mind blank out at the worst times. "Ok, I have one." She peeked up at Ronon for a moment with a grin before looking around the room. "I never… have been stunned by Ronon's gun."
Ronon laughed out loud at that causing everyone in the room to laugh too.
As John lowered his eighth finger he commented, "I think the big guy enjoys using that gun on us."
Ronon was still smiling; he didn't confirm or deny it as he watched Teyla and Lorne lowering fingers also.
Rodney was grinning too, "I have never been stunned by Ronon."
"Only because Sheppard wouldn't let me," came the responding growl.
Rodney's gaze flicked to Ronon and just as quickly to John, "Your two aren't serious?" he said with some confidence in his tone. When he didn't see either change their expression he nervously tried again. "Are you?" he smiled at the two worriedly.
Ronon continued to smile at him and Rodney had to look away because it was quite unsettling.
"Colonel," started Jennifer, "after hearing about all of the stunning, Wraith feeding and storage it comes to my attention that maybe we should schedule a physical. That has to take a toll on the body." She looked around the room, "Maybe all of your team should come by and have a full physical."
"I'm fine; there is no need to get all worried. We get routine checkups with each off world visit." Sheppard had used his most colonel-ish voice. "Now, I think that it is Ronon's turn. Isn't that right big guy?" Sheppard had a please get us off this subject look in his gaze at Ronon.
Ronon quickly agreed, "Yes, um… I never… have been a Doctor."
"So, I was hoping that you would take her mind off of us, not antagonize her," Sheppard whined at Ronon.
"He was probably aiming at me," Rodney boasted. "He is not allowed to stun the genius, so this is the best way to get back at me."
Ronon gave Rodney an exasperated look, before glaring at Sheppard.
"No," Sheppard stated, "you are not allowed to stun him this time either."
"Next time," Ronon growled.
Lorne laughed, "When the time does come, just make sure I'm there. I don't want to miss his induction into the club."
Ronon grinned at Lorne and Sheppard decided that they had better move on before an impromptu initiation began. "So I believe that it has come around to my turn again." He looked around the room, smirking at them all with an evil glint in his eyeagain. "Who needs to be knocked down a little to even this playing field, hmmm…?"
