Show of Lights
Chapter Four
It was one thing for a plan to work, and a whole other thing for it to work well. Now Rodney debated with himself what the outcome would be, all the while mumbling and hoping he hadn't made a mistake on the shield. If he had, then it was so much for saving Sheppard, for it was hard to be alive when you had ceased to exist. McKay winced at the thought, and then hurried off to give Beckett the run down. Run down usually meant a good, long conversation that left the victims asleep in their chair and drooling on themselves. This time it meant a bit more than that, as everyone had guessed from the scientist's sultry attitude as he meandered into the infirmary.
"Doctor?" He called out, trying to hide his growing concern behind his annoying sing-song voice.
Yes, he was truly concerned for his friend. Though, it would be nice to have the kid-like officer not looking over his should all the time….
He smacked himself mentally for even thinking such a thing.
The frenzy about Atlantis wasn't expected so quickly, and more quickly was the silence that engulfed the city as Sheppard's unconscious body was wheeled into the gate room, followed by Beckett and some other staff. The Doctor looked up as an expectant Weir took her place at the top of the stairs. The gate began dialing to a neutral planet, which had a medical team waiting on the other side. As they neared the shimmering pool, the Colonel's body suddenly went into convulsions.
"Fine!" He nearly yelled.
"Really?" Teer looked a bit surprised at his sudden decision.
"Yes, now just get on with it. They've been worried long enough." John's face reflected sad determination, and slight anger as the ascended woman smiled at him.
"Come." She held out her arms, and he took her hands in his, closing his eyes and waiting for it to come. As it started, he could feel the sparkling lights around him seeping through his eyelids, before a sudden pain made his eyes snap open. Now it was Teer's turn to look confused.
"What…" They were being pulled apart as the mind set of the park ripped open into the Atlantis gate room as his body's eyes pulled him from his deep slumber back into reality. And oh god he was tired. He resisted letting sleep take him for a moment, so he could look around, seeing Carson wide eyed and Dr.Weir quickly heading down the steps towards them. And then the blackness took him.
It seemed like just after he closed his eyes he was waking up again. Well, it always seemed like that after a good nights sleep. Great, now he would have all the latest mattress commercials stuck in his head. Small amounts of sound floated through his awakening ears.
"It's as if the virus just…disappeared." A distinctly Scottish accent. Carson, of course.
"But how can that be?" Doctor Weir's serious voice.
"I have no idea. And there's something else."
"Yes?" She suddenly sounded worried, and he knew Beckett was giving her the kind of look you gave the parents of a kid with cancer.
"Well…his DNA has been slightly manipulated…"
"What do you mean?"
Rodney's voice suddenly cut in. "There's only one thing between, well, ascended and human."
"Which is?"
"Ancient." Beckett and McKay's voices sounded together.
TBC
The end? No, this is just the beginning.
A/N: Of we go into the wild blue yonder, eh? Soooo sorry it took so long. It wasn't a mental block, I just completely lost my train of thought for this for a while.