Disclaimer : I do not own Stargate Atlantis etc & I am not making any profits from this story. I do own Dr. Orla Grant, Captain Munroe, Dr. Davies and Lieutenant Wilkinson.
Rating T : For violence.
No Spoilers : Set around Season 5, Dr. Carson Beckett is CMO, Lieutenant Cadman is stationed on Atlantis and Teyla hasn't had her baby, (I keep waiting for the plot bunny to
demand John make a move).
Pairings : Ronon Dex/Dr. Orla Grant
A massive thank you to bailey1ak you are an angel
Summary : An Ancient device has traumatic results for the inhabitants of Atlantis.
A/N : For the next three chapters the POV will change regularly. This is important as each person will see something different. I hope it isn't too confusing.
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"Radek, I've got an idea. I've managed to isolate the signal given off by the energy emitting from the force field. But every time I try to over-ride the signal, by re-routing the doors signal, it manages to switch and bypass my signal. We've got to trap the signal, or at least block it so I can over-ride it. What we'll need is to use your… tell me you brought your computer?" Rodney looked exasperatedly at Radek.
"Of course, Rodney, I have it here," Zelenka replied used to Rodney's temperament.
"Good, okay, so as I was saying. We'll use my computer to act as a buffering wall in front of the door's signal and yours to follow on behind it effectively trapping it. We can then use Dr. Davies' computer to enter in a new signal over-riding all of them, the force field should disappear," Rodney muttered whilst he tapped furiously on his computer.
Sheppard was getting frustrated, he realized he could do nothing until they could get into the room but it didn't stop him emulating Ronon and growled his displeasure at the situation. He glanced over to his friend, noticing he hadn't moved. He was like a statue just staring at Orla. Sheppard couldn't imagine what Ronon was going through, yeah he'd had friends shot and in need of help but never a loved one.
"Ronon, you okay?" the Colonel regretted his question immediately. Of course he wasn't alright; he just wanted to make sure his friend was still with him. He didn't get even a grunt from Ronon.
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Captain Munroe moaned with pain, what had hit him? He fought not to vomit the nausea immense, he breathed heavily. He was in pain too; he could feel a soreness at his temple and tried to gingerly touch the area. The movement alone made him cry out. He heard loud hissing, noises which were alien to him; the thought struck him, Wraith. Ignoring the pain in his head he lifted it to see the sight of a Wraith Queen, lying on the floor obviously badly injured, good, one less he thought. There was the male; he was going to be a problem. Behind the male was the other Queen, injured but not badly. Not yet anyway, he promised himself he'd rectify that.
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Major Lorne heard Munroe moan and moved over to the weapons he'd stashed as far away as he could from the Captain. Lorne grabbed the hand gun and passed it over to Cadman knowing with her arm injured a P90 would be difficult to handle, "If he attacks you or Orla, shoot him," the Major ordered grabbing Munroe's P90, pocketing the knives he's found earlier and moved back to Orla's side.
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Ronon heard the Captain and saw him start to move. Munroe coming around was the catalyst that got Ronon moving again. As he stood and without conscious thought, he started to growl, the noise vibrated in his chest before he released the sound, silencing all but Munroe. "Lorne, shoot him, now," he roared.
"Belay that order, Major, shoot only if he attacks anyone again," Sheppard barked turning to face what he felt certain would be an extremely pissed off Satedan.
"Ronon, whatever's affecting Munroe and Orla is temporary, he wouldn't have shot her normally. Let's just see if Lorne can keep him under control first, he has no weapons, okay?" the Colonel wasn't expecting an answer from the ex-Runner, he just hoped he'd understand.
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Munroe turned his head at the sound of different noises and saw the biggest Wraith he'd ever come across. The creature was huge and it growled, if the situation hadn't been so dire he would have almost laughed, so the Wraith do have an equivalent of Ronon Dex then, it even had similar hair. He really hoped it didn't get in.
Munroe came to the realization that with this many Wraith his options were limited and he damn well wasn't going out as food, he'd die fighting. With that last thought, he snarled, gathered his strength and launched himself at the male Wraith in front of him. Before he got far he felt his leg explode with pain and a burning sensation, as he landed back on the floor Munroe looked down at his leg, it was pouring blood. They'd shot him. With strength he didn't know he had, he got back up and threw himself forward once again. He heard the gun being fired a second before his chest exploded in pain. As he fell onto his side hitting the floor his last thoughts were, at least I wasn't food, and since when did Wraith use hand guns? Captain David Munroe drew his last breath as Lieutenant Laura Cadman lowered her weapon.
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McKay exclaimed loudly, "We've got it, we've managed to isolate the signal, give me a minute and the this force field should be down," Rodney frantically grabbed
Dr. Davies' computer, realizing what had just occurred in the room in front he started to type with force.
"You okay, Lieutenant Cadman?" the Colonel shouted, having seen Cadman react in the only way she could. Munroe wouldn't have given in, they'd no option but to shoot.
All Lieutenant Laura Cadman could do was to swallow hard, nod at the Colonel and close her eyes praying she'd pass out and remove the last few images from her mind.
There was nothing the Colonel could do for Cadman at the moment and turned to see if Teyla was back, spotting her at Carson's side he said, "Teyla, can you please inform Woolsey we have a solider down and Dr. Biro, we'll need a body bag," Sheppard turned back to the sight in front of him praying there'd be no reason for anymore.
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Orla was barely aware of her surroundings, she remembered she was in danger but unable to do anything about it. The pain every time she moved was too much, she felt weak and sweaty. She'd heard gun fire, maybe someone was going to rescue her. As hard as she tried she couldn't make out the blurred figures.
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McKay turned to the Colonel telling him, "Anyone with the Ancient gene can't go in there, chances are it's what set that device going. Obviously just having the gene was enough this time."
"What about Lorne?" Sheppard inquired knowing the man had been left unaffected from the device.
"Right now Sheppard, I don't know why Lorne wasn't affected. Until we do I suggest all Ancient gene carrying personnel stay out," McKay answered.
Sheppard nodded, "Ronon, I need you, Teyla, Dr. Davies to go in and help Lone and Cadman. Beckett, McKay and I can't go in. You'll need to move Munroe first." he looked up at Ronon glad to see he was paying attention.
"Dr. Davies," Sheppard continued, "I want you to keep an eye on that box if it moves or hums, shout, loudly."
Ronon turned back to look at the room feeling like screaming at Rodney, he'd never felt more useless as he did now, waiting was the worse thing they could've asked him to do. He started to think about getting to Orla, he understood that to get the gurney to her he had to move the Captain, but he didn't know if he could move the body very respectfully. He appreciated that the man hadn't been himself but he's still shot the woman he loved. Maybe, it had been a good thing he'd not been there with Orla, he would have reacted without thinking, Captain Munroe would have been dead long before now.
"That's it," McKay proclaimed, as the force field disappeared.
Ronon moved into the room without thinking, he picked up the body of Captain Munroe and handed him over to Sheppard to deal with. Grabbing the gurney he pulled it to Orla's side.
Marie followed Ronon in, thankful Lorne was safe but concentrating on her patients. She went to Orla's feet watching Ronon try to gently move her upper body onto the waiting gurney. Marie heard the anguished sobs coming from the woman laying in front of her, together Marie and Ronon placed the scientist onto the gurney. Noticing she was too pale, clammy and confused. Marie shouted out to Beckett, "Orla's gone into shock, Doctor," she turned to Ronon to tell him to move but the Satedan was already pulling her and the gurney to safety.
Dr. Davies nervously watched the box on the pedestal, wishing it to stay dormant.
Marie turned to Laura to find Major Lorne already had her on her feet, Cadman swayed until Lorne steadied her, moving her in the direction of the second gurney.
As they all exited the room Sheppard asked McKay, "Can you put a force field in place to stop that thing from activating again until we can sort this?"
"Oh, of course, I can," McKay confirmed.
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The infirmary burst into a flurry of activity as Doctor Carson Beckett automatically took charge. "I want Orla to be taken to O.R. 1. Her vitals can be done there. Make sure they type and cross match the blood, four pints," he ordered the nurse who'd taken over from Ronon. "Marie, same for Laura but O.R. 2, please," he finished.
"Dr. Young, can you please take Major Lorne and run a full scan and a work up on him, please. I want him kept overnight until we know more about what these people have been exposed to," Beckett ordered, turning around to see Ronon waiting for him.
"Doc," was all Ronon uttered looking at the man who'd saved his life, wanting to ask the question but unsure if he wanted to know the answer.
"I don't know Ronon, she's lost a lot of blood, she's in shock and god knows what kind of damage the bullet has done internally," Beckett desperately wanted it to be better. "I'll do everything I can, I promise," Beckett turned and walked to the operating room.
Ronon watched Beckett's back and turned running from the infirmary, scattering people as he left.
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