A/N – Dr Rodney McKay is apparently a bit of a womaniser, and after this you may think so too…
Allina is from S1's 'Brotherhood'
Nola is from S3's 'The Game'

The Seventh Day – 31st December (AKA The Time Torn Ball)

The wonderful time torn ball
Took part in a cavernous hall
All agreed it an awesome sight
Marked by dancing and changing of light
All were under its spell and enthralled

The hall that had been found on Atlantis was indeed very large and had been bedecked in all manner of knickknacks and doodads. The huge party to welcome in the New Year had been carefully planned since the end of Christmas Day. It was truly a special occasion, the start of a brand new year. Fearful hopes for the future along with shameful memories of the year past clashed and fought in the minds of the pensive partygoers.

Flashing disco lights and the inbuilt Ancient sound system piped out ball room dancing music loudly as the participants swayed and held each other in tight embraces and spun across the dance floor unaware of their future fates and the troubles to come.

Streamers hung down from the ceiling and along the walls. There was food and drink and happiness alongside the strange events which were about to follow. No one knew of the changes only those looking on from above and around.

7pm (Season 1)

First to dance were McKay and Weir
Although he gave her a nasty leer
She resented his air
And the hand in her hair
And soon shook him off with a sneer

Rodney stumbled backwards, looking confused, but Elizabeth just shook her head sadly and said to him, "We can't. I'm sorry, but I'm the leader of Atlantis. I need to keep a clear head in order to run the base."

McKay looked a little put out and walked over to the surrounding people up next to the wall. He glared back at Elizabeth briefly and she looked at him in sorrow. Rodney then turned away looking hurt and soon his eyes rested on Allina.

She forced her way forwards and ignored his oblivious and then startled expression as she took his hand.

They danced very briefly and Rodney soon pulled away looking confused and uncomfortable. He turned to glance across the room at the spectators. They nodded at him in encouragement and suddenly he realised what was going on. His face switched into a happy expression as he smiled widely.

While his back was turned on Allina, she drew out a long, serrated blade and quick as a flash, stabbed it up to the hilt into Rodney's back. He only had time to gasp in shock before it pierced his heart and he furrowed his brow as the betrayal hurt him more deeply than the blade ever could. He spat blood from his mouth as he fell. Allina stood over him with a cold expression showing no remorse and only a steely righteousness in her eyes.

Allina plunged the knife into Rodney's back
He cried out in shock at the attack
She pierced his heart with the blade
His sight started to fade
Blood from his mouth, down his chin it did track

8pm (Season 2)

The attending couples' attire
Suits and dresses and eyes on fire
Long skirts out fanned
Men led women by the hand
But the dancing was pretty dire

John and Elizabeth danced, while Rodney looked on feeling a little lost without her.

Laura Cadman came over to him and suddenly grabbed his hand forcefully. Rodney tried to break away from her, but her grasp was too strong for him.

She raised her eyebrows at him in understanding over his awkwardness, but Rodney just shuffled his feet uncomfortably. They danced only briefly and then she rolled her eyes and then shook her head.

Rodney sighed in relief as she retreated to the edge of the room and instead grabbed Carson's hand and led him out onto the dance floor.

McKay and Cadman had an interesting start
She wormed her way right into his heart
Rodney was glad they were split
After his fit
They cursed the day they went near a Wraith Dart

Rodney only looked confused for a while and then he took the hand of Katie Brown. He bowed to her briefly before he guided her onto the dance floor.

9pm (Season 3)

The music faltered and Rodney broke away from Katie Brown. She retreated into the crowd and continued to watch the other couples as they danced.

Rodney himself found a lady called Nola and he smiled guiltily as he danced with her for a moment. Sheppard soon came over and pushed them apart with a stern expression.

McKay and Nola were not meant to be
He took advantage as she bent on one knee
To Rodney it was only a game
Nola thought he was rather lame
"Ugh, not with you, now I'm free!"

10pm (Season 4)

It was starting to get late, and the atmosphere ramped up to a much more serious moment in the course of the Time Torn Ball. Couples drew closer and the lights lowered.

Rodney danced with Sam Carter for a moment, but she managed to get away from him and he retreated back to dance with Katie once more.

Fiery McKay and Carter butted heads
Hot tempers matched till they saw red
Rodney wished it forever
But all he got was, "Never!"
Carter pushed him away as she fled

Rodney and Katie danced closer than before. He hugged her tightly and they swayed gently during a particularly slow number.

The music faltered and he suddenly looked upon her in fear and shook his head sadly. He said, "I'm sorry. I can't."

She furrowed her brow in confusion at his back as he walked away from her. She then departed from the Time Torn Ball and never returned.

She must've thought him a crushing bore
As Rodney laid himself out on the floor
Katie Brown rolled her eyes
Slapped her hands on her thighs
As McKay walked away through the door

When Rodney came back just before 11pm, he glanced around the room. He saw Jennifer Keller standing on her own at the very edge of the room. He nervously sidled up and stood next to her. She gave him a small smile and he indicated the dance floor before he asked, "Shall we?"

She nodded and took his hand as he led her out and they danced for a short while.

McKay and Keller under the light
Gave Ronon Dex a terrible fright
Sheppard shook his head
Rolled his eyes and then said,
"Truly, that's an unexpected sight."

11pm (Season 5)

As the Time Torn Ball neared it's conclusion, Rodney and Jennifer kept dancing. He grew more confident and held her close to whisper his secret in her ear.

She smiled happily so that he did not see it for a while.

Close to midnight, she tilted her head back from where it had been resting on his shoulder as they embraced. She grinned and then her face fell into a serious expression. She then confirmed his suspicions and finally returned that which he had already given to her.

Jennifer and Rodney danced
Although it was more of a prance
They tried not to smother
The other lover
Each were so entranced

"Ouch!" Jennifer hissed
When Rodney's feet missed
He'd stomped on her foot
Covering her shoe with soot
So, they gave up on dancing and kissed.

When the clock reached twelve, Jennifer and Rodney continued to kiss for a long time. When they their lips parted, they gazed into each other's eyes. The crowd around them roared in jubilation over the end of one year and the start of another. Rodney and Jennifer ignored the noise of the storm all around them and remained the only still figures in the hall at the Time Torn Ball. The scene around them blurred until they were the only people in focus and they stayed frozen in that moment forever.

12pm (Season 6)

He longed to roll with her in the hay
All things to turn to cliché
When the clock struck twelve
To the new year he did delve
Then McKay took Keller away

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The delectable Rodney McKay
Has trouble keeping women at bay
Those big blue eyes
He's incredibly wise
Who can resist his snarkastic way?

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On the seventh day of Christmas, Atlantis gave to me…
Seven damsels dancing
Six wormholes whooshing
Five McKay snarks
Four Ronon blasts
Three Teyla pouts

Two Sheppard drawls
And a Jumper crashed into a tree!

A/N – Huge thanks to Ilerya82 for help with the McKeller limericks (all the rest are mine…)