Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate: Atlantis, only the main plot and my character (along with some of the worlds).

AN: This chapter and another in the future are going to be... confusing... I'm trying to tie in this story with the series as it is still going. But due to the two week wait and the friggin cliff hanger they left us on (Argh!!), it is entitled to be confusing in the least. So sorry for any unnecessary headaches you may receive upon reading this, and if you haven't seen the latest episode I am warning you that this chapter does have a spoiler! Enjoy!

Heart of Emeralds

Three months later

Teyla let out a soft sigh as she made her way to the room Emerald was staying in while in a coma. She went everyday to tell her friend what was happening while she was... asleep.

Rodney and Dr. Keller had officially become a couple, but they still hardly saw each other with Rodney going off world a lot. And the Wraith's numbers were slowly decreasing with the internal wars between the hive ships.

Teyla hesitated at the door, not liking to see her friend the way she did. Emerald's wounds had healed a month ago but she still did not wake from the coma. Dr. Keller then started to believe that she would never wake, but upon the request of Teyla and the others, she did not pull the plug and make the 'death' official. Despite Emerald's wounds having healed, it still seemed that she was barely alive and that being hooked up to the machines was the only thing keeping her with them.

Teyla shook her head and moved her hand over the console only to have it beep at her, telling her that the door would not open. She frowned and tried it again, hoping that it was just a mistake. Again the door would not open. She tried it once more before getting worried. She turned and started walking down the hall at a quick pace. She found Dr. Keller in the infirmary and went up to her.

"The door to Emerald's current room is not opening," Teyla informed the doctor in a worried tone, her brows pulled together slightly.

Dr. Keller frowned and stood up, "Are you sure?"

Teyla nodded, "I have tried opening it three times and it will not open."

Dr. Keller nodded and went to call Woolsey to see if there was any problems when Rodney sounded on the radio.

"Dr. Keller, you're going to want to see this," he said, almost happily.

Teyla and Dr. Keller looked at each other before she responded. "What is it Rodney?"

"Emerald."

That one thing set the two nearly running to Emerald's room.

Emerald groaned slightly as she stirred upon the bed, her whole body stiff. She groaned again as the constant beeping from the heart monitor rang loudly in her ears. She slowly started to open her eyes, shutting them again with another groan as the room was too bright for her eyes at that moment.

Emerald lay there, trying to adjust to everything before she attempted to open her eyes once more. She blinked a few times, her vision coming into focus and noticing that she was in an isolated room with a window at the top so that people could observe those in the room. She frowned and slowly started to sit up, grimacing as her muscles and bones complained. The woman looked around and noticed that she was hooked up to a few machines. She shook her head and began pulling things off of her body and pulling a needle out of her arm. A shiver ran down her spine as she pulled the needle out and dropped it. She had always hated them as a kid and never got over it; having been in a galaxy where there were hardly no needles to none, she never did get over hating them.

Emerald frowned down at her legs covered with a hospital blanket. They wouldn't move. She was trying to swing them over the side so that she could get out of the bed, but they would not move. She then noticed that she wasn't in her own clothes but some kind of gown. The frown only deepened as she wondered who had changed her.

Emerald closed her eyes and tried to remember the last thing that had happened to her. She remembered telling Kearney why she had agreed to marry him, and then going down to see her friends with her mother, hearing her mother say that Kearney cancelled the ceremony, the screaming that alerted them all that the beasts were there. And then the rest was but a blur to her. She remembered fighting a large group of them, getting thrown into a tree and then chomped on. That's all that she remembered. But something wasn't right. She could vaguely hear the voices of her friends, but couldn't understand what they were saying.

Emerald's eyes snapped open and she looked around, desperately looking for a sign as to where she was. She studied the machines, feeling something coming up when she heard the door open. She looked over to see a wide-eyed Rodney halfway through the doorway. His mouth fell open and closed before he smiled and he tapped his ear piece.

"Dr. Keller, you're going to want to see this," he said happily into the ear piece as he made his way over to Emerald.

Emerald smiled, she was in Atlantis.

"What is it Rodney?" she heard Dr. Keller ask in a confused tone.

"Emerald," was all that Rodney said. He stopped on Emerald's right side and stood next to her with a look of happiness in his eyes. "It's about time you woke up," he told her with a smile.

Emerald blinked a few times and looked around before letting her eyes fall back onto Rodney. "I'm back on Atlantis," she whispered, her voice raspy and hoarse. She looked down with a frown and started to clear her throat.

"Emerald!"

Emerald looked up and saw Dr. Keller and Teyla jogging in. Teyla rushed to the woman's side and lightly wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "It's so good to see you awake," Teyla said softly.

Emerald nodded, slightly confused, and wrapped her arms around Teyla in return before she pulled away. She looked to Dr. Keller who started to trail something over her body. She continued to watch her, not sure if she should talk again just yet.

Dr. Keller looked into Emerald's bright green orbs and smiled, "I honestly didn't think you'd made it, Emerald." At Emerald's frown and confused look in her eyes, she continued to explain what she was talking about. "You were attacked by the beasts on your planet, Ronon returned you here to Atlantis quickly. But when I finally got you patched up, you were in a deep coma. I wasn't sure you'd ever wake up," she explained softly.

Emerald nodded and looked down. After a few moments she looked up at Dr. Keller again, her eyes slightly widened.

"You've been in a coma for three months now," Dr. Keller told her.

Emerald's eyes widened fully and she looked to Rodney and Teyla for confirmation. The two nodded and Emerald's head lowered. She'd missed three months of her life.

"Did you hear anything that was said to you while you were in a coma?" Teyla asked.

Emerald looked at her in confusion, hearing the sadness in her eyes. She slowly shook her head, her lips parting slightly. "Wha...?" She looked at all three of them, their heads bowed slightly with sadness in their eyes.

"Emerald, while you were in your coma something happened," Dr. Keller started.

Emerald continued to look between all three of them.

"John is..." Teyla was cut off by someone clearing their throat.

Emerald looked over and felt her heart skip a beat. She was grateful to have disconnected herself from the heart monitor.

Ronon stood in the doorway, leaning his shoulder against it. "Don't you think she should get comfortable, Doc?" Ronon asked Dr. Keller with a slightly amused look on his face.

Emerald looked down, glaring at the blanket covering her legs.

Teyla smiled slightly and went to the corner of the room where a change of clothes were. "I brought these here after we found out your condition, just in case you did wake up," she told Emerald as she handed her the clothes.

Emerald smiled up at the Athosian leader and took the bundle into her hands. She noticed that it was the outfit she wore when she had that heated sparring match with Teyla those months passed. She then glared at her legs once more, a slight growl escaping her slightly parted lips.

Dr. Keller laughed softly, "You may not be able to move for a little while longer."

Emerald frowned and continued to glare at her legs. The four continued to watch the woman as they noticed she was trying to move her legs.

After a few minutes Emerald's legs moved slightly and she slowly swung them to the left, her back now facing her friends. She looked to Dr. Keller who then moved to the other side of the bed. Emerald took the skirt and pulled them up her legs, making sure they went into the right holes of the shorts. She hoped down as she pulled them up under the hospital like gown and stumbled. She started falling to the ground but was caught by Teyla and Dr. Keller.

"Easy now, Emerald. I think you might have to take it slow for now," Keller said softly.

Emerald shook her head and shrugged the two off as she leaned against the bed. She waited for the two to go behind her before pulling the gown up and over her head. She didn't care that others were in the room, her back was to them so she didn't think it mattered. Not to mention the fact that her hair was past her mid back now. She wrapped the top around her, lacing the front so that her breasts were covered before tying the ribbons behind her neck.

Emerald then stood and turned with a blank look at the others. She pointed to her throat and stuck her tongue out.

They stared at her blankly before Dr. Keller smiled. "I would assume you are quiet thirsty. Do you wish to go to the mess hall?"

Emerald nodded and slowly walked around the bed, stumbling slightly but refusing to allow help.

Emerald sighed happily as she was finally in her room again. She looked around and was happy to see that Teyla had left her stuff in its place, but all was clean. She smiled and went to lay upon her bed, burying her face into the pillow. She was glad to be back in her second home. Earth had long passed as her home, Cyrillt becoming her first home and now Atlantis as her second.

The chiming alerted her to someone at the door. She looked over and saw Teyla walk in, her face full of sadness.

Emerald turned and sat up, looking at her friend in confusion. "Teyla, what is wrong?" she asked her softly.

Teyla walked over to Emerald as the door closed and sat next to her upon the bed. "Emerald, something terrible happened while you were in a coma," she started after a few moments, her voice quiet and full of sadness.

Emerald frowned and turned to face Teyla, folding her legs underneath her.

Teyla looked down at her folded hands upon her lap. "John and Radak... they are missing. A few days after you were brought back, Daniel Jackson and Rodney found a secret lab. Something was activated, sending a some kind of frequency out through subspace. Beings from another planet broke through Atlantis and went for the device within the lab, taking Daniel and Rodney with them. The device was activated, its purpose was to destroy the Wraith when they entered hyperspace. But... there were some side affects," she stopped, closing her eyes. "We found out what planet Daniel and Rodney were on, but there was not a gate there, so we had to reach the Daedalus. They were out of communication range with Todd, trying to get the retro virus to work. But a hive ship jumped into hyper space and was destroyed."

Teyla shook her head and took a breath. "When we activated the gate to send a jumper through, there was a problem. There was a burst of energy coming in through the gate and we could not shut it down. We were able to divert the shield around the gate before an explosion took out all of Atlantis, if not the whole plant. But the shield was going to collapse. John ordered everyone to the edge of the city leaving him and Radak in the gate room."

Emerald shook her head, knowing where this was going. "So..." she stopped herself from continuing, tears stinging her eyes.

Teyla looked to Emerald and nodded. "The gate room has been destroyed, we are doing all that we can to fix it," she explained.

Emerald nodded and looked down at her thighs. John was gone, missing. She closed her eyes and tried to compose herself.

"Are you... Are you ok?" Teyla asked.

Emerald opened her eyes and nodded. "Tired, overwhelmed. I think I'm going to rest," she whispered.

Teyla hesitated to stand as she nodded. She wrapped Emerald in a tight embrace, "I am here if you wish to talk." She smiled at her friend before walking out of the room.

Emerald bit her bottom lip as she pushed the tears away, not wanting to cry. But it was moments later that it became too much and the tears began to fall. She moved onto her side, curled up as she softly wept for her dear friend.