I do not own SGA or any of it's characters. The only thing that I own would be my bad guy. I said it didn't I? I had another chapter ready to upload. Okay so this is a short chapter. I'm tired. What can I say. I didn't want to type anymore. But I will probably be adding some more tomorrow. Hopefully you folks will be reading this again because I was liking your input. So ta for now. Hope you enjoy. :)
Chapter Nine
After ten minutes of yelling and freaking out John slowly began to calm down. The yelling began to dissipate and his eyes fluttered. Then finally he passed out. He became dead weight.
"Good. Now maybe we can fix those wrists up." The Scottish doctor said. "And see what else is going on in his body. We need to examine him right away." Ronan grunted and moved away. Then Weir, McKay and Teyla followed him out of the infirmary.
An hour later the four sat silently in the conference room. Ronan was leaning up against the wall with his arms crossed in front of him. He was staring at the floor with a frown on his face. Rodney sat in one of the chairs with is arms crossed on the table and his head on his arms. Teyla was sitting in her chair with her arms resting on the chair at her sides. She was staring at the table. Elizabeth was sitting a lot like Rodney was except that her chin was resting on her arms. They had been unable to think of anything to say to each other after the first ten minutes. They had been too worried for John and had no idea of what plan to come up with to help him. Ronan had been right when he had said that if Puren died John would too. So they had to think of a way to extract Puren before killing him. They were out of ideas. In fact they never had any to begin with. They just looked extremely bored while they were waiting to hear about Sheppard.
Rodney sighed and then turned his head to face Weir. "Beckett better get here soon because I want to know how Sheppard is doing."
"Me too." Elizabeth said.
Just then Beckett came through the entrance to the conference room as if he had heard them. The three who were sitting immediately stood up and Ronan moved away from the wall and stood with his arms crossed, waiting for the news.
"Oh. Well. I'm glad you're all here." Beckett said. "I've got good and bad news for you all. What do you want to hear first?"
"Let's just hear the good news first Carson." Weir said.
"Right." He said. They just stood and looked at him. "Well. The good news is that Colonel Sheppard is not any worse off than he was before. His fever has not upgraded. And that could be a good sign."
"And just what is the bad news Carson?" Rodney asked with a mix of curiousness and fright in his voice.
"He doesn't seem to be getting any better. And I'm afraid that if this Puren character gets the Colonel back to it's body that will be the end for the Colonel."
"Wow." Rodney said. "When you say there's bad news you really go all out." He sat down heavily in the chair that was behind him. Beckett creased his brow and let the impact of his information settle in.
"There has to be a way to get this thing out of Sheppard." Ronan spoke up. "We can't just let it kill him."
The four looked at the Satedan with surprise at the outburst. They really did not know how Ronan felt about John. Now it was evident that he liked the pilot. Did not want anything to happen to him. That was encouraging. And it was so like Sheppard to have this kind of an effect on people. Most people gravitated to him like a moth to a flame. He was charismatic that way. Ronan was charismatic in his own way too. He may seem like a big brute at first meeting but he was highly intelligent, a fierce fighter and a devoted friend when he chose to be somebody's friend. He had chosen the people of Atlantis as his friends. As his teammates. And he had respect for Sheppard and the rest of SGA-1 as well as Elizabeth. He was a great ally to have. And they all knew it, even Rodney who always seemed to get on the wrong side of the Satedan. Ronan looked at their surprise and raised his right eyebrow. He did not seem embarrassed by the revelation.
"I agree with you whole heartedly Ronan." Weir said finally. "I'm sure we all feel the same way. Our only hurtle at the moment is how do we get rid of Puren without killing John."
"We live on Atlantis Elizabeth." Rodney said matter of factly. "There has to be something we can use here to get rid of an Ancient Device, without blowing it up or smashing it to itty bitty pieces."
Elizabeth thought about what he had said for a moment and then a light seemed to come on in her mind because her eyes lit up. "I want everybody to do a search of Atlantis. Every nook and cranny that they can and see if we can find anything to use. And hopefully it will be something that Puren can't figure out. Split into groups of two or three. I want at least one scientist and one of the Military Detail on each team. Ronan. I want you, Teyla and Rodney to stick together. See what you can find. And I want the three of you to be in charge of the teams. Understood?" The three nodded at her and hurried off to begin the plan. To set it in motion. "Carson. I want you to stay with John. Keep a close eye on him and Puren. If he wakes up again I want you to sedate him. We don't want him figuring out what we're up to."
"Aye." Beckett said as he turned to leave. Then he turned back and looked at her. "I hope this works Elizabeth, because if it doesn't we will have no other choice but to get rid of Puren any way we can. Then at least Colonel Sheppard will be at peace."
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that Carson. Because Atlantis without John Sheppard would be nothing. We all know that he is the heart and soul of this expedition." He smiled at her remarks and placed his hand gently on her shoulder. "Aye dearie. I know exactly what you mean." She put her own hand up to the one on her shoulder and grasped it. She smiled and then he was off to stay with John.
She slumped down in one of the chairs and put her elbows on the table. Then she raised her arms and put her face in her hands. She began to cry. She knew in her heart that she could not lose John Sheppard. Knew deep down in her heart that there was love there. She would be devastated if he were to die. Absolutely devastated.
TBC in Chapter Ten…
A/N: So sorry for the short chapter. But it is late and I'm tired. It's beddy bye time. Time to dream. But tomorrow is a new day and I should be typing again. Plus tomorrowis a holiday, so even better. And this seemed as good a place as any to end the chapter. So good night. Hope you enjoyed. Later days. :)
