I do not own Stargate Atlantis or any of its characters. The only thing that I own is the bad guy, a few of the made up people and my story. Hey there folks. It's me again. I've reached a point where I have nothing left that is written down. So I will be posting three chapters. Then I'm going to have to start writing again so that I can finish this. Here's hoping that I don't get writers block. Because that would suck. I hope you like where this is going. Have fun reading everybody. :)

Chapter Ten

Almost two hours later the remainder of SGA-1 had pulled the entire contingent of Atlantis together, minus the techs keeping an eye on the Control Room and the Stargate and the infirmary staff who was keeping an eye on Sheppard. They had been separated into teams of two or three as per Weir's instructions and had been sent off one group at a time to various sections of the floating city.

SGA-1 were about halfway through their job when Weir arrived to check on their progress. "How are things going Rodney?" she asked as she moved in beside him and crossed her arms in front of her.

"Things are going great Elizabeth. Half of the city is already out there searching."

"Wow. You guys move quickly." She said, impressed.

"We have told people to report to us here at certain times so that we could put them in teams and send them off." Rodney reported.

"Everyone is eager to do this when we tell them what they are doing this for." Teyla said. "They want to help Colonel Sheppard any way they can."

Rodney spoke up again as he moved over to the main screen in the room. "We give each Military delegate a P90 and a service pistol. And each scientist is told to stay with their team. And they are to bring anything they deem necessary for the search."

"Where are the three of you going to head after you're done here?" Weir asked.

"We're going to go into one of the lower sections of Atlantis. One that we've been trying to get to for a while now. You never know, it could hold something that could help the Colonel."

"Lets hope so." Weir said. "Well, I'll leave you to finish here. Don't forget to check in with me every fifteen or twenty minutes on your progress."

"We won't. And we've told everyone else to do the same too. We don't want anybody getting lost." Rodney said.

Weir nodded and then left them to set up the next team which had arrived. It was going to be a long day but well worth it as far as she was concerned.

Over in the infirmary, Dr. Beckett was putting a cold compress on John's forehead and was trying to get his fever to go down. The pilot had been sleeping since he had been given the sedative but had been shifting around a lot either from Puren, the fever or both. His wrists had been bandaged up again after he had been put to sleep. The restraints, however, had been put back on. His ankles as well had been bandaged up but they were not as bad as his wrists.

Beckett watched as the Colonel twitched from dreaming. Puren was most likely moving around in his mind trying to get more information and John was trying to stave him off. He sat for a moment and watched the pilot sleep.

"Do you need me for anything else Dr. Beckett?" one of the nurses asked as she came up behind him.

He turned to look at her. "No. That's okay Jennifer. Melissa should be here soon to cover your shift. You go on ahead and see if you can help at all with the search. I'll be okay. Don't worry."

She nodded her head, smiled and then left the infirmary to help find a way to get the creature out of Colonel Sheppard. Carson reached out again and placed a fresh cold cloth on John's forehead.

Not long after Jennifer left the infirmary, Beckett caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned to face the object of the movement and saw that Sheppard was fully awake. Beckett started when he saw the look on his face. There was a look of pure hate on his face. A look that was not normal for Sheppard.

"So you are the doctor that has been looking after this body. Hmm. I do not think that you are doing a very good job. This body still sickens."

"Gee. I wonder why that would be." Beckett said in a very thick Scottish accent.

"You are being sarcastic. I do get that. I am learning quite a lot from Colonel Sheppard. But there are still things that he is keeping from me. Things that he is putting a wall around. I will get to them eventually." Beckett just stood where he was and watched the man. "You know I will get out of these restraints. It is inevitable."

"I don't think so Puren. You are going to stay there until we can think of a way to separate the two of you."

"Let me out now and I will let Colonel Sheppard live."

"No. Rodney told me you said something like that before. And you obviously didn't tell the truth."

"It was necessary to keep my hold on Colonel Sheppard. I was not yet completely awake. Dr. Rodney McKay thought that he had made an agreement with me but he did not."

"I'm still not letting you go. Forget it."

"You will let me out NOW!" Puren yelled out and yanked as hard as he could on the restraints. If Colonel Sheppard were awake that would have hurt tremendously.

Beckett jumped back at the outburst. He put his finger up to the com in his ear. "Dr. Weir. I'm in need of assistance. Colonel Sheppard is awake. Or rather Puren is awake. Can you send a couple of the security detail here to help me out?"

"Right away Carson." Came Weir's voice over the com system.

Sheppard began to buck on the bed and by the time the detail had arrived, Beckett was holding him down unsuccessfully. The two men raced over to the bed and grabbed hold of Sheppard's arms.

"Hold him down tightly for me gents. I need to administer another sedative. Just be careful and don't hurt him. Or at least try not to."

The whole time John was bucking in the bed. It made things extremely difficult for the doctor. When he was finally able to give John the sedative the two men let go of him. This time it didn't take long for the sedative to take effect. Within minutes John's eyes began to close and then he was out cold.

Beckett sighed and looked at the two men on the other side of the bed. "Thanks gents. He really is tough when he wants to be." They nodded at Beckett and then began to leave. The doctor stopped them. "Hold up. Can you just wait outside the infirmary? If he wakes up again I'm going to need your help."

"No problem Doc." One of them said. The two of them made their way outside the entrance and stood there, waiting.

Inside, Carson pulled the sheets back up to Sheppard's chest. Then he checked his wrists and ankles again. No bad damage but there was a little bit of blood showing through the wrist bandages. If he kept pulling on those restraints he could do a lot more damage. He sat and thought for a moment. He knew that he had to keep him sedated. There would be a lot less damage to John if he stayed asleep. He made his way back over to his office just as Melissa, the nurse, showed up.

"Is everything okay Dr. Beckett? I saw the security outside."

"Aye. Sheppard just woke up again is all. I needed them to help me sedate him."

"Is he asleep now?"

"Aye. He is Melissa. I'll be in my office. Will you please keep an eye on him?"

"Of course."

He nodded and headed off to his office for some coffee.

Down in the lower depths of Atlantis Teyla, Ronan and Rodney were searching a new lab that they had found. They had been there for fifteen minutes after they had left two previous labs which they got nowhere with.

"We're not going to find anything here." Rodney said as he placed another device down on the table he was standing in front of.

"Don't be so negative McKay." Ronan said as he looked up at the physicist. Completely annoyed at this point.

"I'm not being negative. I'm telling the truth. This place is a bust."

"Rodney, we have only been looking for fifteen minutes." Teyla said. "How can you be sure we have looked everywhere?"

Rodney sighed and looked back at his teammates. "Fine. Let's look for another half-an hour and see what we come up with." He turned back to the table and picked up another device. He was getting extremely frustrated.

Half-an-hour later they still had not found anything that they could even remotely use. The lab was a bust and they all knew it.

"Well. I believe we have one more room to check. So let's go." Rodney said as he moved towards the entrance.

"Wait McKay. I see a back entrance over here. This could either be a closet or another room." Ronan said from across the room.

Rodney turned at what the Satedan had said and then hurried over to his side. Teyla followed. When all three of them were standing in front of the door, Ronan reached out his hand and placed it on the pad to the left of the entrance. It glowed and the door opened. When they entered they saw what could have been another lab. The lights came on as they slowly moved through the room. They stopped in their tracks when they saw pods around the perimeter. They were the size of a human being. They moved to the centre of the room and stood looking at the pods. A main control panel stood to the right of them. Rodney walked over to it and placed his hand on it. When it lit up, so did the pods.

"Okay. What is this place?" Rodney asked.

Ronan and Teyla moved off to look at the pods. Teyla placed her hand on one and it felt cold. "I do not know." Teyla said answering Rodney's question.

"Could this be what we're looking for?" Ronan asked as he continued to look at the pods.

Rodney looked at him and then back at the console. His eyes lit up. "I know what this is!" he said excitedly as he snapped his fingers together in quick succession. "I know exactly what this is!"

Both Teyla and Ronan looked over at him and then rushed over to where he was standing. "Was Ronan right?" Teyla asked. "Will this help Colonel Sheppard?"

"It will! It will!" Rodney yelled out. "We have to get back to Weir now and tell her what

we've found."

"What have we found McKay?" Ronan asked with exasperation.

"I'll tell you once we're all together. Us, Weir and Carson." He said and rushed out the door. "Just remember where this lab is so we can get back here easily."

Ronan and Teyla took off running after Rodney trying to get answers out of him as they went.

TBC in Chapter Eleven…

A/N: Well I guess you're going to have to wait until the next chapter to find out what the device does. Sorry to leave you hanging, but that's just the way things go. But don't worry, I'm going to be posting more. You'll never guess where this is going. The wheels are turning in my brain as we speak on what I'm going to do with this story. So ta for now folks. Later days. :)