Authors note : I don't own anything recognizable.
Sargeant Dusty Mehra and Mila watched as Cameron approached the hospital. They were debating whether or not to let him talk to Jennifer when he stood directly in front of them.
"Ok. You do realize that whether or not you like it, I will walk in there."
"Yes, Sir. We do, but that doesn't mean we have to make it easy. ", Dusty replied.
"No it does not. ", Mila added.
" I know, but I'm worried about her. Plus other than maybe Carson I've known her the longest and I know her the best. "
" Ok. ", Dusty said while Mila said, " You can pass. "
Cameron walked past both of them and into the hospital.
In the time since Teyla had left, Jennifer had received a handful of new patients. She had worked her hardest but three of them were too far gone by the time they had arrived. They died within minutes of coming into Jenn's care. Though Jennifer hated to lose patients, she knew she had to get to the others to insure their survival. One of the two remaining survivors was a pregnant woman and the other a child. They were not in that bad of a condition. The others had apparently shielded them.
Jenn was just finishing with them when one of her youngest patients flat lined. She was working on the little girl when Cam walked in. He could tell that the little girl was gone, as could everyone else.
Cam knew that Jenn wouldn't give up unless someone made her. One of the nurses said to her, "Doctor, she's gone. You have to let her go. "
" No. I know what I'm doing. I can't give up on her.", Jenn said whilst kneeling on the child's gurney giving her CPR.
" Jenn you need to stop. ", Cam told her.
"No. ", Jenn replied.
Cam went up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her up off of the gurney. " She's gone. There's nothing you can do for her now. She's with the angels. ", he said softly into her ear, his head at her shoulder. He continued to talk to her softly comforting her until she relaxed into his embrace.
" We need to talk Jenn. "
" I know we do."
" A bit more privately would be nice.", Cam said looking around. As he did so the medical staff started to leave to give them privacy claiming several different things. As this happened, Cam said, " Well, I sure do seem to be able to clear a room."
Jenn laughed in response. "I guess. You can let me go now. " Both were blushing at this point.
"Oh, right.", he replied releasing her from his protective grasp, stepping back.
"Well..."
"You need to take care of yourself. Wait a second, let me finish. I know you don't want to hear that, but I've seen you do this before. You're hurting yourself."
" That was then. I'm different nowin case you hadn't noticed. "
"I know that too. Look I'm sorry, but you haven't changed that much. I care about you very much and I hate seeing you hurt."
"You didn't seem to care about me five years ago. You couldn't just tell me you wanted to break up. No. You lied to me, like I couldn't handle the truth or the situation."
"That was a low blow Jenn."
"That doesn't make it any less true."
"I know that! I screwed up! I lied. I hurt you and I will have to live with that every day of my life! I loved you
so much back then and to be perfectly honest I still do."
"Ugh. You know exactly what buttons to push. We just continue in this vicious cycle. We can't keep doing it."
"What are you saying? What do you mean?"
"What I'm saying is that I don't think that we should be friends anymore. All we do is hurt each other and ourselves."
"That's a load of crap and you know it! You're scared."
"Yes I am. I was ready to marry you. You were, and are still, the only guy I've dated seriously or even at all. I haven't dated since. I gave you every part of me, I gave you everything that I possibly could and you threw it away like it didn't matter. Like it and I wasn't enough. You threw me away. You confuse me, you always have."
"I'm sorry. What else can I say? I regret what I've done. I love you . I can't take back what happened in that hospital room five years ago, I wish I could, but I can't. "
" I think you should leave Cameron. "
" No. I refuse to run anymore. I was wrong and I will find a way to make it up to you. "
" Ok. Fine. Just leave me alone and send my staff back in. ", Jennifer said regretting her harsh words already but still trying to protect herself.
" Will do. ", Cam said walking to the entrance when a loud sound came from outside and the door seemed to be covered by massive amounts of snow. They were trapped along with quite a few patients.
Mila, who had pushed Dusty out of the way, looked at where the hospital was supposed to be and said, " Oh crap. "
The entire hospital was buried in snow by an avalanche. Dusty had gotten up by that time, looked at the snow and said, " Sheppard is gonna kill us." Then she put her hand to the radio in her ear and called Sheppard, "Sir, the hospital has been buried by an avalanche. Colonel Mitchell and Doctor Keller along with numerous patients were in there."
" Ok. How many other medical personnel?", Sheppard replied.
"None. They all came outside to give those two some privacy. Mila and I are going to try to raise Keller and Mitchell on their coms."
" Do that and report back Sargeant. "
After a couple of unsuccessful attempts Mila reported in to Sheppard. " The life signs detector isn't working. Their coms must be busted or the signal is being disrupted. We can't get a hold of them. They also might be unconscious. "
" Understood. I'll get McKay to check the sensors. We'll start to dig the hospital out. "
" Yes, Sir. "
Inside the hospital, Jennifer had walked towards the door when more snow had fallen. Seeing this, Cameron grabbed her by the waist again and yanked her back to him, his body sheltering hers.
" Thanks Cam."
" No problem. "
They both got up and dusted themselves off. Thinking about the irony of their situation and how history seemed to be repeating itself in a way, Cameron started laughing.
" This isn't funny, you idiot! Someone could be hurt. "
" I know that this is serious but darling you have to admit it is a little bit funny. "
" Don't darling me. "
" Whatever you say. "