Disclaimer: SGU and it's Characters belong to their respective owners which, sadly, is not me. I do, however, own Alex and her story line and squad, etc, etc. This has come from my mind because my mind knows no boundaries.

Opera123: I know but I couldn't resist putting Young in there as a cock block but there will be some more heated times soon! As for updates I'm ambling along right now but I'll have some more free time once I've finished my Horsepower VS Irish Hardware story.

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=Alex's P.O.V=

I wandered slowly along the hallways humming softly, iPod plugged into my ears blaring Pink Floyd through the ear buds into my head. I trailed my fingers along the cold metal walls of Destiny's vast halls, I'd taken to walking and exploring when my mind was uneasy and when I was restless, on those days and nights when I couldn't sleep and didn't want to be surrounded by people and with us having gotten here little over a week ago Rush was enthralled with everything Destiny had to offer but then in saying that so was I, I was thriving here.

"Hunter come in"

I sighed softly ignoring the radio clipped to my belt, last thing I wanted was to have Young ordering me around doing this, that or the other, all I wanted was to be alone for five minutes, was it really too much to ask?

"Damn it Hunter, I need you in the Control Interface Room working with Rush, he's been an insufferable ass to everyone else," Young stated tiredly. "And so help me if you've turned this radio off there will be hell to pay"

I smiled laughing softly before grabbing the radio and flicking it off before turning up another hall making a mark on the wall with a piece of chalk before starting through the new hallway, I could almost feel it, that small voice screaming in the back of my head that someone was watching me. I stopped turning to look behind me before resting a hand on the wall beside me, the metal vibrating ever so slightly. "It's only you isn't it?"

I'd come to the conclusion over the past few hours of exploring that Destiny had 'eyes' as it were, she knew we were here, she knew we were in trouble, she knew we needed help.

I sighed softly continuing on, Desert Eagle strapped to my thigh encase I needed it, not that I would, I was relatively sure that there was nothing else on this ship except us. I grinned softly stopping in front of a door and readied my small hand cannon before opening the door and quickly doing a sweep before my eyes widened at my find, the engine room.

I tucked my eagle away and started towards the bridge over the gap in the floor between the two largest engines. I watched in wonder as they worked and grinned slightly leaning onto the railing simply watching the engine before me working, parts of it were turning and parts of it pumping while several other parts opened up letting out short jets of steam into the already hot room.

"Fucking amazing," I murmured softly. "Simply fucking amazing"

I laughed softly and grinned victoriously at my find before peering down into the lower area of the room, it stretched down for a good long way, falling would be deadly but there was a path built along the outside of the walls spiraling down towards the bottom. "If I decide too off myself I'm coming here to do it"

I swallowed roughly and fingered the dog tags around my neck, in my entire career since I'd been given them they'd only left my neck once and that had been my wedding day. I looked down to them, carved into the back of one was my unit insignia and carved into the back of the other was the Grim Reaper.

I ran my fingers over the unit insignia and sighed softly, the loss of Maria weighing heavily on my mind, I'd gone back to Stargate command and had seen both Greg and Dan, both were safe and well having been beamed aboard the Hammond before the base apparently collapsed and the planet exploded.

I swallowed roughly before glancing back down wondering just how much it would hurt if I jumped, my mind began to wander and wonder if I'd even feel it or if I'd be dead before I hit the ground. No second chances, once it's done it's done, can't jump and then change your mind. I sighed softly pulling away from the railing and turned to look at the engines on the other side of the room before heading over to the other side of the bridge.

I glanced around before spying a lone book sitting on one of the long forgotten consoles, I made my way over slowly and picked it up flipping through the first few pages before furrowing my brow, my understanding of ancient was limited and it would take forever to translate the book into a readable format since it was all in ancient.

I sighed softly before sliding down against the wall, I had taken a walk to find peace and quiet, sure the engine room was quiet and it was hot as hell but at least it would be my dirty little secret for a while, my hide away until I was needed to rejoin the land of the living or until I needed food.

I glanced around smiling softly as I rested my head back against the wall closing my eyes for a second before finally drifting off.

=Rush's P.O.V=

I looked up as Young came storming in, radio in his hands.

"Where the hell is Colonel Hunter?"

"I wouldn't have a clue"

"Well can't you find her on one of the maps?"

I looked towards Young and snorted before shaking my head. "There isn't a big 'this person is here' red dot on the maps to tell you were someone is," I snapped. "If there was it would make my job a hell of a lot easier" I shot back, the curiosity as to where the Brit had disappeared to niggling at the back of my mind.

"I don't need your lip Rush, I need to know where she is, she's the only person that can work with you for more than two seconds while you be an insufferable jackass to everyone else"

"That's because she stays out of my personal space and isn't an insufferable idiot" I countered with a snap, my patience suddenly wearing thin again as I searched through the menu's to try and find some sort of program to run on the mapped areas of the ship to try and find a life signature that would be away from everyone else but it was possible she'd gone on a walk to an unmapped area of the ship that we hadn't explored yet.

"I don't care what you do just damn well find her and send her to me once you do"

"Of course," I stated idly, the sarcasm ringing in my tone as he turned away and walked back out. "Idiot," I murmured shaking my head before grabbing my radio and switching it to another channel. "Alex its Rush," I waited for a minute as I worked before flicking it to another channel. "Alex its Rush, come in" I flicked through each channel waiting for a reply each time before sighing softly wondering where the hell she'd gotten too. She could have fallen down something, she could be stuck, she could have died. My mind began to run wild, heart quickening in its beats slightly, a familiar feeling twisting in my guts. She could have damn well dropped the radio for all I know or the battery could have died or she could have even turned it off, no need to go getting worried about her, not when she's fully capable of taking care of herself. I sighed trying to ease my nerves before looking up towards the door as the female I'd been looking for entered the room, book under one arm, sweat rolling over her skin. "What the hell have you been doing?"

"Went for a walk" She stated grinning softly and wiping sweat away from her flushed skin.

I narrowed my eyes lightly, she looked liked she run a hundred miles with a heavy pack on her back and a hundred layers of clothing on. "In a sauna?"

She laughed softly and shook her head before rounding the consoles towards me, the smell of sweat, oil and something else rolling off her skin making every hair on my body stand on end. "I found something," She stated as she passed before stopping in the doorway behind me. "And if Young asks I'm busy in another area of the ship" She called over her shoulder before turning down the hall way that led to her quarters.

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