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Chapter 26:
"Ronon, are you near John?" asked Teyla.
"I'm heading towards where I think he is now," replied Ronon.
"Tell me if he's alright!"
"He will be, Sheppard's tough,"
"Sometimes he's too tough,"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Sometimes he acts as if nothing's wrong when there is,"
"I'll make sure that he's fine,"
"Right,"
"Keep trying to contact him, I need to focus,"
"Alright, good luck Ronon,"
Teyla sighed as the radio clicked off and she tapped the earpiece again.
"Colonel Sheppard, can you hear me? Please respond…Colonel? John, if you can hear me, please respond, even a groan will be fine, John?"
All she got back was static and Teyla sighed.
"What happened to you John?" she asked herself.
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Elizabeth sighed as she stared at the pile of paperwork on her desk. This is what you get for putting it off so much she thought picking up the first bit a whole pile that will just keep getting bigger!
"Elizabeth?" came a voice from the door.
"Oh, Carson, what's wrong?" asked Elizabeth looking up.
"How long ago did you eat or sleep love?"
"I…don't know,"
"You need to eat and rest Elizabeth! You're still recovering,"
"Let me finish some paperwork first,"
"No love, you need to eat!"
"Alright Carson, I'll go down to the mess hall now,"
"Thank you love, and I'm going to ask people what you ate,"
"Don't worry; I'll eat a proper meal,"
"Make sure that you do,"
"But something tells me you didn't come just to tell me to eat and sleep, what's wrong?"
"Right, it's about Alex,"
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not sure, but her brain function is extremely abnormal, it's like she's awake but she's extremely unconcious, there shouldn't be this much brain function!"
"That's odd,"
"Aye, and what's worse is that her brain seems to be concentrating so much on something else that it's ignoring her normal body functions,"
"As in?"
"She can't breathe on her own and her heart beat is erratic,"
"What can you do?"
"We've put her on the breathing tube so she can breathe and we're monitoring her heart and brain functions, and, good ol' uncle Rodney is staying near her which, remarkably, will probably help,"
"Keep me informed,"
"Aye, and go eat,"
"Right, I'll go now,"
"Thank you,"
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Rodney jerked his head upwards from his tablet and looked anxiously at Alex.
"Was that you Alex?" he asked before rolling his eyes and looking back down at his tablet, "of course it wasn't you! I mean, there you are unconscious and on a breathing tube and here I am thinking you're moaning or even better, talking!"
"Rodney, have you left to eat at all?" asked Carson coming towards Rodney, "I don't want you in a bed suffering from-"
"I've eaten Carson, don't worry,"
"But I do Rodney, you barely eat or sleep!"
"I'm worried! Okay Carson! I'm really, really worried!"
"Yeah yeah, just remember to eat,"
"I will Carson, but I'm not going to leave here often or for too long!"
"I know Rodney,"
"Good,"
Carson smiled before checking up on Alex's vital signs.
"That's odd, her brain activity has shot up!" he said under his breath.
"WHAT! That's bad isn't it!? She's dying, isn't she?"
"Calm down Rodney, she's not dying,"
"Good, but what about her brain activity?"
"I don't know, it's odd, but I can't do anything about it,"
Rodney sighed angrily and nervously as Carson smiled.
"She'll be fine Rodney,"
"I'm not so sure,"
"Doctor?"
Carson and Rodney both looked over to where a nurse stood nearby.
"What is it love?"
"There was an accident in one of the labs, there are 3 injured, 1 seriously,"
"Right, are they on their way?"
"Yes, they're almost here,"
"Okay, I'll go see them...Rodney, tell me if anything happens,"
"Yeah, yeah,"
Rodney frowned as Carson run towards the door before resuming tapping on his tablet.
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The sun had set and Ronon smiled. He could find John easily now.
'Where are you Sheppard?' he wondered before stopping and raising his gun at a shadow moving slyly in the dark, 'Is that you Sheppard? Or is it your attacker? Should I attack or shoot or just follow it? I reckon I just attack!'
With his decision made, Ronon jumped out at the figure, punching it right in the stomach.
"Your time's up," Ronon growled.
"No, your time is up, just like your pitiful friend," replied the figure.
"What did you do to him!?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"You'll pay!"
"I've heard that way too many times,"
"I'll kill you!"
"Oh, a challenge, I'm so scared, maybe I'll run,"
Something inside Ronon suddenly snapped and he lunged at the figure.
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"Something's wrong," mumbled Teyla to herself, "what's going on? Why haven't they contacted me yet?"
Teyla's head snapped around as she heard a groan from next to her.
"Oh no, he better not be waking up! I don't know what'll happen if he wakes up! I can't hit him! He's still a child! Hurry up Ronon, find John and beat this wraith!"
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I feel weak! I wonder where I am…Why can't I feel anything!? I'm scared! Where's John? Or Rodney? Where are they? I'm scared! I want to go back! Where are my feelings? Why can't I hear or feel anything? What's happening to me!? Wait! Is that a voice? No, it's voices! Who's there? Anyone? Huh, I feel ill…I can't keep this up…What was I doing anyway? Oh well, guess I'm gonna go back to the dark…I don't like it there, but maybe it'll be nicer than here…
"Alex? Are you there? Hold on Alex! You're going to be fine!"
"Momma? Is that you?"
"Yes sweetie, now, stay in the light! Don't go into the dark!"
"Why momma? Why?"
"It's a bad place, don't go there!"
"But, it's pulling me momma, I can't stop it!"
"Fight it Alex! FIGHT IT!"
"I can't momma, I'm sorry, I can't..."
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"She's crashing! Get the defibrillator now!" Carson was frantically performing CPR without much success, "hurry up people! And Rodney, will you please get out of the way!"
"Right…is she alright?" asked Rodney, backing away slightly.
"Does she look alright Rodney!"
"Sorry…"
"It's about time people! Her heart has stopped!"
"Sorry doctor,"
"We need to restart it now!"
"Of course doctor,"
"Come on Alex, hold on…"
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Ronon smirked as he shot the figure again and again until it fell lifeless onto the ground.
"Now, what are you?" he asked, kicking the figure into the light, "oh…well, that was really easy…I guess I just broke the spell…"
The wraith features on the figure were darker than usual, but Ronon didn't take any notice of them.
Ronon started walking away when he suddenly saw the wraith move slightly.
"That's it!"
Then, Ronon shot the wraith again. The red light hit the wraith straight in the chest and he finally stopped moving.
"Bit stronger, but still weak, like all wraith, it was still easier than I expected though…I guess he was just a wraith with strange mental abilities…Uh, I'll let Sheppard muse over that…That reminds me, where is Sheppard?"
Ronon wandered into the bushes, his frown becoming more a frown of concern rather than anger.
"Where are you Sheppard? Are you alright? You better be, the Sheppard I know would never get defeated by a stupid wraith!"
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John groaned before turning onto his back. He was numb all over apart from the spots that were aching in pain.
"Where the hell am I?" he wondered out loud, "it looks…dark,"
John tried to sit up but the pain was too severe.
"So much for waking up and getting out of here, I feel like passing out,"
John tried to sit up again but this time the pain was so great that he nearly fainted.
"So much for getting out of here,"
Then, John fainted.
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"Sheppard? Are you alright? Sheppard!"
Ronon growled as he looked at the unconscious colonel in disbelief.
"I doubt the wraith did this to you Sheppard, I better get you back to Teyla,"
"Ronon? Have you found him yet?" asked Teyla over the radio.
"Yeah," replied Ronon sighing, "He's in bad shape though, I'm headed back,"
"Alright, by the way, Kekik has awoken,"
"Is he still under control?"
"No, he appears to be confused and scared,"
"Does he remember Sheppard?"
"Yes, he asked about John earlier,"
"How long has he been awake?"
"A while, but I did not wish to tell you until you found John,"
"Alright, you better dial the gate, I'm nearly there,"
"Of course,"
"And tell Atlantis to have a medical team standing by,"
"Alright…Is he in bad shape?"
"Very bad,"
"That's not good,"
"No, have you finished dialling?"
"I'm nearly done, and please be careful,"
"I always am,"
"Of course, and please hurry,"
"I'm going as fast as I can! It's really thick forest!"
"Whatever you say, I'll be waiting,"
"Right, I'm nearly there,"
"Good,"
"Don't worry Teyla, John's tough,"
"I know…I know,"