Chapter 29
Brief Plan
Teyla sat in the control room. There were only two others there seeing as it was one in the morning. Neither of them questioned her presence and understood in a way why she was there. John and the others were due back in two hours and she wanted to be here. The fact was she couldn't be anywhere else.
The sudden activation of an incoming wormhole jolted all three of them out of their thoughts. "Incoming wormhole!" The technician announced.
Teyla quickly vacated her chair and ran next to the technician waiting for an IDC code to come through. So far nothing was coming. Moments later Elizabeth and Rodney came rushing into the control room. The seconds that passed seemed like an eternity, when finally they received an IDC.
The second Teyla saw that Lieutenant Ford's IDC appear on the screen she rushed out of the control room and raced down the steps along with both Elizabeth and Rodney. All three of them stayed a safe distance away from the gate making sure the jumper had enough space to enter.
The puddle jumper appeared through the stargate and the shield quickly reappeared before four more wraith darts collided with it. Teyla could hear Elizabeth sigh with relief once the wormhole disengaged.
"Let's head to the jumper bay," Rodney suggested, taking the lead.
When they arrived in the jumper bay Beckett and his med team were already there. Teyla, Elizabeth and Rodney waited outside the jumper's entrance seeing how crowded it was. "Count of one… one." They heard Beckett say as they raised two stretchers.
It was Ford who was on the first one, who seemed to have been hit with a wraith blast. Elizabeth looked worried immediately, but Carson assured her he'd be just fine before quickly heading off to the infirmary. A second stretcher came out with John laying on it, blood covering his arm and one side of his chest.
He was still conscious so that was a good sign. Teyla quickly caught up with him and took his hand. "Don't worry babe, I'll be okay. It just hit my shoulder." John said squeezing her hand tightly. "I promise."
Teyla sat with Elizabeth at her side in a small waiting area outside the infirmary. An hour later Beckett came out. "Good news. The Major will be just fine. There's no sign of any infection and the bleedings stopped. If you'd like lass' you can see him now." Beckett said. Teyla quickly left to see John while Elizabeth and Beckett stayed behind.
"What happened? I thought the Wraith used stunning weapons?" Elizabeth asked Beckett trying to figure out how John had ended up being shot with a bullet.
"Well I asked Major Sheppard and Sergeant Bates. Turns out they met up with Genii who were after the same thing." Beckett said still surprised about the whole ordeal himself.
"Well thank heavens we managed to retrieve the data instead of them." Elizabeth said. Rodney was already analyzing the data with Dr. Zelenka.
"Is he going to be okay though?" Elizabeth asked.
"Of course. He should be out of the infirmary tomorrow evening if he has his way." Beckett laughed. "Lieutenant Ford should be okay as well. Fortunately he didn't take the force of full blast. I'd like to keep him in for observation until tomorrow though."
"Thank you," She said. "You should get some rest though," Elizabeth said to Carson who was starting to look extremely tired, his fatigue beginning to over power him.
"Will do," Carson said, "I'll see you at the briefing then."
Teyla entered the infirmary later that evening to see Beckett finishing up with John. "Alright Major, you're free to go," He said, "just make sure you keep the sling on until you go to sleep. Be back here tomorrow so I can change the bandage and see if there's any signs of infection."
John sighed impatiently like a small child. "Yes, yes. Don't take of sling and come back tomorrow. Is that all?"
Beckett sighed then let a smile appear. "Yes you're free to go." Beckett turned to see Teyla approaching he and John while a huge grin on her face. "Hello there lass'." Beckett greeted in his ever-kind voice.
"Good evening Doctor Beckett. I see John is ready to go then?" Teyla said looking from Beckett then to John.
"Here to bust me out then are you?" John said sarcastically, hopping to his feet eager to leave. He hated infirmaries, hospitals too.
"I'll see you tomorrow Major." Beckett said before the couple left.
"So… what did you do all day while I was locked up in the infirmary?" John asked with a mischievous glint in his eye.
"First, you we're hardly 'locked up' in the infirmary. Doctor Beckett was only ensuring that you're health was well before he released you. As for what I did today, I took a trip to the mainland with Sergeant Stackhouse and his team." Teyla explained to her curious fiancée.
"Oh really? And what did you do there?" John asked.
"I talked to Hauling and Charin, as well as many other of the Athosians mainly about the wedding." Teyla said happily.
"And?" John asked.
"And… I explained to them some of the customs of a traditional Earth wedding that you told me about." Teyla told John.
"How'd that go?" John asked almost feeling sorry for her. He was almost sure that many Athosians must have been disappointed by the idea of a small wedding.
"Not well," Teyla admitted.
"How so?" John asked.
"For some reason I tried to convince herself that we could somehow have a small and quiet wedding. Being the leader of the Athosians, many of them wanted to be invited if not help to plan it in someway." Teyla explained to John as they walked through the somewhat empty hallways of the city.
"A little help planning wedding would be nice." John commented.
"That's what I thought. I was thinking that we could have the ceremony on the beach still, with a little more guests then we expected, and follow traditional Earth customs, but Athosian customs as well. We could plan the ceremony here in Atlantis and Charin, as well as others, can organize the reception including both of our customs." Teyla suggested having obviously thought it out and talked to Charin and others about it already.
"I like that. Of course we'll just have to figure out which customs we'll follow and when. But I think that could work." John said.
A satisfied smile spread on Teyla's face. "Thank-you."
"But for the reception I would like if we follow one particular custom from Earth," John said.
"And what would that be?" Teyla asked curiously.
He took her and gently kissed the back of it. "Our first dance as Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard." John explained.
"Now that I would like very much as well." Teyla said as they finally entered their room.
As the two of them changed into their pajamas and got ready for bed after realizing how late it was, they continued to discuss their wedding plans briefly. "We'll have to see about that," John said to one of Teyla's suggestions.
They discussed mainly the ceremony –how many people would be there, their vows, rings, and different Athosian customs- seeing as that was the part of the wedding they were most concerned about.
Both John and Teyla crawled under the covers on the somewhat cold summer night. "Night babe." John said kissing Teyla goodnight then pulling her close to him, into the safeness of his arms.
"Good night," she whispered back.
TBC
Authors Note: Hope you liked it. I didn't want to give away to much about the wedding, which will be in a few chapters. Please review!
