Woolsey stood at the edge of the quarantined zone and radioed Sheppard.

"Colonel Sheppard, do you read?"

"Tell me the doors are going to open." Sheppard replied

"The doors are going to open." Woolsey answered with a slight smile.

"That almost sounded sincere." Sheppard answered.

"It was sincere Colonel. Dr Zelenka is about to unlock the doors and advises that everyone stands clear. The isolation room attached to the main infirmary has been prepared for Cole."

"Everyone is clear." Sheppard answered almost instantaneously.

"In which case see you on the outside in a minute." Woolsey replied before adding, "we hope," and cutting the line. He then nodded to Zelenka who muttered in Czech. Finally the doors opened and a figure burst out and sprinted pass Woolsey. To Woolsey's surprise it was not Sheppard, but McKay. Shaking his head Woolsey side stepped the exodus of people from the isolation room, which included the medical team and marines escorting Cole to the main infirmary, and searched out Sheppard. He was surprised to see Lorne, Sheppard, Jennifer and Ronon still sitting on the floor on one side of the room. As he neared he realised that Jennifer was resting her head on Ronon. Woolsey started to have suspicions about why McKay left.

"Colonel. I am surprised that you are still in here. I would have thought you would have been the first to leave. And why did Dr McKay leave faster than I have ever seen him move?"

"Clearly you have not seen him try to get to the canteen when chocolate cake is being served." Sheppard answered, causing Woolsey to curl his lips into a grin.

"I am not moving as the causes of my irritation have left and I have nothing against this fine room. As for McKay, I am guessing he was sprinting to the infirmary to have a barrage of tests done."

"Is he ill?" Woolsey asked concerned.

"Not in this reality." Lorne replied, confusing the Atlantis leader.

"It is a long story." Sheppard said. "One you would be so much happier not hearing. But McKay is fine. And it has nothing to do with what you may think it has to do with." He added motioning to Ronon and Jennifer.

"Very well." Woolsey said after a brief pause. "Dr Keller, are you feeling ok?"

"Yep." Jennifer replied not bothering to lift her head from Ronon's shoulder. "Apart from the fact that everyone seems to be speaking in code." She added causing Woolsey to quirk an eyebrow.

"Are you all staying in here for the night?" Woolsey asked, surprised no one seemed to be worried about leaving.

"No." Ronon said before he spoke to Jennifer so quietly no one else could not make out what was being said.

"You go, I think I will just stay, possibly for a long time." Jennifer replied loud enough for everyone to hear, as she wearily lifted her head from Ronon's shoulder, bent her neck the other way and landed her head on Lorne's unsuspecting shoulder.

Ronon raised an eyebrow as he stood, whilst Lorne did his best to look the picture of innocent. Once on his feet Ronon swooped down and picked Jennifer up, causing her to gasp in surprise, but she did not protest. Woolsey watched Ronon carry Jennifer out of the room then looked to Sheppard.

"Not what you think." Sheppard replied. "She needs to get to the infirmary to have her arm checked out. Ronon is not convinced that she would make it by herself."

"Why?"

"Why does he think she won't make it? That is because she has been a bit dizzy and she is extremely stubborn. If your question is why she needs to get her arm checked it is because there was a small incident."

"What type of incident?"

"McKay threw himself at her." Lorne replied.

"Excuse me?" Woolsey questioned.

"McKay threw himself at the doc, sending her flying. She landed on her bad arm." Lorne clarified.

Woolsey stood for a moment, mouth slightly ajar, assessing if Lorne was winding him up. Eventually he decided that Lorne was speaking the truth and said.

"Colonel I thought you said this situation was under control. If you can not control your team members I will have to intervene."

"It was not like that. He thought there was a spider and tried to save the day." Sheppard replied. "On the whole they were well behaved. They know the consequences of dubious behaviour."

"I hope you are right Colonel, I would hate to loose my CMO over this."

"Ok what am I missing?" Lorne questioned. "As completely clueless as the doc is when it comes to," he paused and searched out the correct word, "social interaction, I don't see why she would be upset about Ronon chasing after her. McKay, well that would cause me nightmares if he were after me, but I think the doc could handle it. Worse case scenario she will feel really embarrassed that the whole city figured out what was going on about five years before she did. But I don't see why she would leave over that."

Sheppard and Woolsey exchanged a glance, which Lorne picked up on.

"Oh, there is more." Lorne concluded.

"Yes, but that is need to know Major. And the fewer people find out the better." Sheppard said as he stood up, leaving Lorne confused. Sheppard then looked over to Woolsey.

"Where is the rest of the 'welcome back to society' party? Not that I am not happy to see you, but I thought there would be more people. Zelenka to prove to Rodney that he is perfectly capable of hacking the city systems and Teyla."

"Well Zelenka thought that McKay would lecture him on his slowness and then go over what he did, telling him it was wrong. So he decided to get some well deserved rest." Woolsey explained. "Teyla would have been here, but it is three in the morning and she needed to look after Torren. But if you wanted we could lock you back in and re-open the doors at say 10am when everyone is awake. Or wait another day so that people can clear their schedules so even more people turn up." Woolsey suggested in jest.

"No no, I will be fine. I think I have reached my lockdown quota for the decade." Sheppard answered.