Disclaimer: Okay, now that I've added complications, it may be hard for me
to keep track of them. Remind me someone, anyone, if I miss something.
The Testing of Wills
Ch. 7
Carson and the younger girl stared at each other for a long moment, the both of them trying to think of what to say next. He personally had no idea what to do, having never been in a situation of this sort. She was just confused by his manners. He'd yelled at her. Most people who were practically being held hostage by a more powerful being than themselves did not yell at them.
Rodney had fallen silent, sulking because he was in pain and Beckett was yelling at him.
"What's yer name?" Carson asked suddenly, and the girl robot blinked, rapidly.
"What do you care?" she snapped back. Rodney suddenly found his voice.
"Well, we can't very well call you robot, can we?" he groused. She turned back to the console, and Carson watched as her fingers did that pulsing thing again. He took another step forward, fascinated in spite of himself.
"My designation is Unit 26, technical maintenance." she replied.
Carson got confused.
"Tha's wha' they called ye?"
"Yes," replied the mechanical teenager, her voice sharp, with the message, 'I dare you to make something of it.' written all over it. Carson nodded, still fascinated by the finger thing that she was doing.
"Rodney, would you look at this?" he said, and she looked at him to finally notice that he was staring at her hands.
"I can't move, Doc." Rodney said. Doctor Beckett looked at him and then knelt down, checking him to see if he was permanently damaged.
"Yeh're fine."
"Thanks for the assessment, but I'm not. If I was fine, there wouldn't be any pain." complained the scientist. Beckett rolled his eyes and then turned back to the problem of convincing 'Unit 26' not to kill everyone.
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Jinto crawled through the small space, in search of the enemy that was trapping everyone, and stopped to rest.
"This is taking forever," he mumbled to himself as he wiped sweat from his forehead. He heard voices off to one side and strained to listen. Moving closer, he found himself looking through a vent into a large room. There were three people in the room, but he couldn't see them He put his fingers through holes in the vent and pulled. When it wouldn't come loose, he pushed, pressing harder and harder until all his weight was against it.
And it suddenly came loose, causing him to fall through and land noisily behind some boxes.
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"You brought a zat gun through the Stargate?" demanded Weir.
"No one was using it." he said, lamely.
"What is this zat gun?" asked Teyla.
"Zatnkitel. One of the weapons we found while exploring our galaxy."
"Oh." Teyla said, somewhat confused. "And it is bad that you have brought this here?"
"It was against the rules." Weir made sure to emphasize that.
"Did it ever occur to you that some rules are meant to be broken?" Sheppard asked.
"Not under my command."
"Your command? You're a civilian!"
"Enough of this fighting!!" shouted Teyla. "She has got us at each others throats! Whatever your differences, they do not matter now."
There was a terse moment, in which The major and Doctor Elizabeth Weir stared at each other. Then Weir nodded, looking at Teyla.
"You're right, Teyla, we should be figuring out a way to prevent this from happening." she said, and Teyla nodded. Sheppard watched Elizabeth leave, and then looked at Teyla.
"Do you have any idea who could be doing this?"
"No, none," she answered, shaking her head. "My people do not have the knowledge or the capability."
"And the Wraith would just flat out invade." he mused. She nodded. "I doubt it was someone from Earth, either. We don't hurt our own. Plus we haven't been here that long, we barely know anything about this place."
Teyla sat down next to Sheppard and they shook their heads.
"This has been a bad day." Sheppard said. Teyla nodded.
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Carson went to check out the noise and then hurried to help Jinto to his feet.
"Jinto, wha' are ye doing here?" he hissed, and then motioned for the boy to keep quiet.
"Major Sheppard sent me to help, because I was the only one small enough to fit through the tubes in the ceiling." he replied, brandishing the zat gun. Beckett looked surprised, but only marginally.
"Good lad. Now listen to me. Crawl back and tell Doctor Weir to listen very closely to her radio." he glanced over at Unit 26 to see she was enthralled with her torture of the Atlantis base. "And this is wha' she's listening fer."
Jinto listened carefully to the healer, and when he was done, Carson gave him a boost and helped him back into the vent, looking cautiously at the robot girl as she sat with her back to him, giving commands to the computers.
He hoped he was doing the right thing.
The Testing of Wills
Ch. 7
Carson and the younger girl stared at each other for a long moment, the both of them trying to think of what to say next. He personally had no idea what to do, having never been in a situation of this sort. She was just confused by his manners. He'd yelled at her. Most people who were practically being held hostage by a more powerful being than themselves did not yell at them.
Rodney had fallen silent, sulking because he was in pain and Beckett was yelling at him.
"What's yer name?" Carson asked suddenly, and the girl robot blinked, rapidly.
"What do you care?" she snapped back. Rodney suddenly found his voice.
"Well, we can't very well call you robot, can we?" he groused. She turned back to the console, and Carson watched as her fingers did that pulsing thing again. He took another step forward, fascinated in spite of himself.
"My designation is Unit 26, technical maintenance." she replied.
Carson got confused.
"Tha's wha' they called ye?"
"Yes," replied the mechanical teenager, her voice sharp, with the message, 'I dare you to make something of it.' written all over it. Carson nodded, still fascinated by the finger thing that she was doing.
"Rodney, would you look at this?" he said, and she looked at him to finally notice that he was staring at her hands.
"I can't move, Doc." Rodney said. Doctor Beckett looked at him and then knelt down, checking him to see if he was permanently damaged.
"Yeh're fine."
"Thanks for the assessment, but I'm not. If I was fine, there wouldn't be any pain." complained the scientist. Beckett rolled his eyes and then turned back to the problem of convincing 'Unit 26' not to kill everyone.
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Jinto crawled through the small space, in search of the enemy that was trapping everyone, and stopped to rest.
"This is taking forever," he mumbled to himself as he wiped sweat from his forehead. He heard voices off to one side and strained to listen. Moving closer, he found himself looking through a vent into a large room. There were three people in the room, but he couldn't see them He put his fingers through holes in the vent and pulled. When it wouldn't come loose, he pushed, pressing harder and harder until all his weight was against it.
And it suddenly came loose, causing him to fall through and land noisily behind some boxes.
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"You brought a zat gun through the Stargate?" demanded Weir.
"No one was using it." he said, lamely.
"What is this zat gun?" asked Teyla.
"Zatnkitel. One of the weapons we found while exploring our galaxy."
"Oh." Teyla said, somewhat confused. "And it is bad that you have brought this here?"
"It was against the rules." Weir made sure to emphasize that.
"Did it ever occur to you that some rules are meant to be broken?" Sheppard asked.
"Not under my command."
"Your command? You're a civilian!"
"Enough of this fighting!!" shouted Teyla. "She has got us at each others throats! Whatever your differences, they do not matter now."
There was a terse moment, in which The major and Doctor Elizabeth Weir stared at each other. Then Weir nodded, looking at Teyla.
"You're right, Teyla, we should be figuring out a way to prevent this from happening." she said, and Teyla nodded. Sheppard watched Elizabeth leave, and then looked at Teyla.
"Do you have any idea who could be doing this?"
"No, none," she answered, shaking her head. "My people do not have the knowledge or the capability."
"And the Wraith would just flat out invade." he mused. She nodded. "I doubt it was someone from Earth, either. We don't hurt our own. Plus we haven't been here that long, we barely know anything about this place."
Teyla sat down next to Sheppard and they shook their heads.
"This has been a bad day." Sheppard said. Teyla nodded.
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Carson went to check out the noise and then hurried to help Jinto to his feet.
"Jinto, wha' are ye doing here?" he hissed, and then motioned for the boy to keep quiet.
"Major Sheppard sent me to help, because I was the only one small enough to fit through the tubes in the ceiling." he replied, brandishing the zat gun. Beckett looked surprised, but only marginally.
"Good lad. Now listen to me. Crawl back and tell Doctor Weir to listen very closely to her radio." he glanced over at Unit 26 to see she was enthralled with her torture of the Atlantis base. "And this is wha' she's listening fer."
Jinto listened carefully to the healer, and when he was done, Carson gave him a boost and helped him back into the vent, looking cautiously at the robot girl as she sat with her back to him, giving commands to the computers.
He hoped he was doing the right thing.