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Corridor

John and Liz stopped as the entered the corridor, which led to Rodney's lab. The floor was littered which debris. They were literally walking on the ceiling. John stopped.

"We aren't getting past this."

Liz took out her radio again

"Rodney, this is Elizabeth, can you hear me? Rodney?"

She turned to John

"He as to be in there. I've had people check his quarters and Kate's quarters. He's in neither."

"Bloody Hell"

Liz turned round and saw Beckett with his medical team. The looked on Beckett's face could only be described as true horror.

"Are you sure Rodney is in there?"

Liz nodded back at him.

"We can't find him anywhere. I saw him in the lab earlier. I told him to take a break, but he wouldn't listen. I should have ordered him to stop."

"This isn't is your fault Elizabeth."

John turned to her

"Now, we need to get Rodney out of there. Give me your radio,"

Liz passed him her radio.

"Peter, it's Sheppard. Get me Ford, Teyla, Bates, Stackhouse and Markham; tell them to meet us down at the lab corridor."

John turned back to the scene in front of him, determined to get Rodney back. Safe and well.

Rodney's lab

Rodney coughed as the dust filled his lungs. He sat up, unharmed, and looked round for Kate. He paled as he saw her. She was lying on her back with a ceiling beam on her stomach and a pointed metal rod sticking out of her right leg. He crawled over to her and checked her pulse.

"Kate, Katie, can you hear me?"

He heard a small whimper

"Rodney?"

He pushed some of the debris off her.

"Kate, how you feeling?"

She raised her voice slightly; he could hear the pain in it.

"To say a ceiling just fell on me, pretty damn good."

Rodney smiled at her determination to sound strong.

"You are gonna be okay."

Rodney crawled over to the desk and picked up his radio, praying it hadn't been damaged in the explosion. He pressed the talk button.

"Major Sheppard, Dr Weir can anybody hear me?"

A voice came over the radio

"Rodney…it…Liz…hear…you…'k?"

The voice over the radio was crackling; the radio was obviously damaged during the explosion.

"Elizabeth, I'm okay but Kate is here and she's hurt…bad."

Corridor

Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Rodney's voice.

"…Liz…okay…Kate…hurt."

Elizabeth turned to Beckett who took out his own radio.

"Rodney it's Carson. What is the extent of Kate's injuries?"

Carson listened for a minute. Rodney didn't answer

"Rodney?"

A voice came over the Atlantis communications

"Sorry about that, but I couldn't hear through the radio. I tapped into Atlantis communications so we can talk freely."

Carson smiled

"Okay, what is this extent of Kate's injuries?"

"She as a ceiling beam on her stomach there's a rod in her right leg. A few cuts and bruises."

Carson nodded

"What about you?"

"I'm fine, but Carson you need to get here, soon"

Carson heard the desperation in Rodney's voice and he knew then that the injuries were a lot more severe then he was letting on.

"Rodney, we'll be there as soon as possible. Major Sheppard and the team are trying to make their way through to you. There's a lot debris to get through but their working as fast as possible. Just stay put."

Rodney's lab

Rodney moved back over to Kate.

"Sheppard and the team are on their way."

Kate nodded slightly. Rodney noticed her shiver so he took his jacket off and placed it on top of her.

She grabbed his hand.

"Rodney, I love you, do you know that?"

Tears threatened to leak from Rodney's eyes but he knew he had to hold it together.

"I know, I know. I love you. I…"

She managed to lift her hand and brush his cheek.

"Remember when you came home with me that time, just after Christmas. You made me see my family and because of you, everything that had happened was forgotten. I never really thanked you properly for that"

Rodney thought back. It was about year before they went to Atlantis and he'd agreed to go to England with her to visit her family who had asked that she go. Rodney had only found out then the family argument he'd walked into. She'd severed all contact with her father who'd cheated on her mother. Kate was always a mummy's girl so when her mother forgave him she was equally as angry at her mother and overtime she drifted away from all her family. Rodney realised that the argument was not worth losing her family over and he basically told her to get over it. She, after about 30 minutes of ranting, came back down to Earth and told him he was right. That was the first time she had uttered those three little words; 'I love you'.

Rodney squeezed her free hand.

"I remember and for the record you did thank me."

Rodney wanted to hold her so much, but he didn't want to risk hurting her anymore then she already was. He watched her delicate frame being crushed under the ceiling beam but knew there was nothing he could do. The ceiling beam on her was still connected to the roof and if he moved it, even a little, the rest of the roof would crash down onto them.

He bent down and kissed her forehead. He was utterly crazy in love with her. He remembered what he said to her before the explosion.

"Kate, I'm sorry for what I said."

She brushed her hand over his cheek again.

"It doesn't matter. I'm sorry as well."

Rodney kissed her again, but sensed something was wrong.

"Kate, Kate?"

He quickly checked her pulse. No pulse.

TBC…

Next chapter is the last chapter. I think.