"You know McKay you are an idiot. First for not sleeping second for not eating and third for coming to Atlantis in the first place.
" Now you don't mean that do you Rodney?" DR. Beckett has walked up just in time to hear the third reason that McKay though he was an idiot.
"No of course I don't mean that if I hadn't come to Atlantis I wouldn't know the pleasure of hunger, thirst, being shot, being chased by hungry wraith and my personal favorite I wouldn't have all this lovely company." Did I mention that McKay wasn't happy? Well obviously Dr Beckett was used to it because he just shook his head and wondered off in the other direction.
So he headed out collecting several tools from his lab before heading toward the generator that was being troublesome. He hoped it wouldn't take long. He stopped long enough to grab one of his chocolate bars, just so he didn't end the day in the infirmary, and made his way to the eastern end of Atlantis. They had just started to explore this area. They hadn't found any transporters in this section yet. It only makes sense for Weir to send him here. The generator was majority on the fritz. He stopped, he had just said something was majority on the fritz man had he reached an all time low. The room that he ended up in was cold and dark; the generator had shut down completely. He swore slightly and reached for his radio only to discover that he wasn't in his uniform and since he had been on leave his radio was with his uniform. He sighed for the thousandth time today and felt through his bag for a flashlight. He found a small one and went to work.
Time past and more time past. Major Sheppard was in the mess hall eating dinner when Elizabeth came up to him. He gestured to an empty chair and she sat down. They ate in silence for a few minutes. He was trying to figure out what is actually was that he was eating and she was trying to figure out if she had done a duty rooster. The silence ended when he started talking out loud.
"It might be chicken or it could be pork. Then again it could be beef, how I don't know but it could be beef." She looked at him out of the corner of her eyes hoping feverishly that he just hadn't lost it completely. He saw the look on her face and burst out into hysterics causing her wondering to go almost to complete certainty.
"Major are you alright?"
"It was just the look on your face, sorry I guess I got used to eating with McKay he just ignores me completely." She relaxed.
"Where is Rodney anyway? I asked him to look at a generator six hours ago and I haven't heard form him since." The look on her face deepened into worry.
"He could be in the basement thing. He has a lab down there that he spends most of his leave in it." She relaxed again.
"He should be here to eat soon. You know McKay" She excused herself and headed out.
McKay changed positions and looked at his watch. Man, he had been here for six hours with no luck. The room was still dark and it had gotten even colder causing him to shiver. He reached for another candy bar; there was no way he was going to make it to supper. Trying a different angle he removed another panel on the generator. A bright flash filled the room and one of the walls exploded throwing Rodney into the opposite wall knocking him out cold. The temperature started to drop as seawater started to pour into the room.