Chapter 3

Last Time…

"Well you better get down there," Elizabeth said starting back up to the control room.

John turned to leave.

"Oh and the debriefings in 1 hour," she yelled after him.

In The Infirmary…

"Beckett!" Ford yelled as he walked through Atlantis' infirmary door.

"He's through there," Everett said pointing at Beckett's office just as Carson walked out.

"What did you do?" Ford asked directing his question to Everett, momentarily forgetting the containment vessels he held in his hands.

Everett, for his part, was in pretty bad shape… he took 'beaten to a bloody pulp' to a whole new level at this moment. "Some weird changeling on the last planet we went to. He impersonated one of my team members and well…"

Flashback

"Dial it up guys!" Everett yelled moving to stand in front of the DHD.

They quickly dialed up the gate and went through. Everett waited for what he thought was the last man to go before he turned around to see if everyone had left. He noticed the new lieutenant standing on the edge of the clearing. He struggled to remember the mans name, "LIEUTENANT MCCORMICK, FRONT AND CENTER, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH MY EARLIER ORDER WILL HAVE YOU COURTMARTIALED. IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR BUTT THROUGH GATE NOW I'LL MAKE SURE YOU NEVER GO THROUGH IT AGAIN!"

As the impersonator turned towards him the changeling morphed back.

Flashback

That was the last thing he remembered before waking up in the infirmary in his current condition.

JSgal: Ok, so we know it was just a little over the top, but we (as in mallo and myself) hate the bd