Getting Back At Sheppard

Why were people looking at her strangely?

They all knew her, so her presence among them shouldn't cause such a reaction.

Yet still nearly every single one of the humans from Earth had looked at Teyla with similar looks of… she didn't know what those looks were! Some seemed amused, others sheepish, some just shook their heads and avoided eye contact, and one strange man that Ford said was French began laughing at her to her face.

This was very strange.

Now as she neared the control room, people were avoiding her glances and hiding their faces from her. What was going on?

Teyla had to get to the bottom of this; Dr Weir would know what is happening with her people.

"Dr Weir," she called out to the woman.

Elizabeth looked up at her in surprise and visibly forced herself not to laugh.

"Dr Weir, something strange is going on. Is there something the matter?"

The control room crew were snickering and hiding their faces like everyone else, including Dr Weir. Was there some sort of chemical in the air causing this reaction?

Lieutenant Ford, who was sitting near her, was doubled over laughing.

"Aiden, what is it," she demanded of the young man, shaking his shoulder.

He looked up at her with a strait face for mere seconds before his composure broke and he started giggling madly. He shook his head, brushed away her hand and continued laughing like a lunatic.

She was quickly becoming mad.

She left the control room and headed to the medical lab, surely Dr Beckett would be able to tell her what was going on.

When she arrived at the infirmary, she was greeted with the same response, only this time the Scottish doctor couldn't even bring himself to answer any of her questions, he was laughing so heavily. Every now and then he'd wheeze, "oh, lass!" But no answers.

Now she was down to her last resort – McKay.

"Dr McKay," she knocked on his door and poked her head in. "May I speak with you for a moment?"

The distracted physicist didn't look up from his papers, but waved his hand and mumbled, "yeah, sure."

"Dr McKay," she paused, unsure as how to continue and thankful to finally find someone who would talk to her. "People are acting oddly. I believe them to have been drugged somehow."

Rodney barely glanced up from his papers.

"Good for them…"

"McKay, look at me! You're not paying attention this is serious! I believe this city may be under some sort of attack," she grasped his shoulder.

Rodney finally looked up, startled, and mouthed 'attack?' before cocking his head to the side and snickered. The snicker transformed from a little chuckle to a full-blown guffaw as she raised an eyebrow at him in annoyance.

"McKay, look at me!"

He looked up at her and broke into tears he was laughing so hard.

These Earthlings are insane, she thought angrily, moving away from the man who was gasping a panting for air between bursts of giggles.

The remainder of the day, Teyla hid in her quarters, away from the madness.

It wasn't the light was fading that she began to see her reflection in the glass window that overlooked the city. Something wasn't right.

She leaned closer and examined her mirror image in the glass.

She had only one eyebrow!

It went straight across her forehead!

Reaching up she rubbed at it and felt some transfer onto her fingers.

It was ink!

Desperately she wiped away the ink and murderously tried to remember when someone might have done this too her.

SHEPPARD!

She had fallen asleep in the lounge while they watched his beloved 'football'.

He must have done this while she slept!

Teyla's hands tightened into fists until her knuckles were white.

Yes, the major would pay for this!

So she began her scheme… to get back at Major John Sheppard.