A/N: Thanks everyone for your continued support! Sheppard has had an influence on McKay, I believe anyway. It was my plan to keep everyone guessing, seems like it worked for the most part anyway. I've been updating everyday simply because it was all written already, except the editing and other little things I've changed.
Chapter 4 -Conversion
In the armory, Rodney McKay was getting worried to say the least. There was at least one Wraith around, and he had no way to determine where it was. The detector was still broken; he now saw that it was cracked when he had fallen on it back on the boulder planet. Then he heard Major Sheppard outside. Probably isn't there…like Elizabeth… He checked anyway. Rodney poked his head out of the door, but at the sight quickly pulled it back in. I did not just see that…He slowly peeked around the corner of the door to see Major Sheppard talking to a Wraith. Lt. Ford and Teyla Emmagan were standing next to them, holding a stretcher with a covered up body on it, blood seeped through the sheet.
"Welcome to Atlantis Chancellor. How was the voyage in the ship?" Sheppard addressed the Wraith.
"Spare me the formalities, what is the status?" The Chancellor spoke.
"The ones that took the Jumpers, Z.P.M.s, and generators and escaped the initial culling have been located, and transported to a Hive ship along with the others."
"Outstanding, reinstall the power and prepare for the infiltration of Earth. What of the ones called McKay, Beckett, and Weir?"
"Show him." Lt. Ford lifted off the sheet from the body's face. Rodney's eyes widened, No… no… he wanted to scream when he saw Elizabeth lying there…but he had to keep quiet.
The Wraith smirked with pleasure as he passed his hand over Dr. Weir's cold, lifeless face.
"Beckett has not been sited, though he must be in the city, and as for McKay, he must have come through the Stargate during the sterilization process, when no one was here. The conversion weapon must not have worked on him. Our efforts to locate both have been futile. They evidently have resisted the locating beam."
The Wraith Chancellor's smirked disappeared. "If you had not overlooked bringing McKay here when you came back initially, we would not be this situation."
Sheppard tried to explain the team's actions, "We were not yet fully… our true selves at that time."
"Locate both of them and kill them on sight!" The Chancellor scowled and walked away.
Major Sheppard yelled at Ford and Teyla "You heard him!"
"What should we do with… this?" Ford gestured down at the body they were carrying as Teyla put the sheet back over the face, emotionlessly.
"I do not care." Major Sheppard waved Lt. Ford and Teyla away.
Dr. McKay went fully back into the armory, and he just could not believe it.
Conversion? Locating beam? Elizabeth dead…They killed her! Those assholes…I can not believe that! Carson unaccounted for, rest of the team taken over… Sterilization? What do they think, we're dirty? Of course the Wraith think we're dirty, we're 'human.' Locating beam…that has to be what was pulling me. Alright, that weapon John spoke of must be a brainwashing weapon, that's the only way they would be acting like that…It didn't have the same effect on me, must be why I have this migraine and can't concentrate easily. They were used so the Wraith could infiltrate and capture Atlantis and get to Earth, and the Hive ship, everyone's on the ship.
Rodney closed his eyes, rubbed his forehead, and crossed his arms. I'm the last one left…unless I can find Carson. Everything is up to us, the fate of the species…Yea we're in trouble. The two of us can't take on everyone in combat, we'll just think of something remarkably brilliant, reverse the brainwashings somehow, figure out why it didn't work on me. Maybe with John, Aiden, and Teyla back we could fix this. If we can't, we'll have to find a way to destroy the city…we have to. And we have to find a way to rescue everyone on the Hive ship… This is all crazy…We're in big trouble…He looked around the room. I could at least blow this armory, distract them as I search for Carson, they already know I'm here.
He took the grenades out of his vest pockets, prepared to pull the pins.
"Destroy the city…"Rodney whispered quietly, thinking of where Beckett would be hiding. He thought he should grab some weapons for Carson too before he blew the place. He was standing a little ways from the door when he heard a voice.
"You are not destroying anything McKay." Major Sheppard stood in the doorway, aiming his 9mm to Rodney; he had a look of accomplishment and superiority in his face.
"Major!" before Rodney could act, John fired three shots square in the doctor's chest. He stumbled back, and dropped the grenades; they clattered as they hit the ground. He clutched his chest, and looked at John in disbelief; there was a rush of pain. He sunk to the ground, back against one of the shelves, still clutching his chest and staring down at all the blood rushing out… he actually shot me! brainwashed or not…all up to Carson now… he could feel his body dying…the last thing Rodney saw as he was gasping for air and going numb was John standing over him with a smirk, holding his 9mm at his side.
A/N: I have a feeling you all might hate me now. It could just be my sinister side, but I love that last image of Rodney and John. I can imagine the collective gasps throughout this chapter…
