Disclaimer: I do not own Atlantis, etc. If I did, this would be a script, not fanfiction.
Chapter 1:Dreaming of Rodney
I'm stood in a room. It's not much of an observation, but it's the only one I can make at the moment. Everything's kinda...hazy. Which cannot be a good sign. Though, this is just a dream. I think. Everything's becoming clearer now. It's a room in Atlantis. Why am I stating the obvious? I'm sure that is the job of someone else on my team. My job is to blow up the bad guys.
Now, there's some other stuff in the room. Benches. Equipment. Microscopes. Of all the places I could be dreaming of, I'm dreaming of McKay's lab. Maybe it's not a dream. Maybe it's a nightmare. Or something. And things are getting worse.
McKay's stood there. Right in front of me. And he's yelling. Or he's being sarcastic by yelling, never am sure.
"Major Sheppard, I do not have time today. We finally have some time off, I do not need you hanging around my lab for no good reason!"
I'm talking back, but I'm not. I'm speaking, but I'm not telling myself what to say. And now I'm confused, maybe I'd better just listen to myself,
"...that something weird happened last night."
"I don't care! I have a lot of devices to work on! You need to go!"
"Just put that device in your hand down, and let me explain."
Device? What device? Oh, the one in his hand. It looks pretty harmless, just some little black box...thing. He's yelling again.
"...could be vital, I need to examine it! Not listen to your insane ramblings!"
Insane, me? He might be going insane though. He's going all red. He is really, really annoyed. And I'm talking again. This is too weird.
"..one minute. That's all I need."
"NO!" And to make the point, McKay slams his hand on the bench. The hand with that device in. And the device doesn't like it. A flash of light comes from it. Rodney's yelling. Now he's collapsing. That device did something to him. I'm, yelling.
"Help! We need a medical team down here..."
Wake up! Wake up John!