A.N: OMG! I LOVE YOU GUYS! Once again, G'day from down under! I owe everyone an apology for how long it's taken to update. Still, I would like to say thank you to everyone who gave me sympathy for Mike, and he's now resting beneath the camellia trees.

Thanks also must go to those who reviewed: Peanut (the spacers were stuffing up! Do you like the new ones?), PurpleYin (The shirt issue is getting out of hand, isn't it:P But without the shirt, the story will be buggered, see next chappie!),fifiolle (Glad you enjoyed it!), Dr. Dredd ( I haven't seen Brotherhood yet! They stopped the playbacks for the cricket, fortunately restarting this thurs!), Eruannelaviriel (Sorry about how it's confusing! My sense of time is warped :P) Also thanks to the other 300+ people who have hit my story! You all rock, and I would LOVE to hear from you!

Once again, thanks! I will get the next chapter out ASAP, coz I think I got over the block! Ah well, May your Pockets be heavy, Your heart be light and good luck pursue you each morning and night!

Jeans and Genes, Chapter 7.

Insra Layal

By Starlite1

The jumper hurtled through the night, the moon of a foreign world lighting their path home. A sense of urgency echoed through their hearts, calling them homeward, back to defend the people they called family.

"What was the deal with the cave-thingy?" John asked Teyla, his eyes barely flickering away from their flight trajectory.

"The Insra Layal. It is said that it draws upon the strongest bonds in existience during times of great need, and strengthens them to encompass all boundaries. When a part of the whole is endangered, it calls all the pieces to unite." Teyla explained, her hands grasping tightly at the stone.

"United we stand…" John murmured under his breath.

"Indeed…"

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Slowly, She mused, Slowly but surely. She could feel it. The city was beginning to reassert itself, and Koyla's lock-out was beginning to crumble. Just like a wall built over a fissure of rising water, the foundations he had built were becoming undermined. All it would take was time and a push, the walls would be down. Turning her head slightly, she could see Rodney, cross legged, a film of perspiration shone upon his face and .eyes scrunched up tightly as another wave of pain shot through his limbs.

Maybe it was time to shove.

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"She's stable, an' doin' fine, lad! Maybe no' completely out o' the woods, but there is light!" Carson said, feeling the first twinges of happiness since the entire debacle had begun. Rachel's friend, Michael looked up, drained and unable to hide the torrent of mixed emotions that currently threatened to envelop him.

Not that Carson could ever blame him if he simply broke down at that very moment in the centre of the mess. Heaven knew that he'd been through enough to deserve it. He knew from experience how hard it could be to have someone close skate close to death. In fact, during the last two hours, Rachel had coded twice. Yet somehow she'd pulled through, whether through sheer stubbornness or through something greater, he couldn't say.

There was a groan from the cot, and Rachel's eyelids fluttered open to reveal her shimmering green eyes, whose radiance spilled out over her face, encompassing it with a life and spirit that had been missing mere minutes before.

"Hey." She uttered groggily.

With that one word, the exhaustion disappeared from Michael. Unadulterated love flashed momentarily across his face,

"Hey." He whispered, his voice choking with emotion. For just a second, they indulged in their stare, communicating a thousand different things without the need to encompass the raw feelings in senseless words.

A can of sardines was knocked off a shelf in the galley, shattering the moment. Spell broken, he proceeded to give her a good tongue thrashing, whilst she merely looked on with amusement.

"Why did you-! You could have-!…."

With the mild ranting assuring him that maybe all could be put to right in the world, Carson went off to attend to the Ethiopian who had dropped a can of sardines on her foot.

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Aymkiea drew a shuddering breath through her mask, attempting to push down the revulsion she felt as her commander's cloak brushed past her leg. A rotting corpse, an anomaly that shouldn't exist, yet now controlled every single aspect of her life.

If she could travel through time, the one thing she would change was the day, over a year ago now when her world was turned upside down…

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Her laughter rang throughout the bar as her CO swung her around the dance floor. Long locks of dark hair fell from the regulation braid to curl around her face, framing it perfectly. Her team mates looked on with knowing looks as the newly promoted M'quair Ha'yo was dipped over Shavanna Rayunn's leg. As far as celebrations went, this was the best way to have them.

As the last notes of the Ransi fell away, Shavannah gently brushed a stray lock of hair off her face and whispered a single word in her ear: Undami.

Hand in hand they walked back over to their table, each taking a sip from their glasses before meeting the fully-fledged stares of the rest of the party. The silence hung there for nearly ten seconds, forcing people to turn away from their drinks, and the suddenly erupted into gales of laughter.

"So…" Shavanna began.

Then the room had exploded.

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The first thing that she was aware of was the smell of rancid flesh. As her eyes opened blearily, she saw the wreckage around her. Then those eyes. Eyes without a soul hovering over her. Gratefully, unconsciousness once again claimed her.

In her dreams, he whispered the word, giving her a rope to cling on.

She awoke to pain.

Every day from then on, she awoke to pain.

With night he came, pushed it away, held her close, and whispered Undami into her ear once again.

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As he moved onwards, she raked her hands through the close cropped hair in relief. Looking out from her watch post, she could see the beauty of the city. A perception of grace and majesty emanated through every single inch.

It's wrong… His voice whispered in her ear. It took all of the strength she had not to gasp in shock. It was the first time he had said something other than his usual whisper. Yet what he said was right.

It stopped now.

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Ha'yo: lieutenant

Rayunn:Major

Undami:Love/ Eternity/My Immortal one/ Soul mate

A.N: Sorry it's so short and it's taken so long. As usual, I love reviews, constructive criticism is welcome, but flames shall be used for my mysterious purposes…..