Runner

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Chapter Four) Just Like Camping

McKay glanced towards Ford, who was busy trying to get a fire started. McKay realized that Ford was planning to spend the night there, and he intended that McKay help him out.

"How goes the fire?" McKay asked. Ford scowled, and said,

"I could use some help. I've never been on a camping trip before." Rodney was interested.

"Really?"

"Well, not on another planet, and not on Atlantis." Ford told him. "The last time I went camping was with my grandfather when I was seven, and I didn't do much except gather wood."

"I've only been camping once. And that was with my family." Ford glanced toward him, almost as intereseted as Rodney was of him.

"Who was your family, Rodney? I've never heard you talk about them. I saw on the tape that you hadn't talked to your sister in a while. Who is she, and why didn't you?"

"We never really got along well." Rodney said shortly. Ford got the picture and dropped it.

"What was your favorite thing to do in your spare time on Earth?" Ford asked, instead. Rodney glanced at him, and asked,

"Why are you so interested in me all of a sudden?"

"There's nothing else to talk about."

"Where you really going to shoot me if Sheppard and Ronan and come at us?" Rodney asked, and Ford answered,

"No, I had run out of bullets. But I reloaded when I was in the back of the jumper, so don't try thinking of anything."

"Oh." McKay was tired all of a sudden. Tired of the threat of the wraith, tired of the people at Atlantis always asking for his help, and definatly tired of people pestering him with little things all of the time. He pulled out a power bar and started eating it. Ford glanced at him, and asked,

"How can you stand those things? Those things are nasty." McKay shrugged, and said,

"They're not that bad. You just have to get used to them." Ford noted that McKay really didn't enjoy eating them, but knew that he had to.

"Why eat those things at all?"

"Because they keep my blood sugar up!" McKay snapped. Then he turned from Ford, and continued eating, as Ford stared at him.

"What are you talking about?" Ford asked.

"I don't want to talk about it, now leave me alone. I want to go to sleep." Ford dropped the subject as he watched McKay lay next to the log that they were laying on, and then watched as the scientist finished eating and then went to sleep. He realized for the first time, that McKay might actually be concerned about something other than food, and if this was the case; then he had to do something that would keep McKay safe, so that Colonel Sheppard wouldn't be really pissed at him when he came to 'rescue him'.

Ford continued to watch the scientist, then shrugged, and turned towards the gate to keep watch for the night. He really hoped that they would survive the night without anything else going on. He also hoped that he wouldn't really have to kill McKay either. He really hoped so.

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