Chapter Nine

"So, you think Dex is going to wipe the floor with us again?" A young solider with light brown hair about five, five as a small group of soldiers walked into the gym to spar with Ronon.

"Maybe with you." Lorne teased as he stepped inside and saw Nebula laying on the ground." Go get Dr. Beckett right now, you go get Col. Sheppard. Tell them that Dr. Torez is unconscious on the floor in the gym. She has a faint pulse, but don't know how it happened." he said then thinking on it" You know what just go get Col. Sheppard tell him to come to Infirmary." he said as he bent down to scoop Nebula up into his arms.

"What the hell happened to her?" John questioned as he saw Lorne holding Nebula in his arms. He went to him and took her from his arms.

"She doesn't weight anything sir." he said as John took Nebula from him

"I know. Did anyone see what happened?" he asked as they made their way to the infirmary

"No, we came in to spar with Dex and she was laying on the ground unconscious." Lorne said

"My... put her down" Beckett said as he saw them carrying Nebula in

John laid her on a gurney as Beckett came over to her

"What happened to her?" he asked

:The guys found her like this in the gym." he said then thought about Ronon saying that he sparred with her Could he have hurt her so badly? He thought as Beckett examined her.

"I see no sign of physical damage." he said" I'll have to examine her more."

"I'll go get Serenity." John said as he reluctantly left Nebula's side

Cameron was on his way to find Nebula when he saw her in the infirmary.

"What in the hell happened?" he demanded

"That seems to be the question on everyone's lips regarding her." Dr. Beckett said as he looked up from his lab work he was running on Nebula.

"Who are you?" he asked curiously as he pulled up a chair next to Nebula.

"I'm Dr. Beckett. Nebula was brought in because she found laying on the ground unconscious." He informed him " I'm running some test on her, but I've got nothing yet."

"Nebula." Serenity called as she ran up to her sister's side nearly falling into Cameron's lap as she did so.

He moved out of her way as she grabbed her sister's hand

"It's not enough that I almost die you gotta do it too." she said softly as she kissed her sister's head.

Nebula opened her eyes and looked around

"Dr. Beckett she's awake." Serenity said softly

"Hey you gave us all a scare." John said

"What happened?" Nebula asked her voice hoarse

"We thought you could tell us." Beckett said as he looked at her

"I don't remember." she as she struggled to sit up" Me and Ronon were sparring and he kicked my ass then left me laying on the ground. He thought I was fighting with Serenity, but I wasn't." she took in a sharp breath" I tried to get up and I blacked out."

"How did you feel before you blacked out?" Dr. Beckett asked

"I felt light headed and like I couldn't breath." she said as she closed her eyes.

"Did you eat anything today at all?" Dr. Beckett asked

"Yeah, I always eat." she said as she realized Serenity held her hand still." I'm sorry about everything. You're my sister and I love more than anything. I'd never want to jeopardize our bond for anything."

"Our blood makes that impossible." Serenity said softly as she kissed her sisters head.

A light formed before the two girls once again the faced with Essence

"Let me guess you did this to get her attention." Serenity snapped at the light form

"I didn't not do this it was her lack of nutrition that did this to her." she said

"You said you eat all the time." Beckett said to Nebula

"I do, did today at least." Nebula said softly

"You've been working a lot." John said as he looked at her

"I do it all the time it's never bothered me until now." she said softly

"It's because you and I are connected. You need plenty of rest" she said

"Well, you see there's a reasonable explanation for everything." Nebula said as she fell asleep

The light disappeared as Serenity looked over at John and Cameron.

"I thought she got rid of the bow and arrow." Serenity said as she looked at the two men

"She gave it to em for safe keeping." john said softly

"She's going to be okay right doc?" Serenity asked

"With sleep, and plenty of food she'll be fine." he said" I want her to stay in here for a few days just to be on the safe side."

"Can I stay with her tonight?" Serenity asked not wanting to leave her sister's side

"Of course." he said

"I'll stay with you Cameron said as he pulled up a chair next to her.