Author's Notes:-Thanks to Stonedtoad for betaing.
Next part is in progress.
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"What are you doing?" Rose demanded as Jack headed to the TARDIS.
He ignored her, jogging through the corridors of Atlantis pulling out his key and entering the blue box without breaking his pace.
"Jack," Rose called again as she entered the TARDIS, "What are you doing?"
"The Doctor told me that after a certain amount of time I was to do a sweep," Jack explained, "To check for any unusual activity within the galaxy."
"And?" Rose asked.
Jack shook his head, "Nothing. They've been gone a long time now."
"But they're both fine," Rose reminded him, "The life sign button showed that."
"That doesn't account for the other two though," Jack replied, "Nor Jeannie's brother."
Rose nodded leaning against the rail, "Is there anything we can do?"
Jack shrugged, "Wait."
John kept a hold of Jeannie's hand as the patrol walked towards them, he could feel her nails dig into his flesh but he didn't let go of her.
"Halt," the leader snapped aiming at them.
John felt Jeannie move slightly behind him, he'd noticed her aversion to guns before.
"Move," the leader ordered them, he nodded to one of his subordinates who grabbed Jeannie pulling her away.
"Hey," John yelled crying out as he was struck at the back of his knees forcing him to the ground.
Jeannie cried out as she was flung to the ground, the leader strutted towards her before placing the barrel of his gun against her forehead. John was grabbed and held in place by two of the guards, the gun pressed to his temple.
"Let her go," he yelled struggling furiously.
Jeannie turned slightly to him, tears filled her eyes and he realised suddenly how scared she'd been for the past few days. She had managed to deflect it up until this moment and he felt ill knowing that he could do nothing.
The leader smiled sadistically as he moved to pull the trigger before he stopped, motioning the guards. They were pulled to their feet and dragged towards the ship, John noticed Jeannie fingering a small silver disc before letting it slip to the ground with a sigh.
Reaching the entrance, John found Jeannie was close enough once more for him to take her hand gently squeezing it in comfort. She smiled weakly before they were marched through the halls.
x
The Doctor looked up from his bunk as Jeannie and John were pushed into the cell with himself and Teyla.
"Took your time getting here," he noted without moving.
"It was a long walk," Jeannie shot back automatically taking a seat on the spare bunk her legs shaky from their encounter with the patrol.
"Hey Teyla," John greeted his team-mate, "You guys alright?"
"We are," she nodded, "Also pleased you are both alive and well."
"You're not alone," Jeannie spoke up managing to stand, "So, are we getting out of here?"
The Doctor sprung up from where he lay, "We've just been waiting for you. Nice look," he noted at Jeannie's clothes.
"I think these go in the permanent collection," she smiled slightly, "So, when are we getting out of here?"
The Doctor grinned, "Now, then we just need to spring Rodney and go after 'Artemis Thame'."
Jeannie frowned, "You know who he is, don't you?"
The Doctor nodded grimly, "Took me a while but…"
"Well?" Jeannie demanded.
"It's an old friend of ours," the Doctor told her his eyes intent, "Someone I never expected to see again."
"Who is it?" John demanded before Jeannie could.
"Rearrange the letters of the name," the Doctor told them.
Jeannie frowned her expression became far away as she mentally worked on the anagram before she gasped in horror, "No."
"What?" John demanded worried at the fear he saw in Jeannie's eyes.
"Artemis Thame," the Doctor intoned, "I am…"
"The Master," Jeannie breathed in fear.
x
The Master watched the small group in the cell laughing, this was perfect. Dr McKay was not managing the work he needed done but the Doctor's companion…McKay also…that could be very interesting; she knew how to repair a TARDIS. She'd fixed it the last time they had encountered one another, it had to be her and unlike the Doctor she would do as she was told.
He called in one of his guards, "Allow them…" he wheezed, "To escape…and to find…Dr McKay."
The guard nodded hurrying out to spread the word to the others as the Master rested back in his chair. He leaned back in his chair exhausted but soon, soon he would be alive again. Once he managed to get this infernal machine fixed, he knew exactly where to go to claim a new body, a body that would allow him once more to continue through the Universe.
And now he had the means to do just that.
x
Rodney was giving up.
If Allina asked one more time if he was sure he was alright, he was going to go beat his head against a wall. She was driving him insane with her breathless caring voice and then there was this stupid machine. He wanted to fix it, he wanted to show just how incredible he was and make this amazing piece of technology work but he was sure that if he did that then he was as good as dead.
His stomach was rolling as he thought about both that and the worry for his sister; he was getting more and more worried about her. Especially as he'd felt another stab of fear from her not that long ago. What was worse was he knew if he practiced more then he might be able to sense her but he never thought about it normally.
Jeannie would be able to find him almost instantly; she was so much better at using their link than he was. She always had been.
"Rodney," Allina appeared at his side, "Is everything alright?"
"What?" he looked up in confusion, "Oh Allina, yeah sure whatever."
He hoped she would go away and leave him alone but unfortunately she didn't.
"You need to rest Rodney," Allina told him gently, "You are working so hard."
Rodney managed not to laugh in her face, "I have to fix this."
Allina wrapped her arms around him, "You need to rest for a while with your wife."
"Wife?" a familiar sarcastic voice came from behind him, "I thought you'd at least invite me little brother."
"Jeannie?" Rodney gasped spinning to find his beloved twin standing in the doorway, John, Teyla and the Doctor standing with her.
Jeannie grinned at him before looking over at Allina, "Hi, move away from him before I hit you with something."
Allina looked scared and confused, "Rodney?"
Rodney ignored her moving to Jeannie and grabbing his sister in a tight embrace, "Oh God, I thought you were dead. What are you doing here?"
Jeannie sighed as they embraced, "It's a long story."
"One you can tell later," the Doctor told her as he looked around, "Nice."
Rodney nodded in agreement vaguely aware that Teyla was keeping Allina in the room, "I was meant to fix it, I recognise the technology but I can't place it."
"This is a TARDIS," Jeannie told him with a grin, "Rodney, this can travel through time."
"That's great," John jumped in aggravated, "But can we get out of here?"
"Now that's a good idea," the Doctor nodded.
"What about the Master?" Jeannie asked.
The Doctor rested his hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry about him, we'll come back once we get them back to Atlantis and pick up my TARDIS."
Elizabeth sat in her office trying to read over reports but she couldn't concentrate. They'd been gone for three days now and she was getting more and more worried about her team. She couldn't send another team in, not considering what John had relayed before the Stargate had shut down.
She'd made sure that Carson had someone on stand-by for the moment the team came back just in case, knowing Rodney and John it was more than likely one of them would need the medical help.
Elizabeth hoped that Rodney was really on Dagan, the thought of losing one of their most prominent scientists not to mention her good friend was a horrifying thought. Atlantis needed Rodney here, not to mention John who was now also missing.
"You know," Carson said from the door, "Ye have to trust them."
"I do," Elizabeth replied folding over her laptop, "But you know their track record."
Carson laughed softly, "That I do, I'm the one that stitches them up every time remember?"
Elizabeth managed a weak smile of her own, "I'm sure Jeannie will be able to find Rodney but there is always that worry maybe she's wrong."
Carson took the seat across from her nodding slightly, "That is possible. But then again Jeannie knows Rodney better than any of us."
Elizabeth sighed, "I suppose."
"You know the first time she was here, she told us about when she broke her leg in college," Carson told Elizabeth, "She was in a car crash, hundreds of miles away from where he was and he was on the phone at that moment calling his parents to tell them she was hurt."
Elizabeth looked surprised, "That's incredible."
"And according to Rodney," Carson continued, "Jeannie is better at using their connection than he is," he stopped for a second standing up again, "There is always the possibility she's wrong but I'm going to put the same faith Rodney has in her."
Elizabeth smiled as Carson left the room smiling even more at his parting words.
"Get some sleep," he called back, "You look like you need it."
x
Carson left Elizabeth's office and heading through the corridors to the labs.
"Do I have to sedate the entire senior staff?" he demanded entering the room to find Zelenka falling off his hand as he fell asleep.
"What?" the Czech looked up at him with bleary eyes.
"Radek you need to get some sleep," Carson told him folding away the laptop ignoring the scientist's protests as he did so, "You can't exactly do much when you fall asleep then knock yourself silly on the floor when you fall off the stool."
"I am perfectly capable of deciding when to go and sleep Carson," Zelenka told him.
"Yes, yes," Carson nodded taking the other man by the arm and pulling him out of the lab, "Of course I know that so why don't you prove it by going to your room and getting a good nights sleep."
Zelenka swore at him softly but continued to walk with the Doctor, "I am just worried Carson."
"We all are," he replied, "But do you want to have Rodney come back and gloat that because you've been worried you've not got anything done."
Zelenka snorted and allowed Carson to walk with him to his rooms.
They walked slowly through the corridors of the ship managing to avoid all the patrols that were wandering about.
"I don't understand," Jeannie was saying to the Doctor, "How come the ship is massive unlike your TARDIS?"
The Doctor shrugged, "More than likely it's not working properly. He wanted Rodney to fix it, integrating Atlantean technology into it."
Jeannie looked back to where Rodney was walking with John with Allina between them so she couldn't run off and betray them, Teyla covering the rear. He looked tired but relieved and now all they had to do was to get to the Stargate so they could go back to Atlantis then he'd be fine.
"How close are we to the Stargate?" Rodney asked making them all stop.
"I didn't see it," Jeannie confessed.
John shrugged.
"It is near the exit we are heading to," Allina spoke up making them all turn to her surprised.
"The question is can we trust her?" Teyla pointed out.
"Do we have a choice?" Jeannie asked.
John turned to Allina, "If you're lying…"
"I'm not," she replied, "Major Sheppard, I'm sorry for what has happened. I don't know why I went along with the plans."
"You were hypnotised," Rodney told her his voice soft, "I was too at first."
"How'd you get out of it?" John asked.
"Jeannie," Rodney turned to his sister squeezing her hand, "I felt you were in trouble and it cleared my head."
"Probably the crash," John noted grimacing.
Jeannie shuddered, "Nice to know it was good for something."
"Let's think about this after we leave," the Doctor told them, "The exit is this way I believe."
The other five nodded and started to follow him out.
x
"Stop," John ordered.
He motioned them all to hide down behind the ruins as he scanned the patrols that were moving around near the Stargate. John sighed noting that there was a whole load of people between them and the way home.
"Jeannie," he ordered holding out the sling, "Want to get this out?"
The others looked at him confused as Jeannie stared to unwrap the sling revealing the gun nestled in the hidden depths.
"Why did you wait till now to get that out?" Rodney demanded.
"Because if we were caught inside then we still would have had it," John replied back resisting the urge to stick his tongue out.
Jeannie hid her smile as Teyla rolled her eyes before asking, "Are we ready?"
"Completely," John replied with a crooked smile at her.
The Doctor rolled his eyes, "Are you done? Then let's go."
Before any one could say anything the Doctor stepped out in front of the two guards walking on front of them. He grabbed the guns with a grin tossing them to Teyla and Rodney before the two guards could react.
"I wouldn't," John appeared at their side.
Jeannie and Allina tied the two guards up with the bandage from the sling John had been wearing.
"We're going to do this fast," John told them, "When I say go, we all head to the Gate. Rodney dial the Gate," he tossed the GDO to his friend, "And let them know we're coming through."
Rodney nodded.
"Teyla, get Jeannie and Allina through," John continued, "Everyone got it?"
They all nodded.
"Doctor?" John asked.
The Doctor turned to him, "In three, two, now."
x
Jeannie ran as fast as she could towards the Stargate hearing weapon fire all around her, she dodged one man who tried to grab her.
"Cover your eyes," Allina suddenly called.
Jeannie wasn't fast enough and bright light filled her vision as something warm scraped across her chest before she fell into blackness.
x
John looked up after the light faded, "Rodney, dial the Gate," he yelled turning to make sure the rest of the party were nearby.
Teyla was dragging Allina away from one of the guards, while the Doctor was at the Gate with Rodney. That just left…
"Jeannie?" John cried as he saw her fall blood staining the front of her dress. He scrambled over to where she'd fallen.
"Jeannie?" he gasped in horror trying to pull her into his arms, wincing in pain at the strain on his wrist, "Jeannie's hurt," he yelled.
"What?" Rodney turned confusion written over his face, but was pushed through the Gate as Teyla and Allina stumbled into him.
The Doctor reached John and helped him lift Jeannie up before they ran towards the Gate the limp form held between them.
"Put up the shield," John yelled as they entered Atlantis, "Carson, get here now."
They gently lowered the woman they held to the floor as Carson scrambled over, pushing John out of the road.
He could see Rodney staring down at his sister shaking his head in confusion and horror as Elizabeth and Zelenka appeared at his side, the Doctor stood wrapping his arm around Rose as she and Jack came running to them.
"I'm sorry Rodney," Carson whispered looking up at his friend, "She's dead."