The story is almost done and, sadly, I'm not going to be able to update this until Saturday night or Sunday morning. Sorry. Hope you enjoy! Oh, and a big thanks to Emma who has made me realize some of my plot mistakes before I even write them down!
"We did it. I can't believe we did it," Sheppard sounded awed.
"You remember, finally?" Grodin asked, boredly sitting in Beckett's chair with his feet on the desk.
"Yeah, all of it. It was pretty good. But the drug only words for a few hours, that's why we had to move fast!" Sheppard smiled, happy to finally understand what the hell was going on.
Grodin gave a slight grin and rose, joining him, "I wouldn't celebrate just yet."
"Wait...Dr. Z?" John asked, concerned.
Grodin shook his head, "No. They're here." They were suddenly in the control room, Koyla standing in front of a kneeling Weir and McKay.
"I want Major Sheppard."
"Well, you can't have him," McKay informed him.
Koyla squatted down to his level, "Your loyalty to your friend is commendable. But I will kill you to get to him."
McKay laughed hollowly, "You don't understand. He's dead. That's why you can't have him."
"I do not believe you, Dr. McKay."
"It's true," Elizabeth sounded defeated, "He's in the morgue. In the infirmary."
Koyla turned to one of his henchmen, "Stay with them. Make sure they don't move. I have to pay a visit to Dr. Beckett."
Sheppard turned to Grodin, "Can we follow him?"
Grodin grinned, "Why follow?"
They appeared in the infirmary just as Beckett was shooing the last nurse out the door. He sighed, knowing the Genii's commander was coming.
"Peter?"
"Hmm?"
"I think it's time to go back."
Grodin smiled, "Good luck, Colonel."
"Good-bye, Peter." Sheppard disappeared, leaving Grodin to watch as Koyla entered, angry.
"Doctor Beckett. How nice to see you again. What did you do to Major Sheppard?"
"Well, the last thing I did to him was a through examination of his dead body to try and find out why he died," Carson snapped, wanting to attack the man but being held in place by Koyla's smug look.
"Right. I want to see his body."
Beckett gave him a once-over before nodding and leading the way over to the morgue, talking the whole time, "We don't know what happened. One minute he was flirting with a nurse, the next he was groaning, the next on the ground, the next dead." He slung open a drawer, pulling Sheppard out, "There? Are you happy? Perhaps you'd like to see Zelenka, too? That's who he caught it from."
"Dr. Zelenka is dead, too?" Koyla asked, looking up from the maroon-scrubs-clad colonel.
Beckett sighed and opened a drawer almost directly across the room from Sheppard. Koyla nodded from his place next to the American's body, "He still has his glasses on."
"He didn't look right without them. It was distracting the nurses."
"I trust you don't mind if I check to see if they're actually dead?"
Beckett shrugged and began making his way over to the leader, "I don't see why not. I have some equipment right-." He saw Koyla pull out a dagger. "Hey!" He rushed over, grabbing Koyla's arm before he could puncture any unnecessary holes into his friend, "What the hell are you doing?"
"So he's not dead!" Koyla cried triumphantly.
"No, ye crazy bugger! He's dead! But we don't treat our dead like this!"
"Why Dr. Beckett," Koyla almost clucked like a disapproving mother, "You look a bit shaky."
Bwahahahaaa! Review replies:
Emma: You have given me such great ideas! At first I was going to have the Wraith, but if I did that, The Plan wouldn't work or make much sense. Then I was going to have Koyla throw the good Dr. Beckett against a wall or something and then you said that whole 'human' thing and I thought 'oh...that's much better!' Thanks!
Harper's Pixie:grins: I love doing that to people! I'm sure you already have it figured out!
Pike2: I'm updating!
Drufan: I like your analogy! I, sadly, remember that episode...
Puddles1311: How much sugar have you had? You're defiantly the most energetic reviewer! Yes, you get a prize! A free...BOX OF AIR:crowd gasps: and... my everlasting gratitude?