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Carson could feel it coming on. He knew immediately it was going to hurt like hell, but he also knew that it would be worth it. Not only would he get a few days off, he would save a life in the process. It was almost like a sacrificial bunt to get the RBI. He was tense. When was the pain coming? When would the guys shoot into action? When had he started to think in baseball analogies?
He could feel a fist squeezing his heart and he saw a confused Koyla standing next to Sheppard. He had to get him away from there. "Oh, bloody hell!" He cried out, falling to his knees. "That bastard major must've spread it to me when I was doing that damn examination!" He gasped for air as his lungs struggled. He resisted shouting dramatically in a Shakespearian fashion 'damn my accursed love for this job and my devotion to it' finding it may make Koyla VERY suspicious and that, with the nausea creeping up, he didn't want to open his mouth. He saw, with satisfaction, Koyla back quickly away from both Sheppard and himself.
As everything went black he saw Zelenka start to move.
He was cold. His face was cold, his glasses were cold, and he was even holding something cold. He had the vague thought that perhaps he had passed out in the snow holding a bottle of vodka, but then he realized the bottle was oddly shaped. And it had a trigger.
It was all dark and he resisted the urge to randomly shoot off the vodka.
Perhaps if he opened his eyes…
Everything came back in a flash and he sat up quickly, adjusted his ice cold glasses, and took aim. Dr. Beckett was lying on the floor, an angry Koyla standing over him, realizing he had been duped when the dead Czech suddenly came back to life. Giving the Scot a swift kick to the ribs, he smiled sinisterly when he heard a loud crack.
He turned to the Czech who murmured a quick prayer in his native tongue. He took a shot and managed to hit the man in the shoulder.
Koyla growled and made his way over to Zelenka, the scientist struggling to rise and stand on jello-y legs. He got off two quick shots, on narrowly missing the man's head, the other nabbing his ear, before the Human leader was directly in front of him.
The Czech raised the gun slowly, taking careful aim at his head. Koyla laughed and batted the gun away and watched it slide across the floor. Zelenka, angry that his assassination attempt had been so easily thwarted, took a hard swing. Unfortunately, he was still quite weak. Koyla easily deflected the feeble punch and held the scientist up against the wall, putting pressure on his wrist.
"I want Major Sheppard. Tell me how to wake him up! I want my face to be the last thing he sees before he dies!" Zelenka said nothing and Koyla twisted his wrist until it snapped, causing the Czech to cry out in pain. Still he said nothing. "Tell me how to wake Major Sheppard!"
"It's Colonel," a cold voice said from behind him.
Koyla spun, allowing Radek to fall to the floor, crawling to Beckett, holding his wrist in obvious pain. Sheppard fired three rounds at the commander, noticing out of the corner of his eye that Zelenka was gently—and with one hand—turning Beckett onto his back and taking the Scot's radio.
Koyla growled but kept coming and Sheppard cursed his numb appendages for affecting his aim. He vaguely heard Zelenka calling for backup to his right. The Genii commander kept advancing, raising his dagger.
There was a single crack as he slashed down.
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