"How's John doing?" Elizabeth Weir asked as she walked into the infirmary.
"He's not good. His vitals indicate he's dreaming but show no sign of awareness or if he's trying to wake up." Weir sat down and sighed. Looking across she saw Teyla at his bedside. Carson turned and saw what Liz who Liz was watching. "The lass has been there since he was brought in."
"Is there any way we can wake him up? Or help him in any way?"
"I'm afraid not. Rodney's working on a Tok'ra device the Daedalus brought us. Hopefully it should give a clearer view of what's going on in his mind."
"I though those devices were experimental at best?"
"They are, but there the best we have at the moment." Behind them Dr. Radek Zelenka looked up from a consol.
"What about Teyla? She is telepathic after all. Maybe she can find out what's wrong." Zelenka focussed back on what he was upgrading.
"I thought she could only read the thoughts of Wraith?" Weir turned back to Carson. Confusion clearly on her face.
"Ah yes, but Teyla isn't Wraith she has the DNA, as she is human it might work differently."
"I'll need to monitor her vitals throughout the process, if she agrees that is."
"Could it work?" Zelenka shrugged his shoulders.
"Possibly. We still might need the Tok'ra device though."
"I'll get Rodney to bring it down here. I thought you were working on it with him?"
"He's way smarter than us apparently, so therefore doesn't need any help." Weir just shook her head at Zelenka's comment.
"Anything else?" Carson and Zelenka looked at each other then back at Weir.
"Who's going to ask Teyla?" They remembered when they were confronted with Wraith Teyla. They had promised never to put her through that again.
"Well it was your idea." Weir tried.
"You are the leader though." They both decided to round on Carson. But before they could open their mouths to speak:
"I'm a doctor not a bloody negotiator." Carson sighed. "How are we going to decide?"
"Rock Paper Scissors?" Weir just groaned.
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"Teyla? Teyla wake up." Teyla's head shot up, from its resting position on her arms.
"Dr Weir I apologise…."
"Don't worry your team is on standby until John is well. I came to ask you something."
"Anything." Weir pulled a chair up next to Teyla and John.
"Is it possible for you to connect with John through telepathy."
"I am unsure." Teyla's brow furrowed in thought, she looked up at Weir. "I could try."
"I was hoping you'd say that." Liz smiled warmly. "We need to check he's doing okay and as he's showing no sign of recovery…" She trailed off.
"When would you prefer I try?" Teyla started to stand, brushing herself off.
"As soon as you are ready. Carson wants to hook you up to monitors to check you'll be okay." Liz nodded over to Carson who was standing across from them.
"I'll be ready momentarily." Weir pulled the chair back and tried to move the bed next to them closer for Teyla to lie on. Zelenka and Carson pulled some monitors over to where she lay. "As I will be free to enter his mind, I should be allowed to leave relatively easily."
"Lass, do you want Doctor Heightmyer here?"
"NO! I mean I believe it would be in our best interests not to have her here. She asks me many personal questions and I may not be aware of what I say."
"Teyla, you don't like her do you?" Teyla blushed.
"To tell the truth; no." Weir grinned, as did Carson.
"Don't worry she annoys us to…"
"More than Doctor McKay?" Teyla asked innocently. Zelenka snorted.
"Rodney doesn't annoy me at all I think he's…" Liz stopped before she went to far. "I don't like her either."
"If your ready lass, we don't want Doctor Weir to blush too much. I'm going to give you a mild sedative to make it easier for you to connect." Teyla nodded as Carson applied the sedative. "Just relax and try to connect with Colonel Sheppard."
Teyla closed her eyes and focussed on John. Slowly all awareness of around faded away as she entered his mind.
TBC