Rest and Relaxation
By: Honolulu
Elizabeth walked along side of John as they headed to the control tower. She nodded to his talking to show that she was paying attention but she just couldn't. Not today for some reason; she had been having a strange sensation all day and just couldn't put it away from her mind.
"And me and Ronon are thinking of dancing the cha-cha."
"That's nic-wait! What?" John laughed at her facial expression.
"Now you pay attention."
"I've been listening to you this whole time…" John raised his eyebrows at her in disbelief. "…alright, so I haven't." She sighed. "I'm sorry John; I just have a lot on my mind." She told him as she walked out to her favorite balcony to catch a breath of air.
"I have a couple minutes to spare before I head out. What's up?" Elizabeth leaned forward on the railings before she turned to look at him.
"Have you ever had one of those feelings were something strange was going to happen?"
"All the time, I mean, look where we are." John used his hands to gesture to Atlantis.
"I know," She sighed. "But today…I don't know….I don't even know what I'm talking about! It's just this nagging sensation I have, maybe I should just ignore it." John looked at her with a concerned look on his face.
"Well, if it's giving you this much grief it must mean something but don't think on it too hard because if you do it'll just mess you up. I mean, look how you are reacting now."
"Oh! Thanks John!" Elizabeth said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes.
"That's not what I meant and you know it! Just don't ponder on it too much, okay?" She nodded. "Feel any better?"
"Not really but thanks for trying."
"You're welcome. Now I should get going." John started to head for the door. "If you still are having this strange feeling by the time we get back from P29-X57 we'll talk about it some more if you like?"
"Thanks for the offer but I'll be fine. Besides you just worry about the mission." She told him as they walked back into the control tower.
"Worry? Ha! We shouldn't even be going on this so called 'mission.' How come Lorne and his team can't do it?"
"Like I've said before at the debriefing this morning, that is if you were paying attention," He pouted at that remark. "the locals are more accustomed to you than any other team since you were the ones who first established contact. And since we want our future allies to be as comfortable as possible, you will be the ones to do the whole 'thank you and welcome' ceremony. Besides it's only for two days."
"Two very long and possibly boring days!" He complained as they walked down the steps to meet up with Rodney, Teyla and Ronon.
"What's he going on about?" Ronon asked, hearing John's last comment.
"I'm just simply asking why we have to be the ones to go on this boring mission." John said.
"Sheppard's right. Why do we have to be the ones to go?" Rodney said.
"You know why Rodney. You were there for the briefing this morning."
"Yes, I know. Just why us! I could be using these two days for a more productive means. Just li-"
"That's enough Rodney." Elizabeth said, cutting him off from his rant. "You know why and I don't have to explain myself further. Just think of this as a little two day getaway. A vacation."
"I don't want a vacation." He muttered under his breath.
"Have fun! Dial up the gate!" Elizabeth called up to the technician at the controls. "Good luck." She smiled at them before walking up the steps to the balcony that overviewed the gate. As she watched them one by one walk through the gate, that weird feeling she had just seemed to intensify.
To be continued….