"Doctor McKay you must calm down!" Teyla's gentle voice broke the long silence that had filled the Jumper since they had found Doctor McKay.

John turned in the pilot's seat to where Teyla was sat with Rodney, he was lying on the floor at the rear of the Jumper, but he wasn't lying still as he had done for the last 5 minutes. Now he was thrashing around wildly, his arms flailing in all directions.

"Doctor McKay!" Teyla said once more but louder, but Rodney didn't seem to be able to hear her. He continued to thrash about at the back of the Jumper; it looked like he was having a bad reaction to something.

"Phillips. Take the controls." John commanded as he began to rise from his seat, the young Lieutenant nodded and moved around John to the controls.

Major Lorne was in the seat directly behind the driver's chair, he looked up at John as he went past,

"Do you think he'll be ok?" he asked quietly, so that none of the others in the Jumper could hear him.

"I dunno." John whispered as he continued on towards the back of the Jumper, towards his friend who was still jerking and twitching on the floor.

Teyla looked up at him from her position on the floor next to the scientist, she looked close to tears, which was rare for the tough Athosian. John knelt down next to her hoping that he could help her calm Rodney down.

"Rodney!" he said firmly, he had to get his friend to listen to him. Rodney had to understand that they were his friends.

"Rodney, calm down!" he said as he tried to catch one of Rodney's flailing arms before it knocked someone out.

'Come on buddy, now's not the time to act like your normal arrogant, stubborn self! You need to stop trying to knock someone out, and start calming down!'

As John was thinking this the scientist stopped flailing. In fact he stopped moving all together, there was no flailing arms, no jerking muscles.

"Rodney?" John asked looking at the still man, he knew he would receive no answer but he felt like he had to ask.

"Sir? Is everything all right back there? It's all gone quiet back there" John seemed to be reawakened to his surroundings at Major Lorne's voice.

He quickly put his fingers against Rodney's neck to check for a pulse, he let out a low whistle as he found it. It was a bit faster then normal but at least it was there, at least Rodney was still with them.

"Yeah it's fine, just get us through that gate so Beckett can take a look at him!" he yelled towards the front of the Jumper,

'Just a bit longer! Ok Rodney, just a bit longer!'

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"Rodney!" he could hear John's voice calling to him from the outside world but he could not respond.

"It must be hard, to hear your friends speaking so close but unable to tell them you're suffering" the woman was watching him from the desk on the side of the hall; she was perched on the end of it smiling slightly.

"Yeah. How did u guess that?" he said sarcastically as he continued to fight against the floor that had almost reached the middle of his chest.

The woman laughed, possibly at the remark or him flailing his arms desperately to try and get this strange floor off him.

"I shall miss your sarcastic humour Doctor" this remark made him look up at her, she had removed herself from the desk and had begun to walk towards him.

He began to fight harder against the sticky substance that made up the floor, but it was like quicksand, the more you fight the harder it holds on and the faster it drags you down.

"Well you know me. Always quick with the humour and sarcastic remarks" he said trying to buy some time for him to think of a way out of this sticky situation.

"Oh please." She muttered before clicking her fingers imperiously and the floor released him slowly, it seemed to be sliding off him reluctantly, as if it wanted to continue it's fun with the scientist.

Rodney remained still for sometime, he couldn't quite muster the energy to rise from his position on the floor.

The woman gazed at him before moving off towards the desk, Rodney watched as she picked up some of the papers on there and began to riffle through them. Finally she seemed to tire of this and set them once more upon the desk,

"Aren't you going to torture me or anything?" Rodney asked tentatively, he didn't want to give her ideas but he was a bit confused as to how he was going to wish he were dead if she was just going to sit there, unless she meant die of boredom.

"Would you prefer me to do that Doctor?" she asked looking at him with a cold curiosity.

Suddenly he was screaming in agony, his whole body was writhing against the white-hot pain that had come out of nowhere, he tried to tell her to stop but he couldn't stop screaming.

"Did you enjoy that Doctor McKay?" her cold smile was back, she seemed to be enjoying his pain.

He gasped as he fought to get his breath back, the pain had been so intense and then it had vanished, the only way Rodney could be sure that it had been there was the ache in his muscles as they protested violently against this mistreatment.

"I am simply waiting for the right moment Doctor McKay," she said smiling "your friends will soon take you back to Atlantis, that is where I shall make my move Doctor," the cold smile widened as she revelled in the idea of this brilliant plan,

"Atlantis is where I shall make my move." With that the pain returned with a vengeance, he was writhing again on the floor.

He was curling into a protective ball his arms around his chest as he started to scream on the floor.

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John was moving back to the front part of the Jumper, when he heard the sudden screaming, he turned to see McKay writhing on the ground.

Everyone in the Jumper turned towards him, even Phillips turned to look before hastily getting his concentration back to flying the Jumper.

Teyla was trying desperately to quell the scientist's yells, she was whispering to him quickly trying to grab his flailing hands.

John ran back towards the pair on the floor,

'Well at least I'm getting some exercise today' he thought glumly as he came to an abrupt halt in front of his two friends, but suddenly the yelling stopped. Rodney stopped writhing on the floor,

'Ok this is weird!'

"Phillips lets pick up the pace!" he called to the young Lieutenant, as he watched Rodney curiously.

"Yes sir" came the reply from Phillips, and John felt the Jumper give a small groan as it was pushed harder. It didn't seem to be enjoying the extra exercise.

"What do you think is wrong with him?" asked Teyla, her face filled with concern as she watched her still friend.

"I don't know" John said as he looked from the Athosian to the scientist, there was something strange going on here.

"Beckett will be able to figure it out" he said confidently to try and mask his own doubts and fears, "You'll see…" but before he could say anymore Rodney began to yell and writhe in pain again.

"PHILLIPS! GET TO THE DAMN GATE NOW!" John yelled as he and Teyla tried to catch the scientist's arms once again, but now he was curling into a protective ball.

"Sir we're here" cried Phillips from the cockpit, John could hear the frantic scrabbling for the GDO, and then Major Lorne's voice telling Doctor Weir that they would need a medical team in the gate room immediately.

As they zoomed through the gate on this strange planet and straight into the Atlantis gate room, John began to wonder what life would have been like right now back on earth.

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"We're here" She said as she jumped off the desk and moved to the opposite side of the hall, she began to examine the wall as though trying to see a way out.

Rodney was gasping again, as he tried to regain all the oxygen he had lost from yelling in pain. Soon he was able to raise his head and look to where she was standing, he saw the maniacal smile appear on her face.

"Welcome to Atlantis Doctor McKay" she said as she turned towards him, ready to begin the torture she had been patiently waiting for.

She wanted his friends to watch him suffer, she wanted his friends to watch helpless as he died.

"Let the fun begin"

OOOOH! I actually have a vague plan for what's going to happen in the next couple of chapters, lol lets hope they go according to plan. Hope you're all enjoying this story so far! I don't think McKay's having a very good day is he.

Anyway if you would like to review please do as i love all your feedback, i hope it's helping my writing.