"So what you're saying is that the Major is under the influence of some alien woman who has manifested herself in a virus, and you have some kind of psychic connection to him?"

"Yes, except the connection's to the evil, psychotic woman in his head." Carson's expression said it all,

"Look I know this may sound unbelievable, but it's true! And if we don't hurry, the Major will go through the gate and we won't see him again!" This didn't seem to improve Carson's opinion; Rodney tried to control his annoyance. Why wouldn't any believe him? He had been right about the guards, surely that was enough.

"Carson! Just radio Elizabeth and tell her to get people on the look out for him." "Please" he added as one of Carson's eyebrows started to rise.

Carson took one final look at him before tapping the earpiece of his radio and contacting Elizabeth, Rodney sighed and lent against a nearby wall. The effort of getting himself out of bed to talk to Carson had drained him of what little energy he had managed to regain, that virus had really taken it's toll on him, well that and the being dead part as well.

"Doctor Weir this is Carson."

"Carson, what's wrong?"

"Elizabeth, it's Major Sheppard. Rodney believes that he may be under the influence of an alien virus, we need to find him and bring him to the infirmary as soon as possible"

"Are you sure Carson?"

Carson looked at Rodney for a moment before deciding,

"Yes."

Rodney smiled slightly at Carson for taking his side, he knew that Elizabeth would radio Sheppard first before sending teams to look for him, he was the ranking military officer after all and he knew a lot about the city as well. Almost as much as Rodney.

"Okay Carson, we'll send a team out to find him." Carson nodded, and turned the earpiece off and looked at Rodney.

"I think it's time you got back into bed lad." Rodney gave Carson a look, which plainly said

'Say that again and I will find an uninhabited planet and leave you there.'

Carson chuckled slightly as he started to manoeuvre Rodney towards the bed.

"If you don't want to be treated like a child stop acting like one" he said as Rodney dug his heels into the floor of the infirmary

"I don't need to go back into that horrible, hard, cold …"

"RODNEY!" Carson yelled as Rodney started to fall the floor, Carson caught him and put him on one of the beds. He flicked on his penlight and lifted Rodney's closed eyelids, Carson checked his eyes and then checked his pulse, everything seemed fine.

'Don't tell me you've fainted again Rodney!'

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He was walking swiftly down a corridor outside one of the science labs; he looked around quickly before he entered. The lab was fairly tidy, the many books that were in there were all on a small table towards one side of the lab and the many strange objects that were being looked at were switched off on various different tables. A door stood ajar opposite him, he walked towards it cautiously dodging around the other objects in the room. He pushed open the door slowly and moved inside, the office was almost the same as the lab.

There were only a few objects in there but he immediately saw the one that he wanted, it was a laptop. He picked it up carefully trying not to disturb any of the pieces of paper that lay on the slightly crowded desk, when he had lifted it up he saw a small piece of paper stuck on it

'Property of R.M'

He stared at it for a moment before ripping it off and throwing it on the table, he had to get out of here before someone found him.

He headed for the door and slipped out of it quickly and silently, he had almost reached the door to the corridor when three marines walked in.

"Sorry Sir but we've been told to escort you to the infirmary." One of them said, before they all raised their weapons. He noticed that they carried Wraith Stunners instead of the normal P-90.

"Why? There's nothing wrong with me Lieutenant" He said slyly hiding the laptop behind his back, a rather foolish place to put it but there wasn't anywhereto put it down at the moment.

"Doctor Weir has told us to take you to the infirmary" repeated the same marine, he moved towards his commanding officer his stunner held at the ready.

"Oh, of course" he said, as he walked towards the marine closest to him and attacked. He yanked the stunner out of the marine's hand and shot all three too quickly for any of them to react, he surveyed the three men lying in a heap in the lab before stretching slightly and moving out of the room, carrying the laptop with him.

How could they have known that it wasn't him? He had left no clues that could be linked to him, unless…

'Doctor McKay, it's nice of you to join us.'

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Rodney woke with a start, this wasn't good she knew that he could see what John was up to. He sat up and found himself in bed in the infirmary, he looked around to make sure Carson wasn't there before he carefully put his feet on the floor and stood up.

Dizziness overwhelmed him and he promptly fell back onto the bed, he closed his eyes and waited for the feeling to pass.

Finally it did and he opened his eyes, and saw a figure standing in the doorway.

"Hello Rodney" Rodney gulped as the familiar voice spoke to him; he knew that he had to get Carson in here.

"Hi, Major. How have things been going?" he asked as loudly as he could, Carson couldn't be that deaf could he?

"There's no need to shout Rodney, I can hear you perfectly well in your normal, annoying voice"

Rodney glared at this remark, he knew that John was trying to bait him but it wasn't going to work! Not this time.

"And your voice is any better?" he asked, okay he couldn't resist having a little dig at him it couldn't hurt could it?

"Yes, mine is." John raised the stunner and fired. Rodney felt it hit him; he felt the crackle of electricity flow over his body as he fell to the floor and passed out.

John walked towards the figure of the scientist and picked him up easily, he looked towards the door to Carson's office just as it opened.

"What the hell?" John put the scientist down on a bed and fired the stunner at the doctor, Beckett hit the floor hard.

'Me5. Atlantis0' he thought as he picked Rodney up again and hurried out of the infirmary towards a safer location.

What do you guys think of this chapter? I'm love reading all the comments and reviews that you guys are sending. I wonder what's in store for out poor scientist.