"Major, it was a dream. How can you possibly know that, that is the way to help Rodney?" John put his head in his hands; he was sat in bed with Elizabeth and Carson on either side of him. Elizabeth just didn't seem to understand that this could be the only way to save him!

"Look Elizabeth, I just know. I need you to trust my judgement and …me." he said lifting his head up to look straight in her eyes. She watched him for a moment not breaking eye contact with him; finally she nodded and turned to Carson.

"Can he be moved?"

"Doctor Weir you can't be serious! You're going to let him try out this insane plan?" Elizabeth gazed steadily at him, he saw the resolve in her eyes and knew that there was nothing he could do to change her mind. Hesighed looking from John to Rodney, "Elizabeth in normal circumstances i'd so no, they shouldn't be moved but these aren't very normal circumstances. But I'll be keeping a close eye on you Major don't you worry, I'm not having you sneaking away lad!" John grinned innocently at Carson,

'Ah well, not like I'm gunna go running off in some alien stronghold when I've been shot. Rodney's definitely gunna pay for that…but first of all I have to help him! Don't worry answer man help is coming.'

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Carson worked swiftly, he and the rest of his medical team needed to make sure that McKay and the Major were ready for transport. Like he'd told Elizabeth before, he wouldn't advise doing this when both have been severely wounded, but these weren't normal circumstances and this was the only plan they had.

"Okay, let's go." He said to the crew who would help transport the two injured men to the Jumper bay. The crew nodded and moved towards the two men; soon they had manoeuvred the two gurneys out of the infirmary and down the corridor towards the Hanger bay.

Carson turned around in the empty infirmary looking for anything he may have left behind, he may be letting the Major go ahead with this crazy idea but he sure as hell wasn't going to let them do this without a proper medical doctor standing by and as much as he trusted his excellent team of doctors he would still prefer to be the only one there in case things took a turn for the worse.

He saw a small bag lying on one of the beds nearby, he walked towards it curiously, it didn't look out of the ordinary, just a normal small backpack. He picked it up carefully and walked out of the infirmary and along the corridor.

It didn't take him long to reach the Jumper bay but when he arrived there, both the Major and McKay were already onboard along with Major Lorne (who would be flying the Jumper), Lieutenant Ford, another marine who Carson hadn't met before and two scientists who were going to have to help with the Major's bizarre plan, one of the scientists Carson noticed was Radek Zelenka, the other was a woman with short blonde hair that was tied up in a small bun at the back of her head, she was short and seemed to be reworking something in the back of the Jumper.

Radek was sat in the seat behind the pilot's chair his face slightly pale and his hands clenching the arms of the chair so hard that his knuckles were turning white.

John was sat in the chair opposite Zelenka and it was obvious that he was itching to get up in the front; he kept eyeing the chair next to Lorne waiting to see if anyone was going to sit there.

Rodney was in the back of the Jumper, his gurney was gone and he was laid out on the benches on either side of the ship.

"Atlantis this is Lorne, we're ready to go." The door was closing behind Carson and he quickly sat on the opposite bench from Rodney, Lieutenant Ford sat in the seat in front of the Major, the new marine stood confidently near the injurd scientist and Doctor Beckett, the other scientist who was with them hesitated for a moment before she sat down next to Carson and they began to descend through the floor of the bay and into the gate room.

"Okay Major, let's hope this works."

"I'm sure it will ma'am." And with that the Jumper sped through the gate and out onto another planet.

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' "Something's happening." Rodney looked up at Torrela as she began to stare around her; he saw that she looked both frightened and hopeful. Rodney was still behind bars but she had laid off the memory thing for the moment, he was still trying to recover from the last one.

"No! They can't have done!" Rodney stared at her bewildered, he had no idea what she was going on about but it sounded as if his team had found a way to get him out of this mess!

"What have they done?" he asked as he rose to his feet from his sitting position on the floor, she didn't even spare a glance at him but continued to stare around the room as though she could see the outside world.

"Are you going to keep me in the loop or am I just a spectator here?" She finally looked round at him exasperated,

"It is none of your business Doctor."

"Excuse me! This is my body remember and my mind that you're currently invading, I think I have some right to know what's going on out there!"

"Go to sleep" she said imperiously clicking her fingers at the same time; Rodney felt this uncontrollable urge to sleep wash over him. His eyelids were closing, and he fell back to the floor.

Torrela heard the familiar grunting snores coming from behind the bars and smiled to herself, for the moment she could control him but the minute they entered the complex he would regain some of his control. She could not let that happen! She would not let that happen!'

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The group of 8 walked slowly towards the complex, the only reason they were walking so slowly was because of the annoyingly heavy weight of Doctor McKay, and occasionally because Major Sheppard had to stop. Major Lorne didn't blame his Commanding officer for needing a bit of a rest, he had been shot but he couldn't deny that it was quite annoying to have to stop for three minutes, all of which would be filled with the grumbling of Carson Beckett about how this was a bad idea and that the Major should be back in the infirmary.

"Doctor!" Major Lorne said in a tone that clearly said that all his patience had been exhausted. "I know that you are a valued member of the Atlantis expedition but if you don't keep on stopping Major Sheppard every three minutes I'm afraid I may do something I regret!" This received a scandalized look from Doctor Beckett but he obliged to let the Major walk on without any further argument.

"Thanks" Major Sheppard said when he and Lorne were out of earshot of Beckett,

"No problem" Major Lorne said chuckling.

"How you holding up Ford?" The younger officer was helping to carry Doctor McKay on a stretcher, the whole group could hear him and Doctor Zelenka puffing and panting.

"Just fine sir, absolutely fine." John smiled, that young man had spent too much time around McKay.

They continued walking through a small forest that led to the complex; they were almost there when a shout came from the rear of the group.

"SIR!" John wheeled around in time to see McKay up and out of the stretcher faster then he had ever moved before, soon he had thrown Ford out of the way and was advancing on Doctor Zelenka a manic gleam in his eye.

John tried to run towards the fray but a fierce pain ran through his body from where the bullet had hit him and he was forced to fall to the ground in agony, he could hear three people running towards McKay. Carson it seemed had stayed behind with him to make sure he was okay.

"Hey lad, what's wrong?" John tried to stand but he felt a hand on his shoulder forcing him back down onto his knees, instead he raised his head and looked towards McKay. The scientist was certainly doing well; he had already taken out Ford, Zelenka and the other scientist

'What's her name? Umm… Katrina? Rita? Oh well doesn't matter at the moment.' He thought as he watched Major Lorne and Lieutenant Trawling fighting against the Chief Scientist. He could see Ford near a tree starting to move once more, but his eyes were instantly drawn back to the two marines advancing on the manic scientist.

"Carson, I've got to go help!"

"Oh no you don't laddie, you're staying right here. Lorne and the Lieutenant can handle this." Even though Carson sounded firm and confident John knew that deep down he was worried and wanted to help too.

"Doctor McKay, come on do you really want to shoot us?" Major Lorne's voice drifted over towards Carson and John, they both looked up horrified, Carson's grip on his shoulder tightened and there was no way to escape that death grip.

"Doctor we're the ones who have to protect you from the Wraith remember. Without us whose gunna protect you?" Rodney hesitated for a spilt second but that was all that Major Lorne needed to attack, he grabbed the gun from Rodney's grip and Lieutenant Trawling shot Rodney with a stunner. He fell to the floor quickly and silently.

Nobody moved for a moment before Beckett hurried off to have a look at Zelenka, the other scientist and Lieutenant Ford who was clambering to his feet, the two scientists weren't doing as well they were both still lying in heaps on the ground groaning slightly.

John stood up cautiously and only felt a slight twinge of pain this time; he saw Major Lorne come towards him and smiled.

"Well done Major." John said to him grimly,

"Thanks." Both men watched the rest of their group get up and pick up the still form of McKay, Carson took over from Ford and before long Major Lorne had walked towards the still body and taken over from Doctor Zelenka.

Ford walked up to John and fell into step beside him; John looked at the young Lieutenant and saw a nice shiny bruise appearing around his eye.

"Nice one Ford." He said smiling,

"Thanks, but with all due respect sir you aren't exactly looking any better." John turned back to watch the tree line thin out before them, he pretended to look hurt at this remark and he heard Ford snigger slightly next to him,

"But sir, please remind me never to spar against McKay again!" John nodded his mind preoccupied as a large complex came into view ahead.

'Here we go.' He thought as he signalled for the rest of his team to stop and take up their positions.

Sorry about the time it took to put this chapter up, I'll try to get them up as quick as I can.

Hope you've enjoyed this one, and please continue to review causeI love reading them :D