"John?" she whispered back not really wanting to know what he had to say. With John it was always seemed to be bad news.
"He…I…" Rodney stammered slightly. "There was an accident." he finally got out.
"An accident?" Elizabeth repeated dumbly. "Is he….alright" she murmured huskily.
"I don't know…The room collapsed and he's…he's in there somewhere…" he finished lamely.
A thousand scenarios ran through Elizabeth's head, God she thought what have I done, blaming herself for what had happened. What ifs were always big parts of remorse and she couldn't help think, what if they had never fought? Would he still have gone on this exploration? Did he go only because he was avoiding her? Did he go to spend more time with Teyla? That last thought made her angry but she admonished herself as she realized that she had rejected him, he was free to go to whoever he wanted. She shook her head slowly and tapped her radio.
"Major Lorne."
"Yes, Dr Weir." he replied promptly
"Get a team together, there has been an accident." she commanded trying to put on her best leadership voice when all she wanted to do was crumble.
"An accident ma'am?" he queried sounding confused.
"Yes, Major. Colonel Sheppard is trapped in a room in the city. I want you to get a team together in the next five minutes and report to the control room where I will meet you."
"Okay, Lorne Out."
She stared out the window at the Stargate and knew she had to be there, had to know what was happening first hand.
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Johns eyes cracked open and he coughed from all the dust. He didn't know what had happened, everything seemed to be going according to their half plan. It must have exploded and the blast caused the roof to cave in.
His hand reached up to tap his radio but it wasn't there, it must have fallen beneath the rubble which had his leg pinned down.
"McKay?" he croaked out his mouth feeling unnaturally dry. He felt tired and sore. A rescue team must be on the way he realized because he had made sure both Teyla and Rodney were out of the room. A rescue team…Elizabeth…Her face flew into his head and he realized that she must know about this by now. God he closed his eyes, he knew how she would react. Pretending she was okay when she really wanted to get hysterical, its what he would have done had it have been her in this situation. He shook his head. No…He wouldn't let her get into a situation like this…If he had his way she would never go off world again.
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She watched the team as they prepared to excavate the rocks and she prayed that he was alright.
"Dr Weir?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"We're ready. This should only take a few minutes"
She nodded and it was at times like these that she wished the Daedalous was here, if it was he would be out by now. She closed her eyes and leant against the wall. She had tried so hard to keep the relationship professional and she still intended to do so even after he was found. She just needed to make sure that he was okay, that he was safe.
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John heard the noises from the rescue team and knew that everything was going to be alright. He hated worrying people but he just couldn't help it sometimes, it was as if trouble followed him. He wanted to yell out, tell them that he was okay, tell her that he was okay. He opened his mouth and tried to yell but no sound came out, his mouth felt unnaturally dry and he could taste blood. He was tired, maybe if he slept then when he woke up they would be here.
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"How long?" she asked. Half and Hour had already passed and they had said that it would only take ten minutes. Elizabeth had started to pace and several times had been asked to move out of the way. She was worried, but tried to cover it, tried to make it look like she wasn't stressing out.
"We're almost there ma'am," one of the soldiers said before getting back to work
Rodney put his hand on her shoulder and she jumped before turning around.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yeah." she nodded "We're lucky you and Teyla weren't stuck in there too!"
"mmm," Rodney agreed trying to avoid looking directly at her.
"Dr Weir." Major Lorne called out.
"Yes, Major"
"We're through." he returned.
"Go in," she commanded feeling her heart jumping, scared at what they might find.
"Yes ma'am" he nodded.
She watched them enter the room dust still clouding the air. She rubbed her eyes willing them to hurry.
A voice called out, "We've found him Dr, he's alive but he needs attention."
She moved to the gap in the wall and peered through, John was on the ground his leg under rubble. The Major's team had already started removing the debris off him and pull him out. All she wanted to do was run to him, touch him, know that he was okay but she forced herself to turn around and radio Carson.
"Carson, we've found John. Can you get a med team down here as soon as possible." she asked.
"Aye, I'll be there." he replied.