sad music so here it is, folks. The last chapter. And probably my favourite chapter too. But thank you very much to all of you who have been patient enough to read (and review) this story, and I'm glad so many of you have given it a positive response.

Enjoy!

He was rudely awakened by the sound of indignant screeching and a rather unpleasant smell.

"Will you stop wriggling? I need to get this done!"

Hmm. That was the voice of Sheppard.

"Kai! Stop it."

'Kai?' Lorne thought. 'Who on earth is Kai?'

"Sheppard, it stinks. Get it the hell out of here."

Ronon this time, from the other side of the room. He sounded groggy.

"Oh come on, it's just a baby." Sheppard sighed.

'Baby?' Lorne thought. 'Ah. Mainland. Pregnant woman. Baby.' His brain finally switched on. He now realised what the smell was.

'I'd be screaming too if I smelt like that.' He thought to himself, screwing up his face.

"Major! Is that a look of disgust I detect?" Dr. Beckett appeared next to him, grinning cheerfully. "Isn't the wee lad cute?"

"If it sounds and smells like that, 'cute' isn't the word I'd use, doc." Lorne replied, struggling to sit up.

"Hey! Is it 'pick-on-Kai' day today or something?" Sheppard said, as indignantly as the child's screeching.

"Why are you so protective all of a sudden, John?" Asked Elizabeth as she walked through the door with Teyla.

"I just think it's a bit unfair that you're all picking on him when he's too little to fight back." John said, almost pouting. Teyla raised an eyebrow.

"Anyway, how are you feeling, Major?" Carson said, looking back at Lorne.

"Not bad. Apart from the gaping hole in my leg."

"Ah yes, well it'll soon heal. You're very lucky it didn't sever your femoral artery, otherwise you wouldn't be here at all."

"He seemed to handle himself well, considering. Right, Major?" Sheppard grinned at him, as he held up a not-so-smelly infant. The offending object however, was still in the room.

"Oh my GOD, what is that smell? Why won't it shut up?" Rodney McKay shrieked as he walked into the infirmary.

"Hey! Leave the little guy alone!" John replied, standing up and rocking the child gently. To everyone's amazement, Kai stopped yelling and John was left half glaring, half grinning smugly at the crowd of people in the infirmary. John turned to Lorne.

"Wanna hold him while I get rid of that?" John pointed at the object Rodney was staring at in horror. Lorne gave his CO a similar look.

"I believe Eryn is awake, Colonel." Teyla said. "Perhaps she can spend some time alone with Kai." She glanced at Lorne, who sighed in relief, and smiled at the Major.

"Sure. You wanna take him?" John replied. She nodded and gently lifted the now sleeping child from his arms, and left the room. The baby never even stirred.

"Major, when you're feeling up to it, I'd like you to brief us on what happened back there." Elizabeth said to Lorne, smiling warmly.

"Sure." He replied. "As soon as the doc lets me outta here." He said, glancing hopefully at Beckett.

"Not a chance, son." He replied scornfully. "You lost a lot of blood. At least two or three days rest in here before I'll even consider letting you leave." Lorne shrugged at Elizabeth, who smiled. Carson walked over to Ronon, who had fallen asleep, to check on his vitals.

"I hope you feel better soon, Major." She said, patting him on the shoulder and leaving through the same door Teyla had.

"Yup, you sure did a great job down there." John spoke up. Lorne looked at him in horror, suddenly remembering.

"The water! It's flooding!" He said, panicking. "Gordon! He's trying to flood the city! The pier, it'll be-"

"Relax." John said, resting a hand on his shoulder. "While the med team were checking you out, I sent Hansen, Cadman and Stackhouse to take a look around. They found the burst pipes. McKay and Zelenka managed to shut the water off before anything worse happened. It seems our little Wraith visitor didn't do much damage. The water's been pumped out of that area and the power's been fixed. Everything's fine." Lorne nodded. John suddenly gave him a puzzled look.

"Who's Gordon?"

Lorne blushed slightly. "I uh, I named the Wraith Gordon." John flashed him a grin. "Gordon. I like it." John's radio crackled.

"Colonel Sheppard, I need your help in the Jumper Bay. Jumper Two still isn't functioning correctly."

"Oh man. I was there like ten minutes ago." John said, rolling his eyes at Lorne. He tapped his earpiece. "Okay, Dr. Zelenka, I'll be there in a minute." He turned to Lorne, who was giving him a questioning look. "There was a problem with the Jumpers on the mainland, we crashed one." Rodney smirked from the corner of the room.

"You mean you crashed one. You were the one flying it."

"Whatever, McKay." Sheppard replied, rolling his eyes again, and turned to Lorne, who chuckled. "See you in the debriefing."

"Yes, Sir."

Sheppard started to walk out the door. He stopped in the doorframe and turned to look at the Major.

"Oh, and Lorne?"

"Yes, Sir?"

"Next time you go exploring, take your goddamn radio." He flashed a grin and disappeared from view. Lorne smiled and nodded.

"Ugh. Someone is gonna have to get rid of that." Rodney piped up, pointing at the smelly object in the corner of the room.

"That can be your job then, McKay." Sheppard called from wherever he was out in the hallway.

"Not a bad idea." Carson said, walking back over to them from Ronon's bed and winking at the Major. "Come on, Rodney. You can't leave it in here with my patients, it's a health and safety risk. Out you go with it." Rodney spluttered.

"But, but it's not mine! It's Sheppard's! He took it off, he should have to clean it up!"

"Rodney, no arguments. I want that thing out of here. When's your next check up?"

Rodney eyed him suspiciously. "Next week."

"Next week!" Beckett said in delight. "You know Major, I was planning to start the extra shots next week. People are getting sniffles here, there and everywhere. Rodney! You can be the first recipient."

"But that's not fair, Carson! You're giving me a choice between shots or that!" He said, pointing at it and looking very worried.

"He's a clever lad, that one, wouldn't you say so Major?" Carson grinned.

"Yup, I'd say he catches on pretty quick, doc."

At that, Beckett patted Lorne on his good leg and left the room.

"I mean it, Rodney. I want it gone by the time I get back." He said as he passed the Canadian.

"But! But!" Rodney stammered. "CARSON!" He hollered

"McKay!" Lorne and a newly-awoken and disgruntled Ronon shouted in unison.

"Shut up!"

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