Chapter 4/ Bravery
"What the hell was that?" asked Elisabeth clearly panicking.
"Oh no!" said Radek.
Teyla looked at Ronon and than to the floor.
"He is going to do it..." whispered Teyla.
"What!" yelled Elizabeth.
Radek explained to her how he and Rodney had come to only one solution.
"One person has to go in there to stop it, it is the only way, but the exposure from the radiation will kill them for sure. Rodney is our expert, he can resolve this the fastest way possible, or that's what I hope."
Meanwhile, Rodney ran as fast as he could to the lab, worked his way in and felt immediately the radiations.
'Shit! I must go fast, damn thing is strong!' he thought
He started working, getting weaker by seconds, he wired the system then he drew the sequence and activated the protocol. The last thing he saw before he fainted was a blue glow that enveloped him and the lab.
At this instant, an explosion was heard above the city.
"The Daedalus is here." said Carson looking at the control screen.
As he said that, they were beamed into the ship. They saw Colonel Caldwell in his chair:
"We are here in time I hope? Sheppard is out, kicking some Wraith ass. What happened down there?" asked Caldwell.
"We don't know." said Teyla.
The Daedalus was destroying Hive ship after Hive ship thanks to the new weapons stolen to the Ori, meanwhile Sheppard and others were flying trying to destroyed as many Darts as they could.
Barely a minute had passed when they saw the city come back to life.
"Rodney did it!" said Zelenka amazed. "He manage to overthrow the protocol and deactivated the device. The city is operational!"
"Colonel Caldwell, were is Rodney?" asked Elizabeth worried.
"I'm sorry Doctor Weir, but you were the only life signs we could get."
"We have to go back." said Elizabeth desperately.
"Is the inside of the city secure? You talked about radiations in your message."
"Only in the labs and well, now the device is off, the radiations should have disappeared completely..."
"Should?" asked Caldwell.
"I cannot be a 100 sure but we should be able to access the labs." said Radek
"Beam us to the corridor closest to the labs." commanded Weir.
"Alright, do it. " said Caldwell to the airman.
As soon as they were back, they headed for the lab, when they arrived they saw bodies of the scientists who worked during the experiment and then they got to Rodney. He was unconscious and very pale, Elizabeth was struck into place not able to move. Carson got to him first and checked his vitals, "I can't fell a pulse..." he said.
He started CPR and told Ronon : "Get me a stretcher this is not good! His body is shutting-off, he is dying. Come on Rodney! We need to get him to Earth, I cannot do anything here."
Carson started CPR in front of a much panicked Elizabeth
"I can guess he got internal bleedings and his organs are shutting themselves down one after another." He said looking at her.
Teyla helped Ronon and Carson to move Rodney while Zelenka was checking the other bodies "They are all dead..." he said breathless.
"Come on." said Carson, "We need to dial the gate now, let's go!"
"Carson?" Asked Elizabeth. " Is he going to live?"
"I don't know," he answered " It is very serious, deadly, I fear he is already dead." he said leaving the room.
They all left, Zelenka following, leaving Elisabeth alone in the lab. She fell to her knees and started crying.
Chapter end
