Final chapter guys! Thank you again for the reviews! I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Chapter 7/ The mysterious device finally finds its purpose!

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On Atlantis, John and Teyla had come to visit Elizabeth in her quarters. She had been locked in since she had been brought there. She was exhausted but unable to sleep. Too much was on her mind. Her head was hurting from spending so many hours thinking, crying. Her brain was still trying to work out the recent events. How much she wanted to be given a chance to talk to Rodney, not even sure what she would say, but just being able to talk to him…

" We have to go to Earth. Carson thinks … well he is not optimistic. We will leave Colonel Caldwell in charge, I'm sure he will be happy about that. It is our last chance to see Rodney..." John had told her.

Elizabeth was curled into a ball on her bed. Breathing carefully to prevent any outburst of tears.

"You have to be strong Doctor Weir. Rodney wouldn't want you to close yourself to the rest of the world. You are our leader." Teyla tried to convince her the best she could, knowing this must be very painful for Elizabeth but life should continue its course.

Slowly, Elizabeth stood up, regarding John and Teyla who were standing on either side of her.

"We will do this together," said Teyla taking her hands.

"Right..." whispered Lizzie, a single tear sliding down her cheek.

When they arrived to the control room, John received a communication from Radek, who seemed to have returned to the lab.

"This is amazing you have to come to see it. I think it might be a huge discovery," explained Zelenka.

"What are you talking about? Can't this wait? We're on our way to see Rodney on Earth"

"NO! I think it might even help him, come on quickly!"

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When they arrived in the lab, they saw Radek, with his laptop connected to the awful device. Radek was typing furiously and talking to himself.

"Are you sure that's wise?" asked John with uncertainty.

"Perfectly safe. The object is still emitting some kind of radiation inside, but it is a different kind from the one we had detected earlier."

Elizabeth was standing still next to Teyla. Regarding the deadly device warily.

"It killed Rodney! You should destroy it!" hissed Elizabeth.

"No Doctor Weir! I think it was altered, it changed after Rodney disconnected it. See, if you look closer, there are writings. However, when we first got the device, it was bare, no signs, no... nothing on it. Rodney must have triggered a mechanism when he … did what he did..." explained Radek clearing his throat.

"So! What does it say?" inquired John.

"Umm, well, I'm no linguist and my ancient is a bit rusty!"

"Ancient?" gasped Elizabeth, raising a hand to cover her mouth in surprise.

"Well it seems, after all that, this object was not made by the Wraiths. Maybe it was just a coincidence or the Wraith had no idea what to do with it and send it our way."

" So again, what does it say?" asked John for a second time.

"It is a weapon for sure. However, the context is a bit confusing to me. It has a warning though, something about not being able to make the difference between corporal bodies and spiritual bodies. I think it wasn't finished, that's why it was abandoned by its creators."

"And how does this help Rodney?" asked John.

"The device can reverse its effects. At least, it does say "reverted" here, so I guess…"

A light of hope flashed into Elizabeth's eyes : "Can you make it work?" she asked.

"It's already working, in my understanding, you have to 'trigger' the pulse like it happened the first time."

"Are you sure you won't cause more damage? We can't risk killing people on Earth," stated Teyla glancing to Elizabeth occasionally.

"Rodney did it! I don't know how or why but it is on the "reverse" position, I can have Colonel Carter check it, but I believe it is safe..." finished Radek.

"Alright, let's do this!" announced Elizabeth.

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On Earth :

You know that feeling when everything goes bad and you wait for something to happen and time suddenly seems to slow down? Well that was what Sam and Carson were feeling in the control room of Stargate Command.

"I don't like to wait!" she had told Carson.

"I know, me too. I'm sure Rodney would be laughing at this. Seeing us wait for… Anyway, you know he likes you? You are after all his biggest…"

"Fantasy?" she proposed.

" …challenge, I would say. He loves to compete with you, you know that?"

"Don't let him hear I said that but I like the competition! It's quite entertaining. I wouldn't want to miss a chance to beat his ass another time." Sam smirked.

"Off-world Activation!" said the sergeant, "It's Atlantis."

"Open the Iris!" ordered Sam.

She watched as John, Teyla, Elizabeth, Ronon and Radek came through the wormhole.

With Carson, she went to greet them down the ramp.

"Welcomed back to Earth! Even if it is under such tragic circumstances..."

"Thank you, Colonel. But we have reasons to be hopeful..." stated Elizabeth.

She mentioned the box Radek was holding and asked Sam to check the device.

"Of course, I will."

Sam left with Radek to her lab, meanwhile the others left for the infirmary.

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Arriving there, Elizabeth went to Rodney's side and took his hand in hers. A regular beep was breaking the silence of the room. Carson explained Rodney's condition to the rest of the team. The sight of Rodney so pale in his bed was disturbing.

Elizabeth didn't know what to say. She really hoped Radek was right, losing Rodney was not an option she dared to think about. She wanted to do something, anything, but didn't know what.

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Fifteen minutes later, Sam and Radek entered the room alongside Daniel and General Landry.

They were having an animated discussion about the device. Granted it worked, the General was not certain it was safe.

In the end, Carter had convinced him of limiting the exposure to the room and asked everyone to leave. Elizabeth was ushered outside despite protesting her right to stay with Rodney. John and Teyla restrained her from going back inside, telling her it was for her safety.

Despair was what Elizabeth was feeling, she had nothing left to do but to pray for Rodney.

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Dressed in red protection suits, Sam, Carson and Radek were the only one allowed in the room. They configured the device and turned it on by EM pulse. The reaction was instantaneous. The blue glow surrounded the room and disappeared.

Rodney began trashing in his bed, the machines beeping furiously. Carson went by his side to prevent him from harming himself. After convulsing for a few minutes, Rodney stopped and opened his eyes. His heartbeat had come back to normal as well as his blood pressure. Once Carson was satisfied with his condition, he asked Radek to make sure the room was safe from any radiation.

Sam told him everything was normal as she watched Rodney's eyes wander around the room.

"I guess we can call this a miracle" smiled Sam

"This is amazing." exclaimed Radek.

A totally lost Rodney was trying to figure out what was happening around him : "Where am I? What's going on? Who are you?"

The last question was funny. Rodney was surrounded by three big red giants, the suits were not really human like. Carson actually laughed at the question.

"It is us, Rodney! You are on Earth! You were exposed to radiations back on Atlantis..." he was told.

Carson took off his helmet and smiled :

"Ah that's better! I thought some red alien had taken your voice." joked Rodney.

"It good to see you back to normal McKay." said Sam.

"Carter?"

"And that's me!" waved Radek taking off his helmet.

"That bad? Huh?" asked Rodney.

"Yeah!" replied Radek. "But we saved you. So you could at least say thank you!"

"AH!"

"I'm waiting!" Radek crossed his arms in front of him, clearly annoyed.

"Right! Thanks I guess!" finally managed Rodney.

"I guess we should let the others know!" Carter went to open the door.

"Who?" asked Rodney.

Carson put one hand on Rodney's shoulder, and said, "Everyone. We were worried about you. You almost died!"

"Oh!"

At that moment, he heard Carter say : "He is all yours", and six people entered the room, he saw Elizabeth rush to him and felt her hug him before realizing she had already crossed the space between the door and his bed.

"Whaou! Elizabeth! Don't kill me yet!" joked Rodney.

He heard a sniff from down his chest, her face and hands were currently attached to his white infirmary shirt.

"This is not funny!" she sniffed again. "I thought I had lost you. Don't ever do that to me again. Do you understand?"

He could feel her tears wetting his shirt. He suddenly remembered the kiss, the words he told her before leaving.

He took his eyes off her form and watched as everyone in the room was looking at him. John gave him a small smile (he knew!), Teyla was crying (she knew too! She had been there), Ronon seemed happy (well that was close to a smile), Carson was beaming at him (he probably thinks that this is romantic), Carter and Jackson were doubtful as to what was happening, and the General was clearing his throat (right, I have to say something).

Rodney closed his eyes and sighed.

"I'm sorry I did this to you. That was selfish from my part."

Elizabeth shook her head to say no.

"I shouldn't have said anything, I am a fool!"

You could hear Elizabeth laughing against his chest.

"Now see! You think it's funny." smiled Rodney.

Elizabeth drew her head from his chest and looked at him, beaming. "I love you too Rodney."

Rodney's jaw dropped, not believing what she just told him. Elizabeth took pity of him and closed the distance between them.

The kiss was everything he had ever wanted, he forgot where he was and kissed her back.

He felt like his dreams had finally come true. He knew deep down inside that it was destiny that had brought them together and that now, everything would be all right.

THE END

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