Him and not me
no one wants to so i'll finish the story but feel free to send me a chapter if you like, and i'll incorporate it in.
ch3
Present Day
"Liam! Hey, McKay, wait up." John jogged down the corridor to meet up with the scientist. "What's up with you today? You seem a bit...off."
"It's nothing...just this personal thing...Sorry, am I bad company?"
"No, it's just, if there's something wrong you can tell me."
"I know. It's fine. Did you want something?"
"What? I can't just see how a friend is?"
"Lemme guess, you want to play with something anchient, but you need me to check it's safe and doable?"
"It's not a big thing this time, I swear! I only...seriously, Liam." Liam's head was filled with Rodney. It had been twenty-five years since that day, twenty-five years since his brother was alive. Jeannie hadn't taken too long to get over it, but she hadn't been as close. Liam couldn't force Rodney to the back of his head, especially not today." Liam? OI! MCKAY!"
"Huh? Nothing's wrong! Lets go find Teyla, see what shes up to yeah?"
"mm 'Kay." John's eyes followed Liam, he would find out what was bugging him.
1980
"Rodney! Hurry up or we'll leave without you!"
"I'm hurrying! I'm hurrying!"
"We're going, boy."
"No! wait for me! Please! I'm almost ready!"
"Dad! Come on, wait for Rodney."
"It'll be better for him if he doesn't come. You know what he's like."
"Dad!"
"I don't want a boy going sick on me in the wilderness."
"Please!" Rodney hurried down the stairs, stumbling on the last step. "I'm okay! Wait!"
Present Day
"The second ZedPM is nearly completly depleted. We can't postpone the mission for much longer."
"We still haven't determined stable relations with the natives of Theremis yet."
"Well, we could look elsewhere while we build them."
"See what you can do, Liam."
"Will do, Elizabeth."
"So, McKay... wanna tell me what's bugging you yet?"
"It's personal, Major."
"Alright...well, i'm here."
LMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLRMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMLMRMLMLMLMLM
"Come on, Liam! Lemme have a go!"
"Nah, you'll probably break it."
"I won't!"
"Fine. Look, record, play, rewind, forward, stop."
"Cool. what are you gonna do with it?"
"I got a couple a ideas..."
"What you listening to? Kids?"
"John! You made me jump."
"Sorry. What you listening to?"
"Personal item."
"Could I listen?" Liam mulled over the idea before giving in.
"Sure." he restarted the track. It had been a long time since he'd transfered the tape onto numerous cds to ensure it's survival.
"Recording one. seventh of November 1981. Liam KcKay." John smiled at the sound of the ten year old McKay.
"What you doin' Liam?"
"Go away, Rodney.""Come on, Liam! Lemme have a go!"
"Nah, you'll probably break it."
"I won't!"
"Fine-"
"Who's Rodney?"
"My brother."
"I didn't know you had a brother. Older or younger? I'm guesing younger."
"Yeah, by about a minute. You would have believed it though, he looked a full year younger."
"You're a twin?"
"Yup."
"You will never- hey! How come I have to be the bad guy?"
"Because, Rodney."
"That's not an answer."
"Were you always that bossy?"
"Mm. The dominant twin or something."they listened through five recordings of radio plays and songs the boys had made up before one came up that stood out remarkably.
"...ding six. ten...tenth of December 1981. It's me...liam. I'm going to play you this when I'm alseap...so that you can hear my voice. You got to keep fighting, Rod. I dont care what they say, you can make it. look, I know I'm...stronger than you...but I'm not strong enough to lose you... I mean ther was that time that..."
"What happened?" John asked, all traces of his smile now gone. "To rodney?"
"It was an accident. We were skating."
"I mean come on... You just owned up to this giant crime thingy and they don't beleive you did it." the voice of the boy gave of a quiet chuckle. "So, I need you to be there to say that sort of thing when I do something bad, yeh? Then you can say you did it...but they wont beleive you, or they won't punish you...unless it's dad, but i'll sort him out for you. so you gotta-"
"Li..."
"Rodney?" A noise was heard, presumably the tape recorder being dropped. "Rodney, what's wrong?"
"I...I..."
"Rodney?"
"It hurts bad, Li..."
"I know it does but you gotta- Rodney! Somebody help, there's something wrong!" John walked up to the CD player and paused it. He somehow knew what happened next.
"Liam. You okay? come on, I'll take you to see dr Beckett, you dont look so good."
"I'm fine. I just need to grab a bite to eat is all."
"Sure. Okay." John followed Liam as he walked towards the mess.
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