Danielle walked into the infirmary. It had been a few hours since they had gotten back. Beckett had shooed them away from Anita saying that it needed surgery and that they had to hurry. The nurse estimated that it would be about an hour after it was preformed that she'd be able to have visitors. She peeked around the corner to see Anita and discovered that she had been beaten there, by Rodney no less. He seemed to just to be watching her sleep. Danielle slipped quietly away... almost. She ran right into Carson as he was coming to check on Anita.
"Sorry!" she laughed. Thank goodness he hadn't been holding anything.
"It's quite alright. What were you doing here anyway?"
"Anita's first time being shot off-world. I came to congratulate her." she joked. "What else? Hey did you notice who's in there with her?"
"Rodney?"
"Yeah. How long has he been there?"
"Since she came out of surgery. She hasn't even woken up. He's just been sitting there."
"Think he likes her?"
"Aye, I do. Don't tell him I said it though. He'll try to shred me to pieces." he winked.
"Try?" she laughed.
"Try." With that he walked away to tend to his other patients.
Danielle walked to quarters, deep in thought. Anita's wish was slowly coming true. Since they'd started watching Atlantis on TV, she'd always liked Rodney. Maybe this was a good sign for Genna and her. Or maybe it was just sheer luck on Anita's part. She hoped that it was the first one.
John was waiting at her door when she got there. He told her that, because there was an accident on the mission, everyone had to make a report. Great! She'd just gotten away from those evil things. As she said her good-byes she had a brilliant idea.
"Hey, Sheppard?" she yelled, catching up to him as he walked down the hallway.
"Yeah?"
"Since you're military you should know about Genna right? She'd five hours over due."
"Really? I didn't know. I'll ask Weir about it and then get back to you."
"Okay. Thanks." A brilliant plan was slowly taking form in her mind. She walked into her room with a smile that bordered on evil. This was going to be fun.
Danielle walked into the gate room, relieved to see Genna standing there. She'd come up with a brilliant plan to give Anita a hand, without her knowing it.
"Oh, Genna!" she yelled in her best sing-song voice. "My long lost buddy back from her adventure in space ... were any of the natives cute?" It took almost all of her control trying to keep a straight face as Genna blushed and nodded.
As soon as Genna walked into her room, she was met by Danielle, who was so excited to see her that she instantly knew something was up. She sat down o he bed and asked what was making her so excited.
"Anita got shot!" she practically yelled.
"What? When? How, did you two have a guard?" she didn't get why Danielle was so excited. Their best friend had been shot after all.
"None of that matters." This baffled Genna even more. Didn't matter? She was about to make a smart comment when Danielle put a hand over her mouth. "She had surgery. Guess who was there from the second she got out?"
"I don't know. I'm guessing it was your sanity because you've obviously lost it."
"Rodney!"
"Nooo.. I'm Genna. That just proves it, you have lost it."
"No, Genna. Rodney was there." Genna had to admit, that was surprising. After all, they were just the girls from the alternate reality. Not to be trusted, even with coffee. "Carson even said that he thinks that Rodney likes Anita!"
"That's wonderful! I can't believe it!"
"I know. The problem is Rodney's problem with women. He might not ask her out. He might be scared."
"Who wouldn't?" she laughed. "Anita has the biggest attitude of all of the women on base. She's even got the ego to go with it. Hell, I'd be intimidated."
"Exactly, that's why we have to give him a little more encouragement, but we have to discreet." Genna liked the idea. It seemed like fun. She'd always wanted to play matchmaker. It ought to be easy, considering how alike they were. It was perfect.
"I'm in, what's the plan?"
"Well, we have to mention that she has a crush on one of the scientists. Maybe near him in the commissary. That should give him a little more confidence; it'll narrow down the competition in his eyes. Now, I need your help thinking up ideas for the other phases."
"Okay, phase one is easy. What's phase two?"
"More fun. Creating situations where they'd have to be alone. The other part is to create situations where they'd be uncomfortable. Funny uncomfortable and UNCOMFORTABLE situations, you know?"
"I know. Phase three?"
"Hopefully it won't take 'till three. If it does we confront him. Tell him that we know he likes her and to give it a shot. Sound good?"
"Very. It's well thought out. How long did it take you?"
"You were five hours overdue when it came to me so... three hours."
Genna laughed and shook her head. "That has to be a record for you."
"Sure is."
"This is going to be fun."
An outsider would have observed that they shared the same evil smile.
