JOHN'S QUARTERS, SEVERAL HOURS LATER

"Thought you'd never get here." John jumped, he supposed he should have been expecting her to be here, but the long briefing with Elizabeth had managed to drive that thought right out of his brain.

He thought the lights on as he strode across the room towards the chair where Bri had been sitting, but now stood. Without looking he threw his BDU jacket on the bed as he passed, then pulled his sister into a tight hug the second he was close enough.

Bri's arms closed around him at almost the same time, and for a few minutes they said nothing, just stood and held each other, taking comfort in the simple contact.

"I missed you little sister," John finally murmured, turning to kiss the top of her head.

"I missed you too big brother," she responded. Then she pulled away to rub her eyes on her sleeve. "Sorry for falling apart, I guess I missed you more than I realized. Lilah's a help, but she can't replace you."

John didn't say anything, just pulled her back to him, and sank down so they were sitting side by side on the bed. It was a little awkward, but neither cared. By now they both had tears running down their faces, but neither could bring themselves to care.

It took about half an hour before the reunited siblings were able to calm down enough to speak coherently.

"So what made you decide to come here to Atlantis?" John asked, handing his sister a wet towel to rub her face off with, since tears stained her face.

"Actually it was because of Lilah." She began, "I already had enough clearance that I could know about the Stargate program, but I hadn't been told. When Lilah told me where she was going, I pulled a few strings and came along. Someone heard you needed more field medics, so that's who I am here."

"Really?" John grinned and stood, taking the wet towel and tossing it towards the bathroom, handing her a dry one in return. "So who's got your cats?"

Brianna threw a pillow at him, but responded "One of the nurses from the SGC, I think she's the one taking care of most of Atlantis' pets."

John sighed and sat down next to her again. "I ask this in all seriousness Bri, and I think you know exactly how important this is going to be in regards to my behavior."

"You want to know who I want to be while I'm here." Bri held the towel in both hands, gazing at it.

"Yeah"

"Well as of now the only people who know who I really am are you, Lilah, Doctor Weir and Caldwell. Unless people ask I'm just the field surgeon and physical therapist. Unless people ask I'm not going to tell them, but if they do ask, I won't lie. I'll tell them the answer to exactly what they ask. Nothing more, and nothing less."

John nodded, "Alright, do you want me to do that too? Or do you want me to just send people with questions to you?"

"Unless it's something you don't know the answer to or can't answer, or simply don't want to answer. In that case send them to me."

John sighed again, and looked sideways at his sister. "One more thing," Bri raised her eyebrow, and simply looked at him. He returned his gaze to the floor, and continued. "I kind of already told Rodney some of this whole thing. If you agree I'd like to tell him the truth. I think he needs to know."

"I think I'd like to meet him first, I want to know who I'm telling my identity to before I agree. Is there anyway you can get him in to see me soon after I get settled in?"

John thought for a second, then grinned. Brianna sighed, "I know that look, that means either someone is not going to like this plan, or something big is going to go boom. Considering the previous discussion I may have to say that both are equally likely, and quite possibly simultaneous."

"Oh don't worry so much, I'm just thinking about possible bribes." John remarked casually.

"Bribes? You're going to bribe him to come see me?" Brianna asked incredulously.

"No, I'm going to bribe Carson to order him to come see you. He has a bad back, but unless he's ordered to, he won't come" John laughed.

Bri chuckled and shook her head. "You haven't changed at all have you John?"

He grinned back at her and laughed "Comforting isn't it?"

She slapped him on the shoulder, and they moved on to less serious subjects.