We came out into the gate room in Atlantis. Beckett rushed up with a medical team to attend to us. I brushed him off.
"We need to dial there again. McKay's still there!" I shouted practically shoving Beckett off of me as I grabbed a P90 from a nearby marine. When the gate didn't light up I looked up at the gate tech. He was looking at Weir who was looking at me. "Dr. Weir we have to go now" I said still shouting. "Lorne give me some C4" I said holding out my hand. He didn't move a muscle. "Damn it Lorne" I shouted. Sheppard came up next to me.
"Darrow I want to save Rodney as much as you but we have to have a plan to get him back" he said quietly pulling on the gun in my hands. I let it go feeling limp. Beckett came up next to me.
"Lass we'll get him back, but we can't be running back willy nilly back through the gate into who knows how many Genii" he said. I fought to pull my arm away from him.
"Carson" my voice broke "I can't lose him again." I was being blinded by my fear of losing another team mate.
"Ye haven't lost him and ye won't." Carson said injecting something in my arm. "There's a sedative not enough to knock ye out but enough to calm ye down" I immediately felt my muscles relax. Carson took me upstairs and sat me down in a chair in Weir's office. Weir was there sitting behind her desk. Sheppard was pacing the floor off to one side and Ronan was leaning against the wall. "I'm afraid I have to leave ye, but a couple of Lorne's men need tendin' to" Carson said.
"Of course Carson" Weir said. "Maj. Lorne what is the situation on the planet."
"A few dozen Genii. We didn't get much past the gate" Lorne said. "Col. Darrow might know more." My head was a little fuzzy from the shock and the drugs but I heard my name and looked up.
"Farin was there, along with a few dozen men. There's a small village about 3 miles from the gate, it's abandoned and they're missing a tavern since we blew it up." I said rubbing my temples.
"You blew up a building?" Weir said. I nodded.
"We need to go get McKay" I said trying to stand up but soon found my legs wouldn't support me. Sheppard stopped pacing and helped me sit back down.
"I think we can do it, if we take a jumper. We can use the cloak and fly over the village. If the Genii are still there we'll be able to sneak up on them." Sheppard said. I nodded.
"I'm coming with you." I said "That's an order Colonel" I added narrowing my eyes when Sheppard started to protest. "Now pack up, we'll take Lorne's team and the rest of us. We need to get McKay out of there as soon as possible" Ronan grunted in agreement and checked his gun. The little bit of sedative had run its course through my system. I regained my balance and headed out to the armory with Sheppard. I repacked my vest with C4, a new pistol and P90.
We were getting in the jumper. I was in the front seat next to Sheppard. He leaned over.
"Keep a cool head Darrow. Otherwise I'll ignore rank and pull you out of there." He said. I sighed.
"I'm sorry Sheppard this is all too familiar especially with Rodney being in trouble." I answered.
"Look we've been in this situation before. We go in, get him out and be home in time for dinner" Sheppard said "Now dial the gate" I punched the buttons on the consol in the jumper. The gate lit up and as the 7th chevron locked the gate flushed and we started through. The jumper shot through the worm hole. We came out on the other side and the field where the gate was appeared to be empty. Sheppard cloaked the jumper.
"If they're smart they had people watching the gate" Lorne said coming up front to look out the window as Sheppard flew over the trees. I pointed to the left.
"The village should be up that way. If they've got a camp here it's probably over that way" There was a small section where the trees were cleared and we could see roof tops.
"That looks like it right there" Sheppard said. "Can you see anybody?" Lorne and I both craned our necks as Sheppard made a pass around the buildings with the jumper.
"There's movement" Lorne said "Looks like at least a dozen people" I nodded.
"That's how many I count. We also might have villagers involved" I said. "Lexa said something about Farin threatening people" Sheppard nodded.
"We'll keep and eye out, but our first concern is getting McKay out of there." He said. "I'm going to land the jumper about half a mile out and we'll move in on foot." He set the jumper down in a small clearing in the trees. We geared up and Sheppard opened the jumper door. "Goodman, Jacobs you two stay here and keep and eye out for anything weird. Radio if you see something." He said talking to two of the marines. They nodded. The rest of Lorne's team which was six marines, Ronan, Sheppard and I headed out of the jumper.
"The village is about a half mile west of here." I said holding up the jumper's scanner. "I'm reading 25 life signs." We walked in the direction of the village treading carefully through the dense underbrush. It took about 20 minutes to cover the half mile because we had to step so carefully. Coming up to the village we crouched in the bushes just outside of a building. I could see several Genii soldiers walking around. One building about 50 feet from the trees had three Genii guarding the front door.
"That's gotta be where McKay is" Lorne whispered. Sheppard and I both nodded.
"It's gonna be hard to get him out of there. The building is very exposed" I said pulling out my binoculars. Looking through them I could see movement through the window of the building. There were definitely people in there but I couldn't make out faces through the grimy glass.
"If we make a diversion they'll probably kill McKay or just run off with him." Sheppard said whispering just loud enough for all of us to hear "Unless we time the diversion right." He grabbed a couple rocks from the ground. Placing them in formation he laid out his plan. He would take Lorne's men and Ronan around to a different side of the village. On their way there they would pick off as many Genii as possible using wraith stunners. Once they were in position they would signal me and Lorne and we would rush out together. I would head for the building with Lorne and get McKay. It sounded simple enough but unless Sheppard picked off a lot of Genii with the stunners we were going up against some serious odds. Sheppard and his men left. It was only about a minute before my radio clicked signaling that Sheppard was ready. I looked briefly and Lorne who nodded. We ran out of the cover of the bushes firing the P90s. We shot at least 5 of the Genii including the three around the door. Lorne covered me while I kicked the door in. Going in I found Farin and two of his men with Rodney. I shot the two guards first and then trained my gun on Farin. He was holding a pistol to McKay's head.
"Give it up Farin" I shouted pointing my gun at him. Lorne came through the door and pointed his own gun at Farin. "Let him go" my voice had dropped by several volumes and now was a threatening growl. Farin looked panicked and was sweating horribly.
"Why should I? You're just going to kill me" he said blinking as the sweat hit his eyes. "Maybe I should just shoot Dr. McKay" he moved the pistol he was holding ever so slightly and something inside of me broke. I fired a single shot out of my P90 and hit him square in the forehead. His dead weight dropped to the ground and McKay stepped quickly away from the body.
"Colonel we have Dr. McKay" Lorne said into his radio. Sheppard's voice floated back over the radio.
*Good, get the hell out of there we're gonna blow a couple of these buildings.*
We didn't need to be told twice. I handed my pistol to Rodney and headed out the door with Lorne. Sheppard and his men had cleaned up pretty well there were dead or stunned Genii covering the ground. Sheppard met us at the edge of the tree line.
"Farin?" he asked. I just shook my head and started walking to the jumper.