A Glimpse of the Past
By Andie O'Neill
Summary: It's been years since John Sheppard was thrown into the future, and now it seems to be Lieutenant Colonel Jason Sheppard's turn to take a little trip in time, only this time it's the past… but what is he supposed to be fixing, and why were his friends sent along with him?
A/N: Here's chapter two, but don't forget to review!
Part Two "A Tale of Two Dinners"
Future Timeline
"Oh please Jason, they are NOT gonna let you name the X-903 Enterprise!" fought Ian McKay shaking his head.
"Why not! I'm a Sheppard! Our family is friends with the President! The X-903 would be lucky to have such a name… they've used EVERYTHING else. They've got enough mythical Greek names to last a millennia. Besides… it's only fair. My parents saved the human race from having their life sucked outta their chest by the Wraith!"
Ian rolled his eyes. "Wonderfully bright description there, Jay!"
Lieutenant Colonel Jason Sheppard rolled his eyes at his best friend since birth. "McKay!"
"Sorry Jay, but Enterprise just isn't gonna fly! General O'Neill tried to pull for that name for years without success and he saved Earth just as often as your parents. Just give it up; no one wants to name a ship after a television show."
"Hey! There were THREE shows that used the name Enterprise, Ian. They wouldn't just be naming it after a television show… or THREE television shows. They'd be honoring a brilliant man's ideas that changed our little corner of the Earth forever."
"The Earth doesn't have corners, Sheppard."
Jason glared at the man before him. "Major Ian McKay, you are WAY too much like your father."
"What? Like that's a bad thing?" Ian teased, grinning widely.
"It is when your father's Rodney McKay," Jason shot back. He smiled at the Major, trying not to laugh at the look Ian was giving him. Malcolm, Lena and Anika couldn't help but laugh themselves as they looked at McKay.
"Hey! My father saved all of your father's collective asses more times than can be counted on all our fingers and toes combined. Show some respect for our unsung heroes."
"Unsung?" questioned his wife, Ani. "The man sung his own praises more times than can be counted. Unsung? I'm sorry honey, but that's just not gonna fly."
Ian sighed, rolling his eyes. "Malcolm! Help me out on this! My father wasn't THAT bad!"
"Tis true, tis true!" began Malcolm. "At least usually when he sung his own praises he didn't have to exaggerate. He was and today still is, just that good. It's a mighty shame he decided to retire and return to Earth."
"THANK YOU!" shouted McKay, finally getting a break.
"On the other hand, Ian, the man was a pain in the ass! I loved the dear soul as you all know… but the lad WAS a hand full!" added Malcolm, mimicking his father's accent.
"Traitor!" muttered Ian.
"Thank you, Mal!" added Jason, giving Rodney's son a smirk that could only come from his father.
Major McKay sighed then looked over at Jason's sister. "And you! How could you, Ani! Don't you know when everyone's against me YOUR supposed to be on MY side! You ARE my wife, carrying MY child!"
Anika rolled her eyes. "Jus because we're married, doesn't mean I can't have my own opinion, Ian!"
Jason narrowed his eyes at McKay. "Don't go controlling my little sister, Ian… best friend or not… I find out that you're being troublesome and you'll be drinking through a straw for the rest of your life."
Ian sighed dramatically. "Note to self… never marry your best friend's little sister!"
"I dunno, lad, Ani is a very fine specimen. I think she's the exception to the rule… but if you want to be an idiot… I'll gladly take her off your hands!" Malcolm teased. The man always had been a class clown, and seemed to enjoy faking his father's accent regularly.
Anika laughed at that. "Hmmm… Malcolm IS hotter than you, honey…" she joked.
The part Canadian frowned. "This is what I get for marrying a Sheppard…."
"Us Sheppards are an usual breed," Jason cut in, taking a bit of his turkey sandwich.
Lena simply shook her head, joining in on the fun. "Usual? That's the biggest understatement of the year."
"I heard that!" exclaimed Jason, his grin betraying his annoyed outburst.
Lena grinned back, her soft brown hair falling from behind her ears, just making it harder for Jason to be mad at her. Finally Jason gave up and went back to his sandwich. It really was good to be home… especially since it hadn't taken very long for things to go right back to the way they'd always been. They were after all a family of their own….
"Well I happen to like Sheppards… it's never boring after all," said someone behind Jason. The Colonel turned around and almost fell out of his seat when he saw his youngest brother Noah standing right before him, his smile growing by the second.
"Noah! Buddy! You got back from your mission!" Jason jumped up from his seat and hugged his younger brother with all his might, unable to believe how good it was to see the old sqirt.
"We got back early… and Riley Zelinka said you'd be here."
"Riley? He workin' the gateroom today?"
Noah nodded. Major Riley Zelinka was the son of the scientist under Doctor Rodney McKay, Doctor Radek Zelinka. He was a good man, very bright, but not at all like his father. He'd always seemed more private than his old man, and a lot less interested in science. Apparently, hitting people was a lot more fun than coming up with math equations. Somehow Jason had always understood that, Noah on the other hand never had. He'd taken more and more after his mother as he grew older. "So I see you're having dinner. Mind if I join in?"
"Of course not! Grab a chair at your own risk!" said Ani, rubbing her belly. Noah grinned and took a seat next to Jason.
"So what's this talk about Sheppards?" he finally asked.
"Ian started it," Jason quickly told him. "Apparently we Sheppards aren't good enough for him! I've also just learned he's been giving our sister trouble… we'll have to punish him later."
Noah looked over at Ian, shaking his head, a frown on his face. "McKay, McKay, McKay… you just never learn."
"You know, I find it seriously wrong how you all gang up on me," Ian fought, folding his arms as he glared at everyone at the table.
The others laughed. "What can we say, Ian… it's just too easy," Jason finally told him.
"But that's why we love you," Ani added, kissing her husbands cheek.
"Speak for yourself!" Noah fought, the grin right back on his face. "Your weird taste in men has nothing to do with us… we just could never get rid of the guy!"
McKay glared at Noah. "If you came here just to bug me, you've wasted a few perfectly good minutes."
Noah just tilted his head. "Good… always did love wasting time."
"You see! Everyone is always ganging up on me!"
"And to make a long story short… let's just say Ian hasn't liked surfing since."
"DOCTOR BECKETT HAD TO REMOVE THE STUPID STICK FROM MY ASS! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HURTS!" defended Ian.
"Hey, so you finally got that stick up your ass out… it only helped to loosen you up."
"Smart ass," Ian muttered.
Jason just shrugged. "Hey… I'm my father's child."
"Unfortunately," added Malcolm, unable to keep from laughing.
Jason narrowed his eyes at the half Scott. "Careful there lad or I'll have to do some ribbing of my own!" he teased in his best impression of Malcolm doing an impression of his father. It was a complicated friendship where only Mal and Jay understood where they stood.
Malcolm just grinned. "You truly need to work on your impressions there, Jay. It needs work. Put more Scottish in there."
Finally Anika grabbed her food, getting up. "Boys will be boys," she mumbled under her breath. "Well I'm outta here… I need to get some rest. The kid just loves to suck the energy outta me." Ani waved goodbye and dumping her food and left the table, heading for her quarters.
Ian got up next. "Guess I better be going or my wife will give me hell about leaving her alone too much. Apparently we need to spend more time together discussing our feelings," he muttered sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Have fun," Jason called back as Ian left.
Finally Malcolm and Noah were leaving for bed as well, leaving Lena and Jason still sitting at the table. Sheppard looked over at the woman in front of him. "You grew your hair out."
"And you cut yours," Lena threw back.
Jason just smiled. "I'm glad you came, Lenny… it's been good catching up."
"Yeah, I guess it has. You know Ani and Noah have really missed you around here."
"Just them?" he asked, looking at her face, searching for a reaction.
Lena just looked down. "Of course not, but then again you already knew that."
"I just… thought it'd be harder… considering how we left things."
"Don't worry about it… I let go a long time ago," she told him, finally getting up. "I better go… I have a long day tomorrow. Night, Jay."
"Good night, Lenny."
And with that she was gone. Jason sighed, looking down at his empty plate. Okay, so not everything was back the way it'd always been.
Present Timeline
When Carson had kicked her out of her room, she'd decided to bring her work to her quarters; it seemed to be the only way she could get away with anything these days. Although sneaking around just to work hadn't really been one thing Elizabeth ever thought she'd be doing, she knew the alternative would be much worse considering all the reports she had to finish. Never a dull moment. Suddenly she heard a knock at her door. She quickly put away her papers in case it was Doctor Beckett… not that she was afraid of him or anything… cause she wasn't, and walked over to the door. "Who is it?"
"It's just me, Elizabeth… I've brought nourishment, cause I know you haven't had dinner. You've been in there all night, which means Carson kicked you out of your office so you could rest and your now doing work in bed… am I right?"
Elizabeth opened the door, frowning as she saw the two trays of food he was holding. "You know John Sheppard, you know me far too well."
John grinned. "Don't worry; I'm just unusually good at these things."
Elizabeth stepped to the side, rolling her eyes at his comment. "What's for dinner?"
John walked inside and put the trays of food on her desk, revealing what he'd brought. "Meatloaf, gravy, rice, and a chocolate cake for desert. Dig in."
Elizabeth took her plate and sat on the bed while John sat at her desk. The Doctor could tell something was on his mind as he looked down at his food instead of at her as he usually did. "Something wrong?" she finally asked.
"What? No… no… nothing's wrong. I've just… been having these weird dreams, been having them since that whole time travel thing. I'd figure it'd go away by now, but I just can't shake them… it's driving me crazy."
Elizabeth rested her plate on the bed, leaning forward. "What are your dreams about?"
John looked over at her and blushed. "Oh you know… this and that. Nothing worth telling," he said, his blush growing with each second.
"John… don't lie to me."
John sighed, looking away. "They uh… they've been… ahem…sesdeems," he muttered.
"What?"
"Sesdeems," he mumbled, unable to look at her.
"John, just tell me."
"I said sex dreams! I've been having sex dreams."
Elizabeth paused, staring at him with surprise and perhaps a little jealousy as she wondered who he'd been with during his time in the future. Leave it to John to sleep with a pretty woman everywhere he goes. "Sex dreams you say? You think you might have had sex with someone in the future?"
John sighed, clearing his throat. "That would be one theory. The thing is I've never had a reoccurring dream last this long… and then there's the necklace."
"Necklace?"
"I've never seen it before and then there it was in my hand, and I have no idea where it came from or… ah… who it belongs to. I mean, I think I might know who it belongs to, but things have just been so foggy… I don't know… all I know is it's not mine."
"Who?" she finally gathered the guts to ask.
"Who what?"
"Who do you think the necklace belonged to? The woman you… ah… had sex with?"
John took a bite of his meatloaf before finally looking over at her. "Yeah, that I'm pretty sure of. You remember when I'd finally left the infirmary? We were heading to my quarters to watch a movie? I got this flash… she was giving it to me."
Flashback
"I love you, Doctor Elizabeth Sheppard.
"I love you, Colonel John Weir."
End Flashback
John smiled. "We were in bed together and she gave me the necklace… then I told her that I loved her."
Elizabeth was surprised to hear that bit of news, almost shocked into silence as the knowledge sunk into her. "Who is she?" she asked, wanting to know the answer even if her heart really didn't.
"That's the thing Elizabeth… the woman I was in bed with, that I made love to… she's… she was… she will be… you. Doctor Elizabeth Sheppard."
Elizabeth raised both eyebrows, unable to speak as she realized what that would mean for their futures. Yup, never a dull moment.
To Be Continued….
A/N: And since I totally forgot to say this in the first chapter, I'll say it now. This is the sequal to the fic "A Glimpse Into The Future." SO be sure to check that out first if you wanna know what the heck is going on in this story:D