Stargate Atlantis
The Recording
Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone
Pairing: Friendship Sheppard, McKay, Ronon, Teyla, Weir, Keller, (Carson)
Spoilers: 'Thirty eight minutes' and 'Conversion'
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Also I am very sorry for not posting it earlier but I had my reasons, sorry
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0630 hours
What was that annoying noise that took her blissful sleep away? It was the alarm clock; Keller sleepily turned it off gathering all her willpower to get out of bed. When walking out of her quarters she nearly collided with a bunch of marines running towards the gateroom. She stared after them mumbling sorry before heading in the direction of the infirmary. Normally it would be fairly quiet this time in the morning but today it was crowded with SGA-3 and SGA-5.
Keller walked up to the nearest nurse. "Why wasn't I contacted? What is going on?" She asked worriedly as she attended one of the patients. The communications link suddenly burst to life. "Dr. Keller you are needed in the gateroom." She grabbed a medkit and rushed away followed by medical personal with gurneys.
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There where people everywhere, Major Lorne lay on the floor clutching his left side grimacing in pain as Colonel Carter stood bend over him trying question him about what had happened. Lorne's second in command limped towards Jennifer with a dreaded look on his face. Keller softly placed a hand on his shoulder guiding him towards a gurney.
"You need to relax and take it easy a medic will help, just sit down here for a while." She said before moving to Lorne. "Colonel Carter." She acknowledged. Sam nodded and moved aside letting her do her work. "Major Lorne can you hear me?" Jennifer asked and when she didn't receive any clear answer to the question she glanced up on Carter. "What's happened?"
"Ambush." The Colonel said looking at the mess around her. Jennifer was about to ask more when Carter held up her hand, listening on her radio.
Keller's trained eyes quickly checked for information about Evan's health as she felt for his pulse. "I need to get him to the infirmary as soon as possible!" One of the medics moved towards her but was stopped by an armed marine as a voice shouted from the control room.
"Gate activation!" Suddenly activity burst to life everywhere around the doctor and she felt herself being pulled away from the gate to safety. "It's Colonel Sheppard's IDC!" The technician shouted.
Carter sprinted to the side of the gate and looked up at the control. "Lower the shield!" She shouted back. Shoots from P90's and stunners went through the gate, bullets ricocheted towards the walls. Lorne was protected by one of the marines on his team and suddenly Dr. McKay came running through the gate. He skidded to a halt just in front of Keller, who was standing beside the gate. His pulse was rapid and his breathing strained, the jacket was thorn and a bullet had grazed his left arm. Keller jumped back as Teyla rolled down the floor towards the stairs. An explosion on the other side shook the 'gateroom. Sheppard and Ronon flew through the gate landing in a heap. "Close the gate!" Carter shouted from her position as she kneeled beside Teyla. Keller tried to co-ordinate the medical efforts; she cast a glance towards McKay and asked a medic to take care of him as Major Lorne was wheeled away.
The rest of SGA-2 was slowly making their way down the hall in the direction of the infirmary. Teyla's face was tight with pain and Keller made her way to her. She cast a glance at the gate where Sheppard and Ronon struggled to get up from the floor. A couple of medics where already there, helping them, they both refused to be taken to the gurneys.
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2230 hours
Keller was exhausted and threw herself on the bed, wanting nothing else but to sleep. Major Lorne had been taken into surgery to stop the internal bleeding and the rest of his team had been treated for broken bones, twisted ankles and a bullet wound.
Teyla lay in the infirmary for observation but thankfully she seemed to be fine. The rest of Team Sheppard was not too far away. Rodney was only visiting; his arm in a sling, while Sheppard and Ronon occupied two beds. They had miraculously got away without any fatal injuries from the explosion. Ronon was nursing a concussion and Sheppard was sporting three broken ribs. Both of them also had a collection of cuts and bruises and both of them were unhappy with an overnight stay in the infirmary. She chuckled remembering their arguments about it.
Tired or not she had to see more from Carson. Keller clicked on the video programme finding Carson sitting on his desk smiling at the camera. Someone was shouting in the background, no doubt Rodney, Keller guessed. Seconds later Carson confirmed that.
"What is it now Rodney?"
"I am hungry, tell your staff to give me..."
"Alright, alright just be quiet." Another sound could be heard and Carson excused himself then the camera went black. Keller was just about to click forward when the recording came to life again. Carson was standing in his coat, a stern look on his face.
"You might as well hear this!" Then he moved out of camera range. "John? Colonel Sheppard what do ye think ye doin' lad?"
"I needed to stretch my legs, you know how it is.", he said
"No I don't. All I do know is that I ordered ye to bed rest!"
"Come on doc, he was just moving around a little." Ronon said, who had obviously been found again. Keller could imagine Carson turning around to face the Satedan.
"That was my problem!" Carson said in a stern voice. "Are ye bloody daft?" Then all she could hear were noise and a moan, then Carson's voice again. "See what I mean? How about I give ye some painkillers and ye be a nice Colonel? Thank you."
A moment later Carson returned to the camera. "Where was I? Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard." A mischievous look appeared on his face. "As with Elizabeth, John and I are friends and he is a great guy. I don't think Atlantis could have a better military leader, he has a way with people." Carson smiled. "Even with Rodney. When it comes to infirmary visits, which I might add occurs a lot, our friendship is tested. He hates to be here and sometimes all I wish is to throw him out. He is normally a very healthy and clever person. However Colonel Sheppard is also a very active person, watch him carefully; he might think that his quarters are more comfortable to rest in.
"You can thrust John to protect anyone on the expedition; sometimes he takes it too far endangering his own life in the process. He does have an amazing talent to survive. I have been thinking this is it many times; for example the Iratus bug incident, the retrovirus, it's all in his file. Don't be afraid to say no to him when it comes to medical matters such as injuries because it is your call, not the military commander of Atlantis. Also don't listen to the famous 'I am fine talk' or 'it's just a scratch', ye'll understand what I mean when ye get tae know 'im. Carson sighed and sat down in front of his desk, obviously exhausted. "I think that's all for today."
Keller smiled. "Yeah this was all for today." She said closing the programme.
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To be continued
Next time Carson talks about Rodney ; )
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