A/N: I just wanna say thank you to Lightbane for the idea of how Lorne and Laura communicate.
Laura looked around. Where the hell am I? She thought to herself. She looked to her left and to her right. Ok. I'm definitely not on Atlantis anymore. So where the hell am I? She decided to walk down a corridor to see what was down it. Seeing nothing down it she decided to take a left once she reached the bottom of the corridor. Turning she noticed cells. Walking down and looking in each one she realised that most of them were empty except for a couple. She didn't recognise the people in them until she reached the last one. Looking in she noticed that Laura Cadman was sitting on the floor and Lorne was asleep on the little bed. "Lorne!" she hissed. He didn't move. "Lorne." she said slightly louder this time. He still didn't move. She turned her attention towards Cadman, "Cadman!" she hissed again. Cadman was looking right at her yet straight through her as if she wasn't there. Groaning loudly she turned her attention back to Lorne. "Lorne!" this time she shouted at him. He groaned and looked at her. He blinked a couple of times and said, "Is that really you?" he asked her. As if he wasn't entirely sure she was really there. She nodded, "Yeah. It's me. You ok?" she asked him.
"It took you long enough. What have you been doing for the last four days?"
"Well I haven't slept in four days…hang on. If I'm talking to you and you haven't come back to Atlantis and you're in a cell. That means I'm asleep. Besides what's happened to you?" she looked him up and down. He looked terrible. He was shaking and his left wrist was swollen. He looked like he was struggling to stand up. Teetering on his feet he sat back down. "Well let's see. I haven't eaten in four days, I think my left wrist is broken and well they killed King and Prescott. How's Sparrow?"
"He's fine. He is recovering fine. So what happened?" she asked him.
"Well when we arrived everything seemed to be fine. The locals were a bit jumpy, but that was too be expected. Although the last time we were here we became friends so I don't understand why they were jumpy. We were all sat around the table ready to start the negotiations when the Genii came. That was why they were jumpy. Next thing I know I'm being smacked over the head. My wrist was broken when it got caught on something. Next thing I know I'm waking up here. They don't give us food and the water we get isn't exactly healthy. But we take what we can get. That was four days ago. So how are you gonna get us outta here?" he asked. She looked at him and said, "What? Are you trying to get rid of me already?" she asked in mock annoyance.
"No. I'm not trying to get rid of you. You're a sight for sore eyes. But you can't stay here. Someone might see you." He said with concern. She looked at him with her head tilted to the side and said, "Well there's a slight problem with that. You see I won't wake up for a couple of days. I have to get a minimum of 13 hours a night, and I haven't slept for four days so you do the math. Oh and I don't think they can see me. Watch." She walked through the bars into the cell. Lorne looked in shock, "How did you do that?" he asked her. She shrugged her shoulders, "Well I'm not really here. So you know…" she said as she walked over to him and sat down beside him. He looked like he was about to collapse when she held his head and pulled him towards her lap. "Go to sleep. I'll still be here." She said as she stroked his hair. He lifted his legs up onto the bed so that he could get more comfortable and he drifted into an uneasy sleep.
She woke up a couple of days later. Feeling very groggy she said, "What happened?" Beckett looked up in shock and smiled. "Ah nice to see you in the land of the living again. I'm sorry we had to sedate you. You hadn't slept in four days but I think its safe to assume that you actually caught up on all that you missed." He chuckled. She looked around and she remembered her dream. She sat up and struggled to get out of the bed. "Just where do you think your going?" he asked her. "I have to talk to John. Right now. It's Lorne and his team. They're in trouble." She muttered as she still tried to get out of the bed. Finally managing against Beckett's wishes, she ran along the halls towards the gate room. "John? I need to talk to you." She said as she approached the control room. Spinning around he said, "Should you be out of bed?" he asked her. She merely rolled her eyes at him before saying, "That's not the point. Listen Lorne and his team are in trouble. The Genii. King and Prescott are dead. Lorne and Cadman are alive but barely. Lorne has a broken wrist and both haven't eaten since they left here." Everyone looked at her in surprise. "What?" she said in exasperation. "How do you know all this?" asked McKay. She looked at the floor before saying, "Well me and Lorne can communicate. Telepathically. And apparently over great distances if we are dreaming? We don't know how though."
"Ah I see. So you dreamed it so it must be true. Hm must be because of the gene. Can you talk to anyone else?" asked McKay. She looked up dumbfounded, "I don't know. I haven't tried. You believe me?"
"Yeah. Why not? The wraith can do it so why couldn't the ancients do it? Its entirely plausible." He said matter of factly. Laura turned to John "Are you gonna go get them or not?" she asked him.
"Yeah. We're gonna go and get them. You up for a rescue mission?" he asked her. Laura nodded and said, "When do we go?"
"One hour. Go gear up." He said. She walked away to go and get ready. One hour later she ready to go.
Walking through the gate, Laura, John, McKay, Teyla and Ronan walked towards the village. Once reaching it, it appeared that all of the villagers had taken to hiding in their little houses. Laura turned to John and said, "We don't have time for this. Lorne and Cadman don't have time for this."
"Lead the way." Laura followed a path that led to a much larger building and said, "This is it." John and Teyla took point, with Laura and McKay in the middle and Ronan watched from behind to make sure no one was coming. Laura pointed them in the right direction and they quickly found the cell with Lorne and Cadman inside. John blew open the door and Laura rushed inside to see Lorne. "Hey you." She said to him. He looked at her and said, "You left me and didn't come back. Are you real this time?" he asked her. She laughed softly and said, "Yeah. I'm real and I'm not going anywhere this time. I promise." John cleared his throat and said, "Can you two walk back to the gate?" Lorne stood up weakly and held on to Laura for support, "Yeah I can't see why not sir. What about the Genii?" he asked. "They appear to have left. So I think we should get you two back to Atlantis before they decide to come back." There were nods all round and they walked out of the building. They got back to the gate in record time considering Lorne and Cadman could barely walk. They arrived back to Atlantis and Beckett immediately put Lorne and Cadman onto stretchers and got them back to the infirmary. Laura walked with Lorne as far as the infirmary when Heightmeyer appeared around the corner. She glared at Laura and said, "I thought I told you to stay away from him!" Laura rolled her eyes and continued into the infirmary. "Are they going to be ok?" she asked Beckett. "They're malnourished obviously and Lorne has a broken wrist which I will set and plaster it. But they should both be fine in a couple of weeks." Laura sighed with relief and sat down beside Lorne's bed and said, "Can I stay with him?" she asked Beckett. "Yeah. But I don't want any trouble. They need to rest." Laura nodded and got comfy. She was not going to move until he woke up.