When Keras from M7G-677 had dialled in with his monthly report and told Dr Weir that some of the younger children had found some ancient ruins if someone wanted to come and have a look. Laura saw her opportunity to go offworld. That had been four months ago. She had only visited the planet a few times during that time because her translation skills were needed on Atlantis. Laura didn't mind because it meant she could go offworld. This particular planet also kept Lorne happy because of their shield.

Laura and Beckett walked through the gate on M7G-677. Keras had dialled in asked from some medical help. He thought there was some epidemic of some sort so Beckett had offered to investigate. Elizabeth had told him to go in HAZMAT just in case. Laura decided to go and look at the ruins. When they got to the other side Laura smiled at her little tour guide Amelia.

"Hello again Miss Laura." Amelia suddenly jumped back in surprise when she saw Beckett.

"It's ok. Its just Dr Beckett. He's come to look after the sick. Are you ok?" she asked the little girl. Amelia was 5 or 6 years old with blonde hair and the palest blue eyes Laura had ever seen. She would never admit it to anyone but she had grown quite fond of the little girl.

"Yes Miss Laura. I feel fine. Should we go now?"

"Yeah. Lets go." Laura replied holding out her hand to the little girl. Taking it Amelia began leading Laura to the ruins. Beckett headed to the village with a young boy whose name Laura hadn't caught.

Once at the ruins Laura sat down and started translating them while Amelia went and played. She had been working for around an hour when the ground started to shake. Surprised Laura just sat where she was when she heard a high-pitched scream. Amelia! She thought. Standing up as best as she could she walked in the general direction of the scream. She was calling for Amelia when the ground stopped shaking.

"Amelia! Can you hear me? Amelia!" Laura called and then strained her ears so that she could hear Amelia.

"Miss Laura! I'm down here!"

"Amelia sweetie. I want you to make as much noise as possible until I find you ok?" she called again.

"Ok. Miss Laura! Miss Laura!" Amelia called again and again. It didn't take long for Laura to find Amelia. When the earthquake had started the ground had given way and she had fallen five feet.

"Are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"My wrist hurts. Can you get me out?" Amelia asked her.

"No. But I'm coming down to try and sort you out. Hang on." Laura took a deep breath and jumped into the hole. When she landed she heard a sickening crack and then felt chronic pain in her left knee and ankle. She let her breath out in a hiss. She took a steadying breath to stop the urge to throw up. She turned to Amelia, "Come here and let me have a look at your arm." Amelia walked over to her and sat down beside Laura. Amelia held out her right hand and Laura inspected it. Ignoring the pain in her leg Laura said, "Ok. I think your wrist is broken. It can be fixed. But first I'm gonna have to strap it up and then Dr Beckett can fix it. Ok sweetie?" she asked the girl softly. Then an idea struck her. Opening the pocket of her tack vest with her I-pod in it she pulled out the little machine and handed it to the little girl. Amelia looked at it blankly and Laura turned it on and flicked through the playlists to the Disney songs and put the headphones in her ears. Amelia smiled and listened to the music while Laura strapped her arm. When she was done she made a makeshift sling with another bandage and placed it over Amelia's head and gently put her wrist through it. Smiling at Amelia she said, "That feel better?" Amelia nodded. Noticing that the little girl was shivering, she took off her tack vest and placed it on Amelia. It wouldn't warm her up very much but it would at least offer some protection against the damp and her arm. All they had to do now was wait for Beckett to realise something was wrong.

Once at the village Beckett began running tests on the sick children. He quickly discovered that it was the Pegasus version of the chicken pox. Feeling safe, as he had already had the chicken pox he took off his HAZMAT suit. He was busily starting to get the children comfortable when the ground started to shake. Once it had stopped Beckett made sure that all the children were ok and then asked, "Does anyone know where the ruins are?"

"I do." Replied a small boy. Beckett leaned down and said softly, "What's your name?"

"Apollo mister." Replied the boy in fright. Beckett smiled and said, "Well Apollo. Would you mind showing me where they are?" Apollo shook his head and stood up. Grabbing Beckett's hand he started to pull him out of the village. Beckett soon realised that he probably could have found the ruins by himself, as they weren't that far away from the village. He walked up to the ruins and noticed that Laura's computer was there and it looked relatively undamaged but Laura was nowhere in sight.

"Laura!" he called. When there was no reply he reached for his radio and then remembered that they didn't work on this planet. "Damn it." He muttered to himself. He looked around again and realised that Apollo had also disappeared. He looked around and inside the ruins one more time and picked up Laura's computer when he heard, "Mister. Mister. You have to come quick. I think I found your friend."

"Lead the way." Beckett followed the little boy for around 10 minutes; if he hadn't been watching what he was doing he would have fallen in the hole.

"Careful doc." Laura called from inside the hole.

"Laura lass. How did you get down there?" he asked her.

"I was looking for Amelia when the quake hit. We both fell in."

"Ah I see. How is she?"

"Broken wrist I think and I also think she's going into shock. She's shivering like mad. Could I recommend an extended stay in the infirmary for both of us?" Laura asked chuckling.

"Both of you? What's happened to you?" he asked her.

"Left leg is all to hell. I'm seeing double and everything." Beckett was about to reply when the ground started to shake again. Laura quickly pulled Amelia over her legs and covered her head with the top half of her body when a loose stone knocked her on the head.

"Laura?" called Beckett once the tremor had gone. Amelia looked up in fright.

"Mister. Her eyes are closed. What's wrong with Miss Laura?" she asked worriedly.

"Oh no." Beckett muttered, a little louder he said, "Don't worry wee lass. I'm going to go and get help. You just stay put ok?"

"Ok mister." Beckett hurried off towards the gate with Apollo following closely behind. He quickly dialled Atlantis and clicked on his radio, "Atlantis?"

"Go ahead Carson." Replied Elizabeth, she was just about to dial M7G-677 as they had missed their check-in. "What's wrong?"

"I need a stretcher and a small med team straight away."

"What's happened?" asked Elizabeth worriedly.

"There was an earthquake and Laura is stuck down a five foot hole. Her legs in a bad way from what she told me. A tremor hit around five minutes ago and it loosened some stones. One of which has hit her on the head. She's now unconscious as far as I can tell. There's also a little girl with a broken wrist down there with her. She could be going into shock. Once they are rescued I'm bringing the little girl to Atlantis. Is that ok? I may also need colonel Sheppard's team to help getting them out."

"Ok. Everything is getting ready as we speak. They will be there in a few minutes. Does the child pose any threat to Atlantis?"

"No. Unless you haven't had the chicken pox. But she doesn't appear to have it. So that's a no." replied Beckett.

"Ok. See you soon."

"Aye." That said and the gate shut down.

Beckett was waiting for his med team and Sheppard when the gate activated. Sitting behind the DHD just in case it was an unexpected visitor.

"Carson?" asked Sheppard. Standing up Beckett smiled at the teams and said, "This way." He led them to the hole and called down to Amelia, "Are you ok lass?"

"Yes mister."

"How's Laura?"

"She's still sleeping." Amelia replied.

"Ok love. We're coming down to get you." Beckett saw Amelia nod and then pulled his head away from the hole. "Ok. Who's going down?" he asked Sheppard.

"I will." Sheppard replied. "What's her name?" Beckett looked thoughtful for a second and said, "I missed it when Laura was talking to her before. Sorry colonel."

"Don't worry about it. Alright lets get this rope set up. I'll get the little girl then I'll go back down and get Turner. Lorne is not gonna be happy about this." Sheppard muttered just loud enough so that his team could hear him. They smiled at him and got to work on the rope. Tying it around his waist Sheppard lowered himself over the edge and went down the hole. Once landing he smiled at the little girl who tried to run away from him in fright. He up his hands and said, "Its ok. I'm a friend of Lauras'. I'm John. What's your name little one?"

"Amelia." She replied.

"Alright Amelia. Now I need you to hold on to me while the others pull us out. Is that ok for you?" he asked kindly.

"Others?"

"Yeah. They are also friends of Laura. We won't harm you. I promise." John said.

"What about Miss Laura?"

"Don't worry we'll get her out as soon as you're out. We can only lift one of you at a time. You can watch if you want?"

"O…o…ok." Amelia stammered. Amelia walked over to John and he picked her up in one swift movement. She put her arm around his neck with her good arm while John tugged on the rope signalling the others to start lifting him. He put his feet against the wall to help them with the pulling. Once they were out Beckett came over and inspected Amelia's arm. "Well Laura's done a good job of that until we get to Atlantis at least. What's your name wee one?" Amelia looked at John and he nodded. "Amelia."

"Ok Amelia I want you to go and sit next Rodney until we get Laura out ok?" Amelia looked around but couldn't see anyone sitting down. Instead she saw Ronan and uttered a tiny shriek and hid behind John's legs. John laughed slightly and said, "Its ok Amelia. He won't hurt you. McKay! Show yourself so she can see you." He called to Rodney. McKay stood up from where he had parked himself and walked around Ronan. John pointed to him and said to Amelia, "That's Rodney. He's a little bit grumpy but he won't hurt you either."

"You…you…promwise?" she asked.

"Yeah I promise." John walked her over to McKay and said quietly, "Be nice."

"Yes colonel." McKay bit back. Sheppard walked back to the hole and again lowered himself down. This time a stretcher had also been lowered down before he went down.

Rodney kneeled in front of the little girl and smiled at her. She looked like she was about to cry when he looked at her arm.

"Is your arm hurting?" he asked her. Wide eyes greeted him and she nodded. "What's your name?"

"Amelia. What's yours?"

"Rodney McKay. But you can call me Rodney if you want." Amelia was still looking at him, which was making him nervous. But she seemed to be fascinated by him.

"What do you do?" she asked him. Taken aback Rodney said, "What do you mean? What do I do?"

"Well Miss Laura can speak many languages which is why she likes the ruins. What can you do?" she asked innocently.

"I'm a scientist."

"What's a one of them?"

"Well…" Rodney began trying to think of a simple way to explain it. "Well a scientist studies science."

"What's science?"

"Well science is a general term for lots of things."

"Like what things?"

"Like physics, chemistry, biology, geology, botany, medicine I suppose, erm psychology and there are others I just can't think of them right now." He told her.

"Which one do you do?"

"Astrophysics."

"Oh. What does that man over there do?" she asked McKay pointing at Beckett.

"That's Dr Beckett. He does medicine."

"What's that then?"

"He helps fix sick people. For example he will fix your arm for you and help Laura. He's probably already helping the children in the village." Her eyes went wide at this revelation.

"How will he fix my arm?"

"Well I'm not entirely sure of the specifics but he will put your arm in a cast until the bone has time to fix itself." Before she could say anything Dr Beckett said, "Come on everyone. Back to Atlantis we go." Amelia stood up and walked beside McKay when Ronan and Sheppard carried Laura on the stretcher back to the gate. McKay looked at Amelia and noticed that she was just about to drop. Without asking her he picked her up and carried her back to Atlantis.