Mia sat up and screamed, McKay came running over and pulled her into a hug, "What's up sweet pea?" he asked gently.

"Nightmare. I don't like it. Uncle Mer I'm scared." She replied shakily.

"What happened?" he asked her.

"Nasty evil things. Came and gobbled up everyone leaving me alone."

"Don't worry. It wasn't real. No one will leave you. You won't be left alone, I promise. You ready to go back to sleep?"

"I think so. Can you wait until I fall back asleep? That's what mam does if I have a bad dream." She asked him.

"Yeah. Ok. Snuggle in with Spot." Mia snuggled back into her covers and cuddled Spot and Rodney's arm for all she was worth and closed her eyes.

Deciding that he couldn't go back to sleep Rodney decided to go to his lab and start working. Carefully removing his arm from Mia's clutches he got changed and walked out the room. He'd been working for a fair few hours when the rest of his science team came in. Ah finally he thought. "Zelenka. I want you to run some simulations on maximising the power output on the Zee PM while I'm offworld. Once you've done that you're to figure out what this does." He handed Zelenka a new ancient device that just wouldn't activate regardless of who was touching it.

"I don't have the gene." Zelenka replied.

"Yes…yes. So you keep reminding me. It won't activate even when Sheppard touches it. I want you to fix it and then get Dr Biro to activate it. Now do you think you can handle all of that?"

"Yes. What about Miss Amelia?"

"She'll be fine. Dr Biro is going to keep her occupied."

"Ok. Don't get into trouble offworld."

"Of course we're going to get into trouble. I'm with Sheppard and Ronan." McKay said sarcastically and walked out of the labs. He went to his room to grab his tac vest and left a note for Mia telling her to behave and what time they'll be back.

Mia woke up to an empty room. Sighing she got out of bed and stretched, walking over to McKay's desk she noticed the note telling her that they were offworld and that they would be back at 4. A ps said told her to behave for Dr Biro. She rolled her eyes and decided to have a quick shower before reporting to Dr Biro. She came out of the shower and changed into her little Atlantis uniform and walked to the transporter, deciding that she wanted to have some breakfast first. Stepping up to the transporter it immediately opened and the panel immediately lit up as well. She could just reach the place where the mess was on the little map. Pushing the area where the mess was she saw the white light and then the doors opened up to darkness. Puzzled she walked out of the transporter and sat down next to the wall opposite the transporter. Using what little light she had she set her watch for 4pm, so that she could radio John and Rodney when they came back offworld.

"Where is she?" fumed Dr Biro. "She should have been here 3 hours ago! I have more important things to do than baby-sit as it is." Suddenly a thought struck her, tapping her earpiece she said, "Dr Zelenka?"

"Yes?"

"Its Dr Biro. Have you seen Amelia this morning?" she asked the Czech.

"No. Is she not with you?"

"No. I haven't seen her. What should I do?"

"Maybe she is sleeping?"

"At 2 in the afternoon?" Dr Biro asked sceptically.

"Hm. Maybe she forgot and is with Elizabeth? Rodney did say that he was going to leave her a note. Maybe he forgot you know Rodney."

"Ah ok. Thank you Radek."

"No problem. If she still hasn't turned up by the time Sheppard comes back we will have to tell them that we have lost her."

"Don't want to think about that."

"Me neither." That said the clicked off the connection. Radek turned back to his simulations that Rodney had left him.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Mia looked at her watch and turned off the alarm. She would wait half an hour before she would try to radio them. In the gateroom the gate whooshed into life and Sheppard, McKay, Teyla and Ronan stepped through the gate as Radek came running down the steps. Trying to catch his breath he ran up to Rodney and said, "Ah…glad your back…have…problem…"

"Can't it wait Radek? I think I'm allergic to something else." Replied McKay as he walked away and followed his teammates towards the infirmary. As he entered the infirmary he looked around and noticed that something wasn't right. "Where's Mia?" he asked Dr Biro who had just come round the curtain from checking on Sheppard.

"Didn't Radek tell you?" asked Dr Biro, just as Radek came into the infirmary. Rodney rounded on him, "Tell me what? Radek? Where's Mia?" his voice reaching a level that only dogs could hear. Hearing the commotion Sheppard, Teyla and Ronan came to stand beside Rodney.

"What's going on?" asked Sheppard.

"Well as I tried to tell Rodney before he came here Miss Amelia…is…well…"

"She's well what?" interrupted McKay.

"She's missing." Zelenka said quietly.

"She's WHAT!" said Sheppard.

"Missing. I think we may have lost her somewhere in the city." Zelenka said looking at the floor.

"How could you lose an 8 year old?" demanded Ronan. Without waiting for an answer McKay stormed back up to the control room and pushed Chuck away from the life signs detector. Not seeing anyone out of bounds McKay tapped his earpiece as the rest of the team came into the control room.

"Amelia?" he said. Mia could hear a faint crackling in her ear and she tapped it saying, "McKay? Colonel? Can anyone hear me?" Mia stood up and walked down a little corridor to where there was a small window. Not getting a response McKay panicked. "Amelia?" but he still got static. Turning to Sheppard he said, "We have to find her. She's not showing up on the life signs detector and no-one is out of bounds."

"Don't worry we'll find her." Sheppard said positively. He tapped his own earpiece and said, "Amelia? Can you hear me? Its colonel Sheppard. If you can hear me I want you to tell me where you are." They all waited to see if she would reply. Standing next to the window Mia realised she was no longer getting static but the reception was still lousy. Standing on the railing she tried to push the window open, after a couple of minutes the window opened and she stuck her head out of the window and tapped her earpiece again. "Rodney? Colonel Sheppard?"

"Amelia!" came Sheppard's voice.

"Colonel! I'm lost."

"Where are you?"

"I don't know."

"How did you get there?" asked McKay.

"I was heading to the mess in the transporter. Like I've done a million times but it malfunctioned and I ended up here."

"What do you mean? Malfunctioned?" asked McKay incredulous. "Rodney this is not the time." said Teyla.

"Amelia I want you to stay where you are. We will find you." Said Sheppard. He clicked off his radio and turned to his team. "Right lets go." Suddenly Teyla grabbed his arm and said, "We must hurry."

"Why?"

"There's a wraith here." They all looked at each other and ran to the nearest transporter. Pushing the little map to where the mess is, they ended up in the mess. Frowning they pushed just a little bit past the mess hall and they ended up in the dark. "The wraith is nearby." Teyla whispered. "Amelia!" shouted McKay. They heard a jumping sound and then the sound of feet running towards them. Mia barrelled round the corner just as the wraith approached from the other side. "DUCK!" shouted Ronan. Mia froze and dropped to the flat on the floor and covered her ears. Sheppard, Ronan and Teyla opened fire and shot the wraith down while Rodney scurried over to Mia once they had stopped firing and pulled her into a hug. She was shivering. "Its alright. It's all over. Come on lets get you back to civilisation." John said scooping her up and carrying her.

"I did what you told me to uncle John. If I ever got lost."

"Yeah I know. Well done." John replied. They walked back to the transporter and headed for the infirmary to get her checked over. After half an hour it was decided that she could go McKay's quarters and sleep. Carrying her to his room Rodney put her to bed and read her a story. She was soon asleep and Rodney got changed and went to sleep. It had been a long day for everyone.

A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update, should be updating quite a lot now that uni is finished.