"There is nothing he can do." Sheppard said from his bed. "He is secured on his bed and has an armed guard. Not to mention the fact he is doped up. He offers nearly zero risk. Which round here is pretty damn good." He added as he kept his eyes fixed on the screen at the far side of infirmary, which showed a direct feed from the isolation room. The screen showed Dyson's writhing form.

"Not him I am worried about." Ronon said. Sheppard turned his attention from the screen and followed Ronon's gaze over to Jennifer who sat next to Carson staring at another screen.

"I know she looks a bit roughed up, but Carson assures me she is fine. Just needs a bit of rest."

"Not what I meant." Ronon said. "If he dies she will blame herself. I should have dropped him off the balcony or shot him."

"The doc would have been pissed if you had." Sheppard said.

"She would have got over it." Ronon said causing Sheppard to snort. Ronon turned to him.

"Sorry buddy, I just forgot how long you had been out of the game."

"Game?" Ronon asked getting more confused by the second.

"Yeah, the dating, relationship game. You see you have clearly forgotten women are like elephants. They never forget anything."

"She forgets stuff all the time." Ronon said.

"Sorry, I meant they never forget the things you do to upset them. Like shooting people."

"He deserves it."

"True, but she might not see it like that. The whole do no harm oath probably gets in the way." Sheppard replied as Carson and Jennifer entered a deep discussion on the other side of the infirmary. "Look on the bright side, regardless of whether or not he had bugs in his blood stream and brain he clearly has issues with the docs on account of them being a woman and a clone respectively, yet his life is going to be save by them. He is going to have to live with that. And if he is as bigoted as he seems he will feel humiliated by it."

"I still should have shot him." Ronon said unappeased, causing Sheppard to roll his eyes.

"Shot who?" McKay asked, through a full mouth, approaching them with a tray.

"Dyson." Sheppard replied.

"You trying to upset Jennifer?" McKay questioned as he swallowed the food in his mouth and put the tray down on Sheppard's lap. Turning his attention to the Colonel he said. "I brought you some real food, rather than this infirmary rubbish."

"Thanks Rodney." Sheppard said as he looked at the tray. "Although, I can't help but notice that the desert plate is empty and there only seems to be rabbit food left."

"Well you are meant to only eat healthy food." McKay said shrugging, "and besides I hadn't eaten for a while."

Sheppard raised his eyebrows in disbelief as Carson approached the group.

"Any news?" Sheppard asked.

"Aye. The treatment seems to be working. It is definitely not a comfortable experience for our friend in there, but he should be fine."

"And the others?" Sheppard asked.

"I am about to administer the treatment to them. In six hours everyone should be cured and hopefully things will return to normal. Or as normal as they ever get." Carson said smiling.

"So if everything is going ok and the treatment is working, why is the doc sat hunched over a computer?" Sheppard asked.

"Well she is just being cautious and going over the results for a fifth time." Carson replied. "And seeing how it is her infirmary and technically I don't work here anymore, there is not that much I can do beyond gentle persuasion."

"So no need for her to be here?" Ronon asked.

"Nope. But it would be a brave man wh-" He started before realising that Ronon had already walked over to Jennifer.

"He is so going to get it." McKay muttered.

To their surprise after a few minutes Jennifer stood up and allowed Ronon to pull her out of the infirmary.