The room was silent, Rodney looked opened eyed at Elizabeth in shock, "her name is what?" he spoke with a clam and quite voice but the panic was clear in his eyes, Elizabeth didn't say the name again she just took a step forward and passed the photo to him, Rodney looked into her eyes looking for something to help him understand but nothing, she looked down and he followed, he brought the photo closer to himself and looked at the smiling face, he let out a small whimper when he saw an old ghost form his past, John saw the sadness that crept into his friend eyes, he placed his hand on his shoulder and gentle griped and let go.
Carson and Elizabeth walked past Rodney and left the room John turned to follow but he turned back to knowing that if he left his friend may never open, but he turned and left knowing there was nothing he could do, he left the room he took one last look back and saw Rodney taking the chair next to the bed that was the last that he saw of his friend that day.
Rodney sat looking back and forth between the photo and the young lady on the bed, his eyes full of sadness and anger he looked up to the ceiling, closed his eyes and let out a long breath he stayed that way for a good while, "Mother always said you did that when you were worried, surly you can't be worried about a stranger?" he snapped open his eyes and brought his head down and looked down into pain filled blue, stunning blue eyes, "your awake, but Carson said that you wouldn't wake for a few days..." he looked at her in panic, but she just smiled this stopped him in his track, "you smile just like her, you really are Sara daughter..." he looked at her in wonder then he looked away,
"...You're not meant to be alive, the doctor told me that both you and Sara died in the car crush, I...I was devastated and broken just ask my sister...your aunty." He never looked at her as he spoke just looked at his hands, but what he heard next broke him, " I did, she told me everything that happened on that day and what happened to you, I've been trying to find you for the last 5 yrs ever since I turned 16 but nothing, that was when I found Aunty Janine, it was her that spoke to the people in charge of all this, but I never told them the real reason for coming..." she looked up to the ceiling, Rodney looked to her, "What was the real reason?" he asked with a whisper of fear, she didn't move she just looked up but she took a breath and allowed a tear to fall, "To final find and see my father after 21 years of wishing and to tell you the truth of what happened the day we lost you."
She never took her eyes off him and she was crying more freely he looked to his hands but he saw a movement off to his right, she had reached out her hand for his he didn't reach straight away he looked to his own hands, he had the chance to look after his child after all, he placed his hand with hers and she griped tight, he looked up to her with a smile on his face, "you need to rest you have all the time in the world to tell me now, rest" she looked at him but her eyes were closing it didn't take long for the breathing to become slow and clam, Rodney welcomed the clam and slipped into a restful sleep, dreaming of his past family.
Carson walked into his office and stared checking his emails from his staff, when he finished he walked out and headed to the bed in which Meredith rested what he saw surprised him but it also warmed him he checked the chart and the lines to her arms when he saw a flash of blue, he looked to Rodney but he was sound asleep he looked to the bed and the blue was form Meredith,
"Oh good morning lass, how you feeling?" Carson sat on the edge of the bed looking into her eyes level she looked to his eyes and saw something, "yes I feel much better, head hurt a bit but other than that I'm hunky dory!" Carson just smiled and let out a laugh and shook his head, "Glad to hear it now I'm just going to take a look at your head, ok?" she nodded, Carson reached forward and removed the padding, "I'll be scared wont I?" Carson stopped what he was doing and sat back down he lowered his eyes and sighed, "Yes, I tried everything to stop it scaring but I couldn't, I'm so sorry" when he look up he was shocked what he saw, "My dear man it wasn't your fault I'm just glad to be alive I would rather have the scares than suffer, you have nothing to be sorry for and I'm thankful to you." She smiled and bowed her head, this had Carson in complete shock, he shook his head, "you are nothing like anything I've ever come across, thank you for what you just said." She smiled and sat back, Carson continued to clean and check the wound.
It was a while later that Rodney woke, he stretched his back allowing the bones to set back in place when he sat back down he looked to the bed but it was empty he began to panic, he shot from his set and looked around he noticed Carson was in his office, he ran to the door as he pushed it open to rush in he saw her his panic dropped and he was filled with relief, she looked to him in surprise, "What in god's name is the matter?" she stood and walked to him, he rush forward and wrapped his arms around her he whispered, "I don't ever want to lose you again, when I didn't see you in the bed I feared the worst" he gripped her tighter and she gripped him back,
" I'm so sorry I saw you sleeping and I didn't want to wake you, I'm so sorry and you will never lose me, I'm here now for good" she pushed off him and looked him in the eye and smile, she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. She moved back to her seat and motion Rodney to set as well, He looked to Carson, "I have called the others to meet us here." He looked back to Meredith, "I want everyone to hear what happened, Carson has told me how close you are to these people and I want them to understand, I know it going to be hard to take it all but that is one of the reason why I calling everyone, they can help you and so will I..." she reached forward and placed her hand on top of his, he looked down and back up to her, he nodded his head and smiled.
Rodney brought his eyes up to the door open as the others walked in, they all found a seat and waited, it was quite for a moment while Meredith looked to all the people in the room, she sat up straighter, "I have called all of you here as you are all trusted friends to Rodney, My Father..." as she said that she looked at all the faces but all were clam, "...I know you all may think that I'm lying and that this man could never have a daughter, well you would be wrong, this man was a very caring and gentle man when he meet my mother, it was the day they were moving in together finishing uni, but on the way there was a terrible car crush..." she looked to her father, seeing his eyes down cast she continued,
"... my mother was taken to a different hospital, when she got there she went into labour form the shock, I was born over a month early so I was kept away from my mother, when she came round she asked after my father but he wasn't there, they told her that she was the only one in the car, she got them to call other hospitals, but when they came back to her they told her that he was dead, she was destroyed, it wasn't till later that same day they brought me to her, she always use to say that at that moment she know that my father was always with her whenever she looked into my eyes, so she took me to a small village and I grew up knowing all that I could about my father, my mother gave all the work that he published and I studied them, at the age of 7 my IQ was well above the normal children, it was only when I turned 15 that I found more work by my Father and I knew he couldn't be dead, so over the last 6 years I have been looking for him, I looked into why he never came looking for us, he was told both me and my mother hadn't survived, so we both were ripped away from each other, but I never stopped learning what it is made my Father, even my mother was proud I followed after you." She looked at Rodney with a warm smile the other all smiled.
John looked to the others and each smiled and nodded, "Hay tell you what, I'm sure Rodney would like to talk to you of a bit and I'm guessing you want to get changed out of those scrubs and you can have your own space for a while? we'll collect you later for dinner?" John looked to her with a little bit of fear but also with a welcome vibe and what John saw was amazing her face lit up and her eyes became full of excitement and joy, it was an amazing site to see, "that would be wonderful, but I don't want to intruded if you already have plans?" she looked to the other and they all shock their head it made her smile even bigger, "I'll take you back to your quarters now that the lights are fix I won't run into anyone else!"
The Night passed with much enjoyment, and it wasn't long for the word to spread down the grape vine that one of the new arrivals was in fact the Daughter of McKay CSO.