The gate Activated, the shield was raised, Chuck steered at the computer screen waiting for an IDC, his knuckle were white form gripping the counter to hard, "Chuck, we have an IDC?" Elizabeth rushed into the control centre, "Nothing yet Ma'am" Chuck never took his eyes off the screen, loud thumps could be heard hitting the gate, "Atlantis this is Sheppard we are coming in hot, sending IDC now..." Chuck waited for the IDC code to come up before he lowered the shield, it was Dr, McKay's IDC, Chuck hit the button, just as the shield lowered bolts of wraths weapon came blasting into the gate room, the guards watching the gate dived out the way into the hallways to avoid being stunned, another round came through the gate just before Sheppard's team came running through, "Raise the shield!" John yelled as he came to a sudden stop,
All the others stood around the gate room away from the gate, John looked to check for injures, "were is Meredith?" he looked round screeching for her but nothing, "Open the shield Meredith is still on the other side..." he ran up to the control room and opened the radio, "Meredith the shield is down come through..." they all waited to hear a reply but nothing more bolts came blasting in hitting the stairs, Meredith came running through the gate shooting behind her, her left arm was limp at her side, just as chuck brought up the shield a bolt made it through and hit her square on the chest, causing her to collapse, Ronan came sprinting to her side he knelt down beside her.
Her arm lay limply at her side with a gaping hole in the shoulder but not a drop of blood came from the wound, she grunted in pain and opened her eyes, the others had join Ronan on the floor when she came round, "OW, i hate those bloody blasters...why are you all looking at me like I should be dead?" she began to seat up but was held down by Ronan, she looked at him angered, "your arm is injured and you have just been hit with a stunner, you should be out." The medical team arrived and took her to be treated.
Rodney was fast asleep slumped in the chair beside the bed of his daughter, it had been 2 days from when they were attacked by the wraith, Meredith had been hit by a projectile that had cauterised the wound she hadn't even felt it but it caused more problem, the projectile was coated in a substance that cause her body to shut down, it was touch and go for a while but Carson was able to figure out what the chemical makeup was and get a cure, the substance even stopped the stunner from working, now she was resting after the ordeal.
Carson walked up to the bed and checked the screens, "That wound will it heal?" Carson snapped his head round and looked Rodney in the eyes, "It'll heal to a point but it will cause problem for the rest for her life." Carson looked back to Meredith and to the wound, he had never seen anything like it before the wound was clean no blood and no real damage other that there was a hole in her arm he has found trace of metal in the wound but he was unable to remove it, it had melted to the skin, this was a first for him even for the Pegasus, he shook his head and continued his rounds.
John entered the lab looking for McKay, after Meredith had been release he stayed very close to her being a protective father, it made John laugh it had only been a year that she had came to Atlantis and he seems have got the swing of it, but he know if he found Meredith her protective father was never too far way.
He walked down the main walkway through the lab it was empty and that unnerved John but as he came to the office he saw a lone figure working, he walked up to them, "Hay what you doing here alone?" he moved round to face the figure, he noticed an Itouch on the table he could hear muffled music, he followed the wire to the face, it was Meredith but a spaced out Meredith, he smiled and shook his head, he reached forward to tap her on the shoulder but her eyes shot open and she got hold of John arm the grip was vice like, "whoa it's me Mer?" John looked right into her eyes, she looked straight back but her eyes weren't their normal brilliant blue they had become gray and cold, she turned her head from side to side, up and down as if she was mad, John very slowly and careful reached for his radio she seem to follow his movement with her head, it was as if her eyes couldn't see, he whispered, "Carson we have a problem, I need help in the main lab, bring Rodney..."