A Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Part 6
Author: MacGateFan
Disclaimers in Part 1

John hissed as Carson worked on bandaging his knee. "Are you finished yet, Doc?"

Carson glared at his recalcitrant patient despite the fact that he couldn't see. "Colonel Sheppard may I remind you that you wouldn't have been in this predicament to begin with if you hadn't wondered off!"

"Oh, and I suppose it we would be better off with Elizabeth lying in a pool of blood?"

"Your only saving grace right now is that she's not lying in a pool of blood," Carson replied with a sigh. "That and the fact that Kavanagh is behind bars."

"Sorry," he muttered. "I just had to."

Carson was confused now. "What do you mean by that? What was so important you couldn't wait for someone to help you?"

"I needed to see Elizabeth."

"Colonel, I know that your relationship with her has changed significantly over the past few days, but couldn't you have let me known? I would have contacted her for you."

John took a deep breath. He had no idea how to explain his connection with Atlantis to Carson. Would the physician understand him or send him back to Earth in a straight jacket?

"All right, Doc, pull up a chair," John replied. "I hope you'll listen before you jump to any conclusions about my sanity."

Carson nodded, wondering where this was going. "Aye, go ahead, son."

"The ATA gene is present in the both of us without your therapy, but what was your initial thought when you first stepped into Atlantis?"

Carson thought back to that day. He remembered feeling safe and peaceful and told John that. "I don't know, it was like I was home with my Mum. I didn't think anything of it at the time. I haven't really felt that way since."

"I felt that way too, Carson," John replied, "but it's stayed with me. I used to have trouble sleeping a lot because of nightmares and even though I still have them, they're not as bad as they used to be. It's like... it's like someone is singing me to sleep."

He watched as Carson listened intently to every word he was saying. "Carson, I really needed to see Elizabeth earlier and the only way I could do it was to concentrate and listen to Atlantis. She told me where to find her. She told me Kavanagh was behind me. If it weren't for her, we'd both be dead right now."

Carson was speechless for a few minutes. When he finally spoke, he said, "Rodney is going to be so jealous of you!"

John laughed. "Probably."

Jealous would not begin to describe Rodney McKay. How did Sheppard get so lucky, he thought. First he has complete control of every piece of Ancient technology with barely a thought and now this!

What Rodney wouldn't give for a chance to talk to the city and learn more about her. Hmm... that gave him an idea. "Can you contact her again?"

"I guess I could. I don't really remember what I did last time."

Carson and Andria walked over to them. "Colonel Sheppard, I'd like to check your eyes before you do anything," Andria said.

"Yes, please," John replied. "I am so sick of darkness."

Andria dimmed the lights and went to the task of removing the bandage. "Keep your eyes closed for right now."

John felt a cool breeze on his eyes and inwardly smiled as Atlantis whispered, You will be all right, John Sheppard.

"Okay, Colonel, you can open your eyes."

Carson and Andria silently waited for John to say something. They sighed in relief when he told them he could see, although things were still a bit blurry. "That's to be expected," Andria told him. "I'm going to test the PH in your eyes and then I'll get some eye drops for you."

"Other than the blurriness, Colonel, how do you feel?" Carson asked.

"I'm fine." Carson gave him a look that said, 'Pull the other one'. "My knee is killing me, but I think you know that already."

He nodded. "Aye that I do. I'll just get something for that."

"So what's it like?"

"Rodney," John said, "I really don't want to talk about this right now. Carson is going to give me some happy juice so I can take a nap and ignore the pain in my knee. We'll talk later, okay?"

Carson chose that moment to return a little surprised at John's comment, but he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. "That's a good idea. I know you all want to sit here and watch the Colonel sleep, but something tells me you all have more pressing things to take care of?"

Teyla nodded. They were going to meet with Dr. Weir and Colonel Caldwell to discuss what was to be done with Kavanagh. "Colonel, I am happy to see you will be all right."

He smiled. "Thanks, Teyla," he said.

Ronon nodded, following her out while Rodney just sat and stared at him.

"Rodney?"

"Hmm? Oh, sorry, I'm going now."

John laughed when he heard Rodney mutter, "It's just not fair!"