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"Euh! What is it, sir?" A brave lieutenant stepped forward to get a better look.
The creature...alien...thing, didn't move, it lay there on six paws that looked for all the world to have the same skin as a frog. It's short velvety hair that sprouted from its odd triangular head fixed on a body no longer than a standard keyboard, was bristled, its wide, Asguard-like eyes were huge and glistening eerily in the light.
The creature thing was looking directly at Sheppard. He poked its side with the barrel of his gun. The creature...thing, opened its mouth, so far that Sheppard thought its jaws were unhinged, "Meep." It squeaked.
McKay straightened up, "Shoot it! Don't just, poke it like an idiot, you have to...beat it over the head, or something!" It ate Pooky!
At the sound of another human speaking the creature slowly -creepily; McKay shuddered- turned its head towards him, its mouth still wide as ever. "Meeeeeeeeeep!" The creature thing jumped up, startling Sheppard, and scurried over to McKay's feet collapsing its light body on top of them.
...It appeared to be asleep.
"Get it off, get it off!"
"Hold on, take it easy. Just, don't move doctor." Sheppard raised his gun back to his shoulder and slowly got into position.
"Yeah, I'll just-"
"Don't shoot it!" The voice came from beyond the doorway. They turned and saw Teyla running up, pushing past the airman who was standing in front of the door so it wouldn't close. "Don't kill it! It's called a Tel'Nash, a native creature of Bel'narr."
"How the heck did a, Ber'Nashnarr, get to Atlantis?" Sheppard asked.
McKay gestured emphatically to the creature resting on his feet. "Hello! Does anyone see the slimy thing on my feet?"
"The Tel'Nash are adventuresome little creatures, moving their broods wherever their mood strikes them. If a gate is open, they will often wander through." Teyla explained.
The young lieutenant spoke, "How did it get through our gate undetected?"
"They can cloak themselves, but only for very short periods of time. It often drains them of their energy, and they must to find a warm place to regain it. Otherwise the creature could die."
Sheppard grinned, "See McKay, you saved his life."
Teyla turned to McKay, "The Tel'Nash will not harm you. This one looks very young, I believe it has attached itself to you."
"Yeah, I see tha- Wait, you mean like, emotionally?"
"Young ones who venture off by themselves often attach themselves to a human, if available, until it is ready to live on its own."
"Swell."
Sheppard patted him on the back, "Good. Now I don't want this thing running around freely, and if it poops, I want you right there with a sandwich bag and sanitizers, got that McKay?"