Yay the next chapter, this is betad (sp?) by Stargate-Obsessed.

"Ah ha!" Rodney yelled triumphantly, as he removed his head from under the console. He was smiling broadly, as he stepped away from his laptop, which was perched precariously on the top of the console.

" Finished?" John asked as he walked away from the door, and towards the scientist, his eyes still scanning the entire area for any threats.

"No Colonel, I just said 'Ah ha!' because I wanted you to go and find me a turkey sandwich." Rodney's words were dripping with his usual sarcasm; he looked for a moment at the Colonel and then rolled his eyes and turned to his other teammates.

"As the Colonel so aptly deduced, I'm finished." He threw a withering glance at Colonel Sheppard before continuing, "I think I can now get at least the lights to work."

"Just the lights?" Ronon asked looking disappointed, Rodney turned to look at him and rolled his eyes once more.

"Well I'm sorry if I can't get anything else to work right now, but I have only been working for about twenty minutes! This stuff is complicated, I'll need time."

"Okay Rodney calm down," John fought hard not to look at Ronon or Teyla, just in case he burst out laughing. "Just do what you can."

Rodney turned his back on John and began to type away at the keys on his laptop, after a few seconds the lights flickered on.

"Holy…" Words failed John as he looked around the room; there were what looked like 'pods' all along the walls. Hundreds, possibly even thousands of them all down the very, very long room.

"What are they?" Teyla asked to no one in particular, her gaze like the others fixed on the pods.

Rodney lifted his hand held scanner from his TAC vest and held it up to his eyes; he lowered it slowly and moved forwards towards the nearest pod. He moved swiftly until he was right in front of it,

"They're alive." He said quietly, his hand moving up to wipe away what looked like frost on the 'window' into the pod.

"Rodney!" John said sternly, he didn't trust this at all. It could be some kind of Wraith trick, or anything. He wasn't going to risk it, not this time.

"What?" Rodney asked, his hand inches from the pod,

"Don't touch it!"

"What? Why not? I'm just gunna see what's in there."

"No McKay! Don't. Touch. It. That's an order!"

"Well I'm a civilian and I don't take orders from pompous, arrogant soldiers!" John's eyes widened, this wasn't like McKay at all. Well it kind of was, but he seemed worse somehow.

"Rodney!" But too late McKay had already begun to brush some of the frost off the window, his face set and determined. They all held their breath, waiting for something dreadful and dramatic to happen. Nothing happened, well a bit of dust fell from the high ceiling, but apart from that nothing dramatic or dreadful happened at all.

"See," Rodney said, his voice trembling slightly "nothing to worry about."

John grabbed Rodney by the front of his vest, his eyes burning with anger.

"Rodney! Don't you understand what an order is? I expressly told you NOT to touch it, and what do you do? Damn it Rodney anything could have happened!"

"Well nothing did happen!" Rodney cried trying to push John backwards, but only succeed in loosing the grip the Colonel had on his vest slightly.

"That's not that point! Something could have…"

"Colonel?" John turned his head to look at Teyla, who was gazing worried up at the two bickering men. Ronon was on the other side of them, his gaze reflecting that of Teyla's, worried and slightly confused.

John looked back at Rodney, and slowly took his hands off the scientist's vest. He met McKay's gaze and looked away quickly,

"Sorry Rodney, I dunno what just happened."

"Me neither." Both men were looking pointedly down at the floor, trying to avoid the other's gaze.

"I believe now would be an appropriate time to dial Atlantis, and send for Doctor Beckett." Teyla placed her hand on John's arm soothingly; he nodded and turned towards the door.

"I think I'll stay here," Rodney said, his eyes drawn back to the 'pod' " and see what's inside here. I mean umm… well you're not going to be long are you. Just to the 'gate and back. Not far, and I might be able to get more systems up and running." John gazed at the scientist for a minute before nodding again,

"Okay, Rodney you can stay here. Teyla you stay with him," and he added in a whisper " keep an eye on him." She smiled, and nodded.

"Okay Ronon, let's go." John and Ronon quickly moved towards the door, and out into the dark corridor beyond.

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"Oh my…." Teyla turned from her position by the door, to see Rodney staring wide-eyed at the screen of his laptop.

"What?"

"They're…they're… Wraith!" He said staring at the pods all along the wall. Teyla quickly brought up her P-90, and walked carefully towards Rodney.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!" he snapped, "Haven't you sensed anything?"

"No." She said grimly, her eyes scanning the room before she moved her hand up to her radio.

"Colonel Sheppard." Nothing but static answered her, she raised her hand to try again but Rodney stopped her.

"It's the pods, they must be creating some kind of interference. We won't be able to reach them from in here." Teyla looked at him, before she looked quickly at the laptop in front of him.

"Wait." She said, her head tilted to one side as she read the information pouring into the laptop. "It says that these are only part Wraith!"

"What?" Rodney glanced down at the screen, and typed furiously into the keyboard. "Oh my God, they're hybrids. Wraith/Human hybrids."

Suddenly Teyla sensed something, the unmistakable feeling of another presence entering her mind.

"Rodney!"

"What?"

"Wraith!"

"Oh no!" He picked up his laptop hurriedly, and ran to his backpack. He hurriedly stuffed his things in it, trying to get it all to fit in. Teyla moved towards the entrance of the room, her P-90 held up ready for the attack.

"Hurry Rodney."

"I'm coming, I'm coming! You guys have no patience!" Finally he managed to shove the last piece of equipment back into his pack, and he hurried to the entrance. He passed Teyla and ran out into the corridor, with a final look back at the pods Teyla followed.

As they ran out of the corridor and through the former door, they began to hear the unmistakable whine of the Wraith darts.

They ran out into the meadow of scorched grass, and towards the tree line. Teyla risked a glance up and saw that there were at least 3 darts above them, gliding gently down towards the building.

"Hurry Rodney!" She cried as she ran in front of him, trying to get him to pick up his speed.

"Teyla! I… can't… run… that… fast!" He panted, as he tried to keep pace with her. A stitch was already making itself known, and there was no way he was going to get to the 'gate if he kept going at this speed.

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