A/N: Chapter 2 to a story that I don't quite get why people like... 0_o... Okay, just to let you guys know... Rodney and Carson are a PAIN to write! So I am very sorry if'n they don't seem quite right...

Chapter 2

John rushed into his quarters on Atlantis as fast his pained body would allow before he collapsed against the wall, gasping for air. He had only just barely made it through the briefing with Weir and the physical with Beckett before he couldn't keep up his facade of smiles anymore and had to make a hasty retreat.

"Major, I don't believe that you will survive the rest of the month if you do not let your companions know of our conditions..." Zally whispered softly in his mind as he collapsed to the floor.

"No, I'm cool. I just need to rest..."

"Major, you are not and we must eat soon or else it will damage us both..."

"Really, Zally, everything is fine. I just can't tell them."

"Why?"

"Why? I'll tell you why. They'll freak about me allowing you to use me as a host and most likely try to find a way to force you out before you're healed... ugh..." He clamped a hand to his abdomen, trying to get the pain to pass. He could feel Zally sigh in his head as he felt her body move within him, in a comforting coolness.

"If you say so, Major..."

"Great! Now that that's settled... I haven't eaten since breakfast and it's almost dinner!" He rose on shaky legs and started to head out the door, heading for themess hall.

~S~G~A~

Rodney Mckay dropped his tray of food next to usual teammates, Teyla and Ford, before sitting next to Teyla. He slowly chewed his food as glared intently into the distance before jumping slightly as Teyla gently touched his hand.

"Doctor Mckay, is there something wrong?" He jerked into awareness at the sound of her voice and swallowed the lump of food in his mouth before answering.

"Yeah, either of you notice the major acting a little weird today?" The two blinked at him in a confused manor, irritating the scientist as he rolled his eyes and took another bite of food.

"Like what?" Ford's question only made Rodney sigh before answering."

"Oh, like the fact that despite the massive of blood on his shirt and pants, which should have come from the wound on his stomach, said wound was almost completely healed when we got to him. And! The fact that he kept whispering stuff to himself, twitching, sweating and even whimpering softly through the entire flight back!" Rodney had been sitting in the passenger seat of Jumper one as Sheppard had flown it, therefore making him the closest to see the major's odd behavior.

"Now that you have mention the subject, Doctor Mckay, I do remember the major acting strange..." Teyla trailed off as the little group saw their commanding officer walking towards them with an oddly full tray of food, his usual being a simple turkey sandwich and a glass of water but today it was surrounded by more random assortments of food and looked more like something Mckay would wolf down.

"Hey guys! How're ya doing?" Sheppard said cheerily as he set his tray next to Ford's and sat down. His heart started to race as his three companions just stared at him like he had a starfish attached to his face.

"They know..." Zally whispered in his head as the major tried to swallow a bite of sandwich, causing him to choke on the food before hissing, "Don't do that...!"

"Do what, sir?" Ford asked, starting to get worried about the older man. Sheppard coughed a bit more before smiling like nothing happened.

"Hmm? You say something, Ford?"

"Uhh... No sir..." The youngest of the group cast a confused and worried glace towards the others while Sheppard was looking down and wiping his face.

"They're very worried about you..." John opened his mouth to reply to her but saw the others looking intently at him, so he simply flashed them a world winning smile before getting up.

"You'll have to excuse me, I'll be right back!" He started to walk away while having a whispered argument with himself.

"Well, that was indeed...Strange..." Teyla whispered as Rodney gave them a look that said 'told you so' before he went on to eat.

"If something's up with the major, we should do something..." Ford said in a low voice as they all couldn't pull their eyes away from the man had disappeared.

"Try an intervention. Obviously, Sheppard has gone and done something stupid again..."

"Doctor, that is not helping... We really must do something, I suggest we go see Doctor Beckett..." Teyla sighed as she stood and picked up her tray, waiting for the boys to follow suit.

"What should we do with the major's food? He barely ate any..."

"Ford, obviously something is wrong with him and knowing him, he'll forget all about it. Just pick it up and take it to his room while Teyla and I talk to Beckett."

~S~G~A~

John was back in his room, clinging pathetically to chair as he felt the room spin around him.

"Major, this was a bad idea! You're getting worse and it's only been a few hours!"

"I'm ok, I just need to get my mind off of it. Tell me about your planet." His voice came out in a slight beg as his stomach churned and a slight convulsionracked his body and made his knees buckle.

"Uhh.. Let me see... It consist of mostly forests and volcanic landscapes..."

"That's weird...!" He gasped out as bile began to rise in his esophagus.

"I know... It's run by a monarchy..."

"Okay... Gasp! Ugh...!"

"Our castle is over a giant lake of lava and females are regarded higher than males...!" The overwhelming wave of pain and nausea that hit John overtook both their senses, to the point that they didn't hear John's door open as he vomited on his floor.

~S~G~A~

Worried thoughts about his commanding officer filled Ford's head as he walked towards the major's quarters with the tray of food in hand, planning on simply placing it on his bed to find. He was not prepared for what saw as he opened the door; the major barely stood as he clung to chair and shook violently as hedesperately talked to someone that wasn't Ford but of course this all happened mere seconds before a shudder racked the major's body and retched all over the floor.

"Major!" The tray dropped from Ford's hands as he raced over to catch Sheppard as he collapsed. As soon as he got a good grip on the older, he could feel a large amount of sweat seeping through the major's thin long-sleeve shirt before looked down to see what little contents had been in the man's stomach and was horrified to see streaks of blood in it. The major was unconscious, limp, shivering and gasping for air as the young lieutenant gently dragged him over to the bed before opening a comlink to the medbay.

"Doctor Beckett, this is Ford! I'm at the major's quarters, something's really wrong, he's really sick. I need you over here now!"

~S~G~A~

Doctor Beckett turned around as he heard footsteps approach and was surprised to see whole was there.

"Rodney, Teyla, is everthin' alright." His accent even more thick with shock; Teyla gave a small smile but Mckay only frowned.

"Oh sure, we're great...! We always come down to the medbay for no good reason... Of course, everything's not alright!" Carson simply sighed and turned back to his work at Rodney's snarky reply.

"Rodney, ah'm very buseh so if'n you're not going to say what's wrong then please leave."

"We're very sorry to disturb you, Doctor Beckett but we've come to believe that their is something very wrong with the major..." Teyla replied, trying to stop the two from getting in a fight, "Could you please tell us if there was anything odd that happened while you examined him earlier?" At this, Carson reached up and scratched his head with his wrist and sighed.

"Now that you mention it, Lass... 'e was actin' rather odd earlier, kept whispering to 'imself whenever 'e thought I wasn't listenin'..."

"Yes! That's exactly what're tal-!" Rodney was cut off by the sound of Ford's voice coming through the overhead speakers.

"Doctor Beckett, this is Ford! I'm at the major's quarters, something's really wrong, he's really sick. I need you over here now!" The three shared a worried looked only a split second before Beckett got his med bad and the three rushed for the door.