A/N: Chapter 3! Sorry, it's kinda short, mostly a bridging chapter. Slight warning: implied sex, but no details. And first signs of John/Teyla.

Chapter 3

Zally felt panic race through her as her host fell into a forced sleep.

"Oh god, what've I done...!" She whispered to herself in John's mind since he couldn't hear her, if she had had her physical body she would have been shivering with fear and guilt. Then with the help of the majors ears, she heard the young man from earlier call out to him as she felt her host fall then get caught. Now that she knew that he wouldn't be hurt from the fall she tried to focus her attention on waking Sheppard.

"Major Sheppard, can you hear me? It's Zally, please wake up, John...!" She tried to reach him a few more times but it just became to taxing and she soon felt her energy drain away as she slipped into a state of sleep of her own, cuddling up to the warmth of his internal organs.

~S~G~A~

Beckett sighed as he finished hooking up Sheppard to an IV and a heart monitor before turning to the others, he was rather concerned about the major's condition.

"Will he be alright, Doctor Beckett?" Teyla asked in a low voice as she saw Doctor Weir walk into the room.

"Aye, ah think so, lassie. Ah'm a little concerned about the blood 'e retched up earlier... But besides that and the slight fever 'e seems to be fine, I dunno what should 'ave caused all this."

"Carson, what about his blood?"

"Ah'm sorry, Doctor Weir, But Ah've already done a blood test and it came out clean..."

"You know what I bet this is? Another stupid act of heroism gone wrong!"

"Rodney?"

"Think about it. When we found him, his shirt and pants were full of blood that obviously came from him but did you find a wound on his stomach when you examined him, Carson?" The Scott shook his head and Mckay continued, "Obviously something happened to him while we were separated and he'll go through anything to keep us from knowing for some reason."

"Now that you mention it, Rodney... John was extremely agitated while during the debriefing when he came back, like he wanted to get out of there as quickly as he could." Elizabeth said slowly, the memories coming back.

"See I told you!"

"Doctors, should we confront Major Sheppard upon him waking up?" Teyla asked as the small group started out of the infirmary, not wanting to wake theexhausted major.

"Yes, I think that would be best but we have to find a way to make him feel comfortable enough to tell us the truth instead of the lies he's been using."

~S~G~A~

Zally awoke to find that her host had slipped from a forced sleep to a natural one and was now in the middle of a dream. Normally, Zally wouldn't have been able to see his thoughts or dreams unless they were extremely strong and the fact that she could both hear and see the dream was quite a shock to her. Her mind formed a semi-visible figure of herself that sat down on a chair in the dream version of the major's room, her attention drawn to the figures and movement under the blankets on top of the major's bed. Though she may not have ever experienced the act before but she knew what was transpiring, and even before she saw who the female of the two was she could tell it was the lovely dark-skinned woman she had seen through John's eye earlier that day. Let her host's thoughts and emotions wash over her, she continued to watch the scene before her.

~S~G~A~

John awoke with a slight yawn and sat up before opening his eyes, reaching over to scratch at the annoying itch bothering his hand. Feeling a plastic tube coming from his hand he snapped his eyes open, groaning as he saw the IV needle attached to his hand. Trying to ignore it for the time being, he looked around in the near complete darkness for the cup of water that he knew Beckett had left for him like every time.

"Good awakening, Major."

"Mornin', Zal..." He whispered sleepily as he brought the cup of water to his lips but stopped before her took a drink to answer her next question.

"Who was that woman? What is she like?"

"Yawn... What woman...?" He took a mouthful of water.

"The lovely dark-skinned one you were sharing the sacred act of intercourse with in your dream..." He only imidiate response to the question was the major spitting out his mouthful of water and choking on its remnants.

"Did I say something wrong, Major...?"

"Zally, you shouldn't be peaking into other people's brains!"

"I wasn't 'peaking', we're psychically linked but I can only see and hear your strongest thoughts and that dream was so strong that I couldn't do anything but watch."

"Couldn't you at least look away! Ugh... I can't believe you saw that...!" Sheppard groaned and rubbed a hand over his face as he lay back in his bed, trying to bury himself in the pillow to hide.

"I am sorry, Major Sheppard, I meant no offence..." Zally said softy, sounding rather dejected.

"Ugh... Sorry, Zally, I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just that I'm rather private about my.. Ugh... Desires... Oh man, this is so wrong..."

"Why is it so wrong? Have you not told her yet..?"

"No! Of course not!"

"Why not?"

"She's my teammate, as ranking military member I can't such relations with her..."

"Why not? You're both human and seeing as you only have limited people and you said you have lost some. Therefore it is the responsibility of the you males to find a mate and begin to procreate..."

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation."

"Why can't believe it? You obviously love her."

"How would you know?"

"I heard your words to her and I felt your pure emotions towards her. There was no lust in your mind, only the desire to pleasure her. You should tell her."

"I can't, I just can't, it's not right. Can we talk about something else, please?"

"I still think you should tell her but sure. Like what?"

"Like the fact that we never finished dinner, I'm starving!"

"Alright, let's go then."

"Great!" With this all said and done, John ripped out his IV, climbed out of bed and started to look for his clothes.

~S~G~A~

It was late enough at night that John could wander the halls without being caught but he was nervous about being caught out of the infirmary.

"Major...?"

"Yeah?"

"The liquid where my stomach should be feels weird..."

"Like what? Is it because you're hungry?" John asked as he entered the dark mess hall, for some reason the lights didn't turn on.

"I think I'm pregnant...!"

"WHAT?" Suddenly, as soon as the major yelled the lights came on and before him sat Teyla, Ford and Doctors Weir, Mckay and Beckett.

"John, we need to talk..."