God I am so sorry it's taken this long, college was mad and I've been busy making music videos. Thank you to everyone who has struck by me while I get my muse back.

Disclaimer: if I own Stargate and everything in it, Carson would always be on screen and we would have seen Hewlett naked by now, so it's properly a good thing I don't, for your sakes anyway, I'd be in heaven :)

Carson was fuming, he could understand her getting a wee bit confused after waking up after what she's been through, but it was no excuse to take it out on them and what on Earth was she doing now! The three of them, Major Lorne, Doctor Zelenka and himself were crowded round a small laptop screen that Radek had set up after he had hacked into the security system.

"What's she looking for?" Lorne asked Carson

"How the bloody hell should I know! For all I know she could be looking for more bullets to shoot at us!" He replied, he walked over to the locked infirmary doors. He had tried to get through to her, to explain to her but she had sealed everything and cut communication. Radek was trying to bypass what she had done but it was taking time.

"I do not think so, she is much focused, I see McKay like this lots of times in Lab when he loses new toy." Zelenka explained to them.

"Looks like she's found whatever she was looking for." Lorne said.

"Let me see" Carson walked back over to the laptop. "That cheeky bugger! That's my shortbread me mum sent me! When I get my hands on her!" He went off fuming in a corner, he had been saving that!

"Does not surprise me. Wakes up from concussion, shoots at friends and finds food. McKay is always McKay in any reality." Zelenka joked.

"That's depressing to know"

The three of them turned to Major Sheppard and Doctor Weir.

"It's about time, I can't get through to her." Carson said to the Major. He waited for Sheppard to answer but found him focused on Zelenka.

"This is weird." Sheppard said. Radek started to get uncomfortable with everyone looking at him.

"What, what is wrong?" He asked them confused.

Weir broke in before anyone could explain and waste more time. "Lorne have you been able to get through to her?"

"No ma'am, she shut down all communications, Doctor Zelenka was trying to get the overhead speaker back up and running." Weir turned to Zelenka.

"How long should it take?" He looked over at the readouts on his screen, "20 minutes, maybe longer. It would be easier to get doors open but it is not responding to the gene."

Sheppard looked at the door. It opened.

"Although Sheppard is better with Gene than Doctor Beckett." Radek defended.

"Atlantis likes me." Major Sheppard smirked and poked his head round the door. "McKay! You there!" He called.

"Major Sheppard that you, really you and not an illusion or the one from this reality, which ever is the right explanation for Radek being at the side of my bed when I woke up." She called back.

"God McKay, get out here now! I know you must have been really confused and scared but that's no reason to shoot this place up."

"I was not scared, I was calm and in prefect control of the situation! And stop blowing everything out of proportions, it was one shot and I wasn't even aiming for them!"

She slowing appeared in the infirmary, the gun still firmly in her hands.

He grinned at her "Good thing we've been working on your aim then or they would be dead"

"Very funny Major but where were you during my daring and clever escape?" She snarked.

"Escape? You haven't even left the infirmary!"

The others watched the batter with interest; some things were the same in both realities, Sheppard's and McKay childish teasing and arguing was apparently one of them, which was a bit disturbing,

"I was getting there!"

"Righttt…before or after you get yourself checked out by their doc because I'm telling you now McKay, you look like shit." He paused letting her take in everything he had said.

She looked down at herself. She had been focused on the head injury to concern herself with anything else. In her mad rush, she hadn't even noticed that her left arm was in a cast and a sling. Now the pain in her shoulder and her head was getting to her. Not to mention she felt ready to drop a sleep.

"Don't think I'm letting that comment slide Sheppard but I could really do with some of the good drugs right now. So I'm right about the alternate reality theory over the possibility I've been captured by the wraith and all this is an illusion then?" She took a seat on one of the beds.

"Seems that way. The other me in this reality is a Colonel and in charge of the military here, not to mention he still has his stunning good looks about him." He took a seat next to her. The others slowly crept to the front of the door to watch them.

"Winkles add to a man's looks, Sheppard. How many times have I got to tell you that? Another thing men have against us. Anyway, Finra didn't seem to mind on PX9-786 did she?" She joked. Sleep traced into her voice and she slowly became to fall on his shoulder.

"Finra! She only wanted me for one thing and it wasn't even for my looks!"

"Maybe you should stop giving out chocolate to strange alien women then…" she had fallen asleep. Major Sheppard brought his arm round to stop her falling and took the gun with the other. The others entered, feeling it was finally safe to do so. Carson walked over and helped him lay her down on the bed.

"Let her sleep for the night, she's worn herself out." He whispered to them. Everyone started to leave, Major Sheppard didn't move.

"I think its best if I say here, encase she wakes up again. Wouldn't want a repeat of this." He joked. Elizabeth could see clearly his concern for his friend and knew that he wouldn't be leaving here tonight. "Okay, I'll have a guard stay with you at all times though and I want you to get some rest too. I would like to have a briefing in the morning when everyone's up to it."

He smiled and nodded his thanks to her, "Agreed"

Please review, next chapter will come sooner I promise. Red Phoniex out at 3am.

RP XXX