It's the last day of boot camp and so far I haven't made a fool out of myself (well other than the whole 'falling onto Logan' incident). For the 'Hide and Seek' I got paired with Dr. Jillian Benassi from the biology staff. We had a nice time, only got lost twice (that was because I had the map turned upside down) and were one of the five teams who managed to evade the "Wraith" (who were really Sgt.'s in masks) John had stalking the teams. Here's how the Pegasus Galaxy's version of military hide and seek works; All us newb's were sorted into pairs and then were given a map and a compass. The object was to get to "base" (which was really just a secondary building) and not to get caught. Jillian and I learned after it was over that if you got caught by one of the "Wraith" you were "dead". So it was like a cross between and an extreme version of 'Hide and Seek' and 'Ghost in the Graveyard'. I have to tell you that it wasn't easy evading them; there were a few times where they almost caught us.
Today we're staying on Atlantis and be in a few of the exercise rooms. From what Lydia told me, we're gonna learn a few self-defense moves. We meet in the Gate room again and John divides us into groups again, and tells us who we're gonna train with and where we're gonna be. And Logan gets put in my group. Again. At least we won't have to talk to each other. I hope. I'm still not over the embarrassment of the whole tumbling incident. Since the group is about half guys half girls there a two instructors, Laura Cadman and a rather Rastafarian-looking guy named Ronon Dex. Once we're in the room we start right away and I "manage" to end up on the other side of the group, away from Logan. If I can just get through this last day without doing anything stupid I figure that I'll live this entire thing down and then I won't have to see Logan again. Laura teaches "us girls" SING; Solar plexus, Instep, Nose, Groin and some other moves. Then Ronon teaches us a few other moves, these are a bit more involved and I wonder how the hell we're supposed to remember these when we're being attacked. Just give me a baseball bat or a gun and I'm good to go. That takes up the morning and around 1pm we break for lunch. Logan tries to catch me, but before I have a chance to politely run away Elizabeth spots me and calls me over. I gladly go over to where she is and don't even care that she has some administrative stuff to take care of. The rest of the hour passes quickly and we're back in the room, this time we're gonna practice what we learned before the break. I get paired with someone other than Logan so I'm starting to think that there is a God out there and I was just having a bad day. The practice goes well, we remember not to actually hit each other and I think I'm starting to get the hang of some of the moves that Ronon taught us. But then we switch partners and Laura decides to pair me with Logan. I resist the urge to hit myself and impersonate Homer Simpson and practice starts up again.
"You've been avoiding me." Logan says as he wraps his arm around my neck.
"No I haven't." I manage to say before grabbing his arm and elbowing him in the solar plexus. Enough for him to let go but not hard enough to actually hurt him.
"Yes you have, don't deny it."
"Whatever." I turn around looking for Laura. I have a question about a move, but she's busy with another group. Suddenly I feel hands grab me and I jump. I twist around and remember SING. Except in my case, its 'skip S-I-N. Go directly to G. Do not collect $200'. While I'm doing this my eyes are looking at the shoulders and only when I connect do I finally look up and see that I had just kneed Logan. My face goes from slightly pale to beet red in five seconds flat. I think that's a new record. His eyes go wide and he falls to his knees holding the area I had just hit. By this time everyone has stopped whatever it was they had been doing and are looking at us. Laura calls for Carson and he enters asking what happened. I just turn red even more and try to say what I had done, but Logan beats me to it.
"Just a little training accident." He squeaks out.
Carson just takes one look at the position Logan is in and by the look on his face quickly figures out what had happened. He helps Logan stand and we all notice that he couldn't lose the slightly bent position. I hear myself stammer out how sorry I am and that I really didn't mean to do it, but he just waves me silent and says, "That's ok, I wasn't planning on having kids anyways." Oh God, I broke him. I flinch at the comment and Carson tries to suppress a smile, as does everyone else. Except me.
"Can you walk or should I call for a gurney?" Carson asks Logan.
"I can walk." He says his voice still slightly higher than it had been when I first met him.
Carson shrugs and they leave with Carson supporting Logan. It's so quite as they leave you could hear a pin drop. Come to think of it, a pin did drop and everyone heard it. And they're staring at me. Floor? Please feel free to open up and swallow me any time now. Wraith? Please choose this moment to attack again and feed off of me first. After the door closes behind them, Laura plasters on a smile and says, "I think that we're done here. Make sure to sign in with Col. Sheppard so we can check your name off." I start edging towards the door when she starts talking and the second she finishes I all but run out of the room. Of all the things to do…God, what's wrong with me?
A/N: Here's the second chapter of todays '200' celebration. I got the SING thing from Miss Congeneality. Funny movie, people should watch it. Don't own anything except Max. Review at your prefrence.