Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis or any of its original characters.

I know its been an eternity since I've updated but I had the entire story finished. I was going to start posting the rest of the story but my computer crashed before I got a chance to back up my files so I have to re-write the last 4 or 5 chapters.

Things are going to get interesting now……they already know who was behind it and a lot of other things have happened. I'm thankful for the people who have reviewed it so far and am really surprised at how many people actually like it.

So……here it is, chapter 14. I hope you like it and I really look forward to getting reviews so please tell me what you think

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The next morning when John woke up, he felt pretty good. Maybe it was because of the rest that he got or maybe it was because of him kissing Teyla's hand the night before when he went to visit her in the infirmary. He had no idea but he liked feeling this way.

He could not get Teyla out of his head as he changed his clothes and put his shoes on. God……I wanna go visit her now but I don't want to rush things. He shook his head. But if I don't visit her now, she might be out of the infirmary. John shook his head again. He made up his mind, he was going to go visit her.

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"Okay Rodney…..what did you want to see me for?" Weir said as she walked into the lab to find an irritated and grumpy Rodney McKay sitting by the table with his arms crossed across his chest.

"It's gone again." he said with a scowling look on his face.

"What do you mean its gone?" Weir asked which irritated him even more.

"What do I mean its gone? Its gone. You want me to spell it out for you, G-O-N-E gone." McKay said in a louder tone. "That device was specifically designed to hurt people like Colonel Sheppard and that is exactly what it is doing."

"Okay Rodney….calm down." Weir said. "I understand what the artifact does to him." she let out a sigh of frustration. "I think we may have to confine people to their quarters until its found."

"I think that's a good thing to do because we haven't even begun to figure out if this thing has any long term health effects and….." he was cut short.

"Okay Rodney. I'll go make an announcement to the city so we can begin our search." She began to walk out when McKay stopped her.

"Make sure you find Colonel Sheppard. In fact, I think you should probably take him to the infirmary just in case whoever has the artifact, turns it on." Rodney said with a worried look on his face.

"I have a feeling he is already on his way there to see Teyla so don't worry." She said just before walking out of the lab.

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John was almost to the infirmary when the intercom to the city came on. "People of Atlantis, this is Dr. Elizabeth Weir. There has been a slight security breech and I ask that everyone please either return to your quarters of go to the nearest room you can find until further notice. Thank you."

John looked up as if there was a speaker right above his head. "What the hell is going on?" he asked himself in almost a whisper as he continued to the infirmary.

Immediately after he walked into the infirmary, Beckett walked up to him with a relieved look on his face. "Oh…thank god you're finally here."

"What the hell is going on?" John asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"I don't know the full details but Elizabeth just contacted me and told me to keep you here if you came." Beckett sounded slightly worried.

"Okay." he said in a skeptical tone.

"She said that she is on her way to give you the details about what is going on." Beckett said.

John nodded and then continued with his original plan. "So, how's Teyla?"

"She's just fine. As a matter of fact, I was just about to release her until this happened." He said.

"Good." John said as he continued on his quest to see Teyla. He walked further into the infirmary but all of the beds were empty. He was about to worry until he heard a familiar voice.

"John." Teyla said from the other end of the room. He turned to find her hobbling on a pair of crutches. "I did not think you were going to come here so early this morning."

"I had to come to see if you were alright." John said as he walked over to the chair that was sitting by the bed once used by Teyla and sat down. "Especially after everything that happened yesterday."

"Well I am fine." Teyla said as she hobbled back to the bed and sat down on the bed facing the same side that John was sitting at.

"That and I kinda wanted to talk to you about something." John said. At that moment, his heart started pounding and his palms got clammy. He was finally going to tell her how he felt. It took him long enough and he figured it was about time he stop keeping her in the dark. He wiped his hands on his pant legs and sighed. He was just about to start talking when Weir and Beckett walked in.

"John…….we have a serious problem that we have to discuss." john whipped his head around to see Weir as she walked closer to the bed where they both were. "As you may have noticed, I've told everyone to stay in their rooms momentarily."

"Yeah, speaking of which…..what the hell is going on?" John said getting strait to the point.

"The artifact is missing." Weir said just as quick getting to the point as John was. "Not only that, but Kavanaugh is missing as well."

"What?" John said with a strange look on his face. He was confused, angry and worried all at the same time. "I though they were both locked up?"

"They were but Kavanaugh broke out of his holding cell and stole the artifact from the lab and we don't know where he is now." She said

"Okay……well let's go find him." John said as he got up and started towards the door.

"You're staying here." Weir said.

"Excuse me?" He said.

"If he turns that thing on, I want you here where Carson can treat you." she said in a firm and commanding voice.

"You cant just expect me to sit still while he's out there with the artifact." He said with a betrayed look on his face.

"Well, I'm sorry but whether you like it or not, you are staying here and that's an order." Weir said. She didn't give him time to argue this time. She just turned around and walked out leaving John irritated and angry.

John took a couple of deep breaths and started pacing back and forth in the infirmary. "I need to be out there." he said as he paced.

"You need to stay here like you were told." Teyla said in a concerned voice. She knew he was planning on going after Kavanaugh even if it meant disobeying a direct order and putting his own health in danger.

"Teyla I can't just stay here and wait to see if they found Kavanaugh or not. I can't." John said.

"Well, if you are going, then I am going with you." Teyla said.

"Teyla….with your leg the way it is, you shouldn't be out walking around on it." John said. "If you got hurt in the process, I'd never be able to live with myself."

"I cannot let you go out there all by yourself." Teyla said in a worried tone.

"Well I cant let you go out there with me." John said.

"Why not?"

"Because I love you." John blurted out just before taking a deep breath. There……finally, its out in the open so she knows.

"What did you say?" Teyla asked in a much softer tone. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"I love you." John repeated so she could believe it. He walked a few steps towards her. "I have pretty much since the day I first met you."

Teyla closed her eyes and let all of her awkward feelings about telling him rush out of her body. She could feel the weight of he feelings lifting off her shoulders.

John didn't know what to think about all this. He just told her how he felt about her and now she was just sitting there. He was so confused my this. He didn't really know what to think.

Teyla sighed and stood up. "Teyla…say something." John was starting to get a little worried. What if she didn't feel the same way as he did? What would he do if that happened?

Then suddenly and without any warning, teyla limped over to him and kissed him. This caught him by surprise but it told him exactly how she felt about him. They were so caught up in the moment that they didn't even notice the door open and Beckett appear in the doorway.

Carson smiled and just stood there in complete silence. Then finally Teyla opened her eyes, saw him there, and pulled away from John.

"Dr. Beckett……how long have you been standing there?" Teyla asked almost in shock. He just continued to smirk

"Long enough love." He said.

John turned around to see the friendly scottsman. "So Doc……any news yet?" he asked and was answered by a disappointed look.

The anger and irritation grew in John once again making him frantically pace . "How long do they expect me to just…." John's sentence trailed off as a familiar feeling fell over him. He began to feel dizzy like he did the last time the artifact was turned on.

"John?" Teyla said wondering why he stopped moving. His back was turned to her so she couldn't tell from the look on his face.

"John……what's wrong?" Beckett asked as he walked a little closer to him.

John was about to say something when a tsunami of blinding pain crashed into his body with so much force that his knees buckled and he fell to the floor holding his head in an attempt to make the pain go away.

"Oh my god." Teyla said. She watched him with horror filled eyes as she gently got down onto her knees in front of him. It was if she wasn't even there. The pain was so bad that everything in his surroundings disappeared from his sight and all of the sound faded away leaving nothing but the pain. "John…..look at me." there was still no response.

John let out a low and painful moan and then without warning, the pain disappeared. He loosened his grip on his head and savored the feeling as if it were a piece of rare chocolate.

Beckett walked around him and helped Teyla off the floor and onto the bed so that he could check on John. John had both of his hands on the floor and his head down with his eyes closed. Beckett lifted his head up but there was still no response from him. He clicked his little flashlight on so that he could start assessing the problem when Johns eyes fluttered open.

"Doc……is that you?" he asked with his eyes squinted so he could make out who was in front of him. This had happened before when he and Teyla were taking a walk.

"Aye……you just gave us quite a scare." Beckett said. "How do you feel?"

"Do you really need to ask me that Doc?" John said as he looked up and was answered by a firm look. His vision had finally cleared enough to see some details. "My vision is a little off but other then that, I feel just peachy."

"Good." Carson said. "Lets get you up off this floor." Well, John thought he felt just peachy until he stood up and was overcome with a wave of dizziness that made him stagger to the side a bit. Beckett caught his arm just as John managed to catch the wall with his other hand to steady himself.

"It's okay Doc……I'm fine." John said in a semi-confident voice.

"You most certainly are not." Beckett said. "I just saw you fall to the floor in pain…..tell it to someone who will believe you." Once he felt that John wasn't going to fall over again, he walked over to a table and grabbed a tissue and handed it to him. John quickly wiped the blood from his nose.

"Are you okay now?" Beckett asked seeing a strange expression appear on John's face.

John slowly looked up from the tissue to see Beckett looking at him with a concerned look on his face. "I don't feel so good." John said in a soft tone. He turned his head as looked at Teyla for a few seconds before dropping to the floor.

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There you go……chapter 14 FINALLY! I know that it took me long enough. Hope you like it. Enjoy!

To be continued……