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NIGHTMARES
Chapter 7
John removed his vest and placed it over the technicians face and chest and he, Dr. Keller, and Dr. Heightmeyer stood somberly over her, together silent for a few long moments. "Ok we better get to the control room fast. People need to know what's happening before there are any more...accidents," John said grimly eyeing the Major.
Dragging Lorne behind him by his rope, he led the women as swiftly as he could back towards Rodney and Teyla. When they got there, they found they were not alone. Ten to twenty other people had collaborated and had crowded themselves onto the platform before the Stargate, all acting out their own nightmares, without barely any regard towards their surroundings. People were screaming and crying, swinging fists at invisible enemies and running from unseen terrors.
John dropped Lorne, who had slumped into an eerie silence at the bottom of the stairs and hurried up to find Rodney and Teyla.
He found them but they were no longer alone in the control room. Ronon had joined them as well, sitting slouched in a corner, back against the wall, his arms covered in deep gashes and a bloodied knife gripped in his hands as he stared blankly at nothing.
"Ronon?" John said eyeing him warily. Ronon did not move from staring eerily at a spot on the floor.
"He will be fine," Teyla responded as she walked towards John, a shaky look upon her face. "It took some time to calm him but I believe we succeeded in enlightening him to the situation. But Colonel, there was another problem..." her voice trailed and he followed her eyes as they closed on a person, lying on their back in the corner, their face covered by a jacket.
"Who-" John started as he walked over. Teyla gripped his shoulder tight, preventing his movement. "Do not bother, John. It is Major Ray. His wounds were beyond medical attention and there was nothing we could do. Captain Lewis gunned him down believing he was the enemy, although we were unable to apprehend the Captain and I am afraid he is still loose around the city."
She looked down onto the chaotic Stargate platform below. "I am afraid even those who we normally consider as friends would not hesitate to fire upon us if they believed we were not who we claim to be."
John watched her stand at the open landing as she peered down below. He watched her face change from a sad expression to one of horror. "Teyla?" he asked worriedly.
She ran quickly from the banister and fled past him towards the staircase as John heard someone's angry voice echoing from down below. John followed her telling the others to stay above as he passed them.
Captain Lewis was standing at the edge of the platform his gun aimed into the messy crowd, a look of frustration and confusion on his sweaty face, the same look as Major Lorne had wore just before he shot the technician.
Teyla ran in front of his aimed weapon waving her arms up over her head as she called for the other people to get back behind her. "Please Captain! Lower your weapon, we are not your enemy! These are innocent people!" she called loudly.
John reached the bottom of the stairs and drew his weapon, beading carefully upon the trembling soldier. "Do as she says Captain!"
Captain Lewis looked quickly at his superior officers gun poised towards him and then back to Teyla and the cowering people behind her. When he spoke, his words were directed at Teyla and his eyes burned through her like fire-lit paper.
"I know what you are Teyla Emmagan. I won't be fooled by a Wraith BITCH like you!" His finger clamped down on the trigger but before it pressed down far enough to click, he felt a white hot pain shoot through his side and he lowered his weapon awkwardly, peering down at the slowly widening red spot between the slits on his flak jacket.