Dacey stood by the rings, like the ones the Goa'uld used to use. Shaun was getting a few last things before he came to ring to Atlantis. The room was silent and the guard that had been in there, she had sent off. After a few more minutes, Shaun strolled into the room, a full backpack strapped onto his back. Without a moment's hesitation, he came to her and hugged her. He was so much taller that he actually picked her up too.
Shaun felt the warmth of Dacey and deeply breathed in, taking in her scent of metal and vanilla. After a long time, he hesitantly placed her gently back down on the floor. He gave her a half smile, which she returned sadly.
Shaun stepped into the middle of the ring, glancing at Dacey. She was going to activate the rings. As she was about to dial Atlantis, Shaun said, "Don't let John control you. He's not your father."
Dacey nodded solemnly and dialed up the rings for him. He folded his arms over his decently broad chest and the rings came up, making him disappear in light. Dacey hung her head. The air around her seemed to heat up with tension. Snapping up her head, that had a determined look on it, she slapped the smooth side of the console while she turned and walked out the door.
Dacey walked towards the brig. They had put John in the Ancient holding cell. On the way, Dacey didn't encounter a single person; they were all probably on duty or asleep. When she got to the holding cell, John stood up from the single hard bench in the middle of the rather large cell. The energy field, outside the metal slats, glowed with a slight blue tint.
John pointed at her and said gruffly, "Why the hell am I still in here? Don't you understand this isn't over?"
Dacey folded her arms across her chest, while she tried to keep her expression blank. She cautiously asked, "What do you mean it isn't over?"
John gave a tight laugh. He put both hands on his hips and walked a circle, ending by looking back at her. He said, "The Zamora aren't done with you. They always split up their forces and attack all the enemy's allies at about the same time. You still have another fight to win."
Dacey turned to walk out and skidded to a stop at the door. Glancing over her shoulder, she said quietly, "You're nothing like my father."
After she said that, she walked out.
Shaun stood in Atlantis, in the infirmary. Dr. Keller-McKay scurried between her patients. The ones who still had the modified Prior's plague were changing into something. Jennifer couldn't tell what but, they definitely were changing. Katie Brown, the first to get the plague, was lying in a bed with straps over her body. Ronon stood over his wife, or at least what used to be his wife. Now, she had green transparent skin with black veins that could be seen. Her hair was now black as well with an occasional dark green strand. Her face was the worst part of her to look at: it had become all sharp angles and lines with a straight mouth. She looked like a killer. Jennifer was worried for her friend and was even more worried about what she was becoming. Ronon didn't seem fazed; he just stood watch over her.
Shaun approached Jennifer and said, "Mom," she hugged him before asking quickly, "Why are you here?"
Shaun said, "To help you. What can I do?"
Jennifer sighed and looked around the room with little hope. She replied, "Figure out a way to stop this from happening to them."
Shaun nodded soberly as Abbie came in. She went to a medicine cabinet, took out a few pills, and swallowed them. Jennifer went over to her, obviously annoyed, and said, "I thought I told you not to raid my stash of caffeine pills. It's not good for you."
Abbie gave her a stubborn look and retorted quickly, "I don't have time for anything else. Atlantis needs me."
Without waiting to hear what Jennifer had to say, Abbie stalked out. Shaun started snapping his fingers, like Rodney did. He took two long strides to the cabinet and peaked in. Quickly, he grabbed the bottle of caffeine pills. Checking the label, he looked back up and ran out of the infirmary towards his shared lab with Rodney.
In the lab, Shaun went up to his desk and slammed down the pills. Rodney obviously wasn't there, so he furiously typed into both of their computers, doing multiple calculations at once. The computer had issues keeping pace and soon Shaun had to wait on them to catch up. Impatiently, Shaun began tapping his foot and mumbling, "Come on. Come on."
After a few minutes, the computers binged at the same time. Shaun broke into a smile and yelled, "Yes!"
He grabbed the bottle of pills and jogged back to the infirmary. When he got there, he shoved them into Jennifer's arms and told her, "Hold those; I'll be back."
Jennifer mumbled something like, "ok." Shaun didn't hear though; he was off to grab a pot of coffee. He knew how to cure them.
