Chapter 4
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Author's note: hello again, thank you so much to everybody for the reviews! They were fantastic and just the persuasion I needed to keep updating! And as a special treat here's two chapters at once! I hope you like it.
(I think I may have exaggerated when I said there would be lots and lots of McWeir, Sheyla and Sam/Jack – what'd ya think? There will be lots coming though! Promise!)
"Rodney!" John exclaimed "Elizabeth! Hey it's-"
"Eh. I don't think they can hear you." Jack said.
"Why not?"
"You're asking me?"
"Why not?"
"Sheppard." Jack growled.
"Sorry, I just…"
"It's alright. Besides, didn't Ska'ara say that we had to find a way to communicate with them?" Jack asked.
"He said that if we could find a way then 'they' wouldn't stop us." John replied.
"Ok whatever, I guess we gotta find a way then."
"What have you found McKay?" Weir asked, folding her arms behind her back.
"Well, so far as I've been able to ascertain, the device is one of eight and they all run from the same power source. Don't ask me how, I don't know yet. Anyway, when the major touched the device it had a power overload, I think either a power surge or maybe someone else using another device; the overload would be caused because of the same power source. I think that because of this the machine didn't work properly, so there may be a chance of fixing it or of making it reverse what happened. The device is definitely Ancient technology, which means there might be some information about it around here somewhere that could help. Zelenka and Simpson are checking all the known databases as well as trying to locate new ones."
"Right. Good work Rodney, just see if there is anyway to help the major first and find out about the technology later." Elizabeth said, looking down at the device.
"I'm trying Elizabeth. But if I don't know any background information, context, about the device or what it does exactly, purpose, how exactly am I suppose to do that?" Rodney answered defensively.
"I don't kow. Just prioritise Major Sheppard first." Weir said, her voice rising.
"I am!" McKay answered hotly.
The two glared at each other for a minute.
"Do these two have a thing for each other?" Jack asked, looking between the two.
"Huh?" John replied, too busy with sticking his hand through McKay's head to notice anything else going on.
Elizabeth sighed "I'm sorry Rodney. I just feel so helpless."
"It's ok. And I Know."
"You know?" Elizabeth asked, puzzled.
"Yeah. I mean I know all this stuff and I'm finding out all these amazing things but none of it's helping the major. There's all these thing's about Ancient technology but it's all useless! I'm not sure the answer's even here." Rodney said desperately.
"It will be Rodney. And if it is… you'll find it." Elizabeth said confidently, throwing her shoulders back.
Rodney watched her gratefully as she walked out the room "Oh, Elizabeth?"
"Yes?" She said half-turning.
"I don't think you'll ever be helpless."
"You're right," John said to Jack as Elizabeth smiled and walked out the room, whilst McKay carried on working, also smiling "They do have a thing for each other."
"You have a thing too, don't you?" Jac asked.
John started and Turned to face Jack "What d'you mean?"
"You have a thing, for a woman, a very pretty woman with shiny auburn hair." Jack carried on teasing slightly.
John felt the twinge of jealousy that he always felt whenevr a guy complimented Teyla.
"Aha!" Jack cried triumphantly "You're jealous!"
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not."
Are too."
"Am not. Besides how d'you know I was feeling jealous, which I wasn't."
"I don't know. Any way you were jealous, because I don't even know this girl so how could I be jealous of someone complimenting her? Especially when it was myself?"
"How d'you even know what she looks like? You haven't even meet here!"
"Ok this is starting to get creepy. You know her right? Well obviously, you have a thing for her."
"I don't have a thing for her. But yes I know her." John answered hotly.
"Well maybe I can know her because you know her." Jack said.
"What? Like we're connected?"
"Must be. Otherwise how would I know you have a thing for this girl?"
"I don't have a thing for her. Anyway what about you thing for the blonde?" John retorted.
"What blonde?" Jack asked innocently.
A bright light surrounded the two men, and suddenly they were standing on Earth's alpha site, next to the three members of sg-1.
"That blonde." John said triumphantly.
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