Chapter 7
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Author's note: Exams are a pain in the , and are the reason why I haven't updated. Thanks for all the reviews and please stick with me as there is loads more to come.
Zelenka was muttering under his breath again. And to Rodney it was one of the most annoying things in the world. Or galaxy, he thought, chuckling at the slightly ironic thought. He began to hum to himself softly, figuring that if it was ok for Zelenka to mutter it would be ok for him to hum. Rodney was so caught up in his thoughts and humming that he almost didn't see the energy levels drop.
Almost.
"Stop!" Rodney yelled, making everyone in the room jump.
"Rodney?" Zelenka asked.
"Everyone stop what you're doing, put down whatever you're holding and back away. Slowly," Rodney ordered "Now." He added frmly when no-one seemed to move.
Everyone did as they were told and carefully backed away.
Rodney carefully started thumbing the switches on the device. Slowly and meticulously, careful not to jolt anything, he began to move around the machine.
"Er, what are you doing?" Cavanar asked, his impatience getting the better of him.
"Will you shut up?" Simpson said under her breath, not wanting to disturb McKay.
"I want to know what he's doing." Cavanar whined.
"He is trying to save the major, so shut up and do as you're told." McKay said tightly "Zelenka, check the readout for the energyoutput for the last five minutes will you?"
"Hey!" Cavanar protested "That's my job!"
"That'd be why it's screwed up then, would it?" Rodney asked "Besides I don't trust you. Zelenka?"
"The output has been dropping for the last three minutes." Zelenka said, reading the output.
"Right, ok then, let's try this. Zelenka I'm going to try to boost the power by rearranging the energy supplies. Tell me if the energy goes up or down."
"Right." Zelenka confirmed.
It took half an hour for McKay to steady the energy levels. And it took exactly one minute after that for him to fire Cavanar.
However Cavanar didn't listen to McKay, and he didn't leave like McKay had told him to do either. He stayed, and played with the energy outputs of the device. And unlike McKay, he didn't notice as the levels began to drop.
And in another a galaxy on a small planet called Earth, two male USAF pilots who possessed something called the Ancient gene got very weak. So weak in fact that their bodies, which at the time they were not possessing, went into cardiac arrest.
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