This chapter is dedicated to my friend Stephanie, called Stodgy.
I used your suggestion, Acer.
READ AND REVIEW, PEEPS!
And, yes, I noticed how similiar the TARDIS sounds like a tornado while we were watching a documentary about tornadoes.
CHAPTER TWO
"OW! OW! OW!" McKay screamed as Sheppard heaved his injured companion back to the Stargate.
"Oh, shut up," John grunted.
"Well, I can't help it if my whole damn leg feels like crap, now can I?" Rodney whined.
"Well, could you at least be a little quieter about it?" Sheppard groaned.
"Well, it really—OW!—hurts!"
Sheppard heard someone humming "You are My Sunshine" from behind him. He turned and saw the stranger following them, his hands clasped behind his back, a thoughtful expression on his face. He grinned at Sheppard when he noticed John looking at him.
The trio finally reached the Stargate, where a slim red-haired woman and a tough-looking black-haired man were waiting.
"Finally. What took you so long?" Ronin growled impatiently.
"He tripped me!" Rodney whined.
"Who—John?" Teyla smiled.
"No. Him!" Rodney pointed at the stranger.
The man stepped out casually from behind John and Rodney and toward the Stargate. Ronin pointed a big gun at the man's chest. He halted, eyeing the gun warily. "Take one step closer and I shoot!"
The man glanced up at Ronin's face, a wry smile on his face. He glanced back at McKay. "Have you noticed how people's intellectual curiosity declines the instant they begin waving guns about?" He shot an oblique glance at John.
Ronin raised his eyebrows at him. "And your point is?"
"None of you has asked what my name is, where I come from, if I'm staying, et cetera," the man replied with a shrug.
"Well, then, tell us the answers to those questions!" Ronin grumbled.
"Hello, I'm the Doctor. I come from Gallifrey. Yes, I'm coming with you, but I have something to do first." With that, the Doctor dashed past Ronin before Ronin could reply.
"Gallifrey? What's Gallifrey?" Rodney asked. The others only shrugged.
There was a sound like a tornado and a blue box appeared behind John and Rodney. "What's that?" Teyla gasped and pointed.
John and Rodney turned in time to see the Doctor emerge from the blue box.
"Uh…" For the first time in his life Rodney was speechless.
The Doctor glanced at the blue box. "I can explain…"