AN: Yeah um, Rodney stole the explanation from Sam, lol.
Chapter Two
"McKay!?" John asked as the light receded. "What the hell was that?"
Rodney looked frightened. "I – I don't know. We're both still in one piece. I don't feel any different."
"Yet," John ground out.
Rodney looked at the device again and pressed a few more buttons. A pop up came out, a hologram of sorts, and as far as John could tell, was a book of Ancient writing.
"Oh no," Rodney sighed.
"What?"
"I know what happened."
"So something did happen?" John asked, rhetorically, pointedly.
Rodney rolled his eyes. "We got pulled into an alternate dimension."
"What? Like there's another John and Rodney here somewhere?"
"No, that would be an alternate reality. We're talking dimension. Right now we are out of phase."
"You lost me," John said.
"Ok look, walk through the door."
John frowned and looked at him curiously.
"Just do it," he said, making John wonder who usually gave the orders.
He moved to the panel next to the door but Rodney stopped him.
"No, I mean, walk through the physical material of the closed door."
John looked at him like he was crazy.
"Ok look, you trusted me when I said shoot me back then, right? Trust me now."
John nodded. "Alright, but just so you know I just wanted to shoot you."
"You don't mean that!" He looked indignant as John stepped through the door, which surprised him, since he knew both him and the door were fairly solid. He stumbled back into the lab shocked.
"Whoa that was odd. Care to explain now?"
"We simply shifted into one of the several dimensions that exist in parallel to our physical reality. While we are here, we cannot touch anything."
John looked unhappy at that.
"And also, no one can see us."
"Well that's just great!"
"Same thing happened to Colonel Mitchell and Samantha Carter actually. Sam and I were discussing it once when I was on Earth."
"Ok then, how did they fix this?"
"Well uh, the thing is I'm fairly sure there's a way to do that by means of the device from our end, but translating that Ancient is going to take way too long for me. Meanwhile I haven't eaten lunch yet."
John muttered under his breath. "So we just need Elizabeth to take a look at the device then right?"
"Well I suppose so yes."
"Well then let's go get her."
"And how exactly do you intend to get her help? She can't see us remember?" John groaned. "They have to figure out we're missing first. They'd better do that fast."
"Well like I said, I was supposed to meet Elizabeth so she'll know something's up."
"Right. Let's uh, just go to the control room then?"
"She is so going to kill us."
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John and Rodney arrived in the control room just as a technician was making a city wide call for the Colonel.
"Isn't that a little early?" Rodney asked.
"Guess she was worried," he indicated Elizabeth, who was standing next to Ronon and Teyla. Her arms were crossed over her chest and her eyes were apprehensive. At that moment he wished he could put a comforting hand on her shoulder. He already very much disliked the lack of physical touch.
"He's not responding ma'am."
"Yes Tyler, I got that. What could have happened to him?"
"Perhaps we are, what is the phrase, jumping to conclusions?" Teyla suggested.
"Teyla he's not answering. He wasn't in the cafeteria, the gym, the infirmary or his quarters. He's not here. I was supposed to meet him for lunch, but he never showed."
Briefly he hoped that she had eaten anyway.
"We'll find him," Ronon assured, in his usual gruff, no one is telling me otherwise way.
She nodded. "Well then, start asking around, where was he last. I want to know."