"Please."

Doctor Keller narrowed her eyes and frowned, crossing her arms in front of her. "No, Ronon, I haven't cleared you yet. You just threw up ten minutes ago. Besides, it's just a science run. Doctor Jackson wants to check out the ruins there."

Ronon growled and turned away from the small Doctor and mumbled under his breath. "I have to go with Ella. I have to keep her safe."

Jennifer moved to where she was standing in front of Ronon again. "Colonel Sheppard, Doctor McKay, Teyla, Major Lorne, and Doctor Jackson will all be with her, not that she can't take care of herself. She will be fine."
Ronon groaned and flopped back onto the bed, wondering why he began spending so much time in the infirmary when Ella came back into his life. Jennifer shook her head with a smile and walked away, glad Ronon seemed to have given up. For now.

As they stepped through the gate, Ella glanced down at her arm. It had begun tingling when they rematerialized.

"Yes, I feel it too," Daniel said.

Ella looked over at him with disbelief painted across her face and her jaw slack. Neither of them noticed the rest of the team staring dumbstruck in their direction.

"No, it wasn't doing that before. It might be from another artifact on this planet. Let's go."

Ella followed Daniel towards the ruins and the rest of the team followed her.

By the time they arrived at the ruins, Ella's arm was numb. She glanced in Daniel's direction and he mumbled, "Yes, yes, I'm hurrying."

John sat down on a large rock and Rodney began scanning for spikes in energy. After making sure Lorne was watching McKay and Teyla was watching the general area, he let his eyes slip closed as he leaned back against a cool stone wall.

Ella smiled mischievously as she thought hard. If bugging Rodney was easy, bugging Daniel would be-what did the Tau'ri say?-'cake'. She watched as Daniel slowly turned towards her with a mix of annoyance and fear on his face.

"You know, I could work faster if you would stop thinking."

Ella shrugged and tried to stop thinking, but it wasn't working very well. Trying to concentrate on one thing, she began to do a weapons check. Then she realized something.

"You keep a knife where!" Daniel exclaimed incredulously.

She glared at him until he turned back to his work, willing away the blush that was threatening to cover her cheeks. She was wishing she hadn't put the gauntlet on or that Daniel hadn't touched it when she felt a strange sensation and saw a flash of light. When the light was gone Doctor Jackson was sprawled out on the ground. She knelt beside him and began looking for external injuries when she heard him.

'Why am I looking at me?'

Ella looked around and asked, "Doctor Jackson? Where are you?"

Her hand involuntarily moved to touch her face and she screamed, grabbing her wrist with her other hand.

'In you.'

Ella screamed again, waking John and effectively getting he and Teyla's attention.

"What's the matter, Ella?" John was glancing from Ella, to the unconscious Doctor Jackson, and back.

Ella looked up at John and grimaced. "He's in my brain."

Rodney smirked as he watched Doctor Keller hook Ella up to various machines. He looked at Sheppard as his smirk grew. "See, now I'm not the only one who has had to share a body."

In unison Ella and John both said, "Shut up, McKay!"

Rodney frowned and sat on one of the beds. Ella was sitting next to Ronon, who held her small, gloved, trembling hand. Ella seemed to concentrate for a moment, then turned to John.

"Doctor Jackson wants to know if he can get pictures of those ruins." Ella rolled her eyes, then continued. "Just the writing, he thinks you wouldn't assume that."

John nodded and walked away to radio Woolsey.

Ella sighed.

'Ella.'

She tried to ignore him, or to quiet him, but she heard him again. There was more urgency in his voice this time.
'Ella!'

'What?' She thought at him, trying to drive as much irritation as she could into the word.

'Can you tell Ronon to let go?'

'No!'

Ella could hear Daniel's sigh.

'But this is kind of awkward for me. Please?'

'Daniel.'

'What?'

'Shut up.'

"Ella?" Jennifer waved her hand in front of Ella's eyes, trying to figure out why she was zoned out.

"Hmm?"

"You zoned out. Are you okay?"

Ella nodded. She felt Ronon squeeze her hand before he let go as he was drug away by a nurse. She smiled at him as he left, then turned around to realize Rodney was the only one left in the room.

"I'm supposed to keep you company."

Ella rolled her eyes and leaned back in the bed. "Great. Like I want your nasally voice keeping me company."

Rodney's hand flew to his bandaged nose as Daniel sounded off again.

'My thoughts exactly.'

Ella sighed and mumbled under her breath. "Great, now I'm stuck with two annoying scientists."

Rodney chuckled. "Heard that."

'Me too.'

Ella groaned. This was going to be a long day.

"Have you found anything?"

Daniel groaned inside her head as McKay eyed her warily.

'No, Ella, I have not found anything yet. I told you I will tell you when I find something.'

Ella sighed and continued to stare at the sheet of paper so Daniel could try to decipher the writings. McKay was still staring at her, worried now that he had a glimpse of what he had looked like with Cadman in his head.

"What?"

Mckay jumped when Ella jumped out of the bed and fell silent. He assumed she was having a conversation with Daniel. He groaned and cleared his throat. "Um, excuse me. Care to share the breakthrough?"

"Daniel says shut up."

Rodney's jaw dropped as he did his unintentional immitation of a dead fish. He watch as Ella's jaw dropped.

"No."

'That's what it said.'

"There has to be some other way."

'Do you want me in here while we look for it?'

"Sure."

'No you don't.'

"Yes, but I don't want to do that. I'd rather kiss a wraith."

'Ouch. That's a little harsh'

"Well I've known you for less than a day and you've already made a deep impression. By the way, it's not a good one."

McKay interrupted again, receiving a harsh stare from Ella that he assumed was mirrored by Daniel. "Umm, what are you supposed to do to fix it?"

Ella was silent for a moment, arguing with Daniel, Rodney assumed.

'Just tell him.'

Ella sighed and sat on the bed. "Well, this was used back when they had arranged marriages to help the two people get along and understand each other. When the 'learning' was done, they...kissed and everything went back to normal."

"At least you don't have to kiss Beckett."

Ella's eyebrows raised as she wriggles in her bed to get more comfortable. "Who's that?"

A smile crept over Rodney's face as he began.