Debbie418uk2 - This one should be a bit of a giggler in the end. I found a few chapters of yours to do tags to, and so far I have finished 'Kirk Sheppard' a tag to 'The Kirk Factor', 'Alien Allergies' a tag to 'Katie's Gift', and 'Major Revenge' a tag to 'Vengeance is Mine'.

And yes, I'm sure it hurt. Yeah, I noticed I didn't have much on his team, but during the incident, I wanted to show he had like a tunnel vision and was focusing on the girl in danger, not anything else. His team was away from the lava, so they were safer than she was, in his eyes. I loved the ending, how she came in and gave him a hug before putting her stuffed bunny beside him. I thought that was cute.

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(John's POV)

"Elizabeth, are you sure about this?"

Looking at me, she raised an eyebrow and tilted her head a little before crossing her arms over her chest. "By all rights, John, we're the invaders. I think these people have every right to request a meeting with us."

"And we did displace my people on their homeland." Teyla pointed out, her P90 aimed at the ground.

After all this time, we'd managed to pick up lifesigns on the giant landmass on Atlantis. They hadn't appeared before, but I think it was mainly because they seemed to be moving from the opposite side of it. Maybe nomads, but they requested to speak to us when they realized we'd displaced people into their former home.

Ronon stayed quiet, as usual, and stared around as our team stood in the center of a large clearing, and Rodney tinkered away on his scanner.

"McKay, anything?"

Staring up at the giant, Rodney raised an eyebrow. "No. It's only been maybe ten minutes since you last asked me."

"Rodney." Keeping my P90 aimed higher, I sighed. "Every ten minutes counts. Do you have any idea if anyone's out there, besides us?"

He shook his head, huffing loudly and returning to his work. "What part of 'No' don't you get? As far as I can tell..." He looked around pointedly. "We're the only one's here. Unless you wanna wander through the woods, looking for our 'guests', I suggest you have a little more patience."

I wanted to say something, but realized that he was kind of right. Plus, with Elizabeth there, I really didn't want to submit her to more of our arguing. "Fine." I turned to Teyla. "What did your people find out about the, uh..."

"Ferrins?"

Why does that make me think small, furry animals? "Uh, yeah... Them."

"They are quite upset with our people being on their land, but I believe Halling has managed to make them understand our situation. I am not certain, but I believe he mentioned us staying in Atlantis, and this may have influenced their decisions."

"Ok, so this may or may not be a good thing." I muttered to myself.

"Oh!"

Spinning to Rodney, I watched as he grinned and held up the device.

"Oh! I've got it!" He looked at it a moment, and his grin promptly faded. "Or... I had it. Damn it! What's wrong with this thing?!" He tapped it with his hand and frowned. Then, his eyes widened. "Oh boy."

"Rodney..."

"Oh, um... We're... We're not alone. Um, actually, we're, uh... We're surrounded." His eyes were still wide. "But-But it could be a problem with the scanner. I mean, it took so long to get it working, maybe it's just giving more signals than there really are?" Getting off his ass slowly, he remained crouched down and shuffled closer to the rest of us. "I mean, maybe?"

"Maybe??" Shaking my head, I raised my P90 and stood partially in front of Elizabeth as Ronon and Teyla closed in on both sides behind me, enclosing her and Rodney behind us. "Well, there's only one way to find out. Hello?!"

"What the hell are you doing?!" Rodney demanded as he jumped up and slapped the back of my shoulder.

"McKay. Enough. If they're really out there, they probably have us outnumbered, and if they haven't approached..." Leaving off, I shrugged.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a bunch of weapons being launched. I was no expert, seeing as how we were on an alien planet, but they sounded a lot like... "Arrows! We're under attack!"

Ok, so only a few arrows, but like Rodney once experienced, they can hurt like hell if you get one in the ass.

Turning, I ordered Ronon and Teyla to get Rodney and Elizabeth to safety as I took the six. I turned back around, and for the sake of...diplomacy? I fired my P90 low, at the ground before the edge of the woods. I turned back to run with the others, watching arrows landing here and there, near my feet. Then, all of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain...

Screaming in agony, I wanted to repeat Rodney's words, the day he got shot in the ass with an arrow. That did not just happen! I thought with wide eyes, as I grabbed at the arrow. I saw Rodney turn back, at my scream, and despite my watering eyes as I struggled to limp behind them, I saw his eyes sparkling with suppressed worry and laughter.

"Say a word, and you die!" I called loudly, through my grit teeth.

I tried to keep up, barely noticing as we neared the treeline on the opposite end of the field, but finally my legs gave out on me, and I felt myself crashing to the ground. I heard the others call me, and footsteps racing in my direction from where we'd come from. Then, everything slowly went dark.

(Normal POV)

As Team Sheppard, minus John sat around a roaring fire, they were talking with several people. They looked similar to the Athosians, only they seemed to prefer their clothing dyed to slightly darker blends, and they'd also taken to dying their hair, too, to help them blend in to the forest.

"I had heard they came from the city of the Elders." A small woman stated in protest, tying a braid into her long, sandy colored hair. "Therefor, I believed they were protected like them. They cannot be the Elders. They did not see the attack. The test."

"They never claimed to be the Elders." A brunette woman with green eyes stated quietly. "Merely that they live in the ancient city. You had no right to attack them. I am only glad I arrived when I did. I am afraid that if I did not, things would have escalated."

"It was just a test." the girl muttered with a frown.

"And a failed test, at that." Turning to the others, she grimaced a little. "The test was not meant to severely harm anyone. The aim of the fighters was to disable perhaps one of your people, if we could. We know the Elders used powers to protect themselves from physical attack, and often times were able to predict it happening early."

"We never saw this coming." Elizabeth stated with a slight frown, though her eyes danced with laughter. "And you're sure our man will be alright?"

She nodded. "We used a healing salve on his wound to help numb the pain."

Rodney choked into his drink, snorting a little bit of it up his nose and choking as he struggled to contain his laughter.

Ronon's grin was all too smug, and he sighed.

Teyla's eyes danced as she struggled not to laugh. Sipping her drink quietly, her lips betrayed her and a grin appeared, only to be wiped clean off her face again as she struggled to look serious. "So, you...tended to the Colonel's...injury?" She was struggling oh so hard not to laugh.

The leader of the people, Kaliene, nodded softly. "I do apologize for his being hurt. I saw to his treatment, myself. The injury is not severe, he will be fine in no time."

Elizabeth nodded, covering her mouth as she feined a yawn, only to blush as a hiccup of laughter escaped. "Yes..." She cleared her throat. "Well, it's not the first time something like this has happened to our people." She gave Rodney a pointed look.

"Hey! It's not like I wanted to get shot in the ass with an arrow!" Looking to Ronon, he frowned. "You jinxed me!"

"I only agreed that it would hurt, if you were stupid enough to get shot in the ass with an arrow." He pointed out, his grin never once fading. "I never told you to go out and get shot in the ass!"

"Yes, well, Now I'm not the only one." Rodney seemed to be taking all too much gratification in this.

"Ah, yes, but... I doubt the Colonel will want to be...reminded of this, later."

"Teyla, everytime the man sits down, he's gonna be reminded of this." Elizabeth put in, busting up into giggles. "At least, until he's fully healed."

"Talk about a pain in the ass." Rodney mumbled, and Elizabeth, Ronon and Teyla all lost control of their composure, laughing hysterically at the situation.

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I didn't do drugged up, loopy Sheppard because this was just the way it turned out. I just went with the flow and this appeared.

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