This is the first part of one of my two-parters, and that's all I'm saying. I do have more tags to post, but I wanted to get at least one of my two-parters out of the way, first. SECOND CHAPTER should be posted in a couple days, I'm very low on time right now, with school and everything (thank god I'll be done around the middle of October! :) )

x Varda x - Yeah, that's what I was going for. Rodney's Rodney, but he's still a good friend, and I figured it could fit in for John, with Rodney being the one shot, and having it all happen because he couldn't save someone in the past. When I re-read over Debbie's chapter, that's the first thing that came to my mind :)

Debbie418uk2 - Ahh, sorry. Monkey tag doesn't happen just yet. It will be my next...uh, next update, seeing as I still have a second part to put with this chapter. I like how you have the neutral 'Normal' POV, it works perfectly with your story, and focusing on all the characters. Me, I find I am stronger with John's POV, so I use it and rely on his feelings and thoughts more.

You know what? I wish we really could write our own series. If I owned SGA, I'd find ways to keep it running for at least 10 seasons. I'd also try to find ways of bringing back Carson, and try to bring back Elizabeth...

Anonymous - Oh I noticed that too. Don't forget though, that Rodney is John's best friend, so Sheppard would be feeling guilt towards Rodney's pain, which makes it worse for him. Still, I am trying to turn it a bit more towards John. I think... I only just realized how easy it is to whump on Rodney. LOL

Puddle-Jumper38 - I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm very glad and lucky that Debbie allowed me to do tags to her story. I re-read all the chapters and pick and chose which ones I knew I could do for John's Really Bad Days. :)

And we're on to the next chapter, 'The Hunt'.

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(John's POV)

"Rodney, it's their society, ok? You didn't need to react like that."

"Oh, yes, and your blatant backing off and into a table full of 'blessed' fruits, and knocking it over, wasn't insulting?"

Pausing a moment, I thought about it and closed my eyes. "Ok, so we both screwed up." Staring at Ronon, I raised an eyebrow. "I'm surprised you didn't deck the guy."

He shrugged. "It was their society. I just told him I wasn't interested."

"Funny how our guys didn't want to hear it. Then again, it's you. He probably took one look at you and figured you could break his neck like a twig with two fingers." Rodney muttered, staring at Teyla as she laughed a little. "What?! You didn't see… Ok, so maybe you did, but you're a girl. It's not so bad when guys hit on you."

She raised an eyebrow and laughed again before shaking her head and turning back in her seat. "We are almost back. Perhaps Elizabeth can save the trade relations with the Kavians."

"As long as I don't have to go back." I muttered, shivering a little and making a face. "No offence, but that's not an experience I wanna repeat." Seeing the Atlantis towers in the distance, I shifted my hands over the controls and pushed the jumper to move more quickly. "Maybe I can get her to take Lorne." I grinned, then winced. "I'm sure Elizabeth will love hearing this story."

"That's why you'll be perfect for telling her."

"Thanks, Rodney." I muttered as the towers closed in. Frowning for a moment, I listened quietly, wondering why Elizabeth, or someone in the control room hadn't contacted us already. I was pretty sure they had to have noticed our approach by now. Feeling my eyes narrow, I accessed the jumper's communications systems and opened a channel with Atlantis. Radios only went so far, after all.

"Atlantis, this is jumper one. Do you read?" Waiting, I exchanged a look with Teyla, then Ronon and Rodney, before turning back. "Atlantis, this is jumper one. Please respond."

"They're not answering?"

"Rodney, run a life sign scan, and let me know if you pick up any anomalies."

"Uh, right." Sitting in his seat, Rodney began typing away, his face screwed up in worry and confusion. After a moment, he frowned. "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with…well, anything. No anomalous life signs, no signs of Wraith or anything else, communications are open."

"Alright, we're going in. I want everyone ready for anything. Get the stunners out. Ronon…" Turning in my seat, I raised an eyebrow and watched as he sighed before pulling out his blaster and setting it to stun. "Thank you."

Turning back, I sighed and closed my eyes a moment before reopening them and setting in. Pushing a button, I opened the bay doors and took the jumper in. Once it was parked I looked to find the others more or less ready, besides Rodney's mumbling about how 'not right' this was, and hit the button to the hatch.

"Alright lady and gentlemen, our mission is to find out why Atlantis wasn't responding to our communication attempts."

"And what if it's just…a glitch or something and they just didn't hear us? Or maybe there's a surprise party?"

"Does completely not responding to our hails sound like something Elizabeth would do, if it was just a surprise party?" Raising an eyebrow, I kept a tight hold on my P90 and gave him a look. "And as for a glitch in the communications system, you yourself said that the systems were working fine."

"Oh, right. I did, didn't I?" Hesitating for a moment, he looked back at the jumper. "Maybe one of us should stay with the jumper?"

"We're at Atlantis, Rodney. Where else are we gonna go?"

He made a face before sighing and nodded. "I really don't like this."

I shook my head. "Me, either. Rodney, I want you to head towards the control room and see if you can find anything. Teyla and I will head towards the infirmary." As we parted ways, I had this inexplicable feeling we were being watched, and looked around the eerily quiet halls. "Oh, and Rodney? See if you can use the CCTV to find out what's going on."

(Rodney and Ronon, Normal POV)

"This is too eerie." Frowning, Rodney looked around as he and Ronon stalked down yet another abandoned hall. "I mean, the life signs weren't different. Scans showed two hundred and forty seven life signs, all scattered around Atlantis, as they should be."

"Yeah, I got that much, McKay. So our people are alright, right?"

"Well, I don't know." Looking at his hand held scanner, he frowned and stopped, tapping something on a couple of keys. "There's a radiation source that's blocking the signal, now. I can't tell if anyone's in the hall." His eyes narrowed. "There was no signs of radiation from outside the tower…"

"And your point?"

Looking up, Rodney rolled his eyes. "Where are our people?"

Ronon paused now and looked around, as if just noticing the lack of people who should have been walking around. "You're right." Tapping his ear, he raised his blaster. "Sheppard? It's Ronon, have you run into anyone?"

"Sheppard, here. No, we haven't run into anyone. You?"

Rodney's face screwed up in confusion, and he mouthed 'How can the radios be working when the scanner isn't?' to himself, before looking down and hitting a few keys on it. His puzzled expression never faded, however as he half listened to Ronon reporting in to John.

"Not one person. McKay says there's a radiation interfering with the signal. He can't tell if there's anyone nearby."

"That's strange. We should have run into someone. Alright, listen, let's keep going and keep me posted if you run into anyone, ok?"

"Got it." Tapping his ear piece again, Ronon gestured with his head.

The two of them kept going, heading down one empty hallway after another. Finally, it seemed they were closing in on the teleporter that would take them to near the gate room, and consequently the control room.

That's when they were ambushed.

P90 fire rang out loudly, and Rodney cried out as he was hit in the arm. Crying out and ducking around a corner, he watched Ronon follow him quickly. "What the hell! I've been shot!"

Panting, Ronon stared around the corner. "What the hell are you doing?! It's us!" He quickly ducked back in as more fire rang out. Turning to Rodney, he frowned deeply. "It's some marines."

"And they're firing on us?!"

Looking back down the hall, Ronon turned back to the hall they were heading for. "There's at least five of them. There's a lab the other way, do you think you can do your work there?"

Thinking for a moment, Rodney hesitated, then looked down at his computer tablet. "I…I think so, it might take longer, but I think I can do it."

"You'd better, we don't got a choice. Three more marines just joined them." Turning back, Ronon growled. "Why are you shooting at us?!"

"We've got a beat of two of them! We need to keep them in sight!" Came the response. "How did they get on board?!"

"Run!" Ronon hissed as he grabbed Rodney by the collar and ran down the hallway, back the way they had come.

(Control Room, Normal POV)

"What's going on? First we have strangers in one of our jumpers trying to contact us…" Elizabeth frowned. "And they knew this city, as well as where the docking bay was, and how to access it. Second, they're using our own stunners against us, and seem to know their way around the city."

She was watching a video feed of two males, one in an Atlantis scientist uniform, as they walked briskly through the empty halls. Then, she switched to the live feed of and man and woman, both in Atlantis uniforms.

Turning to Chuck, she stared at him in worry. "It looks like the two men are heading in our direction. The man and woman are heading…" Staring at the feed, her eyes narrowed. "Towards the infirmary, but to get there…" Suddenly, her eyes widened. "They'll have to pass the labs!"

There was a flash in her head, of several blurry images, and familiar voices she couldn't place, but a burst of pain pushed them aside. With a slight groan, she shook her head and rubbed the bridge of her nose.

"Ma'am? Are you ok? Maybe we should get the doc up here." Major Lorne frowned in worry.

She shook her head again. "No, Carson's with the available nurses in the infirmary. Are we certain we have all non-essential personnel restricted to their quarters?" Seeing Lorne's nod, she sighed. "Alright, we need to get to the lab as soon as possible and shut down the sphere."

"Shut it down?"

"We've never had people come looking for us that didn't come through the gate or from the outer orbit of this planet. My guess is they came from another continent, and if that's the case, why didn't they come earlier? They must have read the radiation leak that the sphere is giving off. We can't risk any more of them coming to Atlantis. Who knows what kind of threat they might be?" Rubbing the bridge of her nose a little more, she sighed and turned to Lorne.

"Your orders, ma'am?"

"Take a marine team to the jumper bay and seal it off. I don't want them getting out, or any others coming in that way. Captain Terence, I want you to take a team and stop the two men heading in our direction." Turning to Radek Zelenka who was across the room, and clearly not paying attention, she almost rolled her eyes. "Radek, I want you with me. We need to head to the lab and shut down the sphere, before either destroying it or hiding it."

With a look to Lorne, she stopped his protests as she patted the thigh holster she wore. It was a reassurance to him, to know she was armed, and she knew it. It's the only reason she wore it. She wasn't a fighter, and she hated guns. Letting her hand slip around to her back, she ran her fingers over the hunting knife attached to her belt. With a nod to the Major, she gestured for Radek to follow her and lead the way out of the room, beyond the dozen armed guards that were stationed at the doors.

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