This is one of my older chapters. I might post some of my older ones first, just to get them posted. I'll warn you now, some of them are not very good, as my muse backed me into a corner halfway through them.

But as a recent graduate (Adult High School, a week ago), I am doing a bonus credit (co-op) and it gives me up to three and a half hours to write on my stories, daily, five days a week. I've written seven chapters as of this past Saturday, so I'm going to post early.

Debbie418uk2 - I thought I didn't leave you an opening to do a tag? LOL Well, if you can, I look forward to reading it, and if not, that's alright. Well, I didn't mean to have the last word, I just wrote whatever came to mind, and it was fun, so... LOL John? Admit he let them in? ...Naaaahhhhhhh...

x Varda x - Well, when it comes to survival, you do what you have to do. I don't blame John, but it is a shame. It's just the way those monkeys were, they didn't mean to cause any harm. John just happened to be a man. ...A very biteable man... LOL

Jasminesmommy - Glad you liked it. :)

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(Alien Village, John's POV)

It's funny. For a while now, we've been finding planets with friendly villages, and ones that don't have things to hide, at that. Sure, we still have the occasional run in with the Wraith.

Ok, ok. More than occasional run ins.

And the Genii still like to pop up when we least expect it, but still... We haven't found any ZPMs, however, but trade alliances for food, medical supplies, and more? We've made tons of friends!

And right now, we're in the middle of a celebration with one of these such friends. They recently had a marriage, so the celebration supposedly goes on for several days, and all are welcome to join in.

Trust me, you didn't have to tell Ronon twice. Once Rodney saw some pretty girls smiling at him, his own protests died on his lips, and Teyla was deep in discussion with the newlyweds.

"Teyla." Shaking my head, I tried not to laugh. "It's an earth term." I'd accidentally called them newlyweds, forgetting Rodney was the only other one here, who'd know what I was talking about. "It means 'newly married'." I think.

She smiled and nodded, as if she should have known that. "I see. They are more than happy to have us join them on the celebration."

Nodding, I took a small bowl of fruit from a young woman who was giving me a very interesting look. "Thanks." I stated, feeling a little awkward. Sure, she was pretty, but I didn't exactly feel comfortable here. They seemed nice enough, but I guess... Maybe I was just a little too wound. Taking a single piece of fruit, I sniffed it carefully before taking a taste.

It was shaped like a tomato, with the same skin texture and when I bit into it, it had the same type of innards that a tomato usually has. Only, when I bit into it, it had a distinctive strawberry taste, only a little more tart than I was used to. All in all, it wasn't bad.

And there were five of them in the bowl.

"Do you know if they wanna trade fruits like these..." I held up the tomato...berry...thing. "For anything?"

Looking at me a moment, Teyla's eyes narrowed in confusion at the berry-tomato, before she raised an eyebrow. "I can ask. They have offered us several items as gifts, for us to take back to Atlantis with us."

Pausing for a moment, I stared at the newlywed couple as they kissed and shared one of those berry-tomato fruits between them. Feeling my face heat up, I turned back to my own bowl and shrugged. "Ok. We should get heading back, then. We're due to report in, soon."

With a nod, Teyla turned and spoke to the couple as I took my bowl, finished off the fruits, licked my fingers clean and headed for where I'd parked the jumper.

It didn't take the others too long, before they made it back to the jumper, Rodney complaining the whole way that we could have left him there. As they strapped themselves in, I frowned a bit as I felt a heat wave move through my body. It was like I'd walked through a really hot sun patch, and then back into the shade. I'd only been in the jumper for maybe half an hour, waiting for the others, so I didn't understand where that had come from.

That's odd. Raising an eyebrow, I powered up the jumper and took off. We still had a good two hour ride back to the gate, alone.

I think we were a little over halfway back to the gate, when the shivers hit. It was like the earlier hot flash, only stronger and more frequent, and I wasn't able to help myself as my body shivered after each one.

"Colonel? Are you alright?" I felt Teyla's soft grip on my arm, and felt my eyes narrow when it brought home how tingly my arm felt, as if it was over sensitive.

Shaking my head, I nodded, trying not to wince when everything in my line of vision spun. "Yeah, just..." I shivered again, and took a deep breath as I felt a headache begin to pound at my skull. "Not feeling well."

"Are you ill?"

Sure as hell feels like it. "Just a little warm. I'm good."

"Warm? You are shivering."

"I'm fine, Teyla." I put in, a little more forcefully than I'd meant to. Looking at her, I sighed. "Sorry. We're almost back, I'll have Carson check me out when we get back to Atlantis."

She nodded quietly, her eyes filled with worry.

The jumper had gone too quiet. Ronon wasn't one for talking much, so on his part, that wasn't saying much. Teyla was usually quiet, and on her part, I think she was still worried about me. Rodney, now Rodney was a good one for talking fast and loud enough to make up for Teyla and Ronon, and even he was being overly quiet.

Vaguely, I wondered if Rodney had eaten any of this fruit, and if he was feeling odd at all. Was it poisonous, to us, maybe? Or an allergic reaction? Maybe it was some kind of toxin in the air, but then, why didn't the others seem to be affected?

Finally, the nausea hit. I swallowed heavily as my vision spun, and I distantly heard Teyla calling Rodney to take over for me. My stomach heaved as the jumper lurched, and I felt soft, delicate hands on mine, pulling them off the controls.

The jumper lurched again, and this time I went with it, grabbing my stomach as I took and held a deep breath. It seemed to help a little, so I took several breaths, trying to calm my stomach. I saw a couple of pills in front of me, and distantly heard Ronon's voice say something, 'asprin' being the only word that I could understand. But I couldn't even hold that down.

Hell, just looking at it was making me even more nauseous. Forget hot, I was starting to feel cold, and I could hear my teeth chattering. I heard voices talking louder, and I winced as they seemed to echo through my skull.

"Colonel."

Everything kept spinning. My body was trembling, and I felt so cold now, as opposed to how hot I felt before. My hands were almost numb, and my legs hurt like hell. I was light headed, I could feel my heart pounding and hear my heavy panting. It was all so much to take in.

I felt a warm body wrap itself around me, and a blanket over us both. I barely made out the contact when soft fingers touched my neck, and Teyla spoke to the others, her words unintelligable. It was like I was fading in and out, and it was getting harder to breathe. It actually felt like my throat was closing.

"Atlantis, this is jumper one! We have a medical emergency!" Rodney called frantically.

"Just take deep breaths, Colonel."

"What's wrong with him?"

"I do not know. John, you must keep breathing."

It hurt to breathe. It really hur to breathe! My lungs ached fiercly, and I felt my body slip out of trembling and into convulsing. My vision went right black, but I was certain I was still conscious. Feeling lips on my own, it occurred to me, I wasn't breathing.

"We need to get him to the infirmary, now!"

More lips, more air being blown into my lungs.

I vaguely recalled hoping to god, it was Teyla performing mouth to mouth. Then I recalled thinking that it wasn't working. I still couldn't breath. There was a garbled voice, and a sharp pain in my leg.

Hot, cold, shivers, convulses, I couldn't breathe. Everything hurt, everything was numb, I couldn't see, I could hear, but it was like listening through water. I couldn't talk or move, and finally...everything faded and I felt myself relax as blissful silence took over.

(Later, Normal POV)

"Does anyone know what caused the reaction?" Elizabeth was quiet as she looked at the large group of gifts in front of her. She had sorted through them, and was eyeing the foods and drinks doubiously.

Teyla shook her head, and Ronon and Rodney had the sense to look guilty, each knowing they hadn't been watching over their CO while in a strange, alien city. Abruptly, Teyla frowned.

"He mentioned a fruit, that he was eating. He did not say much, only that he wished to know if they were willing to trade them for anything. He carried a bowl with four more in it." She pointed to one of the said fruit with a frown. "That."

"Aye, it was an allergic reaction." Carson strolled into the briefing room. "I've sedated him, and he's resting now. I had to prepare an antidote, as the allgerine was acting much as a poison does. It's a good thing you got him back when you did." He looked to the others. "I've done some tests, and that fruit isn't fit for anyone on Atlantis to eat. It has a seed within it that reacted badly to every four out of five test subjects. We'd best not accept any more."

"Will John be alright?"

"Aye, lass, that he will. He's just sleeping off the rest of the effects. I must say, you performed admirably, with the CPR. It didn't work, granted, but it's a good thing I taught you how to use an epi-pen. He passed out before it could take effect, going by what you all told me, but it definitely helped." He nodded. "Good job." Turning away, Carson sighed. "And Elizabeth, I'd petition no more eating or drinking anything on a mission, unless our people are certain it's not poisonous."

She nodded grimly. "I'll make an announcement to everyone, after the briefing." Pushing the fruit to the side, she kept going until it fell off the edge of the table and into the trash can she'd put in the room.

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Hope you like it.

I'm not sure about allergic reactions, since the worst I've ever had was nausea and a rash. Also, I'm not sure about using the CPR, I hope that was the right thing for Teyla to do. Rewrote the part with the CPR, due to a comment by Debbie418uk2. Thank you. :) I wasn't sure.

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