Disclaimer: SGU and it's Characters belong to their respective owners which, sadly, is not me. I do, however, own Alex and her story line and squad, etc, etc. This has come from my mind because my mind knows no boundaries.

Teaming Up PT1

=Alex's P.O.V=

I groaned softly, I felt like absolute shit and whoever the hell had been banging on my door for the past five minutes was going to get my fist in their face.

I slammed my hand against the door lock and leant against the wall to see Young stood there. "Christ Young," I groaned softly and placed my fingers against my temple lightly wincing in pain. "Fuck off"

"It's Telford"

"Jesus," I muttered softly. "Just fucking excellent," I glanced up at him giving him a straight face. "All the same fuck off" I went to shut the doors until he stepped forward blocking them.

"You weren't at the meeting this morning"

"And I'm sure Young told everyone why," I shaded my eyes from the light and straightened up. "Give me ten seconds to throw my kit on" I stated pushing him back a step and shutting the door in his face before sifting around for my jacket and some jeans, I'd relaxed my dress code ever since we'd arrived.

I winced slightly as we headed towards the control interface room. Rush looked up in concern as we entered. "Shouldn't you still be cooped up in the dark?"

I nodded before throwing an absolutely filthy look at Telford. "Riley," I stated holding my head before tipping it towards the Kino. "Get rid of it before I scrap it" I will be so fucking happy when all this bullshits over, I'm totally fucking over this detox and having a fucking period.

He nodded quickly and sent it off in search mode before leaving after it to go back to his duties.

"So what did I miss this morning?" I grumbled daring to look at Telford.

"I have assumed control of Destiny in order to enact the rescue plan put forward by the I.O.A"

Just great. "And what does this involve?"

"Using the ship as a conduit to channel the full energy of a star into the Stargate" Rush stated.

"Good luck," I snorted softly. "We've only just recharged"

"We'll be draining power so Destiny needs to recharge again"

"You mean force a recharge that could potentially damage the ship even further," I groused softly keeping one hand shading my eyes as I glared through bleary eyes at the console I'd seated myself at and tapped away with my free hand. "Has this been thought through thoroughly?" I asked settling down holding my head in pain. "I would hate to have to come back from the grave to haunt your sorry arse because you blew us up" I mumbled before glancing between Rush and Telford.

"The only way to gain information is to do a practical run"

"Great, so we get to play guinea pig for your experiment" I bit out swallowing back the bile trying to rise in my throat.

"I would have thought you of all people would have wanted to go home"

"I have no desire to return to earth" I stated glancing sideways at Rush.

"What about everyone else on this ship?"

"They can go home if they want. I, however, don't want to leave Destiny"

"Well you'll have to come through with everyone else"

I rolled my eyes. "You can't force me to come back Telford, I would have thought you of all people would have realised that from when I managed to knock you on your fucking arse back on Icarus" I hissed coldly.

"Destiny is under my control Colonel Hunter, not yours"

"Leave. Now" I snapped pointing towards the doors before groaning softly.

"And here I was hoping you'd address everyone and smooth over any worries they might have had"

I grunted softly resisting the overwhelming urge to deck him one. "If it gets you off my fucking back fine," I spat forcing myself to stand. "I will go and sooth any worries" I bit out with oozing sarcasm before heading to the mess hall.

"What if the power flow can't be control?" Riley asked from his spot.

"If there are any dangerous fluctuation we will simply shut it down and allow the ship the continue powering up as usual"

"Early test show it should work" Brody stated sounding uneasy.

"We're not going to be putting you in more danger than you are already by just being here" Telford stated trying to calm peoples nerves.

"From what I gather, supplies are desperately short"

"And, given the condition of the ship, it could experience a fatal break down at any point"

Goddamn, this is why they brought me in here, so they can speak the truth and I can calm the hysterical people. I rolled my eyes stepping forward. "What they mean is that they're going to try and get us home, if they can't they stop immediately and allow Destiny to continue on as usual as they go over the data they collect to see where they went wrong"

"Will another practical test be run?"

"At a later date once they've sorted the problems out thoroughly" I stated giving the three of them a light glare as they went to talk.

"What's the worst outcome?"

I glanced at Telford who looked quite smug. "I won't lie, the worst outcome is that Destiny's shields fail due to a power overload and she explodes but on the brighter side, if everything goes to plan, as it supposedly should do, then the gate will have enough power to get everyone, that wants to go back, back to earth" I stated before giving Telford my own smug look.

"Alright so what do we have to do?"

"We need to come up with a way to drain power so Destiny has to drop out of FTL to recharge"

I gave a light nod before putting my hand up to my head in pain. "Other than that everyone just needs to carry on as normal," I stated before looking over the group before me. "If you have any ideas please speak with Telford, McCormack or Williams" I motioned to the three people before giving a nod and leaving.

I headed along the hall back towards the CIR and stalled in the doorway as I found Rush busy at one of the consoles. "Love, what the hell are you doing now?"

He looked up guiltily. "Nothing" He said quickly before tapping at his console.

I cocked an eyebrow up before rounding the console and peering over his shoulder before tapping a few buttons and reading the information. "Interesting," I winced slightly at a flash of pain through my head and through my guts. "So you and I drew the same conclusion then"

He looked up surprised. "We did?"

I nodded and grimaced holding my head and wishing I hadn't. "I reckon Destiny will overload and shut down everything when they attempt this pointless exercise; goodbye Destiny, hello big ball of flaming wreckage inside a star" I stated with a slight grin and shrug lightly before feeling dizzy for a brief moment.

Rush frowned and turned towards me. "Go get some more rest," He murmured placing a hand on my cheek. "You'll be no use to me if you can't work"

"So you want my help huh? It'll cost you," I grimaced in pain again. "But that's a minor detail we can work out once I'm up to scratch again"

"Aye lassie," He motioned the door. "Go, we can talk later when I come and see you"

"Alright love, have fun"

"Oh I will"

I chuckled softly and shaded my eyes again before dragging my sorry ass back towards my quarters in the hopes of getting some more sleep.