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.

Opera123: Thank you. I've become quite attached to Alex myself, fleshing her out is half the fun of writing her.

Teaming Up PT2

=Rush's P.O.V=

"You're stalling" Telford snapped as he entered the control interface room with Williams and McCormack.

"I'm doing things the way they should be done" I stated clutching the radio.

"We've isolated power to forty percent of the operation weapons system," Williams stated. "It should be good enough to give us a read out on our power reduction capabilities"

I shook my head glancing out the side of my eye as Telford leant closer. "The next time we drop out of FTL" He stated with a dangerous hint in his tone.

I need to get Alex up. "Destiny is old and damaged. The consoles don't register half the thing they should. I want manual confirmation before activating any system that complex"

"Over eighty percent of the ship is inaccessible without spacesuits right now. With only two suits doing it your way it will take months"

I glanced up with a light glare. "If that's what it takes then that's what it takes" I snapped firmly signalling the end of the conversation.

"Doctor Rush we're ready"

I looked down to the console before me. "Sending power through now," I hit the OK and watched the hallway fill with a green light before switching to a red, the console beeping at me. Shit. "There's a problem, the powers backing up in the link" I stated, fear settling in the pit of my stomach.

"Shut it down"

"I'm trying," I stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "It's not working"

"The problem is contained; it's restricted to that corridor"

I rolled my eyes. "That's not the point" I snapped before trying to work out a solution.

"How big of an explosion are we talking about?"

I disregarded Telford's question. They're on the hull, shit, shit, shit. My mind chanted over and over again as I attempted to redirect the power to no avail.

"Rush!"

"We're in FTL and they're on the hull, if it punctures the hull and disrupts the shield for even a microsecond the entire ship could be in jeopardy" I stressed before attempting to redirect the power away from the hallway again.

"Rush get TJ now! Riley's been injured" Brody called over the radio.

I glared up at Telford. "I'm on my way," I stated before standing and rushing out of the room. "Lieutenant Johansen this is Rush, I need you to head to the corridor Brody and Riley were working on, Riley's been injured" I stood quickly and headed towards Alex's room.

=Alex's P.O.V=

I sat up and groaned softly rubbing at the back of my neck, I felt a hell of a lot better now after my short sleep, my head didn't hurt as bad as it had and I wasn't sensitive to the light or sound anymore.

"Alex?"

"Hmmm?" I looked up to see Rush in the doorway and sighed heavily seeing the look on his face. "What happened now?"

"Riley got injured"

I sat up straighter. "How?"

"Trying to fix a coolant leak"

"Goddamn it, why on earth was he trying to fix it?" I asked crossing my legs under the blanket.

"Telford wants to drain power using the weapons systems"

At that I sat up straighter and quickly stood grabbing my jacket before throwing it on. "Come on, I want to check on Riley first then I want to go bitch at Telford for being an arsehole"

He nodded following beside me as we headed towards the infirmary.

"TJ?" The blonde haired medic looked up as I called her name.

"Hey," She tried to smile. "What's up? Need something for the pain?"

I shook my head lightly. "Rush," I nodded to the man at my side. "Just told me about Riley, is he alright?"

"It's touch and go right now but as long as his condition doesn't worsen he should pull through just fine"

I gave a light nod looking towards Riley. "Any idea where Telford is?"

She cocked an eyebrow up in question. "Why do you want Colonel Telford?"

"So I can bitch him out about this shit with the weapons systems"

Her lips quirked in a light smile. "He should be either in the control interface room or the gate room with Williams and McCormack"

I gave a nod. "Alright, keep me updated on how Riley's going," I stated before turning and nodding towards Rush. "Come on"

He followed beside me before I stalled in the hallway, my stomach growling lowly at me. "Ok, change of plan, food first then I bitch at Telford"

He chuckled softly before nodding as we changed course for the mess hall. We walked in silence until our knuckles brushed lightly, I couldn't help but look at him and smile lightly. "So why was Riley working on the system anyway?"

"I want manual confirmation before we fire up the weapons system"

"Fair enough, if there's a leak that we don't patch up it could spell hell for us"

"Exactly, if we over look something it could jeopardize Destiny and if something punctures the hull or shield we'd be ripped to pieces" We stepped into the mess hall and settled down at one of the spare tables.

"Hey darlin' you're looking better"

I glanced up at Matty as I took a seat across from Rush. "Feel better too love, give me another few hours and I'll be right as rain" I watched him leave before turning back to Rush so we could talk about the weapons systems and what needed doing to them.

"We're proceeding with the weapons test the next time we drop out of FTL" Telford stated as he stopped beside us.

"Colonel, the man nearly died"

"You're the one that put him at risk"

"I was trying to make sure you didn't kill us all" Rush retorted quickly.

"I'm not going to"

"Alright," Rush said. "I accept responsibility for what happened but you forced the situation. Activating the weapons systems the way you want is completely idiotic and reckless" He snapped.

"Come on Rush," Telford was going to try and sway him. "These people are in danger by just being here, proven by what just happened," He stated. "This ship is falling apart; they're the wrong people for this, we need to get them home"

"Yes and what happens if we don't check the systems manually and something punctures in an area we can't get to fast enough?" I asked glancing up at Telford; he had no answer for me. "Destiny and everyone on board would be screwed," I snarled darkly before moving to stand. "I have a duty to protect the lives of everyone on board this ship and the only reason I haven't decked you yet is because you're using Young's body, if I had the chance I would damn well have you on the floor right now" I seethed standing tall, the mess hall was silent as everyone watched us stand toe to toe with each other.

"You're out of line" He growled lowly.

"And you're putting everyone in danger; Doctor Rush knows Destiny better than you and better than anyone else on her, I would take his advice, you're not the one who has to live on this ship, you can leave any time you want" Telford had managed to get so far under my skin it wasn't funny.

"Lieutenant, escort Colonel Hunter to lock down"

I glared towards Scott. "I might still be recovering from my detox but you know exactly what will happen if you lay a hand on me" I snapped hotly and watched as he backed up a step.

"Are you refusing an order lieutenant?"

"No, he doesn't want to be laid out by me," I stated coldly before turning away from Telford. "Just remember that you can leave anytime you want Telford, we can't" I stated motioning towards everyone in the room that was settled down watching us before I turned and strode out of the room, a fire burning within that I needed to settle.

"Alex, Rush wanted me to find you, Telford's going to start dialling soon"

I sighed heavily and nodded slowly standing; I'd been watching the space around us from the observation deck, watching all the guns fire and hoping to hell it didn't all turn south.

"You don't look impressed"

"I'm not," I groused coldly and straightened up stretching slightly and rolled my shoulders slightly as we started towards the gate room. "This feels all wrong; I mean if we breech the shield we won't have a second chance we'll get ripped apart within a few seconds and inside that star there's too many variables, there's too many things that could go wrong," I sighed heavily brushing back a few strands of hair before tugging my hair tie off my wrist and throwing my hair up into a low pony tail before twisting it into a messy bun and fixing it in place. "Let's just get this over and done with and hope it doesn't all turn to cock and shit"

Matty tugged on my wrist lightly stopping us in the middle of the hall. "What aren't you telling me?"

I chuckled softly and gave him a weak smile. "If you can tell I'm hiding something you know me far to fucking well"

He gave me a deadpan look. "I've known you since fucking forever Alex, now spill"

I shook my head lightly and gave him a small grin. "Just trust me when I say everything will be fine"

He frowned in confusion and tagged along beside me until we reached the gate room. "So what now?"

"Now I play Colonel and protect these people," I answered before stepping forward and heading towards the consoles and gave a loud sharp whistle drawing everyone's attention. "Alright, I want all military personnel with guns to take them out of here now, if this room heats up too much the bullet will go off, so guns out now"

"Diverting power flow to the Stargate, ready to attempt dialling" Williams stated looking to Telford for confirmation.

Our eyes locked for a moment. "Do it" He stated turning towards the Stargate as it began to groan and spin.

The first chevron locked and the second followed suit, by the time we reached the third the gate was sparking, arcs of power moving from Destiny to it.

"Get away from the gate! Don't get near it!" I called out pushing people back from the gate with the help of Scott and TJ.

"You're going to overload the capacitors" Brody called looking at his console.

"Bringing power flow down"

The next chevron locked in, more arcs of power brighter than before still hit the gate.

"Limitations are not holding"

"The system wasn't designed to hold this much power"

I felt a brief wave of heat and let out a calming breath as another passed. I glanced around the room at the panicked people before exhaling another calming breath. "Everyone stay calm," I shouted out putting my hands up. "Keep away from the gate and try and stay as calm as possible"

"The shield is failing!" Rush called out as another wave of heat washed over us.

I turned and headed towards Telford where he was stood with the others. "Shut it down!" I stated to his two scientists.

"What the hell are you doing Hunter?"

"Protect these people and this ship," I snapped back at Telford before looking pointedly at his two scientists. "I said shut it the hell down, our shield gets breeched and we're all fucked"

"It's not working"

"I thought you said you could stop it?" Telford asked as he rounded the console to look for himself before sharing a look with Williams and McCormack.

I know that damn look, he's going to cut and run. I narrowed my eyes. Prick. "That's it, you know what fuck you Telford, as of right now I am in command of Destiny,"I turned to Rush. "Figure out how to shut it down before it does anymore damage"

"That's not your call"

"You're not even fucking here," I spat before rounding one of the consoles. "Brody go" I murmured lightly towards the engineer before taking over the console as he took the radio from my hand and rushed after Telford and his two scientists.

I moved my fingers swiftly over the buttons of the console and gave a nod to Rush before he hit a few buttons on his own. I exhaled slowly leaning against the console and rubbed at the skin on my neck before turning towards Rush as he came over. "Thank you for your help"

"Not a problem love," I rubbed at the sweat on my neck again. "Maybe just a little too much heat though"

He chuckled before nodding towards the group. "Shall we?"

I gave a nod before giving a sharp whistle calling everyone attention. "Everyone come over here!" I nodded to Rush. "Doctor Rush will explain everything," I turned to Young as he stepped over to my side. "You and I need to head to home world command and smooth this shit over with them"

"We can do it tomorrow once everything has calmed down," He murmured nudging me towards a corner away from everyone. "So am I to assume you and Rush set all this up?"

"Everett I ran over the numbers and everything myself, it was never going to work, I couldn't let them put everyone including Destiny in danger"

He paused for a moment and gave a nod. "I trust your judgement Alex," He exhaled and rubbed at the sweat on his skin. "So just how close did we come?"

I chuckled softly shaking my head. "Not anywhere as close as what you're thinking, I managed to gain control of some of Destiny's life support controls, put the heating on a timer," I shrugged lightly. "Bit of realism is always fun"

He chuckled lightly. "A bit of warning would be nice next time"

I grinned softly before looking towards Rush, a small smile on his lips over the fact his plan had worked.

Sorry it's taken me so long to get this one out but I've been busy replaying Dragon Age: Origin's and working on my Sims 3 Stable and working on various pose requests for the sims in tandem with looking for a job, several various injuries and RL getting me down I've been stretched a bit thin but I'll get the next one out soon.