A/N: SGA? Mine? Nope..Sadly enough.

Soo…. *cough, cough* Let's get back to the story, shall we? Yes. Let's shall.

Chapter 10

Nikki and Becca walked into Dave's room. John was sitting in a chair next to the bed. He looked up when they walked in and immediately saw the blood on Nikki's face. He jumped up and moved over to her.

"What happened?!" She blushed and looked at Becca. "Well, you see, John. We sort of had a run in with a particularly unhappy…acquaintance."

John looked at Becca for a moment. "You mean Nancy, don't you?"

Nikki hesitated and then looked up at John. He could tell instantly from the look in her eyes that it was in fact Nancy. "Where is she?"

"John, don't worry about it. I took care of it." "Nikki, where is she?"

Nikki sighed but shook her head. "John…" He shook his head and looked at Becca. He was pissed. "Becca. Where is she?" Becca looked between the two, but told him where they had last seen her.

He took off out of the room. Nikki went to follow, but Becca stopped her. "Let him handle it. It'll only make things worse if you're the one who goes with him." Nikki nodded and reluctantly moved to sit on the couch. Becca got a paper towel and moistened it.

She moved over to the couch and sat down next to Nikki. She started to clean the cut for her with a smile.

SGA

John made his way down to the cafeteria. He was pissed. How dare she hurt his girlfriend. She had no right to be involved whatsoever or even be here in the first place.

He walked through the cafeteria doors and saw her sitting alone at a table rubbing her shoulder. He guessed Nikki must have showed her some of her moves after Nancy hit her.

He walked right up to her. "What the hell is your problem?"

Her head snapped up and she looked up into the face of her very pissed off ex-husband. "Me? She's the one who slammed me into a table!" He almost chuckled at that, but he was too furious. "You're the one who hit her. I'm not here to play 'she started it, no she started it'. I'm here to tell you to back the hell off from my family."

Nancy laughed a rather cruel laugh. "Oh, so now you're protective of your family. That's funny."

He had to refrain from hitting her. He wanted to so badly.

"Nancy, how the hell can I get it through your head that you're not a part of this family anymore and that you need to back the hell off?"

She shook her head and continued to rub her shoulder. "I'll always be a part of your family, John. Whether you like it or not."

"Oh yeah? And what's that supposed to mean?"

She winked at him and stood up. "Oh nothing. Just that I'm more invested in this family than you think."

John looked at her incredulously. "I can't believe you, Nancy. What the hell happened to the person I saw at Dad's wake? What happened to her?"

She laughed bitterly. "Since then I got my second divorce after being told I'm unable to have children. I was told if I would've tried ten years ago, I would have been successful. And then I see you with some little tramp who thinks she's all that just because she's stationed on the same base as you. You used to look at me the way you look at her. You belong with me, not her, John. When are you going to see that?"

His mouth almost dropped open. So, she was blaming him for not having kids. She was blaming him for moving on and being happy. "You're unbelievable. It's not my fault we didn't have kids, Nancy. You know that more than anyone. I remember saying that if you got pregnant, I'd quit the Air Force and stay to raise our family. I also remember you handing me the divorce papers and telling me to get out."

"You're mad because I moved on. That I'm happy now and am with someone I can really be myself with. You're mad that I'm not going to come running back to you just because you and…Greg? Grant. Whatever…just because you and him got a divorce. That's not my fault and it's not my fault that you're such a stuck-up bitch who wants everything handed to her. I'm sick and tired of having these arguments. Why do you think I didn't ask for anything in the divorce? Because I knew it would only cause more arguments than it was worth. Why do you think I didn't fight for our marriage? Because all it was, was fighting and loneliness. I was sick and tired of coming home after a long and dangerous mission and be nagged at for not being able to talk about it and then getting into a huge fight because of it. Nancy, I'm done arguing. I'm sick and tired of all of this. Have a good life, Nancy. And don't try to contact me or my family again. Good-bye."

With that he turned and walked away from her, leaving her standing there with silent tears running down her face. Maybe it finally sunk in that she couldn't have her way this time and that she had crossed the line. Probably not.

SGA

A few hours later, he was sitting on the couch with Nikki in his arms. They had gotten her cut cleaned and looked at. Now John was sitting there with his head resting on the wall and he was snoring softly. It was the first time he had slept for hours. He really needed the sleep.

Becca had left a couple of hours ago to pick up the kids and pack their bags. Nikki had assured her that they'd be fine there by themselves. John had already passed out before she left.

She had dosed off herself for about an hour.

Beckett, Keller, and McKay walked into Dave's room. O'Neill had gone to talk to Dr. Heath in private. They walked in to find John and Nikki asleep on the couch. John's face was still a little pale, but he was finally relaxed. Carson immediately noticed the cut on Nikki's face and wondered where the hell that had come from.

They tried to move silently, but McKay accidently walked into a chair. Nikki startled awake and looked up to see Beckett and Keller glaring at McKay who had his hands in the air. She chuckled and then turned and looked at her.

She sat up and motioned for them to leave the room to give John a few extra minutes of sleep. They followed her out of the room and she quietly closed the door behind them.

"Hey guys, glad to see you made it okay." She turned and looked at them. Jennifer was eyeing the cut on her cheek and what was turning into a bruise around it.

"Oh, don't worry about that. I already had it looked at. I just got into a little…misunderstanding…with John's ex-wife."

Rodney's eyebrow's seemed to shoot through the roof. "You got in a fight with his ex-wife?!" Nikki rolled her eyes, but nodded. "Things haven't been…well, the calmest around here. As soon as we got here, Nancy practically cornered us. I told her off, which earned me points with John, but it seriously pissed her off. When Becca and I, John's sister-in-law, went down to get some food, she started some more trouble, starting saying things to Becca and was being really disrespectful. I put her in her place and she hit me. Her ring cut me. So I twisted her arm around her back and slammed her into the table."

"Yeah, it was pretty impressive too." Nikki turned and saw Becca standing there with her two kids. Nikki smiled and moved to introduce everyone. "Becca, these are some of the people I was telling you about. Dr. McKay, Dr. Beckett, and Dr. Keller." She turned to them. "This is John's sister-in-law, Becca." They smiled at each other. Becca looked at all of them. "It's nice to meet some of John's friends. He never brings anyone around his family. Of course, he doesn't come around his family either, but that's another story." She chuckled and turned to her kids. "These are my two children: Carrigan and Jayden." She looked down and addressed her children. "These are the people we're going to be staying with for a while. So be on your best behavior. They nodded and looked at the Atlanteans.

Nikki smiled and then cracked the door open. John opened his eyes slightly and looked down to see that Nikki wasn't there anymore.

Nikki walked into the room and opened the door wider for the rest to follow. "How long was I asleep?"

Nikki looked down at her watch. "About two and a half hours or so. You needed the rest." He nodded and then looked up at the people behind her. He stood up and then got a surprised look on his face at the sight of McKay.

"Rodney? What are you doing here?"

He snorted. "What? Am I not allowed to come support my best friend? You know what, don't answer that."

John rolled his eyes, but pulled Nikki into a hug. It caught her off guard, but she knew that he needed the physical contact to stay grounded.

He let go after a couple of minutes and looked up at the Drs.

"Carson, Jennifer. Glad you could make it." Carson gave him a small smile. "Aye. We just wish we'd be returning to Ea…the states on happier circumstances."

He nodded. "Yeah, me too." Beckett gave him a small nod and moved to his side. "How are you feeling? You don't look so good." John managed a small smile. "I'm fine, Doc. It's my brother you need to worry about."

Beckett frowned but turned his attention to Dave. He took the chart that was on the table at the end of his bed and started flipping through it. Jennifer joined him and they went through it with hushed voices.

O'Neill walked into the room. "Sheppard! You look…well, not so good to be honest. I brought reinforcements like I promised. I just got everything squared away with the Drs. here. Oh, and I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of having a couple of men go to the hotel and pick up your bags. Just to save some time."

John nodded. "Good idea, sir. When are we leaving?" Jack looked down at his watch, smiled, then looked back up at Sheppard. "Now. Well, as long as the Drs. are ready to go, that is."

Beckett and Keller looked up from the chart. "Aye, we're ready." Jack leaned out of the door and motioned for a couple of nurses.

The nurses helped Beckett and Keller unattach the unimportant machines and then move his bed down the hall and into the elevator. They took him up to the roof and loaded him into a medical helicopter that would transport them to Cheyenne Mountain.

They all climbed in except Jack and Sheppard. O'Neill turned to Jack. "The pilot is a newbie. He's the only one I could find on short notice. I figured you'd want to take over from here. If you want to, of course." John nodded. He didn't want to take any chances when it came to his family.

"Yes, sir." John moved to the front of the helicopter and got into the pilot's chair. The original pilot had moved to the co-pilot's chair already. Jack climbed in and shut the door behind him.

John did his pre-flight routine, put on his headset, and radioed back to O'Neill to make sure they were ready to go. When he got the green light, he turned the helicopter on and flew them to Cheyenne Mountain.

When they reached the SGC, Sheppard shut off the helicopter and everyone unloaded. They got Dave down into the lower levels of the base and stopped right outside of the gate room.

Jack turned to Becca and her children. "Before I can allow you three to walk through these doors, I need all of you to sign a non-disclosure statement that says you will not, under any circumstances, tell anyone outside of this base and the base you're going to about anything you're about to see and have already seen. Is that understood?"

Becca nodded. "Yes, I have already discussed it with the children and they understand. We'll sign anything."

Jack nodded as an airman entered the hallway from the control room. He had three large envelopes and a pen. He handed them to O'Neill and Jack had had the three sign them. As the paperwork was being finished, Mitchell walked up to Sheppard.

"I didn't think you'd be leaving so soon…" He spotted Dave lying on the bed and up at Beckett and Keller. "Ah. I see." He looked up at Sheppard.

John gave the man a small smile. "This is my brother, Dave. He was in an accident and there's nothing the doctors here on Earth can do for him. So I called in some specialists."

Mitchell smirked. "Well, good luck, Sheppard. I hope things turn out for the best." He glanced at Nikki who had her arm around John's waist and was leaning into him tiredly.

Cam raised an eyebrow at John. "Yes, she's my girlfriend." Mitchell got a wide grin on his face and his eyes brightened. "I knew it! Well, congratulations then!"

Sheppard chuckled and nodded his thanks. And then they were moving into the gate room. Mitchell waved his good-bye to Sheppard and the gate started to dial.

The three new Sheppards watched in amazement as the chevrons locked and then gate was opened. John smiled and turned to them. "It's okay. Drs. McKay, Beckett, and Keller will go through first that way you can see it doesn't hurt. It's actually pretty cool."

Jack's voice came over the intercom. "Sheppard. You have a go. Oh, and good luck. Let me know how it's going."

John looked up at the observation window and nodded. "Will do, sir! And thanks again!"

Jack nodded and watched as the doctors pushed the bed carrying John's brother up the ramp and walked through the gate. Nikki released John and grabbed Becca's hand. "I'll walk through with you."

Becca nodded and smiled her appreciation. They made their way up the ramp and disappeared through the event horizon. John looked down at the kids. "Well, time to go, kids. Don't worry. I promise it doesn't hurt."

They nodded and John sent them through the gate first making sure they got through before he did.

And then they were back home, on Atlantis.

Sorry to keep lengthening this adventure. There's just sooo much I wanted to put into it! I hope you're enjoying it so far! Review please!