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Chapter 4: Dr. Beckett's Observation
Sheppard was walking down the corridor when McKay appeared. He was about to turn the corner and sneak away, when McKay called his name.
"Morning, McKay," Sheppard greeted withholding a sigh that badly wanted to escape.
"So, what is the status of the girl?" McKay asked ignoring Sheppard's greeting without a second thought.
"She's fine. How are you, Rodney?"
"That is not what I meant," McKay said his voice almost becoming shrill. "Who do you have watching the girl?"
"No one," Sheppard replied as he headed toward the mess hall.
McKay followed Sheppard down the corridor. "Are you crazy?"
"No," Sheppard replied simply as he nodded his head to one of the officers that walked past them.
"Look, I know it has been a few days and you've been spending all of your time with this girl up in the tower, but for one thing she doesn't even speak and she's been known to attack people! I just don't see how you can leave her without any supervision."
Sheppard had been in the tower with the girl while his leg healed. It was true that she hadn't spoken a word, but Sheppard could tell that she understood what he had said to her; at least he thought she did. Of course, Dr. Weir had sent Ronon to check on him constantly.
"McKay, she only attacked Teyla because she felt threatened. She's perfectly fine now and besides she has a name."
McKay's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "How exactly can she have a name when she doesn't speak?"
"I named her," Sheppard replied with a shrug, knowing what McKay was going to say about it.
"You named her? What did you name her? Xena?" McKay asked throwing his hands in the air reminding Sheppard of a chicken.
"No, that's a ridiculous name for her. Really, McKay, you're terrible at names. No, I named her Sky."
McKay gave Sheppard an annoyed and irate look.
Sheppard pointed toward the ceiling. "She likes to look at the sky."
McKay scoffed and tried to keep himself from yelling at Sheppard about being irresponsible and enchanted by this girl.
"Also her eyes are also the color of the sky," Sheppard added his voice sounding far away.
McKay rolled his eyes because he had made an educated guess that Sheppard was in deep with this girl and now he had some proof. He should have known the second he had spotted the girl in the stasis chamber that somehow Sheppard would fall for the girl.
They were just about to enter the mess hall when Teyla stepped out. They all came to a stop and waited for someone to speak.
Teyla looked from McKay to Sheppard. "John, I know Dr. McKay's feelings about this girl and I agree with him."
Sheppard wondered if his team had gotten together and talked about Sky. "Teyla, maybe we should talk about this later."
"John, I don't believe that you should place any of your trust into this girl," Teyla said interrupting Sheppard.
"Teyla, I understand that she hurt you, but she stopped when I told her too," Sheppard said as he shook his head, "there is something about her."
"Yeah, she's the damsel in distress and you have the hots for her," McKay replied with a snort and was about to make a Captain Kirk comment when Teyla spoke.
"I see that you will not listen to common sense. I have to go now." Teyla couldn't help but feel disappointed in Sheppard for not trusting his team's assessment. Teyla walked away, knowing that Sheppard wasn't ready to believe the truth about the girl.
"Great, now we are going to have tension in our team," McKay said.
"We usually do," Sheppard said as he waited until Teyla was out of sight before he entered the mess hall.
"Well, I'd rather not since we are always in intense situations."
"McKay…" Sheppard said warningly when Sergeant Banner walked up to them.
"Colonel Sheppard, Dr. Weir and Dr. Beckett would like to speak with you. Dr. Weir wishes to meet in the infirmary," said Sergeant Banner.
Sheppard nodded and turned toward the direction of the infirmary. He realized that he wasn't the only one headed in that direction. "McKay, why are you following me?"
"I want to hear what Dr. Weir and Dr. Beckett has to say about this girl," McKay answered sounding a little too happy about the meeting.
"Fine," Sheppard replied sourly not pleased that McKay was going to be there because he knew that scientist wouldn't be dissuaded.
Dr. Weir entered the infirmary and spotted Dr. Beckett standing next to a hospital bed talking with Major Carson. She hadn't had a chance to see Dr. Beckett since she had been planning the next few missions.
"I'm glad to see that you're back on your feet, Dr. Beckett," Dr. Weir said as she greeted the Major with a nod of her head. Major returned her greeting with a salute.
"Thank you, Dr. Weir. After getting knocked on the skull, I needed a few days to recuperate."
Sheppard and McKay entered the room. Dr. McKay hopped on the bed next to Dr. Beckett and clasped his hands together.
Dr. Weir raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms as she looked at McKay. "Hello, Dr. McKay. Do you need to see the doctor?"
McKay shook his head and glanced at Sheppard. "No, Dr. Weir. I'm just here to observe."
Major Carson held back a laugh and instead asked permission to be dismissed which Dr. Weir nodded her head in reply.
Once Major Carson left the infirmary, she turned her attention to Dr. Beckett. "Dr. Beckett, I would like you to talk about the information that you have gathered on the girl," Dr. Weir said as she gave Dr. McKay a warning look when she saw his mouth beginning to open.
"When I examined her, before she woke up and knocked me across the room, I noticed some strange marks on her skin."
"What kind of strange marks?" Dr. McKay asked as he leaned forward intrigued.
"I think that she had been experimented on," Dr. Beckett answered warily wondering how they would take the news especially Sheppard.
"What makes you say that?" Sheppard asked his eyes focused intently on Dr. Beckett waiting impatiently for the answer.
"As I said, I saw marks on her skin, such as around her heart and on her head as well as several other places. I also took a sample of her blood and checked her DNA. Her genetic code has been altered, but I'm not sure to what extent. I would need more DNA samples from her to run some tests."
"So, does she have the ancient gene?" McKay asked.
Beckett shook his head. "She doesn't have the Ancient gene."
"If what you say about her being experimented on is true, I don't think we should run any more tests on her," Sheppard said sternly.
"What if she has some diseases that could spread to us? Ever think of that, Sheppard?"
"I wouldn't worry, Dr. McKay, she is in perfect health. She was a little weak coming out of stasis that is why she passed out. She is actually a fast healer," Dr. Beckett said as he looked at Dr. Weir, wondering what she was thinking.
"I agree with Dr. McKay. I have to know how she has been altered. She may be a risk," Dr. Weir said.
"NO!" Colonel Sheppard shouted startlingly Dr. Beckett and Dr. McKay.
Dr. Weir looked right at Colonel Sheppard, making sure that their eyes met so he would understand who was in command. "Colonel Sheppard, are you going against my orders?"
Colonel Sheppard took a quick, calming breath before he answered. "Yes, I am. We can't do that to her. Probably if she saw Dr. Beckett again, she would panic. We could look at the images we got from the jungle planet. Can't we wait to see if the Ancient writing mentions anything?"
"All right, but I want her under guard 24/7. I mean it, Colonel Sheppard. I don't want to take any risks." Dr. Weir gave Sheppard her steel gaze and was pleased to see that Sheppard agreed with a nod of his head. Dr. Weir turned her attention to the one who hadn't been invited to the meeting. "How far have you come on the ancient translation Dr. McKay?"
"Still working on it," McKay said as he brushed away invisible lint from his pants.
"Very well, but I want as much information on this girl as soon as possible," Dr. Weir said.
"Her name is Sky," Sheppard said.
Dr. Weir raised her eyebrows as she looked at Sheppard. "You named her?"
"Yes. My name is better. Dr. McKay wanted to name her Xena."
"I didn't say such a thing! You said that I would have named her Xena if I were to name her," Dr. McKay said angrily wondering why he had allowed Sheppard to pull him into this conversation.
"Either way, you would have given her a lousy name," Sheppard replied enjoying the flustered look on Dr. McKay's face. Sheppard saw that Dr. Beckett was stifling a laugh.
"Enough. Dr. McKay I would like you to return to work on the translation. Colonel Sheppard, I don't have to tell you where to be because you already know. You two are dismissed."
Sheppard and Dr. McKay left the room still badgering each other.
Dr. Weir heard a snort and looked at Dr. Beckett whose face had turned red from trying to hold in his laughter. Dr. Weir shook her head, said goodbye and left the infirmary, with a little grin on her face.
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