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Chapter 7: Lab

Sheppard entered Dr. Weir's office and sat down on the chair in front of her desk. He waited a couple of moments for her to finish giving instructions to the person on the communications link.

He had been called to see her as soon as he left the infirmary. He wondered why she wanted to see him when he had already debriefed her about the mission. He had a feeling that it had something to do with Sky.

She finished and looked at him. "I apologize for that Colonel Sheppard. Now, you are here because I would like to discuss what happened on that planet."

"She has not just saved my life, but also the life of Colonel Yates," he said, wondering why he always seemed to be defending Sky when she must have proven herself by now.

"Yes, I see that she did. I commend her for that, but I still do not believe that we can place such blind trust in this girl."

"Dr. Weir, I know that Sky is different and we tend to be friends with those who are different. It took a long time before we trusted Teyla and her people and it took even longer to trust Ronon and for them to trust us."

"Colonel Sheppard, I always believe in keeping people chances, but trust is the one thing that is not easy to give or to achieve. Before you say anything else, given the fact that Sky saved Colonel Yates' live at a great risk to her own life, she is allowed to remain in Atlantis."

"Are you all right?" She asked noticing that he was a little pale.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Dr. Beckett says that I have a concussion, some bruised ribs and a lot of large bruises."

"So, I have heard. I believe that you should go rest. That's an order, Colonel Sheppard."

He nodded as he carefully stood up so he wouldn't agitate any of his injuries. He left her office just as she got another call. He wondered if Atlantis could go one day without any form of crisis.

McKay set his tray onto the table and took a seat across from Ronon. He ignored the dark look that was sent his way by his comrade as he dug his fork into the mashed potatoes.

McKay lifted a forkful of mashed potatoes to his mouth and took a bite.

Ronon was relieved that McKay was just going to eat his lunch and not say a word, when McKay set his fork down on the tray and looked straight at Ronon. Ronon sighed because he knew what McKay was going to say to him.

For ten minutes, McKay talked about Sky and Ronon blocked out the entire one-sided conversation. When McKay had stopped talking, Ronon returned his attention but unfortunately, he wasn't finished.

"Then she vanished and heads back to Sheppard and Yates, saves them and returns to the ship. You're not really interested in all of this, are you Ronon?" McKay asked when he saw Ronon's bored expression.

"Look, McKay, I agree with you that there is something about Sky, but so far, the only thing she has done wrong was attack Teyla," Ronon said as he took a piece of his roll and dipped it into his gravy.

"Yes, but there is just something about her that's not right and it is not the fact that she doesn't talk, yet seems to understand what we are saying."

Ronon looked at McKay and didn't comment. He couldn't help but be thankful she could take down a Wraith quickly and efficiently.

McKay made a decision that he should have done a long time ago. "I'm going to go to Dr. Weir and let her know what's been going on."

"You don't have anything to bring to Dr. Weir," Ronon pointed out.

"Ok, you're right. If I went to Dr. Weir without any evidence, I will just be brushed aside," McKay said as he bit his lip trying to think of a way to gather evidence against Sky.

Ronon saw the light in McKay's eyes and knew what he was going to ask him. "McKay, I'm not in the mood to play detective."

"What? Come on, Ronon. You know that…"

"…there's something about this girl," Ronon finished McKay's sentence. "Yeah, McKay, you've said that several times."

"You know, you tend to be the non-trusting of anyone member of this team. Why do you act as though you do trust her?"

Ronon sighed and looked at McKay. "Sheppard trusts the girl and she seems harmless enough."

"Harmless enough?" McKay repeated his voice at a high pitch. "You do remember that she tends to snap necks?"

"Yes and she also tends to shoot Wraiths," Ronon pointed out.

McKay frowned and his eyes narrowed. "So, because she doesn't like the Wraith, you like her?"

"Yes," Ronon replied firmly. "Besides, aren't you supposed to be working on using the cipher to solve the Ancient writing?"

"Well, yes I already have," McKay said as he sat up proudly.

Ronon crossed his arms over his chest and waited.

"I wrote a computer program that will take the cipher and solve the Ancient writing," McKay explained wanting to go into further detail on how simple it was for him to do while others would not have accomplished such a task.

"Well, maybe you should go check on it to see if it is done."

"It won't be finished for at least another hour," McKay said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

"Perhaps you should check on it anyway." The threatening tone in Ronon's voice had McKay backing out of the door, mumbling that it was a good idea to check the program to see if it had done its job.

Once Ronon knew that McKay was gone, he unfolded his arms and sighed, knowing that the Sky situation was only going to get worse.

"What did you find out, Dr. McKay?" Dr. Weir asked sitting at her desk with her hands folded together before her.

He was standing before her desk with his hands clasped together behind his back. She took that as a sign that he has accomplished his task, but there was something wrong.

"Well, Dr. Weir. I managed to create a program that used the cipher and translated the Ancient writing at the same time."

"What did it say?" She asked cutting him off before he explained in explicit detail of everything, he had done.

"Oh, you know how Ancient writing tends to be. All poetic and occasionally it will have double meanings," He said shaking his head at how silly it seemed to him that the Ancients were so fickle with their writings.

"McKay," She said her voice tinted with annoyance and impatience.

He cleared his throat, brought his hands from behind his back, and placed his palms flat on the desk and leaned toward her.

"The only pertinent information was that there is a lab located in Atlantis. The remaining information just has to do with that planet."

Dr. Weir raised an eyebrow at the mention of a lab in Atlantis. "What did it say about the planet?"

"Oh, every bit of writing contained the names and details of all the plants and the wildlife on the planet," McKay said wondering why the Ancients had wasted their time writing that on the walls of the cave.

"Hmm," Dr. Weir said as her mind returned to the idea of the lab.

"Hmm?"

"I want you to look through the Ancient Archives and search for all of the labs located in Atlantis."

McKay held back a laugh at the absurd idea. "No offense, Dr. Weir, but why would I need to look at the Ancient Archives?"

"Whoever left that information wanted us to find out that there is a lab in Atlantis and the fact is that it may be hidden," Dr. Weir pointed out.

McKay nodded his head. "What do you think is in the lab?"

"Hopefully, something to defeat the Wraith, but if an Ancient had discovered a way to do so, they wouldn't have had to abandon Atlantis and hide it beneath the ocean."

"I'll see what I can find but we both know that the Ancients enjoy being mysterious."

Dr. Weir dismissed Dr. McKay and when he had left the room, she leaned back in her chair. There were several scenarios playing in her mind, but she knew that none of scenarios had even a slight possibility of being the right one.

Sheppard intended to follow Dr. Weir's order to get some rest but he wouldn't be able to do so until he made sure that Sky was comfortable. He didn't want her sleeping in the tower because he wanted her to become part of the people living in Atlantis.

Sheppard led Sky to his quarters to explain to her that she couldn't sleep in the tower every night.

"Right, see this is my room or sometimes we call it quarters. I guess it doesn't matter to you what we call it. Anyway, you will be in the room next door to mine, so just in case you feel uncomfortable," Sheppard said knowing that somehow Sky had understood every word he had said, but wondered why she was unable to respond.

He watched as she stepped away from him and walked slowly around the room; brushing her hand along the furniture as though, she not only wanted to see the object but to get a feel of it. When she stopped abruptly at a blank portion of the wall, he took a step towards her, wondering why she had stopped.

He was about to say something when she placed her hands on the wall and moved them in a circle. Then, about a three foot section of the wall disappeared leaving a dark opening.

"How did you do that?" Sheppard asked not able to believe that he never knew about the secret door.

Sky just looked at Sheppard before she looked at the opening in the wall. Sky moved in front of Sheppard and blocked the dark opening from his path.

Sheppard wondered why Sky was blocking his path and what was in the darkness. Then Sheppard heard a menacing, feral growl and wondered why Sky had done that.

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