SGA: Daedalus Demands, Part Five | Fanfic
Title: Daedalus Demands, Part 5/5
Author: emperorinsanity
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Summary: McKay and Cadman continue to diffuse the bomb and stop the Daedalus from crashing into Atlantis, as something arises between them.
Characters: Rodney McKay, Laura Cadman, John Sheppard, and Colonel Caldwell
Pairings: McKay/Cadman
Timeline: Post-“Sunday”
A/N: -
Warning: Un-beta’d
Disclaimer: Don't own.
"Get me a direct link to McKay," Sheppard said to the closest tech. "McKay, we've pulled out of hyperspace, but the engines won't shut down. We're currently heading straight for Atlantis."
"That explains a lot," McKay stated. "The Goa'uld want Atlantis gone so the Wraith don't get to Earth."
"That's all very fascinating, Rodney, but we need to stop the ship and deactivate that bomb," Sheppard mentioned.
"We're working as fast as we can," McKay told him.
"That's not good enough," Sheppard said.
"Yes, well, stop pestering us," McKay snarked.
"Hurry the hell up!" Sheppard yelled before turning off the radio. He looked at Caldwell. "They'll get it done," he smiled smugly.
"How's it coming?" McKay asked Cadman.
"Um, good," she lied.
"Right, so I guess you should've stayed in the tapdancing field, eh?"
Cadman's jaw tightly clenched at his words. "Then I wouldn't have the liberty of annoying you. If you think you're just the only genius to ever grace the galaxy, you need to be doing this!"
"Oh, yeah?!" McKay began to yell at her moving forward as she turned back to him. McKay faced the device while she stood behind him. "I bet I could disarm it, so maybe you should just stand back and do a tapdance or two."
Cadman's eyes narrowed at the petty little man. "You are the most arrogant, selfish, petty little bastard I know."
"Like I haven't heard that before," McKay said holding the wire cutters in his hands.
"You're so self involved with an over inflated ego," Cadman argued.
"Oh, that coming from a girl who has been inside my head," McKay replied. "It's no secret that I'm all those things. Well, except maybe a bastard."
Caldwell looked out the viewport from the bridge. "How long until impact?"
"Estimated time of impact is ten minutes," the pilot said.
"Sheppard," Caldwell called through the radio. "McKay needs to hurry up. We impact with Atlantis in ten minutes."
"Copy that," Sheppard said. "McKay, hurry it up."
"Working as fast as I can," McKay stated in an annoyed voice. "I have a fairy yelling in my ear."
"A fairy? I'll give you a fairy you insignificant, petty little man," Cadman yelled at him.
"Oh, please, you joined the military because you couldn't cut it doing your little dances."
Cadman raised her finger to his face, but stopped. She thrust her arms around him and kissed him on the lips.
"What was that for?" McKay asked.
"A man who isn't afraid to say what's on his mind is a turn on," she said.
"I've always been like that," McKay told her.
"Yeah, but not like this," she said slipping the wire cutters from his hand and cut a wire on the bomb dissabling it.
"Wha. . . how did you?" McKay asked shocked.
She gave a sly smile.
"McKay?" Sheppard asked through the door. "Cadman, have you killed Rodney? It's aweful quiet."
"Not yet, but I'm going to," she with a smile at him. "You're not as bad as I thought. All that time I spent in your head made me think you were really just self involved."
"Well," McKay said searching for the words.
"Aren't you going to ask me out on a date?" Cadman asked.
"Um. . . wait til we've not crashed, hm?" McKay said as he shifted to the engineering station Hermiod stays at. He bent down and began to unplug the power to the console. "There." He stood up quickly and looked across at her and smiled.
"You just suddenly came up with that?" Cadman asked.
"Well, you mentioned being in my head," he said. "So, that gave me an idea about the navigation computer and the engine. Disconnect them."
"And how long will it take to fix it?" Cadman questioned.
"I'm not sure if it worked," he said tapping his radio. "Caldwell, this is McKay."
"I guess you disarmed the bomb and solved our navigation problem."
"Yes," he said simply. "I take it we're dead in space."
"That'd be correct, doctor," Caldwell stated.
Cadman glomped McKay and kissed him again. "You really are a genius."
"I know," he gloated.
"You kiss better than Beckett," Cadman said, stroking his ego.
"Hm, well, oddly enough, I can say the same," McKay told her.
The bulkhead doors opened and Sheppard and Ronon entered. Cadman jumped back off McKay quickly, which gather a strange look from both Sheppard and Ronon Dex.
"Ronon," McKay said trying to look less flushed. "I see you finally woke up."
"Yeah, all the commotion did that," he told him.
"Well, its all good now," McKay told him with a nod. "Let's get back to Atlantis. I'm starving."
The End