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The amount of file-swapping that had gone on between Rodney McKay and Carson Beckett was ridiculous. Rodney had never been a great team player, but it was Carson, and dare he think it - he was the only other person on the island he trusted with this sort of thing.
The last exchange had been a few days ago. The large file Rodney had been working on? It was cracked now, and mostly translated, and all that remained was for them to go over it again.
And again.
And again.
No matter how many times he did, it said the same thing.
Athosians. Teyla's people. Michael had been experimenting on them.
Feeling sick to his stomach - and not just because he hadn't eaten all day - Rodney left his hut and wandered up to the Compound, tablet under his arm because he couldn't look at it anymore. He needed to talk to Carson. Then - oh, God - he needed to talk to Teyla.
This wasn't good. This was so far away from good it had gone through bad and come out the other side into terrible.
And there was nothing any of them could do about it.
He made a beeline for the clinic, and as soon as he spotted Carson he walked straight over to him and thrust the tablet in his face. "Tell me this doesn't say what I think it says," he said, in a low voice.
He'd never ever wished this hard to be wrong before in his life.
The last exchange had been a few days ago. The large file Rodney had been working on? It was cracked now, and mostly translated, and all that remained was for them to go over it again.
And again.
And again.
No matter how many times he did, it said the same thing.
Athosians. Teyla's people. Michael had been experimenting on them.
Feeling sick to his stomach - and not just because he hadn't eaten all day - Rodney left his hut and wandered up to the Compound, tablet under his arm because he couldn't look at it anymore. He needed to talk to Carson. Then - oh, God - he needed to talk to Teyla.
This wasn't good. This was so far away from good it had gone through bad and come out the other side into terrible.
And there was nothing any of them could do about it.
He made a beeline for the clinic, and as soon as he spotted Carson he walked straight over to him and thrust the tablet in his face. "Tell me this doesn't say what I think it says," he said, in a low voice.
He'd never ever wished this hard to be wrong before in his life.