Kindred Tag
Title: This Is Reality
Rating: G
Author: seramercury
Characters: John, Rodney
Everyone is silent as the pod is activated. I stare at Carson for a few minutes, but I can't bear to be in there much longer and rush out of the room. I don't understand this. Not that I wanted any kind of Carson, clone or not, to be blown up but why couldn't the clone have been?
And why couldn't the real Carson have survived instead like in all those science fiction movies and TV shows I used to watch growing up?
Because this is reality, John, a voice inside my head replied.
"Well, you know what? Reality sucks sometimes!" I growled, scaring the wits out of some random scientist who was walking buy. She probably thinks I'm nuts... I probably am.
I sighed. It was late and I was exhausted, might as well attempt to get some sleep. Sleep. Yeah, that had been hard to come by since Teyla was taken and I know it's going to be worse now that Carson was frozen a few floors beneath my quarters.
After changing into sweats and a t-shirt, I laid on my bed and began staring at the ceiling. I had nearly drifted to sleep when I heard a voice in my ear. "What is it Rodney?"
"Just checking to see if you were... you know. You ran out of the room pretty quick."
"I'm fine, Rodney," I replied grumpily. "I just want to try and get some sleep. Maybe you should do the same."
Rodney paused. "No, I'm good right now. I'll be in my lab if you need anything or if you feel the urge to help turn on some things."
"I'll keep that in mind, thanks Rodney."
"Anytime! Hey, you should really check this--"
I don't know what else he was saying because I turned the radio off and set it on the night stand. I felt myself drifting off to sleep the moment my head hit the pillow but it didn't last very long. I blinked up at the ceiling. I hadn't even gotten a chance to start dreaming.
The door chime wasn't helping the pounding headache that seemed to have surfaced. Taking a deep breath, I got up and went to the door. "Lieutenant Jones," I said, trying to hide my annoyance at being bothered. "What can I do for you?"
"Sir, it seems one of the DVD players is missing from the rec room."
I stared at him for a minute before responding. "Lieutenant, did you just wake me up to let me know about a DVD player?"
"I guess so, Sir. I apologize."
Before I could say anything else, Jones zipped away. By this time my head felt ready to explode and everything seemed really blurry. I decided that I needed to get to the infirmary. Taking one step into the hall, I felt myself falling...
When I came to I was in the infirmary. I saw Rodney sitting to my left and fiddling with his laptop. "Hey," I said.
"You're awake!"
"Astute as always, McKay."
Rodney merely glared at me as Keller came over. Of course the first thing she did was shine her penlight in my eyes. "How are you feeling, Colonel?" she asked.
"Not so tired anymore and the headache is just about gone."
Keller nodded. "Good, considering you've been out for almost a week."
"What?" I exclaimed. "Has there been any word on Teyla?"
"No," Rodney replied, looking down at the floor.
My stomach twisted in knots. It's been nearly a week and there's been no sign of Teyla. If I had trouble sleeping before I can only imagine what it's going to be like in the next few days.
And I think Keller was reading my mind because she said, "Colonel, if you, for one minute have trouble sleeping, come and see me immediately! I will prescribe something for that and poor Rodney wouldn't have to find you passed out in the hallway, all right?"
"Got it, Doc," I replied.
As she moved away, Rodney came over, putting a hand on my shoulder. "We'll find her, John."
"I know, Rodney," I said with a sigh, "but the waiting is killing us."
Rating: G
Author: seramercury
Characters: John, Rodney
Everyone is silent as the pod is activated. I stare at Carson for a few minutes, but I can't bear to be in there much longer and rush out of the room. I don't understand this. Not that I wanted any kind of Carson, clone or not, to be blown up but why couldn't the clone have been?
And why couldn't the real Carson have survived instead like in all those science fiction movies and TV shows I used to watch growing up?
Because this is reality, John, a voice inside my head replied.
"Well, you know what? Reality sucks sometimes!" I growled, scaring the wits out of some random scientist who was walking buy. She probably thinks I'm nuts... I probably am.
I sighed. It was late and I was exhausted, might as well attempt to get some sleep. Sleep. Yeah, that had been hard to come by since Teyla was taken and I know it's going to be worse now that Carson was frozen a few floors beneath my quarters.
After changing into sweats and a t-shirt, I laid on my bed and began staring at the ceiling. I had nearly drifted to sleep when I heard a voice in my ear. "What is it Rodney?"
"Just checking to see if you were... you know. You ran out of the room pretty quick."
"I'm fine, Rodney," I replied grumpily. "I just want to try and get some sleep. Maybe you should do the same."
Rodney paused. "No, I'm good right now. I'll be in my lab if you need anything or if you feel the urge to help turn on some things."
"I'll keep that in mind, thanks Rodney."
"Anytime! Hey, you should really check this--"
I don't know what else he was saying because I turned the radio off and set it on the night stand. I felt myself drifting off to sleep the moment my head hit the pillow but it didn't last very long. I blinked up at the ceiling. I hadn't even gotten a chance to start dreaming.
The door chime wasn't helping the pounding headache that seemed to have surfaced. Taking a deep breath, I got up and went to the door. "Lieutenant Jones," I said, trying to hide my annoyance at being bothered. "What can I do for you?"
"Sir, it seems one of the DVD players is missing from the rec room."
I stared at him for a minute before responding. "Lieutenant, did you just wake me up to let me know about a DVD player?"
"I guess so, Sir. I apologize."
Before I could say anything else, Jones zipped away. By this time my head felt ready to explode and everything seemed really blurry. I decided that I needed to get to the infirmary. Taking one step into the hall, I felt myself falling...
When I came to I was in the infirmary. I saw Rodney sitting to my left and fiddling with his laptop. "Hey," I said.
"You're awake!"
"Astute as always, McKay."
Rodney merely glared at me as Keller came over. Of course the first thing she did was shine her penlight in my eyes. "How are you feeling, Colonel?" she asked.
"Not so tired anymore and the headache is just about gone."
Keller nodded. "Good, considering you've been out for almost a week."
"What?" I exclaimed. "Has there been any word on Teyla?"
"No," Rodney replied, looking down at the floor.
My stomach twisted in knots. It's been nearly a week and there's been no sign of Teyla. If I had trouble sleeping before I can only imagine what it's going to be like in the next few days.
And I think Keller was reading my mind because she said, "Colonel, if you, for one minute have trouble sleeping, come and see me immediately! I will prescribe something for that and poor Rodney wouldn't have to find you passed out in the hallway, all right?"
"Got it, Doc," I replied.
As she moved away, Rodney came over, putting a hand on my shoulder. "We'll find her, John."
"I know, Rodney," I said with a sigh, "but the waiting is killing us."