Hands across the water...

[dr_c_beckett]

Carson was stunned when Rachel burst through the doors of the infirmary, bracing one of her scientists. He and nurses surrounded the man, getting him to a gurney. "What happened? Dr. Antonelli! Someone get Dr. Antonelli, this looks like a bad burn!" He restrained himself from wincing when he saw the condition of the man's hand.

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[dr_macgregor]

She stayed out of the way as they surrounded her colleague. "Someone left a project powered up without authorization. Smythe went to move it and got shocked. I brought him right here after having everyone power everything down, it's an electrical burn." A tall Italian woman on Carson's staff came rushing over. She took over, and Carson came over to Rachel, taking her by the arm. "Right then, Dr. Antonelli is a burn specialist. Come into my office, we'll talk about how this happened

[dr_rodneymckay]

Rodney frowned at the freaked undertone to Rae's voice. "Are you sure you're okay?" Then she told him to get Radek and he sighed, already getting up from his desk. "Fine, fine. We'll be there in a few minutes. McKay out

[dr_macgregor]

She put her hand on Radek's face and kissed him. "No, Míly, I'm fine. Unfortunately, Smythe is the one whose hand is very badly burned."

She looked up at Rodney. "I think I know who your stalker is. The person who left that experiment powered up was one who was in Siberia in 2002. I was wondering why that made me hesitate for a moment. It's when you were there. Zasha Popov. Rodney..." She stayed pale. "I was the one that was supposed to review that experiment. It could have been me that was zapped..."

Carson was pissed. His scowl was deep. "That's it, You are banned from the labs. Don't argue, Rachel. Even low-voltage accidents have a high incidence of causing spontaneous abortion and fetal death in later trimesters. We're not taking this chance again."

[dr_rodneymckay]

Radek turned ashen when Carson mentioned the risk of spontaneous abortion and looked on the verge of a panic attack. //Yes. No more labs for you, love. Far too dangerous.//

Rodney, on the other hand, nodded absently in agreement. He was still puzzling over why that name, Zasha Popov, sounded so familiar...

"Oh shit!" Rodney ignored the three pairs of eyes on him as he tried not to throw up. He couldn't stop the shudders of revulsion, however. "Ew! Dear god, she's here?! Who the hell let her in the city?" At everyone's questioningly looks, Rodney turned red and hugged himself. "Shenzi, remember that one, um, accident in Siberia I mentioned? Well..."

[dr_macgregor]

She looked up when John came barreling through the door to her side. Shelly must have been kind enough to send him just after getting back. She drew him down to sit on her other side so she was between Radek and John.

"I'm fine, we're fine, sweetheart. My co-worker is not so lucky... Apparently, Rodney has a stalker and she doesn't like me very much. I've agreed to stick to deskwork and avoid the labs now."

[lt_col_sheppard]

John shot Rodney a sickeningly sweet smile and cocked his head. "Oh yes, Doctor Mckay...how are you? How's the back? The knee? Feeling ok? Now can I get back to our pregnant-and-obviously-in-insane-danger wife now?"

He did give Rodney his usual boyish grin after, and as he slipped his arm around Rae, he brushed his fingers lightly against Radek's stubbled cheek, a quiet apology for letting his emotion get the better of him. After squeezing Rae gently for a few moments, he leaned forward and peered up at Rodney, letting him know his considerable attention was not only for their wife.

"stalked, Rodney...stalked?! I'm shocked, your considerable prowess isn't a secret any longer?" he gave Rae a kiss on the cheek and rose to stand between Rodney's parted legs, his hands settling on his waist.

"you ok? really? And do we have any idea who this..person is so I can have them shipped back home in a hermetically sealed crate?"

[dr_rodneymckay]

"They're fine, thanks, and yes, you can." Rodney crossed his arms and most certainly did not pout. Really. But John's grin afterwards made it all better so it was a moot point. Damn him for being whipped

[dr_macgregor]

Rae looked over at John and Rodney. "We have enough evidence to at least prove criminal negligence for the accident to Smythe's hand. Rodney, do you want to run a tracer, see if we can prove that it's her sending the emails?"

Carson nodded. "The more evidence, the better, but I hate ta wait. I'd rather not give her the chance to try anything else, love. Smythe may lose the use of his hand." Carson knew what he'd say next would infuriate John, but he had to know. "If Rachel had received such a shock, even if it hadn't damaged her hand, it'd likely have killed the babe."

[dr_c_beckett]

Rachel was comforting john when an odd sound came from Carson's laptop behind Rodney. It never double-bleeped like that...

He went over and looked, frowning as Rodney turned a little to look at him. After a second, he looked up at his husband. "Well, love, seems like Atlantis is helping protect Rachel already. You ran a tracer on the email? Your results have been re-directed ta my laptop, since ye're sitting next to it." He turned the machine around so Rodney could see that his own email program had popped up with a message blinking in red.

[dr_rodneymckay]

Rodney half-turned to look at the laptop. "Huh?" He picked up the laptop and tapped a few keys, pulling up the message and reading it quickly, frowning deeply at what it said. "Well, we've got enough evidence to kick her out of the city, the program and lock her up for several years besides." He turned the laptop around so the others could see.

[dr_macgregor]

Rae leaned forward from the couch. She smiled as the tracer program confirmed the offending emails had been sent anonymously through the servers from Poppv's personal laptop. "Well, there we go. Now Sgt. Bates can arrest the woman and we can all get back to our lives and get some work done."

They all turned to look at her. "What? I can do administrative stuff in my office without being in the labs. Didn't I just say that? Which reminds me, Rodney, I have that report ready for you on the new labs the teams are exploring in the latest sections we uncovered..."

Carson rolled his eyes and went to sit at his desk. Rae had caught the eyeroll and glared at him before standing up to continue to talk to Rodney about her discoveries.

[dr_rodneymckay]

Rodney hopped off Carson's desk when Rae--and Radek by default since the poor man wasn't letting go of their wife any time soon--stood and sent a quick message to Bates. "Good, good. We can go over it during lunch." He started to walk out of the office with Rae and Radek, still carrying Carson's laptop in one hand while waving around with the other.