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Where's Wodney?
Title: Where’s Wodney?
Author: sg_lab
Characters/Pairings: Sheppard/Weir, Beckett/Cadman, Lorne/Heightmeyer, Ronon/Teyla, McKay and some children.
Disclaimer: Except for Maddie, Kayla, Evan Jr. and Sela everything else does not belong to me and I’m making no money from this.
Summary: Maddie wants to see Rodney, but every time she asks about him she’s told he’s busy.
Five year old Madeleine Sheppard looked up when she heard her Mommy’s voice. Her Mommy was talking to Miss Kendel; one of the workers in the nursery.
“Maddie, it’s time to go home,” the little girl’s Mommy said picking her up off the bench. “I’m so sorry I was late honey.” All the other kids had been picked up already. “Daddy just got home.”
“Yay,” Maddie’s little hands clapped together.
When they entered their apartment they were greeted by Maddie’s Daddy. “Hey short stuff,” he took her from her Mommy and gave her a big hug.
“I’m hungry,” Maddie said.
“Well, I think we can do something about that,” her Daddy said.
“I think we have some leftovers from last night,” her Mommy said.
“I learned to count to twenty today,” Maddie said as the family ate their dinner. “Wanna hear?”
“Not tonight short stuff,” her Daddy said.
“But…”
“Maddie,” she knew that warning tone in her Daddy’s voice and bit her lower lip. The rest of the meal was eaten in silence.
“All right, time for bed,” her Daddy announced once they had their dinner cleaned up.
“Okay,” Maddie’s head was down and her voice was quiet.
Her Mommy and Daddy sat down on her bed once she was settled under the blankets. “Maddie, we’re sorry we’re so grumpy tonight. We’ve both had long hard days, but that’s no excuse for taking it out on you,” her Mommy said brushing a hand through the little girl’s dark curls.
“Yeah,” her Daddy said. “How about tomorrow at breakfast you can show us how good you are at counting to twenty?”
“Okay,” Maddie grinned.
Her parents gave her a hug and a kiss and told her they loved her before leaving with the door opened just a crack.
It was an hour later when Maddie climbed out of her bed and walked out of her room toward her parents’ room. Their door was opened a crack and she heard their voices.
“What should we tell her?” She heard her Daddy ask.
“I don’t know,” her Mommy said.
“Well…hey short stuff. What are you doing up?”
“I’m thirsty.”
“All right,” her Daddy said. “Just a small glass of water,” he walked her into the kitchen and poured her a small glass of water.
She took a few sips and finished it off the rest in a big gulp.
“Time for bed.”
“I’m not sleepy,” she said.
“Why don’t you and I sit on the rocking chair together and you can count to twenty for me,” her Daddy said.
Maddie rushed over to the rocking chair waiting for her Daddy to sit down before curling up in his lap. “Ready?” She asked.
“Yep,” he said.
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine...No, one, two, three, four, six…Wait, one, two, three, four,” Maddie’s voice began to get softer and softer until she drifted off to sleep at thirteen.
&
“Good morning Maddie,” Teyla greeted the little girl and her parents as they sat down with their trays of breakfast.
Maddie looked around and saw Ronon coming toward their table. She looked around some more and frowned. “Where’s Wodney?”
She heard her Daddy cough before he answered. “He had some work he had to do in his lab this morning.” The rest of the breakfast was another quiet meal.
Maddie’s parents had dropped her off at the nursery an hour earlier and the little girl was playing alone today. Her best friend five year old Kayla Beckett, Carson and Laura’s daughter was out sick for the day. Her second best friend four year old Evan Lorne Jr. was visiting Earth with his parents: Lt Col. Evan Lorne and Kate Heightmeyer.
The other four children’s ages in the nursery ranged from seven to fifteen months. Sela Dex, Ronon and Teyla’s daughter, was the fifteen month old.
Maddie watched as Miss Kendel and Miss MacLeod had to clean glue out of Sela’s hair. Maddie stood up and walked to the door. She looked at the control panel and frowned until she saw a small box nearby. She took a quick look back and saw that the nursery workers were still working on Sela’s hair.
Soon the girl had the door opened and she slipped out. She took a moment to figure out which direction she needed to go to get to her Wodney’s lab.
It took her several starts and stops before Maddie was sure she was on the right path. She made it to the dark hall and stopped. Gulping in air, Maddie wished she had her blanky. Then she saw someone familiar and brightened. “Doc Z!”
Radek turned and stared at Maddie open mouthed. “Madeleine, should you be here?”
Maddie bit her lower lip and shifted from foot to foot. Then remembering that her Mommy and Daddy wouldn’t let her see her Wodney today, she straightened up and let go of her bottom lip. “I’m looking for Wodney.”
“I see,” Radek pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “I think I should call your parents.”
“No!” Her bottom lip stuck out.
“Madeleine, you should not be wandering these halls by yourself,” Radek pressed his hand to his ear and called Maddie’s parents. “She is fine. She is just outside Rodney’s lab. I will see you in a few minutes,” he pressed his hand on his ear again. “Your mother is on her way.”
“But I wanna see Wodney,” she pouted.
“He is very busy man,” Radek said.
“Madeleine Meredith Sheppard,” Maddie bit her lower lip again hearing her mother’s voice. She turned around and raised her head up to look at her mother.
&
For the rest of the week Maddie’s parents were keeping a tight rein on the little girl. Instead of going to the nursery someone was assigned to watch her. For a couple of days it was Teyla and Ronon who watched the child. Her Daddy was able to watch her on the third day and her Mommy stayed home on the fourth.
Every time she would ask for Rodney she was told he was working or off world.
It was the weekend and Maddie’s Mommy was home with her for the day. The little girl was wandering around the little apartment when she passed her parents’ bedroom. The door was opened a crack and she could hear her Mommy’s voice. “Carson, is there any hope at all? I’m sorry. I know you’re doing your best. It’s just what are we suppose to tell Maddie? It’s hard enough for us as adults to understand, but she’s only five. Hell this is going to be hard on all the kids in this city.”
Maddie stood frozen next to the door. What was her Mommy talking about with Dr. Carson? The little girl moved away from the door and back to her bedroom. She had to figure out what to do.
&
The next day Maddie’s parents told her she had to have her yearly physical. Any other time she would have tried to find a way to get out of it, but Maddie remembered the conversation her Mommy had with Dr. Carson the day before. Her best friend’s Daddy knew what the big secret was.
Maddie walked with her Mommy into the infirmary and they sat down in a group of chairs where Kayla and Evan, who had just returned yesterday to Atlantis, were waiting for their own physicals.
“Maddie, I’ll be right back,” her Mommy said getting up and stepping out of the infirmary.
The kids talked while waiting. Evan told them about his visit to Earth to see his grandparents.
“Eileen, Dr. Beckett is still examining Dr. McKay, would you take the kids into their exam areas.”
The kids looked at each other. “What do you think happened to Wodney?” Kayla asked her friends.
“I’m gonna go find him,” Maddie said.
“How are you gonna get by the nurse?” Evan asked.
“I’m gonna need a distraction,” Maddie said.
“What’s a distraction?” Evan asked.
Maddie huffed. “You got to do something so the nurse doesn’t see me.”
“Let’s go kids,” the nurse said guiding them to their exam areas. She pulled the curtains around each bed.
“Nurse Eileeen,” Evan cried.
“What is it Evan?” The nurse asked.
“I want my Mommy and Daddy,” the boy cried.
“What’s this then?” Maddie heard Dr. Carson’s voice on the other side of the curtain.
Maddie slid off the exam bed and slipped under the curtain. She saw Nurse Sue, who had mentioned Rodney earlier, turn down a hall. The girl slipped around the corner and followed the nurse. It was a short hall with only a couple of doors. She saw the nurse enter one of the rooms and moved around a corner next to the door to wait.
It was only a few minutes before Nurse Sue walked out and Maddie slipped into the room before the door shut. The girl looked around the room. It was a small room with dim light. She saw the foot of a bed and walked around the side.
“Wodney!”
On the bed Rodney lay very still. His eyes were closed. There were lots of tubes and strange sounds. Maddie sniffled and wrapped her arms around herself.
“Wodney, wake up,” tears started to fall down her cheeks. She looked around and saw a chair. Moving the chair next to the bed she climbed up on it and from there onto the side of the bed.
Finding a spot, the little girl curled up along Rodney’s side and fell asleep.
“Maddie. Oh thank god. John, I found her.”
Maddie heard her mother’s voice and then felt herself being lifted. Remembering where she was she grabbed onto Rodney’s arm. “Nooo!”
“Madeleine, you need to let go of Rodney’s arm. You could hurt him.”
Maddie’s hands released and she gasped. “Wodney please wake up. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Maddie, it’s all right. I’m sorry. You didn’t hurt him,” her Mommy held her tight.
Maddie heard the door and looked up seeing her Daddy entering the room. “What’s wrong with Wodney?”
“He was hurt really bad on one of our trips honey,” her Daddy explained placing a hand on the back of her head.
“When?” She had squirmed out of her mother’s grip and was sitting on the chair.
Her parents looked at each other and then at her. “A week ago,” her Daddy said.
“We should go,” her Mommy said.
“No.”
“Maddie,” her Mommy’s warning voice spoke.
“No.”
“Madeleine, listen to your mother.”
The door opened and in walked Carson holding his daughter. “It was bound to happen.”
Next Lorne walked in carrying his own child. “I told you they’d find out.”
“Wodney!” Two voices cried pulling away from their parents.
“Hold on,” Carson said. “Be very careful.”
The door opened again and everyone looked toward it. Teyla stepped in holding onto Sela and gave everyone a rueful smile. “Woney,” the toddler cried.
Soon Ronon stepped in with Laura and Kate following. Everyone found a place on the floor.
&
“Wodney, you promise to wake up in the morning?”
“Yeah, promise.”
Elizabeth blinked unsure if she had heard Rodney speak to her daughter. “John,” she nudged her husband who she was using as a pillow.
“Wha…?”
“I think I heard Rodney.”
John’s eyes opened and he looked around. Elizabeth followed his gaze and they saw Maddie sitting up next to Rodney on the bed. His hand was now wrapped around the little girl’s small one.
“Maddie,” Elizabeth walked up next to her daughter. “Did Rodney wake up?”
“Uh-huh,” Maddie nodded.
“Still wake,” a weak voice spoke from the bed.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth grinned and gave the injured man a kiss on the forehead.
“Hey buddy,” John clasped his friend’s shoulder.
Everyone started to wake up. Evan and Kayla were crawling up the bed next to Rodney.
“All right everyone,” Carson spoke. “I think it’s time for all of you to go home.” Several protests were heard from the kids. “Now, now. You all want Rodney to get better right?” Three heads nodded. “Then you’ll have to give him time to sleep and to do that you’ll need to leave him alone for a little while. Tomorrow afternoon we’ll see if he’s up to visitors. All right?”
“All right.” Three little voices said.
The kids were aloud to give Rodney a kiss on the cheek before vacating the room. Maddie was last. John was holding his daughter as she leaned down and placed a big kiss on Rodney’s cheek. “Night Wodney. I love you.”
Rodney’s eyes were drooping as he spoke his last words before falling asleep. “…Love too.”
John and Elizabeth wished Carson a good night and carried their sleeping daughter home.
Author: sg_lab
Characters/Pairings: Sheppard/Weir, Beckett/Cadman, Lorne/Heightmeyer, Ronon/Teyla, McKay and some children.
Disclaimer: Except for Maddie, Kayla, Evan Jr. and Sela everything else does not belong to me and I’m making no money from this.
Summary: Maddie wants to see Rodney, but every time she asks about him she’s told he’s busy.
Five year old Madeleine Sheppard looked up when she heard her Mommy’s voice. Her Mommy was talking to Miss Kendel; one of the workers in the nursery.
“Maddie, it’s time to go home,” the little girl’s Mommy said picking her up off the bench. “I’m so sorry I was late honey.” All the other kids had been picked up already. “Daddy just got home.”
“Yay,” Maddie’s little hands clapped together.
When they entered their apartment they were greeted by Maddie’s Daddy. “Hey short stuff,” he took her from her Mommy and gave her a big hug.
“I’m hungry,” Maddie said.
“Well, I think we can do something about that,” her Daddy said.
“I think we have some leftovers from last night,” her Mommy said.
“I learned to count to twenty today,” Maddie said as the family ate their dinner. “Wanna hear?”
“Not tonight short stuff,” her Daddy said.
“But…”
“Maddie,” she knew that warning tone in her Daddy’s voice and bit her lower lip. The rest of the meal was eaten in silence.
“All right, time for bed,” her Daddy announced once they had their dinner cleaned up.
“Okay,” Maddie’s head was down and her voice was quiet.
Her Mommy and Daddy sat down on her bed once she was settled under the blankets. “Maddie, we’re sorry we’re so grumpy tonight. We’ve both had long hard days, but that’s no excuse for taking it out on you,” her Mommy said brushing a hand through the little girl’s dark curls.
“Yeah,” her Daddy said. “How about tomorrow at breakfast you can show us how good you are at counting to twenty?”
“Okay,” Maddie grinned.
Her parents gave her a hug and a kiss and told her they loved her before leaving with the door opened just a crack.
It was an hour later when Maddie climbed out of her bed and walked out of her room toward her parents’ room. Their door was opened a crack and she heard their voices.
“What should we tell her?” She heard her Daddy ask.
“I don’t know,” her Mommy said.
“Well…hey short stuff. What are you doing up?”
“I’m thirsty.”
“All right,” her Daddy said. “Just a small glass of water,” he walked her into the kitchen and poured her a small glass of water.
She took a few sips and finished it off the rest in a big gulp.
“Time for bed.”
“I’m not sleepy,” she said.
“Why don’t you and I sit on the rocking chair together and you can count to twenty for me,” her Daddy said.
Maddie rushed over to the rocking chair waiting for her Daddy to sit down before curling up in his lap. “Ready?” She asked.
“Yep,” he said.
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine...No, one, two, three, four, six…Wait, one, two, three, four,” Maddie’s voice began to get softer and softer until she drifted off to sleep at thirteen.
&
“Good morning Maddie,” Teyla greeted the little girl and her parents as they sat down with their trays of breakfast.
Maddie looked around and saw Ronon coming toward their table. She looked around some more and frowned. “Where’s Wodney?”
She heard her Daddy cough before he answered. “He had some work he had to do in his lab this morning.” The rest of the breakfast was another quiet meal.
Maddie’s parents had dropped her off at the nursery an hour earlier and the little girl was playing alone today. Her best friend five year old Kayla Beckett, Carson and Laura’s daughter was out sick for the day. Her second best friend four year old Evan Lorne Jr. was visiting Earth with his parents: Lt Col. Evan Lorne and Kate Heightmeyer.
The other four children’s ages in the nursery ranged from seven to fifteen months. Sela Dex, Ronon and Teyla’s daughter, was the fifteen month old.
Maddie watched as Miss Kendel and Miss MacLeod had to clean glue out of Sela’s hair. Maddie stood up and walked to the door. She looked at the control panel and frowned until she saw a small box nearby. She took a quick look back and saw that the nursery workers were still working on Sela’s hair.
Soon the girl had the door opened and she slipped out. She took a moment to figure out which direction she needed to go to get to her Wodney’s lab.
It took her several starts and stops before Maddie was sure she was on the right path. She made it to the dark hall and stopped. Gulping in air, Maddie wished she had her blanky. Then she saw someone familiar and brightened. “Doc Z!”
Radek turned and stared at Maddie open mouthed. “Madeleine, should you be here?”
Maddie bit her lower lip and shifted from foot to foot. Then remembering that her Mommy and Daddy wouldn’t let her see her Wodney today, she straightened up and let go of her bottom lip. “I’m looking for Wodney.”
“I see,” Radek pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “I think I should call your parents.”
“No!” Her bottom lip stuck out.
“Madeleine, you should not be wandering these halls by yourself,” Radek pressed his hand to his ear and called Maddie’s parents. “She is fine. She is just outside Rodney’s lab. I will see you in a few minutes,” he pressed his hand on his ear again. “Your mother is on her way.”
“But I wanna see Wodney,” she pouted.
“He is very busy man,” Radek said.
“Madeleine Meredith Sheppard,” Maddie bit her lower lip again hearing her mother’s voice. She turned around and raised her head up to look at her mother.
&
For the rest of the week Maddie’s parents were keeping a tight rein on the little girl. Instead of going to the nursery someone was assigned to watch her. For a couple of days it was Teyla and Ronon who watched the child. Her Daddy was able to watch her on the third day and her Mommy stayed home on the fourth.
Every time she would ask for Rodney she was told he was working or off world.
It was the weekend and Maddie’s Mommy was home with her for the day. The little girl was wandering around the little apartment when she passed her parents’ bedroom. The door was opened a crack and she could hear her Mommy’s voice. “Carson, is there any hope at all? I’m sorry. I know you’re doing your best. It’s just what are we suppose to tell Maddie? It’s hard enough for us as adults to understand, but she’s only five. Hell this is going to be hard on all the kids in this city.”
Maddie stood frozen next to the door. What was her Mommy talking about with Dr. Carson? The little girl moved away from the door and back to her bedroom. She had to figure out what to do.
&
The next day Maddie’s parents told her she had to have her yearly physical. Any other time she would have tried to find a way to get out of it, but Maddie remembered the conversation her Mommy had with Dr. Carson the day before. Her best friend’s Daddy knew what the big secret was.
Maddie walked with her Mommy into the infirmary and they sat down in a group of chairs where Kayla and Evan, who had just returned yesterday to Atlantis, were waiting for their own physicals.
“Maddie, I’ll be right back,” her Mommy said getting up and stepping out of the infirmary.
The kids talked while waiting. Evan told them about his visit to Earth to see his grandparents.
“Eileen, Dr. Beckett is still examining Dr. McKay, would you take the kids into their exam areas.”
The kids looked at each other. “What do you think happened to Wodney?” Kayla asked her friends.
“I’m gonna go find him,” Maddie said.
“How are you gonna get by the nurse?” Evan asked.
“I’m gonna need a distraction,” Maddie said.
“What’s a distraction?” Evan asked.
Maddie huffed. “You got to do something so the nurse doesn’t see me.”
“Let’s go kids,” the nurse said guiding them to their exam areas. She pulled the curtains around each bed.
“Nurse Eileeen,” Evan cried.
“What is it Evan?” The nurse asked.
“I want my Mommy and Daddy,” the boy cried.
“What’s this then?” Maddie heard Dr. Carson’s voice on the other side of the curtain.
Maddie slid off the exam bed and slipped under the curtain. She saw Nurse Sue, who had mentioned Rodney earlier, turn down a hall. The girl slipped around the corner and followed the nurse. It was a short hall with only a couple of doors. She saw the nurse enter one of the rooms and moved around a corner next to the door to wait.
It was only a few minutes before Nurse Sue walked out and Maddie slipped into the room before the door shut. The girl looked around the room. It was a small room with dim light. She saw the foot of a bed and walked around the side.
“Wodney!”
On the bed Rodney lay very still. His eyes were closed. There were lots of tubes and strange sounds. Maddie sniffled and wrapped her arms around herself.
“Wodney, wake up,” tears started to fall down her cheeks. She looked around and saw a chair. Moving the chair next to the bed she climbed up on it and from there onto the side of the bed.
Finding a spot, the little girl curled up along Rodney’s side and fell asleep.
“Maddie. Oh thank god. John, I found her.”
Maddie heard her mother’s voice and then felt herself being lifted. Remembering where she was she grabbed onto Rodney’s arm. “Nooo!”
“Madeleine, you need to let go of Rodney’s arm. You could hurt him.”
Maddie’s hands released and she gasped. “Wodney please wake up. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Maddie, it’s all right. I’m sorry. You didn’t hurt him,” her Mommy held her tight.
Maddie heard the door and looked up seeing her Daddy entering the room. “What’s wrong with Wodney?”
“He was hurt really bad on one of our trips honey,” her Daddy explained placing a hand on the back of her head.
“When?” She had squirmed out of her mother’s grip and was sitting on the chair.
Her parents looked at each other and then at her. “A week ago,” her Daddy said.
“We should go,” her Mommy said.
“No.”
“Maddie,” her Mommy’s warning voice spoke.
“No.”
“Madeleine, listen to your mother.”
The door opened and in walked Carson holding his daughter. “It was bound to happen.”
Next Lorne walked in carrying his own child. “I told you they’d find out.”
“Wodney!” Two voices cried pulling away from their parents.
“Hold on,” Carson said. “Be very careful.”
The door opened again and everyone looked toward it. Teyla stepped in holding onto Sela and gave everyone a rueful smile. “Woney,” the toddler cried.
Soon Ronon stepped in with Laura and Kate following. Everyone found a place on the floor.
&
“Wodney, you promise to wake up in the morning?”
“Yeah, promise.”
Elizabeth blinked unsure if she had heard Rodney speak to her daughter. “John,” she nudged her husband who she was using as a pillow.
“Wha…?”
“I think I heard Rodney.”
John’s eyes opened and he looked around. Elizabeth followed his gaze and they saw Maddie sitting up next to Rodney on the bed. His hand was now wrapped around the little girl’s small one.
“Maddie,” Elizabeth walked up next to her daughter. “Did Rodney wake up?”
“Uh-huh,” Maddie nodded.
“Still wake,” a weak voice spoke from the bed.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth grinned and gave the injured man a kiss on the forehead.
“Hey buddy,” John clasped his friend’s shoulder.
Everyone started to wake up. Evan and Kayla were crawling up the bed next to Rodney.
“All right everyone,” Carson spoke. “I think it’s time for all of you to go home.” Several protests were heard from the kids. “Now, now. You all want Rodney to get better right?” Three heads nodded. “Then you’ll have to give him time to sleep and to do that you’ll need to leave him alone for a little while. Tomorrow afternoon we’ll see if he’s up to visitors. All right?”
“All right.” Three little voices said.
The kids were aloud to give Rodney a kiss on the cheek before vacating the room. Maddie was last. John was holding his daughter as she leaned down and placed a big kiss on Rodney’s cheek. “Night Wodney. I love you.”
Rodney’s eyes were drooping as he spoke his last words before falling asleep. “…Love too.”
John and Elizabeth wished Carson a good night and carried their sleeping daughter home.
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But, it's not overly ridiculous, you know what i mean, there are those babyfics that go all little kid speak on you and you don't understand it and it's written badly.
but this is definately the best and most believable babyfic i've read in a while. Good job. please write more.
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Have you seen the first half of this season? Because Maddie's middle name has significance.
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