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Adopting Rodney 10/?
Title: Adopting Rodney
Author: sg_lab
Rating: G to PG
Summary: “We’re adopting Rodney,” John said. What happens after Rodney suffers a brain injury. Set a few months after First Strike
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Characters: Sheppard, Weir, McKay
Spoilers: First Strike, Sunday
Warning: Character death
A/N: This is chapter is finally done and it is really angsty x-posted to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Disclaimer: The characters and Stargate Atlantis don’t belong to me and I’m not making anything from this.
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Chapter 10
John was heading down a hall in Atlantis toward Zelenka’s lab where he would retrieve Rodney for dinner. It had been a month since John and Elizabeth’s wedding and things were starting to smooth out; which of course had John paranoid as he waited for the other shoe to drop.
He and Elizabeth had discussed children before getting married. Actually it was two conversations. One was pre Rodney brain injury and the second was post Rodney brain injury. Pre-RBI as they dubbed it, they had decided they wanted to start soon even being cut off from Earth. Post RBI they decided to wait and see.
Rodney was a full time commitment. There were days when they felt they were taking care of a young child in the body of a thirty-eight year old man. Other days he was very self sufficient.
John came to the lab and walked in after opening the door. He saw Zelenka with his back to him standing in front of a scientist John was not familiar with. They were standing rather close speaking in hushed tones.
John cleared his throat and Radek whirled around. “Colonel, what can I do for you?”
“I just came by to get Rodney for dinner,” John looked around the room. There was a tall work table in the room. He didn’t see Rodney anywhere and there was no other doors to exit other than the one he had entered.
“Umm, Dr…Dr. Weir was here several minutes ago. She said she wanted to walk Rodney to the cafeteria.”
John frowned and looked at the scientist for a moment. The other scientist was standing directly behind Radek and he hadn’t said a word. “Yeah,” John nodded his head. “We’ve both been pretty busy today,” John offered a smile. “You know how it is keeping track of Rodney and who has him.”
“Of course,” Radek agreed.
“I’ll let you two get back to work,” John waved at them and walked out of the lab.
Once he turned a corner and was out of the hall he reached for his radio. “Elizabeth?”
“John, are you and Rodney on your way to the cafeteria?” She responded.
He debated with himself how to handle this for a second. On the one hand he didn’t want to tell her he suspected someone was holding Radek hostage and something may have happened to Rodney. That would send her into panic. She was so protective of Rodney, it had taken a lot of time for her to let go a little and allow him to spend time with Radek in his lab during the day. On the other if he didn’t tell her the truth she would find out anyway and never forgive him.
“John?”
“Elizabeth, something’s going on in Zelenka’s lab. Rodney wasn’t there when I went in and Zelenka told me you came and got him. There was another scientist there with Radek, but he didn’t say anything. I wasn’t getting a good vibe from him either.”
“Okay, I’ll…umm…damn it…”
“Elizabeth, I’m gonna contact Lorne, Teyla and Ronon. Then I’m gonna get someone to see if there is still video feed in the lab.”
There was a moment of silence before Elizabeth responded. “You might need me to talk to this person. Maybe I can talk him out of whatever he’s doing before anyone gets hurt.”
“Elizabeth, it’s gonna be okay,” he tried to reassure her, but he wasn’t so sure himself.
“Let’s just do this,” she said.
John then did just as he said he would. His team, Elizabeth and Lorne were standing around him a few minutes later in another lab. He was beginning to question his plans as Ronon looked ready to break something (most likely that as yet unknown scientist in Zelenka’s lab) in two.
“Dr. Weir, Colonel Sheppard,” Dr. Simpson came up next to the two. “Dr. McKay’s subcutaneous tracker indicates he is in Dr. Zelenka’s lab. There is a closet in the room it looks like he may be in. There is still video feed from the lab. Only visual.”
They nodded accepting the laptop showing the video fee. “That’s Dr. Timothy Warner,” Elizabeth said. “I remember talking to him after Rodney put him on his list last time we were on Earth.”
“What’s he like?” John asked.
“Polite, humble, respects authority, a hard worker,” Elizabeth rattled off the man’s traits.
“I don’t think you’re gonna talk this guy out of anything, Elizabeth,” John said. “Did he even pass his psych evaluation?”
They looked at the video and the scientist had a 9mm pointed at Zelenka. He seemed to be yelling at Radek. The gun was moving quite a bit making everyone watching nervous.
“What do you suggest, Colonel?” Elizabeth’s frustration could be heard in the tone of her voice and the choice of her words.
“I think Lorne should go in there and tell Radek he’s needed for something off world,” John said. “Then Lorne can assess the situation better.”
“I could just go in and shoot the guy,” Ronon suggested getting several odd looks. “I’d put my gun on stun,” he sounded slightly affronted.
“But what if he fires first?” Elizabeth asked.
“He won’t,” there was a gleam in Ronon’s eyes as he gripped his gun at his side.
John and Elizabeth looked at each other for a moment. “Lorne,” John spoke first. “I want you to go in there like I said, but I want Ronon to go in after you’ve gotten Zelenka away from the line of fire,” John looked back at Elizabeth who nodded.
Things moved fast after that. They watched as Lorne stepped into the lab and started talking with Zelenka. The major managed to move Zelenka a few steps away from the other scientist and that was when John gave Ronon the signal to go in.
The Satedan had Dr. Warner stunned into unconsciousness within seconds. John, Elizabeth and Teyla rushed past Ronon and Lorne who were carrying the unconscious scientist out and into the infirmary.
They found Radek opening the closet door as they entered. Huddled in the small space was Rodney. His knees were raised up against his chest, arms wrapped around his legs. Silent tears were spilling down his face as he bit his lower lip making it bleed a little.
“Rodney,” they all said at once causing him to whimper and then look even more terrified.
Elizabeth shooed everyone back. Teyla had to tug on John’s shirt to get him to comply to Elizabeth’s silent command.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth knelt down in front of Rodney. “You’re safe now, Rodney. We just want to take you home now.”
Rodney pulled his hand up and began to reach out to Elizabeth’s. They heard a slight commotion at the door and Rodney’s hand jerked back toward him. “It’s all right Rodney honey,” Elizabeth tried.
“You can check him out when we get him home,” she could hear John speaking to Drs. Keller and Heightmeyer. “But I’m warning you, you upset him more than he is, I’m kicking you out so fast you’re heads’ll be spinning.”
Things quieted down then. “Rodney,” Elizabeth reached out again with a single hand. Rodney looked at that hand for several seconds before trying again with his own hand. She let out a relieved breath when he had taken her hand. “Come on now,” she coaxed some more.
Rodney crawled out of the storage space and collapsed against Elizbeth releasing a torrent of tears. She wrapped her arms around him holding on tight. She could see John kneel down next to her and felt Rodney tense when John placed a hand on his friend’s back. She placed a kiss on the top of Rodney’s head holding him just a little tighter and he seemed to relax just a little.
It was several minutes before Rodney would move. When they got back to their quarters, Rodney collapsed into his bed exhausted. It was late so Elizabeth decided to have a meeting in the morning to find out what all had happened and why.
John and Elizabeth were in various spots on Rodney’s bed waiting for their friend to fall asleep. Just when they thought he had drifted off he would grab onto one of them as they moved not wanting them to leave. In the end they took turns sitting on the edge of the bed next to Rodney letting him hold their hand. When the other was not taking their turn they were sitting in the chair in the room attempting to sleep.
&
The next day it was early in the morning when Elizabeth entered the briefing room. Her eyes had dark circles under them and she was moving slowly.
“Elizabeth, how is Rodney this morning?” Teyla asked. She, Ronon and Radek were seated when Elizabeth arrived.
Elizabeth rubbed the bridge of her nose and looked down at her hands for a moment. She raised her head and gave the three people before her a sad smile. “He’s scared to death. He hasn’t said anything yet. He almost wouldn’t let me leave this morning. John had to promise to stay and I had to promise I would be back soon.”
There was a long silence that followed before Elizabeth started the meeting.
“So Radek, can you tell us what happened yesterday?”
The scientist swallowed. “There is not much to tell. Rodney was on the other side of the work bench picking something off the floor when Dr. Warner entered. I saw the gun immediately and he started yelling demanding to speak to Rodney. He must have scared Rodney because Rodney slipped into the closet behind him. It was just luck that Dr. Warner wasn’t looking at the time.”
“Why did Dr. Warner want to see Rodney?” Elizabeth asked.
“A few weeks before Rodney’s brain injury he had refused to allow Dr. Warner to continue on some research on a device. Dr. Warner was now demanding to have access to the device,” Radek shook his head. “It was odd really.”
“What about it was odd?” Elizabeth asked.
“Dr. Warner had not objected originally when Rodney denied him access to the device,” Radek explained.
Dr. Keller entered the conference room then. “Dr. Weir,” she said and greeted the rest. “We finished our tests on Dr. Warner.”
“Did you find anything?” Elizabeth asked.
Keller nodded. “Dr. Warner’s brain chemistry was way off. He seems to be returning to normal this morning and he doesn’t have any memories of what happened last night.”
“What could have caused this?” Teyla asked.
“We’re not sure,” Keller said.
“I will look into what he had been working on,” Radek said.
“Will Dr. Warner return to normal?” Elizabeth asked.
Keller nodded her head. “His brain chemistry is starting to even out to normal levels.”
“Is there anything else?” Elizabeth asked. With murmurs of no she nodded her head. “All right, I’ll be spending the rest of the day at home. If there are any emergencies or new information let me know immediately.”
&
John was propped up on his bed reading a book occasionally looking over to his left where Rodney slept curled up in a ball. He figured it would be more comfortable to move in here than stay in Rodney’s room.
“John,” he heard spoken in his ear.
“Elizabeth?” He asked. “You about done?”
“I was on my way home when a situation came to my attention,” she said.
“What’s the situation?” John straightened up.
“Dr. Warner escaped the infirmary.”
John had to bite his tongue to hold back the anger. It would not do to wake Rodney up now. “How the hell did this happen?” His voice was soft, but forceful.
“I don’t know, but someone’s going to have an earful when I’m through with them. It gets worse.”
“Don’t tell me,” he said rubbing his forehead.
“He got a hold of a gun,” she said.
“Son of a…” Rodney shifted and John stayed still and quiet until he was sure his friend wasn’t waking up. “I’ll get Lorne to stay with Rodney.”
“I’ve got Lorne leading the search,” Elizabeth said. “You need to stay with Rodney; you know he won’t want anyone else right now.”
“What about his subcutaneous tracking device?” John asked.
“Zelenka can’t get a fix on it.” John could hear the frustration in his wife’s voice.
“Where are you?” He asked.
“In the control room,” she said. “I’m perfectly safe. Just keep Rodney and yourself safe.”
“All right, keep me posted.”
“How is Rodney doing anyway?” She asked.
John looked over at his friend. His face was peaceful and looked to be free of the dreams that had been plaguing him all night. “He’s asleep.”
“Good,” she paused. “I’ll talk to you soon.”
“Yeah,” he sighed slumping back into his pillow.
A few seconds later he got up making sure Rodney was still asleep and walked over to the closet. Opening it up, he got his sidearm. He then placed it on the night stand and returned to the bed.
Some time later John felt movement next to him. He looked over to see Rodney rubbing his eyes.
“Have a good nap?” John asked.
Rodney just shrugged. “Where’s Lizbeth?”
“She had some things she needed to take care of before coming home. Hey, you hungry?”
“No,” Rodney shook his head.
“Come on, you need to eat anyway,” he slipped his gun in his holster and nudged Rodney out the door.
&
John was cleaning up their lunch while Rodney was sitting at the table studying the flash cards Heightmeyer had given him. They consisted of pictures and words as well as simple math equations.
The door chimed. “I’ll get it,” Rodney said.
John froze for a split second. “Wait, Rodney,” he was in the middle of the living room when he saw Dr. Warner holding Rodney with his left arm and a gun in his right hand pointing at Rodney’s head.
“Dr. Warner,” John tried to keep his voice calm and steady.
“Don’t,” the gun in Warner’s hand jerked toward John when he tried to get his own gun.
John pulled his hands up. “Dr. please put the gun down. Dr. McKay was just doing his job when he wouldn’t allow you to continue your research. He’s responsible for many lives,” he was tempted to look at Rodney, but couldn’t bear to see the fear in his friend’s eyes right now.
“No,” the scientist warned. “He refused to allow me to continue because he was afraid I could do something he couldn’t.”
John heard a whimper from Rodney and looked at the frightened eyes and then saw Warner’s arm around Rodney’s neck had tightened. “Dr. you’re hurting him.”
“I should have been given his position in the first place. I figure Zelenka will fold under the pressure soon enough,” Warner pressed the gun to Rodney’s temple.
“No!” John moved forward not know what he was doing. The gun went off and John was pushing Rodney to the floor. “Rodney?” John scrambled up and off his friend having tackled him. He reached out with shaking hands. He looked and felt around for the bullet wound and found nothing.
“Rodney?” He asked again this time his voice scared and unsure. Then Rodney released a great sob saying John’s name. John grabbed a hold of his friend and held him tight.
He looked over Rodney’s shoulder and saw Dr. Warner curled up in pain. “Lorne, this is Sheppard, I need you in my quarters now. It’s safe for Dr. Weir too,” when he received confirmation his second in command was on his way he cut off the link and continued to hold on to Rodney.
When Elizabeth got home she had collapsed to the floor with the two men. After awhile they got an unresisting Rodney ready for bed. It was going to be another long night.
Author: sg_lab
Rating: G to PG
Summary: “We’re adopting Rodney,” John said. What happens after Rodney suffers a brain injury. Set a few months after First Strike
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Characters: Sheppard, Weir, McKay
Spoilers: First Strike, Sunday
Warning: Character death
A/N: This is chapter is finally done and it is really angsty x-posted to
john_elizabethDisclaimer: The characters and Stargate Atlantis don’t belong to me and I’m not making anything from this.
Feedback: Yes please
Chapter 10
John was heading down a hall in Atlantis toward Zelenka’s lab where he would retrieve Rodney for dinner. It had been a month since John and Elizabeth’s wedding and things were starting to smooth out; which of course had John paranoid as he waited for the other shoe to drop.
He and Elizabeth had discussed children before getting married. Actually it was two conversations. One was pre Rodney brain injury and the second was post Rodney brain injury. Pre-RBI as they dubbed it, they had decided they wanted to start soon even being cut off from Earth. Post RBI they decided to wait and see.
Rodney was a full time commitment. There were days when they felt they were taking care of a young child in the body of a thirty-eight year old man. Other days he was very self sufficient.
John came to the lab and walked in after opening the door. He saw Zelenka with his back to him standing in front of a scientist John was not familiar with. They were standing rather close speaking in hushed tones.
John cleared his throat and Radek whirled around. “Colonel, what can I do for you?”
“I just came by to get Rodney for dinner,” John looked around the room. There was a tall work table in the room. He didn’t see Rodney anywhere and there was no other doors to exit other than the one he had entered.
“Umm, Dr…Dr. Weir was here several minutes ago. She said she wanted to walk Rodney to the cafeteria.”
John frowned and looked at the scientist for a moment. The other scientist was standing directly behind Radek and he hadn’t said a word. “Yeah,” John nodded his head. “We’ve both been pretty busy today,” John offered a smile. “You know how it is keeping track of Rodney and who has him.”
“Of course,” Radek agreed.
“I’ll let you two get back to work,” John waved at them and walked out of the lab.
Once he turned a corner and was out of the hall he reached for his radio. “Elizabeth?”
“John, are you and Rodney on your way to the cafeteria?” She responded.
He debated with himself how to handle this for a second. On the one hand he didn’t want to tell her he suspected someone was holding Radek hostage and something may have happened to Rodney. That would send her into panic. She was so protective of Rodney, it had taken a lot of time for her to let go a little and allow him to spend time with Radek in his lab during the day. On the other if he didn’t tell her the truth she would find out anyway and never forgive him.
“John?”
“Elizabeth, something’s going on in Zelenka’s lab. Rodney wasn’t there when I went in and Zelenka told me you came and got him. There was another scientist there with Radek, but he didn’t say anything. I wasn’t getting a good vibe from him either.”
“Okay, I’ll…umm…damn it…”
“Elizabeth, I’m gonna contact Lorne, Teyla and Ronon. Then I’m gonna get someone to see if there is still video feed in the lab.”
There was a moment of silence before Elizabeth responded. “You might need me to talk to this person. Maybe I can talk him out of whatever he’s doing before anyone gets hurt.”
“Elizabeth, it’s gonna be okay,” he tried to reassure her, but he wasn’t so sure himself.
“Let’s just do this,” she said.
John then did just as he said he would. His team, Elizabeth and Lorne were standing around him a few minutes later in another lab. He was beginning to question his plans as Ronon looked ready to break something (most likely that as yet unknown scientist in Zelenka’s lab) in two.
“Dr. Weir, Colonel Sheppard,” Dr. Simpson came up next to the two. “Dr. McKay’s subcutaneous tracker indicates he is in Dr. Zelenka’s lab. There is a closet in the room it looks like he may be in. There is still video feed from the lab. Only visual.”
They nodded accepting the laptop showing the video fee. “That’s Dr. Timothy Warner,” Elizabeth said. “I remember talking to him after Rodney put him on his list last time we were on Earth.”
“What’s he like?” John asked.
“Polite, humble, respects authority, a hard worker,” Elizabeth rattled off the man’s traits.
“I don’t think you’re gonna talk this guy out of anything, Elizabeth,” John said. “Did he even pass his psych evaluation?”
They looked at the video and the scientist had a 9mm pointed at Zelenka. He seemed to be yelling at Radek. The gun was moving quite a bit making everyone watching nervous.
“What do you suggest, Colonel?” Elizabeth’s frustration could be heard in the tone of her voice and the choice of her words.
“I think Lorne should go in there and tell Radek he’s needed for something off world,” John said. “Then Lorne can assess the situation better.”
“I could just go in and shoot the guy,” Ronon suggested getting several odd looks. “I’d put my gun on stun,” he sounded slightly affronted.
“But what if he fires first?” Elizabeth asked.
“He won’t,” there was a gleam in Ronon’s eyes as he gripped his gun at his side.
John and Elizabeth looked at each other for a moment. “Lorne,” John spoke first. “I want you to go in there like I said, but I want Ronon to go in after you’ve gotten Zelenka away from the line of fire,” John looked back at Elizabeth who nodded.
Things moved fast after that. They watched as Lorne stepped into the lab and started talking with Zelenka. The major managed to move Zelenka a few steps away from the other scientist and that was when John gave Ronon the signal to go in.
The Satedan had Dr. Warner stunned into unconsciousness within seconds. John, Elizabeth and Teyla rushed past Ronon and Lorne who were carrying the unconscious scientist out and into the infirmary.
They found Radek opening the closet door as they entered. Huddled in the small space was Rodney. His knees were raised up against his chest, arms wrapped around his legs. Silent tears were spilling down his face as he bit his lower lip making it bleed a little.
“Rodney,” they all said at once causing him to whimper and then look even more terrified.
Elizabeth shooed everyone back. Teyla had to tug on John’s shirt to get him to comply to Elizabeth’s silent command.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth knelt down in front of Rodney. “You’re safe now, Rodney. We just want to take you home now.”
Rodney pulled his hand up and began to reach out to Elizabeth’s. They heard a slight commotion at the door and Rodney’s hand jerked back toward him. “It’s all right Rodney honey,” Elizabeth tried.
“You can check him out when we get him home,” she could hear John speaking to Drs. Keller and Heightmeyer. “But I’m warning you, you upset him more than he is, I’m kicking you out so fast you’re heads’ll be spinning.”
Things quieted down then. “Rodney,” Elizabeth reached out again with a single hand. Rodney looked at that hand for several seconds before trying again with his own hand. She let out a relieved breath when he had taken her hand. “Come on now,” she coaxed some more.
Rodney crawled out of the storage space and collapsed against Elizbeth releasing a torrent of tears. She wrapped her arms around him holding on tight. She could see John kneel down next to her and felt Rodney tense when John placed a hand on his friend’s back. She placed a kiss on the top of Rodney’s head holding him just a little tighter and he seemed to relax just a little.
It was several minutes before Rodney would move. When they got back to their quarters, Rodney collapsed into his bed exhausted. It was late so Elizabeth decided to have a meeting in the morning to find out what all had happened and why.
John and Elizabeth were in various spots on Rodney’s bed waiting for their friend to fall asleep. Just when they thought he had drifted off he would grab onto one of them as they moved not wanting them to leave. In the end they took turns sitting on the edge of the bed next to Rodney letting him hold their hand. When the other was not taking their turn they were sitting in the chair in the room attempting to sleep.
&
The next day it was early in the morning when Elizabeth entered the briefing room. Her eyes had dark circles under them and she was moving slowly.
“Elizabeth, how is Rodney this morning?” Teyla asked. She, Ronon and Radek were seated when Elizabeth arrived.
Elizabeth rubbed the bridge of her nose and looked down at her hands for a moment. She raised her head and gave the three people before her a sad smile. “He’s scared to death. He hasn’t said anything yet. He almost wouldn’t let me leave this morning. John had to promise to stay and I had to promise I would be back soon.”
There was a long silence that followed before Elizabeth started the meeting.
“So Radek, can you tell us what happened yesterday?”
The scientist swallowed. “There is not much to tell. Rodney was on the other side of the work bench picking something off the floor when Dr. Warner entered. I saw the gun immediately and he started yelling demanding to speak to Rodney. He must have scared Rodney because Rodney slipped into the closet behind him. It was just luck that Dr. Warner wasn’t looking at the time.”
“Why did Dr. Warner want to see Rodney?” Elizabeth asked.
“A few weeks before Rodney’s brain injury he had refused to allow Dr. Warner to continue on some research on a device. Dr. Warner was now demanding to have access to the device,” Radek shook his head. “It was odd really.”
“What about it was odd?” Elizabeth asked.
“Dr. Warner had not objected originally when Rodney denied him access to the device,” Radek explained.
Dr. Keller entered the conference room then. “Dr. Weir,” she said and greeted the rest. “We finished our tests on Dr. Warner.”
“Did you find anything?” Elizabeth asked.
Keller nodded. “Dr. Warner’s brain chemistry was way off. He seems to be returning to normal this morning and he doesn’t have any memories of what happened last night.”
“What could have caused this?” Teyla asked.
“We’re not sure,” Keller said.
“I will look into what he had been working on,” Radek said.
“Will Dr. Warner return to normal?” Elizabeth asked.
Keller nodded her head. “His brain chemistry is starting to even out to normal levels.”
“Is there anything else?” Elizabeth asked. With murmurs of no she nodded her head. “All right, I’ll be spending the rest of the day at home. If there are any emergencies or new information let me know immediately.”
&
John was propped up on his bed reading a book occasionally looking over to his left where Rodney slept curled up in a ball. He figured it would be more comfortable to move in here than stay in Rodney’s room.
“John,” he heard spoken in his ear.
“Elizabeth?” He asked. “You about done?”
“I was on my way home when a situation came to my attention,” she said.
“What’s the situation?” John straightened up.
“Dr. Warner escaped the infirmary.”
John had to bite his tongue to hold back the anger. It would not do to wake Rodney up now. “How the hell did this happen?” His voice was soft, but forceful.
“I don’t know, but someone’s going to have an earful when I’m through with them. It gets worse.”
“Don’t tell me,” he said rubbing his forehead.
“He got a hold of a gun,” she said.
“Son of a…” Rodney shifted and John stayed still and quiet until he was sure his friend wasn’t waking up. “I’ll get Lorne to stay with Rodney.”
“I’ve got Lorne leading the search,” Elizabeth said. “You need to stay with Rodney; you know he won’t want anyone else right now.”
“What about his subcutaneous tracking device?” John asked.
“Zelenka can’t get a fix on it.” John could hear the frustration in his wife’s voice.
“Where are you?” He asked.
“In the control room,” she said. “I’m perfectly safe. Just keep Rodney and yourself safe.”
“All right, keep me posted.”
“How is Rodney doing anyway?” She asked.
John looked over at his friend. His face was peaceful and looked to be free of the dreams that had been plaguing him all night. “He’s asleep.”
“Good,” she paused. “I’ll talk to you soon.”
“Yeah,” he sighed slumping back into his pillow.
A few seconds later he got up making sure Rodney was still asleep and walked over to the closet. Opening it up, he got his sidearm. He then placed it on the night stand and returned to the bed.
Some time later John felt movement next to him. He looked over to see Rodney rubbing his eyes.
“Have a good nap?” John asked.
Rodney just shrugged. “Where’s Lizbeth?”
“She had some things she needed to take care of before coming home. Hey, you hungry?”
“No,” Rodney shook his head.
“Come on, you need to eat anyway,” he slipped his gun in his holster and nudged Rodney out the door.
&
John was cleaning up their lunch while Rodney was sitting at the table studying the flash cards Heightmeyer had given him. They consisted of pictures and words as well as simple math equations.
The door chimed. “I’ll get it,” Rodney said.
John froze for a split second. “Wait, Rodney,” he was in the middle of the living room when he saw Dr. Warner holding Rodney with his left arm and a gun in his right hand pointing at Rodney’s head.
“Dr. Warner,” John tried to keep his voice calm and steady.
“Don’t,” the gun in Warner’s hand jerked toward John when he tried to get his own gun.
John pulled his hands up. “Dr. please put the gun down. Dr. McKay was just doing his job when he wouldn’t allow you to continue your research. He’s responsible for many lives,” he was tempted to look at Rodney, but couldn’t bear to see the fear in his friend’s eyes right now.
“No,” the scientist warned. “He refused to allow me to continue because he was afraid I could do something he couldn’t.”
John heard a whimper from Rodney and looked at the frightened eyes and then saw Warner’s arm around Rodney’s neck had tightened. “Dr. you’re hurting him.”
“I should have been given his position in the first place. I figure Zelenka will fold under the pressure soon enough,” Warner pressed the gun to Rodney’s temple.
“No!” John moved forward not know what he was doing. The gun went off and John was pushing Rodney to the floor. “Rodney?” John scrambled up and off his friend having tackled him. He reached out with shaking hands. He looked and felt around for the bullet wound and found nothing.
“Rodney?” He asked again this time his voice scared and unsure. Then Rodney released a great sob saying John’s name. John grabbed a hold of his friend and held him tight.
He looked over Rodney’s shoulder and saw Dr. Warner curled up in pain. “Lorne, this is Sheppard, I need you in my quarters now. It’s safe for Dr. Weir too,” when he received confirmation his second in command was on his way he cut off the link and continued to hold on to Rodney.
When Elizabeth got home she had collapsed to the floor with the two men. After awhile they got an unresisting Rodney ready for bed. It was going to be another long night.
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Love the angst and the action *hugs Rodney*
What total drama. Why do the scientists always go nuts? haha. It's always the quiet ones that need to be watched ;)
Great chapter
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Crazy Phsyco Scientists.
Poor Rodney :(
Why is everyone still calling liz Dr. Weir?
Habbit?
Loved this chapter! :D
Any ideads how long until update?
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You mean as oppossed to Dr. Sheppard? If that's what you mean I don't see her changing her name proffesionally.
Yes, poor Rodney. :( I do love him, honest. :D
I'm hoping the next chapter will be done much sooner. This last one was a hard one.
Thanks for the review. :-)
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I do wonder if Elizabeth and John will talk about having children soon. But yeah, with Rodney...
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Thanks. :-)