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Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
CHAPTER SEVEN
Elizabeth stood in an out of the way corner of the infirmary and watched the marines stacking the emergency cots back into their storage containers. Her gaze lingered on her chief of medicine, who sat at his desk with his head in his hands, until Laura Cadman took him by the hand and led him out of the room. Teyla had already disappeared, her expression also indicative of a less than pleasant sleep, but Ronon and John were helping clean up their medically induced slumber party. Rodney, clearly torn between wanting to go through his computer and wanting to stick with his teammates, had sequestered himself at a workstation and had his laptop delivered from his quarters. Radek was helping out, but his gaze often drifted to Dr. Heightmeyer and Elizabeth tried not to wonder what his dream had been about.
“It’s all here,” Rodney announced. A wave of relief swept through the room. “I am re-establishing main power now.”
They had been on emergency back-ups and naquadah generators for so long now that Elizabeth had almost forgotten how much light the City was capable of producing. She heard and felt Atlantis come back to life, humming with power once again. It was a nice thing to hear.
“Dr. Heightmeyer, could I have a word please?” Elizabeth called out, waving the other woman over.
“Yes, Dr. Weir?”
“I wanted to thank you.” Elizabeth said. “You had a hard job, but you put it all together.”
“I didn’t really do anything,” Kate said. “I just listened to other people talk.”
“I think listening and learning was the point of the exercise.”
Kate inclined her head slightly, and turned to walk away. She met Radek’s eyes and smiled, blushing slightly. Rodney looked back and forth between them and rolled his eyes. Kate laughed and turned around.
“Oh, Dr. Weir?” she asked.
“Yes?”
“I think you should give everyone who had the dreams a couple of days off. Yourself included.”
“I will, Dr. Heightmeyer,” Elizabeth said. “Although I really doubt there’s any force in the world that could keep those two from their computers are the moment.”
Kate grinned archly.
“Maybe just McKay,” Elizabeth amended.
“What?”
“Nothing, Rodney,” Elizabeth said. “You have three days to write me a report.”
“Three days?”
“It can be thorough,” said John as he came to stand beside Elizabeth. “We’re done here.”
“Good,” said Elizabeth. “Pass the word about the days off to all department heads and then you’re on your own.”
“Do you want to run any training seminars?” John asked Ronon as they walked out of the room.
“I think I’ve had enough fighting for a while.”
“I don’t think I want to know what you mean,” John said. “C’mon, I’ll lend you that Johnny Cash CD and you can make fun of it some more.”
Elizabeth followed them out of the infirmary, but headed up to the control tower instead of towards crew quarters. Everywhere she looked, she saw signs of the City returning to normal. There was noise again, and the lights no longer flickered. Life had come back to Atlantis and as Elizabeth walked out on to the outdoor balcony off the control room, she offered up a silent thank you just in case anyone was paying attention.
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Finis
Thank you everybody!
Gravity_Not_Included, February 17, 2007
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
CHAPTER SEVEN
Elizabeth stood in an out of the way corner of the infirmary and watched the marines stacking the emergency cots back into their storage containers. Her gaze lingered on her chief of medicine, who sat at his desk with his head in his hands, until Laura Cadman took him by the hand and led him out of the room. Teyla had already disappeared, her expression also indicative of a less than pleasant sleep, but Ronon and John were helping clean up their medically induced slumber party. Rodney, clearly torn between wanting to go through his computer and wanting to stick with his teammates, had sequestered himself at a workstation and had his laptop delivered from his quarters. Radek was helping out, but his gaze often drifted to Dr. Heightmeyer and Elizabeth tried not to wonder what his dream had been about.
“It’s all here,” Rodney announced. A wave of relief swept through the room. “I am re-establishing main power now.”
They had been on emergency back-ups and naquadah generators for so long now that Elizabeth had almost forgotten how much light the City was capable of producing. She heard and felt Atlantis come back to life, humming with power once again. It was a nice thing to hear.
“Dr. Heightmeyer, could I have a word please?” Elizabeth called out, waving the other woman over.
“Yes, Dr. Weir?”
“I wanted to thank you.” Elizabeth said. “You had a hard job, but you put it all together.”
“I didn’t really do anything,” Kate said. “I just listened to other people talk.”
“I think listening and learning was the point of the exercise.”
Kate inclined her head slightly, and turned to walk away. She met Radek’s eyes and smiled, blushing slightly. Rodney looked back and forth between them and rolled his eyes. Kate laughed and turned around.
“Oh, Dr. Weir?” she asked.
“Yes?”
“I think you should give everyone who had the dreams a couple of days off. Yourself included.”
“I will, Dr. Heightmeyer,” Elizabeth said. “Although I really doubt there’s any force in the world that could keep those two from their computers are the moment.”
Kate grinned archly.
“Maybe just McKay,” Elizabeth amended.
“What?”
“Nothing, Rodney,” Elizabeth said. “You have three days to write me a report.”
“Three days?”
“It can be thorough,” said John as he came to stand beside Elizabeth. “We’re done here.”
“Good,” said Elizabeth. “Pass the word about the days off to all department heads and then you’re on your own.”
“Do you want to run any training seminars?” John asked Ronon as they walked out of the room.
“I think I’ve had enough fighting for a while.”
“I don’t think I want to know what you mean,” John said. “C’mon, I’ll lend you that Johnny Cash CD and you can make fun of it some more.”
Elizabeth followed them out of the infirmary, but headed up to the control tower instead of towards crew quarters. Everywhere she looked, she saw signs of the City returning to normal. There was noise again, and the lights no longer flickered. Life had come back to Atlantis and as Elizabeth walked out on to the outdoor balcony off the control room, she offered up a silent thank you just in case anyone was paying attention.
------
Finis
Thank you everybody!
Gravity_Not_Included, February 17, 2007
