Trust Once Broken | SGA John Sheppard

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In Kai's nightmares John was dying. He was screaming in pain and she couldn't get to him. She fought to reach him, but her body was sluggish and wouldn't respond to her commands. He screamed again and she jerked awake, fighting off the last of the stunner.

She groaned as pins and needles ran through her entire body. Her head started to pound and she flopped back against the pillows as memories of Ronon shooting her returned. Well, not her, The Creature had been holding onto her when Ronon stunned it.

"Easy, you took one hell of a shot Little Sister," Ronon's deep rumble came from beside her.

She turned her head, ready with a quip about it being his fault when John's scream came again. It hadn't been a nightmare. It was real. She had never heard him sound like that before. She jerked up and her head swam, but it didn't matter. She stumbled her first step off the bed.

"Easy," Ronon said catching her arm and steadying her.

"Where-?" she started to ask as her heart thudded in her chest. They had been too late. The Creature was killing him.

"He's in the isolation room," Ronon said. "He's been awake a couple of hours. The Doc says the reversal process will be painful."

"Reversal?" Kai repeated as she shook her head in confusion. "So, he's okay," she breathed a sigh of relief and sagged into Ronon, letting him support most of her weight.

Ronon easily held Kai by her arm. "Beckett says he isn't out of the woods yet, but the drug seems to be working."

Kai nodded and sat back on the bed. She winced as pain lacerated her abdomen. Frowning, she lifted her black shirt and grimaced down at the ugly dark purple bruising exactly the size and shape of John's hand.

"Your vest did its job," Ronon said trying not to let his concern show. He had been there when the medical team had to cut the ruined tak vest off of her. Beckett had assured the team Kai would only have some bruising, but they had all been worried. Had he broken the skin the chance of infection was huge.

Kai's releif brought with it a wave of exhaustion she hadn't realized she'd been fighting. She couldn't remember the last time she slept, not really, and being stunned didn't count. Her eyes traveled to the other side of the bed where Rodney was fast asleep in the chair.

She turned to Ronon raising a questioning brow.

"He carried you back. Think he was worried," Ronon said as though he himself hadn't been sitting on her other side. The large Satedan shifted his weight uncomfortably, crossing his arms over his chest.

Kai smiled gently. The scientist may be a little bristly at times, but he truly cared for his friends. "Well I guess I owe him then."

Ronon chuckled. "Don't look at me like that. I carried Sheppard."

Kai nodded. She pressed her lips together and peaked up at Ronon from beneath her eyelashes. "I'd like to see him," she said gravely.

Ronon understood and offered Kai a hand to help her to her feet. She pulled off the monitoring strips and shut down the machines before they could bring the medics running in. They made it almost to the door before Ronon had to wave them off.