Aww. That ending was kind of sad.

Self-sacrificing Shep! Luckily this time at least his friends didnt give up n him. Lucky that virus broke down quickly! Too bad about the other team...why didnt they go in hazmat suits to them and wait til they "died" then do CPR to bring them back like they did with Sheppard?!

Wow, powerful stuff. Saunders and his team were only spoken about but I still felt so sad for them knowing that they'd radio'd in and had been told they couldn't come home because they were dying of an infection they couldn't bring back to Atlantis. When Sheppard finds out, he'll be destroyed inside.

What a heart hitter this story is. Thanks for sharing. I'm now running off to read a more cheerful one!

Good story. Very interesting. Sounds so like Sheppard.

Man! That was great! I thought John was a goner. Had to check to see if it was a death!fic. Great suspense and tummy tingling fun. Thank you!

This is a classy piece of writing. I love that you show Sheppard's intelligence (the code) and his need to protect everyone else even at the cost of his own life.

Poor kid. Why does he do that? As usual, nicely done!

That's pretty cool. I like.

it would suck to have to tell a team to stay where they are to die by themselves.

Nice...I liked this. Self sacrificing John, prepared to die to save the others, and his team, showing him yet again that he is worth more to them than he thinks.

Thanks for sharing!