A/N: Thanks for the wonderful response to this story. I'm going to change some things from the episode, but it will end up in the same place. All mistakes are mine, no beta.

Some dialogue taken from Gateworld.

Jennifer looked wildly around the control room. Two Wraith were gathered in front of a monitor looking at the gate room with the Earth gate at one end and the Pegasus gate at the other.

Both gates were shutting down on the monitor, which caused the physician to breathe a slight sigh of relief. No more Wraith could get to Earth and no more could come from Pegasus.

"Bill," she whispered as she whipped around the corner of the console where they were hiding to face him. "Are there shields on the gates?"

"Yes, we have shields, but…"

"We need to activate them or at least the one from Pegasus. We also need to find a way to close off the Wraith in sections of the station. This place is like a mouse maze from grad school," she said. Her mind was racing and she found herself moving her hands around as she spoke.

"Whoa, whoa." Bill held up his own hand. "We can't begin messing with the systems. Do I need to remind you that there are Wraith in the control room with us?"

"Bill!" Jennifer glared at the engineer. "We need to protect Earth from the Wraith. Not to mention Sheppard and his team have no idea the numbers of Wraith they'll be facing. I'm not sure they even know the layout." Her patience was shot lately. She found herself snapping and fighting at the drop of a hat. It was part of her post-traumatic stress, but knowing the cause didn't help her to control it any better.

"If anything happens to you, General O'Neill…"

"Bill, if we don't do something we'll all be dead." She glared at the older man. When his eyes flicked toward the control console to her left a plan formed. "That's the main Gate control system, right? Kavanagh was babbling about it to me."

"Yes, but…"

"Help me move Kavanagh."

Rodney rested his back against the right side of the doorway that headed toward the control room of Midway station. Sergeant Warrington was opposite him and looking down the corridor. Colonel Sheppard was sending out teams of men to search the station for Wraith. At least the Earth gate is shutdown. Rodney couldn't bear the thought that Jennifer might be at the SGC getting ready to return and have Wraith show up.

"McKay, where's the control room?" Sheppard asked.

"It's down this corridor, up a flight of stairs and to the left." Rodney motioned towards a window they could see high above the Gateroom.

"Let's…" John started only to stop as he heard the Pegasus gate dialing.

"Cover!" Richards shouted as he shoved Rodney down the corridor and took up a position in front of the physicist.

After the Kawoosh shut down several Wraith stepped through the gate. They were met by heavy weapons' fire from the Atlantis teams still in the Gateroom.

"There's too many coming," Rodney shouted from his position, kneeling behind Richards and leaning out to shoot around the big Marine's legs.

Several Marines were dropped on the other side of the room by blue bolts coming from the Wraith on the ramp. As the firefight continued, John leaned back to safety behind the doorway for a moment to call into his radio. "Ronon, Teal'c, come in. Ronon, do you copy?"

"They might have followed the Wraith to Earth, sir," Richards offered to his CO. "That's what I'd do."

Rodney let out a sigh of relief because if Jennifer were at the SGC and if the Wraith were there, Teal'c – who was O'Neill's trusted warrior – would do anything to protect the General's niece.

More Wraith poured through the Pegasus gate causing Rodney to now have concern about their safety. Suddenly a sound like the gate shutting down caught his attention. He leaned around Richards to see that the shield had gone up on the Pegasus gate. Continuous impacts into the shield told the physicist the Wraith were still coming.

"Looks like we've got some allies in that control room," John said with admiration in his voice. "Hester take your team and try to get to the men on the other side. Richards let's make sure the Wraith don't punish anyone for helping us."

Rodney was hard pressed to believe Bill Lee would risk his life for anyone, but the engineer was the senior SGC person on the station.

In the control room the Wraith roared in anger as he looked at the small group huddled near the gate controller. Lee and Jennifer were leaning over Kavanagh's prone form. The physician had said she needed Bill's help with the bigger engineer. While Lee watched the Wraith, he quietly talked Jennifer through turning on the shield.

With the team below safely protected, the young woman let out an audible sigh. She looked at the Wraith heading their way and knew it was the end. After everything she'd gone through in that damned galaxy, she was going to die in the great void between Pegasus and home.

"Bill, tell my uncle I'm sorry." She stared at the white face with green eyes – reptilian eyes – that came towards her. "And tell him to tell my father and my boyfriend I'm sorry too." Jennifer rose to her feet and stepped over Kavanagh.

"You did this!" The Wraith pointed at her before he came to a stop a few feet from her.

"Yes," she shot back. She allowed the anger that filled her lately to come out as she glared him down.

The Wraith did something unexpected to her. He backhanded her, knocking her across the room to crash into a wall and crumble to the floor.

"Oh my God!" Bill cried as he crawled around Kavanagh to get to her.

Jennifer's ears were ringing and stars drifted through her vision. Not another concussion, was the only thought going through her head. A metallic taste filled her mouth as she realized she must have bitten her lip or tongue. The fact she could place the taste of blood made her realize she wasn't dead. At least not yet.

Sheppard and Richards crept up the stairs ahead of Rodney and Warrington. The physicist felt like his feet were clanging off each rung on the metal stairs, but the Marine next to him didn't comment.

They could hear shouting from behind them and Rodney feared the Wraith might have reactivated the gate. Intense shooting and Sheppard calling for updates only to be met by gunfire confirmed his suspicion.

"Let's get to that control room," John shouted.

Rodney had a sick feeling Bill Lee might not be among the living any longer.

When they entered the corridor leading to the Control Room, two Wraith guards were standing outside the door. Sheppard ran across the corridor, firing rapidly, and hit one of the guards. The other fired at John but he ducked out of sight so that Richards could take him out. The door at the end opened and another guard appeared. Richards blew that one away as well. The Colonel and Master Gunny entered the control room, which erupted with gunfire for a minute.

Warrington stayed behind with Rodney, covering their backs. They were waiting for Sheppard to give the all clear.

"Whoa! Oh, thank God," Bill Lee's voice could be heard coming down the corridor.

Rodney chuckled at the good fortune of that annoying little man.

"McKay, we're in the clear. Get in here," Sheppard shouted.

Rodney and Warrington ran into the control room. He saw a prone Kavanagh next to the gate controller. "What happened to Kavanagh?"

"He fainted," Lee said. "I'm gonna need some help…" The engineer was motioning to the floor beside him, which was hidden by the central control system for the station.

"Where's Ronon and Teal'c?" Sheppard cut him off.

"They went through the Milky Way Gate on the way to Stargate Command. They were chasing after the Wraith that got through," Lee added. "I really need some help with…"

"All right. Take my gun." John held out his pistol to the engineer. "Shoot at anything that tries to get through. Richards and Warrington, you're with me.

"Where are you going?" Rodney asked.

"We're helping those Marines." He nodded toward the window where Wraith could be seen coming through the Pegasus gate once again.

"I really could use some help with Doctor…"

The console started beeping. "Shit! You'd better wake up Kavanagh. We've got a problem," Rodney groaned.

"What?" Sheppard and Lee asked at the same time.

Rodney started typing and got more negative beeps, John looked at the monitor screen to see more Wraith guards walking through the event horizon. "We're about to get overrun, Rodney."

"Looks like there's some kind of lock-out on the control system," Rodney growled.

"Well, un-lock it," John shouted. "We need to get down there."

"Stop!" Bill Lee shouted and the Lanteans looked at him with varying degrees of shock or annoyance on their faces. "I need your help with Doctor Keller. I think she's got a concussion."

"Jennifer!" Rodney's cried as all color drained from his face.

Fingertips gripped the console. "Bill, I could use a hand. And I don't have a concussion."

Jennifer Keller, with the help of Bill Lee, stood up to face the man she loved and the men she fought off monsters with on her first off world mission. Blood ran from her nose and a nasty bruise was forming on her right cheek. She blinked a few times to clear her eyes.

"Surprise," she said, offering a weak smile to Rodney as she wiped the blood with her sleeve.

TBC

A/N: I know I'm rushing a bit, but it's Rodney and Jennifer together during this that I've had in my head for years.