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�Yes, you have previously instructed me to do so,� Teyla said, a ghost of a smile spreading over her lips. �I shall see you when you return.�
John smiled. �With popcorn,� he said.
Teyla smiled widely. �I would enjoy more popcorn. And perhaps another movie with that distinguished� actor� that I like?� she asked innocently.
�Who?� Elizabeth asked.
�Teyla�s got a thing for George Clooney,� John said, rolling his eyes.
Elizabeth smiled. �I have all the ER DVD�s. I�ll make sure I bring them back with me,� she promised. �We�ll see you in about a month,� Elizabeth said before following McKay through the Stargate.
�I hate this,� Carson grumbled, looking at the wormhole with a look of fear before John gave him a shove to get him to move.
�Be safe,� Teyla said softly.
�You too,� John replied before stepping thought the �Gate.
Once the wormhole had shut down Teyla turned to Doctor Zelenka. �What is an E-R?�
�Welcome back,� O�Neill said, smiling at the four people who had come through the Stargate.
Elizabeth smiled. �It�s good to be back, General,� she said. She looked at the older General, a two-star, who was standing next to O�Neill, his arms crossed across his chest, a frown on his face.
�Doc, Doc, Major, Doc,� O�Neill said, nodding to each of the Lantians in turn. �This is Major General Hank Landry,� he said, nodding to his companion, �as of two days ago he is the commander of the SGC. I�ve been waiting for you guys to get here before I head to Washington. Think of me as the transition team.� He clapped his hands energetically. �Okay. First stop, Infirmary,� he said cheerfully�cheerfully, Elizabeth assumed, because he wasn�t the one who had to go through a medical exam by a total stranger.
John frowned, but didn�t complain. He knew the drill�through the �Gate, to the Infirmary, then to debrief. That was SGC law in any galaxy.
The medical check took a lot longer than any of the Atlantis personnel anticipated�the SGC doctor had been exceptionally thorough, making sure that everything in their medical files was up to date, including every detail of their records from the past year on Atlantis, especially damage done during the recent Wraith siege�but, finally, the four were released. Elizabeth and Rodney had had lunch in the Commessary, though Rodney left when Jack sat down with a slice of lemon merange pie, muttering something about killer Generals and going to find Carson. John had disappeared with his laptop to the quarters that he had been assigned, though he refused to tell anyone what he was doing. After lunch they all went to the briefing room for a basic debrief with Generals O�Neill and Landry, a procedure that took nearly four hours, then they were told to get some rest. They were restricted to the base until they were fully debriefed; VIP quarters having been made ready for them in anticipation of their return.