TN Elisabeth's Captivation
Chapter 1: The Rain
Pairing: Wash/Elisabeth
Genre: FemSlash/Romantic/Angst/Drama
Rating: Nc-17
Spoiler Alert: All of Season 1
Warning: FemSlash, Language, Sexual Situations (in future chapters)
Summary: Elisabeth finds herself in a wooded area in the middle of a downpour at night. An unlikely savior protects and captivates her.
AN: Prologue Info –This story takes place in my fic TN Genesis of Obsession when Wash cusses at Jim in surprise at finding him in her housing unit. He had snuck in to spy on Taylor. Elisabeth was following Jim trying to find out what was happening. Elisabeth leaves, and Wash follows. This story happens between Genesis and Instinct.
A click sound came from the front door, and Jim turned to see Elisabeth standing in the main entry doorway watching him as if concerned.
No sooner had he realized who she was when he smacked the wooden floor with a body not unfamiliar plastered to him.
A voice growled loudly. "Who are you?"
"It's me! Jim Shannon."
Taylor had his hand gun pressed to a man's head holding him down when a light came on in the bedroom behind him. "Jim?"
Taylor pulled his body to the side of Jim and pointed the gun up at the ceiling. His eyes darted to the front door and was barely able to make out Dr. Elisabeth Shannon. Her lovely brown were so wide it must have been painful. Deer in the headlights was putting it mildly. He put his gun on the floor off to the side. Jim hadn't moved yet out of embarrassment.
Taylor glanced over his shoulder to see a completely naked Wash pointing a gun at Elisabeth. He knew from Wash's vantage point that she might not know who it was. "Stand down Wash."
Wash pointed the gun up then glowered down at Jim while she was back lit with a small lamp. "What the fuck Shannon?"
"I'm sorry!" Elisabeth's voice broke as she believed the harsh words were directed at her. "I didn't know what was happening. I just followed him. I…I thought that all of you were…uhh." She waved her hand in a circle. "I was wrong. I'm sorry." Elisabeth stepped back pulling the door shut completely flustered and disappointed with herself for pushing the front door open when she thought that Jim was hurt.
Elisabeth walked very quickly from the housing unit fighting the urge to break out in a dead run. She had to get away.
She thought of Jim jerking his arm back and how she thought that he was hurt somehow, so she pushed the door open. "Stupid." The image of Wash naked and backlit flashed in her mind flowing with the adrenalin she was feeling. "Blithering idiot!"
There were a few people walking just ahead of her, and she changed directions to avoid them without thinking and went farther into the trees. She thought to circle around and then go back to the path, but she came up short at a small fence. She ducked under one of the slats and kept going.
To her it felt as if only ten minutes had passed but it was closer to thirty when the rain started to come down with more force. Elisabeth finally glanced around to see if she needed to start walking back toward the small fence and the area where the housing units were.
Elisabeth felt disoriented as she had never been walking in a forested area before let alone at night in the rain. Her heart started to speed up in her chest as she realized she might not be able to find her way back to the fence or path.
Frustration, embarrassment, and disgust with herself pressed on her mind with the adrenalin causing tears to fall down her face. She turned and almost blindly walked between the trees back in the direction she thought she came from to begin with because she was not sure what else to do.
Jim flexed his arms to get up knowing that Elisabeth would be upset and probably crying. "Shit."
"I got this Shannon." Wash was already in a pair of tan pants and pulled on a tight black t-shirt.
Jim didn't glance over into the room because he was afraid Wash did not have her clothes on yet. "You sure?"
Jim clenched his teeth thinking. Not only did she take care of Taylor, now she's taking care of Lis. Guess I'm just a fuck up all around.
Stomping in her boots, Wash stepped over Jim's body while pulling her hair back tying it in place. "Taylor. Try not to kill him while I'm gone."
Wash grabbed Taylor's pants off of her couch and tossed them back at him almost smacking him in the face. He put his pants on quickly.
Taylor grunted. "Sure. Meet us in ComCen up top. We need to talk."
Wash nodded yes and kept walking to the door. She grabbed her rain poncho and quickly slipped it over her head and stomped out her door into the rainy night. She jogged straight toward the Shannon's housing unit.
Two men walking by in rain coats called out to her.
She replied ignoring their confused expressions. "I'm fine. Everything is fine. Just out for an evening jog. As you were."
Maddy answered the door with a smile. "Hello. Come in…it's raining. Well, of course you know it's raining Lieutenant Washington. Is this about the survival training tomorrow? I really want to go, but as you can see. I'm under the weather. Um…not like you. I mean you were out under the rain not under the weather."
Mark called from the kitchen where he was getting a glass out of a cabinet. "Maddy. Let her talk."
Zoe popped her head around the corner of her bedroom then ran to Wash. "Do you want to see my room? I drew you out in the trees where you taught me how to make fire."
"Sure, but first. Is Elisabeth here?" Wash took off her rain poncho and hung it at the door not wanting to track water inside.
Maddy shook her head. "Nope. She went to the meeting just after dad."
"Come with me." Zoe grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
Wash followed Zoe to her room and ooohh and aaawwwed over her drawings that she thought were good for someone her age. Wash also wondered when their bed time was because surely someone like Elisabeth gave them a bed time. She snapped herself out of that train of thought.
"Ok, good to see all of you, but I better get going. I don't want to be late for my part at the meeting." Wash nodded at them and went for the door not knowing what else to say.
Maddy followed her to the door. "Yes, you like us to be on time, so you need to be on time for the meeting. We understand. Um…mom didn't know when they would be getting back. Do you know?"
Wash paused and turned to her thinking up what to say. "No telling. It could be late, so don't wait up. Make sure you get to bed on time."
Zoe sighed. "Oh she will. Trust me. Bye Lieutenant Washington."
Wash double backed and went to the guards who had been walking outside her unit. She found them at their station on a tower. "When I passed you earlier, Dr. Shannon walked by just before me. Did you see where she went?"
The older of the two spoke. "She left the path heading up toward Agriculture."
The second added. "She was headed straight for the internal fence."
"Did you see her after that?" Washington was trying to hide her worry.
The first guy spoke up. "No. Is something wrong Lt?"
"No, I just need to talk to her. Can I use that?"
"Sure." He held out his Plexpad.
Wash used his Plexpad to access her account in the security system. She viewed footage of the area. It took a few minutes, but she found her on one of the cameras.
"Thanks." Wash handed the Plexpad back and left the tower.
Once she was out of their sight, she took off in a dead run out to the area where Elisabeth was walking. Her instincts kicked in as she remembered that was an area where they had problems the day before with dinosaurs.
After fifteen minutes, Wash spotted movement in the trees off to her left and turned in that direction knowing it was Elisabeth.
Wash sprinted up the hill that flattened out when she caught movement again and the sounds of an untrained person stomping through the woods noisily. Wash took a breath thankful Elisabeth was not OTG walking like that. She thought – She would be dead in minutes.
Wash glanced down at her own poncho knowing that Elisabeth's clothes were probably soaked all the way through. She sprinted forward again now worried that Elisabeth was drenched and cold walking blind in the trees. "Elisabeth Shannon."
Elisabeth did not hear the other woman yelling for her as she wiped tears and water off of her face trying to clear her sight. Elisabeth's other hand was out smacking limbs out of her way as she walked quickly on the uneven ground.
Lightning crackled over head and Elisabeth jumped as her body jerked from fear. She had never been out in a storm before. She tried to calm down reminding herself that this was just rain not like the acid rain from her own time.
Thunder rumbled close by, and her wet hands grabbed at rough tree bark trying to find purchase. The steady rain turned into an onslaught as if someone were pouring large buckets over her. She heaved in a sigh of thanks when her right hand gripped a branch allowing her to steady herself.
The branch moved sideways as Elisabeth's hand slid over it about an inch. She forced her eyes open all the way because she knew something was wrong. The branch felt kind of smooth.
She blinked rapidly peering up in the dark to see the face of what looked like a large Pterodactyl. She heard her own voice yelling out as she stumbled backwards letting go. A low hanging branch with vines raked across her exposed neck causing a stinging sensation.
A strong arm caught her around the waist steadying her. Between all the blinking, she was able to see a hand gun extended at the dinosaur, which flew away with some difficulty in the downpour.
Elisabeth was thankful that he had come after her, "Oh thank god, Jim."
"I'm not Jim." A scratchy voice barely made it to her ears.
Elisabeth reacted to the new perceived threat and twisted to get away as she yelled, "Let go of me." She pushed with her arm almost able to see the form and remembered the gun. "Don't hurt me."
"Elisabeth its Lieutenant Alicia Washington." Wash already had her gun in its holster and gripped Elisabeth's left wrist steadying her.
Elisabeth heard the words and froze in place. Her fear now escalated into terror for a moment as she wanted to escape the woman who had come to rescue her. Mixed emotions like embarrassment and self loathing raged inside Elisabeth as she tried not to pull her wrist free. She completely closed her eyes not even wanting to see at this point as she tried desperately to regain her ability to think.
Wash perceived Elisabeth's reluctance that remained even after she knew who she was. "I won't hurt you, Elisabeth."
Wash tried to step closer to hold onto Elisabeth's other arm, but Elisabeth kept her arm extended not letting her close the distance even if she needed her to stand.
Elisabeth remembered the claw marks on Taylor's shoulders and arms when he tackled Jim. "You hurt Commander Taylor."
Wash loosened her hold and leaned away causing Elisabeth to grip tighter if she wanted to remain on her feet because her high heel boots kept slipping as the rain battered her. Wash took the moment to reassess the situation then spoke. "Yes, but that's not what I want to do to you."
Elisabeth felt the adrenalin draining out of her system as the fear subsided. She became acutely aware that she was trembling and drenched in cold rain that showed no signs of letting up. The sting on the back of her neck started throbbing and reached her left hand up to feel it. Since her hair was pulled up on top of her head, she did not have to struggle with getting her hair out of the way. Her fingers grazed over a small cut. By the time she pulled her hand back to her face, she could not tell if there was blood or not because of the rain.
Wash watched the movements. "You're hurt?"
Elisabeth nodded yes and allowed Wash to move forward to inspect her neck. "Not bad, but do you want to go to Medial?"
"No. I just want to go home." Elisabeth's voice was barely audible in the rain now.
Wash took off her rain poncho in one fluid motion and held it up for Elisabeth. "Put this on."
"You need it for yourself." Elisabeth would have loved to put it on, but did not want to take it from her when she obviously needed it for herself.
"Put it on." Wash held it up higher and Elisabeth let Wash drape the heavy plastic like material over her. It still felt warm from being wrapped around Wash's body. Elisabeth wondered how anyone could feel warm out in this weather, but was thankful.
"Taylor is going to the Command Center with your husband. He wants us to meet them there. To talk." Wash saw that the cut was not that bad, but still worried because she knew Elisabeth was not use to these weather conditions like she was. She could feel the tremor in Elisabeth getting worse.
"No. I…can't it wait till later?" Elisabeth tried to see Wash's face clearly, but the rain obscured her view.
"Come on. You need to get dry." Wash suppressed a bark of laughter thinking that she wanted Elisabeth anything but that but knew this was not the time for humor or to tell Elisabeth that.
Elisabeth jerked her arm back standing on her own. "No."
Wash watched her wondering if Elisabeth would try to make it back on her own or if she would still ask for help if Wash insisted they go to the Command Center. She decided that Elisabeth would try to get back to her housing unit and most likely hurt herself again.
"We're not going to the Command Center. We're going to my unit." Wash paused and amended, "If that's ok with you?"
Elisabeth knew she needed to have her neck inspected, but did not want her new co-workers at Medical or her children doing it. "You act as a field medic?"
Wash stepped closer holding out her hand. "Yes."
"Will you take care of my neck?" Elisabeth wiped the water off of her face struggling to hear Wash's responses knowing that the other woman was ignoring her commanding officer to accommodate her.
"Yes." Wash knew that Taylor would be ok with ducking any feelings conversations with the couple. She knew it was important to Taylor that Jim is happy and part of that was Elisabeth being happy. He would not want her to drag Elisabeth in kicking and screaming just to have a little talk about their emotions.
"Alright then. I'll go." Elisabeth's voice was weak and shaky.
Wash pulled out her com and spoke briefly with Taylor to let him know what was happening.
Elisabeth extended her arm and Wash moved forward taking her cold hand. She understood now that when dealing with Elisabeth she would have to give more than take, and she was ok with that.
Wash thought to herself…Lovely Lis is well worth it.
A/N: This is my first real Femslash. I allowed myself as a fic writer to be seduced by the idea of Wash as I orchestrated Elisabeth's captivation into the World of Wash. I didn't want Wash to be too forceful with her because after watching the way Elisabeth interacted with Jim, it just did not feel right. When I remember that Wash died (I always bring her back to life in my fics) to save Elisabeth and her children, this feels right. And for this fic, Elisabeth is Lis not Liz. Next chapter will most likely pick up with them back at Wash's place. Please tell me what you think about the fic? Review pretty please.