Date: 7th June 2007

Title: Love Prevails
Author: Kazavid / ElaineDex
Chapter: 1 ?

Series: None
Rating:
M
Pairing:
John Sheppard / Lyssa Hunter – Ronon Dex / Ellie Harrison
Archiving:
None
Warnings:
Sexual Content
Spoilers:
None
Feedback:
Yes
Disclaimer:
Stargate Atlantis and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary:
Can Sheppard and Ellie set things right with Lyssa and Ronon or has fate called time on their love?

A / N: --This story is a collaboration between Kazavid and ElaineDex. The story continues right after Love Under Pressure, which was written by ElaineDex.

LOVE PREVAILS

Chapter 1

Sheppard, Ronon, Ellie and McKay had just exited from the Stargate, they were immediately confronted by an huge open expanse of snow covered fields which spread out before them, they looked like they went on forever.

"Nobody mentioned anything about snow...why not?", McKay asked angrily, turning to look at Sheppard.

"Maybe that's because nobody knew." Sheppard remarked casually.

"And why did nobody know, I thought they were supposed to have visited this place?" Rodney asked, trying to snuggle in to his woefully inadequate jacket for warmth.

"Just keep quiet McKay." Sheppard told him.

"And I thought this was supposed to be a lush forest we were coming to." McKay said haughtily as his eyes looked for the merest hint of a tree. "Do you think the lumberjacks beat us to it and managed to cut all the trees down before we arrived?" he added sarcastically.

"Maybe they should have waited until you arrived they could have cut you down as well." Sheppard told him.

They walked for ages, listening to McKay, whine about the snow. It was tough going for all of them, the surface was pretty slippery, but McKay acted as if he were the only one to have problems. They managed to scale a slight incline and were shocked when they saw the huge forest spread out in the valley below, it hadn't been visible before.

"Is that forest big enough for you McKay?", Ronon asked, seeing the sudden comprehension on McKay's face when he realised that they had to walk through it.

Ellie was feeling a little superfluous at the moment, she was only here because Teyla was sick and they needed someone quickly to make up the team. And seeing as all the other teams were already committed to other missions Ellie had been picked to make up the number.

"Are you alright?" Ronon asked as he came up beside her, she looked a little lost.

"I'm fine." she told him and wondered why he was walking with her, he'd kept his distance since he'd gotten his memories back, only talking when he needed to or when he came to see Hope.

"Be careful, it's pretty slippery here", he told her then moved up to Sheppard.

"So tell me again, why exactly are we here?" McKay asked, angrily, as his foot slipped on the snow for the umpteenth time.

"Come on McKay, you should be used to snow, coming from Canada."

"What are you implying? That Canada is just a snow covered country for you to visit during the holiday's. Let me assure you Colonel that Canada has much more to offer than just snow." McKay took off on one of his little tirades, informing everyone of the attractions of Canada. "And we also know how to dress properly for the snow." McKay added just before his foot slipped and his arms started to windmill, as he tried to keep his balance, Sheppard watched as McKay fell flat on his ass.

"You didn't answer my question." McKay said, sitting on the floor and glaring at Sheppard.

"You know why we're here, to see if we can make contact with the locals so that we can trade with them."

"And do we know what these locals are like, or didn't our people visit them either, like they didn't visit this place and tell us about the snow." McKay stood up and started moaning that his backside was numb, since he'd been shot in the ass with an arrow he complained at the slightest bump to his posterior.

They hadn't got very deep in to the forest when they where suddenly surrounded by men. Sheppard, raised his gun and aimed it at the nearest guy, he soon realised that they were out numbered. Ronon had dragged Ellie next to him and had his blaster trained on the biggest guy. McKay already had his hands raised in the air.

What they immediately noticed was that most of these guys wore hoods over their faces, so nobody could be identified. Most of the hoods were identical but there were a few with coloured designs drawn on to them. Sheppard had a feeling that these guys weren't the locals.

"I take it these are the locals, that our people didn't visit either." McKay remarked snidely to Sheppard.

Sheppard just scowled at McKay, and lowered his weapon, Ronon did the same.

ooOoo

"Well I see trade negotiations are going down a treat with the locals." McKay spat out, then complained that his butt was getting frostbitten.

Each of them sat with their back against a tree, their arms were pulled back and tied behind the tree. No body had said much to them except to refer to them as merchandise. Sheppard wondered if he should ask one of them to 'take him to their leader' but thought better of it and waited to see what would happen. After waiting for what seemed ages to him, he finally asked.

"Is there anyone we could talk to? We only came here to trade." he said, looking at the three guys who were standing near them.

"Keep quiet." one of the men shouted at Sheppard.

"Alright but you're missing out on a good opportunity here." Sheppard tried to catch their interest. But they didn't seem interested in anything he had to say.

From what he could see there were about eight or ten men in the camp, most of them were sitting around eating and drinking across from where they were, they just seemed to be killing time, waiting around.

One of the three men standing by Sheppard and the others, started to look at Ellie, who was situated between Sheppard and McKay. He moved closer to her and smiled lasciviously at her. He didn't wear a hood and his intention was obvious by the leering look he gave Ellie.

Ronon was cursing up a storm and threatening to castrate the guy if he so much as touched Ellie. One of the other guys hit Ronon with the butt of his gun a couple of times, and told him to shut up, Ronon lowered his head down, dazed. Sheppard and even McKay tried to talk the man out of touching Ellie, but the man was adamant in what he wanted.

He knelt down next to her and reached his hand out to her face, he stroked her cheek and felt the soft skin against his rough hands.

"Very pretty." he said, watching Ellie try to shrink back from him.

He grabbed the zip of her jacket and pulled it down, he parted the jacket and his eyes focused on the swell of her breasts pushing against her t-shirt...

"If you touch her our people won't trade with you. Now if you leave her alone, we could give you weapons and food, and even medical supplies, in fact any thing you want." Sheppard said trying to convince the man not to touch Ellie.

But he wasn't listening to Sheppard, he just wanted a pretty female to play with. Sheppard looked at Ronon, who was still dazed from the hits he'd taken.

The man dropped his hand from Ellie's face to the swell of her breasts, he squeezed the soft flesh in his hands and groaned at the feel of her.

"If Sylas catches you doing that, he'll kill you." one of the other guys warned, looking around nervously. He wore a hood and his voice, like all the others who wore hoods, was distorted. A mechanism in the hood relayed the voice through a transmitter which distorted and disguised the voice.

"Well he ain't here so he won't catch me will he?" the man by Ellie shouted back, as he continued to touch her.

His eyes moved down to her pants and he grabbed for the zip. Ellie moaned, terrified by what this man might do to her, and terrified for Ronon, she didn't want him to get hurt defending her, she could see him moving, beginning to wake up.

He pulled the zip of her pants down, his eyes widening as he began to reveal her skin. He didn't notice the tall figure coming back in to the camp. As the figure got closer one of the men suddenly blanched at the sight and backed away from the prisoners.

The man who was kneeling by Ellie was just about to push his hands in to Ellie's open pants, when he was violently kicked away from her.

"What have I told you about touching the merchandise." Sylas bit out, his voice like every one else's, distorted.

"You're not in charge here." the man who'd been touching Ellie, snarled and stood up, pulling a knife from his belt. He took up a fighting stance and looked at the new man with hatred in his eyes.

"You sure you want to do this." Sylas asked him, looking at the knife he held in his hand.

"Hell yes, it's about time someone gave you a hiding."

"And you think you can do that?" Sylas asked quietly.

"Yes." he said and ran at Sylas, he swung wide with the knife, and Sylas moved to the side and grabbed his wrist and twisted it back, making him drop the knife to the floor.

Sheppard and the others were watching closely, shocked and grateful for the intrusion that had cause the man to leave Ellie alone. Sylas stood tall, but not as tall as Sheppard, he wore clothes designed for the snow, the design was of a camouflage style. The pants were white with patches of grey and black on them, and the white jacket he wore was loosely fitted.

Sylas didn't bend down to pick the knife up he left it, the other man turned and snarled at Sylas, angry that he'd been so easily disarmed. He flew at Sylas in a rage, arms flying and punches being thrown. Sylas grabbed the man's wrist, he twisted the wrist and ducked under it which brought him behind the man's back, still holding the man's wrist which was now twisted up his back.

"Sure you want to continue?" Sylas asked the man. The man grunted and lowered his head. Sylas let him go, and didn't even bother to look back at him.

Sylas walked towards Ellie, Ellie shouted a warning for him to look out, but Sylas had been expecting it. The man who had attacked Ellie picked his knife up from the floor and lunged at Sylas' back.

Sylas turned as the man got closer to him, he pushed the man's hand holding the knife inwards towards the man's chest, then he plunged his own knife it in to the man's side. The man dropped to the floor and started moaning. Sylas pulled his knife from the man's side and wiped the blood from his knife on the man's clothes.

"Get him out of here." Sylas said to the other men. He walked over to Ellie, still holding the knife in his hands.

Ellie felt very nervous she didn't know what would happen, Ronon was still slightly groggy. Ellie flinched when Sylas bent down and grabbed the zip of her pants. She was surprised when he pulled the zip up then zipped her jacket up as well.

Ellie became alarmed when Sylas used the knife to cut the rope that was tying her to the tree.

"If you hurt her, our people won't rest until you're all dead." Sheppard snarled.

Sylas stopped what he was doing and stood up, moving to stand directly in front of Sheppard.

"You know you've got a big mouth, you need to learn to keep it shut." Sylas said harshly.

Sheppard didn't like this guy one bit and swore at him.

Sylas leaned down and reached a hand out towards Sheppard and watched as he tried to jerk his head away. Sylas grabbed hold of Sheppard's hair and yanked it down, pulling his head back.

"What's the matter, pretty fly boy not in control of the situation." he asked, laughing as Sheppard swore again.

Sylas left Sheppard and grabbed Ellie's arm and dragged her away from a cursing Sheppard. He pulled Ellie in to a nearby tent, they were still able to hear the curses that Sheppard was shouting.

ooOoo

Ellie was pushed back and had to sit on the cot that was behind her. Sylas stood back and watched her, making Ellie feel very nervous, and very vulnerable.

"Are you alright?" Sylas asked her. Ellie mumbled that she was fine, she was just wondering why this Sylas man had acted the way he had.

"Damn it. What the hell are you doing here?" Sylas bit out, startling Ellie, who shrank back.

"I suppose this is all Sheppard's fault isn't it."

"Do you know Sheppard?" Ellie asked, confused.

Ellie watched as Sylas pulled the hood off.

"Oh my god!" Ellie bit out as she stared at the face before her.

TBC...