Due Atlantis
Disclaimer: A Stargate Atlantis and Due South crossover. Got the idea from seeing an old episode of Due South the other day. I Don't own Stargate Atlantis or Due South, other people do. Now that that's clear, don't bother suing me, its not worth it.
Elizabeth Weir glanced briefly out the window of her office and observed the welcome being given to the newest member of the Atlantis expedition. She contemplated joining the impromptu gathering when her military commander rudely jerked her out of her thoughts. Oh yes she thought, John Sheppard is not a happy man! Quickly looking back at the pacing man she asked, "I'm sorry John could you repeat that please."
Abruptly stopping his pacing, Sheppard looked up with a mixed look of surprise and disappointment, waving his arm towards the window in exasperation, "Oh don't tell me you've fallen under his spell too?"
"I have no idea what your talking about Colonel!" Elizabeth replied with a tone that booked no argument. " Now if you could carry on in a professional manner."
"Ahem…a right, sorry. Look all I'm saying is that we don't need anyone from the IOA butting in here and screwing up our security arrangements," Sheppard bit out. " My marines are more than capable of protecting Atlantis!"
"John I have no doubt that you and your men are doing a good job, and I've said as much to Woolsey and General Landry."
"Than what is he doing here?" Exclaimed Sheppard pointing at the red clad figure standing in the gate room.
"John," Elizabeth sighed, sometimes it was like speaking to a child she thought, "as I said, I think you and the rest of your men are doing a fine job, and so does General Landry, however," taking a deep breath and continuing on before Sheppard could interrupt, "the IOA has issues concerning the handling of city security by American military forces."
"Oh, so what were just suppose to let the boy scout and his dog out there protect us against the Wraith, and another thing how the hell did he get a dog sent out here with him?" Sheppard ranted as he began pacing again.
Deciding to ignore the second part of his question, but boy did she want to know the answer to that as well. Elizabeth continued to try and reason with him. "Look John, there have been some questions raised over the effectiveness of using combat troops as the city's security personnel, particularly if they have to deal with the civilian personnel in any official capacity." Raising her hand to stop Sheppard from interrupting, Elizabeth continued, "There haven't been any complaints, the IOA simply feels that a civilian security force, and one that has been specifically trained to deal with such a diverse group of individuals, would be better able to deal with any internal situations that may arise. Also," Elizabeth continued ignoring the frown on Sheppard's face, "they insist that since this is an international endeavour, and since there have been "problems" in the past, they feel that an independent security force outside of the U.S. military would be for the best. And as for the boy scout, I assure you that Constable Fraser is currently here to assess the logistics of such a force, and I assure you that he is highly capable." Elizabeth concluded as she looked at Sheppard, but than quirked an eyebrow and added, "Did you even look at his file?"
Sheppard had the grace to look slightly guilty as he shook his head, "Sorry, been kind of busy lately. But really Elizabeth he's a cop from Canada! Come on how much experience could he possibly have dealing with the stuff we deal with?"
Shaking her head, she held up the aforementioned file, "A lot! If you had bothered to read his file, you'll find that he has a number of citations from both the American and Canadian Governments as well as one from the Mexican. In addition, he's credited with stopping: two environmental catastrophes, an assassination attempt of NAFTA representatives, as well as three terrorist attacks, one of which consisted of nuclear material aimed at the city of Chicago."
Looking shocked, Sheppard looked to the window to Elizabeth and back again. This continued a few more times before he finally turned back to Elizabeth. "O.K. that is impressive. But…."
Sighing, Elizabeth decided to put an end to the matter, "Look John, I can understand why you're unhappy at the arrangement, however the decision has been made. I really can't see any reason to drag this out, I would have at least expected you to be happy to have some of your men freed up for other assignments." Elizabeth suddenly grinned at the sight in the gate room. "Unless of course your jealous."
"What jealous, what makes you think I'd possibly be jealous?" Sheppard asked indignantly.
"Oh I don't know," she began as she led Sheppard out of her office, "from what Carson tells me he seems to have the strongest ATA gene yet. And of course there is the 'Kirk' factor," she said with a grin.
Elizabeth couldn't help the chuckle at the look on Sheppard's face as they looked at the activity in the gate room. There in the middle stood Constable Benton Fraser of the RCMP, decked out in red serge, as Atlantis personnel, many of them women, clamoured to get a picture with the Mountie.