Stargate Atlantis
Daughter Like Father
Chapter 1
The night grew colder and the street lamps flickered on down the street of houses there was one person that was still awake. The little girl sat on her bed with the lamp on and reading one of her favorite books called The Cat In The Hat she has already read it like ten time before but she loves it. It was given to her last Christmas by her father.
She was on the ninth page when she heard her parents door open and close. She quickly hid under the covers. Crap she thought. She forgot to shut off her lamp. She thought quickly trying to listen as hard as she could as to were one of her parents was going. But there foot steps were to quiet to hear. So she tried to pretend she fell asleep with the book open over her chest and light on, she hoped that it would work.
John got up and grabbed the baby monitor. The baby must be hungry he thought. He walked to the door as quietly as possible as to not wake up Teyla. He walked down the hallway to the baby's room when he got there he opened the door and walked over to the crib. He bent over and picked up the baby.
"Hey there Violet what's the matter you hungry?" He said quietly the baby started to calm down as soon as she felt her father cradle her she grabbed her fathers shirt with her little fist. John picked up the bottle on the night stand next to the crib and put it up to Violet's mouth for her to drink. She used her free hand and tried to grab the bottle but her hand was to tinny so it just went on the side and she began to drink it down like she was starving. "Hey slow down, the rate your going, your going to get the hiccups." John said smirking a little.
He finished burping Violet and rocked her back to sleep then he quietly snuck out and went into the hallway and intended to go back to bed when he looked at his other daughter's Alex's door under it was a dim light. He sighed and shook his head and walked over to the door. He opened the door and peaked in he saw Alex laying on her back with the book he gave her on her stomach and the lamp next to her bed on. He walked over to her and took the book and put it on the night stand that the lamp is on, and was going to shut off the lamp, when out of the corner of his eye he spotted Alex smirking.
"Alex?" He said questioningly.
Alex popped open one eye and then shut just as quickly as she opened it. "Nice try. What are you doing up?" John said sitting on the bed next to her.
"I was reading the cat in the hat it my favorite book!" Alex said a little to excitedly but she was only six. John looked at her and smiled and pulled her close into a hug. "Alex what have I said about staying up late." John said in a warning tone.
"That all little girls my age need to get there beauty sleep and that if I don't then my eye's wont sparkle like they do." She said and looked John strait in the face. "How cum your up then?" she asked.
"Well I needed to make sure that everyone is safe and asleep." he said putting a little more of an effort to say the last word and looking strait at her.
"Sorry daddy. Can you read to me before you go. Please, please, please." She said pleadingly.
"Alright as long as you promise to go to bed." John said he then picked her up and put her on his lap and grabbed The Cat In The Hat and began to read.
Chapter 2
John woke up with the sun in his eye's he looked down and saw the top of Teyla's head on his chest. He noticed a strand of hair that was over her eye's he moved his hand and pulled the strand behind her ear. She moved and then looked up and blinked her eye's.
"Good morning beautiful." John said as he cupped her face in his hand and kissed her. She moaned against his lips and he smiled and pulled back.
"Good morning." She said smiling. "What time is it?" She asked trying to look at the alarm clock that hadn't gone off yet.
"6:50." John said looking at his watch.
"You going to pick up Alex after kindergarten today?" She asked him.
"Ya I was also going to take her to the park she has been begging to go all week." John said looking at Teyla with a questioningly look.
"That's ok Jennifer wanted to see Violet today so I invited her over she will keep me company till you get back." She said laying in bed and hugging John burying her head in his chest.
"Ok I should be home around 4:00 that should give Alex an hour to play at the park." He said then the alarm went off it now was 7:00 in the morning time to get Alex ready.
"I'll go wake her." John said slipping out from under Teyla's grasp.
John opened his daughter's door and looked in what he saw was something he did not want to disturb he wanted to sit there and watch how cute she was hugging the stuffed black and white puppy dog she had named Spot. He walked over and sat on the edge of her bed. "Alex time to get up you got to go to school." John watched when he turned on the lamp on her night stand, she moaned and put the pillow she was laying on over her head. "I told you not to stay up. Now come on you have to get dressed." John said picking her up and tickled her.
"I'm to…tired…daddy." Alex said between giggles. "Stop." She giggled out.
"What was that I'm sorry I couldn't hear you." John said with a smirk still tickling her.
"Stop…daddy…please." She said trying to breath and giggle at the same time.
"Alright but you have to promise to get up and get dressed and mommy will have breakfast ready ok." He said putting her down on the bed.
"Ok I promise." Alex said as she jumped of the bed and ran into her closet John left the room and shut the door. He went into the kitchen and found Violet in her high chair while Teyla was searching for the pancake mix. She had learned how to make many Earth food since they moved out of the city the war with the wraith is over and now Atlantis is more a exploratory base then a military base. She had not found her people after Michael had taken them she had nothing left in the Pegasus galaxy so John asked her to live on Erath with him. They also found out that the child she was carrying was John's because Michael wanted to experiment with wraith and the altaren DNA so when he captured Teyla and John he had secretly impregnated her with John's Child. When they found out what he did John was not sure he was ready but soon he came around and it brought him and Teyla together.
"Hey, how's my little girl doing?" He said crouching down in front of Violet he put his hand up on her head and she grabbed his pinky and squeezed it and pulled it down into her mouth that had no teeth yet. So he let her suck on his finger. He stood up and watched Teyla looking for something. "What are ya looking for honey?" John said looking at her as she turned to face him.
"Do you know were the pancake mix is?" She asked.
"No I think were out. I'll pick some up today." He said now that he finally got his hand free from Violet's mouth. He pulled out a chair and sat down by Violet's high chair. There was already baby food with a spoon on the table. He opened it and feed it to Violet. Of cores every time he'd put the food in her mouth half would fall out so he would wipe it up with the spoon and put it back in her mouth. He then heard a thud and something break. He immediately jumped up and went to were the noise came from. In Alex's room. He opened the door and saw that the lamp had fallen over and broke but he couldn't find Alex.
"Alex!" John said a little worried. "Alex were are you?" John asked again into the room.
"I'm…in…here…daddy." Came a cry from the closet. John moved over to the closet relief filled him and he opened the door. There sitting in the corner was Alex curled into a ball and crying. He crouched down and took her hands gently from her eye's. "Alex what happened?" John asked.
"I was walking behind the stand to get my ponytail that fell there and my foot got tangled in the wirier thingy and then I tried to get untangled and I fell the lamp came down with me I hurt my knee I scrapped it on the floor and it burns every time I touch it." Alex said taking a big breath at the end of the sentence and then started to cry harder.
"Oh honey it's alright it was an accident now come here lets look at your knee." John said picking Alex up and setting her on the bed he crouched down and looked at her knee it was red in one spot. "Looks like you got yourself a carpet burn come on lets go put something on it then a band aid ok." John said with a smile then bent down and picked her up and carried her into the bathroom he opened the cupboard above the sink and pulled out some equate and put it on a band aid and then put it on the sore. "Now all better." He said and gave her a hug.
"I love you daddy." Alex said hugging her father back.
"I love you to honey." John said then helped her of the tub side. "Alright now go get ready and be careful." John said as she scurried out the door to her room. "And don't go near that lamp I'll be in there in a sec to clean it up!" John hollered after her.
"Ok daddy!" She hollered back. He then heard her door shut and he went back to the kitchen and sat down in the chair across the table Teyla was now feeding Violet. She looked up at John concerned.
"What happened?" Teyla asked while scooping food off of Violets chin and into her mouth.
"Alex accidentally knocked her lamp over and hurt her knee I took car of it don't worry." He said while getting a cup of coffee ready. A while later John heard a door slam and then running feet. John turned in his seat just in time to catch Alex when she jumped up into his lap. "You finally dressed?" He asked helping her get more comfortable on his lap.
"Yup you ready daddy? How do I look?" John looked down and saw what she was wearing it was a short blue gene mini skirt, a red t-shirt her heart shaped locket around her neck. With his and Teyla's picture in it. Her black hair was pulled into a ponytail and her bangs that were below her eye level was put off to the right side and she was wearing her little heart shaped red earrings.
"You look beautiful honey." He said and kissed the top of her head. "Go ahead and put your shoes on I'll be there in a bit first give your mom and sister a good buy hug and kiss." He said and set her down. She went around the table and gave her sister a little hug and kiss then went to Teyla.
"Good buy mommy. I love you." She said and gave her a hug and kiss Teyla did back.
"I love you to baby. Do good in school." Teyla said and kissed the top of Alex's head. Then Alex went for the door to put her shoes on. John got up and walked over to Teyla and Violet he bent down and picked Violet up. She clung to his shirt what she usually did when he picked her up.
"Be good for mommy when I'm gone ok." he kissed the top of her head and then shifted her out to hand her to Teyla. "Love you Vi." He said as he handed her to Teyla. He then looked at Teyla and cupped her face in his hand and pulled her in for a deep kiss and then pulled away to catch his breath. "Love you to honey." He said and moved his hand down to her neck. "You have fun today ok, and tell Jennifer hi for me." He said and then headed for the door.
"Love you to John. Drive safe. And make sure Alex gets securely buckled in her car seat." Teyla said watching John leave to go to the front door.
"Got it." He said. She just smiled and placed Violet back into her high chair.
John went out the door to the garage right behind Alex who was obviously excited.
John opened the back door to his black Chevy. "Alright up and in." John said and helped Alex in he then buckled her into her car seat.
"Daddy what do you do all day when I'm at school?' Alex asked.
"Well daddy used to go out on missions and fight the bad guys I still do but I don't go out on missions no more now I fly helicopters someday I'll take you up in one how bout that?" John said and kissed the top of her head again.
"Wow really that would be awesome." Alex said and held on to her smaller stuffed puppy that was brown and so small it could fit in a pocket. John smiled at her enthusiasm and then shut the door and climbed into the drivers seat. John had chosen to live off base because he wanted his girls the real experience of school and kid life instead of living on a base full of marines. John pulled out of there garage and onto the street and pulled up to a stop sign. He looked in the revue merrier and smiled Alex was pretending her puppy was alive and having fun.
"Daddy can we listen to the radio?" She asked as he turned on to a main street.
"Alright but I have to keep the sound low so I wont get distracted." John said and turned the radio on and turned it down. He looked in the merrier again and smiled a huge smile when he saw her actually trying to dance along with the music in her car seat. "Ya like this song?" John said with a knowing smirk while Broken, by Lifehouse played over the radio. She looked at him and smiled a yes and he smiled back.
Chapter 3
John pulled into the school parking lot in front of the door. He parked the car and got out, went around back and opened the door he bent over and unbuckled Alex then helped her down. He then crouched down to her level. "Do you want me to go in with you or you think you can find your room by yourself?" John said looking into her eye's he could've swore that he was looking in a merrier because she had his eye's and hair. He smiled at the thought.
"Can you come with me please?" Alex said grabbing her fathers hand and squeezing it really hard.
"Alright come on." John said getting up and walked to the door with Alex still gripping his hand. He came up to room number 105 the kindergarten room and knocked on the door. The teacher came to the door and opened it. "Sorry were late." John said.
"Oh that's ok we were just getting started on finger painting." The teacher said with a smile. John crouched down to be eye level with Alex.
"Ok Alex don't want to miss out do ya?" he said giving her a hug and a kiss on the head. "Love you honey." John said as he pulled away.
"Love you to daddy." Alex said and was just about to leave when John grabbed her and brought her back to look at him.
"Behave ok and I'll see you after school then we can go to the park." John said and he saw Alex smile real big and give him another hug and ran off to play with her friends. John then stood back to look at the teacher. "She hurt her knee this morning so watch out for it." John said then stuck out his hand. "Have a nice day." He said as he shook her hand.
"You to Colonel." she said remembering he is in the Air Force. John smiled and walked away to go to work.
Back in the class room Alex walked up to wear the other kids were. "Hey Alex!" a girl Selena yelled while running up to her. "Lets go paint together!" She said.
"Ok what do you want to paint?" Alex asked running over to were there painting paper was and paints. But when Alex and Selena got to there painting stand there was somebody ells there. Both Alex and Selena stopped dead in there tracks. 'Oh man reed the big class bully he's the tallest in the class therefore he believes he has to be better then everyone ells.' Alex thought. Alex and Selena stopped to late, he spotted them.
"Alex, Selena what are you going to paint a little puppy because that is so stupid." Reed stated and then snickered and looked back at his two buddies Ross and Rick everyone calls them the triple R's. They laughed with him.
"So what maybe we are." Alex said with a serious face.
"Ha ha ha are you kidding you cant out smart me." Reed said.
"Yes I can I have way better grades then you." Alex said knowing that Reed constantly has to go in for recess to retake a test.
"Ok daddy's girl who has to have her dad by her all the time." Reed said rashly. Alex glared at him and then smirked.
"So at lest my dad is cooler then your's." Alex said with humongous grin.
"Oh ya what makes you think that." Reed said with a smirk.
"Because my dad is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and can fly Helychopters." Alex said.
"It's helicopter you dork." Reed said then added. "So what my dad is a biker the lead biker and really strong he could beat your dad in an instant."
"Kids, kids what is going on?" The teacher said.
"Sorry Ms. Kindle." All five kids said at the same time and then went back to painting.
Chapter 4
John pulled into the base and hopped out of the car and locked it then put the keys in his pocket and took out his key card to open the building door when he heard someone behind him.
"Colonel!" Major Kent said in solute.
"Yes Major?" John said turning to look at him.
"How's the girls?" Kent asked. John looked at him and smiled.
"Well girls will be girls. I'm taking Alex to the park after school today." John said and then turned back around to slide his card through. The door buzzed then opened for him and he held it open for the Major. They then went there separate ways.
It had been at least five hours since John showed up at work it was now twelve in the afternoon. Lunch time and the whole time he was here all he did was fill out paper work, train some recruits, spared, and he still hasn't gone up in a helicopter yet. He got up and headed to the cafeteria. He grabbed a sandwich and something to drink and thinks how lucky he's become since six years ago. He got up and went back to work.
It was now 2:50 pm John got up, signed out and left. He pulled into the school parking lot and parked the car. He got out and walked into the school to Alex's room. John nocks on the door and waits and the teacher opened the door. "Hello Colonel you're a little early but you can wait and watch there finishing there paintings from this morning." She said.
"Thank you." John says and grabs a chair and sits down to watch.
Over in the left corner Alex was sitting there painting a picture of her dad and her holding hands. She was smiling and having fun. Then she felt someone behind her. She turned around and was greeted by Reed's face in hers. She pushed him back and then looked at him.
"What do you want 'Reed.'" She said saying his name in a mean growl.
"I told you, you were a daddy's girl." He said and started to laugh.
"So do you have a problem with that!" She said really angry now.
"I bet you my dad can beat yours." Reed said.
"I bet not because my dad is a trained fighter and he trains other's how to fight." She said with a knowing smirk.
"Are you saying my dad cant fight?" Reed said in anger.
"No. I just said that my dad was better." Alex said and before she new what was coming she felt a sharp pain across her jaw and fell backwards. She put her hand over her mouth and pulled it back there was blood. She got back up and didn't cry. "Hey that wasn't nice!" She yelled.
"It wasn't meant to be nice!" Reed said he tried and hit her again but when he swung out she grabbed his fist and the pulled it behind him, hit his back with her knee and held his arm in a locked position.
John heard a commotion and what sounded like yelling. He got up and headed for the corner. With the teacher not far behind. What he saw surprised him he saw Alex on top of a kid twice her size his face planted in the ground his hand held against his back and Alex's knee in his back. John quickly jumped into action. "Alexis Ann Sheppard!" He said picking her up off the kid. "What are you doing?" John said looking at her sternly.
"She hurt my arm!" The other kid 'Reed' said.
"Only because he punched me first see I'm bleeding besides I didn't fight back, all I did was what my dad taught me to do if someone tried to punch me and he tried to punch me again so I restrained him." She was now in tears because she could now really feel her lip hurting. John looked down at her and then at the boy.
"Reed is that true?" Ms. Kindle asked looking at Reed.
"Yes ma'am." He said with his head hung low. "But she was making fun of my dad!" He added.
"I was not you said that your dad could beat mine I just said that I bet he couldn't because mine was a trained fighter and you thought I said that your dad couldn't fight and before you gave me a chance you hit me." Alex said looking at the boy.
"Hey, hey Alex ok come here let me look at your lip." John said and bringing her closer to look at her lip.
"Is that what really happened?" Ms. Kindle asked Reed.
"Yes Ma'am." This time his head was really hung low and he had a low voice. He knew he was caught.
"Ok Reed go to the principles office and wait there for your parents." Ms. Kindle said.
Chapter 5
"Is she ok?" Ms Kindle asked looking at John.
"Ya just a split lip I'm going to take her to the doctors." John said now picking her up she was now crying harder as the pain came back. It killed John to hear that cry he then used his free hand and cupped the side of her face. "Hey sh its ok I'm going to take you to go get it all better." he said and kissed her forehead. She calmed down a little and hugged John's side as he carried her out the door. Before he left he went into the bathrooms. He set her on the counter were the sinks were.
"What…what are…we doing?" She asked him.
"Well we need to stop it bleeding to much." He said smiling and then walked over and grabbed a paper towel wet it, rang it out then handed it to her. "Ok press this over your lip but not to hard." He said she did what she was told and he picked her back up and carried her out to the parking lot. He walked over to the car. She had the paper towel to her lip and her head was resting on his shoulder. He came up to the car and opened the back door and tried to set her in her car seat but she wouldn't let go of him. He then sat on the floor of the car and pulled her back enough to look into her blue eye's.
"Your gonna have to let go so I can buckle you in." John said while smirking at her.
"I don't want to." she said then added "I like were I am it makes my lip feel better." she finished it by hugging him tighter.
"Alright but you have to promise not to move and don't distract me while driving." He said he got up shut the door and then moved around to the drivers seat and got in. He placed Alex across his lap and she laid her head on his chest while hugging him. He shut the door buckled them both in and then stuck the key in the ignition. He put his hand over her hair and held it there to comfort her. "Are you ok?" He asked and then moved his hand down to her back.
"Ya I'm just tired." She said burying her face in her fathers chest more then closing her eye's to sleep.
"I told you not to stay up late." He said hugging her closer. He heard her giggle he felt better when she started to cheer up and he pulled out of the parking lot and headed towards a children's clinic. It took a little while to get to the clinic. He pulled into the parking lot and shut off the engine. He looked down and realized she was asleep. He unbuckled and got out of the car careful as to not disturb her. He walked over to the front door opened it up and went over to the front desk. "Excuse me?" He said to the lady at the desk.
"What can I do for you sir?" The lady said now looking up from some paper work.
"My daughter split her lip during school and I needed to make sure she doesn't need stitches." he said right then Alex shifted in his hands and John moved her up further and she woke.
"Daddy were are we." She said as she looked around.
"Were at the doctors honey. How ya feeling?" John said looking at her lip.
"My lip hurts." She said she then looked around wide eyed. "Daddy I'm scared I don't like the doctors." She said still wide eyed.
"Ya I know honey but you have to and I'll be there with you the whole time." John said and then the lady spoke up again.
"What's your name and your daughters and then I'll need you to fill out this paper work she said handing him a clip bored.
"Ok um my name is John Sheppard and this is Alex Sheppard." He said as she typed it into the computer.
"You can go ahead and have a seat sir and fill that out and give it back when your done." She said. John toke the pen that was on the counter and headed towards the chairs. He sat down with Alex in his lap and he filled out the papers.
"Hey, daddy they have The Cat In The Hat." Alex said looking at the table beside John.
"Yes they do honey, did you want to read it?" John asked as he finished the paper work.
"No, can you read it please…my mouth hurts." She said putting her hand over her mouth. Then John pulled her close and hugged her tighter.
"Alright let me go hand this up to her and then I'll read it." He said as he got up with her still in his arms he handed the clip board back to the lady. He then sits back down and grabs the book to read. She leans against him and he begins to read.
Chapter 6
John just finished reading The Cat In The Hat for the third time when the waiting room door opened.
"Alex Sheppard?" The nurse said.
"Um right here." John said standing up with Alex in his arms.
"Come this way please." The nurse said and turned back into the door with John not far behind. They came to a room and she walked in and motioned her hand for the bed. John sat down on the bed and shifted Alex so she was facing forward.
"Alright it say's here that she split her lip." The nurse said looking at a document.
"Ya during school she got in a little scuffle." John said not to pleasingly.
"Well then lets just have a look." She said and then she lowered herself to Alex's level. She tried to look at the cut but then Alex got scared and turned her head into her fathers chest.
"Come on Alex you got to let her look at it." John said rubbing her back.
"Why cant you look at it?" Alex said into his chest.
"Because I already did now the professional has to." John said.
"How about you just let me look at it and I'll give you some candy." The nurse said.
"Ok!" Alex said and turned around to face the nurse. She looked at the lip and then wrote something down.
"Ok thank you I'll go get the doctor you stay here and here you go." The nurse said and gave Alex a tootsie roll and then left the room.
"I thought she was the doctor?" Alex said once she was out of the room. John just laughed and shifted her to his other knee.
"Nope that was just the doctors helper now the real doctor will come in soon." John said and looked at her lip. It wasn't a pleasant site. It was purple and blue with a little mixture of red blood and it was puffed out. 'Thank god that kid didn't knock any of her teeth out, I can just imagine how much that would've hurt! What kind of parent teachers there son to hit! A girl, let alone! Unbelievable!' John thought as he held Alex a little closer. Just then the door opened and a man in a white coat and a stethoscope around his neck came in.
"Mr. Sheppard?" The doctor said holding out his hand for John to shake.
"Actually its Colonel Sheppard but you can just call me John." John answered shaking the mans hand.
"Colonel? As in Navy?" The doctor asked.
"No Air Force." John answered.
"Oh I was going to say I used to be a captain in the Navy." The doctor said.
"Uh small world. So do you know if she needs stitches?" John asked.
"Yes unfortunately she will need three stitches to be exact." The doctor answered. John shook his head in understanding. "Now the procedure will be simple but first you have to fill out this paper work. It has questions like if she is allergic to anything or if she is a diabetic or not." He said s he handed John the papers.
"Ok I just have a couple questions. Does she have to do under when you stitch her lip?" John asked as he filled out the paper work.
"No we can just give morphine to ease the pain." The doctor answered.
"I also wanted to know if I can be in there when you stitch her up?" John asked and Alex seemed to hug him tighter waiting for an answer.
"Ya of cores we wouldn't want he getting scared." The doctor told John. "I'll be right back I have to go get set up you guy's just hang out in here." He said and then left.
As soon as he left Alex pulled back. "What is mor…morp…morpine?" She asked looking at her dad seriously and saw him smirk. "What?" She asked.
"It's morphine honey and it makes it so you cant feel anything when they stitch your lip up." He said smiling at her.
"What does stitch up mean?" She asked.
"It means there going put your lip back together so it heals properly." He said hoping this wasn't heading were he thinks its heading.
"does that mean they have to use a needle?" She asked.
"Yes." He said and he knew exactly what was coming next. When Alex got her shots she had been so scared of the needles that John almost didn't want her to get them but she had to if she wanted to go to school. He felt Alex start to shake and he looked at her and saw tears coming down her face. "Hey, its ok I'll be there the whole time I promise." He said and pulled her close for a tight hug.