I WILL FIND YOU, I PROMISE
SUMMARY: When John Sheppard left Earth fourteen years ago, he didn't realise that his past would be coming back to him, and banging on the door of his present. Sheppard/Weir and Carson/Teyla
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Stargate, I promise. Otherwise there would be a lot less fighting and a lot more CARSON BECKETT :)
Thankyou to my lovely beta Athena's Owl, because without her this story would still be on my desktop filled with mistakes :)
"INCOMING WORMHOLE!"
"Who's IDC?" Elizabeth Weir asked calmly. I followed her silently up the stairs.
"General O'Neill's, Dr. Weir. Audio and transmission." Elizabeth frowned slightly. General O'Neill was supposed to be in Russia negotiating treaties for space rights… yet again.
"Open the channel." Elizabeth said as she walked into the communication room a little apprehensively, with me still following.
"Dr. Weir?" General O'Neill appeared on the screen.
"Yes."
"A problem has come up that I wish to discuss with you and Colonel Sheppard. It is of the utmost importance that this is discussed immedia- I TOLD YOU TO STOP THAT!" Elizabeth jumped slightly at the sudden yelling, followed by a crash and scream.
"What was that?" Weir asked. The General grimaced.
"The problem. Please get Sheppard up there immediately"
"Certainly General. Weir out." She turned to radio me, and that's when I stepped up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"It's almost unnatural how you do that, you realise?" Elizabeth smiled slightly. I wrapped my arms around her waist and whispered in her ear,
"Just one of my many talents." I grinned, and placed a kiss where her neck met her collarbone. God I loved her.
The Stargate began to hum and glow, and General O'Neill stepped into Atlantis.
"Welcome General," Elizabeth said as she walked down the stairs. As I followed her I saw the tension in her shoulders increase tenfold. General Jack O'Neill did not come to Atlantis alone, in the middle of a war, when he was meant to be in Russia up to his eyeballs in negotiations.
"Dr. Weir, I'm sorry, but this is no time for pleasantries. Your office, with Colonel Sheppard, now if you please." O'Neill gestured up to Elizabeth's office. I frowned, and turned towards the office. The stress was rolling off O'Neill in waves; thick, putrid, anxious waves.
Once we reached Elizabeth's office, O'Neill sat down immediately and began to speak.
"We don't have a lot of time before the problem that Colonel Sheppard caused wrecks the SGC. Sheppard, I don't know if you are aware-"
"Sir, if you don't mind cutting the crap, could you just tell us what's going on?" I grumbled. He was beginning to make me nervous. I was quickly thinking back to all the things I'd caused on Earth that would be big enough to bring O'Neill here alone. I wasn't coming up with much. The General sighed, and looked me straight in the eye.
"Congratulations Sheppard. You have a fourteen year old daughter."
That's about when I hit the floor, out cold.
"John! Wake up!" Carson was shaking me when I woke up, with Elizabeth next to me stroking my hand gently.
"Sheppard, whether you faint again or not, it doesn't change the fact that you have a daughter. A daughter that is currently making a mess of my office, thankyou very much," O'Neill was standing by the window, looking at me. I still felt faint, but I sat up and looked around. I was still in Elizabeth's office. There were no words to describe what was running through my head. Confusion was the main one. Worry for my daughter, for Elizabeth. Anger that somebody hadn't told me sooner. Curiosity for what my daughter would be like.
"Carson, please radio in Teyla and Ronon," Elizabeth said worriedly, looking into my eyes. I gazed at her, but I wasn't seeing her. I was wondering what my daughter might look like. Be like. Sound like.
"Already ahead of you Weir," Ronon's deep tone echoed through the room as he walked in, followed by Teyla.
"What has happened?" That was Teyla. Always alert.
"John's got a fourteen year old daughter," Carson was smirking, the bastard. Ronon looked from Elizabeth, to me, to Carson, and then back to me. I could see a grin forming at the corners of his mouth. Carson snickered.
"She's going to give you hell Sheppard."
"What type of trouble was she causing?" Elizabeth glanced at O'Neill.
"She was…a bit upset at the fact that she couldn't come to Atlantis right away."
"That doesn't seem too bad," Teyla frowned.
"Usually it isn't. But she packs a mean punch," O'Neill grimaced. My grin was momentary, and it spread like a ripple throughout the room. I stood up shakily, but fell down again. It was like my legs were refusing to obey me.
"Are you okay John?" she asked. To be honest, I wasn't okay. Not nearly okay.
"Would you like to meet her?" O'Neill came to kneel next to Elizabeth and I. I took a deep breath, trying desperately to calm myself down.
"Not yet. I have some questions that need answering first," I looked steadily at O'Neill as Rodney ran in, confusion etched on his face.
"Fire away, but I probably don't have the answers you're looking for," O'Neill stood up, and pulled his chair towards me.
"Does she have a name?" I asked slowly.
"Makenna," O'Neill answered.
"No last name?"
"John, she came to the SGC from an orphanage," O'Neill said gently. I grimaced.
"How did she get into the SGC?
"We have no idea. Apparently security let her into the mountain, but they have no memory of the event. She wouldn't tell us how she got in."
"Stubborn as her dad," Carson grinned. I glared at him, and turned back to O'Neill.
"Her mother?"
"We don't know."
"Where is she?"
"Probably wrecking havoc in my office, or trying to figure out a way to evade her guard to come here."
"So she wants to come?"
"She told us, when security walked her into my office, that she had something to tell Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard and Dr Elizabeth Weir of Atlantis. We denied any knowledge of your existence, but she just laughed. She looked straight at me, and told me that I was a terrible liar. She reached into her bag, and pulled out… this," O'Neill held out a folder. I opened it slowly, and almost fainted again. Sitting on the top was a hand drawn picture of the Atlantis symbol. I flicked through the pages slowly, not hearing all the gasps from my team. Pictures, all hand drawn, of Carson operating on a patient, Teyla sparring with Ronon, Radek behind his computer, Rodney staring over Radek's shoulder at the computer, Sam Carter glaring at Rodney as he typed, my entire team standing in front of the Stargate, and me. Lots of me. Me sparring, me laughing, me reading, me sleeping, and me eating. The last one was a close up of my face, eyes all distant and concerned. Under the picture were five words that just tore into my heart.
I'll find you, I promise.
I looked up at Elizabeth, to see tears pouring down her face. She looked at me and stroked my face gently, grimacing for a split second. She turned to O'Neill.
"Bring her here."
Reviews please! I'm thinking at least a few before I put the next chapter up. It's just sitting there on my computer, all alone….
- Hannah xoxo