Chapter One
You might mistake me for heart breaker
'Cause there's blood on the floor
I'm hoping you will see, there's something good in me
Never seen before
Alexis Jordan - Good Girl
"Please tell me you're kidding!"
Dr Lola Cassidy looked between Colonel Sheppard and Dr Weir, unable to fully grasp what they had just in fact told her. John had just returned to Atlantis only a short few minutes ago, from a planet experiencing high levels of radiation whenever the sun came up, and he was asking for a field medic. Unfortunately for Lola, that meant her.
After Major Lorne and the botanist he'd been escorting had stumbled upon the body of a Wraith and realized that the enzyme pouch had been removed they'd quickly reported back to Atlantis. It was clear to everyone involved who was responsible; it was their first real lead in their search for Lt Aiden Ford, who'd been missing since after the Wraith attack on Atlantis.
Since returning to the planet along with John and his team, they'd stumbled upon yet another problem, one unrelated to the radiation danger or Lt Ford. There was now a man, someone on the run who called himself a Satedan, who was holding Teyla captive. He was bartering with her life in order to get the medical aid offering his ability to help track down Lt Ford.
"Surely your more qualified for the kind of surgery this is going to require Carson." Lola said, tilting her head around to look at other Doctor as she slipped into the black tactical vest John had handed her.
"Your experience out in the field makes you the more qualified one my dear...and it's not your first time, you go off-world all the time..." Carson told her, coming to a stop beside her, a frown etched into his kind features, making him appear older than he was. He was worried; Lola had known him long enough to know that, it was rolling off him in waves.
Carson had handpicked Lola personally for the Atlantis mission around 15 months ago. He'd found himself fascinated and somewhat in awe of the young woman whose experience out in the field and innate ability to work in some of the most heinous of conditions had gotten her quite a reputation. When he'd worked briefly out in the Sudan he'd met Lola and could easily see her potential for greater things. So when the time had come to pick his team he'd been left with no doubt in his mind that he'd wanted her to join them.
It had been a position Lola had easily accepted, not thinking twice on the fact that there may be no returning back to Earth. The opportunity to not only work with someone like Carson whose reputation was far greater than her own, but to also travel to another galaxy had been far too good for her to turn down.
Sighing quietly Lola used her slender hand to comb her fingers through her glossy, chocolate coloured curls, making quick work of tying it up and out of the way, her honey brown eyes closing briefly. As Carson reached out for the fitted light kit she'd be carrying, once the younger woman had zipped up her vest, he helped her to get it on over her shoulders, and whilst she fastened it into place Dr Weir spoke again.
"From what we know from this man as well, you don't have much time." She said, drawing Lola's attention back over to her. The younger woman paused in what she was doing, looking between John and Weir once more, an uneasy feeling settling in the pit of her stomach, "The wraith could show up at anytime."
According to what John had told them, Ronon Dex, the man currently holding Teyla hostage had a transmitter in his back that allowed the Wraith to track him. "Well that's just, great." Lola stated dryly as Major Lorne walked into the infirmary, immediately heading for the metal case they'd be taking with them to the planet. "What about Lt Ford?" she asked.
"Still in the wind, but we believe he now has Rodney, which is yet another complication we need to resolve and quickly." Weir said, tilting her head to look at John who up until this point had remained silent, his thoughts clearly on his team mates as he picked up the long bag and swung it over his shoulder.
"We'll find him, both of them and bring them back." There was a determination in his voice that made everyone stand up and take attention, all of them feeling the confidence behind his words. Suddenly the situation appeared more manageable, they were going to get their people back and hopefully help someone else in the process.
Smiling softly she turned to Carson and bid him a quiet goodbye, letting her hand rest over his arm reassuringly, "See you soon." She said, before turning to Dr Weir, nodding her head in the direction of the other woman before she stepped up to join Sheppard and Lorne, both of who were carrying most of her equipment and now flanking her on either side as they left the infirmary. Lola couldn't help but admire the attention these men got as they walked through the corridor, you could see the respect for them in the faces of the people they passed on the way to the Jumperbay.
Lola could still remember the first time she'd met John.
Going off-world was always a bit of a nerve wrecking thing, after all even the simplest of missions could take a turn for the worse in this galaxy with the wraith now awake. Lola like most of the people on Atlantis had endured through some of the worst that the Pegasus Galaxy could throw at them; this would be a cake walk when compared to the storm they had managed to survive.
"So why did the wraith make this guy a runner? What's the point?" Lola asked as the readjusted one of the two bags she was carrying, over her shoulder. She was confused as to why the wraith would feel the need to do such a thing, but then again they were monsters, perhaps this was all some sick game to them. She couldn't imagine the horror of what this Ronon Dex had been through. No matter what was happening now, and despite her intense worry for Teyla, Lola's heart ached for this man. No one deserved to suffer through anything like that; it was no way to live your life and she couldn't help but wonder how long he'd been like this, how long had he been running, all alone.
"Sport maybe, or even study, with the wraith you never know." John replied with a small shrug of his shoulders, sure he felt for the other man but there was still the issue that he had Teyla prisoner and until that was resolved as far as John was concerned he was just another problem they had to contend with.
"It's barbaric; no one should have to go through that." Lola said the sympathy clear in her voice. John looked down at the younger Doctor and frowned as they entered the jumperbay, hoping she wasn't going to allow herself to get caught up in feeling sorry for the runner, after all if he could get the drop on both Teyla and John who were both incredibly skilled in what they did, then he was a danger. Hopefully Lola kept her wits about her; the last thing he wanted was to have to worry about someone else.
"Let's just keep focus here Doc. Get the transmitter out, get Teyla, find Ford, and come home. No getting involved." He told her firmly, his eyes watching as she strapped herself into her seat in the jumper behind Lorne. Lola nodded her head, confirming she understood. John tilted his head back around, sharing a look with Lorne before he refocused on the screen in front of him, as his hands began their expert work over the DHD, "Here we go."
Hey everyone! Okay I've returned back to my love for SGA and had to write this story. I'm incredibly excited about it so I hope you guys enjoy it just as much. It's not my first OC story.
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