Title: Untitled
Author: Carrie Key
Disclaimers: It's MGM, and SciFi (the other way is stupid), and very little of this is mine. I did use some lyrics from the Beatles song, "Paperback Writer" by John Lennon.
Summary: Why is Telford such a jerk most of the time?
Author note: Trying not to let this one run a muck, so it may well be a one-shot. I do have other things I need to be working on...
He loved coming down here each day, after breakfast. Eli Wallace always found something interesting when he did, and today was no different. Today she was at the computer terminal and dancing to what ever music she decided on today on the mp3 player. As Eli approached Dr. Kira Amuro, he quickly discovered the song she was listening to, as she belted out a few lines; "Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? Based on a novel by a man named Lear, And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer."
She had a nice voice. If not for his mom, Eli would never have known the song made famous by the Beatles. In the time since they all arrived on board the Destiny, Kira was one of the few who kept an upbeat attitude, and did not let Dr. Rush get to her like the rest did. She always had interesting things to say and she always checked on him, even when he didn't come down and visit her while she was working. She told him once, "I'm the senior member of the Stargate Program here; I better make sure the freshman is ok."
He watched her for another minute before daring to tap her shoulder. She didn't jump, just looked over at him, smiling when she recognized him. "Meal time over already?"
"Yup, you missed a great story by the Colonel about his time aboard the Prometheus." Eli stole a glance at the terminal. Unlike Dr. Rush, Kira did not fiercely protect her work. "What's this?"
"I think I've uncovered a schematic for the ship, a detailed one, not the map that Rush found at first." She punched a few keys on the terminal, bringing up a large hologram before them.
"You think?" he chided.
"Actually, I'm positive I did." They both stared at the visual before for a minute, taking in the shear size of Destiny. "I figure this blinking blip is us," Kira points to a section. I'm not sure if it can do anything else. Rush will know when he wakes up."
"That is so cool. I wonder if it could help us figure out how to unlock the rest of the ship?" Eli though aloud.
"I hope so."
Eli grinned at her, "So, a Beatles fan?"
"Of course! George was my favorite." She turned back to the terminal, chuckling a little.
"I would have pegged you for a Ringo fan."
"Nah, nose is too big. I don't like 'em that big." The comfortable silence that followed showed how well the two were getting along. Eli made no mistake that there could ever be anything romantic with Kira, but he felt comfortable around her. "So what should we discuss today?"
"Well, I believe yesterday you went over the different System Lords of the Goa'uld. I think you left off on Yu." He almost said the joke, but refrained. When she had talked about him, she warned Eli that many people had joked about the System Lord's name and that it was now a dead horse.
"Yes, Lord Yu, who turned out to be a valuable ally towards the end." She didn't miss a beat as she talked to Eli, giving him more information on the deceased System Lord as she read the screen on the terminal.
"Ah, System Lords again today, Kira? Perhaps you expect us to be attacked by them any day now. Perhaps Amaterasu will make an appearance?" Dr. Nicholas Rush entered the room, notebook in hand.
"Very funny, Nicholas." She punched the same sequence of keys from earlier, bringing up the hologram of Destiny. "And while you were taking in your beauty rest, look at what I found."
"Is that what I think it is?" Rush looked at it in wonder.
"If you think it's a schematic, then you have won the booby prize." Kira moved over so Rush could get in. He punched a few more keys, his eyes darting back and forth from the hologram to the terminal. The picture changed slightly, showing different angles of the ship, finally zooming in on the spot with the blinking light. "That would be us."
"Yeah, we guessed that…" Eli started.
Rush ignored him, "Good work, Dr. Amuro. Once I've figured out just what we can do with this, I'll have Young send out some people to investigate."
"Maybe I could send a Kino?" Eli asked, hopefully.
"Yes, Eli, I believe in some cases that would be wise." Finally he looked up from his work, over at Kira. "Anything else of interest?"
"Not really. More jargon and jumbles I don't quite understand, but I was planning on seeing a few of the scientists later and pick their brains. Nothing major."
"Wow, that's incredible." Colonel Young's voice came from behind them.
"Colonel Young, wonderful. I was going to send for you…" Rush turned to face the man, only to stop mid-sentence.
"Colonel Telford?" Kira asked.
"Yes, Kira." He walked into the room, using the gun/crutch of Young's to steady his leg.
"I see. Well, since you are here, Col Telford…"
Telford raised Young's hand to silence the scientist. "Actually I'm here to see Dr. Amuro. If you will excuse me and the good doctor I have a message from General O'Neill for her."
"Say it here, David. Jack wont mind." Eli had never seen Dr. Amuro act like this around anyone. Even Dr. Rush didn't have Kira standing with her arms crossed and the dirtiest look on her face on his worst days.
"Actually, yes, the General will mind." Telford put a lot of stress on the General.
"Fine, you have five minutes. No more than. Jack is a simple man, so you shouldn't need more than that." On that note she left the room, not saying another word. Colonel Young's face looked horrified.
"Trouble in paradise, Colonel?" Rush gave Telford an evil look.
"Don't start Rush!" Telford warned, turning to chase after Kira. Which was slow coming with Young's still injured leg.
"What was that all about?" Eli asked.
"Probably a lover's spat and no concern of ours." Rush turned back to the hologram.
"Lover's spat?" Eli was lost.
"She never told you?"
"Tell me what?"
Rush laughed at Eli, "Your girlfriend there is married to Colonel Telford. I can't believe she never told you."
"Yeah, funny… wait? You're serious?" Eli was expecting this be part of some joke of Rush's, not that he thought the doctor had a sense of humor.
"I am. Seven years they've been together."
"No wonder he acts like a jackass when he's here." Eli summed it up perfectly.
***
"So, David, what was so important that you had to lie about it?" Kira had known the moment she looked at Colonel Young's body that Everett was not there. David held himself differently and always had this certain look on his face when he saw her for the first time in a while.
"What makes you think I lied?" he asked her as he scouted out the room she had led him to.
"I know your tells. We're alone. Spill it." She really didn't mean to get so defensive around him, but considering they'd been aboard this ship for almost two weeks and this was the first time he'd actually sought her out, she felt she was entitled.
"Fine. I received the divorce papers. I can't believe you were serious about it! What about our last night together? I thought we'd agreed to try again once the Icarus Project was done." He felt hurt and betrayed. He wasn't going to win any 'Husband of the Year' awards, but he honestly thought she wasn't going to go through with the divorce.
"I had told my lawyer to go ahead with it before I left on the Hammond to see Dr. Rush." She closed the space in between them, her face inches from his. "And before you acted like a complete ass and ignored me since I've been on this damn ship, I was going to go ahead and have my lawyer destroy them and call the proceedings off. But, since you were an ass, you will sign those papers and you won't have to worry about me being such an inconvenience to you anymore." Tears start to roll down her cheeks.
"What the hell has Telford been up to now?" Colonel Young questioned, alarmed to have the short, Asian woman in his face.
"Everett?" Young wasn't the only one alarmed.
"It's me, Kira. What did he do now?" Colonel Young and Kira were by far close friends, but she was a rarity in the entire Stargate Program: one of the longest lasting members to still be apart of the program and even rarer, to be alive. He felt a certain respect for the civilian who started out as Dr. Jackson's research assistant and ended up becoming head of the Research Department for the entire program.
"He finally decided to look me up and messed it up royally. As usual." She wiped the tears away, feeling embarrassed for having had that display in front of him.
"General O'Neill warned me that when I got back I might want to check on you. That David was being (and I quote) 'an ass'."
"I'll be all right." She hugs him. "Um, I have found something you might want to see. Not sure if Dr. Rush has been able to figure it out any further, but it could prove useful in opening up the rest of the ship."
Colonel Young let it slide that she changed the subject, knowing she would tackle it when she was good and ready. Perhaps Eli might be able to help her with it. He'd noticed they were becoming closer. He hoped Colonel Telford didn't take it the wrong way though. It was pretty obvious she still had feelings for her husband and was not making designs on any other man here. "Lead the way, Doctor."