A/N- Thanks for the reviews, Thanks to my Beta Indemaat
She turned and looked at her brother with anger in her eyesHer plan of public peace went out the window and she lunged at him, her fist connectedwith his face. She went for him again but two arms wound around her waist and held her back.
"4 ½ years Rodney, 4 ½ freaking years!" she yelled angrily. "Jeanie is dead, so is Madison and so is Mike. You didn't show up I knew nothing of where you were!" She continued to struggle against the arms holding her back.
"I was in another Galaxy!" he retorted.
"You don't get it do you? They're gone…YOUR sister and her family are goneDid you get my letter?" Her anger simmered down and she looked at him sadly.
"I did, we had service here," he defended.
Kayleigh rolled her eyes and pried the hands from around her waist. "Mer, I needed you. Six months I was alone dealing with it ALL." She turned and left the room and back to her quarters.
She pulled out her CD player and put in her mixed CD; Music had been her salvation in all her hard timesThe last six months she had resorted to listening to music when she got down. Her door beeped and she walked over opening it.
"Would you like to talk?" Teyla asked looking at Kayleigh sympathetically
"I'm good I got in a good punch and yelled at him I'll be alright. He's so frustrating and lucky that guy was holding me back." Kayleigh collapsed on her bed and pulled the ear phones out of her ears.
Teyla sat next to her and put her hand on her new friend's shoulder.
"Rodney is…difficult sometimes, and Ronon was under Sheppard's orders He was willing to just watch. Rodney does not like to admit when he is in the wrong. Give him time" Teyla suggested.
Kayleigh looked at Teyla and smiled "Tell me about it I'll be waiting a long time though I guess I'll just ignore it like I have all the other times he's not been there"
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Rodney stood in the infirmary Sheppard and Ronon with him each bearing a wide grin at Rodney's predicament. His face was swollen and redA nice bruise was going to develop and they couldn't help but laugh at how it happened.
"Where'd she learn to pack a punch like that?" Sheppard asked curiously.
"Martial Arts from age ten" Rodney replied wincing as Jennifer placed and ice pack on his face.
"Trust you to piss off a sister who can kick your ass" Sheppard chuckled
"I didn't do it deliberatelyShe did it" Rodney replied childishly pointing to his face"She punched me," he continued as if it had suddenly sunk in that he got flattened by his sister.
"You said that" Ronon replied smirking He had held back Kayleigh when she went to pounce on Rodney for the second timeHe knew she had power in her and could hold her own if she had to; she had struggled and made him fight to keep her away from her brother. "She's fiery," Ronon added looking at Rodney.
"Yes, well, she has red hair. Not uncommon for a red head to be fiery and have a temper." Rodney slid off the bed and left the infirmary with Sheppard and Ronon snickering behind him as they followed.
They arrived at Weir's office moments later and sat down waiting for her to deliver the news. Teyla was already waiting for them, chatting away to Elizabeth.
"Now that we're all here lets get started." Weir pulled out a file and set it on the desk.
"What's going on?" Rodney questioned still holding the ice pack on his face.
"Kayleigh wasn't moved here because she had no where to go. She signed all the appropriate documents and was told that she was being shipped here to Atlantis in this galaxy. The truth is she has the ATA gene of the charts She's skilled in Martial arts and has a background in Nursing. But that's not the only reason we brought her here" Weir paused. "The lab you found on the lower level that was repaired has a machine that none of the personnel on this base can work, correct"
Rodney nodded and gave her an inquisitive look.
"She is your half-sister correct?" Weir asked
"Different moms" Rodney replied ignoring the glances from the others.
"Possibly she inherited the gene from her mother, or from your father and you were not so lucky. Perhaps she may be able to work the consoles we can't," Weir said smiling,
"Looks like you lucked out there, huh, Rodney" Sheppard quipped.
Rodney rolled his eyes at Sheppard.
"And with Carson gone, we need someone who can control the chair easily while the rest are doing their jobs," Sheppard continued.
"Others can control the chair too, such as majorLorne and Rodney, but it's not the chair we are concerned about at the momentWe need to see if she can get the console to work so Rodney can study it and tell us what it does" Weir answered. "We aren't going to tell her about any of this just yet. First, I want you, Rodney, to try and sort things out with her. We need you two on better terms. Until then I'm going to give her a few odd jobs so she can meet people, for a few days before we throw all of this at her."
Everyone nodded and stood to leave the room, Rodney wearing a slight frown.
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Kayleigh walked into Weir's office. She had seen the others leaving and had wondered what was going onShe was happy to be in Atlantis and thought perhaps decking Rodney was the reason she had been called into see Weir.
"Since you are now part of the Atlantis expedition I need to find you something to do. I won't put you with Rodney, however, I can't guarantee that you won't have to work together at some stage," Weir said as Kayleigh sat in front of the desk nodding.
Kayleigh considered herself lucky: after all she had decked her brother in the mess hall, but she had not gotten into trouble for it anymore than receiving a warning. "Whatever you want, BUT I'm not the scientist freak like my brother," she replied smiling.
"I talked to a few of the Sheppard's team and they could use a bit of help, delivering reports and things like that, Administration. We send regular reports and other information back to Earth. They get compressed into smaller files and we send them through in a databurst. Instead of Rodney doing it, I'm giving you that job," Weir stated smiling.
"Can I ask you something?"
Weir looked at her and nodded.
"Could I bepart of the defense teaching program" Kayleigh looked at Weir and watched as her face changed into a face of recognition.
"What did you have in mind?" she asked and Kayleigh smiled.
"I could teach martial arts or become an additional sparring partner for the marines," Kayleigh offered.
"We have Ronon teaching them. I don't see us needing another teacher," Weir replied kindly.
"He teaches his way of fightingWouldn't it be better to have more than one way of fighting, broaden their options in a fight?" Kayleigh stated with determination.
"There is a self-defense programSome of the women find Ronon a bit to rough with his techniques and have opted not to take the class with him, perhaps you could teach those women your techniques," Weir suggested happily.
"Done, I'll do it." Kayleigh smiled widely.
"I'll make a schedule and give it to you tomorrow, until then your free." Weir smiled.
"Cool, I'll avoid Rodney's sarcastic ass as much as possible for now." she grinned and stood thanking Weir and left the room.
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Morning came without incident. Kayleigh had cleared her mind of all the problems from the day before and she hadn't seen Rodney since she punched him. She was ready for the day. Her shower had relaxed her and she was ready to do her job.
The long corridors amazed herThe architecture and designs were all intriguing to her. She looked at the walls as she walked along, until she connected with a human one. Dropping backwards she fell on the floor and sighed. She lookedup andthe grinning face of Sheppard and the slightly annoyed face of Ronon peered back at her.
"Whoops?" She bit her lip and stood from the ground with help from Sheppard's outstretched hand.
"Sorry guys, I was admiring the world around me," she apologized.
"It's fine, don't worry about it," Sheppard replied.
Kayleigh nodded and looked at Ronon. Her eyes traced his tall body until she landed on his face.
"My bad" she smiled and walked off towards Weir's office for her schedule.
Weir had it prepared on a PDA. She handed the PDA over and told her to start with the basics as the scientist group she had first didn't know much about self-defense. Kayleigh thanked her. She was excited and happy to be getting back into the martial arts after six moths off.
