CHAPTER 2: Fortune favors the bold.
As he woke, he was greeted by the sound of screaming, pain shoot though his head with every motion he made as if something was drilling in to his skull , the stench of death clung to his nostrils, one smell that he was no stranger to. He looked around him seeing he was in a small cage that held nothing. The room was naked and cold it had no windows and the only light was torch like devises that hung on the walls outside the cell doors. lighting a long and narrow pathway that led to the outside of, where ever they were.
John looked to his right, and there he saw two more cells just like his own. One cell occupied a pacing Ronan and the other, a still unconscious Doctor McKay.
John had an uncomfortable not in his stomach. He couldn't help but notice that something was wrong. And then it hit him,
No Teyla.
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Colonel John Sheppard paced his cell frustratingly, well muttering something under his breath. Ronon stood by his cell door and Rodney had just woken up. They all feared for Teyla and were scared she was not going to come back. A couple of hours hap past since they first found Teyla was missing, and Sheppard was going nuts. Ronon watched the door very carefully, as if someone was going to come through any minute, when a sound came from behind it. Eventually the door swung open, hitting the wall behind it and making the whole room shake. Two fairly built men came stumbling through the entrance carrying the limp unconscious body of Teyla in their arms; her feet dragging behind her as her head hung limply by her chest. They staggered over to Sheppard's cell and opened the door, throwing her in and slamming it shut.
"What did you do to her!?" Sheppard practically screamed at the top of his lungs.
The two men said nothing and casually walked away.
Silence took over once again as Sheppard went for Teyla, He cheeked for a pulse and let sigh of frustration escape, but was relived all the same. It was not one he wanted faint and slow but at least she had one. For now.
"Is she ok?" Ronon asked a concerned expression painted on his face
"If you count this as ok then yes she's just super" John snapped back without looking up.
Her coat was covered in blood and her clothing was tattered and torn, there was a dark bruise forming round her left eye accompanied by three deep gashes on her right cheek. Her neck had a circular bruise on it as if she had been bitten. Teyla's breathing was heavy and she was holding her stomach as if she were in great pain, even though she was unconscious.
Sheppard slipped off his coat and rolled into a ball, putting behind her head as a pillow and being careful not to cause anymore damage to her wounds. Moving her in to a comfortable position, he leapt off the ground jumping towards the wall hitting it hard with his fists.
He looked at his other two teammate's who looked astonished by his actions.
Ignoring the pain in his hand he pushed himself off of the wall and went slamming in to the bars of the cage, dropping to his knees in defeat. Before he could even get up the door opened and a robbed man came through. His head was lowered so no one could see his face and
he kept looking round the room, as if he were being watched. Finley he closed the door behind him and limped up to John and Teyla's cell. He slowly put his hood down and gazed in to the cell. John followed his gaze then steeped in from of Teyla, blocking his view of her.
"What do you what?" John shouted, burning fury in his voice.
"I have come to help you." He said rather calmly as he fiddled with the bundle of keys in his hand.
"Oh yhea and why should we trust you. Who are you anyway?" John demanded, looking at the man with cold eyes.
The man looked at Teyla then closed his eyes.
He could still remember the way the wind blew through her hair as she whispered the words "I do" the way she looked at him out of pure love. He loved her more then anything and he made a promise that no matter what happens he would never let anything happen to her.
He opened his eyes again holding back tears.
"Who are you?" John demanded again. The man looked at him then looked at Teyla.
"My name is Callum, and I am her husband"
As night fell the moon shone brightly high in the black sky. John and everyone else had gotten to the surface with little difficulty; it was getting to the gate that was the problem.
Teyla had woken up a few minutes after Callum had arrived with everyone by her side. She could still taste him. The sweetness of his lips on hers when he ran a rough hand through her hair before pulling her in to a long passionate kiss. Even though she was sore and aching all over, she still had a big smile on her face. The problem was every time she looked at him she saw her son Kyle and had to look away.
The planet was cold and dark. The only light was the small was torch like devises that lined the streets leading towards the huge metal doors.
They had to move fast because sooner or later someone would notice they were missing. John kept thinking back to Teyla's unconscious, bruised and battered form. He couldn't stop thinking about what they did to her. Was it her scream that woke him? God he hoped not. Most of the cuts and bruises were covered with her coat but the ones on her face still showed. Sheppard was torn away from his thoughts when Callum appeared to his right with a huge smile on his face.
"Hey" he said his smile reaching his ears.
"Hey," John said fee
feeling the exact opposite of what the man on his right was. John really thought he had a chance with Teyla then this guy come along and steals her away from him. But on the plus side Teyla was happy and that's all that mattered.
The guards that patrolled the streets started to clear and that's when everyone made their move. Jon ran at the front with Teyla at his side when she suddenly stumbled and fell to the floor. "TEYLA!" John screamed knelling down beside her. He look behind him and saw his team and Callum all sprawled out on the floor and then a slight stinging in his arm. He too fell to the floor and everything faded in to oblivion.
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Bits of stone and brick flew through the air like death- dealing projectiles. Flames of crimson scarlet and brilliant bright reds and oranges ascended towards the heavens as if to burn the stars. Screams of terror and pleas for help echoed through the air as the sound of horse's hoofs hitting the floor and shaking the ground. Death was all around her as once again the Chamitins created havoc over the Athosian village. Five year old Teyla Emmargan ran towards the woods as fast as her little legs could carry her with her mother, brother and father following closely behind her. Suddenly her father stopped and looked towards the burning village.
"You must go" Tugan yelled at his wife Lana over the screams and terrified shouts..
"What about you" she cried
Tugan looked lovingly at his wife then at his two children.
"Run" he demanded before he went running off back to the village
"Daddy" little Teyla yelled starting after him but was grabbed from behind by her brother.
"Daddy" she yelled again as the village went up in a mountain of flames. Her brother was the next to go pulled from her grasp as he was dragged through the undergrowths back to what was left of their home. Her mother took her hand and led her towards the lake, Lana took Teyla by the shoulders and looked her directly in the eyes
"Teyla I want you to hide" she said Teyla could not believe what she was hearing.
"Momma"
"No Teyla I want you to hide and no matter what you see or hear I want you to stay there .do you understand me?"
"But momma?"
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" she screamed shaking her small daughter by the shoulders.
Teyla did as she was told and hid inside a big tree the last thing she heard was her mother's screams echoing through the night.
Well there it is. The second chapter lost more to come. What did you think??????? Please review. Thanks…..