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Chapter Three
It had been over a day since Kolya had taken Elizabeth, and every available team had been searching Genii hot spots to try and locate Dr. Weir's whereabouts—only to come back empty-handed.
Sheppard was on the verge of tearing his hair out. If they didn't find… he needed to stay calm and focused as he waited for the gate to finish dialing, indicating another team arriving. There was still one possibility left, and that was with Bates' team.
Bates was the first to appear and that possibility immediately went out the window when John saw the look on his face. "Sorry, sir. Nothing."
"Dammit!" yelled John and immediately noticed the loud noise had attracted everyone's attention.
"Major, maybe if I talk with Sora, try and persuade her to help us," offered Teyla, sensing John's frustration.
John shook his head as both she and Aiden waited for an answer. "Even if she could, she wouldn't help us."
"Perhaps I could persuade her to provide us with more location possibilities."
John nodded at the idea, giving her the all clear to proceed, and with that Teyla left the room.
Inside the Genii complex"Sir, you might want to take a look at this."
Ladon moved over to the security monitor one of the guards was watching. The view was of Dr. Weir's cell and she could be seen walking back and forth across the room. "A look at what?"
"One moment, sir." The guard waited for the right moment to show Ladon his find. "There."
Leaning closer towards the monitor, Ladon watched over the guard's shoulder. What was pointed out to him happened again. Either subconsciously or consciously, Dr. Weir would rub the centre of her stomach almost protectively.
The guard turned to look at Ladon. "Could she be with child?"
"Would explain a few things. Like why she stopped running from us." Ladon stood and watched Dr. Weir's movements for a few minutes before contacting Kolya. "Commander, you might want to come to the security room. We have something you may wish to see."
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A few minutes later a bad-tempered Kolya stormed into the security room. "What is it, Ladon?"
Ladon indicated the monitor. "Dr. Weir, sir. From her movements we think she might be pregnant."
Kolya couldn't help but allow a sly grin onto his face. Looks like he had gotten more than he'd bargained for if that were true. "Only one way to find out."
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Standing up in the middle of the room and facing the back wall, Elizabeth spun round and stepped back a little when she heard the door to her cell opening.
A few seconds after, Kolya and three of his goons entered. "Afternoon, Dr. Weir. I trust we are feeling comfortable today."
"What do you want, Kolya," spat out Elizabeth.
"Temper, temper. We're just here to run a few tests, nothing you need to concern yourself with."
"What kind of tests?"
"Just testing a theory, shouldn't take long." Kolya closed the door once they were all in the room and watched Elizabeth back up towards the bed as his guards advanced towards her, one of them holding a syringe and the other a gadget in his hands.
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Pacing Elizabeth's office, John was getting more and more agitated as time went on. Teyla was still down in the holding cell talking to Sora and no news had come of it.
Suddenly the gate activated and the technician contacted him. "Sir, I'm receiving an unauthorised transmission, audio only."
John immediately responded to the call. "Source?"
"It's a Genii signal; the location has been locked out."
John rushed out of the office and ran towards the control room. "Can you trace it?"
"I can try, sir."
"Put a trace on it and then open the channel."
"Channel open."
"Kolya, if that's you, this has gone on long enough. Let Dr. Weir go."
"Major Sheppard, good to hear from you. You're in no position to be making demands right now. Especially since I haven't even made mine yet."
"First I want to talk to her," demanded John.
"Not possible, I'm afraid."
"Dammit Kolya, let me—"
Kolya interrupted him before he could finish. "Major, I do hope you're aware that Dr. Weir's accommodation is under several feet of water. I only need to activate a switch to open up a panel which will allow the water into the room."
"What is it you want in return for Dr. Weir's safety?"
"What I came for previously, Major. Atlantis."
"Not possible and you know that."
"You might also want to take into consideration the fact that Dr. Weir is pregnant with your child if I'm not mistaken." John's eyes widened at the news. "I'll give you one more day to consider my request. Good day, Major."
This left John a little shell-shocked; was Kolya bluffing or was Elizabeth really pregnant? True, they had been seeing each other for two months now and no one knew. It took him a minute to notice that everyone was staring at him waiting for an answer. Why hadn't she told him?
TBC
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