Chapter Six- Saving Mommy and Daddy
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"It will not be long now m'lady,"
The servant girl said, looking from Elizabeth's lower half where her body was getting ready for the birth of her daughter. Elizabeth was breathing heavily as she relaxed after another painful contraction passed, leaving her breathless.
"You cannot take my daughter, I won't let you ," She murmered, her head on the pillow.
"You do not have a choice in this matter, Doctor, you would never be able to look after this little girl properly- you cannot begin to comprehend even a small amount how powerful she will be."
Beta brushed Elizabeth's comment off as if the doctor had never even spoken.
"Ah!" Elizabeth cried as she gripped the bed sheets as another contraction came on, the servant girl- Marin- used a damp cloth to patt Elizabeth's damp forehead.
"I love her," Elizabeth gasped as she fell back onto the pillows. "Her father loves her, that's all that matters. It doesn't matter if she has powers or if she is normal… she's our daughter and you can never… NEVER take that way from her or us- we have a connection that can never be broken."
"You believe so?" Beta asked curiosly as the doors suddenly swung open, causing the avatar to spin around, her face showing a look of fury. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?"
The lead guard entered as his men dragged in the unconscious Atlantean team, Beta's furious gaze turned into an evil smile as John was dragged in finally- the team falling into heaps on the floor at Beta's feet as the guards covered them closely.
Beta smiled, stepping aside as to allow Elizabeth to get a clear view, her gasp made Beta even more amused.
"John-Ah!" Was all the expectant mother could get out as another contraction suddenly overwhelmed her.
The sound caused the team to slowly come around, Ronan and John waking first and immediately regretting is. One of the guards came over to John- An old acquaintance- and dragged him to his knees roughly, causing John to close his eyes as dizziness overcame him, hearing Ronan growl as he was given the same treatment.
"Well, it seems that you are stronger that I ever thought you could. You have managed to surpass my expectations regarding human endurance- I congratulate you."
Beta clapped her hands lightly in sarcasm as Elizabeth's heavy breathing filled the silence as Rodney, Teyla and Carson came to from the stunner's effects.
"Oww, my head. I think I have brain damage," Rodney groaned as he and his team mates were brought to his knees.
"I hate to disappoint you, Beta," John groaned as he adjusted to see the new situation, "You miss me that much, huh? Couldn't live without me?"
"John, you're… you're here…" Elizabeth murmered tiredly as she battled exhaustion; there was a measure of uncertainty in her voice as if her were only a dream.
John fought the guard, his shoulder and back screaming in pain as he resisted their restraint upon himas he told Elizabeth with a mixture of lov and desperation.
"It's me and I'm not going anywhere… I promise. I'm gonna be right here for you… and our little girl."
Elizabeth allowed herself to show emotions now; emotions that she had hidden well but after hearing his voice, were overwhelming her as she tried not to cry. Her happiness was short lived as another more painful contraction came on and she cried out once more. Carson looked over to the bed and then to Beta.
"I'm a doctor, I can help her. Just let me go over to her."
Carson said in his doctor tone of voice. Beta thought for a moment but nodded to the guard holding Carson to release the doctor. Carson immediately went to Elizabeth's side and began to examine her progress. It soon became evident that he was not pleased.
"Lass, this wee girl is too early for my liking,"
Beta cut in before Elizabeth could respond.
"You continue your activities Doctor… Beckett, my people are anxious for this baby to be born as soon as possible if in the hope to have a chance against her fellow phoenix friends who are after us."
John struggled even more. "What the hell are you talking about, she can't help you! She's just a little kid, she didn't ask anyone to make her special!!"
"Now, how would you know that she was special Colonel? As far as I recall, you were half-dead and in the precious ancestral city you hold in such high regard while your wife was worrying about you."
"If touch my wife or my daughter… I will kill you," John snarled as Beta came over to him as once again dragged his head back by his hair roughly, causing Johnto grunt through clentched teeth.
"You think so human? Many have tried and they have all failed… You may have survived last time but this time I shall watch as your blood lines the floor of this room."
Ronan, Teyla and even Rodney began to struggle at the comment, knowing that this wasn't a good sign as Carson went forward but was blocked. Elizabeth was now beginning to cry as the situation escalated.
"If it means that my daughter is kept away from you… you can kill me all you want," John muttered through clenched teeth, his guards pulling him upright.
Beta turned away for a moment- pulling from her robe a shiny athame- before spinning around and plunging it deep into John's abdomen, going straight through his vest asd causing a mass of internal bleeding. John gasped as he took in air but regretted it as the guards released him and he doubled over- the knife still buried in his stomach- as he was held by Beta, who turned it within him- causing the soldier to yell- before pulling the now blood stained knife out quickly and smoothly as John collapsed instantly and landed on his back on the floor before turning onto his side with his face to Beta who- for good measure- kicked him ferociously.
"John! John no!" Elizabeth cried as she tried to move but was stopped by another, more painful contraction. Beta- knife still in hand- moved toward her.
"This is taking too long. Deliver the baby, Doctor, or it will be you who shares the same fate as it's father."
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Maternity doctor's encourage mother's to talk to their unborn children as the child can pick on words as well as feelings and emotions. The baby inside Elizabeth picked up on her mother's emotions as she heard her mother cry; the emotions were so overwhelming that the little girl thought she should somehow reassure her mother.
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Elizabeth felt the sudden change in her baby almost immediately, seconds before what was about to happen; she felt a surge of energy course through her body- removing any tiredness or exhaustion she may have had moment's ago.
Beta also felt the change in Elizabeth and the little girl and spun around from John's feeble body as John and Elizabeth's baby made their prescence known to everyone in the room.
A surge of energy burst out into the room, causing Elizabeth to cry out in shock as it rose out of another contraction; the baby using telekinesis to throw the guards holding the team and standing about the room hard into the walls, out of the door, and two smashing through the window.
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"Oh My God," Elizabeth cried in shock.
"What was that about? Bloody Hell!" Carson swore as he turned to Elizabeth who turned her head to him in shock. "Lass, what's the matter?"
"My water's just broke," She whispered as the baby sent out another, much more forceful message.
-She is more powerful than Alpha Foresaw-
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Beta thought as the little girl used her powerful telekinesis to lift the guards up once more and chanelling her mother's untapped raw emotions; Fear, Anger, Compassion… Love- and making them even more powerful as she unleashed her mother's fury- and feeling other people's raw emotions- combined them as she sent out a much more destructive wave upon Beta's loyal guard.
A wind rushed through the room as Teyla, Rodney and Ronan went to John's side as he watched the scene unfold through heavy eyes as Teyla gently lifted his head off the floor and onto her lap as he covered his stab wound with his shaking hands which were shaking uncontrollably-and paled- with stark red on them from the seeping blood.
Beta and Teyla's haired flew back as the wind strengthened in the room as the guard- who had come to- began to scream in pain as the little girl unleashed the combined emotions of her mother and those she cared about and began to break down the guard's molecular structures- Their bodies… Their individual cells- and began to turn them into a fine ash that appeared dark grey in colour.
The ash soon began to swirl around as the guards were decimated with a force greater than that of a Super Tornado but which didn't seem to affect the Atlantean team and Marin; who was now cowering against the wall beside the four poster bed Elizabeth was lying on-gasping for breath at the power.
The guards screams of terror sooned died away as the last of their bodies disappeared into a tornado of ash swirling in the middle of the room, before appearing to blow up and disappear all together with nothing left.
As residue energy remained, the little girl chanelled that to where she felt the greatest pain- to John.
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John gasped as he suddenly felt the power enter his body and flow within him; within a few moments the pain from his wound vanished and he felt better than a moment ago. He knew something was different when even Beta's face became a mask of surprise.
"How is this possible," The avatar voiced aloud.
-Not even Alexial or Xaphania have the power contained in this young girl-
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John sat bolt upright, one hand supporting him on the floor with the other around the area where his stab wound had been only a few moment's ago; his breathing evening out as he looked up to Beta, whose facial expression turned to anger.
"What just happened?" He asked, looking to Beta, who in turn looked to Elizabeth- her blood stained knife still in her hand- and purposely went over to the bed.
"No," John growled in realisation as he got up - the only pain he felt was now coming from the original places- and went at Beta in a leap but was throw back into the wall by an electric shock and slammed down hard onto the remains of a table, unconscious.
Ronan picked up a weapon which had belonged to a guard and aimed at the female avatar, "Try this,"
He fired the weapon but it exploded as if hitting an invisible wall surrounding the avatar.
"If we cannot have your child alive, then both of you will die together," Beta said as Elizabeth's fear showed openly as the lantean leader attempted to move away but another contraction timed in and the doctor screamed at the pain and cried.
Carson looked on and muttered to himself. "Come on ye wee lass, do what ye did before."
Elizabeth put a hand over her bump protectively- feeling much more drained now and knew the baby was probably exhausted after saving them- as Beta neared, her knife held high when something bizarre happened.
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Beta felt her body begin to disappear as she was summoned away by a strange force.
"No," She screamed. "The child killed my most trusted guard, she has already manifested powers we cannot hope-"
But her words dissipated as she vanished,leaving the team and Marin.
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Elizabeth was safe but now they had more pressing matter's.