John could see the village as they got closer…
"Isn't there something…anything we can do?" Elizabeth whispered to him as they continued to follow Kalden.
"Dr. Weir…what did I say about talking?" Kalden suddenly snapped not even turning around. She looked at him in shock that he heard her. She was about to respond when John grabbed her hand that was in the bond with his and shook his head at her. She just stared at him before glaring at Kalden and clamping her mouth shut angrily before pulling her dress up a little so she would stop stepping on it.
They walked slowly into the village. Elizabeth looked around and saw women with baskets around what looked like markets with small children hiding behind the skirts of their dresses. Then there were men with guns walking the streets. They got further into the village and the area was bigger, there was a stage in the middle of the village that had bars on every side with a small door. The cage contained mainly women, some men, teenagers, children, and a few elders. She watched as a man walked up to a teenage girl who was standing next to an older woman who had a toddler on her hip. The man grabbed the teenagers arm and pulled her towards him. She fought him…he immediately smacked her and knocked her unconscious. Elizabeth gasped at the sight and felt John's hand tighten around hers. She just looked away from the caged area and at the ground as they continued to follow Kalden.
They were approaching a building when Elizabeth felt a hand snake out and grab at her. She shrieked and jumped away, closer to John. It was two men, one of the men grabbed her arm that wasn't bonded to John's tightly and tried to feel her up.
"Let her go!" John warned the man angrily as Elizabeth struggled to get away, closer to John.
"She is a slave is she not? I can do what I please to her!" The man smirked licking the side of Elizabeth's face as she flinched. John was about to punch the man when Kalden stepped in.
"Turin, let her go." Kalden ordered angrily and Turin pushed Elizabeth into John knowing not to mess with Kalden. John wrapped an arm around Elizabeth and held her close before they started to follow Kalden again. Elizabeth walked as close to John as she could the rest of the way to the building. They were placed in a small 4x5 room with only a mattress.
"Could this day get any worse…?" Elizabeth sighed out as they were locked into the small room.
"I wouldn't doubt it." John replied softly as they sat down on the mattress.
"How do you think we get this thing off anyways?" Elizabeth randomly asked him trying to take their mind off the matter at hand making him smile slightly.
"I don't know. We'll find a way." He sighed out leaning back against the wall looking over at her. "Elizabeth I promise…you will get out of here alive." John encouraged her. She immediately looked at him in confusion.
"What?" He asked not understanding.
"What about you? You only said I will get out of here…" She asked him.
"Like I said…like my job said. Do anything to keep you alive and I am going to do just that." He told her firmly.
"Even if it means you…" She stuttered a little.
"Yes…even if it means my life, and a hand to get you disconnected from me." He told her softly.
"John…" Elizabeth started but he cut her off.
"Elizabeth don't fight me on this one. Order me around all you want, but we're in a hostage situation…I have the upper hand not you." He answered firmly and she just nodded in understanding and the door opened.
"Come." It was a guard instead of Kalden.
John got up first and helped Elizabeth up before they followed the man out and into another room.
"Here they are…" They heard Kalden say to another man.
"They are…restrained to each other?" The man questioned.
"They cannot take it off. We do not know what it is…neither do they. But I assure you…they can handle what you give them." Kalden explained and the man just nodded.
"On your knees!" The guard yelled at them pushing them both down. The other man walked over to them and started circling them.
"She is not very strong…what good will she do for me if she is restrained with this man who has all the power?" The man sneered angrily.
"Look either you take them or you leave them. They cannot be separated…as you can see." Kalden told the man firmly.
"I will take them." The man finally decided.
"Good." Kalden smirked.
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Ronon and Teyla followed closely behind Atlon who led them to the village John and Elizabeth were being held captive in. They arrived at the village and hid in a building without being seen when they saw a man walking out with John and Elizabeth following, with two more men following behind them.
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John and Elizabeth were following Atlon when the same man that grabbed Elizabeth earlier came out and hit John.
"That is what you get for taking your lady friend away from me!" The man sneered angrily as John sat on the ground on his knees, hunched over. The man struck John again when Elizabeth screamed at him.
"Leave him alone!" Elizabeth screamed angrily kneeling next to John with a hand reassuringly on his back. The man Kalden was talking to earlier swiftly turned hearing her yelling at another man and back handed her.
"Don't speak! You are a woman!" The man yelled angrily at her.
"Glad you noticed! Now let us go!" Elizabeth sent daggers at the man; she had spent way too much time around John. John just sat there thinking 'oh no' as his breathing started to come back. The man got even more angry and pulled Elizabeth up to her feet.
"Do I need to tell you again?" The man yelled angrily pulling her face close to his with his hand wrapped around her chin and neck. She grabbed his right hand wrist with her left hand trying to pull it away but he just tightened his grasp, digging his fingers and nails in. She whimpered slightly at the tight grasp he had on her. She tried pulling away but he pulled her closer. Before she knew it he had his tongue in her mouth. She continuously tried pulling away and bit his lip finally. He cried out in pain and hit her again sending her down next to John, who caught her.
"You really have to start listening." John whispered to her seeing a cut on her cheek and bruising forming around it and the marks the man made on her neck and chin.
"Now let's go!" The man yelled at the two of them. They both slowly got up and started to follow. They were finally right outside of the village when John noticed Ronon and Teyla a ways behind.
"Ronon and Teyla…" John whispered to Elizabeth as one man followed behind the man who bought them in front of them and another man in front of all of them leading the way. Elizabeth wanted to question his point about them but didn't want to take her chances and get hit again either…
"Following…" He told her softly trying to cover it with a sigh. Just then Ronon came out of no where in front of them and acting…natural.
"Could you tell me where the village is?" He asked the men.
"Back there." The front man told him angrily.
"Thanks." Ronon sighed out walking past that man. But just as he walked past him he kicked the guy that bought John and Elizabeth and wrapped his arms around the first guy taking him out. Teyla took out the guy behind them but before anyone could react the 'purchaser' had a gun to Elizabeth's forehead as they stood face to face.
"Stop or I will shoot her!" The man yelled as Teyla and Ronon dropped the now unconscious men.
"You're outnumbered…just put the gun down! Three against one." John told him firmly as he felt Elizabeth's hand in the bond grab his tightly.
"Say goodbye!" The man smirked and before he could pull the trigger John intercepted and stood in front of Elizabeth so he was facing her, wrapping his arms around her the best he could as the man shot at her. Once he pulled the trigger Ronon took him out and killed him.
Elizabeth was in shock. She looked up into John's eyes and noticed they were a little unfocused…then she felt blood on his bare back with her hands. He slowly fell into her and they went down…
"John!" She cried out as tears suddenly filled her vision.
"I-I told you…an-anything an every-everything to ke-keep you alive." He choked out.
"John please!" She cried as tears started to fall and she placed her head next to his hugging him tightly.
"I-I love you." He sighed out just as the bond between them broke. She immediately wrapped her arms tightly around him sobbing.
"No don't do this to me! Stay with me!" She cried as he looked up at Ronon.
"Take her…go…" John ordered him just as his eyes rolled to the back of his head.
"No!" She screamed as Ronon picked her up.
"He's gone…" Ronon told her softly as she fought against him.
"No! No let me go!" She screamed and pounded against Ronon's chest as Atlon came over to them.
"I will meet you at the gate…" Teyla told Ronon and he just nodded before he carried Elizabeth to the gate as she fought, screamed, and sobbed.
"Atlon…is there anything you can do?" Teyla asked softly as a few tears slipped.
"I will see what I can do." Atlon gave her a reassuring smile as she helped him get her now dead friend back to Atlon's village.
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Teyla walked up to the gate to see Elizabeth sitting on a rock with her legs pulled up to her chest, her arms wrapped around her knees, and her head resting on her arms as she stared blankly.
"How is she?" Teyla asked Ronon softly walking up to him as he leaned on the DHD.
"Hurt…she hasn't said a word since she's stopped crying and screaming." Ronon told her in concern.
"Atlon is trying to help John…" Teyla sighed out.
"Teyla he's dead. There's nothing he can do." Ronon told her angrily.
"There may be something he can do Ronon." Teyla replied firmly
"Let's just get back to Atlantis. We'll come back tomorrow for Sheppard's body." Ronon ordered as Teyla walked over to Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth…" She spoke softly standing next to her. Elizabeth didn't even look at her.
"Elizabeth…we need to go back to Atlantis. A team can come and…get John's body tomorrow." Teyla told her sympathetically, handing Elizabeth John's dog tags. Elizabeth immediately looked at her in anger and sadness as tears started to form again. She just slid off the rock and walked straight towards the gate with Teyla in tow.
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Elizabeth didn't sleep at all that night. She laid in her bed in her pajama bottoms and tank top. She couldn't fall asleep…all she could think about was John. Finally she got out of bed and walked out of her quarters; she ended up outside John's quarters and walked right in. The room was dark, she didn't even bother with the lights and went straight to his bed where a shirt of his lay. She grabbed it as she lay down in his bed and clutched to it as she started to cry again…sooner or later she cried herself to sleep.
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Teyla couldn't find Elizabeth anywhere that morning. She went to her quarters, her office, the mess hall, infirmary, gym, balconies. But Elizabeth was no where in sight. So she went to Rodney.
"Rodney have you seen Elizabeth?" She asked softly walking into his lab.
"No I haven't…is she missing?" He asked her in concern.
"I cannot find her anywhere." Teyla sighed out.
"I think I know where she is…" Rodney suddenly responded and walked out of his lab with Teyla behind him.
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They walked into John's quarters and there on his bed was Elizabeth, still fast asleep with his shirt and dog tags clutched in her hands…
"Let her sleep…" Teyla grabbed Rodney's arm before he could walk over to Elizabeth and wake her.
"But she…" Rodney started but Teyla cut her off.
"Rodney. She needs the rest. We will come back later if she is not awake yet." Teyla told him firmly and he just nodded before they walked out leaving Elizabeth to sleep.
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AN: so there is the next chapter to this! sorry ive been busy-school's starting soon : i don't want to go back...but please review!! i love the feedback!
