Date : 10.07.2009
Title : The Fate Series : Part 1 - A Touch of Fate
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 9 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Lt. Colonel John Sheppard/OC
Major Evan Lorne/OC
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Angst, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Lorne, and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Lexi Roberts was created by Soccer-Bitch. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : AU : Lorne is gone for good this time and Ellie must move on with her life. There'll be no second chances this time, no way around them being parted…or is there…and is that what Ellie and Lorne for that matter, really wants?
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A/N : My O/C's are in this story quite predominantly at one point and I do apologise for that, but I felt it necessary for the series to work. Hopefully though, you'll like them enough to continue to read on and enjoy what they're getting up to! There are of course all the old favourites in here and a newbie or two…oh and remember…forget the Ellie and Lorne's of the past, this is another AU
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Weeks had passed since Ellie and Statham's 'just having sex' pact had been made and their relationship seemed to be going from strength to strength, the pair even having the audacity to have lunch and dinner together from time to time, raising the odd eyebrow around the base when they left the mess hall hand in hand.
Lyssa on the other hand, was not having as much luck with Sheppard as he was still with Lexi, despite having all but admitted to Ellie that he liked Lyssa…a lot.
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One morning, Ellie and Lyssa were in Lyssa's quarters getting ready for an off world mission.
"I heard that Lexi might have to go back to earth at the end of the week…those family troubles of hers are coming to a head apparently," Ellie said, as she tied the laces on her boots.
She straightened and Lyssa looked at her.
Lyssa resisted the urge to smile at Ellie's appearance. Her friend really didn't care that her signature sundresses did not go with the standard issue tac vests and boots, but what the real surprise was, was how she had the ability to make everyone else not care either.
Even Statham now didn't seem to mind what she wore off-world, but, she surmised that that was probably down to the shift in her two friends' relationship.
"I think I should just give up on John for the time being," she said eventually, "He needs to sort out his feelings for Lexi."
"I heard he's going to end things with her before she leaves, you know, like a clean break," Ellie said and Lyssa folded her arms and looked sceptically at her.
"You hear a lot," she said and Ellie laughed.
"Pillow talk can be good sometimes," she said and Lyssa shook her head.
"I swear that men are the worst gossips," she said as they began to gather their backpacks. They had already collected their side arms from the armoury earlier and though, technically, they weren't supposed to have weapons in their quarters, the girls had been slightly too early to go to the gate room and so had stopped back off at Lyssa's room.
"I think John just wants you to know that he'll soon be available," Ellie said and Lyssa made a snorting noise.
"What so he's telling Frank stuff, knowing that he'll tell you and you'll then pass it on to me?" she said, her tone disbelieving.
Ellie shrugged.
"Why not? It's what we'd do."
Lyssa waved her hand over the access panel and sighed as she shoved Ellie through the doorway.
"I guess time will tell…but for now, John Sheppard is off limits okay?" she said and Ellie grinned.
"For now…"
Lyssa groaned and stalked off down the hallway, leaving Ellie to jog after her to catch her up.
They took the level changer to the gate room and found that Statham and Lt. Franks were already there.
"Ladies," Statham said in greeting and whereas Ellie offered him her 'pretty' smile, Lyssa's smile could have frozen him to the spot and he frowned at her questioningly, but she looked away.
"You and your team ready to go now Major?" Woolsey asked from Chuck's side and Statham looked up and raised a hand.
"Dial her up," he called out.
Whilst they waited, Ellie and Lt. Franks struck up a conversation and Statham took the opportunity to step closer to Lyssa.
"What was the 'look' for?" he asked quietly and Lyssa regarded him out of the corner of her eye.
"You know," she replied simply and Statham cleared his throat.
"Sheppard," he hazarded a guess.
"Uh-huh…just do me a favour and stop talking to him about me, okay?" Lyssa said and he nodded.
"No problem."
Lyssa sucked in a breath as the gate burst into life and she finally looked at him.
"Okay…lets go see what this new address has to offer," she said, referring to the new planet that had popped up on Zelenka's routine scans and Statham grinned at her.
"After you," he said, holding his arm out to indicate Lyssa go first.
Her friendship was important to him and he didn't want to be in her bad books, nor Ellie's and he didn't miss the pout that his 'just having sex' partner threw his way and he sent her a wink and indicated that she go through the gate next.
"Women," he said to Lt. Franks who nodded in understanding.
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On the other side of the gate they stepped into what appeared to be the clearing in a forest and Ellie smiled,
"Doesn't look so bad," she said.
"Feels a bit warm though don't you think?" Statham replied, feeling the heat around them already.
"It does a little," Lyssa agreed as they began to walk further on.
"We'll stay together for now alright, just until we get the lay of the land," Statham said and the others nodded in agreement.
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Lorne had been walking back through the forest toward his jumper when he had heard the gate activate.
He was instantly on alert having seen no signs of life here since he had crash landed.
Over the last few weeks he had camouflaged the jumper as best as he could, leaving just enough room for himself to get in and out of the rear without disturbing the foliage around it and so he was fairly confident that to an untrained eye, it would not be seen.
Whether it and he were discovered now though remained down to whoever was coming through the gate.
He headed to one of the closest look out points that he had set up and got ready to observe the newcomers.
He checked the ammo in the P-90 he carried, glad that he had taken the precaution of hiding the other armoury equipment that he had salvaged from Atlantis in another part of the forest.
And so, he waited…
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Ellie glanced around the clearing as they walked. It was so peaceful and Statham was right, it was unusually warm for the type of environment that they were in.
"I should take a soil sample," she said and smiled as she heard Statham groan out loud.
"Must you?" he asked, stopping and turning to face her.
"You know it," she replied, pointing to a nearby tree.
"I'll just head over by that one okay?"
Statham pulled a face at her, but nodded.
"Make sure you can see us at all times though Elle, understand?"
"Uh-huh," she nodded, grinning up at him.
He touched a finger to her chin before shaking his head and turning back to catch up with Lyssa and Lt. Franks who had wondered a little further ahead.
'She drives me crazy, but definitely in a good way these days,' he thought and marvelled at the fact that it no longer scared the crap out of him that she did.
Ellie watched Statham go for a moment, her eyes fixed on his taut ass which she had to concede, looked very nice in his combats!
Sighing, she headed toward the tree.
As she collected a soil sample and put some other tufts of foliage into a separate jar for good measure, she glanced around and looked further into the trees.
Forests had always fascinated her, the trees, the different plant life, the animals, the silence…
'It looks so peaceful in there,' she thought as she put the jars back into her sample kit and snapped the lid closed.
She glanced back to where Lyssa, Statham and Lt. Franks had walked some way ahead and decided she could cut them off if she walked just inside the edge of the tree line and that way she could get a good look at the flowers on the forest edge as she walked too and she'd still be able to see the rest of the team…just about, so she wasn't disobeying Statham totally.
Standing she stepped around the back of the tree closest to her and began to walk.
When she'd covered quite a bit of distance and realised that she wasn't going to catch up with the team fast enough to cut them off, she decided that she would just head back out and radio for them to wait for her.
She was just about to do just that when she spotted what appeared to be Bluebells and she paused mid-step as they were a little deeper inside and she bit her lip.
She loved Bluebells.
She glanced around. The forest seemed peaceful enough and she hadn't heard any untoward noises.
She couldn't check her life sign detector as Lyssa had it, but she was pretty certain that she was safe otherwise Statham would have raised the alarm by now surely.
With a decisive nod of her head she headed for the Bluebells.
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Lorne was beginning to get frustrated.
He could hear voices in the distance, but he still couldn't quite see who it was who was coming his way.
He needed to move from his current position, but he didn't want to risk being detected.
Suddenly a twig snapped somewhere behind him and he immediately turned around and crouched, his movements silent.
Through the foliage that separated them, he could see a woman bending down, her back to him as she examined something on the forest floor.
His eyes glanced over the equipment case that was set down next to her on the ground and he realised that there was something familiar about it, about her.
'It cant be," he thought, rising from his crouched position, his head now appearing over the top of the foliage.
"Ellie…?" he said her name without realising that he had spoken it out loud.
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Ellie heard the achingly familiar voice say her name and her fingers stilled on the head of the Bluebell she was examining.
'Surely she was imagining it?' she thought and so she refused to turn around, despite all her senses telling her that there was someone behind her.
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Lorne moved forward, the foliage rustling as he did so and at the sound of that, Ellie stood and turned, her blue eyes widening as they drank in the sight of him.
They stared at one another for the longest moment before Ellie's eyes rolled backwards and she passed out.
End of Chapter 9
