Spoilers: Season 2 X-Files, Up to and including seasons 9 and 2 SG1 and Atlantis
Cargo Ship (July
5th 2010)
It had been only 2 days since SG1 and SG15 had left for their mission to secure the Ancient weapon and John was already worrying about Elizabeth. At the moment he was sat next to Colonel Cameron Mitchell playing noughts and crosses with him.
John smirked in triumph and placed another cross in the table in between two others.
"I win"
Cameron sighed and placed then pen he had in his hand down on the floor.
"Unbelievable, you've won every game."
John just smirked and drew another table.
"It's called practise Cameron, that and the fact Elizabeth taught me how to play this game to win everytime"
Cameron sighed and picked up the pen and placed a circle in one of the squares.
"I'm fairly certain that you're girlfriend teaching you how to win all the time is a form of cheating."
John just continued to smirk as he won another game. Cameron sighed.
"I'm not playing anymore, this is not fair"
John just smirked again.
"Can't take a loss Cameron?"
Cameron glared at him as Sam walked over to him. The two men looked over at her.
"Sam, what's the problem?"
"Sheppard can you come help me in the engine room?"
John nodded and turned to Cameron
"Practise, Teyla doesn't really know how to play; you might stand a chance against her"
John followed Sam quickly before he could be hit on the head by the pen that Cameron threw at him.
Once they were in the engine room Sam pulled out one of the hyperspeed panels and started moving around crystals.
"So what's the problem?"
Sam, still moving the crystals sighed.
"There was some resistance when we jumped into Hyperspeed after our last stop. It should be fine"
John nodded
"What do you want me to do?"
Sam motioned to the Sub-light engine panels.
"Check the sub-light crystals. I want to check nothings burnt out"
John nodded and headed over to the sub-light panel. He pulled out the panel, observed the crystals, and checked them out.
As they continued to check the crystals, Sam spoke.
"How's Elizabeth?"
John looked up at her, wondering, for a second, why she was so bothered. The two of them had never seen eye-to-eye but then her remembered Elizabeth telling him something about them calling a truce.
"She's doing okay. Most of her wounds are healed"
Sam looked over at him
"Physical wounds heal faster then emotional ones"
John looked up at her curiously.
"What do you mean?"
Sam looked back down at the crystals.
"The first person she's ever killed turned out to be one of her closest friends. It's going to screw her up"
John walked round to her
"Look, I know you don't like her..."
Sam cut him off
"John, this isn't a crusade against Elizabeth, this is a warning for you. She'll hurt you John"
John shook his head in disbelief
"You don't know her, she wouldn't do anything to hurt me"
Sam nodded
"Maybe not intentionally, but just be careful. I don't want to see anyone get hurt"
John sighed and walked over to her.
"Look, don't dance around it, I'm not stupid, if you are trying to tell me something happened between her and Jack I know. She told me"
Sam looked up at him shocked
"What? Something did happen between them?"
John nodded
"Before the expedition left for Atlantis. It was just a kiss and there's nothing between them now. Now that you know I would appreciate it if you didn't use her for your own agenda."
"When did she tell you?"
John sighed
"Just after we settled into the SGC. She wanted me to know, she didn't any secrets between us"
Sam took a deep breath and looked at John.
"Why do you trust her?"
John shook his head and sighed
"You really don't know her Sam"
With that, he left Sam alone in the engine room.
Cheyenne Mountain
Complex
Elizabeth sat in her office going over a mission report about why an alliance with a race of people on P4X-546 had ended with two of their people recovering in the infirmary with bullet holes in their stomachs.
Elizabeth sighed when she heard a knock at her office door. Reluctantly she answered.
"Come in"
The door swung open and Jack walked into her office smiling.
"What you up to?"
Elizabeth looked up at him and smiled at his attempts to relax.
"I'm going through the mission report to see if there is any chance in saving our alliance with the people on P4X-546."
Jack nodded and sat down opposite her.
"Any chance?"
Elizabeth shook her head
"I don't think so. They may have injured two of our people but we killed a lot more of there's"
Jack sighed and sat back. He looked at Elizabeth and noticed how stressed and tired she seemed.
"How long is it since you slept?"
Elizabeth looked up at him and sighed
"Jack..."
"Elizabeth..."
Elizabeth sighed and dropped her head onto the back of her chair.
"I'm just having a bit of trouble sleeping. That's all"
Jack nodded
"Have you seen Carolyn about it?"
Elizabeth shook her head
"The last thing I need at the minute is Lam pumping me full of sleeping pills"
Jack nodded
"Okay, but if you need to talk to anyone, my door is always open"
Elizabeth nodded
"Okay"
Jack stood up and walked to the door, stopping when he got there.
"When was the last time you ate?"
Elizabeth looked up at him
"I'm fine"
Jack sighed and left her office
Elizabeth Weir's Home
Elizabeth sat on her sofa drinking a glass of wine. She flipped through the channels on the TV trying to find something to watch that didn't revolve around fighting, war, or anything intellectual, instead she turned it on to 'The Simpsons'. She crossed her legs, picked up the bottle of wine, which sat on the table and poured some into the glass she held before settling down for a night of mindless cartoon comedy. She was only about 5 minutes into the episode when there was a knock at the door. Sighing she placed the wine down on the table and went to the door.
She opened the door and saw Jack stood there with a very large pizza and a smirk on his face.
"Jack?"
Elizabeth glared at him, pissed, but Jack just smiled
"I thought you could use the company. Plus I don't want to eat this whole pizza to myself"
Elizabeth smiled, knowing that he was just trying to be sweet. She moved away from the door and gestured him in.
"Come in"
Jack smiled, walked past her and down into the living room, smiling at what was on the TV while Elizabeth headed into the kitchen and grabbed two plates and a 6 pack of beer knowing how much Jack could drink.
She headed back into the living room and sat on the sofa next to Jack placing the plates and beers down on the table in front of her.
"This Simpsons is a classic."
Elizabeth nodded, a wry smile on her face as she picked up her glass of wine and took a sip.
Jack leant forward and grabbed a slice of pizza, placing it on one of the plates and then grabbed another piece putting it on the second plate and handing it to Elizabeth. Elizabeth smiled and took the plate. Jack grabbed his own plate and took a can of beer before settling back into the sofa.
Jack turned to his side to see Elizabeth still sleeping peacefully next to him. After watching 'The Simpsons' and eating pizza, Jack had put on a film. It hadn't taken long for Elizabeth to fall asleep next to him. Jack guessed that she hadn't slept much lately so he decided to leave her while he watched the end of his film. Slowly during the course of her sleep Elizabeth had worked her way over to him and ended up with her end resting on his shoulder with his arm around her. Jack knew that Elizabeth must be used to always having John at her side to cuddle up to so he just let her stay there.
Jack took a long swig from the can of beer, which was sat on his leg as he flipped through the channels looking for something to watch. He came across an episode of 'The X-Files' and decided to stick with this. Besides, Jack though Scully was hot, although to Jack's dismay the episode being played was one of the season 2 episodes without her in.
Jack continued to watch the TV until he felt one of Elizabeth's hands which was placed on his chest screw into a ball. He looked down. She looked terrified and was muttering 'no' over and over again. Jack brushed back her hair and tried to came her down.
"Elizabeth. Elizabeth wake up, it's not real, you're dreaming"
Elizabeth continued to fight against him unconsciously as she slept. Jack held her arms and shook her gently
"Elizabeth"
Elizabeth's eyes opened wide and she stared at Jack. Getting to her feet and finding her balance Elizabeth walked into the kitchen with Jack following.
"Elizabeth talk to me. What the hell was that?"
Elizabeth sighed
"A nightmare, it was just a nightmare"
Jack nodded
"That seemed like the mother of all nightmares. What was it about?"
Elizabeth started to tell him that it didn't matter but Jack looked at her sharply.
"It was about Aiden. About 4 years ago we were on a mission. Aiden and I got separated from the team when the natives turned on us. Aiden was injured; it was bad. He could barely walk. He was so worried about me being captured, he told me to leave and to go on alone. I didn't, I couldn't. I told him I wouldn't leave him to get captured. That's when he told me to kill him. He gave me his side arms. He told me it would be quick and painless, I told him I wouldn't do it. He got angry with me, told me I'd be captured as well if I didn't do it. I told him I wouldn't leave him behind and I wouldn't kill him. We were lucky. John found us before the natives could. In the nightmare Aiden is injured, his leg isn't as bad, he can still walk on it. We get to a forest. The natives are only a hour or so behind us on foot. Aiden's injury is slowing us down but he's trying to get me to safety. I shoot him. I shoot and kill him without a second thought."
Tears began to fall from Elizabeth's eyes. Jack walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"I killed Aiden and I'm just living my life normally. I murdered a man and I haven't been punished at all."
"Is this what you've been keeping from John?"
Elizabeth nodded
"I killed his best friend. He doesn't need reminding of that"
Jack nodded and pulled away from her.
"Elizabeth I want you to see the on base Psychologist"
Elizabeth shook her head and Jack sighed
"I will make it an official request"
Elizabeth stepped back from him and lent against the table.
Jack walked over to her and placed his hand on her cheek. For a moment, she thought he would kiss her. He thought he was going to kiss her but instead he grabbed her hand.
"Come on"
He squeezed her hand and led her back into the living room.
Cargo Ship
Cameron threw a pen across the room as he lost another game of noughts and crosses.
From where she sat Teyla could see the anger written on the pilots' face. She smiled and shook her head deciding that men from Earth were most interesting and weird. Standing up she walked over to where Rodney was sat.
"May I sit with you?"
Rodney nodded and Teyla sat next to him.
"You don't have to ask"
Teyla nodded
"You seemed busy"
She nodded to the book which sat in his lap but Rodney shrugged
"I've read it before."
Teyla nodded and smiled
"I do believe Colonel Mitchell may hurt Colonel Sheppard."
Rodney looked over to where the two men where sat.
"They've been playing that for hours."
Teyla nodded
"I was relieved when Colonel Sheppard came back and played with him. I was beginning to get uncomfortable with Colonel Mitchell's anger"
Rodney sighed
"They are just childish"
Teyla laughed slightly
"And you are not?"
Rodney glared at her
"I'll have you know that I am not childish. I am very mature"
Teyla nodded and shifted closer to him.
"I like you being Childish, so long as it is not in the middle of a mission"
Rodney nodded and grasped her hand which had made it's way onto his leg.
Daniel crossed his arms across his chest as he watched Teyla and Rodney. They seemed close. Granted, they had spent a lot of time with each other since coming back to Earth. He continued to watch them as they talked quietly. If what he thought was happening was happening, well then it would be a big shock. To everyone.
TBC...