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Chapter Nine: Two Peas in a Pod

Elizabeth was grateful that John finally decided to turn the puddle jumper round, back to the planet. But what she saw in his eyes frightened her; she had never seen so much coldness in them.

Even though she kept trying to remind herself this wasn't her John Sheppard, they were still one in the same. It made her shiver every time her mind ventured back to that moment; it was as though he had no remorse for what he had planned.

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The journey back was uneventful; no one spoke a word to her since the bulkhead between the two sections of the ship was sealed off and she was left alone in the darkened space.

It gave her some time to think about many things. Such as how much she missed the companionship of her fellow colleagues. Through unforeseen circumstances they had become close friends; John Sheppard, she wished she knew more about him aside from the fact.

He was bright at his job, never turned his back on anyone who needed help, always defended her honour when it came to the crunch, not to mention the fact he was cute and sexy.

Lying down on a bench, Elizabeth quickly opened her eyes on those strayed thoughts to double-check she hadn't just though that and could feel her cheeks blush. Was this a step into uncharted territory for her? If she pursued it to the extent of not getting into trouble with the IOA, how far would a relationship with John go? Would he accept her, could she allow it?

Taking a deep, calm breath, she skipped on to Ronon. Now there was a man she knew hardly anything about just that he was a Satedan warrior and was once a runner.

Then there was Rodney; she had worked with him on this expedition longest and they had been through much together. Her mind drifted to the events of the storm. It was him who had saved her from Kolya's evil vendetta, a move she never expected Rodney to take for he was always fearful of weapons, at least until they arrived here. The exhibition had certainly changed everyone it touched.

Last but not least, Teyla, the young Athosian who helped them upon arrival in this galaxy and in return they had offered her people sanctuary from the Wraith…

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt the ship touch down. She swung her legs round to sit up, just as the hatch and bulkhead opened. John stood there with the look she so despised.

John indicated the exit. "Well. You got your wish."

Elizabeth looked back to John to see if this was a rouse. When he showed no indication that it was, she got up to leave the ship. Before stepping over the threshold she turned back to thank him once she recognized the location they had landed in and then left for the caves.

Ronon stepped up beside John and handed him his P-90. "Time for plan A?"

John took the gun as Teyla joined them. "Yes. We follow her into the caves; if her story turns out to be true we proceed as planned."

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As Elizabeth got nearer to the caves, she could hear gunshots in the distance and carefully made her way forward, slowing her pace from a run to a steady walk as she did.

She could feel the weather was changing; a really cold breeze whisked her hair back and forth and dark clouds slowly started forming.

Elizabeth could soon see someone taking cover behind a tree and in front towards the cave entrance were the attackers. "Genii."

She huddled herself against the biting cold and tree by tree, her feet crunched their way over to the unknown person to see if she could help, even though she shouldn't get involved if she could help it. But theoretically she was already involved the minute she met John's double.

As she got nearer, Elizabeth almost couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was her double, she was certain of it. The long brunette hair was unmistakable, not to mention the slim build. "Dr. Weir!"

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Not sure she heard right, Weir turned round in the direction of the voice and their just a few feet away taking cover just as she was, was her double, her double the other John had come looking for. "It's Colonel Weir, if you please, you must be Dr. Weir?"

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