"Secrets and Challenges"
Ch. 25
Note: Major Spoilers for The Siege Part two! You've been warned!
(Mainland, Waterfall)
After they played around in the waterfall for a while they retired to the hot spring. The fireflies were buzzing around them, lighting the night sky. John was giving her butterfly kisses on her neck. This was the best. She was just glad to have John alive.
It was two months ago, when the Wraith attacked Atlantis.
Flashback
(Control room)
"We may need to give the order to evacuate," Weir said to Stacey.
Stacey closes her eyes and nods slowly. John runs into the room.
"Elizabeth, wait," he said.
He starts up the stairs as she turns around. He stops on the stairs and looks down at her.
"You can't," Weir said.
"I have to, and you know it," John said stubbornly.
Stacey turned her head back and forth at the two, desperately. She knew too. He had too. At that moment none of their plans to save Atlantis had worked. It was a desperate situation.
Elizabeth shook her head, "John. . . ." There's a long pause. John is still out of breath. "Go." Weir finally said.
John nods and runs up the stairs.
"John!" Stacey suddenly shouts, running to him, passing Weir.
Sheppard stops and turns to his wife.
"Stacey . . ." she could her the tension in his voice.
Stacey reached him, grabbed him, and kissed him deeply. She reluctantly let him go.
"Good luck," she said softly.
"I love you," he cupped her cheek and kissed her other one before leaving.
Stacey turned to Weir. A tear escaped her. She whipped it quickly and then joined Elizabeth. And then rather suddenly, Stacey had an idea. She reached her radio and spoke into it.
"Ford and Rodney, meet me in Nemesia's lab, right away," she ordered.
"Stace?" Weir asked.
"There might be a hidden weapon in orbit around this planet," she said vaguely, before leaving quickly.
End Flashback
(Mainland, Hot Spring)
The hidden weapon Nemesia was ac a fully working orbital weapon that Nemesia had cloaked. Luckily Stacey had found away to make it work from the lab and destroy the two remaining Hive Ships before John had even reached the Wraith ships.
Now John was kissing her back. That caused chills up her spine. She gave a slight shiver. Stacey noticed John tighten his grip as she settled down into his lap. She had almost fallen asleep when John's radio piped up. Stacey gave a low groan.
"I know. But, we have to get back to reality sooner or later," he told her, kissing her lightly and then getting out of the spring.
"Come in Major Sheppard," Weir said, trough the radio.
"Sheppard here. What's up Liz?"
"There's an emergency. You and Stacey need to get here ASAP," she told him.
John and Stacey exchanged glances.
"What kind of emergency?" Stacey had gotten out and grabbed her radio.
"We may have a medical emergency," Weir told them.
"Alright, our ETA is around an hour and a half. Maybe less if John can hull ass," Stacey told her.
To be continued . . .