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He tried cutting my arm again, but this time, he cut a longer scratch down my arm. I whimpered in pain and fear, as I wasn't sure exactly how much he was planning on toying with me.

I wouldn't have to wait much longer to find out. I heard the snapping sound of ropes and Guilly shouting like a scared child, "He's loose! Panchet!"

We both looked over to see that Ronon had already gotten a hold of Guilly. Ronon tossed Guilly across the room, rendering him unconscious. Panchet realized that Ronon was coming after him next. He quickly moved his scalpel up to my neck and shouted, "Stay where you are, Ronon! I will not hesitate to kill her!"

I inhaled sharply, as soon as the cool steel blade touched my warm skin.

Ronon stated angrily, "Think long about your decision, Panchet. I will not hesitate to break your neck."

Panchet glared at him before challenging, "You do not understand the importance of this experiment! By doing our experiments, we could save hundreds of lives."

"Except your own if you harm her," Ronon pointed out again.

The lights in the darkened room flickered on, catching Panchet and me, off guard. Ronon had seen the brief moment of distraction. He lunged forward, but Panchet sliced my neck as they tumbled to the ground. As they fought on the floor, struggling for the upper hand, Sheppard and a group of men came barging into the room.

Lorne helped me out of the bondage. Once I was freed from the chair, he noticed my neck and pulled out a small travel sized medical gauze and placed it on my cut, providing me with the adequate amount of pressure to help slow the bleeding.

I watched as Ronon had grabbed Panchet from behind, holding him in a headlock. Ronon asked, "Do you have anything else to say, before I kill you?"

Panchet stated, "I'll tell you now, I won't be the last person to follow through with my plans. There are others that would have succeeded where I have clearly failed."

Sheppard replied, "You'll pay for what you did. We've already called the authorities of your planet."

"I'll be released before you even close connection with our planet," Panchet said smugly.

Ronon stated, "You won't have the chance to go home."

I watched as Ronon followed through with his initial threat. The bone-cracking sound was extremely loud and Panchet's body fell lifeless to the floor. Sheppard sighed, but didn't say anything.

Sheppard looked at me, as Lorne helped me stand up. He asked, "Are you okay?"

I nodded and stated, "Thanks to Ronon and your timely arrival...thank you."

Sheppard grabbed Guilly by the arm, with Lorne on the other side, and they escorted him to the gate room for the authorities to take him home.

Ronon approached me and asked, "Are you all right?"
"I really am...I'm glad that everyone continues to ask me that, but I hope that you'll let it go soon," I stated. I didn't want to relive those moments of being asked every five minutes if I am okay.

He said, "I am sorry that I didn't take care of them before this happened."

"It's okay, Ronon," I replied, "You did know that it was them though, didn't you?"

"From your vision, yes. I recognized the voice and knew that their experiments weren't accurate as they claimed," he explained.

I nodded as I asked, "Thank you again...how'd you get out of your bondages?"

He smiled as he stated, "I had a knife hidden. They didn't find it."

"That's a good trick," I smiled back as I held the gauze to my neck.

He held his hand out before whispering, "I believe that this belongs to you."

I held my palm out to him and he placed my jade heart necklace in my hand. He smiled as I sighed, "Thanks. I'm glad that it wasn't broken."

"I'm happy that you've been wearing it," he flirted. He flirted? I guess that he really was flirting...

"Wait, this was from you?" I asked surprised.

He didn't have to say a word, but just smiled and continued to walk me towards the infirmary.