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Breaking Ranks - Emergence
A few days later I was laying in bed staring at the clock beside my bed, it ticked over to five thirty am, normally I would be bouncing out of bed, keen for my morning run, but now all I wanted to do was stay curled up in a ball and eat copious amounts of ice cream. I watched my clock for another three minutes before I rolled over onto my back and felt around my bed, feeling it empty. I then sat up in my bed and looked around my room. It seemed darker then usual in here, like all the light and happiness had been sucked out of it, it's what I felt like at the moment. My hand went to my neck where the small necklace sat at base of my neck. I felt the small gemstone and thought back to my birthday on a few months ago when John had given it to me. It felt so long ago, and a lot had happened since then.
"Get ahold of yourself, Mia," I grumbled to myself, shaking my head. I was stronger then this whiney little girl that had been locked up in her room the past two days over breaking up with her boyfriend. I was Mia Sumner, and I wasn't going to let another man affect my career. With a heavy heart I unclasped my necklace as I got out of bed and placed it down in one of my desk draws. I walked into my bathroom and stared at my reflection.
"You can do this," I said to myself as I stripped and got into the shower.
I had my first mission today with Lorne and his team; I was nervous and excited at the same time for this to happen. For one I hadn't been on any mission's without Teyla and Rodney and John so I was a little apprehensive, but I had to keep telling myself that this was for the best. I was doing this for myself. I finished dressing as I left my jacket in my room, the new planet that we were going to has been recorded as having a very high temperature during the day so I didn't really need it. I tied my hair up into a ponytail as I left my room and headed to the mess hall.
I got there and picked up one of the trays with breakfast on it, I turned around and faced the tables, scanning around the room, trying to find somewhere to sit. I felt my heart drop when I saw my old table, and saw Teyla, Rodney, John and now Ronon sitting there and eating together. I watched them for a few seconds; Rodney was talking to Ronon with his mouth full as Teyla was listening intently. The hulk was sitting there nodding or shaking his head in a gruff manner like I always saw him do. And then I looked at John, he had been smirking and shaking his head at something Rodney had said when I saw his gaze lift and he saw me standing and staring at them. His expression changed from happiness and laughter to being completely blank as I looked away, and my gaze landed on Nathan Fields and Chris Porter sitting at a nearby table. They were talking to themselves as they laughed at something one of them said as I cleared my throat behind them. Nathan turned in his seat as Chris looked up at me, they both looked equally as stunned to see me standing here.
"Can I join you?" I asked them both as Nathan nodded quickly.
"Sure, here…." He said to me as he moved his tray out of the way so I could place mine down and sit next to him.
"Thanks," I said as I sat in the chair. Chris was still staring at me with a big question mark over his head. "What?" I barked out at him playfully. Chris and Nathan shared a look, as Nathan was the one to speak.
"Just—uh, don't you normally sit with your team?" He asked as I started to eat my scrambled eggs.
"Didn't you her?" I said, giving him a side-glance, "I kicked myself out of the team," I stated to them.
"Why?" Chris asked. I shrugged.
"I thought it would've gone all around Atlantis by now," I said with a chuckle. When I saw their blank faces I rolled my eyes. "I don't get along with Ronon, so I joined Major Lorne's team, he had an open space and Doctor Weir placed me there." They both nodded in understanding as they went back to the conversation that they were having before I interrupted. I continued eating my breakfast but I found I wasn't very hungry at the moment.
Something made me look over my shoulder, maybe it was the feeling of eyes on the back of my head or I found myself wanting to see what he was doing. But I met John's gaze from across the room, he was staring intently at me with a dark frown. His hand was held up to his chin like he was thinking about something. After two seconds I couldn't hold his gaze any longer without me feeling guilty. I knew that Nathan had some sort of feelings for me and for me to sit with him was a low blow move on my part but I wasn't going to sit on my own like a loner and cause and even bigger mess for myself. But looking at his frown, I wished I had sat alone.
"Excited to get back out there?" Lorne asked me as we geared up in the armory. This team consisted of Lorne, myself, Reed and Harris. It felt kind of weird being the only girl seeing as Teyla and I had been so close but they didn't see me as a girl here, they only saw me as Major Sumner.
"Can't wait," I said less then enthusiastic. I was just thankful to be getting out of Atlantis and away from John for a day or two. Atlantis had become extremely suffocating these last few days on base. Once we were ready we headed out to the gate room as I followed on the end, dragging my feet sluggishly. I walked up the small ramp into the gate room as I saw Lorne talking to John nearby. I detoured and stood next to Reed as we waited for the gate to dial. I was watching Lorne and John, trying to be inconspicuous as I checked over my p-90 as the gate connected. I caught the last part of their conversation.
"Careful out there, Lorne," John said to him as Lorne nodded.
"Will do," he replied as he turned on his heel and passed by me, I gave him a weak smile as I couldn't help myself but glance at John quickly. This time he wasn't frowning or glaring at me but for the first time I saw the sadness on his face, he was upset that I wasn't on the team anymore, he was broken because I had ended our relationship. I couldn't think about that now, I had a mission to do. I turned on my heel and marched through the gate with my new team.
"It's so hot!" Reed exclaimed after half an hour of walking. As I thought previously this planet had a very high temperature during the day, and it was extremely humid here also, my hair was sticking to the sides of my face and if I rinsed out my shirt I could probably fill a water bottle with how much sweat I had collected there. Even though the tall trees here provided us shade it didn't do anything about the heat or the humidity. We hadn't encountered any indigenous life as of yet but we knew they were here from the scans the MALP did from the previous day.
"Stop complaining," Harris groaned at him. Reed and Harris were around five meters in front of Lorne and I as we walked together along the dirt path.
"So," Lorne said quietly enough so that Harris and Reed couldn't hear. "What's the reason for you leaving the team?" Lorne asked as I looked over at him with a frown.
"You know the reason," I told him, hoping it would refresh his memory.
"Oh, right, Ronon," Lorne said sarcastically. "Sure there isn't another reason?" Lorne said with a pointed look as I slowed us down to a snail's pace walk.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I snapped at him as Lorne grinned and chuckled.
"I thought maybe it had something to do with Colonel Sheppard," Lorne stated. I faltered in my step, also tripped over a tree root on the ground but catching myself before I face planted.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," I said. What the hell was Lorne playing at? Did he…know? He couldn't possibly know, he's only been here a few months at most; he came with the new batch of recruits!
"Come on, Sumner," Lorne scoffed, "I'm not stupid. I saw the way you two looked at each other before we left, my guesses is Ronon wasn't the only reason why you left the team."
Shit, I thought. Well, the cat was out of the bag now. I pulled on Lorne's arm to stop him from walking.
"Look," I hissed at him. "We had…something but we aren't together anymore, so you can't say anything to anyone, ok?"
"Your secret is safe with me," Lorne said seriously.
"Seriously?" I asked him with a quirked brow. Lorne laughed.
"I'm not an asshole, Mia," Lorne said with a grin. I let go of his arm.
"Good, and if I ever find out that you told anyone, I'd have to kill you," I said with a sweet smile as I continued on walking. I could hear Lorne laughing behind me.
An hour after we had arrived on the planet we had finally made contact with the indigenous people of the planet. They were a simple people, farmers that grew their own food and made their own clothes. Their houses were simple logs and mud and didn't have any weapons of any sorts to protect themselves. Surprisingly they had never come across travellers before, probably because they lived so far from the gate, but they did know about the Wraith. Like nearly all of the planets we had visited, they too suffered at their hands, but they had been spared from the violent culling's that had plague the galaxy before our siege.
Even though these people had never come across strangers before they were very welcoming and relished in the opportunity to become trading partners with us. Lorne was currently sitting in with their village elder talking about all the farming technology we could give them to help produce more food and resources. I was sitting just outside of the village under the shade of one of the trees. I was watching the village people go about their day, it was amazing, they were so accustomed to this weather so much that it was like a cool day for them, whereas my team and me were dying of heat exhaustion. I bet if we brought them to a different planet with a normal temperature they'd probably freeze to death.
I saw Lorne leave the house he had been talking with the elder with, he spotted Reed and Harris talking to some of the villagers nearby and then he spotted me sitting over here. I watched him walk over to me.
"Hey," he said as he reached me.
"Hi," I replied as he took a seat next to me. "How'd the negotiations go?" I asked him as Lorne nodded.
"Good, they went well. They've agreed to a share of the crops every harvest when we teach them more efficient ways to farm their land, I also offered to bring some of our own contacts here to establish trade relations such as the Athosian's to further their own industry."
"Sounds good, when do we return to Atlantis?" I asked him.
"Well they've graciously offered up some beds for us for the night, I agreed, thought it would be a nice way to solidify our friendship with them, then just ditch them."
"Great, It'd be nice to have some time away from Atlantis, it's been too long since I've been out on a mission which doesn't end in me getting shot at by old friends or Wraith," I said as I lay back on the soft grass.
"And Colonel Sheppard," Lorne said playfully to me as I sat up and glared at him. I went to kick out my leg at him but he jumped up.
"Alright," he said, holding his hands up in surrender, "Sorry, sorry! I won't mention it again," he was chuckling which caused me to glare at him harder. "I'm going to head back to the gate with Harris, if anything happens radio me."
"I hope you get sucked in by the vortex!" I called after him as he was walking toward Harris and Reed. Lorne looked over his shoulder.
"That's not very nice, Sumner!"
"You'll get used to it!" I called back with a grin. Lorne chuckled as I watched him walk off with Reed. As I lay back down on the grass once more I thought to myself, maybe this wouldn't be so bad, after all.
The next few weeks passed by slowly and uneventfully, most of my days were spent out on missions with my new team, or helping Zelenka out with some Wraith technology that we were still examining from the dart. And then I spent every night in the gym, sometimes Nathan would join me and we'd spar together, I didn't realize, but Nathan was slowly helping me get control over the fear I had over Ford's attack and Ronon's surprise attack. I would always instruct Nathan to attack me from behind, the first time he had done it I froze up, but every time we went over it, I was getting better at controlling my fear and not freezing up anymore, I'd say that was an improvement.
I was spooning around my cereal in the mess hall. It was early in the morning and I'd come here after my shower and morning run, I could feel my damp hair on my back as I rubbed my tired eyes and yawned loudly. I didn't have a mission today with my team but I had gotten up early anyway. I spooned a mouthful into my mouth as I wiped away the dripping milk off my chin as someone sat down opposite me.
"Nathan," I said in surprise, chewing on my cereal. Nathan was dressed in his uniform like me; I noticed he didn't have any breakfast with him.
"Hey," he said, leaning on the table with a cheeky grin on his face. I frowned at him.
"What's with the grin?" I asked, chuckling as Nathan twiddled his fingers together.
"What are you doing tomorrow night?" He blurted out as I almost dropped my spoon into my cereal.
"What?" I asked, confused. Nathan laughed as he ran a hand through his sandy blonde hair. "I was wondering, seeing as it's been a few months since Ford's been gone. If you would like to have dinner with me?" I felt my jaw drop slightly as I stared at Nathan. I was stunned for two different reasons; one being that I never expected to be asked out on a date again, let alone in Atlantis of all places. And two; well…
"You thought that Ford and I were together?" I asked incredulously.
"Weren't you?" Nathan asked. I thought about it for a few seconds, maybe it was a good idea for people to think that Ford and I had been together. I guess nearly the entire base was thinking that now from my departure of my old team.
I cleared my throat, "Yeah, Ford and I were together…not anymore…obviously," I mumbled.
"So you'll have dinner with me?" Nathan asked once more. I thought it was quite ridiculous seeing as Nathan and I had dinner together every other night and that dinner here was always mashed potatoes and gravy most nights; not exactly romantic.
"You mean like a date?" As I asked, I saw someone walk by the table, heading towards the door. I glanced up, wondering why they had walked so close to my table when it was a rather large room, and I felt my heart sink. I recognized the back of his head, and his signature walk. I had to quickly look back at Nathan, to not show why I felt so rotten to my stomach. John had walked by at the exact moment I had spoken, and I hadn't spoken quietly, and there wasn't a chance in hell that he hadn't heard me.
"Is that a no?" Nathan asked when I didn't reply straight away. I focused on Nathan, I couldn't worry about if John had heard me or not, it didn't matter anymore, we weren't together so I saw no reason as to why I couldn't have a harmless dinner with Nathan Fields.
"Sure," I said with a smile, "Why not?"
"Great!" Nathan said, beaming. "I'll see you tomorrow at six thirty then," he said as he rose from the table and hurried off. I sighed as I pushed my bowl away from me as I hit my forehead on the table loudly.
I grunted as I hit the mat hard. The wind rushed out of my lungs as I flopped my arms onto the mat from exhaustion.
"You're getting better," I ground out through my teeth as Nathan towered over me with a smirk.
"I've been practicing," he said smugly as he extended his hand down for me. I grimaced at him as he helped pull me up. I had been teaching Nathan for the past few weeks now on how to improve on his hand-to-hand combat, and seeing for the first time he had actually managed to get me on my ass, I'd say I have some competition around here now. I rubbed my sore back with my hand as Nathan chuckled at me. I frowned at him.
"Hey, I haven't exactly been on my A game for a while," I said as Nathan rolled his eyes at me. "Let's go again," I told him as I moved back into my defensive position. Nathan took his stance as the door to the gym opened as I looked over at it as Lorne came striding in geared up. I felt my stomach drop at his expression.
"What's wrong?" I asked him, meeting him in the middle of the room. Lorne looked from Nathan to me.
"Colonel Sheppard's team is missing," he stated as I felt my jaw drop.
"What?" I gasped. Lorne could see that I was freaking out over this news. What had happened to them? Why were they missing?
"I'm getting a team together to go to their planet, let's go," Lorne ordered as he turned on his heel. I turned to Nathan as he motioned for me to go as I jogged after Lorne.
I geared up in the armory as Lorne and I walked up the to jumper bay. We met Reed as he stood by he Jumper as Lorne and I walked in. "All yours," Lorne said to me as he pointed to the pilot seat. I frowned at him.
"Uh, don't you want to fly it?" I asked him. I knew Lorne could fly the jumper, he had the Ancient gene and John had also taught him. And a part of me was used to having the leader fly seeing as John always did.
"You've had the most training," Lorne stated as he nudged me into the chair. I sat down and powered up the jumper, throwing Lorne a sincere smile as I saw Elizabeth walk into the Jumper.
"All set?" She asked us.
"Ready to go," Lorne told her, "still no word from them?"
"Nothing," Elizabeth said sadly as she sat down in the co-pilot next to me and gave me a weak smile.
"Don't worry, we'll find them," Lorne tried to reassure Elizabeth as she smiled and nodded at him in gratitude for trying to reassure her.
"I was hoping to negotiate a trade agreement, now I'm worried I'm going to have to negotiate their release," she muttered.
"We don't know that," Lorne said. Elizabeth still didn't look convinced as she turned to me.
"Dial the gate, but go to stealth mode the moment we're through," she told me as I nodded and dialed the gate.
We flew through the gate as I immediately hit the button for the jumper to go in stealth mode. I saw Elizabeth lean forwards in her seat as she scoured the planet with her eyes.
"Is the jumper picking anything up?" She asked me as I thought about the life signs detector that the jumper had as the screen popped up.
"It's not reading the jumper, I've got life signs on this island and were their city is but no jumper readings," I sighed as the HUD disappeared. Elizabeth pressed her lips into a fine line.
"Let's head to the city, keep us in stealth mode until we get there, I don't want them knowing that we're here yet."
"Yes, ma'am," I said to her as I maneuvered the jumper towards their city.
It took nearly half an hour to reach the city and as soon as I saw a landing strip Elizabeth ordered me to de cloak the jumper as I set it down on he strip. I glanced behind me at Lorne, as he looked concerned as Elizabeth rose from her chair and headed to the cargo bay door. She nodded for me to open the door as I did as I stood next to Lorne as Reed took up place next to Elizabeth. I watched the door lower and saw about four-security detail waiting for us. They didn't look hostile…but neither did I until you pissed me off. Elizabeth stepped forwards.
"My name is Elizabeth Weir, I am from a small contingent that used to reside in Atlantis. I would like to speak to your Magistrate," Elizabeth commanded as I was suddenly thrust back to when she took charge on the Genii planet, negotiating the bombs and I knew that she wasn't playing around right now. One of the guards bowed slightly.
"Please, follow us," he said smoothly as Elizabeth glanced over her shoulder at the three of us and then walked out of the jumper. Lorne and I followed. I looked around at their city as we were walked through the heart of it; they were very advanced that was evident from their structures and the fact that they had flying ships. It was a miracle that the Wraith hadn't culled them, I had been told that the planet that we had seen was like an Alcatraz but if I were the Wraith I wouldn't let just that island slip by. It made me wonder if something else was at play here that we didn't know about. They brought us to the centre of the city as a small group was standing outside of the doors; one was a rather large man with greying hair and beard and he was standing next to a young woman who was tall, thin and groomed to perfection. As we approached our entourage detached from us and stood behind the magistrate. The man beamed at us.
"I am surprised at how quick you want to settle the negotiations," the Magistrate said to us. I could feel the tension from Elizabeth as she stepped closer to him.
"We aren't here for that," she said to him as I saw the smile drop from his face. He looked between all of us.
"Is there something wrong?" He asked.
"Our team never made it back through the gate," she said to him. He seemed to look concerned as he beckoned for us to come inside the large building. I walked behind Lorne and Elizabeth as they both walked with the Magistrate up ahead.
"They have not returned to the planet?" he asked as we walked.
"No," Elizabeth said, "and we haven't been able to establish radio contact with them either."
"They didn't return to the city. Perhaps they travelled through the Ring to another planet?"
"No, they would've radioed first," Elizabeth said to him.
"Something must've happened on the island. I'll alert our security teams, have them begin a search," Magistrate said to us.
"We'll join them," Lorne piped up.
"I would advise against that," Magistrate said to him, causing me to frown and Lorne to become defensive.
"Would you?" Elizabeth asked him with a suspicious look.
"The island is extremely dangerous. Our ships are heavily armored. We know the terrain, as well as the prisoners' tactics. Don't worry, we'll find them," he said trying to reassure us.
"I hope you do Magistrate—for all our sakes," Elizabeth said warningly.
"Of course," Magistrate said with a forced smile as he turned around and walked off with his contingent. I saw Elizabeth and Lorne exchange suspicious looks as I moved closer to them.
"I hope I'm not the only one who thinks we shouldn't be trusting this guy," I hissed to them as Elizabeth turned to me.
"You aren't the only one," she said.
We were shown to a suit in the upper levels of the building, we were told to wait here until news about the search party. It was very luxurious, with large flowers; white linen covered the buffet tables and plush carpet. Reed and I were examining the food that had been left out for us by Marin, the young girl I had seen standing next to the Magistrate, she was like his assistant or something. Reed picked up a piece of fruit that looked like a pineapple but was red all over.
"I'll give you five bucks to eat it," Reed murmured to me as I smacked it out of his hand and glared at him. I heard the doors open from behind us as Reed and I both turned and saw the Magistrate walk in with his small entourage, Marin included.
"I'm afraid the news is not good," Magistrate said as I hurried up to Elizabeth's side. Oh god, were they dead? I felt my heart plummet. "Our rescue teams had just begun their search on the island when the Ancestral Ring activated."
"The Wraith?" Elizabeth asked. Bit convenient, isn't it?
"It appears a culling is underway. We're not sure how many ships are involved but our teams we're forced to fall back. I'm not giving up hope. I'll send teams back in the moment the Wraith are gone. Hopefully your friends will have evaded the culling. I must attend to this," Magistrate says as he bows to us and leaves the room. I face the others.
"I don't like this, something doesn't add up," I told them as Elizabeth nodded.
"I know, but I want to get to the bottom of this, we'll just have to wait and see…Lorne?" She said to him as he nodded, she looked to Reed and then to me. "Be on your guard," she told us as the three of us nodded. I held onto my p-90 tighter as we waited anxiously.
The door opened some fifteen minutes later and the petite woman, Marin, hurried in looking behind her in a panic.
"Marin? What's happened?" Elizabeth asked her as Marin took a deep breath. I could see the anxiety on her face.
"No one must know that I'm speaking to you," she whispered quietly to us.
"Of course," Elizabeth said with reassurance.
"You should leave, as soon as possible," Marin told us as I frowned and stepped closer to hear more clearly.
"Why?" Lorne asked her.
"The Magistrate has just rescinded my orders to send rescue teams back to the island," Marin explained as Lorne and I exchanged furious looks.
"What? Why would he do that?" Elizabeth asked in outrage.
"Several arrests have been made. Many people in the city have been apprehended for unspecified violations, to be sent to the island to increase the population there," Marin explained.
"To keep the Wraith fed," Lorne, muttered in disgust.
"It's been going on for some time," Marin said desperately, "but never so bad as this. The number of arrests has…I cannot keep quiet any longer. I have to speak out."
The door behind us suddenly bursts open as I spin around, prepared to attack whomever was barging through the door. The Magistrate entered surrounded by guards.
"Lies!" He cried out, "Seeding fear not only among your own people but now our guests. I cannot allow it!"
"I was only trying to understand why so many people are being arrested," Marin said desperately.
"Your job is not to question the actions of this government," Magistrate said as he motioned to his guards as they rushed forwards and grasped Marin by her arms and began to drag her from the room.
"No! Wait!" She pleaded to Elizabeth, "Help me! Please!"
"Where are they taking her?" Elizabeth demanded as Marin was dragged from sight.
"I'm sorry you had to witness that," Magistrate said with a forced smile.
"What crime has she committed?" Elizabeth asked with a glare.
"I've recently learned that Marin has been involved in a group seeking to undermine the Oleasian government. She's become very adept at spinning lies to suit her organizations treasonable agenda's," Magistrate said to us. After all of his talking I still didn't believe him so I made a big spectacle of sneezing loudly.
"Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit," I said with a smirk as I saw the Magistrate and his remaining guards look at me with fury. I heard Reed snigger quietly behind me.
"Did you or did you not rescind the order to send rescue teams back to the island?" Elizabeth asked him with a sharp voice.
"Why would I do that?" Magistrate asked with a chuckle.
"That doesn't concern me," Elizabeth snapped, "my first concern's with the safety of my people, and I promise you—"
"Everything is being done to ensure their rescue and safe return. If there's been any hindrance at all, it was because of Marin."
"What's going to happen to her now?" Elizabeth asked.
"She'll receive a fair trail in our courts."
"I've heard that before," I muttered under my breath.
"And then what? Sent to the island?" Lorne snapped at him.
"I'm sure where you come from, treason is also considered a very serious offence," Magistrate said.
"So that's a yes," Lorne muttered. Elizabeth nodded to him and then looked back at the Magistrate.
"Tell me: what else is considered a serious offense around here?"
"Anything that threatens the welfare of the Olesian people."
"Are you sure it's the welfare of the people that concerns you? Or just your own?" Elizabeth pressed.
"Choose your words very carefully, Doctor Weir," Magistrate said warningly.
"Oh, I do," she said with a glare, "why? Is that a threat?"
"It's advice," he said sternly, "from one ally to another."
"Well this alliance, it's just been rescinded," Elizabeth said smoothly as she glanced at us from over her shoulder, "We're leaving," she said to us. I nodded to her as we took a step towards the door when the guards put their hands on their weapons, warning us not to go any further. "What? You plan to arrest us too?" Elizabeth warned him as I saw the old mans eyes wonder over all of our determined and my furious look. "Because you do not want to do that," Elizabeth said as we all got the cue to point our weapons at them. Mine was aimed directly at the Magistrate as he and Elizabeth stared down each other. It took a few seconds, but the Magistrate backed down and moved to the side and allowed us to leave the room.
Elizabeth led the group with Lorne following hot on her heels while Reed and I brought up the rear, I was constantly looking over my shoulder to make sure that the Magistrate didn't change his mind at the last second and decide to hunt us down but it seemed that he was true to his word. We arrived at the jumper as I hit the remote to open up the rear hatch as we all climbed in. I hurried to the pilot seat.
"We should hurry up and find them, I have a feeling that the Wraith were here for another reason other than doing a culling on the island," I said to Elizabeth as she sat down in the chair next to me. She seemed to understand at what I was getting at as she pulled a disgusted face and nodded. Once we were all seated and the door was closed I took us into the air and headed out to sea and towards the island.
We were flying over the sea and almost at the island when an alarm beeped and the HUD popped up.
"Shit," I muttered.
"What is it?" Elizabeth asked as I felt Lorne lean on the back of my seat. I pointed at the screen.
"There's a Wraith cruiser heading for the island and I'm picking up several more on approach outside the atmosphere," I told them as I saw the dread on Elizabeth's face.
"Go to stealth mode. Let's find our guys before they do," she told me as I nodded and hit the button for the cloak.
We reached the island when I saw the cruiser descending on the planet. "This doesn't look good, there's no way we can get them and not be spotted," I told her as Elizabeth and Lorne were scanning the trees below trying to see anyone. I frowned when I saw something golden shoot out from the trees and hit the cruiser.
"Look!" I called.
"Did you see that?" Lorne asked.
"A drone," Elizabeth confirmed as I nodded. I hit some of the communication controls on the dashboard. "What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked.
"Now that we know where the Jumper is, I should be able to get a lock on their portable radio signals…there!" I said in triumph as I hit the comms and nodded to Elizabeth.
"Colonel Sheppard. You've damaged the Wraith cruiser and it's leaving the area but there are two more cruisers incoming," Elizabeth said to them as we watched the scene before us.
"Elizabeth, where are you?" I heard John's voice as I felt a shiver go up my spine. Elizabeth grins in delight from hearing his voice.
"We're in Jumper two. We're cloaked, directly above you. Are you all alright?" She asked him. I hoped that everyone was ok…even Ronon.
"Our Jumper's disabled. Right now I need you to dial the gate to one of the back up planets for the Alpha site. Doesn't matter which one."
"Understood," she said to him, she turned to me. "Do it." I nodded. I dialed the gate to the planet. From here I could see the gate connect as the prisoners all fled from the island.
"Elizabeth, I need you to keep the gate open until the last of them go through, then shut it down and dial Atlantis," John said through the radio.
"We can land and pick you up," Elizabeth said to him.
"Negative, just keep the gate open. We'll take it from there. Stay in stealth mode until the Wraith have gone away," John ordered. I could see that Elizabeth looked conflicted but she understood that we had to stay safe to be able to dial the gate.
"Acknowledged," she replied. We watched as the prisoners all fled from the island as another cruiser begins to descend on the island.
The DHD in front of me stops glowing as we hear the gate shut down in the distance. "Dial Atlantis," Elizabeth tells me as I nod and begin the dialing sequence. "We're dialing, head for the gate," she said through the radio to John and the team. I watch the cruiser start firing shot down on the planet as I bring up the life signs on the HUD. We see five dots running for the gate as I bite my lip in anxiety. I breathe out a sigh of relief when I see all five dots go through the gate and it shuts down. Elizabeth falls back in her chair and sighs also. Lorne and Reed chuckle from behind me. I watch the three cruisers fly off towards the city.
"Dial Atlantis, let's get out of here," Elizabeth said to me. I went to hit the buttons but stopped and flew us closer to the downed Jumper. "What are you doing?" She asked me as I fired a drone at the Jumper as it blew up, incinerating it and leaving nothing behind.
"We don't want the Wraith knowing we were here now, do we?" I told her as I went back to dialing the gate.
"Good call," Lorne commented as he patted my shoulder as I sent through our IDC and flew through the gate and back to Atlantis.
Bit of a boring chapter I know, but it'll all pick up again; and all of you worrying that I'm going to bash Ronon in this story, don't worry I'm not! Ronon is one of my favourtie characters but this is just a hurdle that Mia has to get over before they can become friends, have faith my fellow readers!
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thompsonmaria - He did do something very bad but we'll have to see if they make up again!
Claudi70 - Yeah she made a very hasty decision that she might regret later, we'll just have to see! Thank you!
Guest 64 - Yeah I feel bad for them too! That's if they make up later on ;) who am I kidding, this is a JohnxOc story, the question is just when and not if hahaha
Adela - Yeah she kinda dropped a bombshell on him but so did he. We'll just have to see where they go from here.
GoldenGod48 - Don't worry, this isn't going to turn into a bashing Ronon story, he is one of my fav characters also! Mia just has to get over her chip on her shoulder before they can become friends!
teekee hut - She snapped like twig. I know that people were shocked that she hates Ronon so much but once she see's that he's not a bad guy they'll see that they actually have a lot in common. Lost boys episode is probably so far my favourite thing to have written; just saying ;) I loved your review and I agree with you wholeheartedly! I actually cut out John's POV in this scene as I just wanted it to be from Mia's perspective, but the reasoning behind John not being all commanding was the fact that he thought he was doing the right thing by not telling her because of her PTSD, which backfired on him obviously; and it's starting to show that he cares about Mia more than his position as Military officer. I agree that Mia should've sucked it up and moved on with it but she's kind of feeling that everyone is against her at this point and everyone is trying not to step on her toes as they all know about the difficult time that she is having. It's just showing how much the two of them are slipping up in their relationship now; as stated in this chapter seeing as Lorne figured it all out.
Yeah about that fake out, that was my fault my uploader wasn't working and I was trying out different ways and I accidentally posted a blank chapter xD
sheppardlover928 - Thank you! And yes it's continuing!