Chapter 2

Tunnel Escape

It had been four hours since they had been locked in there and still no one had contacted them or come to their aid. "I'm so board." John wined again as he had already done countless amount of times earlier.

"I know you just said that a minute ago." Teyla commented adding a bit of sarcasm in her tone. It was something she had picked up from John in the time she had spent with him.

"Yes, I know that but I can't help it. I'm dying of heat and there's nothing to do now."

"Well we could always practice some more." Teyla said with a grin.

John saw the look on her face and made one of his own. "Uh, no thanks there Teyla, I think I'll pass on that one." He held in a deep breath and let it out, then clapped his hands together enthusiastically then said, "Teyla, I think I just found us a way out of this place!" He said with a characteristically mischievous grin.

They both rose to their feet and John explained, "I know it's pretty high and all, but I've lifted you up before and if I were to lift you up there now you could open it up then give me a hand up." He had a mischievous tone in his voice but he and Teyla both knew that was the only way they were getting out anytime soon.

"Alright, but if we do succeed in entering the vent then where do you plan on going?" Teyla raised a brow at him and simply waited for an answer.

"Oh don't worry you'll see." John exclaimed and proceeded to where he would have to raise Teyla up.

"Okay, here." Before she even knew what he was doing he had lifted her off the ground and put her on his shoulders. Teyla couldn't help but laugh as she tried to steady herself.

"John I still won't be able to reach it." She looked up at the vent. It was only about 5 more feet up.

"Okay then I want you to stand up on my shoulders and then try to reach for it."

"Okay if you say so." She placed both her hands on his head and pushed herself up so that she could get her feet on his shoulders. "Hold onto my legs so it will be easier for me to balance myself."

He did as she asked. "You okay up there?" He asked as he did his best to steady her weight. She stood up completely and balanced herself.

"Okay I still can't quite reach it, you need to move towards it some more." She looked down to see him trying to look and see how close they were.

"WHAT? I'm practically against the wall how can you not reach it?" She then purposely let more of her weight weigh down on him. "Okay! No problem, towards the wall it is." He shuffled himself and Teyla over a bit. They had both come to realize that since they had been spending more time together Teyla basically had him wrapped around her finger. She could get him to do just about anything for her. John himself had even realized this but did not think much of it.

"Okay, almost… got it!" The vent was opened and Teyla lifted herself into it." Once she was in completely, she turned around so that she could assist John in entering the vent as well. "Okay give me your hand." She reached out for his hand and caught it. "Use your legs to climb up the wall."

"I'm trying!" He managed to grab a side of the vent with his other hand. He pulled himself up with Teyla's assistance and Teyla moved back so he could enter the vent as well. He let out a deep breath. "Well that was fun. So now where are we headed to?"

"I thought you said that you knew where we were going?" He looked around.

"Really?" He raised his eyebrows and pretended to be confused. "Well you know we're up here now, we ought to go somewhere."

Teyla sighed and looked at him. "Which way shall we go first then?" She looked at him expectantly.

"I don't know, you pick." There were three ways to go from where they were. Teyla looked carefully at all of them.

"Alright then, lets go this way." She chose the middle tunnel and started to use her arms to pull herself through, as did John.

As they continued they both noticed that the vents kept continuing to get pretty small and it was a tight squeeze. Teyla would usually get through relatively easily seeing as she was quite small compared to John. John had a bit more trouble. "Jesus Christ, these things ever getting small!" John complained.

"Perhaps then you should not have had that other piece of cake." She smiled even though he did not see her face; he caught the hint sarcasm in her voice.

"Yes, but I don't think it would have helped in this case." He stated. They had come to a section where it was even tight for Teyla, but still John followed. "Ah crap. Teyla I can't seem to be able to get through…"

She cranked her neck so that she could see him and sighed. Boy was this a bad idea.

TBC

Author's Note: I'm really excited about this fic. Let me know what you think about it. I will try to post another chapter by the end of Friday the 26th.