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Chapter 5 is FINALLY up! Sorry for the long wait! Thanks for your patience and all the great reviews!
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Chapter 5- We've been WHAT?
Rodney groaned as he set up, his head feeling like it had been hit with a brick.
"Easy there, McKay," John said, kneeling beside him and resting a hand on the man's shoulder. "You got wacked pretty good."
"Feels like I've been run over by a steamroller; what happened?" He looked around the brightly lit room. "And where the hell are we?"
"Beats the hell out of me," Ford said. He was seated near the door, looking at it as if waiting for it to open.
"And where's Teyla?" John's eyes darkened at that.
"We don't know. Can you remember anything of what happened before we got caught?"
Rodney frowned, trying to search his mind for exactly what happened after stepping through the Gate....
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FLASHBACK SEQUENCE! OH YEAH!
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He set foot on the other side to see the familiar sight of Lt. Ford looking off into the treeline for anything threatening and John casually scoping the place out.
"All right people, let's see if we can find anything useful here."
Rodney pulled out his tricorder and began monitoring for signals while absently following the trio of people.
"Silence," Teyla suddenly ordered, no longer moving. John and Aiden stopped when she did, but the distracted McKay didn't notice until he bumped into John.
"Ow, why-"
John cut off Rodney's rant by slapping a hand over his mouth. "Shut up. Teyla?"
The Athosian woman's eyes were narrowed as she scanned the trees near where they were walking. "I do not know. I believed that I heard something."
John dropped his hand, Rodney understanding the need for silence now, and began walking again, suspiciously looking for something out of the ordinary. "All right team, high alert, keep moving."
They walked for a short distance in safety when suddenly Ford- who had scouted ahead around the corner- yelled. They quickly rushed to where he should have been, but found nothing but an empty trail.
"Lieutenant?" John called. "Ford!"
"Major," Teyla said urgently and showed him Lt. Ford's hat.
"Weapons up people!" John ordered, just as Teyla screamed.
From the darkness of the woods came a frightening sound, almost like an unearthly war cry. A moment later, a branch swung out of one of the trees and hit John in the back of the head, making him go down with a grunt.
"Major!" Teyla cried, rushing to his side, not seeing the painted human coming up behind her, wheeling a large branch of his own.
And that was the last Rodney saw before everything went black.
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YEAH, IT'S OVER. GO BACK TO YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING.
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Rodney rubbed the back of his head again as John stood, eyes flaming, jaw clenched. "I don't know who they were, but they were definitely savage."
"Savage?"
The three men looked up at the voice and saw a smiling man dressed in fine robes waltz in through a hidden doorway, which then closed behind him.
"Certainly not savage. Maybe... a tad primitive."
"Who the hell are you?" John asked, eyes narrowed. "Why have you brought us here? We meant you no harm."
"Ah, true. You had not yet done anything to warrant such treatement; my apologies. However, a preemptive strike keeps you from actually doing a terrible deed, does it not?"
"Again," John said through clenched teeth. "Who are you?"
"Of course! How rude of me! I am Lord Frederice Munner, gracefully at your service," the man said, incling his head. "And you are?"
"Major John Sheppard. This is Lt. Ford and Dr. McKay. And where is Teyla?"
"Teyla?" The man seemed confused.
"The woman who was with us."
"Ah, yes! The Athosian!" Lord Munner said, clapping his hands. "She is safe and well; have no fears. I am sure you will see her again soon."
"And where are our things? You know, our weapons, some delicate and expensive scientific equipment that you've no doubt thrown around with no consideration?" Rodney piped up.
"Your things are being kept safe in another room. I assure you none of it has been harmed, as you will not be."
"Yes, we could tell by your wonderful welcome," John said sarcastically.
"Oh, I do regretfully apologize for having to do that. But there is no use dwelling on the past now is there?" Suddenly an electronic device on his waist beeped and he glanced down. "Ah, I must go. However, I will attempt to be back soon. Please, relax, enjoy yourselves, and do let me know if there's anything you need?"
"Wait just a minute...." John snarled, quickly stalking towards him-
- And running face first into a force field barrier that kept them seperate from the spot that Lord Munner had just been standing in.
John slowly sat up as the door closed behind their "host", and glared. "McKay, get up and try to find a way out of this thing."
"How do you expect me to do that? We don't even know that the circut panel is-"
"Just try, McKay!" John shouted, fully tired of McKay's whining.
Rodney stared, then sighed and picked himself up. Obviously only Ford was getting that John was worried about Teyla; the two were practically- maybe already were- lovers, yet the doctor couldn't even see it. Ford just shook his head and went back to watching the obvious door, though he kept an eye on the other one as well.
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Nothing. Not one damn thing.
"How can that be? Are you sure?" John asked, glaring at the plain walls decorated with gold metal on it around them.
"I've double, triple checked it, Major. There's nothing here that I can discern as a way out."
John placed a hand to his forehead for a moment, the only sign he was beginning to get a headache. "All right. Looks like we'll have to wait for that moron of a kidnapper to get back."
"Lord Munner," Rodney offered.
"I know his name, McKay."
"Just trying to be helpful."
Ford shook his head. "We should probably save our air. We don't know if they'll be bringing water or not and drying ourselves out with talking probably isn't the best idea."
Reluctantly, both men had to agree and sat down, settling in for the long haul. For once, they would put their differences aside for a common cause.
Survival.
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A/N: Whatcha think? Took a bit longer to get up than I would've liked, but I lost motivation part-way through, got involved in a roleplay, and was out most of the weekend. Lol But it's up now, and I know, tis terrible of me to end mid-way through the mission like that, but hopefully it'll finish up next chapter. Not quite sure how I want it to work out though, so there may be another long delay for Chapter 6. Don't kill me! -Shields head with arms-
All angry mob reviews and flames will be used as weapons against the Genii, by far a more serious and annoying threat than the Wraith. Hey, at least the Wraith don't discriminate- they'll kill anyone for food. The Genii plucked Liz out for death because Kolya knew she was needed and a big part of their lives, and used Rodney because he saw he was the weaker of the links and the worst liar.
- V.
P.S. Chapter 6 is going to take a LOT longer to type up than any of the others due to the fact that I wrote it during school and- to keep others from reading over my shoulder and embarassing myself- I wrote it all in... Elvish letters. Heh... -Nervous grin, glances around- So I'm going to have to translate it back into English in my head to type it up. Please bear with me!! You will have your anygry-cultist-motivated chapter! Lol Okay, maybe the McWeir site isn't a CULT, per say....