A/N: Okay I'm updating! I'm glad you all are enjoying this.

"Queen Cliffie"… maybe that will just be my new nickname…

So I'm surprised no one got my favorite line right. It's "Impotent Bastard." I wish I could say that to Kolya… but I like "Oh, crap." (sums it up nicely doesn't it?) and "I'm getting a really creepy vibe here" so you two get hugs anyway.

Thanks to my wonderful new beta, Farah, who gave me the little push I needed to go the way I wanted with this chapter.

Enough about that now…

Chapter 6-My Friend of Misery

Major Sheppard arched his back in pain, but ignored it and spun around on one knee. He fired, but at nothing. The ravine was clear. He felt like he was being played with, one of Dr. Beckett's damn lab mice caught in a trap.

And then there was that Genii handgun… but this wasn't exactly their style.

He could feel where the back of his shirt had been sliced open, the blood dripping down. It felt like the worst of it was behind his left shoulder.

Then he was tackled from behind, sending a shock of pain up his back where it had been wounded. He was hurtled onto the ground, his P90 being jerked out of his hands and flung off to the side.

The man landed on top of him. John struggled up from under the man to a standing position, and grabbed his sidearm. But the man had also got to his feet and kicked the 9mm out of John's hand immediately.

"Major John Sheppard."

This man certainly wasn't Genii. He could tell by just one look at him. "Yes… why are you-"

"I am Jorus Sunier, I have to."

He came at John, his claws gripped in his right hand, already bloodied. He struck out with his left hand and was blocked. After that, John wasn't so lucky.

Jorus smashed the back of his hand into John's face and high-kicked him, forcing him onto his back in a few seconds. Although John didn't want to admit it, this young man could give Teyla a run for her money.

He was sitting on top of John, gripping his vest in his left hand. He had his claws pressed against John's throat, ready to slash. But John saw pain in his eyes as he paused, and then Jorus thought better of it.

A shot rang out as Jorus jerked his hand. Major Sheppard brought his hand up to his neck, mindlessly trying to stop the bleeding as Jorus clutched his bleeding stomach and fell off John.

John was getting extremely dizzy from the loss of blood, and couldn't seem to get up, no matter how hard he tried. But then he heard someone.

"Major! Oh god, this isn't good… I'll get you out of here." Rodney pulled out a sterile bandage and started applying it to John's neck, in hopes of stopping the massive bleeding.

"That would be nice."

Rodney tore of his jacket and tied it around John's throat, to apply pressure, all the while keeping an eye on the strange young man he had just shot. This was not what he expected to wake up to. Jorus was lying next to Major Sheppard, mumbling something about the damned Commander and also losing a lot of blood.

"Jorus!" Both Rodney and Jorus's eyes turned to down the path to see Vinelle standing there, holding a Genii gun, and a pack swung on her back.

"Who the Hell are YOU! " McKay called down the path, picking up a now unconscious John and just noticing that his back was also bleeding.

"She… is my wife." Jorus whispered.

"What? Okay I'm not panicking. Zelenka! Zelenka!"

Radek stumbled to his feet and opened his eyes to see Vinelle run over and point her gun at Rodney, who in turn pointed his at her.

"You shot my husband?"

"Yes, he attacked my CO."

"Major Sheppard?"

"Yes." They were still standing there, guns pointed at each other.

She lowered her weapon, and helped Jorus to his feet, "We have to leave now. The Genii will send men after me, Sheppard, well, all of us."

"Genii? Now you have to be kidding me."

"I am not." Jorus now was in the same state as John, and Vinelle had to carry him.

"Rodney, what is happening?" Radek asked.

"Wouldn't I like to know!"

Vinelle, being the only one in full awareness of what was going on, took charge, "I'll explain on the way. We have to start moving." And she headed in the direction of the Gate carrying Jorus. Rodney and Radek had no other choice but to follow the young woman.

They caught up beside her, and she immediately started talking.

"Commander Acastus Kolya, you know him?"

Rodney swallowed, remembering the events of the storm, "Yes…" His mind was also racing about John…the very unconscious John he was carrying.

"He is your enemy. Correct?"

"Yes." Radek said.

"The short story is that he captured myself, Vinelle Sunier, and my husband Jorus. He threatened that if he did not assassinate Sheppard, he would kill me. That is why we are in this situation."

"This is too much…" Rodney managed to say, extremely worried about John.

"I agree." Vinelle responded.

They came upon the Stargate and Zelenka immediately dialed.

Vinelle let out a breath as the Gate activated; at least now no Genii could follow her. If they could, damn would she be in trouble for the assassination she just committed on the Genii home world.

Rodney fumbled a little and entered the code that would translate on the other side into 'Medical Emergency, two.' He had realized that Jorus was just as much of a victim of Kolya as John.

"Come on let's go!" He yelled over to Vinelle, and they all stepped through the gate.

Rodney set John down on one of the gurneys Beckett's team had brought to the Gate, and looked at John's face. His death-pale face. Carson was asking him questions about what happened while checking over Major Sheppard.

"He uh…" Rodney looked down at his bloody hands…

"Rodney!" Carson snapped.

But he was in his own world, and Zelenka took over. "This man," he pointed to Jorus on the other gurney, "was captured by Kolya and forced to come after Major Sheppard, and Rodney shot him."

Carson nodded and called out orders to his highly-skilled medical team, who immediately wheeled John away. He then checked on the strange young man who was being hovered over by a strange young woman, and also had the team wheel him away, this time running with them.

Elizabeth had run up towards the Gate when the signal came through, and met the medical team in the hallway when they were on the way back to the infirmary, wheeling John and Jorus. Shock had spread across her face at the sight of a bloody John, a strange bloody man, Rodney and Radek looking like they had been through hell themselves, and a young woman. And this after a research outing to a 'safe' planet.

That was two hours ago.

Now she was waiting in the infirmary for news with Vinelle Sunier and Rodney. Lt. Ford had been in and out, not seeming to be able to sit still and wait. Teyla had reassured him that his CO would be fine, and took him away from the infirmary for a walk.

Vinelle had cleared up the questions Elizabeth had about what happened, and gave her one good piece of news.

Commander Acastus Kolya was dead, by Vinelle's hand and his own gun.

Elizabeth and Rodney sat and listened to Vinelle's story, their eyes widening throughout. When Vinelle started to tell of what had happened that day between Kolya and herself in the cell, they almost couldn't believe it.

Kolya had released Vinelle's throat and while keeping an eye on her, walked over and picked up his gun. The other guard was now fully alert. Kolya put his gun back in its holster as the guard he sent after the bottle and syringe returned. He had grinned and pulled up some of the poison into the syringe and stepped towards Vinelle.

She knew how he fought, and knew of his confidence. She planned to use it against him.

When he was close enough, and told her to roll up her sleeve, she pretended as if she was going to, but instead grabbed his gun and whacked him on the side of the head with it.

He got a hold of her other wrist tightly, threw her on the ground, and stepped on the wrist holding the gun.

"Are you done now?" He questioned.

She hissed at him, "Hardly."

Vinelle grabbed his ankle with her free hand, and flipped him on his back. She fired at his head, and the bullet met its mark.

It was then easy to overpower the two guards, and after checking if the man still had a pulse, which he didn't, she quickly left and made her way to Reekan to stop Jorus, but when she got there it was too late.

Now the trio was waiting in silence, trying not to think about the men in surgery dying. They were still in there, so they were still alive.

Carson came out and looked at them, and said, "They'll both be fine. I have them sedated, so no, you can't go see them."

Elizabeth sighed with relief, not realizing just how tense she had been for the past two hours.

Carson looked at Vinelle and Rodney, "You two better get cleaned up."

Rodney and Vinelle looked down at their clothes, just noticing how bloody they were.

Vinelle stood up, not knowing which way to go, but Elizabeth settled back into her head-of-Atlantis role, "I'll show you to the guest quarters." Vinelle smiled, grateful that these people were treating her alright. She hadn't been sure what they would do. She walked with Elizabeth out of the infirmary.

Rodney stayed for a moment to talk to Carson, "Are you positive the Major will be fine?"

"Aye, but he'll be a while recovering. I didn't want to worry Elizabeth, but he was loosing far too much blood, if you hadn't stopped some of that bleeding… I wouldn't be standing here saying he'll recover."

Rodney took a deep breath, "And Jorus?"

"You picked a bloody hell of good place to shoot him." Rodney looked at him. "I mean that you didn't hit any major organs, so he'll recover just fine. Now I suggest you go and change."

"Oh right, thanks Carson." Rodney left, fully relieved that the only person that died that day was Kolya.

A/N: Still one more chapter…