A/N: Extra special thanks to Omega Paladin for getting me the information of Kolya.

Acastus Kolya circled his opponent. His opponent was a promising, young Genii recruit. It was also the same soldier that had been unable to stop Aiden Ford's escape from the Genii base. Kolya held only a knife. He had practiced for years. He was going to punish the recruit.

The recruit lunged forward, swinging his combat knife at the last instant. Kolya leaned back slightly, and used his massive fist to burrow into the recruit's stomach. The recruit groaned in pain, but didn't keel over. The recruit then feinted a swing and punched Kolya in the shoulder where Major Sheppard had shot him, almost a year ago.

Kolya grunted in pain, but didn't lose his footing. He lowered his center of gravity as the recruit charged again. He picked the recruit off the ground and hurled him into the wall. Kolya then beat the recruit to the floor.

The recruit was bleeding from his nose and mouth, eye's dazed from the impact. Kolya threw him down again. He repeated this action over and over again. "You are not ready!" Kolya screamed as he finally let the recruit down. "Get him out of my sight."

Two Genii soldiers collected the limp body of the recruit, dragging him out of the sparring room.

Kolya wiped the sweat from his forehead, then left the room. He walked down the small halls of the Genii base, before stopping near a newly constructed hanger. Inside, was a single gateship. It's condition was less than perfect with the scars of battle still upon it.

The gateship had been found buried in the forest. It had been theorized that the Ancients had used it to fight the Wraith, at one time. Now, it would be how the Genii would take Atlantis.

Standing in the hanger with the ship was his army of commandos. They were the best of the best, the strongest, fiercest, and most determined soldiers the Genii had. Kolya suppressed the urge to smile. It reminded him of his last attempt to take Atlantis. He had been too confident.

He called for his soldiers to assemble. They were standing in ranks in seconds. "Warrior of the Genii." He addressed them. "We have been given the duty of taking Atlantis. We know they have a shield and ZPMs to power it. They stole ours. We will repay them by taking Atlantis."

He paused before continuing. "The first group, myself and ten of our best, will be flying the jumper. We will use it's cloak to sneak into Atlantis. We will then take control of the star gate and bring the rest of you here. Once there, we will be in perfect position to defeat the Atlantians."

"Long live the Genii." The soldiers chanted.

"Long live the Genii indeed." Kolya said to himself.

"That's exactly what happened." John said.

"Alright John, take a seat." Elizabeth said.

John sat down next to Teyla in the briefing room. He had just finished being interrogated by Caldwell about what had happened on the planet where he and Teyla had been marooned for two days. He exchanged a brief glance with Teyla, before turning his attention back to Elizabeth.

"We can be sure the Genii won't take this lightly..."

"No mam," Aiden said as he entered. "they won't. Permission to join the briefing mam?"

"I don't think that's a good idea." Caldwell said.

"At the very least." Elizabeth said sternly. "We should here what Lieutenant Ford has to say."

"That's assuming he ever gets his commission back."

"That's enough Colonel." Elizabeth said, gritting her teeth. "This is my city, I make the decisions."

"Thank you mam." Aiden said. He sat down next to John, but still opposite of Caldwell. "While I was under the influence of the serum, I was still trying to help Atlantis. I knew we needed ZPMs. So, while getting more serum from a few Wraith I stumbled upon a Genii patrol."

"They had a ZPM?" Rodney asked.

"Two actually. I don't know where they got them. I took down the guards, or at least I thought that I had. I was shot up pretty bad by a sniper of some kind. Thankfully, I still had a full dose of the serum in my blood. I waited until the sniper came over to tie me up, then took him down."

"That was risky." John commented. "Any other problems?"

"No, other than being spotted and followed through the gate. The rest you know. I barely made it to Atlantis."

"So the Genii know we survived?" Teyla asked.

"Unless they're stupid. Which they're not. I'd guess they at least plan on another attempt at taking Atlantis. Why else would they have the ZPMs?"

"Oh I don't know." Rodney said sarcastically. "Anyone can figure out how to use a ZPM for power. Since it's a perfect system of power generation, the Genii would be very interested in it for their own underground cities."

"Point taken Rodney." Elizabeth said. "But we both know that the Genii still want us dead. The incident during the siege of Atlantis for one."

"Personally," John said. "I think the Genii just don't really know when to actually take hostages."

"It still makes them dangerous Colonel." Caldwell said. "You're a fool to underestimate them."

"I hunted through Atlantis all by myself for a long time. I think I've earned the right to criticize. They're arrogant and overconfident, but that is what makes them both vulnerable and dangerous."

"That's enough you two!" Elizabeth said forcefully. "I can't afford my two senior military advisers bickering like children." She paused glaring at both John and Caldwell. "This briefing is over." She got up to leave.

Rodney followed her out of the briefing room. "Elizabeth." He called. "I've hooked up the Genii ZPMs into the city's power supply and guess what I found."

Elizabeth stopped in her office. "What is it Rodney?"

"With three ZPMs... there's a lot of extra power in the city."
"How much?"

"So much our instruments can't track it. Anyway, we discovered that two systems have activated. One is a self repair system. It's repairing sections of the city automatically, even as we speak."

"That's great." Elizabeth didn't sound excited.

"The second is that our drone supply is increasing. The city is actually manufacturing more drones for the chair."

"So we have shields, drones, and a repair system?"
"Exactly, it all makes sense. The ancients couldn't have held out for years unless they had those abilities. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner."
"Better late than never Rodney."

"Um... don't mean to be nosy or anything, but is something bothering you?"

Elizabeth forced a smile to her face. "No, of course not Rodney."

"Well... um... okay. You just seemed a little... uhhh... I don't know.. distracted."

"No, I'm fine."

"Okay then. I'll get back to work on the ZPMs." Rodney left.

Elizabeth collapsed into her chair. She rubbed her forehead, feeling the beginning of a headache. She then called up the security footage from the infirmary, the footage Caldwell had told her to watch. She was regretting it from the moment she saw it.

She saw John unconscious. Teyla at his side, her hands holding his. Elizabeth could see the tears in Teyla's eyes. The same tears Elizabeth had tried to hard to ignore just the other day outside the infirmary. Elizabeth hated to do what she was about to. She left her office, looking for John and Teyla.

John parried Teyla's graceful attack, partially marveling at her grace in combat, partially trying to stop her from kicking his ass. He followed up a quick flurry of three rapid strikes, trying to get under her defenses. Her defenses. He laughed at himself, not those defenses.

Teyla responded viciously, landing two heavy strikes on John's left arm. He winced in pain, but bounced back. He managed to land a light blow to Teyla's arm. She faltered, or so it appeared. He didn't fall for it, dropping into a defensive stance.

She had been feinting him. She suddenly came on to him, her sticks twirling rapidly. He managed to block all of them. Or so he thought. In the next instant, Teyla hit him in the backs of his knees. He dropped to knees, but she had him.

She pinned him against her abdomen, her sticks pressed against his neck. "Close John." She commented.

"Been practicing a little." He replied. "Besides, you've kicked my ass enough so that I know when your pretending."

"Occasionally."

"But you still made one mistake."

"What would that be."

"That I wanted to get my ass kicked." He managed to turn around and knock her to the floor, retching one of her sticks from her hands as he went. He pressed the stick against her neck. "Gotcha."

"Only because I let you." She pulled him in and kissed him.

He dropped the stick, returning the kiss. Damn she can kiss. He thought to himself.

"John!" A shrill voice said.

John turned, feeling himself turning slightly red. Standing in the doorway was Elizabeth. "Elizabeth... I..."
"You damn well know what you're doing." Elizabeth replied. "Don't you realize what your doing. Colonel Caldwell has been on me since you got back to watch you and Teyla. He's going to get you court marshaled."

"Since when did it become illegal for me to be with Teyla, a civilian. The regulations clearly state..."

"It doesn't matter what they state. Caldwell has the power to bring you down. I can't have that man running my military assets on Atlantis."
John stood up, facing Elizabeth. "I thought I was the senior ranking military officer, in command."

"Caldwell still outranks you Lieutenant Colonel. There's only so much I can do to protect you."

"Doctor Weir." Teyla stated calmly. "Why is it so wrong for John and myself to be together?"

"It's complicated Teyla." Elizabeth hated herself for doing this.

"We appear to have plenty of time." John said, his tone incredibly serious. He folded his arms across his chest.

"Caldwell caught Teyla in the infirmary while you were unconscious. Her reactions are enough for Caldwell to bring it to my attention. He gave me two options, stop you two or he would ensure that you would never be able to wear your uniform again."

"That son of a bitch." John yelled. He left the sparring room, not pausing to ask either Elizabeth or Teyla.

"I'm sorry Teyla." Elizabeth said after a moment of silence.

"Leave me Doctor." Teyla said coldly.

Elizabeth turned to go, and heard Teyla begin to sob as she left.