A.N: At end….
Jeans and Genes, Chapter 9.
Hit and Miss.
By Starlite1
Swirling maliciously, the vortex of displaced time and space reached out, snarling and grasping for anything and everything in its path. Energy crackled through the air, standing Elizabeth's hair on end, shocked as she felt the shock wave wash over them.
It had missed them.
"WHAT?" came the unbridled roar from Koyla. It was enough to break the enchantment. Without a second thought, Rodney drove her to the ground just as the nose of the Jumper shot through the gate. Barely giving the pain that now shot through her side a second thought, Elizabeth's mind reached out to the jumper, the same feeling from earlier that day coming to her easily as she took over the jumper.
Time slowed down, as Rodney grasped what she was doing.
Desperately he drove his own mind into hers. The strange presence in his mind increased tenfold, bombarding him with emotions. She responded in shock, resisting his offer.
Elizabeth! He sent to her mind, hoping it would work.
The resistance stopped, Rodney? She responded, images flying between them faster than gossip in New York.
Together. He told her. Instantly, he felt the amount of energy in his body rise up. Together they grasped it, and reached out to the jumper, sensing every fibre of it as though it was merely an extension of what they were. Perceiving their enemy standing on the stairs, they saw him burning.
On the wings of a thought, a thundering line of energy shot through the empty void, a blinding light replacing Koyla. All were forced to turn away as they felt searing pain race across their corneas. A deafening blast echoed throughout the room.
It was close to a minute before the light faded and the aftershocks ceased echoing throughout the room, leaving silence resounding in its wake. One by one, all eyes found their way to where Koyla had stood mere seconds before. The blood drained from Elizabeth's face, realising what had happened. Her arms fell from where they had encircled Rodney, as she ran off. Rodney stared after her, until he too was drawn to gaze upon the scene.
It was as though the wall had been slashed with a knife, left glowing red hot in pain, with the only trace of the man there mere seconds earlier a slowly settling pile of dust.
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In the mess, the teams were ready for action, merely awaiting their cue. Carson anxiously looked across to the other team members, all sitting with trepidation breaking through their stony facades.
The slight hiss of the doors was like a shot gun. As one, the inhabitants of Atlantis burst into action, the guards were pinned against the wall by Rachel's team. Carson found himself rushing forward within a pack, charging at the doors. And colliding into a nurse's backside as the entire group skidded to a halt-literally.
Elizabeth stood in the doorway, her eyes haunted as she looked over her people, barely aware of the fact she had nearly found herself the focal point of a mobbing.
"It's over." She said quietly. Everyone who hadn't seen her snapped around to look at her as though they wanted to confirm it.
A cheer rose up from those assembled, beginning as barely a whisper and growing into a deafening roar that echoed through the rafters, and most likely would be heard on the mainland.
For all the joy and gaiety around him, Carson found his eyes invariably drawn back to Elizabeth. She stared straight back at him, her eyes hollow and laden with her own horror, sadness etched into every single aspect. Deep olive shadows hung beneath them, and lines that hadn't been there earlier now were etched deep into her face. She barely acknowledged her Chief Medic, before, like a ghost she once again disappeared off into the city, leaving him wondering what had occurred out there…
A.N: Thanks once again to those who reviewed (Evilclone, NenyaVilyaNenya, Porthos1013 and Orka) hope that you liked this chapter. PLEASE tell me what you think, and as usual I like constructive criticism, but flames shall be used to roast marshmallows. And with more reviews the last chapter shall come out faster… :P
As to the next chapter, it should be up soon, as it's just awaiting the last bit of tweaking (I can't believe it's nearly over!)
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