Disclaimer: I don't own the boys and girls at Stargate Atlantis
Note: I swear my brain doesn't know when to shut off. I started writing this at about midnight
Warning: Implied attempted rape
Karan
Elizabeth, Bates, Ford, Rodney and Teyla sat at the banquet table of their new trading partners the Karans.
Elizabeth, who was sat between Bates and Commander Phylis, started feeling dizzy.
Bates turned to Elizabeth and saw her holding her head.
"Dr Weir, are you alright?"
Elizabeth nodded weakly.
"Why is the room spinning?"
Bates become worried and placed his hand on her shoulder
"Dr Weir, are you okay?"
Elizabeth shook her head this time.
"I don't feel very well. I think I'm going to get some sleep."
Elizabeth started to stand up, instantly going dizzy again. Bates quickly stood up and held her lightly to support her.
"I'll take you, make sure you get there"
Elizabeth smiled in thanks before the two of them turned to face Commander Phylis.
"Will you be rejoining us St Bates?"
Bates shook his head, still supporting Elizabeth.
"No, I think I'm going to turn in too."
Commander Phylis nodded and smiled politely.
"Well goodnight"
Bates nodded and slowly helped Elizabeth to the room the Karans had set aside for her. Despite the fact that Elizabeth got confused about where her room was they eventually found it.
Bates was actually quite amused that Elizabeth couldn't hold her drink and that she would be paying for it in the morning, however he hadn't really seen her drink much and he'd been keeping an eye on her all night.
Bates snapped out of his musing and opened the door to Elizabeth's room, helping her inside and over to the bed in the middle.
He laid her down gently, his hand brushing across her rips as he pulled away from her. He placed the covers over her and brushed away a piece of her hair before stepping away from the bed.
"Will you be okay Dr Weir?"
Elizabeth nodded.
"I will. Thank you St Bates"
Bates nodded and headed for the door.
"Goodnight Dr Weir"
Elizabeth snuggled down into the bed. She was still for a few moments until she felt a hand brush through her hair.
"You're so beautiful"
Elizabeth opened her eyes in a panic but the room was too dark to make out anything but shadows and shapes.
"St Bates"
Elizabeth was shocked and sickened when a mouth invaded hers, slipping a tongue passed her lips and into her mouth. She quickly turned her head away from the mouth.
"No, stop it"
She tried to move but felt increasingly weak, even more so when someone sat on her lower stomach, effectively pinning her to the bed.
Elizabeth couldn't see anything but darkness and shapes but she could feel everything.
She could feel his rough hands over her body, on her stomach, moving upwards underneath her shirt to her breasts.
Elizabeth gathered all the strength she could and tried to push off her assailant, this resulted in her being hit and nearly strangled until she stopped moving and struggling.
Elizabeth frantically thought of a way she could end this. She knew what would happen if she didn't.
In a quick and unexpected move, Elizabeth rose her hands and scratched her assailants' left cheek with her nails, while he was distracted and temporarily stunned she forcibly pushed him off and sprung off the bed, running from the room as quickly as she could. She ran down the corridor until she bumped into someone. Elizabeth looked up, relieved at who she saw.
"Teyla"
Teyla was shocked by Elizabeth's appearance. Her neck was red with a hand impression settling in; she was bleeding from her head and had a black eye appearing as well as over small cuts and bruises.
"Dr Weir, what happened?"
Elizabeth replied with only one word.
"Bates"
Bates whistled to himself quietly as he got ready to turn in for the night.
As he was about to shut off the light, the door to his room burst open and a very angry Lt Aiden Ford stepped in.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
He barely finished his sentence when Ford's fist connected with Bates' jaw.
"You son-of-a-bitch"
Ford shouted at him, he was about to go for another swing when Rodney rushed into the room and grabbed his arm. Bates had never been so happy to see the scientist.
"He's not worth it. He's not worth it"
Ford swallowed hard and nodded, lowering his fist. Bates stumbled to his feet after being knocked down by the force of Ford's punch.
Markham and Stackhouse entered the room; Ford spoke to them, not taking his eyes off Bates.
"Arrest him, take him into custody"
Bates tried to fight against Markham and Stackhouse but they overpowered him.
"What the hell for?"
Ford walked right up to him, staring at him like a hungry Wraith stares at their next meal.
"You know damn well. For attacking Dr Weir you bastard"
Bates stared at Ford in shock as he was taken from the room.
Atlantis
"I miss one mission and she gets attacked."
John shouted at his team, not angry with them but angry at the whole situation.
John looked over at Ford who had a bandage on his left hand.
"I'm going to have to discipline you for hitting him"
Ford shrugged
"I did what I thought you would do"
John shook his head in disbelief and sighed.
"Ford, you gave the guy a concussion"
Ford smiled slightly.
"Exactly, I did what I thought you would do"
John nodded slightly realising that the kid was right. If John was there he'd have done the same thing.
"I lost it, I saw her all bruised and fragile and I just lost it. I'm sorry sir"
John sighed, shifted in his seat and looked over at Teyla who was staring at the table in front of her, not acting her like her usual self.
"Teyla"
Teyla didn't respond, she continued to stare down at the table. John called her name again, this time a little louder.
"Teyla"
Teyla looked up at him suddenly, confusion on her face.
"Yes Major?"
John shook of her confusion; there were more pressing matters at hand.
"How is Eliz…Dr Weir doing?"
Everyone in the room noticed the slip up but nobody questioned it.
Teyla sighed gently.
"Physically it is no more than cuts and bruises which should heal in time, mentally and emotionally, I can not be sure. Her spirit and trust seem damaged and Dr Heightmeyer as already requested to see her."
John nodded sadly
"Teyla, you were the one who found her, right?"
Teyla nodded
"Tell us what happened"
Flashback (Karan)
"Bates"
Teyla held Elizabeth lightly,
"What did he do?"
Elizabeth didn't answer, she just got increasingly fussy and Teyla decided to take her somewhere safe and contact Ford and Rodney.
Teyla helped Elizabeth to her room and sat her down on a chair near the door; she bent down in front of her and noticed that Elizabeth's breathing seemed to be returning to normal. She picked up her radio and contacted Ford.
"Lt Ford this is Teyla, can you and Dr McKay come to my room, there is a situation"
"We'll be right there Teyla"
Sure enough within about five minutes, Ford and McKay were at Teyla's room. Teyla had called them both because she knew it was a situation Ford would have to deal with but she also knew Elizabeth might be more receptive to McKay.
When Ford and McKay entered, the room entered the room Elizabeth didn't even seem to notice.
McKay bent down in front of her placing his hand on her knee. Very quickly Elizabeth shifted her legs away from him and McKay stood up and looked at Ford.
Ford nodded and walked over to Elizabeth.
"Dr Weir, what happened?"
Elizabeth looked over at him, he could tell she was trying hard to be strong and for the first time he could see the marks on her face and neck.
"I thought…I thought he'd gone, I…I heard someone walk over to me."
Ford bent down in front of her.
"Teyla said that you mentioned Bates. What about Bates?"
Elizabeth tried to turn away from him but he grabbed her chin lightly and made her face him.
"Elizabeth…"
Elizabeth began to shake.
"It was him, it was Bates"
Ford stood up quickly; he ran a hand across his face. McKay looked at him, slightly worried
"Ford?"
Before anyone could do anything Ford bolted out of the room and McKay was on his radio to Markham and Stackhouse, following him. Teyla watched as they left the room, before she allowed her eyes to fall back onto Elizabeth.
End of Flashback
"I don't believe I have ever seen Dr Weir look so afraid."
John nodded and looked down,
"In his statement Bates said that Weir was pretty out of it. Do any of you think that she may have made a mistake?"
Ford shook his head immediately
"I don't think so, she's pretty observant and she seemed so damn sure"
John turned to Rodney and he shrugged
"I don't know."
John turned to Teyla who lowered her head
"Dr Weir was most upset. It is possible she made a mistake."
All the men in the briefing room turned to her
"I am not saying that she made it up, but what would St Bates have to gain by attacking her?"
The three men knew she had a point but were stunned that Teyla was the one standing up for Bates, the two of the hated each other.
John stood up.
"Well DNA will confirm if it was Bates. Beckett is running that now. Until than get some rest and Ford, I'm taking you off active duty till I see fit"
Ford nodded knowing that he had to have some sort of punishment for his outburst
"Yes Sir"
John then walked out of the room leaving his team alone.
John walked into the infirmary and saw Beckett over at his desk looking at a piece of paper.
He walked over to him and sat down opposite.
"Do I want to know?"
Beckett handed the paper over to John and sighed
"His DNA was all over her, over her clothing and her body"
John threw the paper onto the table.
"That son-of-a-bitch"
Beckett picked up the paper, which John had just threw and placed it neatly on a pile.
"Have you spoken to Dr Weir?"
John looked up at him and sighed
"No, I thought it best to give her some time."
Beckett nodded and looked at him
"She needs you Major."
John looked back down at the table
"What am I suppose to say? Sorry I assigned the guy that tried to rape you, it won't happen again"
Beckett sighed.
"You didn't know what would happen. You assigned Bates to your team for that mission because he is a good officer."
John nodded but still looked down
"I should go talk to him"
John stood up and left the infirmary leaving Beckett to contemplate what would happen next.
TBC…