Life Part 9

Author: JeepNY

Category: Angst/Drama

Disclaimer: I don't own SGA, but Lienna is mine.

When she stepped through the gate, Elizabeth was immediately thrown into the craziness that enveloped Atlantis.

She looked around, looking for a certain someone to help explain what was going on.

"Major Lorne?"

"Dr. Weir."

"Please explain to me what is going on?" They walked up the stairs to the control room, "Where is Colonel Sheppard?"

"That is the problem Ma'am."

"Problem?"

"Yes Ma'am, Colonel Sheppard and his team went off world early this morning…"

"Went off world? How could he have gone off world…he's supposed to be…."

"I know Ma'am, but the Genii.."

"The Genii…why was I not notified of this earlier Major?"

"With all due respect, when you dialed in, we were about to dial out to you."

"Oh, well…I see. My apologies Major."

"It's fine Ma'am."

"So what happened, what do you know?"

With that the swoosh of the gate startled them both. "Atlantis. This is Teyla."

"Go on Teyla, what is your status."

"Dr. Weir, good to hear your voice."

"Teyla…"

"We were ambushed, we have wounded."

Elizabeth's stomach had knotted so tightly she thought she was going to vomit right there. She knew it had to be Colonel Sheppard who was injured, she felt it so deeply.

"Roger that Teyla."

"Medical team to…" That sentence did not even have to be finished before Carson and his teams arrived.

"Come on through Teyla."

Everything had happened to quickly, and with precision.

Teyla came through half carrying Rodney, who looked worse for the wear. Appeared to anyway, The medical teams carefully took him away from her, and he collapsed onto a stretcher.

The silence in the control room was staggering, waiting for Ronon and Colonel Sheppard to appear through the gate.

Seconds turned into minutes, when they finally made their appearance. Ronon was now carrying a very unconscious Colonel Sheppard.

Carson was barking orders left and right. From where everyone stood, they couldn't see much of what had happened to him, but Elizabeth was down the stairs and after the med team through the hallways of Atlantis.

They had to stop once, he had stopped breathing. Tears in her eyes, all she could do was sit back and watch as they tried to revive him. She was shaking, not knowing what she could do to help. Not that she could at this point.

Suddenly they were off again, racing towards the infirmary.

Elizabeth was forced to run after them, to only be stopped at the doors to the infirmary by one of the nurses.

"I am sorry Dr. Weir, Dr. Beckett has instructed me to keep everyone clear of the infirmary unless it is an emergency."

"This is an emergency…"

"Dr. Weir you need to stay out here, and let us do our jobs."

With a heavy sigh she turned to find Teyla, Ronon and several other members standing there as well.

"Dr. Weir, I think you should sit down. You don't look very well." Teyla told her.

She knew she didn't look well, she certainly did not feel well either. Nodding in agreement, but she did not know where to go, she wanted to stay here, but she wasn't allowed.

What had happened out there. With a glance to Ronon, she told the rest of his team to follow her up to the briefing room.

If there was anything, she wanted to know what happened out there.

Once they reached the briefing room, Elizabeth sat down heavily, with the rest of Colonel Sheppard's team watching her every move,

"Are you sure it is wise to do this now Dr. Weir, you do not look any better."

"I am fine Teyla, I want to know what happened to Colonel Sheppard and Rodney."

"As you wish."

As they described their arrival on the planet, looking for possible with trade with the people there, it was looking god until they made it to the village. The first step of negotiations went well, and when they left to get the ruler of the land, that was when things went down hill.

Elizabeth cringed, Koya…he had done this to them.

A million questions ran through her head, how did they manage to find them, how did he survive…how how how.

"When he came to the holding cells the last time, he took Colonel Sheppard."

"Rodney was already injured by this time."

"But how?"

"Some of the Genii goons, and his…umm..big mouth."

"Dr. McKay was a little worse then…normal."

"Anyway, what happened next?"

"We heard a lot of screaming….it was…' Teyla couldn't finish.

"It was Colonel Sheppard." Ronon had looked over at Dr. Weir who had her face turned down, and then to Teyla, who had been struggling.

"We aren't sure how we got away, but we managed to return to the stargate. It was almost too easy."

"Do you know what they did to him?"

"No, they returned him to the cell a while after that."

"He was not conscious."

Elizabeth had closed her eyes, she knew he was tortured; she did not need them to tell her that. The fact was she was not sure if she could handle having them tell her the details.

"Are you alright Dr. Weir?"

"Yes, I am fine…. You are all dismissed. Get some rest."

She made her way out of the room before everyone else, unable to hide her feelings and thoughts any more.

She made it to her quarters before she broke down. Hiding in the only solitary place that she could find on Atlantis

"Is she alright?" SSgt Bates asked Teyla and Ronon as they walked out of the briefing room.

"No, I do not think she is." Teyla looked over at Ronon, "I should go after her."

Elizabeth found herself in her room, alone when the tears started. She did not know what to do anymore, everything seemed to be falling apart.

A soft knock at her door raised her from her thoughts and she wiped away at the tears.

"Dr. Weir, its Teyla, is everything…." The door opened, "alright?"

"I am fine Teyla."

"No you are not Dr. Weir, would you like to…talk?"

They spoke for a while as it turned out. Teyla proving to be one of the best girl friends Elizabeth had had in a long while. They both knew what is was like to be a warrior, a fighter, and to love another with so much of yourself, that it actually broke your heart, and then have there be nothing that you could do about it.

Later that evening Elizabeth had fallen into a fitful sleep.

In the infirmary, Colonel Sheppard was still unconscious for the time being. Carson had accessed his injuries, several broke ribs, internal bleeding, broken arm and wrist and cuts that warranted many stitches.

And he was still unconscious until as a nurse was checking his vitals and he shot straight up in bed and screamed for Elizabeth.