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Elizabeth stood at the doorway watching John with his daughter and it ripped her heart in two.
She knew how much John loved Bree and how much it would hurt him to see Kolya again.

She wasn't stupid, but she also wasn't going to risk Bree's life, she didn't know what was happening to Bree, nobody knew. The only person who did who did know how to help her was Kolya.

She sighed and walked over to were John and Bree were.
She slowly sat next to him without a word.

When John heard Elizabeth sit down he looked round to face her.
She was wearing a combat vest and clearly ready to go with Bates and his team to meet Kolya.
John stood up and look Elizabeth's hand, forcing her to stand up and follow him, leaving Bree with Aiden.

John dragged Elizabeth over to the far corner of the infirmary, still holding her hand.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"

Elizabeth nodded and squeezed his hand.

"One of us needs to stay with Bree, I'll be fine."

John nodded and lightly kissed her forehead.

"Be careful, if something doesn't feel right get the hell out of there."

"I'll be okay, he won't hurt me."

John nodded slowly, he knew Kolya wouldn't hurt Elizabeth and on some level that scared him because it kept reminding him how much Kolya actually loved Elizabeth and Bree.
Slowly Elizabeth kissed his cheek before walking over to Bree and hugging her tightly.

John watched as Elizabeth left the infirmary before going over to Bree and taking her in his arms, holding her tightly.

Off world (Kora)

Elizabeth stepped out of the Stargate on the planet of Kora, the planet agreed to by both Atlantis and the Genii as the meeting place between their teams.

To say she was nervous was an understatement. She was terrified, she hadn't seen Kolya in 6 years, but he'd obviously been keeping track of her.

She shook her head trying to get away from the unsure feelings she was having.

Bates, noticing Elizabeth's uneasiness placed a hand on her shoulder

"Dr Weir…"

She turned to him

"I'm fine."

Bates nodded and the two of them walked, with the team, where an area where the security had already secured and where Kolya was waiting for them.

As she neared the area, Elizabeth could see him clearer and clearer. Her chest started closing and she thought she was going to collapse. Bates saw her pale and grabbed her arm quickly.

"Breathe, just breathe. I won't let him touch you"

Elizabeth nodded slightly.

Bates might be a lot of things but heartless isn't one of them, he remembered how Elizabeth was after the incident on Gistorri, he knew how much the rape had effected her, he knew a piece of her had been lost. He could tell that she had slowly repaired since being on Earth but he knew she was completely healed.

As they stepped into Kolya's view Bates could see a smirk form across his face causing Bates to have to push down the desire to punch Kolya out.

Elizabeth pulled away from Bates and he understood her reasoning. She didn't want to show weakness in front of Kolya, she didn't want him to know that he'd gotten to her.

Elizabeth and Bates finally stopped a few feet in front of Kolya and his two guards, behind them was stood the Atlantis security.

When Kolya took a step forward Bates raised his gun, causing Kolya's guards to raise their guns, which in turn meant that the security team lifted their guns.

Kolya head up his hands and his guards slowly lowered their guns.

"Let's start how we mean to go on. Peaceful"

Elizabeth glanced at Bates; he quickly understood and lowered his gun, followed by his security team. He saw her stare at Kolya for a moment, as if trying to figure out his endgame.

"Elizabeth, I can't begin to tell you how good it is to see you again"

Elizabeth shook her head

"I wish I could say the feeling is mutual, but I'd be lying."

Kolya chuckled slightly.

"That's what I like about you Elizabeth"

Elizabeth glared at him before steadying herself,

"Can you help my daughter, because if you can't we are leaving right now"

Kolya smiled

"I would not have brought you here if I could not deliver on a promise. I will not let any harm come to our daughter."

Elizabeth shuddered at his words.

"Fine, but we get any indication…"

Kolya cut her off

"…Me and my men have no intention of betraying you"

Bates rolled his eyes when he heard that but it was Elizabeth who came up with the retort.

"I recall you people have said something like that before"

Kolya nodded in agreement.

"That is true, but I am not here on behalf of the Genii and neither are my men. We are here to help Bree"

Elizabeth nodded slowly before taking a commanding tone in her voice

"Well, just remember that we play by my rules, you want to see Bree and I want you to help her, that's where it ends"

Kolya nodded

"Agreed"

Atlantis

John sat in the infirmary with Bree in his arms; she was currently playing with his hair making it more dishevelled then usual. John knew that in a few moments everything would change, Bree would finally have to learn everything, and that scared him.

He didn't want Bree to know the real reason she was there. No child should have to know that they are the result of rape.

John knew all too well what that could do to a child. His mother had been raped, she'd fallen pregnant because of it, she kept the child and that child was him.

That's why he'd been so angry when he found out that Elizabeth was pregnant, he knew how Bree would feel if and when she ever found out. Even though Trevor had always treated him as his son, John knew he wasn't and always strived to make his 'dad' proud of him.

John had found out when he was only ten, quite by accident really. Something was said that shouldn't have been said, John had figured out that his dad really wasn't his dad.

He remembered his mother, how she told him the truth with tears streaming from her eyes. John had been unable to fully grasp what had happened to his mother and he'd runaway, only for a day, to his friends house where his friend hid him.

One thing John had always been curious about was who his real father was. He knew it sounded crazy but he'd always wanted to meet him, demand an explanation and then punch him out.

He'd never told Elizabeth, couldn't even think about how she would look at him if she ever found out.

There were some days when he just wished that his mother had an abortion, and he knew that if Bree ever found out about herself, that she'd wish it too.

Slowly John was brought out of his musing as Carson walked over to him.

"John, Caldwell as just informed that they are here"

John nodded and lifted Bree up onto the bed.

"Honey, you need to go to sleep for a little while. I'll be here when you wake up."

Bree nodded and Carson slowly injected her with a sedative and she quickly fell asleep.

One thing John had insisted on and Elizabeth had agreed to, was that if Kolya actually wanted to meet her straightaway, she would be unconscious. They hadn't really prepared her for what was about to happen and they needed to.

John sat watching his daughter for a few more minutes until he heard the infirmary doors open. He knew it was Kolya but he didn't want to turn round, didn't want to face him, but he knew he had to.

Slowly John turned to him, he had two guards either side of him and a group of Atlantis guards around them.

Elizabeth walked though the door with Bates who had a pissed off look in his eyes. Obviously, he was as unhappy about this as John was.

"Colonel Sheppard, how good it is to see you again"

John shook his head

"I'd say it's a pleasure, but my mother taught me not to lie"

Kolya smirked and looked at Elizabeth

"He's obviously rubbing off on you. You've developed a similar sense of humour."

Kolya looked like he was about to say more when his eyes spotted the bed and the small girl laying in it.

He slowly took a step forward.

"Is that her?"

Elizabeth nodded slowly and Kolya smiled. Even though it was suppose to be a happy smile it still gave both John and Elizabeth an uneasy feeling.

"She is beautiful"

Kolya examined the delicate details of her face; she was everything he'd imagined she would be and more. Kolya was overcome by so many feelings, but the main feeling was love. Love for this little girl, his little girl.

"I want to hold her"

Elizabeth shook her head almost immediately

"Absolutely not"

Kolya turned to her sharply

"Do you want me to help her or not?"

Kolya knew trying that was a long shot. He wanted to help Bree desperately, he could help her control what was going to happen, but at the minute the knowledge he had was his only card, and he was going to use that all he could.

Elizabeth thought for a minute, Kolya was a bastard, he was evil but he could help her daughter. Part of her wondered whether he would just let Bree die, she didn't want to take that risk.

She looked at John apologetically before looking back at Kolya

"Fine, but only for a moment"

John clenched his fists in anger but knew there was nothing he could do. He watched as Elizabeth walked past him and picked up Bree who was still sleeping soundly. She then walked over to Kolya and, quite reluctantly, handed her to him.

That was enough to piss off John but instead he took a deep breath and mentally shook himself. It was all for Bree after all.

When Bree was placed in his arms, Kolya kissed her gently on the forehead before drawing a finger down her cheek in an attempt to wake her up, not knowing that she had been sedated.

"Why will she not wake up?"

Elizabeth sighed

"She as been sedated, did you think I was going to let her be awoke the first time you met her?"

John took pleasure as he saw Kolya look very pissed off.

"You promised me a chance to see my daughter"

Elizabeth nodded

"And you have seen her, but I still need a chance to prepare her, until I do that, she will not meet you"

Kolya shook his head

"She already know about me"

Elizabeth didn't answer, instead she just took Bree from his arms and gave her to John, who automatically held her tightly and placed a gentle kiss to her forehead.

Kolya sharply looked at Elizabeth

"Anymore deceit and I will not help her"

Elizabeth nodded

"Fine"

She then turned to Bates who nodded and turned to Kolya.

"You will be taken to your temporary quarters now"

Caldwell had agreed that locking Kolya and his men in a cell might not be the best way to get Kolya to help, so instead he'd agreed to place them in a secluded part of the city with armed guards everywhere.

As Kolya left Elizabeth walked over to John, who placed Bree gently on the bed.

John was unsure about what Elizabeth was going to do, until she wrapped her arms around him tightly and hugged him.

John slowly slid his arms around her and held her.

TBC…