Chapter 2: New Digs

It was late afternoon and for the next few hours Lexa drug Marc around Atlantis. He was starting to get annoyed, but he really didn't care. It was something normal couples did and he just wanted her to be happy. Finally, Lexa picked out a room facing the East. There was a large door that led out to their own personal balcony which had a great view of the horizon. She knew they were never going to want to get out of bed, so she hoped being able to see the sunrise would help get their bums up. Although it will probably be more of an incentive to stay in bed, she fooled herself into believing the former. "Yep, I think this one well do." She went to join Marcus out on the balcony, "So, what do you think?"

After visiting so many rooms, they were all beginning to look the same, so Marc just stepped out onto the balcony while Lexa looked over the room. He eyed the view of the East horizon, knowing it was going to get him in trouble. His mind drifted off to a cozy morning watching the sunrise, then getting into trouble for being late to duty, but he was soon pulled back to reality. Being lost in a daydream he missed Lexa's question, so she maneuvered herself between him and the railing, and slowly brought him back to Earth with a passionate kiss. "What was that for?" Not that he minded, he was just confused.

"Nice of you to join me in the here-and-now," Lexa smirked. "Anyway, thought you'd like to know that I love this one."

"Lexa, you've said that about a dozen rooms, can you just pick one." Marc sounded like a little kid being drug around by his parents from store to store.

"No, I said I liked those, I love this one."

"Wait, you mean you picked a room? Well hallelujah, it's about time! I can only imagine what house hunting is going to be like when we go back to Earth," Marc nagged.

"Oh, ha ha. You know, I can always look at more," Lexa said as she leaned back onto the rail, out of their embrace.

Marc threw his head back "Oh god, please no!" As he looked back at her he could tell she was irritated, "Oh, alright, sorry. You made a good choice." He kissed her on the cheek and then put his arm around her as they turned to leave.

Lexa leaned into him as they walked out of the room, "Oh, and I don't think you'll have to worry about house hunting, I like your place, but it is missing one thing… a dog." They both laughed and continued on their way to their rooms.

They split, and each packed up their things and began moving them to their new quarters. Lexa's packing and moving didn't take long at all, seeing as she used her telekinesis to do all the work. Normally she would have loved the work out the move would have given her, but her shoulder still wasn't 100 percent and Beckett kept peeking in on her. Just over an hour later she was done, and all moved into their new room, so she went over to Marcus' room to help. When she walked in she noticed the state of the room, "Wow, you're not even done packing stuff up yet." She peeked into the boxes that were packed and waiting by the door to be moved.

"Well, we can't all move things with a wave of our hand." Marc noticed her picking things out of a box, "So, did you come to help, or are you just browsing?"

Lexa picked up a small frame containing a strip of those silly photo-booth pictures. She smiled and blushed, lost in memories. "I can't believe you still have these, let alone even brought them here, especially…" she trailed off before her emotions could get the best of her.

Marc stopped packing and went over behind her. He slid his hands down her arms from her shoulders to her hands, so he too was holding the frame, as he looked down over her shoulder. "Something just told me to bring it. I guess I just knew you were going to come back. To be quite honest though it never left the box, well until you went back to Earth, then it found itself a nice spot on my desk."

Lexa's eye filled with tears as he spoke. She put the frame away and quickly wiped her eyes before one fell. She turned to face him, "We need to get done here." She kissed him on the cheek and began helping him pack.

Marc could tell she was slightly upset, but he didn't want to press the matter. "Well, if you're going to pack, I'll start moving these boxes out." He figured he'd give her some time to think things through, so he grabbed one of the boxes by the door and headed out. As he walked down the hall towards their new room he spotted Beckett, and knew exactly what he wanted. "She's in my room Doc, packing."

"Ah, good, you're doing the heavy lifting." Carson took notice of the rather large box the Major was toting. "She's said herself her shoulder isn't 100 percent yet, so just be sure she's not doing anything that would put strain on it."

Standing still, the box was beginning to yield its load. "Right Doc, will do," Marc said continuing along. He reached their room and unpacked the box. Back in his room Lexa quickly finished up by ordering everything away, she was getting pretty good at controlling her new power. She concentrated on the boxes and carefully slid them all down the hall. Marc heard the sound of cardboard scrapping on the floor and turned to the door as the boxes slid their way in, followed by Lexa. "Uh, yeah, that's just creepy."

"Tell me about it. Back on Earth I could barely move a feather, it's kind of like my powers are amplified here."

"Powers? Hey chica, you've only got the one. And it's gonna take a while before I get used to that."

"Well, get used to it fast, cause that's how we're unpacking. Come here." Marc went over by Lexa. "Now, just tell me what's in a box and I'll put it away accordingly."

Lexa went to raise her hands to move things but Marc gently grabbed them. He received a puzzled look from Lexa, but not a word of rebuttal. "I'm glad you're not freaked out by all this, and that you're taking it in stride, but, this just isn't you. You never take the easy way out, you always work so hard at everything. Why don't we do this the old fashioned way, huh?"

Lexa realized what was going on, "You're right, I uh… I don't know what happened. It's like once I started, I just couldn't stop. Thanks."

He let go of her hands and gently caressed her cheek, "Well, we'll figure it out. Besides it's getting late, why don't we leave this go 'till tomorrow?" Lexa nodded in agreement. They both changed clothes and then Lexa headed for the balcony door. As she tried to walk past the bed Marc grabbed her, "And just where are you going?"

She smiled, "Just need some fresh air, I'll only be a minute." She continued out to the balcony alone. Lexa looked out over the dark ocean, trying to wrap her head around what was going on. She hadn't said it, but her powers were scaring her a bit. Ever since she set foot back in Atlantis, she just didn't feel right. She held out her hand and a dim blue light appeared. The more she concentrated the brighter it became, then it flashed like a bomb and she flew backwards into the closed door.