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Weathering the Storm Part 3
Kolya wandered into Dr. Weir's office, glanced at the floor beside the desk, and marveled at the day he was having so far. He felt exhilarated by the thoughts of Elizabeth and the emotions he could provoke from her. Kolya realized that she was not as giving with her emotions after the incident earlier in her office, and he assumed that it was because he had broken the fearlessleader. She was definitely not fearless earlier, he smirked to himself.
That thought about breaking the leader brought Kolya's thoughts back to Major Sheppard, and how he did not know if Dr. Weir was alive or not. He decided to contact the Major and clue him in to all that had happened. He picked up the radio and spoke forcibly to the annoying man on the other side of the transmission, "How's this for credibility? Weir is dead."
At the same moment, Dr. Weir was trying to sneak past her office door in order to talk to Sora again. She noticed the errant look that Sora gave her CO earlier, and was hoping to find some support to help her people. It was a long shot, Dr. Weir knew; however, she was willing to try anything to help her people. She mused over the idea of doing anything to help, but here she was sneaking past her own office door. Dr. Weir realized at that moment that there was a difference between doing anything to help, and outright stating 'Here I am.'
She heard John reply slowly while pronouncing each word carefully, "I … am… going… to … kill… you." Elizabeth wanted to let Major Sheppard know that she was okay; however, she could not guarantee that the button was pressed on the radio Kolya had that would let the Major hear her. Dr. Weir also decided that it would be safer at the moment for all involved to let him think her dead. She hated to do it to him, but she knew that her still being alive was not set in stone like she would like. Everyone's life in Atlantis, including those of the Genii, was hanging on a thin thread that could be broken any moment by the encroaching storm.
Dr. Weir started to slip away when she heard Kolya's response, "Maybe…stay out of my way. Or McKay will join her." Elizabeth heard the radio click off and then shuddered when she heard Kolya state to no one in particular, "Dr. Weir is dead, but I still have work to do on Elizabeth."
The hell I am. Dr. Weir screamed internally. She wondered how her actions might have shown him that he had pushed her that far. Dr. Weir smiled to herself as she realized It doesn't matter what he thinks. I know better. I bet I can use this to my advantage. She hated playing the simpering scared female, but if it would get Kolya to believe she was weak, and not worth much military attention she would use it. She smiled more internally as her thoughts for how to manipulate Kolya started to form. She let her mind and her feet led her to Sora and to the plan of playing the weak female.
Dr. Weir never did get to talk to Sora, as Kolya came out of her office as she neared her target. Dr. Weir glanced toward Kolya. When he noticed her looking at him, she shifted her eyes to look at the floor, and hurried over to Dr. McKay's side. Playing simpering female take one, she thought to herself trying not to defy her chance and gaze hatefully straight at Kolya.
Dr. Weir heard the heavy footsteps of the Genii commander come toward her and Rodney. She shifted her stance to place Rodney between Kolya and herself. To Kolya it appeared as though Elizabeth did not want to be close to him at all, and he smirked at that knowledge. But to Dr. Weir, the shifting helped her see Kolya without having to shift her head much at all. She noticed the smirk on his face at the thought that he had won in breaking the leader of Atlantis.
"Come," Commander Kolya stated to the two members of Atlantis. He turned his gaze to look more at Dr. McKay and grabbed his right arm where he had been stabbed earlier. "You need to fix the final grounding station."
It took all the focus Dr. Weir had to not say or do anything too rash when she heard Rodney whimper in pain as Kolya gripped his arm. She wanted to rip the Genii commander apart limb by limb; however she knew that now was not the time to act. She bit the inside of her lip in order to prevent herself from saying something that would pull Kolya's thoughts back to the leader of Atlantis, and thereby knowing that he did not break her. She was glad to realize that the two males started to walk away when she noticed the taste of blood in her month. Dr. Weir kept her head down and followed the two like a beaten puppy all the way to grounding station 3.
As the threesome walking out to view the damage to grounding station 3, they were drenched in mere seconds as the rain beat down on them. Elizabeth felt the freezing spray hit her full force; however, to her it was the closest thing she was going to get to a shower, and the washing away of the filth she felt that Kolya left behind when he touched her. She did not get much time to revel in the feeling of the grime being washed away as her attention was brought back to the two men standing next to her.
Elizabeth heard Rodney tell Commander Kolya that he could have the repairs made in 15 to 20 minutes. While Dr. Weir appreciated the speed and accuracy with which Dr. McKay normally did his work, she hoped that she would have a change to tell him to stall for more time. She knew that their importance was the only thing that was currently keeping them alive; once the repairs were made, she could not guarantee that the Genii would see enough worth in them to keep them alive. Elizabeth shuddered at the thought that Kolya might see enough reason to keep her alive. That's not important right now, I need to concentrate on saving the city, and getting the people back here where they belong.
"Dr. Weir I need you to…" Rodney pulled her attention back to the grounding station and the pounding rain.
"Right of course," she leans closer to Rodney with the light so that he could see what he was doing. Personally Elizabeth was glad for a valid reason to get away from Kolya. The rain was helping her feel slightly cleaner; nevertheless, standing next to him for any length of time made her ill at ease.
Dr. Weir watched Rodney work, and glanced over occasionally to see if Commander Kolya was far enough away that she could talk. While he kept walking slightly away, she could not be sure that the wind would not carry her traitorous words to him. She finally got the change to talk privately to Dr. McKay when Sora called to tell him about the death of three more of the Genii raiders at the hands of Major Sheppard.
"Why did you tell him you could have this fixed in 15 to 20 minutes?" Dr. Weir nearly had to shout to be heard over the raging storm. She listened as Rodney replied that it was to keep Kolya from killing them. While he is a bright man in certain areas, he is certainly very dense in others. Dr. Weir forced herself to breath in and out before she replied, "I understand that. But once the shield is operational, we won't be very useful now will we?"
If there was a literal light bulb on top of Rodney's head, it would now be able to light up all of Atlantis. Dr. Weir watched as his eyes got bigger and he yelled at Elizabeth, "Why did you let me tell him I could fix it in 15 to 20…"
Like anyone has much control over what comes out of him mouth…or goes in it for that matter, Elizabeth thought about the brilliant scientist who acts like a vacuum cleaner whenever there is food around. Unless it has citrus, she thought wryly. Dr Weir shoved her thoughts away and responded to Dr. McKay that he needed to stall for more time, and hopefully they could give Major Sheppard a chance to take care of the remaining Genii.
That hope was dashed when they heard Kolya command Sora to call Chief Cowen to ask for reinforcements. To make matters worse, he smirked and turned to Doctors Weir and McKay stating, "If you're hoping Major Sheppard can diminish our numbers, you are mistaken."