NOTE: I don't own the characters on Stargate Atlantis. (But I wouldn't mind owning Jason Momoa(Dex) for a day!) :D

CH. 5

Ronon along with McKay, Sheppard, and a young solider named Lt. Crows, were very close to landing on Bosa. Sheppard and McKay sat in the front and Ronon and Crows sat behind. McKay was the only one talking out of the four of them.

"So tell me Ronon have you learned to use a fork yet?" McKay said in his snobbish voice.

Lt. Crows chuckled and turned his head to look at Ronon who had a gun pointed to his face in a split second. Crowe gulped, gave him a small sorry and looked away.

"Ronon!" Sheppard yelled at the enraged man with dread locks. Ronon put his gun away, but Crows was still scared shit less.

They finally landed and when the door opened, it revealed a planet of green.

McKay was the first out, followed by Crows, then Sheppard, and finally Ronon.

"Wow, this is nice!" Sheppard spun around to look at his surroundings.

Everywhere you looked there were flowers with bright apple green grass. It was like stepping into a thick forest straight out of a story book. There was a mixture of small and tall rich green trees everywhere. The scent was even better, it smelled like fresh rain had just fallen and awaken every smell the plants had to offer, but everything was dry. The sky was clear blue and you could hear birds chirping. Sheppard found a little path through the trees and they all set out, unaware of who they would meet.

After a mile or so, with no interruptions, Ronon whispered, "stop," and they did as he ordered. They stood very still, "Someone is watching us," Ronon said in a voice loud enough so only the four of them could hear.

"Okay! Why does this always happen? Why is someone always sneaking up on us? This is so cliche," McKay started to complain in a hush tone.

"Shut up!" Sheppard blurted out and gave him a stearin look. A flash and a sound of a gun going off was all they could here. The next thing they knew Sheppard was on the ground, covering his head.

"Sheppard!" Ronon and Mckay yelled. Sheppard got up off of the soft grass and pointed his gun in the bushes.

"Ask who's there!" McKay said as he stood behind Ronon who also had a gun aiming at the bush.

"I'm sorry! It was an accident," came a voice from the bush. A young boy about the age of 14 came from behind it with his hands in the air.

He looked at their faces pleading for mercy.

"WELL YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME!" McKay shouted at the teen as came out from behind Ronon. He approached the teen with a stern look on his face and looked like he was ready to kill the kid.

"Rodney!" Sheppard said in a annoyed voice while prolonging his name.

McKay backed off and the young boy put his hands to his side and introduced himself, "My name is Rixs."

They followed the young boy who said that his village was just a few minutes away and that his father, Carib, would want to meet them. Just like the boy said they were in a small village, but strangely it was not green like the rest of the land they have seen. You would think that since it's a village and people lived there, that it would at least have small farms near the houses.

"This looks friendly," McKay said sarcastically to Sheppard, who gave him a weak unsure smile.

A short fat man with a long white beard approached them. He was wearing rags, much like the other villagers they saw so far, and was balding.

He limped to Sheppard and extended his hand, "Hello friend," he smiled to show bright yellow teeth.

Sheppard smiled at the odd looking man, and followed him with the others close behind into a small hut. It was smaller inside then it was on the outside, it only had some pillows on the floor and a small table in the center.

"My name is Carib, and your names?" he asked them while flashing his rotting teeth once more.

Sheppard introduced them, "this is McKay , Crows, and Ron.." Ronon wasn't with them. Ronon peaked his head into the hut, "I'll stay out here, if you don't mind," Ronon said to Sheppard.

"Sure, just don't get lost...we might need you." Sheppard informed him.

"So what brings you here?" Carib was now sitting down and looking at Sheppard with a smile, but not a good smile. It was the kind that turned your stomach inside out and made your head hurt with worry.

Sheppard hesitantly spoke, "Oh, well we're just passing by and we will leave soon. We don't want to bother you folks."

" Ohh you don't need to be leaving, please stay, we haven't had company in a long time." Carib had a strange glimmer in his eye as he said that.

Sheppard felt the negativity of his environment, " No I'm sorry, we have to be going. We're gonna miss dinner if we don't leave this instant." Sheppard tried to joke his way out of the hut.

"Well, suit yourselves," Carib still smiling got up and motioned them out.

McKay was the first to step out, "Sheppard!" he yelled. Sheppard uncovered the strap of cloth that was covering the entrance where McKay stood frozen.

"Ohh shit, I guess we are gonna miss dinner." Sheppard stood as frozen as McKay and now Corws. They were surrounded, the villagers held them at gun point, and it didn't look as if they were helpless any longer.

Three men led them to another tent where they were tied down to posts.

"You know, I don't remember how many times, friendly villagers turned into bad villagers, but I can remember being tied up a lot." McKay said in his familiar annoyed tone.

"I wanna hit you, but my hands are tied." Sheppard glanced at McKay and then looked at Crows, "Remind me to slap him on the head if we get free."

"IF!" Crows cried out in horror at Sheppards remark.

"Where the hell is Ronon?" Sheppard had just noticed at the mix of all the commotion that Ronon was missing. Nearly five minutes had passed and Rixs came in to check on them , " Were almost ready for you!" he gave them wicked smile.

"Ready for what?" Sheppard asked with suspicion in his voice.

"For the feast of course!" Rixs smiled warmly at them, " We haven't had good food like you come along in a while. Rixs smiled again as he walked out of the hut.

"You should have let me hurt him when I had the chance!" McKay said to Sheppard in a know-it-all voice.

Two minutes after, Ronon was cutting a hole in the back of the hut big enought for someone to crawl out of. He put his finger to his lips to silence them and cut them lose one by one. They sneaked out of the tent and ran to a wooded area just a few feet away from the hut.

"How you guys doing?" Ronon asked as they each hid behind a tree.

McKay was holding back not to yell, "They were going to eat me!" he glared at him, "But how are you?"

"Ohh so that's what the fires were for!" Ronon chucked a little when he said it.

"They are gone Carib!" They heard a voice yell out.

"Find them now!" Carib shouted as about 15 men started to look for them.

"We can take them!" Ronon said to Sheppard.

"Or we can just sneak off and pretend we were never hear." McKay said hopefully while looking at the two of them.

"McKay's right, surprisingly" Sheppard directed his attention to Ronon, "we shouldn't complicate the situation."

The began to sneak off deeper into the forest and as soon as they were deep enough Sheppard smacked McKay on the back of the head.

"Ow!" McKay yelled out and in a matter of seconds they heard a man, "They are here!"

All four of them zoomed off, "You know I'm not too favorable to running away from a fight!" Ronon said in between steps and breaths.

"Well, this is an order," Sheppard said, "And we wouldn't be running if you would have never left!"

Ronon looked at him as they ran past trees and ducked branches, "Well, I was busy!"

"Busy?" Sheppard shouted, "doing what?"

They had just reached the ship, McKay and Crows quickly ran inside. Sheppard was about to follow, but Ronon held him back.

"Picking flowers." Ronon said with his head down as he turned bright red.

Sheppard gave him a puzzled look, "Excuse me?"

"I'll tell you about it when we get to Atlantis, just stay quiet about this okay!" Ronon gave him a stern look as he said it. They hoped into the ship and were gone before any of the villagers reached them.

Back at Atlantis, it was two hours after they came back and Ronon and Sheppard sat down in a small private room. Ronon looked at Sheppard who looked a bit confused and freaked out.

"Okay here," Ronon pulled out a bag and took out of it a long steamed flower. It was bright red with long, skinny, pointy petals.

"This?" Sheppard took the flower from his hand and looked at it with a puzzled look.

"You know," Sheppard began, " I could have gotten you this same flower from the flower lady that lived on my block."

"No you couldn't have!" Ronon gave him an angry look, "This flower is rare."

Sheppard examined the flower and then took a smell of it, "It doesn't even smell nice."

"Well, I got it for you." Ronon said confidently.

Sheppard gave him look of horror and dropped the flower on the table.

"It's so you can give it to Dr.Weir" Ronon said annoyed at Sheppards reaction.

"Oh, so you think Elizabeth will like this?" Sheppard asked as he picked the flower up again.

"Yes," Ronon leaned back in his chair, "Tell her to leave it in water and wait till the night falls."

Sheppard gave his friend another puzzled look, "Why?"

"Because that's when it gives of its aroma." Ronon smiled, "It's an aphrodisiac!"

Sheppard smiled at him as he raised one eyebrow,"Really?"

Ronon smiled back, "No," he put on his serious face, "But if you want Dr.Weir's affection you need to do something nice."

Sheppards smile faded as his thoughts of what an aphrodisiac can do disappeared.

It was about 7 at night when Sheppard got the nerve to go and speak to Elizabeth, who was in her room. He knocked and opened the door when she said to come in.

"Oh, hi John." Elizabeth had a huge smile on her face, which only Sheppard can bring about.

"Hi Liz," Sheppard strolled in and looked around the room, "Wow, nice room you got!"

She laughed a little, "Um, so what's going on?"

"Oh I just wanted to give you something I picked out on our mission today!" he took the flower from behind his back and gave it her.

She blushed furiously, "John... thank you," she wrapped her arms around him and he blushed.

She let go and went to the bathroom to get a vase and some water. She came back and put the vase on her desk.

"Oh, wait till night falls, that's when it starts to give of its aroma," he said unsure.

"Oh okay," She smiled and sat down on her bed.

"Yeah, well I have to go," he slowly backed away and left her room.

She sat on her bed confused by his behavior but she couldn't stop smiling to herself.

Ronon wasn't as brave as Sheppard was and waited till Teyla was asleep to go give her the flowers. He put them in a vase and wrote her a short note to go along with it. He crept into her room making sure that no one saw him and that she didn't wake up. The room was lit with candles and they left a glare on her skin that gave her a golden complexion. He walked over to her bed and kneeled on one knee right by the edge, where her head was laying. He lightly put the vase and note on the night stand and could already start to smell the flower getting stronger. He was kneeling by her for a few minutes, just starting at her face. He began to trace the curves of her face with his finger tip. He remember that he couldn't have her and right when that though hit him, his stomach began to hurt painfully. He kissed the tip of his finger, put it lightly to her lips, and left.