Chapter Five
"Please I need you to help me"
"Dr. Beckett what can I do?"
"I'm sorry it didn't take."
"Then you have to try it again. It's her only chance."
Suddenly Jessica jerked awake to a sitting position. John was standing at the doors of their cell the minute she jumped awake he was at her side. Jessica's hand was resting on her chest as her heart beat wildly . It was just a dream.
"Hey you're okay." He said soothingly as he sat beside her
"Ford's alive I saw him." She blurted out as she looked into his eyes
"Where?" he asked shocked and unsure if he heard her correctly
"When they were bringing me out of the room I was in." She said softly" He looked bad."
"Do you know what they did to him?" he asked wondering if he had made it
"No, I was so weak and I barley saw him." She said as she rubbed her head.
"You need to save your strength." He said as he worried about her. She looked paler than she did before.
"She tried to get inside my head to get the coordinates for earth. I fought her so hard that I passed out." she confessed as her head started to pound hard
"It's okay you're safe and they didn't get anything." he said more to his self than her.
The doors to their cell flew opened and two wraith stood there.
"Your presences has been requested before you die." one of them said as they jerked John and Jessica to their feet.
Jessica felt a wave of nausea and dizziness come over her. She fought them back knowing she was going to need all her strength. They were dragged down the same hall as before, but shoved into a different room. This one was big and had control panels all over.
"You both were strong and stubborn I couldn't get what I needed from you and now that I do have what I needed you'll watch as we take your loved ones first and feed from each of them. Starting with a small child with dark red hair and green eyes." the female wraith from before hissed at Jessica who's eyes widen in shock.
She knows about my family.
"You see I have someone else who wasn't as strong." the female wraith hissed as the doors opened to reveal Lt. Aiden Ford." Put him over there."
"Ford." John said as he looked over at his buddy who was very weak.
"Dail the address we have for what they call earth." she said
"No!" Jessica yelled as she struggled to get free, but the wraith holding her stopped her
One by one the address was dial, but something went wrong and instead of the gate opening their entire control panel started to shut down.
"I told you, you weren't going to get nothing from me." Ford said as he forced his self up to his feet. He had killed the wraith beside him and taken his enzymes." I also uploaded a virus into your systems."
"Kill them!" she hissed as the wraith attacked John and Ford.
"You I'll take for myself." she hissed at Jessica as she jerked her up to her feet" You have so much strength here." she grabbed Jessica's stomach.
"No." Jessica said as she stabbed the wraith and kicked her away from her. Before the wraith could come back to her Ford killed it.
"Let's get out of here." John said as the trio made their way out of the room.
"I can't go back to Atlantis." Ford said as the three of them were beamed out of the hive ship and landed on the Deadalus.
"Col. Sheppard, Dr. Landry it's good to have you back" Col. Caldwell said as he focused on L.t Ford" Lt. Ford it's about time we have you back. Detain him." he ordered his men
"Easy with him he's been through a lot." John said wanting to protect Ford still
"He's no longer your concern Col. Sheppard he is now mine concern." Col. Caldwell said
"He's my concern because he's a part of my team." John said getting pissed off at Caldwell's lack of care for Ford's well being.
"Was a part of your team." he corrected him" Lt. Aiden Ford has been missing for quite sometime and it is known that he has been in contact with the enemy he will be detained under my orders until I get further orders from Gen. Landry as to what we should do with him." he finished
"He just wants to go home." Jessica said as she passed out
"Have Dr. Beckett meet us at the gate." John said as he went over to Jessica" Jessica can you hear me?"
"What did they do to her?" Col. Caldwell asked as he went to her side
"I think something was wrong with her before she left." John said softly as he held her head
"Then why did you let her go through the gate?" Col. Caldwell demanded
"Because I didn't know then." John said feeling agitated with the older Colonel
Col. Caldwell didn't say anything more it was obvious at how close Col. Sheppard and Jessica was although he didn't approve of it there was no one better for her. Except Maj. Lorne. The Colonel thought as Beckett met them at the gate.
"What happened to her?" he asked as he checked her over.
"She just fainted." Col. Caldwell said as he got concerned
"She was pale and complained of being dizzy and nauseated." Sheppard answered as they made their way to the infirmary with her
