Date : 13.08.2007
Title : Loves' Past and Present
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 2 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Lt. Col. John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter
Major Evan Lorne/Dr Ellie Harrison
Warnings : Sexual content, maybe some strong language.
Spoilers : This story is part of a series and follows on from Love's Dance With A Stranger.
Feedback : Yes
Disclaimer : Dr Ellie Harrison, Major James Reece, Lt Franks & Heather Russell are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid. Stargate & Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, have nothing to do with me.
Summary : Find out how Sheppard and Lyssa's wedding plans cause chaos on Atlantis and what happens when tragedy strikes for Ellie and Lorne?
Lorne, Lyssa, Ellie and Franks were in the briefing room when Dr Weir entered with Heather by her side.
Lorne glared at Heather as Weir said,
"Major Lorne, I realise that the mission you're about to go on does not require a negotiator but…..…you don't mind if Heather has her first off-world experience with you do you?"
"Of course not", he replied politely.
He knew Dr Weir had no idea just yet of his history with Heather but pretty soon and thanks to Heather's announcement in the mess hall yesterday, she and everyone else soon would.
"Okay, well, you're clear to go whenever you're ready", Weir said and Lorne nodded stiffly.
"Ten minutes", he said to Heather rather abruptly as Weir left them all to it.
Heather smiled and said,
"I'll be ready", just before she too turned and left the room.
Franks and Lyssa exchanged a look as Ellie folded her arms and glared at Lorne.
"We'll meet you at the jumper", Franks said as they headed for the door and Lyssa touched Ellie's arm briefly as she passed her in a move of silent support.
"We didn't talk much last night", Ellie said and Lorne looked at her.
"I was afraid to say anything just in case you bit my head off", he replied and Ellie frowned.
"Am I that bad?", she asked quietly and Lorne sighed.
"At the moment..yes", he answered truthfully and Ellie looked down at her hands.
When she looked back up, Lorne had moved to stand before her and she looked up into his eyes.
"I……can't help it…….I…….do you still have feelings for Heather?", Ellie asked in a rush and Lorne smiled.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close.
"She slept with my best friend. I found them in bed together so……..what do you think?", he said and Ellie gasped and raised her hands to his face.
"Oh……Evan….", she said and even though he smiled, she could tell his pride still smarted even after all this time.
"I'm sorry", she said and he cocked his head to one side.
"For what?", he asked.
"For being so mean to you lately", Ellie said, wrapping her arms around his neck and Lorne kissed her neck as he said simply,
"Hormones".
Ellie laughed and hugged him close.
"Come on….let's get to the jumper and you can tell me what I'm supposed to do with that lap top of yours", Lorne said eventually pulling away from her but catching her hand in his as they left the room.
A little later Ellie had shown Lorne the programme that they needed on her lap top and was talking to Lyssa at the doors of the jumper when Heather appeared in a full SGA off-world uniform, plus a few extra accessories.
Lyssa and Ellie glanced at one another as she passed by them and headed straight for Lorne.
"I'm all ready to go", she said.
"So I see", Lorne replied, trying not to laugh at how over-dressed she was.
Heather smiled and turned to look back at Ellie before looking back to Lorne.
"I've been meaning to ask you…..what exactly does Dr Harrison have to do with your team, I mean she seems sweet enough but she doesn't make an effort to dress up does she? She reminds me of that girl from down the road from where we grew up as kids….do you remember, the one that used to hang around you all the time at school?"
Lorne looked at Heather and wondered how he could have ever loved someone as sarcastic as her.
He didn't answer her question with regard to Ellie's role, merely went to move past her, saying in her ear as he did so,
"Yeah, I remember Jessica. I recall liking her……very, very much…."
Heather turned and watched as Lorne approached Ellie and wrapped an arm possessively around her waist before taking her mouth with his in an equally possessive kiss.
Heather smiled to hide the jolt of jealousy that hit her and she turned away as she realised what Lorne was trying to tell her without actually saying the words.
When Lorne finally let her go, Ellie said breathlessly,
"What was that for?"
"Can't I just kiss you when I feel like it?", Lorne replied a little defensively, feeling guilty for using Ellie to prove a point to Heather.
"Well sure….", Ellie replied, feeling a little confused by Lorne's sudden change in mood.
Still, now she knew how he'd been feeling lately.
"I'll let you get going then", she said, changing the subject. "You're sure you're ok with the lap top?"
Lorne nodded and caught her arm as she went to leave the jumper.
"I'll see you later okay?", he said and Ellie smiled and leaned back toward him.
"I'll be here", she replied, pressing her mouth to his, her hands going to his chest.
"Why do I always realise that I want to take you to bed at the most in-opportune moments?", she murmured and Lorne grinned.
"I don't know……why do you do that?", he asked.
Ellie smiled and moved away from him reluctantly and exited the jumper.
She waved as he closed the rear doors and then left the jumper bay.
OOoOO
"I know! Maybe I could help with the music for the wedding", McKay said as Sheppard rested his elbows on the lab work-bench by McKay's side.
"Uh, well……Teyla's gonna sing at the ceremony and then Ellie's gonna rig up mine, Lorne's and Franks' MP3's to one of the lap tops so that they play all our tunes really loudly and…..", Sheppard trailed off as he saw Rodney's smile fade as yet another of his ideas for the wedding failed.
"Look…..we'll think of something…..", he said and Rodney nodded glumly just as Ellie entered the lab.
"Hey, how's it going?", she asked, looking from Sheppard to Rodney and back again.
"Oh everything's just fine", Rodney said and Ellie arched an eyebrow as Sheppard said,
"We still haven't found Rodney anything to do in the wedding".
"Oh", Ellie said in an understanding tone.
She turned back to Rodney and said, "You should be grateful really, I mean all you have to do is turn up and enjoy yourself….no worries about not completing your assigned task correctly and all that…."
"You're worried about the MP3's?", Sheppard asked and Ellie shook her head.
"Of course not, I'm just trying to make Rodney feel better", she replied and Sheppard hid a smirk as Rodney pulled a face and turned his back to them.
OOoOO
In the lab next door, Dr Zelenka and his team watched with increasing alarm as the experiment they were conducting lit up more and more of the red danger bars on the screens in front of them.
"Can't you switch it off?", his main assistant, Dr Green asked and Zelenka swore in his own language before saying,
"What do you think I've been trying to do for the past ten minutes?"
"I think we should evacuate the area", Green said and Zelenka nodded a little reluctantly.
"Rodney is going to love this one", he said.
He was about to press his ear-piece to contact Dr Weir when sparks began to fly from the equipment they had been working on and they had to run for the door as it began to crack and creak dangerously.
As they ran past the glass windows of McKay's lab, Zelenka yelled,
"Get out of there…..now! There's going to be an explosion……."
"What the hell?", Sheppard said.
He was about to usher Ellie and Rodney to the door when a loud bang erupted from the lab next door and the whole floor shook. The glass windows shattered and Ellie screamed and covered her head to protect it from the flying shards.
"Ellie…look out!, Rodney yelled as he saw the metal book case which was behind her beginning to fall and he moved to push her out of the way but it fell onto both of them.
Rodney tried to keep all the weight off her but he couldn't and he collapsed along with the bookcase, effectively crushing Ellie beneath him.
Sheppard, who had been dodging falling objects, had seen what had happened and was trying to get to the bookcase. His boots crunched on the broken glass as he pressed his ear-piece.
"Ronon, get up to McKay's lab….now, I need some help, there's been an explosion".
"On my way", Ronon responded immediately.
Smoke billowed from Zelenka's lab, setting off alarms all over the floor and making it difficult to see.
Zelenka, meanwhile, had seen that Sheppard, Rodney and Ellie had not exited the lab before the explosion and had alerted Dr Beckett and Dr Weir to what had gone on and they too were on their way.
Ronon was the first to arrive and he saw Sheppard through the smoke, trying to lift the huge metal bookcase off the floor.
"What the hell happened?", he asked, moving forward and helping to lift the case up.
"Some kind of explosion in Zelenka's lab……..", Sheppard grunted as they shifted the bookcase and Ronon was shocked to see Rodney there, Ellie sprawled beneath him.
"You two ok?", Sheppard asked but only Rodney grunted in response.
"Ellie?", Ronon said, crouching on the floor as Rodney shifted off of her.
"Geez Rodney…..you're heavy", Ellie muttered, letting Ronon help her into a sitting position.
"It wasn't just me that fell on you", Rodney blustered, stretching his back to test for injuries.
"You sure you're ok?", Ronon asked Ellie who nodded and went to stand but doubled over as a sharp pain shot through her abdomen.
"Ahh….oh….that kinda hurt", she said, pressing a hand to her stomach as another pain gripped her.
"The baby…", Sheppard said exchanging a glance with Ronon, who steadied Ellie as she shot out a hand and gripped his arm.
Ellie let out a low moan just as Beckett arrived and quickly assessed the situation.
"We'd better get you to the infirmary", he said to Ellie who nodded, tears filling her eyes as yet another pain hit her.
"It's better if you don't walk. Ronon would you be kind enough to carry Ellie? Quickly now…", Beckett said and Ronon nodded, scooping Ellie up gently into his arms and following the doctor from the room.
Weir arrived, Zelenka at her heels, just as they left and Zelenka watched Ronon and Ellie, his face full of guilt as they disappeared.
"What the hell happened Zelenka?", Rodney asked, brushing himself off and touching a hand to the back of his head gingerly, only to discover that it was bleeding.
"I'm not sure…..the experiment just started to go wrong…..I…I'm so sorry", Zelenka said and Weir folded her arms.
"Rodney, get yourself checked out in the infirmary and Zelenka, I want a full report on my desk a.s.a.p."
As Rodney and Zelenka moved from the room, Weir looked around at the mess and sighed.
She hoped Ellie would be alright.
There was always something happening on Atlantis…..would things ever run smoothly?
End of Chapter 2