Date : 15 June 2007
Title: Love's Dark Journey
Author: ElaineDex
Chapter: 2 of
Rating: M
Pairing: John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter
Lyssa Hunter/Lieutenant Marcus Tyler, Lyssa Hunter/Lieutenant Franks
Ronon Dex / Ellie Harrison-Dex
Ellie Harrison-Dex/Major Lorne, Ellie Harrison-Dex/Major James Reece
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content
Spoilers: This story is set six months on from Love Prevails
Feedback: Yes
Disclaimer: Ellie Harrison-Dex, Major James Reece, Lieutenant Franks are mine. Lyssa Hunter and Lieutenant Marcus Tyler belong to Kazavid, the rest of Atlantis, unfortunately have nothing to do with me.
Summary: When Sheppard's team return to Atlantis to find it under the control of a new, powerful dark enemy can they bring it and their friends back from the brink of their worst nightmare ever...
Lyssa entered the mess hall, her black eyes searching out Lieutenant Franks. She headed toward him, finding the pitch darkness of the room no problem with her new eyes.
As she approached she saw he was sat with Major Reece. Her eyes returned to normal and she blinked as they re-adjusted to the torchlight that Reece had.
"I need your help", she said to Franks who looked at her inquiringly, then glanced at her cloak. He's seen Lyssa wearing some strange outfits before but this was just….weird.
Lyssa turned to Reece.
"Ellie needs you".
Reece glanced at Franks and they both thought the same thing….that she was being a little bit blunt in her requests for assistance.
"Is everything ok?", Franks asked. In all the times he had been off-world with his team-mate he had never seen her looking so on edge.
"Everything is fine. We just need your help, that's all. You wouldn't deny two helpless women would you?", Lyssa replied and Franks frowned.
"You…helpless….I don't think so. Ellie maybe…but definitely not you", he said and Lyssa rested a hip against the table, effectively putting her back to Reece who stood, taking the hint.
"Where's Ellie?", he asked, standing.
Lyssa paused and then threw over her shoulder,
"She's up in the power room".
As Reece headed off, Franks looked up at Lyssa and he seemed to read her mind with no problem, the look he was giving her telling Lyssa immediately that he was attracted to her.
"What do you need me for?", he drawled, his voice surprisingly sexy and Lyssa stared at him.
"Be with me?", she said, her eyes darkening as she looked at him.
"Excuse me?", he asked and Lyssa leaned close to him.
"You heard me", she replied, her lips against his ear. Franks closed his eyes as she murmured something to him.
When she was finished he stood and Lyssa smiled as she watched his eyes turn black. He pushed her backwards onto the table, his hands finding their way inside the cloak and he groaned as he found she was naked beneath it.
Lyssa began to tear at his clothes, revealing his muscular body and her hands glided across his chest as though she was pleased with what she saw.
Their hands were all over each other, their kisses hot and wet and after only a short while Lyssa cried,
"Now…..please now.…"
Franks plunged his hard body into her soft entrance and Lyssa arched backwards against him as her legs gripped his hips……
ooOoo
Reece entered the power room to find it deserted. He shone his torch around but there was no sign of anyone. Frowning he turned to leave and saw Ellie stood in the doorway.
"There you are", he said. "Is everything alright? Lyssa said you needed me?".
Ellie stepped forward, her hands going to the clasp on her cloak and Reece froze as she shrugged it from her shoulders and stood before him, completely naked.
"I do need you", she murmured, walking toward him slowly, her eyes holding his gaze.
"Ellie……", Reece said her name, wanting to ask her what she thought she was doing.
Did she even realise what she was doing? That she couldn't tease a man like this. He wanted to tell her that if she started something he wouldn't be able to stop but the words wouldn't come.
Ellie lifted her hands to his face and pulled his head down toward her. She kissed him, pressing her curves against him and Reece moaned, his arms going around her as she began to whisper against his mouth.
As his blue eyes turned black, Reece pushed Ellie to the floor, her hands freeing him from his combat trousers and then he was inside of her, thrusting against her, trying to sate the burning need in both of them……
ooOoo
"What are we going to do? We can't risk going back through the gate, the shield will be active….it'd kill us", Rodney said and Sheppard nodded.
"I know", he said and they looked at one another for a moment until Teyla said,
"This planet is not that far from Atlantis. Could we not just travel back to Atlantis through space?".
"Rodney is that possible?", Sheppard said and Rodney consulted his lap top.
Eventually he replied, "Yes…I think it is. I think Teyla is right…..we're not actually that far from Atlantis".
"You think?", Ronon asked and Rodney glanced at him.
He merely nodded and Ronon and Sheppard exchanged a look.
"Okay then….let's go home", Sheppard said, navigating the jumper off the planet.
As they approached Atlantis they saw that something was very wrong.
"I guess that's why we can't contact them", Rodney said as they all took in the sight before them with shocked faces.
"What the hell is that?", Ronon asked as they watched the dark thunder clouds that seemed to be surrounding the city. They were swirling in an un-unnatural way and they all blinked as lightening suddenly lit up the inside of the jumper.
Thunder grumbled all around them and Rodney gulped.
"Oh boy. I've always hated thunder and lightening".
They all glanced at one another and then Sheppard said,
"How am I going to get the jumper past all that?".
"Look for a gap in the clouds", Rodney answered and they all looked out for any clear openings as Sheppard edged the jumper closer to the city.
ooOoo
From the mainland Dr Weir watched as she saw the jumper head for the city.
She turned to look at an equally worried looking Dr Beckett and Dr Heightmeyer, who was jiggling Ronon and Ellie's crying daughter in her arms.
"I hope they can fix this", she said and they watched as the jumper disappeared into the clouds.
Inside Atlantis Lyssa, Franks, Tyler, Ellie, Reece and Lorne walked the corridors, looking for new recruits for their new master amongst the remaining Marines.
Anyone who fought against them was killed instantly.
Suddenly it was as though a warning sounded in their heads and they all stopped and looked in the same direction. There were intruders in the city.
ooOoo
Sheppard and his team walked through the deserted city, checking the dead bodies of the Marines they passed, shining the lights from their P90's to see where they were going.
"What the hell has happened here?", Sheppard said, his thoughts on Lyssa and whether she was ok or not.
Ronon mirrored his concern and he started to take off.
"Hey…..we stick together", Sheppard shouted and Ronon paused.
"I need to find Ellie", he said and Sheppard nodded.
"I know how you feel but we don't know what we're dealing with here so until we do, we stick together".
Ronon nodded grimly and dropped back into the group.
"Rodney, are you picking anything up?", Sheppard asked and they all gathered around to look at his hand-held life-sign detector.
"Six life signs, see……..and they're headed this way", Rodney replied as they all took in the six dots moving closer to their location.
"Who is it?", Sheppard asked and Rodney glared at him in the torch light.
"How do I know….what am I physic now?".
"We'll know soon enough….they're just around the corner", Teyla said.
They readied their-selves to meet whoever came, pointing their P90's lights to illuminate whoever it was.
They waited, Rodney breathing hard as he watched the dots as they closed in.
Just when Teyla thought that Rodney may pass out from the anticipation, Lyssa and Ellie flanked by Lieutenant Tyler, Captain Franks, Major Lorne and Major Reece appeared in the corridor ahead.
Sheppard and Ronon glanced at one another as Rodney said,
"What is this…….did we miss Halloween or something?"
They all took in the strange cloaks, the whole situation bizarrely eerie.
"Hey guys….everything ok?", Sheppard asked, trying to see their faces more clearly but it was hard to in the dim light from their torches.
"Ellie what the hell is going on?", Ronon asked bluntly and Sheppard looked at him sharply.
"Easy tiger", he said quietly and Ronon gave him a funny look.
Slowly Lyssa and Ellie began to walk forward and Sheppard, Ronon, Teyla and Rodney tensed.
"We're glad you're here", Lyssa said as they approached and Sheppard looked at her, sensing something wasn't quite right.
He backed up and saw Lyssa's eyes cloud.
"Fall back", he said to the others and Ronon glanced from Sheppard to Ellie.
"What?", he said and Sheppard risked a glance at him.
"You heard….back up. There's something not right with them".
"Ronon….don't leave me", Ellie said, holding out her hands to him and Ronon stopped, looking at his wife, torn with what to do.
"John….what's wrong? It's us", Lyssa said, the lost little girl tone in her voice confirming his suspicions that there was something not right.
"You're not Lyssa", he said and again Ronon glanced at him.
"Sheppard?", he asked but he too was sensing all was not right.
"Look…….Look at their eyes", Rodney suddenly said.
Ronon and Sheppard turned to see Ellie and Lyssa's eyes turn black and their skin became translucent, the blue of their veins standing out.
"Where's my wife?", Ronon growled at Ellie who merely angled her head to one side and regarded him coldly.
"Colonel Sheppard what do you want to do?", Teyla asked but Sheppard was momentarily stunned at the sight of Lyssa looking like one of the walking dead.
"Colonel Sheppard!?", Teyla said again, her voice finally breaking through his muddled thoughts.
Before he could reply though, Franks, Reece, Tyler and Lorne began advancing upon them and they all could see that their eyes were black too…….
End of Chapter 2