Date : 17 June 2007
Title: Love's Dark Journey
Author: ElaineDex
Chapter: 3 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...
Sheppard turned to the others as they backed up along the corridor.
"Hold your fire….we can't shoot at them", he said and Rodney made a strange strangled noise.
"Why not?", he asked and Ronon glared at him.
"You shoot anyone and I'll kill you", he said and Rodney grimaced.
Just then Lorne and Tyler descended upon Ronon and Sheppard and they fought as Rodney and Teyla watched on whilst keeping an eye on the others.
Just when Sheppard and Ronon thought they had Tyler and Lorne beat, Franks and Reece joined in and Sheppard shouted to Ronon,
"We need to get out of here….find out what the hell is going on".
"Right", Ronon agreed, pulling out his blaster.
"Ronon…..", Sheppard shouted a warning but Ronon took no notice.
Making sure his blaster was set to stun he quickly went about shooting Reece, Tyler, Franks, Lorne, Lyssa and then he hesitated momentarily as he aimed at Ellie….then he pulled the trigger and watched as she fell to the floor.
"Ok…..what happened to no shooting anyone?", Sheppard asked breathing hard and Ronon looked at him.
"You said we needed to get out of here…."
"Right, ok….point taken", Sheppard replied and turned to Rodney.
"You need to see about restoring power to the city. It'll be hard to do anything in the dark".
"We should get to the power room then", Rodney said and as they moved off he turned to Ronon.
"How come it's alright for you to shoot people but not me?", he asked sulkily and Ronon glared at him.
"Do you really need to ask?", he replied and Rodney turned away.
They cautiously made their way up to the power room, Ronon glancing behind them to make sure they weren't being followed.
As they approached the doors of the power room, Rodney stopped in his tracks causing Sheppard to pummel into his back.
"Jeez Rodney, give me some warning if you're going to stop like that", Sheppard said, then added "What's wrong?".
"The power room…..look…..it's glowing", Rodney replied and they all looked to see a bright light shining through the thin gaps around the doorway.
"There is no way I am going in there alone", Rodney said and Sheppard sighed.
"I'll go in with you. Ronon and Teyla, you stay out here and keep watch".
As Sheppard and Rodney entered the room they had to cover their eyes because the light emanating from the rooms central console was so bright it hurt them.
"I need to get closer", Rodney said but looked unwilling to move.
"Then move closer", Sheppard said giving him a nudge.
They inched toward the console and were almost there when something in a black cloak flew past them, knocking them onto their butts.
"What the hell was that?", Sheppard asked and Rodney looked at him.
"Why do you assume that I know everything?", he asked, clearly exasperated and Sheppard glared at him.
"Because you're always telling everyone how much of a genius you are", he said as they stood.
"Well trust me…I have no idea what that is", Rodney replied pointing up to where the floating thing in the black cloak was hovering, its back to them.
Sheppard looked up and frowned. He tried stepping toward the console again, only to be put on his ass again as the thing dove at them again before returning to its position high above them.
"What did you do that for?", Rodney asked, rubbing at his posterior as they stood up again.
"Trying to figure out what that wants", Sheppard replied and Rodney glared at him.
"And have you done that?".
"Well now we know it wants us to stay away from the console", Sheppard said smugly and Rodney pulled a face at him.
ooOoo
Outside Ronon and Teyla glanced at one another as Ellie and Lyssa came around the corner and approached them. They looked normal again and Ronon frowned as Ellie said,
"That hurt….how could you stun me like that?".
"You are not yourself", Teyla pointed out and Ellie glared at her.
"Who are you?", Ronon asked, his hand hovering over his blaster as Ellie moved closer to him. Her eyes held his and he found he couldn't look away.
"I want you", Ellie murmured as she ran her hands up his arms and Teyla moved to one side as Lyssa approached her.
"Ronon…..you must fight her", Teyla said and suddenly Ellie turned, her eyes black and she launched herself at Teyla, taking her by surprise.
Ronon shook his head as the spell was broken only to find himself face to face with Lyssa.
"Don't even try it", he said, his hand reaching up to grasp Lyssa's wrist as she went to touch him.
Lyssa gripped Ronon's throat and he was surprised how strong her hold was and it took all his strength using both hands to break her grip.
As he grappled with Lyssa, Teyla was trying to fight Ellie off but was not having much luck.
Normally, although they were fairly equally matched in height and weight, Teyla had the advantage due to her fighting experience but this time it was different.
Ellie had an un-natural strength and she was well and truly kicking Teyla's ass.
Ronon turned as he heard Teyla let out a strangled cry and he saw Ellie sat astride Teyla, her hands about her throat.
He summoned all his strength and pushed at Lyssa, sending her flying into the wall, stunning her enough to allow him to move and knock Ellie off of Teyla.
Ellie recovered quickly and rounded on Ronon, her eyes gleaming at him as she smiled coldly at him.
"You think you can beat us?", she asked, her voice sounding raspy and Ronon regarded her.
"You know I can", he said.
They circled one another, Ellie's black cloak swirling around her legs as she turned her back to him and then turned back, an invisible force pulsing from her fingers.
Ronon was thrown backwards and slammed into the wall and Lyssa smiled before leaving them to enter the power room.
Teyla went to get up but Ellie knocked her back down and she slumped back to the floor.
Ronon staggered to his feet and flew at Ellie, knocking her to the ground and they rolled, Ellie landing underneath him and as Ronon looked down at her he saw she had turned back to normal and he had to steel himself against her as she said in her own voice,
"Ronon….help me….".
"No", he said, wondering how he was going to restrain her.
Suddenly though Ellie pushed against his chest and he was shocked again as she was able to shove him off of her and stood glowering down at him. He couldn't get used to the idea that his Ellie could fight like this….be so strong.
He quickly stood and they fought again.
Ronon could see Ellie's skin was bruising up already and even though he knew this creature was not his wife, it was still her body and he had to resist the urge to beat her to a pulp.
He had to find some way of getting her to back off.
But how?
ooOoo
Inside the power room, Rodney and Sheppard turned as Lyssa approached them from behind.
"Your girlfriends are always causing us problems", Rodney accused as he and Sheppard backed up but then quickly found themselves floored again by the being from above.
"What?", Sheppard asked disbelievingly of Rodney who was refusing to take his eyes from Lyssa who suddenly sat astride him.
"Hey….if there's any straddling to be done here….", Sheppard said loudly and Lyssa turned her black eyes toward him.
"On second thought….you just work away with Rodney", Sheppard said and Rodney let out a squeak of protest as Lyssa linked her arms around his neck.
"Sheppard….do something", Rodney said and Sheppard stood as casually as possible.
Lyssa began to murmur something to Rodney and Sheppard saw him go all relaxed. He started forward and knocked Lyssa over, effectively stopping whatever she'd been about to do to Rodney.
Lyssa growled angrily and turned her attention to Sheppard.
"Hi honey, have you had a good day?", he asked as she advanced upon him, her black eyes glaring at him.
"Rodney try and get to that console", Sheppard shouted.
"How am I supposed to do that with the Ghost of Christmas Past up there?", Rodney shouted back.
"You'll think of something", Sheppard said as he managed to block a blow from Lyssa as she lashed out at him.
As Sheppard proceeded to get a good beating from Lyssa, Rodney crouched on the floor and opened his lap top. He began to run a diagnostic on the power supply, glancing over his shoulder as Sheppard landed behind him.
"Good….that's it, keep her busy", he said and Sheppard bit back a curse and scrambled to his feet as Lyssa advanced once more.
Sheppard really wanted to fight back but he didn't want to hurt Lyssa. One side of her face was already bruised from where he had inadvertently punched her.
Just then Teyla entered the room looking a little worse for wear and she knelt down next to Rodney.
"How is it going?", she asked, wincing as Sheppard flew through the air behind them.
"It's not", Rodney replied. "I can't seem to see what the problem is. According to my results there is no scientific reason for the power to be off. He must be causing it", and he pointed the floating cloak out to Teyla who glanced up warily.
Suddenly Ronon and Ellie crashed through the doors and Ronon collided with Sheppard sending them both sprawling onto the floor.
Ellie and Lyssa looked at one another, smiling as they were joined by Tyler, Franks, Reece and Lorne.
Just then the floating cloak glided down and stood in front of them and that's when they all saw exactly what he was.
"He's a Wraith", Sheppard and Rodney said at the same time.
"They're all Wraith……", Ronon added, his eyes lingering on Ellie.
End of Chapter 3