Date: 9th May 2007
Title: Repercussions
Author: Kazavid
Chapter: 3 / 9
Series: None
Rating: M
Pairing: John Sheppard / Other
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content
Spoilers: None
Feedback: Yes
Disclaimer: Stargate Atlantis and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary: While Beckett tries to assess Sheppard's injuries, Sheppard remembers some painful memories from his past.
Repercussions
Chapter 3
"I think I have something!" McKay announced, looking up at Doctor Weir, who had just entered the Gateroom.
"What is it?" She asked.
"There's a hidden programme, it's attached to another part of the Stargate dialling system."
"Can you access it?"
"That's what I've been trying to do for the last half an hour." McKay said, his voice a little condescending.
"Right, I'll leave you to it then." Weir ignored Rodney's tone of voice.
She looked at her watch, checking to see when the Daedalus was due to arrive. Several of her staff are being transferred back to Earth, and new people are arriving to take over their duties. She liked to greet all the new arrivals, welcoming them to Atlantis. Liked to explain certain criteria before leaving them to be shown to their quarters.
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Nicole looked around, fascinated by the architecture and the design. She'd seen similar designs before, but not on such a huge scale. She followed the young man, along with the other new arrivals and was given a brief tour guide as to where everything was, eventually they were all shown to their quarters where, Nicole, promptly fell on the bed and slept.
Waking up several hours later she felt refreshed, she showered, pulled on fresh clothes and went in search of some food. She met up with one of the new arrivals she'd made friends with on the Daedalus, Janet, a data analyst.
"Have you seen some of the gorgeous marines they have stationed here." Janet asked, her blue eyes darting around the mess hall, in search of all the good looking guys.
"I haven't taken much notice, yet." Nicole laughed, ignoring Janet's 'look at that one' 'isn't he wicked' 'and that one'.
"You have to pick one now, if you don't, all the best ones will be snapped up before you've even looked." Janet told her, dismayed as Nicole continued to ignore all the handsome marines walking around.
"Spoil sport." Janet laughed.
"I'll pick one later after I've settled in." Nicole said, trying to sound enthusiastic.
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Nicole sat in Doctor Weir's office, she was the last one to be seen, all the other new arrivals had been and gone.
"It says here your job is to liaise between Atlantis personnel and the International Oversight Advisory Committee, and to observe the running of this facility. But your actual job is archaeology, I'm curious how someone so young," Weir checked the file, "Twenty seven, could achieve such a job."
"Truthfully, I don't hold that position, and it's only a temporary one, it was somewhat forced upon me, by a family friend. Who insisted that I needed to come here to further my archaeology research, and to 'get on with my life' so to speak." Nicole admitted to Weir.
Weir looked at the young woman before her and admired her honesty.
"So you're not really a Liaison Officer for the IOA."
"No, one of the IOA members, is a family friend, who decided that I needed to come all this way just to get my life back on track. So I'm not here to snoop or anything, I know that's probably what you're thinking."
"Well, yes, but I admire your candour in telling me the truth. I think we could get along very well." Doctor Weir said, already liking the young woman sitting across from her. "You have a few more days, before you have to officially begin working, so why don't you acquaint yourself with the city, and get to know a few more people, and I'll see you when you officially become the Liaison Officer for the IOA."
"Thank you Doctor Weir." Nicole said and left.
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It was late evening, and Nicole had spent hours, hunched over one of the computers, researching in to the archaeological facts of Atlantis. She retired to bed, but couldn't get to sleep. She had a very painful headache, and her shoulders hurt like hell, having been hunched over the computer for so long.
She made her way to the infirmary, looking for some painkillers. When she entered, she was immediately assailed by that clinical, clean, antiseptic smell, and the sound of bleeping monitors, she shivered as painful memories tried to surface. She tensed, took a deep breath, and tried to reason with herself, as to the benefits of staying, and not fleeing.
"Are you alright." Nicole heard the Scottish accent, and turned around.
"Yes, it's just a little bit of nerves." She told him.
"Can I help you." Doctor Beckett asked her.
"I just needed a few painkillers, for this headache I have, it's driving me crazy."
"If you wait here a second I'll see what I can give you." Doctor Beckett told her.
Nicole looked around the room. She noticed the dividers, heard the monitors blipping away in the background, then she heard a moan. Wondering, if whoever was behind the dividers needed help, she slowly moved towards them. When she reached the open part of the dividers she looked at the person lying on the bed, and promptly fainted.
She awoke a short while later, to see Doctor Beckett, who immediately started asking her if she felt sick or did she have any pain.
"I'm fine, I just..."
"You are not fine, people don't just faint for nothing." He told her, checking her pulse.
"I just had a shock." She told him.
"What kind of a shock?"
"I didn't know Major Sheppard was here."
"Major Sheppard. Do you know him?" Doctor Beckett asked her.
"Yes." She said, but didn't elaborate.
"He's actually not a Major any more, he's a Lieutenant Colonel, now."
"Oh, I didn't know." She said, "It's been over three years since we last saw each other." She was going to have a serious talk with Colin and her uncle, when she next saw them. Now she knew why they had insisted that she come here.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked Doctor Beckett.
"He was injured a couple of days ago, but he's stable now. So there's no need to worry."
"I wasn't worried." She said, then realised that, that sounded harsh, "I mean, it was just a shock I never expected to see him here."
Nicole sat up and swung her legs to the side.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright." Doctor Beckett asked her, watched as she stood up, prepared himself to catch her if she fell.
"I'm fine, even the headaches gone." she told him. "Do you think I could..." she motioned towards Sheppard.
"You can have a few moments, but he's not in any shape to have visitors just yet." Doctor Beckett told her.
Nicole stood at the side of the bed, letting her eyes run over him. He had a sheet draped over his lower torso, but the top half of his body was bare. He had numerous cuts and grazes across his chest and arms, along with a thick white bandage around the top half of his right arm, where she could see a lot of bruising around his shoulder. His left wrist was also bandaged.
"What happened to him?" She turned to ask Doctor Beckett.
"I'm afraid, I'm not at liberty to say." he said.
"I understand." she said, turning back to look at John.
All of a sudden his eyes snapped open, and he looked right at her.
"Nicole, I thought I heard your voice." John said, his voice sounded hoarse, and a little shaky.
Nicole, turned to look at Doctor Beckett, who quickly moved to the other side of John, and began assessing him.
"I'll go..." Nicole said.
"Don't go, stay." John said, grabbing her arm to prevent her from leaving. She looked at the Doctor.
"It's fine with me, what ever the Colonel wants."
"I know you're probably not even here." John commented.
"Why would you think that." Nicole asked curiously.
"Because the first thing you would have done, if you where really here, would have been to slap my face." He told her. She saw Doctor Beckett's body suddenly tense, at the revelation.
"Well, be thankful that you're hurt then, because I definitely would have slapped your face." She told him, she glanced at Beckett, and saw his eyes widen in alarm, he was probably wondering if she where about to attack his patient.
"Told you, you're not here." He said smiling.
He still had hold of her arm, and began pulling her closer, he reached his hand up, grabbing the back of her head, he pulled her head down and kissed her.
Doctor Beckett, coughed, "I'll come back in a short while." He said, deciding that his patient was not in any immediate danger from her, leaving the Colonel and Nicole alone.
"Now look what you've done, you've frightened the Doctor away." She said, against his lips.
"Just so long as I didn't frighten you away." He said, pressing his mouth over hers again.
Nicole really would have love to have slapped his face, especially after the way he had left her three years ago, but he was injured, and she wasn't heartless. It wasn't long before he was back asleep, whereupon she turned to the Doctor.
"He's resting, but he seems to be a little more settled than he was before." Doctor Beckett said, as he looked at her.
"I'll go then."
Nicole left the infirmary, a bit more shakier than when she came in.
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FLASHBACK
SHEPPARD – McMURDO AIR FORCE BASE – ANTARCTICA
Section D Facility
"Today! You're going today, and you won't be back for two whole weeks!" John shouted, when she mentioned the trip she had to take.
"I did tell you this last week." She told him.
"Yes, I know, but I didn't realise that it was today you were actually going. You could have told me this morning, when we were still in bed." He said.
"Why do you think I didn't tell you this morning, because we'd still be in bed, if I had." He glared at her with frustration.
"Maybe we've got time to..." John said, moving towards her.
"We do not have time, I have to be there within the next half an hour." She stepped backwards away from him.
"Half an hour is plenty of time." He said, backing her up against the wall.
"You have to drive me over to the Base." She tried to avoid his mouth.
"I'm a fast driver."
"But your not a fast lover." She said.
"Is that a compliment, or an insult?" He asked, raising his head up to look at her, he wasn't sure, his mind was occupied with other thoughts.
"We have to go, now."
"After you kiss me."
Nicole pressed her mouth over his fleetingly and kisses him.
"Now, can we go."
"I said a kiss, not a peck." He moaned.
"If I'm late, I am going to kill you." She told him, as he began kissing her.
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"You still have twenty minutes to get to the Base." John told her, he was just about to mount the snow mobile, but he stopped. "Maybe you should drive and I should hold on to you." He said, smiling at her. She knew what he wanted.
"Fine, if you want to crash." She watched him mount the snow mobile.
"Get on."
Nicole sat behind him, and wrapped her arms around his waist, heard him groan.
"Oh, shut up and drive." She laughed.
It took ten minutes to get to the Base, and John took the opportunity to grab a few more kisses, unzipping his thick outer coat, he pulled her against his body.
"You do realise that you're leaving me alone in this state don't you." He whispered against her ear. He pulled her hips flush against his, showing her just how aroused he was.
"Yes, and do you know what I think you should do?" She said lifting her head up to look at him.
"What?" He waited for the sarcastic answer.
"Go and lie down in the snow for ten minutes, face down." She told him, kissing him on the nose and left.
"Heartless witch." He shouted after her. Staying till she had entered the plane and left.
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Four days later, most of them where spent talking to Colin, until John got word that he would have to leave before the week was out. He was needed at SGC, to prepare for the expedition to The Pegasus Galaxy. He cursed his luck, he'd wanted to tell Nicole himself, but he'd kept on putting it off. Now he'd have to write a note, something he wasn't very good at, and he really didn't want to tell Nicole in that way.
In Nicole's room, he found a pad and a pen, and tried to write something, but he only got as far as 'I'm being Re-Assigned' when he was called out on an emergency, and had to leave before he'd written anything else. Then he'd been told he couldn't go back to McMurdo, there wasn't enough time. They collected all his stuff and shipped it to the SGC, where Sheppard was already waiting. He could imagine what Nicole would think when she got back, hell he'd think it himself, if it where the other way around.
TBC...
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