Title : Love Cant Hide

Date : 13th May 2007

Author : ElaineDex

Chapter : 6 of ?

Rating : M

Pairing : Lt. Cl. John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter, Ronon Dex/Dr. Ellie Harrison-Dex

Archiving : None

Warning : Some sexual content, possible swearing.

Spoilers : This storey follows on from Love After Love.

Feedback : Yes

Disclaimer : Only Ellie is mine, Stargate/Atlantis and all their characters are not. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid.

Summary : Following her second reunion with Ronon, Lyssa realises that maybe he wasn't her 'one true love' after all.

Thanks to Kazavid for her help with this Chapter too.

Ronon didn't actually manage to catch up with Sheppard straight away.

He made up with Ellie and she kept him busy right up until she had to leave for her next mission with her team and then it was his turn to watch their daughter and since he wanted to have a 'man to man' talk with Sheppard he didn't think Hope in his arms would set the right scene.

ooOoo

Captain Jones had not been on Atlantis all that long but Lyssa was not the only person to have had disagreements with him. He mostly had run-in's with the Athosians who lived in the city and it had been brought to Weir's attention that maybe he had a problem with people who were not from Earth.

Weir and Sheppard watched as Lorne's team departed through the gate and as the gate shut down, Weir turned to Sheppard.

"When they get back we'll take Jones to one side - have a chat with him, see what's going on".

"Ok", Sheppard agreed.

As soon as Lorne and his team arrived on the planet they started searching the immediate area for the ruins but they didn't find anything.

"Calculations wrong again?", Jones said mockingly to Ellie who ignored him and suggested they check further afield.

The further away from the gate they got the more agitated Lyssa got. Something wasn't right, she could sense it. She couldn't see anything but she could tell something or someone was watching them.

"We should head back to the gate", she said to Lorne who looked at her.

"Why? What's wrong?", Lorne asked but before Lyssa could respond Jones said,

"There's nothing wrong, just a woman getting freaked out by the noise of the forest".

"Are you serious?", Lyssa asked, he obviously didn't know just how many forests she had been in.

Jones smiled at her but it wasn't a friendly smile. Lyssa turned back to Lorne who was looking around warily.

"Something's not right", she said.

Ellie moved to her side.

"What is it?", she asked, knowing Lyssa would not suggest they go back to the gate unless there was danger present. Though they weren't friends in the true sense of the word, Ellie trusted Lyssa implicitly.

"I agree with Lyssa, we should go back", she said to Lorne who regarded them both seriously.

"Ten more minutes", Lorne said, "If we don't find anything we leave".

They carried on, approaching a heavily wooded area. Suddenly Lyssa sensed something and pulled Ellie back against her. Right in front of them, just where Ellie had been standing, a creature jumped across their path.

The creature was cat like, probably about the size of a panther. It had huge claws and nasty looking teeth. Two more creatures appeared and Ellie gasped.

"Oh crap", she said and Lyssa grimaced.

Lorne and Jones began to fire upon the creatures and Lyssa told Ellie to do the same.

"Try to get to the gate", Lorne yelled but Lyssa knew these three creatures were not going to be alone.

Sure enough as fast as they killed one, another one appeared. Ellie and Lyssa were back to back but Lyssa spun as Ellie cried out.

A creature had attacked from the side and caught Ellie's arm with a claw, ripping through the material of her jacket and blood was beginning to seep through already.

Suddenly Lorne cried out and Lyssa and Ellie looked over to see him collapse, a creature on top of him. Jones immediately fired upon the animal, killing it.

"We have to get out of here", he called, pulling Lorne up and onto his shoulder.

Lyssa knew they would not make it to the gate at this rate, there were too many creatures circling them. She placed C4 charges between the tree lines whilst Ellie covered her and then at just the right time detonated them, watching as several of the creatures were killed and the rest scattered. This gave Jones time to get to the gate and dial Atlantis.

As the gate kawooshed into life, Jones watched as Ellie and Lyssa ran toward him.

Suddenly a creature pounced from a tree, knocking Lyssa to the ground. Ellie turned to go back but Jones shouted.

"Leave her, she's dead already, there's nothing you can do".

Ellie fired some shots at the creature but her ammo ran out and she spun to face Jones shouting,

"Help her".

Jones shook his head. "Get here now Dr. before you get attacked".

Ellie shook her head numbly as she searched her back-pack for ammo she knew she didn't have, all the time aware more creatures were closing in.

"I can't leave her", she cried watching as Lyssa struggled to keep the creatures jaw from her throat.

She was about to launch herself at the animal when a shot was fired and it hit the ground at her feet and she looked at Jones, stunned to find he had aimed it to land there.

"Get here now or I'll kill you were you stand", Jones shouted.

Ellie's jaw dropped open and she glanced back at Lyssa her brain on overload.

"I'll bring help", she shouted to Lyssa as she headed for the gate.

Lyssa watched Ellie run for the gate, fighting off the creature but getting injured in the process, her arms and back covered in claw marks. She knew she would heal quickly and she also knew Ellie would not abandon her and so all she had to do for now was stay alive. The creatures that had scattered in the C4 blast now began creeping back and Lyssa knew she had to get to a safe place….but where?

ooOoo

Jones all but fell through the gate into Atlantis, Lorne falling from his shoulder into a heap on the floor.

Sheppard who had been at the top of the stairs raced down toward them, Ronon not far behind him after he'd handed Hope to a concerned looking Rodney.

"Medical team to the gate room, now", Sheppard said into his earpiece as he knelt by Lorne's side, turning to look up at Jones.

"What happened?", he asked, his question quickly followed by Ronon's,

"Where's Ellie?".

"And Lyssa?", Sheppard added.

Before Jones could answer though Ellie stumbled through, her top half seemingly covered in blood.

Ronon shot forward and grabbed her, preventing her from falling.

"Are you alright? Tell me you're alright?", he said, his hands practically tearing the jacket from her to check her injuries as the medical team arrived to see to Lorne.

"Lyssa", Ellie cried, "We have to go back for Lyssa".

"Lyssa's dead", Jones disagreed, his voice full of venom and Ellie, Ronon and Sheppard turned to look at him, their faces aghast.

"That's not true", Ellie said, pushing Ronon's hands away as she confronted Jones.

"Yes it is there is no way she'd still be alive. That creature had to have killed her", Jones argued back but Ellie stood her ground.

"No", she shouted turning to Sheppard who looked like he'd been hit with a sledgehammer.

"You have to help her now…she's still alive believe me".

"You left her because you knew she was dead", Jones said and Ellie swung back to face him, anger spitting from her eyes as she glared at him.

"I left her because you tried to shoot me and told me if I didn't leave you'd kill me".

This was enough for Ronon who shot forward and grasped Jones by the throat.

"You tried to shoot my wife?", he snarled and Jones gulped as he realised he may have pushed his luck too far.

Suddenly, Sheppard who had seemed to have gone onto autopilot, regained control and shoved at Ronon who, caught off guard, let go of Jones only to see Sheppard knock him out cold.

Sheppard turned to Ellie.

"Take us to her".

End of Part 6