Title : Love After Love
Author : ElaineDex
Date : 07.05.07
Part 9 of 15
Rating : M
Characters : Ronon, Ellie, People of Atlantis and the SGC
Archiving : None
Spoilers : This storey follows on from Kazavid's Behind The Mask, Reunions and Love Without Warning.
Disclaimers : Only Ellie is mine, Stargate/Atlantis and all their characters are not. Lyssa Hunter is Kazavids.
Feedback : Yes
Summery : Will Ellie and Ronon's love stand the test of time and all that fate has to throw at them?
As Ronon and Rodney raced through the cities' corridors Ronon said,
"So why can't you tell where Michael is? You're normally good at that kinda crap".
Rodney looked at Ronon with some disdain before replying,
"Michael is very clever. He's accessed the cities systems. Everything is offline, we can't communicate with each other or anything. Sheppard told me to get you before I head back to the lab to sort it out".
"I'll find him...you go do what you need to do", Ronon said taking off at a sprint and Rodney halted his steps.
"Are you sure?" he called and Ronon merely held up an arm in response as he disappeared around a corner.
"Right", Rodney said to the empty corridor. He glanced around and cleared his throat nervously before reaching for his gun. "I'll just get myself back to the lab then hmm?" he muttered as he went on his way.
ooOoo
"It's only a matter of time before they find you", Ellie said as Michael dragged her along with him.
"You humans are too trusting", Michael said as he opened the door to her and Rodney's lab and shoved her inside.
"I want one of your portable machines and some other equipment. Start getting some things together", he instructed her but Ellie folded her arms stubbornly.
"Portable machines?", she said and Michael glared at her angrily and pointed the gun he had somehow acquired at her.
"Do not be difficult Dr Harrison. You know what I mean, now get to work".
Ellie, feeling she had no choice for now, began to pack up a lap top, her eyes following Michael as he moved around the lab, messing with various communication devices.
She had a feeling he was obviously going to try to leave the city and wondered if he would take her with him. If he did Ronon and the others would have no way to find them unless...the tracking devices!
Of course!
She and Rodney had been working on the small devices, much the same as the ones the Wraith had implanted into Ronon when he was a runner. They had been an idea for if anyone was stranded or captured whilst on a mission they could be tracked and a rescue party sent.
All she had to do was get one loaded and inject it into her arm without Michael catching her.
No chance...or so she thought. Suddenly Michael began to broadcast around the city and as he seemed to become engrossed in his speech, she made her move.
"Colonel Sheppard I am going to leave the city soon and I don't want anyone to try and stop me. If you do, I have Dr Harrison with me and Ronon...you won't get to see your unborn child".
Ellie had just finished implanting the tracking device and her head shot up at Michael's last words. She didn't realise that as she stood a few drops of her blood dripped onto the floor near the open case that contained the tracking devices.
She moved around the table and handed Michael the lap top.
He smiled wickedly at her before gathering a few more items and then with a wave of his gun ushered her from the lab.
As Michael's voice stopped, Sheppard glanced at Ronon and saw his friend had that murderous look upon his face that was not good news for anyone who got in his way.
"I am going to pulverise that bastard when I get my hands on him", Ronon growled and Sheppard nodded.
"Okay", he replied.
"No, I mean it this time. I've let him go too many times but this time..." and Ronon made a slashing gesture across his neck to indicate Michael was a gonner.
"Okay", Sheppard repeated.
ooOoo
"Hand over the Retrovirus and she won't get hurt", Michael said to Dr Beckett has he held his gun against Ellie's head.
"Are you alright Ellie luv?" Beckett asked as he nodded for one of the nurses to gather together what they had of the drug.
Before Ellie could reply though Michael said impatiently,
"She's fine and she'll stay that way as long as my wishes are met".
"Right...ok son. Here you go", Beckett said, hastily handing over what the nurse had gotten ready.
"Do not follow us", Michael instructed as he pushed Ellie from the infirmary.
ooOoo
Rodney entered his lab as though he were on some kind of sniper mission, ducking and diving until he was certain the room was empty.
He breathed a sigh of relief and then immediately noticed one of the lap tops had gone. Groaning he quickly moved to a console and began to type furiously.
Sheppard and Ronon winced as Rodney suddenly crackled to life in their ears.
"Sheppard, Ronon, you there?"
"Yeah, Rodney. What's going on? You got a location on Michael yet?" Sheppard responded and Rodney sighed.
"Give me a minute would you?".
Sheppard and Ronon glanced at one another as Elizabeth's voice came through.
"Rodney we don't have a minute. We need to locate Michael",she said.
"I know that. I'm doing it. Oh, by the way, he's been in here, a lap top is gone and maybe some other stuff. I haven't had chance to check".
Just then Beckett joined in.
"Michael's been here too with Ellie. He took all the Retrovirus we had".
"Was Ellie alright?" Ronon asked.
"Yes", Beckett confirmed.
Ronon lifted his blaster and set it to kill before looking at Sheppard.
"Let's go check what else he's taken from the lab", Sheppard said, "Might give us an idea what he's up to".
ooOoo
Michael and Ellie made their way to the jumper bays, Michael carefully avoiding the soldiers that were searching for them. He had gagged Ellie after leaving the infirmary and had her carry the bag of Retrovirus vials and the lap top so that he had his hands free to keep his gun aimed at her head and drag her along.
"Sheppard I've got a lock on him, he's in jumper bay 3, looks like Ellie's still with him too", Rodney said and Sheppard and Ronon changed the direction they were running in.
Ellie had just put the lap top and the vials down on one of the jumper seats when she felt Michael's arm go about her and she was hauled back against him, the gun back at her temple.
"I told you not to try to stop me", Michael said to Ronon and Sheppard who were stood at the open cargo bay door of the jumper, their weapons aimed at him and Ellie.
"Does her life and that of your unborn child mean so little to you?" Michael asked of Ronon who smiled coyly back at the human wraith.
"I am going to enjoy killing you much more than any of the other pieces of Wraith scum that I've come across", Ronon said and Ellie squirmed as she felt Michael tense.
He pushed the gun harder against her temple and said, "Do not push me...I will kill her".
Sheppard turned to Ronon and he could tell he was running on pure adrenalin.
"Maybe we should just let him go", he said.
Ronon kept his eyes on Michael as he replied, "No way".
Michael smiled and pulled the gag down from Ellie's mouth.
"Would you like to say goodbye?" he asked and her eyes locked with Ronon's.
"It's ok", she said, "You'll find me", and she turned her arm as inconspicuously as possible so that Ronon and hopefully Sheppard saw the mark where the tracker had gone into her arm.
Ronon held her gaze, his eyes telling her that if it took until the ends of time he would find her and god help Michael when he did.
"Back away", Michael said eventually and reluctantly Sheppard and Ronon did so.
The back of the jumper closed and within seconds it was taking off.
"Damn it", Ronon swore, shoving at Sheppard as he tried to get near him. "Stay the hell away from me".
"John, what's going on?" Elizabeth's voice asked through their ear-pieces.
"We had to let him go...I think he would have hurt Ellie", Sheppard replied.
"Get to the lab, I think Rodney's discovered something that may be useful", Elizabeth said.
Sheppard turned to see Ronon was already on his way out of the jumper bay.
ooOoo
Michael and Ellie abandoned the jumper on the mainland and travelled the rest of the way to Michael's latest hide-out in his dart that had been hidden on the other side of the river from the Athosian village.
"Why did you want the Retrovirus?" Ellie asked, "If you hate us so much why would you want to take on our form?"
Michael considered not answering her but to be truthful it had been so long since he had had someone with any intelligence to talk to that he took the opportunity whilst it was there.
"I need supplies for my inventions and it is easier to get them this way. I find humans tend to shy away from me normally".
"I wonder why", Ellie replied and Michael looked at her.
"You do not seem as intimidated by me in this guise", he said, watching as she smoothed a hand over her rounded abdomen.
"I suppose it's because the threat of you draining the life out of me is not there. There are many ways you could kill me Michael but I don't think any of them could be quite as horrific as that".
Michael continued to stare at her for a moment and then said,
"Time for you to sleep for a while...I can't risk you seeing the location".
Ellie watched apprehensively as he rummaged in a bag that must have been with his belongings when they'd captured him and he produced a small stun-type gun.
"Can't you just blind-fold me. What about the baby...?" she said, her voice holding a note of panic as he approached her.
"I'm sorry", Michael said and frowned as he realised he almost was.
What must have been hours later, Ellie awoke feeling groggy and cold.She sat up and immediately realised she was naked. She clutched at the thin blanket that had been covering her as her eyes adjusted to the dim lighting.
Suddenly images began to flash through her mind.
Images of her...and Michael...on the straw bed she now sat on. Ellie gasped as she saw Michael move over her, his blue, human eyes smiling at her as he...as he made love to her.
She cried out and then clapped a hand to her mouth as she nearly vomited.
She pressed her other hand to her stomach, slightly relieved to feel the bump was still there but she was distraught.
Just then Michael appeared in the doorway.
"Good, you're awake", he said, encouraged by the haunted look on her face as she looked back at him, her eyes huge with fear.
End of Part 9