Disclaimer: see chapter one.
Children. There were teenagers and children, was the silent general consensus. Not a one of them could be a day older than Ford, who was by far the youngest member of the Expedition team. Not even the last to arrive through the gate looked older than Ford, and Ford was twenty-five. Who out of all of them could shoot, could kill a child?
But when the Wraith had collapsed in on itself, one of the soldiers had gotten a little jumpy and fired at the 'Wraith Slayer' as he, and no doubt others called the boy.
The bullet just went straight through him. The bullet didn't even embed itself in the wall, it was though it had never been fired.
The shock of everyone surrounding him was extremely noticeable, and kind of noisy considering the silent atmosphere that had been present but ten seconds ago.
He could already hear McKay's murmurings that such a thing defied the laws of physics, that all his precious laws had just been thrown out the window and through that window he could now see blue pigs with white feathery wings flying backwards.
He nearly almost heard the cogs in Elizabeth's head turning as she began questioning to herself as to how this would affect Atlantis' security if people could just walk through the shield and couldn't even be shot by their weapons, the two things they had that prevented unwanted Stargate travellers.
Everyone throughout the room stood still, though small amounts of muttering were heard hear and there, as the Wraith Slayer approached a black-haired woman who was attempting to keep a small blonde-haired boy with cuts on his face still.
The whole lot of them listened, without guilt, to the conversation between the two, and he overheard Teyla asking Elizabeth if the boy reminded her of someone. He could see Elizabeth nod out of the corner of his eye, and said that to her, it was his voice that sounded extremely familiar.
As the man, Jet he remembered the girl had called him, walked away, he thought he could recognise him as well, the way he walked, how the P90 was slung across his front. He just looked and sounded very recognisable. Weird.
They all watched as he checked over the many containers and crates and counted them, and listened to him ask another man, Daemon he called him, for a dermal regenerator. Guess Ford was right.
He heard McKay say that must be what Jet had used earlier to heal the little girls arm. Suppose I was the only one to hear Ford then.
All of them saw him heal two red-haired children as he started to make his way back to the woman.
Everyone gazed at him as he stood guard over the woman and surveyed the room. They saw the dark look on his face lessen and watched as the small blonde-haired boy, Rean they had called him, leave, as the two held a conversation.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed as Teyla gained a contemplating look upon her face, as she searched the room, surveying its occupants.
Most of the people watching jumped slightly as the girl suddenly hugged the boy, her arms enveloping him, his head facing her neck.
Weapons from the guards had risen again, but an abrupt hand movement from John had them lowering their guns.
He heard Teyla ask, "How could this be?" as she walked forward, onto the balcony as though to get a better look, and he could hear Peter and Elizabeth call for her in quiet voices to come back. Obviously Teyla now recognised him, but wasn't sharing with the class. Spoil sport.
Everyone once again froze as the man looked up, over the girl's shoulder and spotted Teyla.
They saw his hand move towards the P90 across his front as he moved it while he broke apart from the hug. He asked the woman, whilst jerking his head towards Teyla, who she was.
But bafflement seemed to be the standard of the hour for the Atlantis team, as the woman turned around, searched the room and the balcony, and calmly announced that there was no-one there.