Colonel Sheppard had the job of assigning the new recruits to current SGA teams. Well those that wanted to go offworld and then were put through extensive training with Ronan and Teyla. Those people that made the cut were assigned to the teams. Laura was one of the only people who could successfully hold her own against Ronan and Teyla. With the proper training she could probably beat them. She had made fast friends with Ronan and Teyla because of this. When she wasn't training she was with Lorne, either in the mess hall or learning how to fire a weapon. Sheppard thought this was very strange, as she already knew how to fire a weapon.
One day he decided to watch her weapons training with Lorne. He could tell she wasn't listening and when asked to fire at the target she would deliberately hit the wrong one and mutter "sorry" to Lorne who would then move behind her and get her into a position where she could actually hit the right target. She's sneaky thought Sheppard. Lorne walked away and allowed her to "practise" on her own with Sheppard watching her to make sure she didn't hurt herself.
Once Lorne had left, Laura flashed a cheeky grin at Sheppard and hit her target in all the correct places with her P90. Of course she already knew how to fire a gun but she liked the fact that Lorne was "teaching" her. Putting the gun back she began to walk away when Sheppard stopped her by saying "Is there any particular team you would like to join?" knowing she would want to join Lorne's team. It was a trick question.
"Whichever team you put me in sir, I will be happy." She didn't fall for it.
"Ok then. Nice weapons training by the way." He smiled at her smugly as they walked out of the armoury. Sheppard left her to go to his office and Laura headed for her quarters.
Looking at his desk John decided that he was going to assign the additional members tonight and get it over and done with. Sitting behind his desk and picking up the first folder he decided that Dr Angel would join Lt Cahill's team. He methodically went through them until he got to the bottom folder. Lt Colonel Laura Turner. An enigma, she really was a mystery. There is only one place for her, he thought to himself. Sighing he got up and walked to the rec room. Looking in he saw Laura Cadman, Evan Lorne and Jack Sparrow. Just the people he wanted to see.
"Major." He called. Lorne turned around "Yes sir?"
"I've assigned you a fourth member. I know you've been doing well as a trio but I think you would do better with a fourth."
"Who sir?"
"You know her very well actually Lorne. You can ever tell if you want. Laura Turner." Lorne's face lit up but it died as he said, "Are you sure sir? I mean she can barely hold a gun let alone shoot it."
"Relax major. She did very well after you left. I think she gets nervous around when you're around." He chuckled.
"Really? She isn't normally."
"I think she worries that she's gonna hurt you with the P90. But I'm sure she'll get over it. You wanna tell her? You have a mission scheduled tomorrow for 0900."
"Yes sir. I'll go now." He walked past Sheppard out of the rec room and went to Laura's quarters. He knocked on her door.
Groaning I got up and walked towards my door. I was about to shout at whoever it was for waking me up when I opened the door and saw "Lorne? What can I do for you at midnight?" all my anger had disappeared when I saw him standing there. He suddenly looked nervous.
"Are you ok?"
"Er…" he stammered. He was looking at me funny. I looked down and realised why. I had recently taken to just sleeping in my underwear as it was cooler. Blushing I turned to him and said, "Hang on a sec." I hurried over to my chair and slipped my dressing gown on calling over my shoulder "You can come in if you want." He stepped over the threshold nervously. I turned to him.
"So what's up?"
"You've been assigned to a team."
"Really? Whose?" I asked excitedly.
"Mine. We go through the gate at 0900." He smiled at the look on my face. I was so happy I pulled him into a hug.
"Ok. You can let go now." He said.
"Sorry sir." He looked at me puzzled.
"Why did you just call me sir?"
"Well you're the leader of the team right?"
"Yeah. So?"
"So you're my CO. So I'm going to cal you sir when we're on duty. Is that ok?"
"Yeah. That's fine. It just sounded strange you calling me sir that's all." He laughed slightly. Shifting his feet he said, "Well I'm gonna let you go back to sleep. See you tomorrow." We walked to the door. Once outside he said, "Good night…Turner." He smiled and walked away before I could say anything. Turner? What was that? A new nickname? Oh great! I thought to myself.
I quickly threw on some trousers and a jumper and headed for the armoury to pick up a flak vest and gun holster for my 9 mil. I knew I would get my P90 in the morning so I picked up everything I would need so that I could have as long as possible in bed. The flak vest was mainly so that I could hide the black patches on my Atlantis jacket. Gathering up the vest, gun holster and 9 mil I walked back to my quarters. Once inside I set my alarm for quarter to 9 and got my Atlantis uniform out ready for the morning. Placing the vest and holster with the gun already holstered onto my desk. I clambered back into bed and turned out the lights with my mind and fell into a blissful dream world where Lorne and me were together.
What the hell is that noise? Beep Beep Beep I groaned and looked at my watch it was quarter to 9. Getting out of bed I quickly got dressed. Deciding it was cold I added an extra jumper on underneath my jacket. I put on the rest of my uniform, brushed my teeth and hair and left for the gateroom. Even though I hated early mornings I couldn't wait to go offworld. I was like a hyperactive child at Christmas. I smiled warmly at my new team members.
"Good morning sir." I smiled at Lorne.
"Good morning Turner. Why you so happy?" I shrugged my shoulders and didn't say anything. I was not about to tell him that it was because I was going offworld with him of all people in the galaxy. The gate whooshed into life and my grin broadened as we walked through the gate.