Date : 25.02.2008
Title : The A.U. Series : Ellie and The Major
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 2 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Major Evan Lorne/Dr. Ellie Harrison
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Adventure, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Spoilers : This story has character's in it from my Loves series and follows on from my last story - Lost City of the ZPM's
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Harrison, Lt. Matthew Franks and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : Lorne owes Ellie his life and not for the first time but when payback time comes, will the Major be able to do what needs to be done to stop her turning to another for help?
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"What are you doing here Charlie?", Lorne asked of his ex, totally ignoring her question about him and Ellie dating.
"It's nice to see you too Evan", Charlotte replied as Ellie glanced from her ex best friend to Lorne and back again.
"You two used to go out?", she said, her voice sounding surprised and Charlotte folded her arms and glared at Ellie.
"Yeah, just like we 'used' to be friends", she snapped and Ellie's eyes widened with indignation.
"You were the one who tried to sleep with Paul", she cried and it was Lorne's turn to look from Charlotte to Ellie and back again as Charlotte replied,
"You and Emerson weren't right for one another…that much is obvious because you're here on Atlantis and he's God knows where right now".
Ellie shook her head, unable to believe that the woman who had tried to steal her fiancé could just walk in here and act as though it didn't matter now because it was all in the past.
"I'll ask again", Lorne said impatiently, "What are you doing here?".
"The SGC feels that Dr Weir needs a Personal Assistant, so, here I am!", Charlotte replied and Ellie suppressed a groan at the thought of Charlie being around everyday.
Totally freezing Ellie out, Charlotte stepped a little closer to Lorne and murmured against his ear, her voice so low that Ellie could barely hear her,
"I'd like it if we could get together sometime and talk things over. I hated the way things ended between us Evan".
Lorne felt his gut twist at her words.
He had loved Charlotte with a passion, had been all but set to ask her to marry him back in the days when they'd both worked at the SGC. Then, just when he'd thought he couldn't be any happier, she had told him that she was pregnant.
That happiness had all come crashing down around his ears though the day he'd found out that she had been and had an abortion without even talking to him about it.
He had ended their relationship and got himself assigned to Atlantis that very day and he hadn't seen Charlotte since…until now.
"I have nothing to say to you", Lorne replied eventually and Charlotte sighed loudly.
"You're still angry with me…I can understand that", she said softly and Lorne stared at her in amazement, his hand already reaching for Ellie's arm as he grated,
"You understand nothing about me Charlie because if you did, there would be no way on earth you could have gone and aborted our baby without telling me and then have expected me to forgive you", and with that he pulled Ellie away and they headed for the bar.
Ellie stared at Lorne in shock.
She had thought that what Charlotte had done to her had been bad enough but to hear what she had so coldly done to him was an eye opener.
"I….", she began but he shook his head to stop her…and then a thought occurred to him.
"Around what time were you and she friends?", he asked, beginning to wonder whether Charlotte had not only betrayed him over the baby but had also tried to with another man.
"Ah….for a year or so before I started work on the Odyssey, then once I met Paul she sort of started acting weird and then I caught her in one of the locker rooms, trying to get Paul to sleep with her. Neither knew I was there but I heard every word they both said. Luckily for me Paul was trying his best to put her off but I couldn't forgive her and we lost touch", Ellie said, suddenly realising what Lorne was thinking and said,
"I don't even remember you being around the SGC back then, I think that all that must have happened whilst you were stationed out on P3X-403 for the Naqahdah dig, so I don't think you and Charlotte were even together at the time".
Lorne nodded and sighed.
'At least that was something', he thought, 'Although what she had tried to do to Ellie had not been the act of a true friend either'.
Ellie glanced over at Michael who was looking a little lost and was just about to suggest that she and Lorne go and join him when the bar area was plunged into darkness.
"What the….?", Lorne said as curses, mutters and similar comments filled the air around them and they turned to the windows only to see nothing - the entire city was experiencing the blackout.
Ellie reached out and felt Lorne's arm and was just moving around him when she heard McKay shout out.
"Ellie? Where are you? We need to check this out up in the main power room".
"I'm here Rodney", she replied, groping about in the pitch dark until she felt a solid wall of muscle beneath her hands.
"Have you been working out?", she asked.
"Ellie!!", Sheppard said, sounding a little worried and Ellie felt her face flush and was glad of the dark as she muttered,
"Sorry…I thought you were Rodney".
"When was the last time you saw him in a gym?", Sheppard replied and then heard Rodney say,
"I am here…I can hear you…can we please just get a move on? Let's join hands or something…".
"I am 'not' holding your hand McKay", Sheppard said sounding affronted and everyone heard Ronon snort with laughter.
"Oh very amusing Sheppard…I meant that Ellie and I could maybe join hands", Rodney replied and Ellie's breath caught as she felt a hard male body come up behind her and she instinctively knew that it was Lorne.
"Sir, I'll go with Ellie and Dr McKay if you like", Lorne suggested and Sheppard gripped what he hoped was Lyssa's hand.
"We'll all go", he said, then added, "Everyone grab a hand until we find some light and let's be quick about this, we have no idea if the city is under attack or not. Everyone else, please stay here and remain calm, I'm sure its just a simple power failure".
"We just got three new ZPM's Sheppard, I doubt this is a simple power failure", McKay muttered and Sheppard rolled his eyes in the dark.
He tried his ear-piece but nothing happened and he sighed.
"Did anyone see where Elizabeth went?", he asked.
"She got called away by someone from the gate room and she left a little earlier", Ellie replied and Sheppard frowned.
"Okay, move out", he said.
They all did as instructed and made their way to the power room via the stairwells, some parts of the hallways a little lighter than others but not by much. They stopped off at the armoury and then they had protection and some light from the P-90's.
Once in the power room, Lorne held his P-90 so that the light from it shone directly where she needed it and Ellie could see what she was doing and Sheppard did likewise for McKay and before they knew it, the power came back on and they were all bathed in light and sighing in relief.
"So what was the problem?", Sheppard asked and McKay scratched his forehead.
"Some crystals had been loosened, well, a lot of crystals actually", he said and they all turned sharply as a voice from the doorway said,
"That is correct Dr McKay and congratulations to you all, that was a rapid response time".
"Who are you?", Sheppard asked of the man stood in the doorway.
He wasn't overly tall, appeared to be in his early thirties and had shoulder length dark hair that had a natural wave to it.
Before the man could reply, Dr Weir appeared at the man's side and said,
"This is Henry Cavendish and he's been sent from the SGC to monitor our teams' performances".
"Great", Sheppard replied forcing a smile as everyone glared at Henry.
"I do hope you didn't mind me using this surprise tactic on you?", Henry said and Rodney folded his arms haughtily.
"Oh no, because we weren't all relaxing and taking some time out after the arduous mission we all just got back from now were we…hmmm?".
"Rodney", Weir said, her voice holding a warning and the Doctor huffed his displeasure.
Henry smiled as he took in the two teams before him. He had heard much about SGA 1 and 2's exploits and he had been looking forward to meeting them.
His eyes lingered on Ellie and he saw her blush under his gaze.
She abruptly turned and smiled at Lorne just as Weir said,
"Okay everyone, thank you for that and back to the party you go".
As everyone began to leave the power room, Henry caught Ellie's eye again and he smiled at her, the glare that Lorne sent his way making him wonder if the Doctor and the Major were involved.
He would have to find out if he intended to get as close to the petite brunette as was possible. He had read her personnel file and she could be very useful to him, very useful indeed.
End of Chapter 2