Date : 10.03.2008
Title : The A.U. Series : Ellie and The Major
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 6 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?
Allen all but dragged Ellie up the aisle toward the holy man who was waiting to marry them.
She bit her bottom lip and tried to understand how the people in the hall could all sit there smiling happily as though nothing was amiss when she was clearly being forced into this marriage.
She looked around, trying to make eye contact with some of the people but they avoided her gaze and focused on Allen instead.
"I don't know why you are doing this…", Ellie began and Allen looked at her sharply, his fingers digging into the soft skin at her elbow but she continued anyway.
"Do you really think that I'll be a good wife to you? I don't even know you".
Allen glared at her then backhanded her across the face and Ellie staggered backwards, her hand going to her stinging cheek.
The crowd remained silent and no-one moved.
"You didn't drink the water did you?", Allen said, shaking his head as though he felt sorry for her. "Things would have been so much pleasanter for you if only you would have done as instructed".
"Are you ready to proceed?", the holy man asked, clearing his throat and Allen nodded, pulling Ellie back into position.
As the ceremony began, Ellie prayed that Lorne was on his way. He had to be…he'd said he would come back for her and she knew he would if he could.
Sheppard and Lorne stood either side of the double doors to the great hall and looked at one another.
Sheppard signalled that on three they would open the doors and everyone would storm inside.
Lorne nodded and readied his P-90.
Before they had a chance to open the doors though, some of Aram's soldiers came around a corner and raised their guns and Ronon and Franks had no option but to fire at them first.
Inside the hall, Ellie and Allen turned at the sound of gunfire.
"Evan", Ellie breathed in relief as Allen frowned.
He gripped Ellie's hand and began to pull her past the holy man and toward the rear of the hall.
Aram stood.
"Allen…where are you going? The ceremony is not complete", he said and Allen stopped and turned to face his father.
"I do not care…I need to make a start father…I need to know if it worked. She can become my wife later…".
"Make a start on what?", Ellie asked but received another slap for her trouble.
She reeled backwards as stars danced before her eyes and Allen grabbed her around the waist and hurried her through a door just as Lorne, Sheppard and the others burst through the entrance to the hall.
"Where is she?", Lorne shouted as he and Sheppard strode up the aisle whilst the others spread out around the hall.
"You are too late", Aram said and Lorne trained his P-90 on the older man.
"That's not the answer that we're looking for", Sheppard replied.
"Then that is most unfortunate for you", Aram said, nodding and suddenly most of the men in the crowd stood and produced weapons from beneath their cloaks.
"Take cover!", Sheppard shouted as gunfire erupted all around them.
In the room Ellie had gotten ready in, Allen pushed her down onto the bed and began to pull off his shirt.
"What are you doing?", Ellie cried, hearing the gunfire in the distance.
She tried to move off of the bed but Allen snagged the skirt of the wedding dress she wore, trapping her legs so that she couldn't move.
"Allen…let me go…my friends are here and…", she stopped abruptly and yelped as Allen gripped her already sore face in his hands roughly.
"By the time your friends find you it will be too late and besides, have you forgotten your promise to stay with me?", he said, his hands moving to the off the shoulder neckline of the dress and he tried to pull it down to free her breasts but Ellie wriggled and began to hit out at him.
Growling, Allen flipped her onto her stomach and pulled the two halves of the bodice apart violently, the delicate buttons being torn from the material and Ellie cried out in shock as he then put her on her back again and reached for the hem of the dress, yanking it up her thighs.
As Sheppard and the others returned fire on the Abalakian soldiers, Lorne looked around the hall, trying to see if there were any other doors and that was when he spotted Zerrin disappearing through one right at the back of the alter. She looked over and caught his eye before closing the door behind her.
He tapped his ear piece.
"Sir…I think I may have a lead to Ellie, I'm going to follow it up".
"Stay in touch Major…let me know the minute you find her and we can get the hell out of here", Sheppard replied as he rolled out of the way of a line of bullets.
Lorne nodded and shoved his way through the screaming and fleeing civilian Abalakians as he made his way toward the door that Zerrin had gone through.
He glanced around to make sure no-one, especially Aram, had seen him and then he too went through the door, his P-90 raised and ready.
On the other side he found Zerrin waiting anxiously.
"Where is she?", Lorne said and Zerrin twisted her hands together as she looked at him.
"If I tell you will you take me with you when you leave?", she asked and Lorne frowned at her.
"Sure…just take me to her", he said, going to move off down the corridor, but Zerrin remained where she was.
"I don't believe you", she stated and Lorne shook his head.
"I don't have time for this", he said then realised how terrified she looked and added, "You can come with us…just show me where Ellie is…please?".
Zerrin nodded and moved past him, glancing over her shoulder to make sure he was following her.
Ellie somehow managed to raise her hands to Allen's face and she pushed at his chin with all her might, tipping his head back and he snarled and had to release his grip on her thighs to grab her wrists.
"Why don't you just relax…darling…? It would be over so much quicker if you just accept your inevitable fate", he said, his tone sarcastic as he lowered his face to hers and Ellie glared at him.
"You wont take me without a fight", she said bravely but she already knew that she was getting tired. Her heart was banging painfully in her chest and her breath was hitching the more frightened she became.
A horrible thought crossed her mind and that was that at least if her heart gave up and stopped then she wouldn't get raped.
Closing her eyes she struggled furiously against Allen's hold but he just laughed.
She opened her eyes again and raised a leg, scraping the heel of her shoe down the back of his calf and Allen yelped in pain and released her wrists so that he could slap her.
Ellie cried out as she tasted blood. She lay there stunned as Allen got off of her long enough to remove his trousers and then she felt him move back between her thighs, moving the cumbersome skirt of the dress out of the way in the process.
A couple of corridors away, Lorne and Zerrin heard Ellie cry out and Lorne no longer needed Zerrin's guidance to find her.
He took off at a run, adrenalin kicking in at the thought of what he might find.
As they turned onto the corridor that the cry had come from, Lorne saw double doors ahead, two guards standing outside. They took aim at him but Lorne was quicker and he brought them down easily then he and Zerrin raced toward the doors.
On the other side, Allen was about to tear Ellie's panties off and tears streamed down her face but they both froze as they heard the shooting right outside the doors.
Her courage renewed, Ellie began to push at Allen just as the doors crashed open and Lorne walked inside, his P-90 raised and thunder in his eyes as he took in the scene before him.
Zerrin hovered at his back, trying to stay out of her brother's line of vision.
"Evan!", Ellie cried, the relief in her voice tangible as Allen moved away from her, trying to get to the gun he knew was hidden beneath his jacket on the floor.
Lorne resisted the urge to look at Ellie, knowing that one glance away from his enemy could be fatal.
"You shouldn't have come back here", Allen said, edging toward his jacket and Lorne regarded him coldly.
"Really…and why is that?", he asked.
"She gave me her word that you wouldn't return", Allen said pointing at Ellie who had raised herself onto her knees and was clutching the torn bodice of the dress to her breasts as she silently watched Allen and Lorne.
"I didn't give you my word though did I?", Lorne said just as Allen scooped and produced the hidden gun.
Ellie's heart almost stopped as they aimed at one another, neither moving an inch.
Lorne narrowed his eyes and stared at Allen's fingers and saw that the other man was shaking and obviously not stable. He was on edge and that made him dangerous.
"If I cant have her….", Allen began, trailing off as he suddenly moved his arm to the side and aimed at Ellie but his fingers didn't even get a chance to squeeze the trigger before Lorne fired and Allen fell to the floor.
Zerrin raced to her brother's side and felt for a pulse, shaking her head as Lorne looked at her.
Finally he turned and looked at Ellie and his breath caught at the sight of her as their eyes met.
Her face was beginning to bruise, as were her arms from where Allen had slapped and grabbed her, her straightened hair was a mess, the diamonds that had been so strategically placed earlier were now all askew and her dress was literally hanging off of her from when Allen had tried to tear it from her body.
Lorne felt his blood begin to boil at the thought of what the other man had tried to do to her and he approached the bed as Ellie tried to move to the edge, the skirt of her dress impeding her progress somewhat.
"What kept you?", she managed just before she fell into Lorne's arms, her face pressing against his shoulder as his arms went around her.
Lorne closed his eyes and turned his face into her hair, kissing the side of her head before he released a rush of air at the relief of feeling her in his arms, safe.
Ellie opened her eyes and gasped as she saw Allen standing up, Zerrin cowering at his side. She clutched at Lorne's sides and he immediately knew that something was wrong.
He spun, raising his P-90 at the same time and Ellie pressed herself against his back, peeping over his shoulder as Allen seemed to morph into a cloud of dust, just his face still recognizable as he said to them,
"I will return for you Ellie…and when I do, Atlantis will be sorry if it stands in my way", and then he disappeared.
Ellie sagged against Lorne's back and he turned to face her again, his arms going around her waist and he helped her off the bed.
"Are you alright?", he asked and she nodded but clung to him anyway.
He tapped his ear-piece.
"Colonel, I've got Ellie and we're good to go", he said.
"Well its about time", Sheppard grumbled as he and Ronon saw off two more Abalakian soldiers.
"There's one more to come with us Sir, I'll explain on board the Odyssey", Lorne said and Sheppard frowned but contacted Emerson nonetheless. He trusted the Major so if he said there was one extra, then there was one extra.
"Colonel, get us out of here. One more at the same location as Major Lorne and Ellie too.
On board the Odyssey, Emerson nodded at his second, Major Marks who initiated the beam up and before they knew it, everyone was stood on the bridge in various poses.
As everyone relaxed and lowered their weapons, Zerrin stood and Ronon trained his blaster on her.
"Who the hell are you?", he asked gruffly.
End of Chapter 6