A/N: Thanks BetherdyBabe for helping with this. This was so hard to write. It's really hard to beat up your own creation and not feel awful about it.

Jennifer's sense of panic and despair were gone, replaced by a numbness she felt twice before in her lifetime: the death of her mother and the death of her cousin. Fitting since I'm heading to my own death. After waiting for a couple more warriors to join them, the Bola Kai led Jennifer back into the forest. She buried herself as far as she could in her mind during the walk, trying not to think about what might be in store for her. It's only flesh. You'll still be Jennifer if they torture your body.

The genius whose mind was always racing couldn't turn off the imagery for too long. Choking back a sob, the young woman thought of escaping from the Bola Kai some day and returning to Atlantis an abused and tormented woman. She squeezed her eyes shut as a picture formed in her mind of Rodney looking at her in disgust.

Opening her eyes and blinking back tears, Jennifer was afraid she was going to lose her mind long before the Bola Kai could attempt to extract information from her. Get a grip. No one's done anything but punch you in the face so far. Maybe they won't do all the awful things you're thinking about.

Taking deep breaths to control her suddenly erratic heartbeat, Jennifer heard a roaring in her ears. I can't pass out. Looking at the towering giants around her only increased the anxiety she had worked hard to ignore. The trees that rose up blocking out the morning light made her feel even smaller and more helpless.

The roaring got louder and she suddenly remembered the river to their right. I should've tried to get down the bank instead of whining about losing the bridge. Looking longingly at the gap in the distance that identified the deep river valley, her eyes caught on a rope.

Stopping and staring, she saw the bridge. A surge of hope pushed all the darkness aside.

"Move." An angry voice and a hard shove to her back propelled Jennifer into action. Because she'd been basically a robot since they moved out, stopping when they told her to and moving without complaint, they didn't stand too close to her. The gap between Baldy and a warrior barely taller than her beckoned to the physician.

Jennifer looked back at the man who had hit her and was about to say something when distant gunfire could be heard, a lot of gunfire. "Rodney?"

The Bola Kai lifted their weapons and looked to the West of their position. Jennifer snapped into action and darted between the warriors. She ran faster than she ever had in her life, the bridge a beacon of hope. I only need to get across, cut the rope and wait for rescue.

The steady gunfire stopped only to start again in a random pattern. At least we're still fighting. Jennifer felt every gunshot was bringing her closer to rescue and she almost let a feeling of relief fill her. The edge of the forest was in sight down a small incline.

She plunged into a heavy thicket of brush with thorns and heavy branches that tore at her clothing to get there. Swearing, she struggled to get out and was forced to leave her jacket. The branches and cold air assaulted her bare arms; drawing her further out of the fog she'd been in while with the Bola Kai.

The knife! Jennifer looked around in panic and saw it under the brush near her jacket, which was hanging in the branches. Jennifer knelt down and pulled it out. As she backed away from the bush her right foot fell into a hole and her body twisted, falling backwards down the incline.

A sharp pain tore through Jennifer's right leg. The ankle stayed wedged in the hole as her body fell in the opposite direction. The physician knew something bad happened to the tendons and bones in her body. The terrified woman screamed in pain and frustration. The bridge was close but no way she'd be able to run there and get across with a broken foot.

Jennifer sat up and lifted her foot out of the hole. Of course all the screaming and noise had drawn one of the Bola Kai she'd run away from to her location. As tears ran down her face she saw the large man who'd punched her coming around the bush. Clutching her leg, she pulled herself backwards with her other hand that also held the knife.

"Where are you going, Athosian?" he spat. He aimed a P90 at her. "I should kill you but Omal will kill me." His eyes raked her body, which was more exposed under the light blue t-shirt than it had been.

The leer and his tongue licking his lips made Jennifer feel sick. "They'll kill you when they get here," she yelled.

"Who? There are over a hundred Bola Kai here."

Jennifer gripped the knife in her left hand, hidden by the leaves on the ground. "The rest of my tribe will kill all hundred of you if you kill me."

"Then I better enjoy myself before then." He laughed and threw the animal hide off his body revealing heavily tattooed arms. His intentions were clear to the injured woman. The bile rose in her throat as he moved faster than she expected. Within seconds he was straddling her thighs and reaching for her shirt.

Jennifer felt like she was watching someone else move as her arm swung in a wide arc, slashing a fine red line across his throat with the knife. His black eyes widened and his hands grabbed her shoulders. An angry scream came out of his throat as his hands tightened their hold on her thin frame. She switched the knife in her right hand and stabbed with all the terror and fear inside her into the leather tunic he wore.

His eyes widened more and a gurgle could be heard in his throat. The pressure on her body increased as a sticky substance flowed from the entry wound of the knife down her arm. It seemed like an eternity that they were locked in their current position. The massive warrior hovering over his terrified prey that suddenly struck back.

On the planet of New Athos in the Pegasus Galaxy, Doctor Jennifer Keller had just done the unthinkable. She'd killed a man. It didn't take years of medical experience for her to know that her knife went between his ribs, slicing into his heart. The enormity of what she'd done left her frozen.

The thudding of feet and the removal of the body from her barely registered. Where a hairy, painted face had been was now treetops with sunlight filtering through. She was so lost at violating her most sacred oath that she didn't feel the boot connect with her right side. Her body lifted several inches from the forest floor as an angry scream came from Baldy. He grabbed her shirt and pulled her up so he could backhand her across the face.

The daze and shock remained after her head snapped back. Whatever he was shouting was lost as she stared up at the sky. She could taste the familiar metallic flavor that spoke of blood in her mouth once again. The monster attack hurt like hell and she knew the pain this behemoth was inflicting on her with his punches should hurt, but the numbness wouldn't disappear. I watched a man die. The man I killed. An animal, but still a man.

Jennifer was once again lying on the ground. Baldy had raised his boot and she could see the worn leather at the heel of his shoe. She closed her eyes waiting for it to crush her windpipe, but that didn't happen.

Popping sounds like firecrackers at Uncle Jack's big 4th of July bashes rang through the forest. Jennifer reopened her eyes to see Baldy falling across her legs like a tree, a single bullet hole between his eyes, which stared into her own. Another dead man.

Jennifer heard the thudding of boots and closed her eyes. For a moment the anger and fear she'd felt tried to resurface and force her to push the body off her and crawl away, but she quickly pushed it aside to return to the numb place she'd found. She knew the other Bola Kai would ravage her body and she could do nothing to stop them.

As the noises got closer she heard something she'd lost all hope of ever hearing again, Rodney McKay screaming Jennifer at the top of his voice.

TBC

A/N: My beta wanted me to end this with hope so I did. Next chapter I promise you'll see some other POVs and more Bola Kai death.