Chapter Five
As if waking from some strange slumber, every single head in the room turned slowly towards Colonel Sheppard.
And every pair of eyes was pitch black.
Colonel Sheppard swallowed hard and took a slight step back.
"Um….have any you guys considered seeing an eye doctor lately?….No?"
The entire room rose from their knees and stood facing the Colonel, leaving a small ring of space between him and them as they continued to stare at him with their darkened eyes.
The air was thick with anticipation as they all waited to see who would make the first move and after a seemingly eternity of dead silence, Lorne moved towards him.
Sheppard lashed out quickly striking the Major hard in the face, an instant stream of blood pouring from Lorne's nose, though the eerie smile that remained plastered on his face indicated no pain was felt.
"Oh, that is so……not good…." Sheppard muttered aloud. Tapping his earpiece, he tried to appear calm as he said hurriedly, "Ronon, please feel free to get the hell in here and save my ass……Now would be good….."
Small bits of crackling static met his ears and Sheppard tapped the piece again.
"Ronon?……..Teyla?………Rodney?……..Come in!"
"Nobody's coming Colonel….And nobody will…….," Lorne said matter-of-factly.
Sheppard felt movement behind him and moved quickly to his right as a forceful fist came flying past him from one of the black-eyed minions. Then another stepped forward and launched an attack, knocking Sheppard to the ground with a well-maneuvered double-legged sweep that the Colonel wasn't expecting.
Sheppard landed hard on the ground instantly knocking the wind from him and was straddled and punched several times hard in the face by the first attacker that had originally missed.
"That's enough…" Lorne said.
Sheppard groaned as he slowly lifted his head up and rose to a resting elbow positioned.
He gritted his blood smeared teeth together and spat saying, "Is that all you guys got? Some fancy break dancing moves?"
Lorne leaned down to a squatting position and tilted his head to the side stating, "No Colonel. We're going to make you just like us."
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