Disclaimers: Same as Ch 1. Dr Thomson and the HOG team belong to Cap10
AN: Yes, I know it has been a while but RL hit me with a wrecking ball and the debris has only just cleared.
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"You have been busy in my absence", mocked Cowen as the group surged to towards the bars
"You touch the kids and you'll be wishing you were still dead," said Sheppard. Cowen laughed
"In that case you have an hour to meet my demands, after that I'll send out search parties then we'll see if you are still reluctant to help me," he said
"Never" said McKay, Cowen smirked
"We'll see, remember, one hour or we'll find the children" he said as he left.
"Now what?" said Carson
"We can't hand over jumpers, scientists and weapons but we can't let them find the children," said Zelenka
"Well it's been seven hours and they haven't found them yet, he's bluffing," said Elizabeth
"But they weren't looking for them before" said Sheppard
"If they have not found them by now it means Max and Fran have hidden them well, we must trust them, Max will not let anything happen to children" said Teyla
"Lorne and Laura will be looking for them too, there's nothing we can do but rely on those that are still free to protect them" said Carson "it won't be easy but we have to trust that they'll be protected".
"And that means not antagonising our captors John" said Elizabeth
"What?" Sheppard retorted
"Do not, I believe the Earth term is, piss off Cowen and Kolya otherwise our children will be the first to suffer, if Jason and Jamie are put in danger and if anything happens to them because you upset Cowen and Kolya I will kill you myself" said Teyla. Elizabeth put her arm around Teyla
"It won't come to that, but we must not do anything to endanger the children and that means everyone keeping their trap shut, understand" said Elizabeth, John and Rodney scowled but agreed. John knew they were right, his hatred for Kolya had clouded his judgment too often and he couldn't let it put his children in danger, he sat beside Teyla and put his arm around her
"I'm sorry, you're right as usual," he said. Teyla laid her head on his shoulder
"If they hurt my children I will feed them to the Wraith," she said through gritted teeth
"I think you'll have to join a queue," remarked John, thinking that the same threat was being echoed in the whispered conversations around the cell.
Meanwhile...
Dr Bec Thomson, Dr Jason Wage, Dr Albert Johnson, Tim Hendricks and Eric Cooper slid down from the air ducts
"Glad you could join us" said a bemused Lorne
"We've been all over the place looking for a way out," said Bec
"But the Genii are everywhere, all exit points, jumper bay's, hell they've even found the underwater docking bays" said Tim
"The good news is Weir, Sheppard, McKay, Teyla, Carson and Zelenka are still alive and in the Brig"" said Jason Wage. Lorne breathed a sigh of relief
"That's good news," he said
"Yeah, there were a couple of guys giving them the whole Dr Evil you-are-our-prisoners-and-we-want-your-city-or-else stuff," remarked Tim.
"What did they look like?" asked Lorne, Tim thought for a moment
"One was a dead spit for Chief O'Brien from Star Trek" he said
"The other had a scar on his face, looked like a Bond villain" said Eric. Lorne groaned
"Kolya and Cowen, but that's impossible, Cowen was killed in the Genii coup, I was there" he retorted
"Well he's back from the dead now," remarked Albert.
"Hang on, how come you know all this?" asked Laura
"When we first heard the SOS we hit the air vents, looking for a way to get to the jumper bay, when we got there they'd been over-run so we looked for a way out, couldn't find one so we came here" said Bec
"How come you didn't get lost, we only found our way here because we had a compass" said Alex
"One of the first things we did was make maps of the ventilation system, in case of a situation like this and we were bored one day and went pot-holing in the air ducts," said Tim.
"You got maps of the ventilation system? Why didn't you say anything?" snapped Lorne
"We tried but Dr McKay, Dr Weir and Colonel Sheppard wouldn't listen," said Bec simply. Lorne cursed the stupidity of his superiors
"When we get out of this I'll nail their heads to the table and make them listen but the good news is now we have an advantage, we can get a message to the senior staff to say we're still free and the kids are safe and we can move around the city. Firstly I want to shut down as many systems as we can, I want these bastards blind I also want to re-establish communications with Ronon on the mainland if I can..." Lorne said as Bec interrupted
"Do you know if Celia Kruass got away, I sent her to the jumper bay as soon as Dr Weir ordered the evacuation" asked Bec. Lorne turned to Sgt Alan Deadicote
"Deadly did you see Dr Krauss board one of the jumpers?" he asked
"Remind me?" he said to Bec
"Tall, thin, long black hair," replied Bec
"Oh her, yeah she was in Ronon's jumper" said Deadly
"That's great, at least we can contact her without giving the game away," said Tim
"Huh?" said Lorne
"Oh we tend use a different radio channel to the rest of Atlantis, that way we don't have to put up with useless chatter when we have important work to do," said Eric pompously. Lorne gritted his teeth and decided to have a few words with Dr Thomson about sharing her techniques with him.
"Ok, here's what we'll do, Laura I want you and Deadly to take Eric and Dr McLaren with you and try and contact Dr Krauss and Ronon on the mainland" Laura nodded "I'll take 'Boggy' Marsh, Tim and Lt Harmon to try and shut down Atlantis' systems, if I can have the Doc's security code". Laura handed the paper over with a blush "Alex I want you, Jason and Sgt Morrison to get as much food as you can from storage, we have no idea how long this is going to last "Alex nodded "Bec take Terry and Sgt Boyd and get as much of medical supplies as you can" said Lorne. Bec smiled
"Sure" she said
"Albert I want you and Capt Evans to get a message to the Senior staff, just drop a note through the ventilation duct, let them know there is a resistance out there, ok, Pudsey I want you and your team to protect Max, Fran and the children, understand" Lorne said
"With my life sir" replied Pudsey with a salute.
"Ok people lets get to it and take back Atlantis" Lorne said as he picked up his P-90 and began to climb up the ropes the HOG team had left dangling from the air ducts.
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AN: Ok enough of the Cliffies for now, the next few chapters are going to be about each team's escapades in carrying out their tasks. First, it'll be Laura's Team's attempts to outwit the Genii and establish contact with Ronon
Ok, the Chief O'Brien thing had to be done, it had to get out of my system.
And Yes Robert Davi (Kolya) did play a Bond Villain, Brownie points for anyone who can give me the name of the film and who played Bond in it