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Chapter 5
Teyla walked into the LAPD with Detective Dex a few steps behind her still intent on following her despite the fact she knew he was there, at least he wasn't bothering to hide anymore. She was more exhausted than she had been yesterday after yet another restless night.
She quickly headed toward her desk and sat down. Opposite her was John's desk where he would usually be sat facing her making some crack about whatever was going on. As much as they would usually annoy her to no end she was starting to miss them, things weren't the same they weren't right without him here.
She had to do something but what could she do? With Dex following her everywhere she couldn't do anything that would help John, she briefly entertained the notion of trying to get information about the case out of him but something told her that would be a futile effort. The man barely spoke at all she doubted he was likely to talk to her about the case.
"Detective Emmagan," Captain Sumner shouted from his office "I need to speak with you now."
Teyla momentarily wondered what she had done to get herself in trouble now but without John around it was unlikely she'd be in trouble again. She would quite happily be stood in the Captain's office being yelled at for blindly following John into any situation again if it meant having him back. Was it at all strange that she missed that?
She stood up and made her way past the few desks between her and her destination before she finally reached the Captain's office noticing Dex stop nearby. Sumner closed the door behind her and moved to sit at his desk where Rodney McKay was already sat waiting.
"What's going on?" she asked warily.
"Have you spoken to Sheppard since he left?" Sumner asked bluntly.
Teyla was taken aback by the question but didn't falter "No"
"I'm sure," Sumner stated disbelievingly "Well when you do speak to him tell him I said hi."
She had no idea how to respond to that statement so she chose not to instead she sat down next to McKay and waited to be told why she was there.
"I believe you already know Rodney McKay from the crime lab," Sumner said and she nodded her head "Well he's here to help us go through the evidence from Sheppard's case."
"Sir?" Teyla questioned unsure if she understood what the Captain meant.
"We all know Detective Sheppard is innocent we just need to be able to prove it so let's go through the evidence and see if we can't find some holes".
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John hadn't been able to learn very much about the murders from the news papers and he was beginning to lose hope. He had to somehow find a way to convince the FBI that he was being framed, that he was innocent. Without evidence or access to evidence he had no way of doing that.
By now his face would be in the newspapers and it would be a huge risk just to walk down the street. Going to Teyla was still not an option which left him with no clue what he was going to do. He couldn't hide in this warehouse forever but there was no way he was going to jail for crimes he didn't commit.
Then an idea struck him, he didn't have to convince the entire FBI that he was innocent just the two investigating him then he could gain access to everything he needed to clear his name properly. The best way to convince them was to learn everything he could about them and decide the best approach to take with them. Once again wearing his cap and some glasses he had bought yesterday he left the warehouse and made his way toward the police station to see what he could learn.
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"What about the knife evidence?" Teyla asked as they continued to try and tear apart the FBI's case against John.
"Detective Sheppard's prints were on the knife underneath the blood which tells us that he was holding the knife prior to the attack," McKay informed her "That's usually enough by itself to prove someone did it."
"How about the other murders can we get alibis for them?" Sumner asked as processed everything and tried to find any gaps they could exploit.
"I know he was visiting his Aunt at the time of the murder in New York but without more specific information I can't find out if anyone was with him and even then it was six months ago, the chances of her remembering where John was at one specific time are small."
"They've built themselves a pretty strong case," Sumner stated as he leant back in his chair "I'll see if I can find out anything about the other murders in the mean time both of you get back to your jobs."
Rodney and Teyla both nodded their heads and left the Captain's office before Rodney stopped and turned to her. "We all know Sheppard is innocent and we'll find a way to prove it," he told her before he left. Teyla stared after him in surprise, it was the most confident and nicest thing she had ever heard come out of the usually annoying, arrogant scientist and she smiled inwardly, perhaps she was not as alone as she thought she was.
She had been so caught up in her thoughts she hadn't noticed Agent Dex walk up to her and his voice made her jump though she managed not to show it.
"What was that all about?" he asked her his voice giving her no indication of whether he was asking out of curiosity or suspicion but she was leaning toward the latter.
"What?" she asked deciding to play dumb.
"What did the Captain want to speak to you about?"
"The kidnapping case John and I were working on," she told him glad that she had been trained to think on her feat.
"You were in there for over an hour," he stated and she knew beyond any doubt he was suspicious.
"It's a big case, John and I are suppose to testify though it seems it'll just be me now," she told him sadness creeping into her tone at the thought of her partner not being able to see the case through to the end. She walked toward her desk as she saw Agent Weir enter the room and head toward Dex.
"I thought you were supposed to be watching her" Elizabeth stated.
"I am," Ronon told her before gesturing toward the detective "See, she's sitting there and I'm stood here watching her."
"Okay maybe I should run the point of spying on people past you again," Elizabeth stated humorously.
"She knew I was there," Ronon explained "So there was no point in hiding."
Elizabeth shook her head in exasperated amusement as she saw a young detective walk up behind Detective Emmagan.
"I told you he was going to get you in trouble one day," Teyla heard a familiar voice say and she groaned inwardly, she was so not in the mood for this. She turned around to see the face of Detective Jason Lars staring back at her smugly.
"Get out of my face Lars," she told him and his face faltered slightly.
"I warned you he was no good but you wouldn't listen and now it turns out I was right though I have to admit I never pegged him for a murdering psychopath."
That was it, she'd had enough, if Lars wanted to gloat he'd picked the worst possible time. She hadn't slept properly in two days, she was worried as hell and had just spent the last hour futilely trying to find a way to help John, and Lars's gloating had just made her snap.
"You pig headed, egotistical, arrogant jerk!" she yelled angrily "John Sheppard is innocent and you know that as well as I do. He's a better cop and twice the man that you will ever be and I am not going to sit here and listen to you trash him out of jealousy. If I ever here another bad word about John come out of your mouth I'll close it permanently."
Teyla stormed away leaving the room in a stunned silence. Ronon finally got over his surprise and was filled with a sense of admiration as he gave Elizabeth a brief look and followed after her.
Elizabeth watched Ronon follow after the angry detective as she tried to analyse what had just happened and whether it affected her case. Detective Lars stood completely still for a minute in shock before he hurried out of the room probably to hide his bruised ego. Elizabeth looked at Captain Sumner who was standing at the door to his office and had clearly been stood there through the entire scene. He smirked at Detective Lars as he passed him before going back into his office.
TBC
