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Chapter 13
Teyla and Ronon arrived back at her apartment that afternoon both of them tired from the days events. Teyla was still trying to get over the wall of pictures of her that had been in Kolya's apartment. It had shaken her up more than it should have, more than she would ever admit to. Ronon for his part had been relatively quiet since they'd searched the apartment and she couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking.
She walked straight into her bedroom and changed before walking back out to find Ronon sat on the sofa staring at the wall. She wordlessly sat down next to him and they both stayed there in silence for several moments.
"Feel like sharing," Teyla asked him.
"I'm not so sure we should stay here tonight," Ronon told her without taking his eyes off the wall.
"Where would we go?"
"My place," he stated and Teyla looked at him in surprise though he still hadn't looked at her.
Teyla looked thoughtful for a moment before smiling. "I'm sure that's against the rules."
"You're not safe here and as long as you're safe it doesn't matter."
"You're serious aren't you?" she questioned and he finally turned to look at her, his green eyes meeting her brown ones in a look that told her he was very serious.
"I'll get some things together," Teyla said after a few moments and stood up to walk out of the room.
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John stood within sight of the police station waiting for Agent Weir to come out. He needed to know if she was truly serious about considering his innocence and the best way to learn about her was to follow her. He half felt like a stalker but he knew he had good intentions and that he didn't have a choice.
He watched men and women come and go from the building for three hours. He recognised most of them including Captain Sumner, Lorne, McKay and Lars. All of them were going about their jobs almost as if nothing had happened and he wished not for the first time that he could just get his life back.
He knew he had done the right thing all those years ago in high school by turning Kolya in. He had given him a chance and he hadn't taken it and a young girl had ended up dead, who knew how many more would have followed her if Kolya hadn't been stopped. He couldn't understand how that could come back to haunt him now.
He watched as Agent Weir walked out of the police station with several files in her hand. She walked over to what was obviously her car and placed the files in the passenger side before locking the car and walking away from the station.
He followed her curious as to where exactly she was going without her car. After fifteen minutes she came to stop on a bridge which provided a crossing over the flowing river below. She leant against the railing staring with a thoughtful expression at the water as it passed her by.
He realised then how beautiful the agent actually was, her photo in her file didn't do her justice. She had mesmerising green eyes that were brought out by the brown locks of hair that framed her face. He knew now that she must have walked here to clear her head or to think and he guessed she did it often.
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Ronon's apartment was exactly as Teyla had imagined it, disorganised. It wasn't a mess but there was clearly no logical place for his belongings. There were very few personal effects around and no photos whatsoever.
"You can take the spare room through there," Ronon told her gesturing to a door on his right and Teyla nodded and wordlessly entered the room which obviously never got any use. Other than basic furnishings, a bed, draws and a few other necessities there was nothing else in the room. She put her bag on the bed and reluctantly unpacked the few things she had brought with her.
She then left the room and once again found herself sitting with a silently thinking Ronon. Her mind was drawn to the lack of photos in the room, she guessed there were very few people he was close to maybe even only Agent Weir but she had expected to find at least a few photos. Her thoughts drifted to one of her first conversations with Ronon at the diner when she had caught him following her. The way he had reacted or rather not reacted to her question about whether Agent Weir had always been his partner.
"What happened?" she asked him quietly and he looked at her in confusion. "To your partner?"
"He was killed," Ronon stated after a moment.
"I'm sorry, how did it happen?"
"We were working a case, trying to catch two gang members. We tracked them to a motel but back up was still several minutes out so we went in alone. We arrested them and were escorting them outside to meet up with the cops that were about to arrive. The guy Jamie had a hold of got loose and I was the faster runner so I handed my guy over to him and took off after the other one. I caught up with him and that's when I heard the gunshot. The guy I'd left my partner with had managed to get Jamie's gun and killed him. The police caught up with him about three miles away," Ronon explained and Teyla could hear the guilt in his voice.
"I'm really sorry… but you know it wasn't your fault," Teyla tried to reassure him. "You couldn't have known the guy would get your partners gun."
"He was having an off day in the middle of a bad week but he insisted he could do his job and I let him. I never should have allowed him to go and make the arrest with me and I never should have left him alone," Ronon stated.
"You trusted your partner and he said he was fine, you didn't do anything wrong and you couldn't have known what would happen," Teyla stated, reluctantly placing her hand on Ronon's shoulder and to her surprise he didn't flinch.
"Maybe."
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Elizabeth stared out at the water trying to organise her thoughts into some rational order. The case had taken so many turns, first they had no solid suspects, then their first one went on the run, now it turns out he might actually be innocent and someone he knew in high school was setting him up out of revenge.
They weren't just setting him up though they were trying to take everything from him first, his job, his life, his partner. Detective Emmagan had so far survived two attempts on her life and from the look of the wall in Kolya's apartment there were more to come. Ronon would protect her though and she smiled slightly at the thought of her partner and the detective. They really did look good together and it seemed Emmagan had already broken through all his walls without even trying to.
She felt another presence approaching her and she turned around immediately her hand resting on the gun that was holstered at her side. She came face to face with the man standing at the edge of the bridge and recognised him immediately from his file.
"Kolya," she said quietly and the man smiled.
"Well it would seem introductions aren't necessary Agent Weir," Kolya stated as he walked toward her holding a knife in his hand. Elizabeth pulled her gun on him but he just smirked and continued to advance on her.
"Don't take another step," she stated tightening her grip on the gun.
"You brought this on yourself, if you'd done your job and followed the evidence to Sheppard we wouldn't be stood here now. Instead you listened to your suspect and his partner and don't worry she's next on my list of people who need a personal visit from me," he explained as he continued to advance.
"I swear if you take one more step I'll shoot you," Elizabeth told him and he stopped only a few steps from her with a malicious smile on his face. "You killed those people didn't you?"
"I think you already know the answer to that."
"Why don't you tell me yourself?" Elizabeth questioned.
"Because it would be waste of energy since you won't be around to do anything about it," Kolya told her before very suddenly lunging at her. Elizabeth fired her weapon but it was too late he had already grabbed hold of her hand and pushed the barrel of it up and away from him. He then forced it out of her hand and it fell to the ground with a loud clatter. She used her free hand to swing for him connecting with his face and knocking him back. He recovered quickly however and hit her so hard she lost consciousness.
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John watched from his hiding place as Kolya approached Elizabeth on the bridge. He immediately started running toward them knowing the FBI Agent was in trouble. They spoke for several moments before the sound a gun shot echoed through the air. She hit him but he recovered and hit her back. He saw her body go limp and Kolya caught her in his arms lifting her from the ground and tossing her over the railing.
He saw her body begin to fall as Kolya walked away and he reacted before he even heard the splash, diving in after her. The water was freezing cold but he ignored the pain it caused him and swam to where Agent Weir's body was floating lifelessly in the water, being swept away by the current.
He reached her within minutes and wrapped an arm around her waist, he had to fight against the current and the as he swam back to the shore and pulled her with him. He laid her down on the ground and quickly realised she wasn't breathing. He lowered his mouth to hers breathing air into her lungs but she didn't respond. He tried again and this time she started breathing on her own. He allowed his own breath to catch up with him before he picked her up and carried her away from the river.
TBC
