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Chapter 22

John and Teyla arrived on the scene at the same time as the forensics unit. John ducked under the police tape and held it up as Teyla stepped under it. They approached the body, a young woman who had been shot twice in the chest and had her purse stolen.

Rodney McKay was near the body collecting evidence and Zelenka was a few feet away taking photographs.

"What have we got?" John asked the scientist.

"Alice Hall, 21 Years old, cause of death was two gunshots to the chest. We have some boot prints which Zelenka is photographing and possible DNA from beneath her fingernails," Rodney reported.

"So she fought back?" John questioned.

"I'd say she more than fought back, by the defensive wounds and the amount of skin under her nails I'd say her attacker came out of this wishing he hadn't gone in," Rodney told them.

"Alright let me know if you find anything else." John said as he turned to walk away.

"Sheppard," Rodney's voice made him stop and turn back. "It's good to have you back."

John smiled and nodded his head in thanks before continuing on his way. He was glad to finally be back on a case, with only two days left before Kolya's trial he needed something to do to keep his mind off things.

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"I hate this part of the job," Ronon complained as he and Elizabeth sat in their temporary office. They'd been in there for two hours and he was beginning to get frustrated with being stuck in the small room.

"It has to be done," she told him without looking up.

"It doesn't change the fact that I hate paperwork."

Elizabeth smiled and looked at her watch to discover it was lunch time. They were suppose to meet John and Teyla at some diner near the station. She didn't have a clue what diner they were talking about but apparently Ronon had been there with Teyla a few times and would know where it was.

"It's time for lunch anyway," she stated.

"Thank God," Ronon said as he dropped his pen and stood up grabbing his jacket and opening the door. He stood there holding it open as Elizabeth picked up her own jacket and walked out of the room.

They walked down the street until they reached the diner and they walked in. John and Teyla weren't there but there were several detectives around including Detective Lorne who appeared to be flirting with the waitress. She rolled her eyes and turned to serve one of the customers as Ronon led them to a booth near the window.

She sat down opposite Ronon and started looking at the menu. It was a few minutes later when the doors to the diner opened and John and Teyla walked in. The two of them walked over to the counter talking to Lorne and the waitress. They all laughed before John hit Lorne over the back of the head and then moved over to the booth that she and Ronon were sitting in.

Teyla immediately sat next to Ronon and John took the final seat next to her. Teyla started fighting with Ronon over control of the menu whilst John leaned over Elizabeth's shoulder to see the one she was looking at. She moved it so he could see it better but he didn't move very far away. She suppressed a shiver his close proximity caused and tried to focus on the menu.

"Were you waiting long?" he asked as Ronon finally relented and let Teyla have the menu. She however held it so he could see it.

"No, not long," she replied shaking her head at her partner who appeared not to notice.

"What can I get you?" the waitress asked as she approached the table.

"I think I'll just have my usual," John told her with a smile.

"Yeah, me too,"

"If you were going to order your usual why did you need the menu?" Ronon asked.

"Because I didn't know I was going to order my usual," Teyla replied with a shrug and Ronon and Elizabeth ordered their own food.

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Rodney had matched the DNA from underneath the woman's fingernail within just a few hours which had been fast even for him. It had belonged to a teenager named Sean Griffon, he had priors for minor assaults and robberies. He was also known to be part of a violent street gang. John and Teyla had headed to his address and had been once again told to wait for back up.

They sat in the car outside and watched and waited, they had only been there for a few minutes when the teenager had appeared at his window swearing at the two of them.

"Damn it, they know we're here," John said getting out of the car.

"We were told to wait for back up," Teyla told him half heartedly as she followed him toward the door of the apartment building.

"Well then we'll just wait inside," John replied mimicking his words from the kidnapping case.

They were walking up the stairs when several gunshots were fired at them forcing them both back against the wall. They continued up the stairs following the gunshots until the reached the roof. There were two other teenagers with griffon and all three of them were armed.

One of them made the unfortunate mistake of trying to sneak up on Teyla. She had turned around and knocked the gun out of his hands with in seconds. She grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back before kicking the back of his legs and bringing him to his knees. John watched for any sign of the other two boys as she hand cuffed him to a nearby pipe.

The sound of footsteps alerted them to the position of at least one of the other boys. Aiming their weapons forward they made their way toward the sound, both were completely alert and aware of their surroundings so they had seen the attempt at a trap coming.

Both boys jumped out from behind a wall and tried to shoot them. John and Teyla dropped to the ground and Teyla had fired a single shot at one of them hitting his hand and causing him to drop the weapon. Griffon had already made a run for it as Teyla arrested the other boy who was now too busy cradling his hand to put up any kind of resistance.

John went after Griffon cornering him at the edge of the roof. Griffon turned back to John with fear obvious on his face.

"I am not going to jail," the kid stated.

"Should have thought about that before you mugged and killed the woman in the park," John told him taking several steps closer to Griffon.

"I'd rather die," Griffon said taking a step back toward the edge but John could hear the fear in his voice. Griffon turned to jump but John was quicker and by now close enough to get to him before he could get very far.

He grabbed the back of the teenager's jacket and pulled him back away from the edge as he tried to jump. They both landed on the concrete roof with a thud and Griffon was so dazed that John had no problem turning the kid onto his back and cuffing him. He pulled him up off the floor and read him his rights as he dragged him over to where Teyla was waiting with the other two boys.

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"I told you to wait for back up," Sumner shouted as John and Teyla stood in his office.

"If we hadn't gone in they would have got away," John explained.

"You once again put lives at risk, not only your own but everyone else in that apartment building. I also now have the parents of one of them on my back because their kid got shot!"

"In all fairness, he was shooting at us and Teyla's a good shot, she barely grazed his hand," John stated.

"Both of you get out of my office before I decide to suspend you!" Sumner yelled and John and Teyla quickly did as they were told. Neither of them seeing the small smirk on Sumner's face as they left.

Elizabeth and Ronon were sat over by Teyla's desk as John and Teyla left the office and moved to sit by John's.

"Why are you smiling you just got in trouble?" Elizabeth asked "You could have lost your jobs."

John turned to Teyla still smiling "Feels like old times doesn't it?"

"Definitely," Teyla replied also smiling.

TBC