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Chapter four

It took weeks for Melissa to fully recover. But even then she was tired all the time. She became close to the Atlantis team. She could understand some of what Rodney talked about. But she still kept quiet about who she was and where she came from. She became good friends with Ronan. He taught her to fight better then she had before. But she was still quite around people that she didn't know. She spent time around Atlantis, taking in the sites and getting to know it.

John very rarely left her alone for long periods of time. Then the IOA found out that she was on Atlantis. And today was the day that people were coming from Earth to Atlantis to see if she was a threat. Little did they realize that she was. After all they just though she was a girl. But she wasn't and nobody knew that.

Melissa was standing at the top of the control room standing next to Rodney. They had an incoming wormhole. The shield was raised, waiting for an IDC.

It came and they lowered the shield. Soldiers stepped into the room with there fire arms rose. When they saw Colonel Carter at the bottom of the stairs they lowered there weapons and steeped aside. Two men walked through. One had a uniform on as if he was important. The other wore glasses and looked to be a doctor of some sort. They greeted each other. Colonel Carter led them to her office. The door shut behind them with a bang. The gate shut down not long after. It appeared supplies had been sent.

Melissa looked at the door and then looked at the gate. She knew what was being said.

She turned towards Rodney.

"Rodney," she said, touching him gently on the shoulder.

He spun round and faced her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Melissa chewed her lip, not sure if she should tell him. She decided.

"I can hear what is being said in there," she said indicating the door to Colonel Carter's room.

Rodney went into shock. It shouldn't be possible. She should not be able to hear through the doors.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"They are talking about where I came from and what do they know about me," she replied, looking at the door.

Rodney was scared. John wasn't in Atlantis at the moment and he was the one closet to her. Then it clicked.

"Let's take you to Ronan and then will go to Dr Keller," he said.

So that's what they did. They found Ronan in the Gym with Teyla. Ronan was sparring with her and it looked vicious. Then Teyla noticed that they were there. She placed her sparring tools down and walked over.

When she looked at Melissa she could see that there was something strange in her eyes. Something that she could not understand.

"What is wrong?" she asked, walking up to the Melissa and Rodney.

Melissa bowed her head not looking up at them. Rodney stepped in and told them what was going on. Ronan walked over and crouched down near Melissa as she was tiny compared to him.

"You could hear what they were saying?" he asked, trying to coax an answer out of the girl that they had rescued.

Melissa nodded her head. Refusing to speak.

"Can you tell us?" asked Teyla, looking at the young girl. Sometimes they forget just how young she really is.

"They were talking about how I might cause problems and be a spy." "Also they were talking about who I was and where I came from." "But as I left, they started talking about how they could get information out of you lot and John to see what I've told you." She replied, looking at the people that she trusted the most. She knew John had made them promise to look after her and make sure that she was safe. She liked John. He was so protective of her and his friends. But also she had nightmares. But John always came and made them better. He either was in the room she was staying in or he came to her in her dreams. None of the others knew that though.

The guys looked at each other silently. Melissa hadn't told them anything, they thought. She was mainly quiet only telling suggestions when she thought it was necessary.

After they spent a few minutes in the gym, they went down to see Dr Keller. They told her that Melissa wasn't felling to great, but because the IOA were hear they didn't want anybody to know until John got back. Melissa told her about hearing through the doors. But she never told her about what was being said. Jenny ran some tests to see if she had a stronger hearing range. It was going to take a while. So she let Melissa go.

During the time Melissa was with Jenny, Ronan, Teyla and Rodney had talked.

"What do we do?" Ronan asked the others, looking at Melissa sitting on the bed.

"We keep an eye on her like John asked" Teyla said, looking at Melissa.

"She is different." Rodney stated. "She seems to have a connection to John."

"Did you notice that when Melissa first came here she would only let John and Jenny near but know she allows us and Samantha Carter near her." Teyla said, thinking.

"Yeah" both of them said.

"She's just a kid," said Rodney.

"Nobody deserves to have done to them what she has" Rodney said

"Feel sorry for her Rodney?" Ronan said, trying to get a raise out of him.

"Shut up you" Rodney replied, glaring at Ronan. "She needs us" he said

"We'll be there for her" said Teyla. Not knowing that when John got back that they were in for a very very hard time.

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