I do not own any of the characters (except for the bad guy of course) any of Stargate Atlantis. Boo hoo. Hey there everybody. It's been an extremely long time since I have done this. So so sorry about that for those of you who were reading this. I think I forgot about it. I put my book away that I was writing this story in and it left my mind because I was writing some all original stuff that has nothing to do with SGA. Then I found my book yesterday and thought that I should finally add on to my chapters. Again, so sorry. But I'm back and hopefully I can finish this story. Yay!
Chapter Eight
In the main Control Room the technician and the other members of the crew that were there were surprised when the wormhole engaged. "Unauthorized gate activation!" the technician said over the base intercom system. Weir came out when she heard the alarm going off. "Who initiated the gate?" she asked.
"Someone in the Jumper Bay Ma'am." The technician said.
"Someone here? Without my authorization?" Weir said.
"Yes Ma'am."
"Turn the gate off now!"
"Yes Ma'am." He did as he was told and everyone watched as the gate shut down.
"Get Security to the Jumper Bay now and stop whoever tried to go through the gate."
"Right away Ma'am."
Within five minutes the Security detail was in the Jumper Bay heading towards Jumper One which they could see was lit up and in use. They snuck around the corner with their P90s in position and as soon as they did they were knocked unconscious by a couple of quick blows. Then more Security arrived at the scene and John took off running out of the Jumper Bay.
In the Control Room the second Security detail came over the com system. "It's Colonel Sheppard Ma'am. Something's wrong with him. He's acting crazy and he's attacking us."
"What? Why was he trying to leave Atlantis?" Weir asked.
"Unknown Ma'am. But he's on foot and probably heading your way to get to the Stargate."
"Understood. Do an Atlantis-wide search just in case. Only the sections that we have deemed safe. And send more security our way to head him off just incase you're right about him coming here."
"Yes Ma'am. We're on it."
She turned to the people in the Control Room and looked around at them. "Okay people. Colonel Sheppard is most likely coming our way. Let's be prepared. And remember, we're only trying to stop him, not hurt him." Everybody nodded. "And call Dr. Beckett, Dr. McKay, Teyla and Ronan in here to help." They nodded again and headed off to work on their tasks.
When Rodney, Teyla and Ronan arrived they knew that John was being taken over by Puren again. "The big fat liar." Rodney said as he leaned against one of the consoles.
"We knew there was a risk McKay." Ronan said with a frown.
"I know. But just once I'd like a bad guy to tell the truth. And I know that's wishful thinking on my part. Now we've brought an evil Ancient Device back to Atlantis and we don't know how to get rid of it except go to the planet and blow it up. And that would most likely kill Sheppard. What do we do?"
"First we subdue Sheppard." Ronan said. "Then we worry how to get Puren out of him."
"You're not going to hurt him are you?" Rodney asked. Ronan looked at him as if he had asked a really stupid question. Rodney shrugged. "I'm just asking."
"No. I'll subdue him without hurting him significantly. I can't say he won't get a bruise or two but he will be relatively unharmed. What do you take me for McKay?"
"Do you really want me to answer that?" McKay said with some sarcasm. Ronan stared at him with a frown and an upraised right eyebrow.
"Alright! Enough guys." Weir said. "This doesn't help matters does it? I mean really." Rodney sat down hard and closed his mouth before he would say anything else that would be construed as stupid to anybody else. "Alright. Now John is heading this way. So let's just be prepared for him so that we can get him back to the infirmary."
"I suggest that we place guards on the Stargate as well as in here Dr. Weir." Teyla said matter of factly.
"I agree Teyla." Elizabeth said as she crossed her arms. "So Ronan, why don't you go with two of the Security detail and watch the gate. Take who you think will be the best help to you in capturing Colonel Sheppard." Ronan nodded grimly and moved off to find the two people he would use. "Teyla. You stay here with Rodney and make sure he doesn't get to the controls." Teyla and Rodney nodded their consent to her plans. "I'll coordinate on the coms. And let's hope that he hasn't snagged any. Or he'll hear all of our conversations."
They shut down all non-essential parts of Atlantis as well as the main gate system. When they were finished, only secondary lighting was on and the DHD was put under password control. With only Weir knowing what the code was. It felt strange to them to have to be on alert from their Military Commander. All of Atlantis was on edge and scared that something would happen to Sheppard. That he would be killed by whatever was controlling him.
Ten minutes had gone by since they had been notified that John was headed in their direction. John would be there any minute and they knew it. And just as Elizabeth thought that same thought a crash came from behind them. Elizabeth and Rodney turned from the balcony overlooking the Gate Room and saw John standing in front of them, a security guard unconscious on the floor in front of him and a P90 in his hands. They backed away from him slowly and Weir turned her head slightly to look down at Ronan. She gave him a tiny nod and she saw him nod back. They could see how disheveled John looked. He was still wearing the burgundy scrubs from the infirmary and he had no shoes on. He was in bare feet. A majority of his dark, spiky hair was standing up on end from sweat and the scrubs looked wet in areas too. He still had a fever but he was acting like he didn't know. His eyes looked wild. Completely unlike what they normally looked like. They could see that Puren was in complete control of the Military Commander of Atlantis.
"John. Just stay calm." Weir said with both of her hands up in the air.
A lopsided smirk formed on the man's face. "Now, now Dr. Elizabeth Weir. You know who I am and who I am not."
"Yes I do. And I want to know why you insist on staying inside Colonel Sheppard?" she said as she put her hands down at her sides.
"Because he is my power source. He will keep me alive. I thought you all knew that by now. Especially you Dr. Rodney McKay. Or was I wrong to understand how smart you were?"
Rodney just stared at him with hate. "No, I am smart and I know that you are a lying bastard."
"Oh that hurts Rodney McKay."
Rodney shook his head. "Are you really that intent on being blown up? Cause I told you what would happen if you did anything to harm Sheppard. I told you what would happen if you didn't leave him alone."
"Yes you did. And I thank you for that. Really. But I don't believe you because if I die he dies. And you know that."
"Do I?" Rodney said.
"Yes you do. And that's why you haven't done anything to me yet. You are afraid that he will die. And I know you do not want that. You are all close to him."
Teyla, Rodney, Weir and the rest of the people in the Control Room just stared at Sheppard with a mixture of hate and worry. They hated the thing that had taken him over but they were worried for their friend.
"I think it's about time you dialed the address for my planet. I must get back to my body."
"Oh. So now you have a body?" Rodney said as he moved a little closer.
"My structure is my body. Yes. I thought that you were the type of person who thought outside the box Rodney McKay?" Rodney did not answer that question.
"We are not going to let you take John back to your planet Puren." Dr. Weir said as she moved up beside Rodney.
"Oh but I think you will Elizabeth Weir."
"Don't be so sure Puren." She said as she saw Ronan and the two security guards deftly move in behind Sheppard. She kept her eyes focused on Sheppard so as not to give them away. Ronan pointed his fingers at one guard and then pointed to the left. The guard moved that way. Ronan then pointed his fingers at the other guard and then to the right. The guard went that way. Ronan moved up the centre by himself. They came closer to the Colonel and before he could react Ronan jumped him. The two guards circled around in front, grabbed the P90 out of his hand and aimed their own weapons at him.
John began to yell out and struggle in Ronan's grasp. Ronan pushed him down on the ground and forcefully pulled his arms behind him. He pushed his knee into John's back and held his hands against his back as well. "Ahh! Let go of me now! Let go!" he yelled out.
"I don't think so Puren." Ronan said. "You aren't going back to the planet. You won't take Sheppard back there. You should know by now that we will find a way to extract you from him. We will destroy you and Sheppard will live."
"Ahhhhh!!" Sheppard yelled out.
"Take him to the infirmary." Weir said. "And get Beckett to restrain him so he can't get back to the planet. That's all we need is for him to get back to his body."
As they wheeled John down the hallway restrained to a gurney he was bucking constantly, trying to get free. Ronan was keeping a hand on him the whole way to make sure that he didn't get free. Teyla, Rodney and Weir were following close behind them. They could see fresh blood forming on the bandages on his wrists. He was pulling extremely hard.
"Calm down! Just calm down!" Rodney yelled out.
By the time they had made it to the infirmary his wrists were totally bloody. They quickly undid the restraints and moved him to a bed. Then they did up the restraints again on his
wrists and on his ankles. They could not get him to calm down. He was going completely crazy.
"I think we need a sedative right away." Beckett said to a nurse. She took off running and came back with a syringe full of clear liquid. She gave it to Beckett and he asked Ronan to hold John down so that he could administer the sedative. Ronan leaned over the pilot's chest and held him down, then grabbed hold of his left arm so Beckett could move in. The whole time the sedative was being injected John was yelling out.
When Beckett was finished Ronan stood back up and looked at the man lying in front of them. Becket looked at Ronan and saw a look that he had not seen before on the Runner. Fear. If this situation could instill fear in Ronan Dex then they had a huge problem.
TBC in Chapter Nine…
A/N: This isn't really a cliff hanger but I thought it was a good place to end. Ooooh. Things are getting interesting. Puren really wasn't bye bye. The big liar. But I'm sure you probably already figured that one out. How do you think they're going to get rid of him? It's still kind of a mystery to me. So you'll have to wait and see. Ta for now guys. And don't worry, I have another chapter already to go. :)