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Well, here ya go. Here's another chapter and it's a doozy. I just came up with this idea on the way home from work and I love it. I knew that I would have to figure out what their plan was. I kept mentioning it and now I actually had to show it. So here you go folks. Hope you enjoy because I had fun writing it. :)
Chapter Twenty-Four
John fired his weapon and realized too late that Puren had the upper hand. The P-90 was swatted out of his hand and he landed flat on his back, Puren on top of him. He was grabbed by the throat and he began to choke. "You… can't… kill… me." He said between breaths. He was beginning to see black spots in front of his eyes. That wasn't a good thing.
"Who said that I am going to kill you John Sheppard. That is not my intention. Why would I kill my vessel?" he smiled evilly at the pilot and then lifted him up by the neck. "This will work even if you are unconscious."
John tried to push him away but couldn't get any kind of grip on him. His hands fumbled as he tried to make them work. Then his feet involuntarily flailed when he found he was no longer touching the ground. 'The plan isn't going to work.' He thought just before he blacked out.
Puren smiled and then placed the Colonel on the floor of the office. He looked around, wondering why the bodyguard had not shown up yet. He knew that he was around somewhere. He had seen him talking to Sheppard. Puren slowly walked around John until he was standing by the top of his head and then reached down, grabbing both of his shoulders. He pulled him up and slid him around to the couch that sat off to the side of Weir's office. He lifted the man and practically threw him on it. Then he maneuvered him around until he was laying on his back. The moment felt so right. Soon he would have a worthy vessel and nobody could stop him. He would live forever. The way the Supreme was meant to live. He sighed and bent over the Colonel's face. A feeling of absolute joy filled him. Then he opened the Colonel's mouth and prepared to take the 'soul'.
Rodney jumped to his feet when he heard the beeping coming from the console behind him. Nobody in the room could tell whether he was scared or happy. They figured a bit of both. "It's working!" he said excitedly. "It's working! I can't believe it! Holy crap, this just may work after all!"
Weir came running up to his right side and both Teyla and Becket stood on the other side of the console. "They've started?" Weir asked and then turned back to look at John and Ronan, still in their pods.
"Finally! Yes they have. It's about damn time. I was beginning to think that it wouldn't work. That something had happened to Sheppard and we wouldn't get him back. We'll have to ask them what took so long. I mean come on, half an hour. It felt like it was five hours. I'll kill them if they end up dead!"
The others just stood and listened to the man rant, knowing that they felt the same way. They were happy that something was finally happening. That soon they just may get their Military Commander back.
Rodney reached over and picked his data pad up off of the console and pressed a few buttons, then he checked the connection to the Ancient machinery and pressed a few more buttons. "Everything looks good. Their EEGs are within norms, no spiking that I can see. And the sub routine is running smoothly." He looked up at the others. "All looks good guys."
Elizabeth, Teyla and Carson all sighed with relief simultaneously and then walked over to the pods. "Be safe." Elizabeth said to both her men and then reached out and grabbed hold of Teyla's hands over the top of John's pod. They smiled at each other, both happy that their friends were going to make it. They knew it in the bottom of their hearts. This would be over soon.
Ronan heard the yelling from Weir's office and took off running up the back entrance to the Control Room. He didn't want to let Puren see him. When he finally reached the opposite end of the Control Room he peered around the corner and saw that Puren was on top of Sheppard. Then he saw him lift John up by the throat. Things were going according to plan. Not the choking part, Ronan knew. But that was an added bonus to let Puren think that he was winning. He wondered what Sheppard was thinking of right at that moment. Probably that the plan wasn't working. But he knew deep down that it was. That they would be out of Sheppard's mind soon and back in the real world. He smiled slightly and then turned and headed back down towards the Gate.
Puren slowly began to suck out John's 'soul'. He had his mouth inches from the pilot's mouth, not touching it. Mist seemed to rise out of Sheppard's open mouth and went into the fluctuating form of Ford. Puren's whole body seemed to be vibrating, completely enjoying the moment. It took several minutes and then finally he let go of John's mouth and stood up. He had his eyes closed and he was breathing heavily. If anybody else had seen him at that moment they would have thought that he was stoned or drunk. He was high on the 'soul' of Colonel John Sheppard.
He staggered back and almost bumped into Weir's desk. Then he moved around and sat down in her chair. He now had a vessel. Finally after all the millennia that he had been stuck in that cave. He now had a vessel and he could move around freely. And nobody would be able to stop him. He was SUPREME!
Puren looked over at the spent body of Sheppard and smiled. Now all he had to do was get rid of the interloper of a bodyguard. But now that he was all powerful that would be now problem. He decided that for now he would keep the form of Aiden Ford. Just until he got rid of Ronan Dex. Then he would become his full self. Just wait until they saw what he could do. Everyone would bow in awe.
The console beeped again and McKay picked up his data pad. "Hmm." He said non-chalantly and then pressed a few buttons. He looked at the console, pressed a few buttons there and then went back to his data pad. He nodded his head slightly and then said "Hmm." again.
"What is it Rodney? What's going on?" Weir asked as she came up behind him. "Is it anything important?"
Without turning around Rodney spoke up. "Don't worry Elizabeth. Everything is going smoothly. It was just telling me that the second part of the plan was in motion. We're good."
Elizabeth sighed and looked back at Teyla and Carson. She shrugged her shoulders and then walked back over to stand with them. They were all getting antsy. They wanted this to be over and done with. She patted her friends on the shoulder and then smiled wanly. She hoped it would be over soon.
Puren strode confidently down the halls of Atlantis looking for Ronan. He had no worries that the man would be able to hurt him. He would kill this Ronan which in turn would kill the Ronan in the real world. It was only a matter of time before he found the man.
"Come out, come out wherever you are Ronan Dex!" he yelled out as he walked. "There is no point in hiding any more! I have defeated John Sheppard and have taken over this mind! You are no longer welcome in here! I will find you eventually!" He continued to yell out as he moved.
When he came full circle and ended up back at the Control Room he decided that he would check out the Gate Room. He walked down the lighted stairs and stood out in the middle of the opening. As he looked up at the Gate he couldn't help but marvel at the structure. He knew that he would be able to move at will through as many as he wished. Would be able to spread the word of the Supreme to other worlds. Soon, very soon that would be his destiny.
"I am waiting for you Ronan Dex!" he yelled out, knowing very well that the man was listening to him. Probably circling his position at that very moment. "Why hide Ronan Dex? It is inevitable that you are going to die! So why make this harder than it should be? Why don't you just come out and face me?"
"Because. Then I wouldn't get my chance to kick your ass!" came a familiar voice from up above. Puren's heart jumped up into his throat and he turned as fast as he could and looked up to the balcony which overlooked the Gate Room. What he saw almost made him drop to his knees. 'This isn't possible.' He thought as he stared at the person that stood above him. Puren's eyes were as wide as saucers.
TBC in Chapter Twenty-Five….
A/N: So, how did you like it? Do you know who yelled back at Puren? Have you guessed? You're going to have to wait until the next chapter to find out. Oh well. But don't worry, I'm on a roll. So I may be posting again tonight. If not, then tomorrow night. Ta for now. :)