I'm BACK!!!! I'm so sorry for such the long wait in getting this story finished. Not only did I move but then my computer decided to completely die on me – thank goodness I backed-up everything!!

So with all of that I kind of lost track of my writing and have been telling myself for the last 2 months I must finish it!!

So here we are!!!

Just to let you know I have gone back and reposted every chapter. As I've been away for so long I needed to read through the story just to check were I was and off course as you do I change a few things here and there. So you might want to re-read them yourselves.

Sorry again for the long wait I hope its worth it.

Love flea

Title: Of Allies or Enemies
Author: Flea
Date: 4.7.07
Part: 25/?
Rating: M

Pairing: J/T
Characters: John, Teyla, Elizabeth (little bits from all the others)
Genre: Romance / Suspense /Angst /Action its got some of everything
Word Count: 2893
Archiving: only here and on fanfiction net
Warnings- angst
Spoilers: slight once through out all the season, many from the episode which Kolya appears in.

Disclaimers: No copyright infringement is intended. All characters belong to MGM I'm only borrowing them for my own personal enjoyment.

Summary: After years of planning, many disappointments and many failures … At last he has finally succeeded. Acastus Kolya is now the leader of the Genii people and is in full control. What does this mean for Atlantis and how does John take the news?

Author's note – I just want to say before you read this chapter I AM NOT A DOCTOR!! So some of the terms may be completely right.

Chapter 25 - Medical Emergency

Elizabeth stood watching the gate her body beginning to go stiff from standing in the same position for too long; but she refused to move. Not until John and the rest of her people had returned home. It had only been 10 minutes since Sgt Stackhouse and his marines came through the event horizon informing her of the Colonels current situation.

10 minutes which seemed to drag on forever.

Suddenly the chevrons began to glow the gate spinning into life. Elizabeth sighed with relief as the gate whooshed open; though that relief was short live.

"Elizabeth" Rodney's voice sounded over the radio "We have medical emergency … we need a team in the jumper bay now."

"Rodney what's happening?"

"For gods sake Elizabeth just get a medical team there straight away, we've about a minute from the gate." he voice was rushed; the panic he was feeling obvious.

"This is Weir …" she spoke into her radio trying hard no to sound worried but failing miserly. What could have happened to cause Rodney to panic like that? It was true Rodney sometimes had a habit of over reacting but Elizabeth defiantly heard the sound of fear in his voice; but fear of what … or for who? "I need that medical team to the jumper bay this instant!"

Stackhouse had informed her not long ago that they had been under heavy fire and John had ordered them to return to Atlantis, telling him that he and the others would follow close behind in the jumpers.

Elizabeth glanced down at her watch. Stackhouse had returned 10 minutes ago … an awful lot could have happened in that short space of time.

"Rodney where are you." She spoke anxiously into her radio just as the first jumper shot through the gate causing her to jump at its sudden appearance; the ship flying straight up through the ceiling towards the jumper bay.

Elizabeth didn't wait for the second one to arrive, running down the stairs as fast as her legs would allow. She could feel a sickness begin to form in the pity of her stomach; what would be awaiting her in the jumper bay. Elizabeth wasn't sure if she really wanted to find out.

Elizabeth rounded the last corner which lead into the jumper bay; stopping to lean against the door frame trying to catch her breath and calm herself.

She saw Ronan holding Teyla close to his side; Elizabeth was unable to refrain from gasping at the sight of her. Her face was pale with obvious signs of tears on her cheeks; the gash on her forehead was once again bleeding allowing a small trickle of blood to run down her face.

"Teyla are you ok?" She asked wondering why none of the doctors were seeing to her.

It wasn't long before the Elizabeth's question was answered.

"I need a stretch in here now." She heard Carson's voice shout from inside the jumper. "If we don't get him into surgery now we're going to loose him."

Elizabeth felt her heart drop as she saw Rodney stumbled from the back of the jumper just as a stretcher was rushed pass him out of view. A look of shock covered his face his uniform covered in blood.

For an instant Elizabeth believed it was Rodney that was injured; but as she moved closer towards him she could see that the blood which covered his clothes was not his own

"What's ..." but Elizabeth never got a chance to finish.

Elizabeth wasn't the only one watching anxiously as the Carson rushed the stretcher out of the jumper, her breath catching in her throat when she saw who was aboard it.

John laid on the stretcher unconscious; his face far to pale. Elizabeth could see one of the nurses's placed an oxygen mask over his mouth helping him to breathe while another did her best to stop the blood which was coming from the bullet wound in his stomach.

"There's too much blood doctor ... I can't stop the bleeding."

"Just keep pressure on it!" she heard Carson order as the stretcher rushed pass her. Elizabeth followed close behind, Rodney, Ronan and Teyla doing the same.

"Let's get a move on people we don't have much time."

"Doctor Beckett" Carson heard one of his nurse shout as they ran through the corridors of Atlantis heading for the infirmary at full speed. "His regaining consciousness."

Carson looked down seeing that the nurse was indeed telling the truth. John lay on the stretcher, his body being gently rocked from side to side as they continued to run. His face was deathly pale yet his eyes were beginning to flicker open.

"Carson" his voice barely above a whisper

"Its ok son … just hold in there your going to be ok."

They rounded the last corner and Carson could see the infirmary doors open wide up head; the doctor inside already preparing for their arrival.

"OK people we need to get him stabilized and moved in to surgery. I want an EKG and an EEG stat..." Carson and the rest of the team wheeled the stretcher till it was level with one of the beds. "On my count, 3, 2, 1" and in one swift movement John was lifted from one to other.

"Carson"

"Don't try to talk son." He spoke softly trying to calm himself and John, even though on the inside Carson felt the complete opposite.

"Teyla …" He heard the colonel choke out.

"She's going to be fine …" Carson turned from John to face one of the other doctors. "We need to remove the bullet before we can stem the bleeding; I'm going to need a few units of blood on stand by."

Carson moved away from John's side letting the nurse's do all the necessary jobs before they could move him into theatre. Grabbing a pair of gloves he notice that the rest of John's team, plus Elizabeth and Major Lorne waited by the door; watching anxiously.

Carson once again noticed just how bad Teyla looked suddenly feeling guilty that he had forgotten her in the rush to get the colonel here.

"I need someone to take a look at Teyla she got …"

"Doctor." One of the nurses's monitoring John's vitals shouted across the infirmary stopping Carson mid sentence. "His BP is dropping … pulse is faint."

"Ok let's get him moving …" Carson spoke as he ran over towards his patient "Get me an ..."

"I've lost the pulse … his flat-lining." As if to confirm the nurse's statement the heart monitor which John had been hooked up to stopped beating, a low steady buzz filling the silence of the room.

"Charge the panels to 100 and get me 1 milligram of epi's stat." Carson shouted the sound of panic creeping into his voice.

Defibrillator in hand Carson lend over John's body placing the panels in place, his heart was racing in his chest; hands shaking.

"Clear." Carson waited till everyone had stepped back before shocking the colonel. John's body arched up off of the bed but the flat-line didn't move.

"Still no pulse." The nurse confirmed

Carson waited for the panels to re-charge the only noise which could be heard in the room was the sound of the heart monitor beside him.

"Clear" another shock but still no response.

"Give him another 10ml and boosted to 150." Carson ordered once again placing the panels to John chest. "Clear!"

Teyla watched the scene before her thought not much of it was actually registering in her brain. It had only been moments ago when she had been knock to the ground the bullet Kolya firing having hit John square in the stomach.

Teyla could remember hearing the gun shot; the sound of Carson voice as he called John's name. But everything happened so quickly and before she could do anything they both hit the ground with an alarming amount of force. She could remember pulling herself out from underneath John's body when she realised he wasn't moving. Her own pain seemed to vanish as concern and worry for the man she loved filled her body.

Carson had been at her side in seconds but she could already see the damage that had been caused.

John lay on the ground in front of her as she cradled his head in her lap. He was unconscious; face pale; the blood already slowly seeping through the front of his t-shirt.

Carson had shot into action straight away, unzipping Johns zest and removing his own jacket to try and stem the bleeding, but Teyla could tell from his expression the situation wasn't good.

"Ronan we need to get him in the jumper now." Teyla had heard him shout; tears already beginning to fall down her cheeks.

What had happened after that was still mostly a blur, should could recall Ronan picking up John, running with Carson to get him into the jumper as quick as possible . She vaguely remembered the Major picking her up and moving her too into the safety of the jumper.

And now she was here. Standing just inside the infirmary as she watched Carson work to save John's life, the only sounds she could hear was the buzz from the monitor and the beating of her own heart.

Surely this couldn't be the end.

Teyla felt her legs give away from underneath her; she felt one of Ronan's arms shoot round her waist to keep her from falling.

What would she do if John died? How would she survive?

Ronan stood watching as Carson and the rest of the medical team worked hard at saving Johns life.

The sound of the heart monitor filling the room letting them all know that this time might be the end; the one time that John didn't pull through.

Ronan tried to think back … think if there had been anything he could have done which would have changed this outcome. He knew it was useless what's done is done; there was nothing now he could do apart from wait.

Ronan could remember the scene from the jumper perfectly as a Captain from Major Lorne's team had flown over the clearing where John and Teyla were.

The other jumper was down and uncloaked Carson waiting by the back door waiting for their two friends to make to the ship safety.

Ronan could make out Kolya's figure just past the tree line; his gun raised pointing towards both John and Teyla. He remembered how John had moved his body; position himself in-between the two, his mind set on protecting the woman he loved.

It had taken seconds for the Captain to line the jumper up, hovering a mere 6ft from the ground as he opened the hatch allowing himself and the Major a chance to cover the others as they made a run for it.

But before they could do anything Kolya got that one shot off; the one shot which at the moment could cost John his life.

Ronan didn't know who returned fire first; him or the major. Nor did he know which one finally brought the Genii leader down. All he knew was that Kolya was finally dead and John, a man who over the last year had become on of his greatest friends was fighting for his life.

Jumping from the jumper Ronan had run towards his friends as fast as his body would take him. The sight that greeted him as he arrive far worse than what he expected.

John's lifeless body lay motionless on the ground his head laying in Teyla lap as she silently cried. Carson worked franticly to stop the bleeding but from where he stood he seemed to be fighting a hopeless battle.

John Sheppard, his friend, brother. The man who had given him a second chance at life was bleeding to death.

"Ronan we need to get him in the jumper now." Ronan almost didn't heard Carson's cry unable to tare his eyes from the seem which played out in front of him.

Ronan still had no idea how he had reacted to the doctor's words, instinct must have taken over. He had quickly slipped one arm under John's legs while the other went under his back lifting him from the ground. Carson stay with him every step of the way holding his blooded jacket to the wound as they both ran towards the jumper; the major bring Teyla behind them.

What had happened after that was still a blur; Major Lorne had accompanied them in the jumper taking over from Rodney. Ronan could still remember the shocked look of the scientist face as they had brought John in.

He could remember moving towards Teyla making sure she was ok while Carson with Rodney's help continued to try and stop the bleeding.

Now he found himself here, still with Teyla by his side; Rodney and Elizabeth not too far away as they waited nervously.

Ronan watched as Carson shocked John once again, his body rising and falling helplessly back to the bed but still no heart beat could be heard.

He felt Teyla's legs give in beside him quickly placing his arm around her waist to stop her from falling.

And they waited. Hoping; praying that once again their friend would pull through.

Rodney just stood there stunned into silence at the scene before him, unable to do anything as he watched one of his best friends slowly slip away.

He could still remember the sight of John's blooded body as Ronan and Carson had coming running into the jumper; it was an image Rodney feared would stay with him for the rest of his life.

He had stood there stocked much like he was doing now; helpless to do anything else.

"Major we need to get him to the infirmary as quick as possible." Carson had shouted and it had been at that minute Rodney noticed Major Lorne and Teyla for the first time.

The major hadn't wasted anytime pushing past him to get to the controls, instantly lifting the jumper from the ground heading towards the gate; towards Atlantis.

"Ronan I need you to stay with Teyla" Carson voice drifted to his ears though what he said had hardly registered. "Make sure she stays conscious ... Rodney!" He heard his name being called but his body didn't react. "Rodney!" Carson yelled "I need your help here."

"What ..." Rodney stammered backing away from the doctor slightly "I'm not good ... I couldn't ... I can't"

"Rodney if you don't help me he is going to die!"

"But I don't know ..." Still Rodney stood rooted to the spot "I don't know what to do Carson."

"Remove your jacket I need to use it to help stop the bleeding. I need you to keep pressure on the wound."

Rodney couldn't quite remember how he moved forward but somehow his body reacted, gently kneeing by his friend doing what Carson had told him to.

He watched as the doctor turned and for a moment Rodney had felt a sudden wave of panic as the thought of Carson leaving flashed through his mind, until he saw Carson grab one of the medical kits frantically looking through it for something he could use.

"Carson ..." his voice had been barely above a whisper "There's so much blood ... surly there shouldn't be this much blood."

"I think the bullet could have hit a major blood vessel ... he's going to keep bleed until I can get him into surgery."

"Is he ..."

"We just need to slowly the bleeding until we get back to Atlantis"

And Atlantis was where they were now. Waiting, watching as Carson fought to save John's life. Rodney looked down at his hands the blood till staining his palms a deep crimson colour; his shirt the same.

"This can't be happening" he whispered as the sound of the heart monitor continued its slow buzz. "This can't be happening."

Carson looked up towards the monitor still nothing.

"Still no pulse" Carson could hear the sadness in the nurse's voice as if she was giving up. But Carson couldn't give up; not yet. John was a fighter … he was going to pull through, he always did.

"Carson I think …" he heard Doctor Cole speak from beside him.

"Another 10 and charge to 200" he shouted ignoring her.

"Carson I don't think ..."

"Just do it!" Carson yelled taking the young doctor by surprise. He waited till his orders where complete placing the panels to Johns chest. "Clear." But still there was nothing. "Charge then again."

Carson looked down at the pale face of John Sheppard … this wasn't his time; it couldn't be.

"Colonel we didn't rush you all this way just for you to die on us now!" he spoke angrily placing the panels once again against the colonels skin "Clear"

Seconds pasted as he waited staring at the heart monitor; though to Carson those seconds felt like hours.

A beep filled the room, then another and another.

"I've got a pulse!" The nurse shouted and Carson felt himself breathe a sigh of relieve. "Its faint but it's a pulse."

"Ok people lets get him into surgery before we lose him again."

Authors note

So what do you think? I'm so sorry for the long wait to get this chapter up but its finally here. I hope it was worth the wait.

The good news I've nearly finished the next 2 chapters and after that just 2 more to write and they are already planned so it should be too long.

I promise not to make you wait another 3 months.

Plus I working on some stand alone stories, again just need to put the finish touched to them and I can get them posted.

I have no beta's at the moment so there will be mistakes, I am not a professional writer and I know my spelling and grammar are terrible even with the computer to help me.