Of Allies or Enemies

by stephaflea

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?

27. Chapter 27 Waiting

Title: Of Allies or Enemies
Author: Flea
Date 19.7.07
Part: 27/?
Rating: M

Pairing: J/T
Characters: Teyla, Rodney, Ronan, Elizabeth, Carson
Genre: Romance / Suspense /Angst /Action it's got some of everything
Word Count: 3073
Archiving: Fever and Fanfiction net
Warnings- angst, swearing, sexual content
Spoilers: slight ones throughout all the season, mainly from the episodes 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?

Chapter 27 - Waiting

Teyla could feel herself falling; the sound of a gun being fired still ringing in her ears. She heard Carson cry out, could hear weapons fire all round her but once Teyla's body hit the ground there was nothing but silence.

She rolled over excepting to see Carson and the jumpers but there was nothing; the forest clearing was empty except for her and the lifeless body which lay beside her own.

Teyla laid still; frozen in time as she desperately tried to remember. Something wasn't right! They had escape from this planet … the body next to her couldn't be John's he was back on Atlantis.

A deathly quietly surround her; there was no movement in the bushes; no wind to rock the trees.

Teyla slowly inched closer to the still form next to her; holding her breath as she turned him over.

Her eyes jerked opened as Teyla looked around frantically trying to get her bearings. The forest was gone! The trees and bushes being replaced by the familiar surrounding of the infirmary; it had only been a dream.

Teyla rubbed her eyes trying to rid her mind of the last image she had seen before she'd woken; the image of John's lifeless eyes staring back at her. Slowly Teyla lifted herself up into a sitting position, pain from her ribs shooting down the entire length of her body as she moved.

Looking out of a nearby window she could see the stars shining brightly in the night sky. All her life and many generations before her had looked at the sky in fear; but since moving to Atlantis Teyla could finally appreciate the beauty of it all.

Glancing round the infirmary she noticed that only a few nurses were working; meaning it was either really late or really early. John was across the room, his face just as pale as the last time Teyla had seen him.

Checking the infirmary once more Teyla could see the unmistakable form of Carson in his office; books and papers laid out in front of him. He had ordered her to remain in bed and get some rest but by the looks of things he was too caught up in his work to notice if she sneaked out.

Gently sliding her legs over the side of the bed Teyla felt the harsh chill of the air hit her skin as she slid from under the blanket. Pausing for just a second to catch her breath she pushed up until she was standing catching one of the nurse's attention as she did so.

"Teyla ..." she questioned hurrying over to her side "What are you doing out of bed." Teyla felt the young women's arm slip round her waist helping to support her weight; Teyla was silently thankful for the help. "You need to rest ... Dr Beckett told you not to ..."

"Please a few minutes then I will rest" Teyla watched as confusion filled the nurses face until understanding what it was that Teyla was asking.

"Just a few minutes ... then back in bed!"

"Thank you."

Teyla felt the nurses grip around her tighten as she released the bed rail, pain shooting through her body as she tried to stand straight. Slowly with the nurses help Teyla began the journey over towards John.

Each step seemed to cause more pain but she refused to let it show afraid the nurse would call for Carson. All Teyla wanted was to be near John; to sit by him and check that he was ok.

"Just a few minutes" The nursed insised as she helped Teyla lower herself into the chair next to John's bed before disappearing to completely her tasks.

He looked so helpless lying in front her her, his skin almost matching the whitness of the sheets. It was only hours ago that Carson was once again been able to get his heart beating; a very close call which Teyla wished never repeated it's self.

"John ..." her voice croaked, stinging due to its dryness. "John can you hear me." Teyla leaned closer to the bed her hand once again taking hold of his. "John ... I am here with you, everything is fine now." But no response came from the colonel.

Teyla could feel tears begin to form in her eyes helpless to stop them from falling. All the emotions from the last week were starting to catch up to her.

They had just taken that big step into deepening their relationship (a step which they should have taken a long time ago), and now it looked like John was going to be taken away from her.

"John please ... I need you to wake up." the tears fell freely now unable to hold anything in Teyla could do nothing but cry.

Elizabeth stood at the infirmary door watching the scene which played out in front of her. She could see the pain in Teyla eyes, the tears which slowly rolled down her cheeks.

The young Athosian was hurting; and not just physically.

John was a good man ... one of the finest soliders she knew and a trully wonderful friend. Elizabeth hated to think at what would happen if he was unable to pull through this.

Elizabeth watched as Teyla's head dropped forward resting on the bed next to John. She had very rarely seen Teyla cry, she was so good at hiding her emotions refusing to let any sign of weakness show.

Taking a few steps further in Elizabeth looked around for the other members of their team but Ronan and Rodney were no where to be seem. Elizabeth was surprised normally you'd have to order them to leave and even then it rarely worked.

"Carson." The good doctor almost jumped out of this seat as he heard his name spoken softly behind him.

"Christ Elizabeth." He breathed a sigh of relief at seeing the Atlantis leader standing just inside the door to his office.

"I sorry I didn't mean to startle you" Carson could barely hear her voice as she spoke and noticed the slight tint of crimson which coloured her cheeks.

"Don't worry about it lass … it's rather quiet around here at this time, I didn't really expect to see anyone … please …" he spoke quickly rising from his seat to usher her inside. "Please come in … how can I help."

He watched as Elizabeth paused slightly in the door way, seeming a little hesitant before she finally entered the room softly closing the door behind her.

"I just came to check up on John … how is he doing?"

"There hasn't been much change I'm afraid." Carson noticed her expression drop even further at his words. "I've done everything I can do … its now up to him."

He watched carefully as Elizabeth turned from him moving over towards the window looking out on the bed where John lay.

"Will he wake up?"

"I honesty don't know." It was the one question Carson feared more than any others; would John wake up? He wished he had an answer but the truth was he didn't. "If he was anybody else Elizabeth I would have said no … told you to start preparing for what was to come but this is John …" he spoke moving closer towards the window till he too stood looking out over the sleeping figure of John Sheppard.

"It's John"

"He's survived so many deadly situations … beating all the odds; there is still a chance he will this time as well.

"But …"

"I won't lie to you Elizabeth … things aren't looking good. The longer he stays unconscious the more likely it is that he wont wake up."

"It was just one bullet …" Carson could hear the disbelief in her voice "His been shot dozens of time Carson … how ... "

Elizabeth voice gave away forcing her to stop. Carson knew how much pain she was feeling because he was feeling it too; over the years they had become more of a family than just friends. When something bad happen to one of them it effected them all.

"That one bullet caused a awful amount of damage … I just hope "Carson's emotions finally got the better of him as he faltered with his words. Taking a deep breath he tried hard to regain control before continuing. "I just hope I was able to do enough."

"Carson you did everything you could." Elizabeth words were reassuring but still Carson doubted himself.

"All we can do now is wait and hope."

Carson watched as Teyla sat by John's side. Her tears had slowed slightly but he could still see a few glistening on her cheeks. She looked so weak and helpless something which Carson wasn't use to seeing in Teyla; his heart ached just from looking at her.

After he had been able to stabilize John he had moved straight to Teyla. His nurses had taken good care of her; dressing all her wounds, a few stitches here and there.

"How is Teyla doing?" Elizabeth's question pulling him from his thoughts.

"Physically she's doing ok … the lacerations on her back will take time to heal but as long as they don't get infected I don't see them being much trouble. Her ribs are going to cause a lot of pain for a few weeks but as Teyla told me earlier … it's nothing she can't handle."

Carson saw a slight smile appear on Elizabeth's lips.

"Its going to take time but she'll pull through … she's strong Elizabeth."

"What about Ronan … Rodney. I thought they would still be here."

"Both were exhausted I told them to go and get some rest for a few hours; have some food, a shower."

"They listened to you?" Elizabeth asked shocked

"It wasn't easily" Carson explained "But there was nothing they could do here … I told them I would radio if there was any change; good or bad."

Ronan couldn't remember when the pain had started all he knew now was it was running from his arms all the way round his body, but still he continued to pound the punching bag before him.

Carson had told him to try and get some rest but Ronan knew his body would never allow it; not while one of his best friends was fighting for his life. He needed to be doing something but what? He could do nothing except wait … something which Ronan wasn't very good at.

His frustrated howl filled the gym as once again his fist connected with the leather of the bag. Sitting on the floor in the corner of the gym was the previous casualty of Ronon's anger; a lone punch bag with its cover ripped open and inside seeping out. The way things were going it would soon have some company.

Exhaustion began to take Ronon over but he refused to give in. His legs wobbled beneath him and in that one spilt second his concentration and balance was broken sending him to the ground.

Ronon could feel his heart racing, his chest heaving as he sat catching his breath.

After Carson had forced him and Rodney to leave the last thing he wanted to do was sleep, so he decided to go for a run around the city. Ronan had ran round half the city before his thoughts began to fill his mind once again; once that had happen Ronan had lost track of where we ran to and how long for.

He knew there was nothing he could do to change what happened, no way he could go back and do things differently. But no matter how hard he tried his mind kept running over the events of the last week; from when Kolya arrive to returning with Teyla through the stargate.

One shot … that's all it would have took to stop all of this from happening. One shot when Kolya entered Atlantis and they wouldn't be in this position. Teyla would never have been kidnapped and John would never have been shot.

Pulling his knees closer to his chest Ronan closed his eyes taking a deep breath while he tried to clear his mind.

He remembered back to the infirmary and the fear which shone in Carson eyes as he told them about John's condition. 'He may never wake up!' the words still ringing loudly in Ronan's head.

Opening his eyes Ronan looked out of a nearby window. The sky was beginning to lighten showing the first signs that dawn would be there soon.

Hauling himself up off the floor he decided to head back to his quarters take a shower before heading once again to the infirmary.

"God damnit!!" Rodney cursed as once again a small electric shook jumped from the console he was working on running up his arm.

Shaking his arm frantically Rodney took a deep breath before continuing with the task at hand. When Carson had ordered them to leave the infirmary Rodney had walked mindlessly to his quarters and thrown himself on the bed. He was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to sleep till morning.

A few seconds passed before the images of John bleeding in the jumper began to flash before his eyes. He could still see the way his body convulsed while Carson shocked him with the deliberator.

Rodney had been in his bed a total of 5 minutes before heaved himself up, heading off to the lab hoping that work would take his mind off of everything.

That was where he was now, desperately trying to fix one of the broken consoles and failing miserly.

No matter what he did his mind kept returning to John, he hated not being able to do anything to help him.

His concentration drifted again and for the second time in the space of a minute electricity ran up his arm.

Letting out a cry of frustration Rodney picked up his laptop only to throw it against the wall before collapsing in a heap on the floor. He felt tears well up in his eyes as the emotions he was feeling slowly began to take over.

Looking out of the window out of the window, Rodney could see the sky was beginning to lighten; the first signs of dawn.

Tear began to fall down his cheeks as he sat unable to move, watching the sun slowly rise over the horizon; banishing the night as it came.

Teyla felt her eyes being to flutter close and the darkness try to claim her again but she wouldn't allow it. Lifting her head from where it rest on the bed next to John she gently rubbed her eyes trying to rid herself of the need for sleep.

Glancing out the window Teyla could see the first signs of dawn and wondered how long she had been sitting by John's side.

"Teyla" she heard Carson speak softly from behind her knowing exactly what he was going to say before the words even left his mouth. "You need to get some rest lass."

"A few more minutes Carson" her voice was weak and for a moment she was worried that he haven't heard her but it wasn't long before the good doctor turned to leave. "What happens if he doesn't wake up?"

Carson was just about to leave before her question stopped him dead.

Her voice was weak but in the stillness of the infirmary it was easy to hear, Carson only wished the question was as easy to answer.

Moving slower he grabbed hold of the chair which rested beside the bed, gently placing it beside her before taking her hand in his as he sat.

"That's a question I can't answer … if he doesn't pull through …" Carson stammered unsure of what to say "This place won't be the same with out him."

"Do you think he will wake up?"

"I don't know Teyla. His body's been through a lot and at the moment it doesn't look good." Carson watched as Teyla's eyes began to shine with fresh new tears. "If any one can pull through it though … it's John."

His words seemed to have very little effect on her. Carson just wished there was something else he could do.

"How are you doing?"

"My injuries will heal!"

"That's not what I meant!"

Carson watched as Teyla continued to stare at the lifeless figure in front of her as if she hadn't heard his question.

"I am fine Carson … considering I sit here watching the man I love fight for his life." A few seconds of silence passed between the two before Carson noticed Teyla eyes open wide in shock; the sudden realisation of what she just admitted sinking in. "I meant …"

"You don't have to pretend with me lass!" Carson gently squeezed her hand before rising from his chair. "One more minute."

Teyla heard Carson's footsteps fade into the distance the warmth of his hand still tingling on hers. They were such a tight group losing John would effect them all.

Teyla could feel the tears sting her eyes but she refuse to let any more fall; she had already showed too much weakness. What she needed to do now was be strong; John needed her to be strong.

Running her fingers through his hair, Teyla let her hand rest against John's cheek softy before leaning forward and placing a gently kiss on his forehead.

"John can you hear me …" She whispered into his ear "I know you can hear me John, you need to keep fighting … you need to beat this."

She received no response and even though Teyla felt her heart sink a little lower she wasn't surprised.

"Teyla its time to rest" She knew Carson was right.

Gently lifting herself up from the chair she leaned forward one more time "I love you John Sheppard!" She whispered before placing a soft kiss on John's lips.

Turning away from the bed she saw Carson waiting for her; sadness shining in his eyes.

"Teyla" she heard her name spoken from behind her, the voice was very weak almost impossible to hear. But no matter how quiet it was Teyla would know that voice anywhere; the voice of John Sheppard.

Author Notes:

I hope you like this chapter it took a little longer to post than I thought as I wasn't happy with it and decided to change a few bits last minute. Still not 100 sure but its better than what it was. I'd love to know what you think?

The good news is the past chapter is almost finished!!! It's a lot long (A LOT longer) that I predict so its taken longer to write. Should have it finished tonight then check over the next few days – Should be with you sometime middle of next week.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter – please if you've got time leave a little review.

Thank you for reading

Love

Flea