"Ready?" Lorne asked Jennifer, who was nervously chewing her lip.

"No."

"Doc, you're meant to be having fun. Relax. Enjoy."

"Easy for you to say, you like this type of thing." Jennifer shot back.

"You could enjoy it too." Lorne pointed out.

"And there is a pig flying pass the window."

"Fake hallucinations aren't going to get you out of this. Now take your position and remember what we practiced." Lorne instructed. As he noticed Jennifer nervously look at the growing crowd he placed a hand on her shoulder and said. "Relax. They're here to support you."

Grateful Ronon was still off-world and not around to watch the humiliation she took a deep breath and walked over to her starting position. Groaning when she found herself up against a cocky new marine who had been hitting on her since his arrival.

"Knew you wanted me." He grinned as the whistle blew.

After the first five minutes Jennifer found herself enjoying the game. Her tactic of being on the opposite side of the court to the ball seemed to be paying off and her marker was more interested in taking glory than harassing her. However after scoring Lorne jogged past her and said sternly.

"Get your six in the game Keller. Next time I get the ball I'm passing it to you. Be ready." Glaring at Lorne's back Jennifer waited for a turnover and then freed herself of her marker. Once free she saw the ball hurling towards her. Catching it, she looked around and immediately offloaded it to Kemp who went on to score.

"Told you you'd be fine." Lorne grinned as he jogged pass. "Next time try to dribble a bit." His comment earning another glare from the doctor who turned straight into the chest of her marker.

"Plenty of time to get personal later doc." He grinned, before adding suggestively. "I could even give you private lessons." Refocusing her glare on the marine Jennifer sprinted away from him.

As the game went on, Jennifer found herself more and more involved, which had the downside that the cocky marine who was meant to be marking her was spending a lot more time in her personal space than she liked. On the bright side it gave her more motivation to free herself from him. However, every time she got free and got the ball the marine seemed to get more and more annoyed. Something that resulted in Jennifer being shoved roughly to the ground just before the end of the half.

As Lorne helped her up the rest of the team rounded on the marine as the referee tried to keep control of the testosterone driven teams.

"You okay doc?"

"I thought this was non collision. That felt like a collision."

"It was." Lorne agreed glaring at the marine Captain. Glancing back at Jennifer he added. "So you get a free throw."

"Free throw? You want me to throw the ball at the hoop?"

"That's the plan." Lorne grinned. "You have two attempts. You ready?"

"No."

"That's my girl. Remember what I said?"

"Hope and pray?" Jennifer asked.

"Relax and throw." Lorne corrected.

Nervously walking up to the free throw line Jennifer bounced the ball and hurled it at the hoop, only for it to bounce off the rim and come back at her, resulting in groans from the crowd. As she picked up the ball for her final attempt Lorne jogged up to her and said.

"Relax, you're doing fine."

As he disappeared she shot again, this time getting the ball through the hoop. Oblivious to the cheering crowd she stood in disbelief until she heard Lorne call.

"Move it doc." Turning she ran up to the other end of the court as the referee blew for half time.

"Looks like we have a secret weapon." Kemp commented as they sat down on a bench and drank water.

"They're definitely looking at us funny." Sanchez commented nodding to where the other team were sitting staring at them. As Lorne looked over he wasn't sure if he should be concerned about the heated debate going on with the other team. Choosing to ignore it he looked back at Jennifer and said.

"They may pay you a bit more attention in the next half."

"Which will free you guys up?" Jennifer asked, pumped on adrenaline.

"That's one way of looking at it." Lorne agreed, pleased she was getting into the game.

As the second half started Jennifer found herself almost stuck to the marine, who gave her no room. To start with Jennifer felt ill at ease, but assumed he was upping his game. But when he started placing his hands on her she felt really uncomfortable. She wondered if she was being overly sensitive and tried to ignore it and spend her time keeping a good distance between them. However, as Lorne jogged past and warned. "Watch those hands Captain." She knew she wasn't being sensitive. As time ticked on, the rest of her team picked up on what was happening and tried to move her to a different position, only the marine Captain moved with her. It was then she noticed how riled her team was and how they were no longer focusing on the game. Instead they watched her tussle, ensuring someone was on hand every time his hand rested on her hip. It was then she guessed that the plan was to use her plight to distract her team and she hated herself for being used. But as much as she tried to separate herself from the Captain he was too good and kept closing the distance.

Just before the end of the third quarter Lorne had the ball and was looking round for a pass. He glanced at Jennifer and saw she was being contained by the Captain. He made eye contact with her to make sure she was okay. Having seen her nod he started to look away only to catch the Captain's expression, which was one of smugness. Before Lorne could do anything the Captain wrapped his arm round Jennifer and place his hand on her breast. Lorne started to charge, but not before Kemp had reached the pair and downed the Captain with a right hook, just as all hell broke loose.

Jennifer watched her team charge from one direction and the opposition from another, whilst she was stuck in the middle. As the teams approached she held her arms up and prayed they calm down. She was aware of shouting and swearing and she was sure she was shouting, but she could barely hear herself think above the din. She pleaded with both teams to calm down and thought she was making progress when she turned, only to find herself intercepting a punch aimed for someone else. As she crumpled to the ground a new wave of violence erupted above.

Lorne had seen her fall and knew she was going to get crushed by the brawl above if it wasn't stopped. Running up to the group he dove into the ground, located the unconscious doctor and pulled her to safety.

A/N: Last chapter up tomorrow