-27th November-
"Mr Woolsey." Zelenka said rushing into the expedition leader's office.
"Dr Zelenka? Did you find something?"
"Yes, but it is not good news. You need to see this." The scientist said handing over a tablet. "This is just before Dr Keller allegedly jumped. The three dots I believe are Keller, Miller and Burke."
Woolsey watched the three dots on the screen converge until one of them disappeared.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I do not know. What I do know is all three of them were together when Dr Keller's lifesign disappeared and she was nowhere near the balcony at the time. Based on this it looks like they killed her."
"But there was no body." Woolsey said.
"True, but after her lifesign disappeared we can not track what happened to the body. They could have thrown her from the balcony."
"Major Teldy, please report to my office." Woolsey demanded before turning his attention back to Zelenka.
"Is there any other explanation for the sudden disappearance of her lifesign?" Woolsey asked.
"Technically she could have been cloaked or have been transported out. But there were no ships in orbit and no cloaking devices have been found recently and there are none on Atlantis."
"Are you sure there aren't any here? Could the manifest be wrong?"
"As sure as I can be. We have never stored any here and we have never requested any from Earth. It is possible some were transported on the Apollo, but the only way to find out is to ask Earth if they are missing any." Zelenka said as there was a sharp knocking on the door.
"Come in Major. Shut the door." Woolsey instructed.
"Is there a problem?" Teldy asked.
"Yes, I am afraid so." Woolsey said. "We have been reviewing the sensor readings in the time leading up to Dr Keller's disappearance, it turns out Miller's and Burke's account was not accurate." He then gave the tablet to Teldy and let her watch the dots on screen until one of them disappeared.
"You think they killed her?" The Major asked.
"I don't know what to think. I want you to find out. Please find them, detain them and interrogate them."
"Understood." Teldy said before asking. "Why me and not Lorne?"
"Lorne and Dr Keller were friends. I'm afraid if he finds out that they may have killed her he may step over a line."
"So you want me to do of this without him finding out?"
"Yes." Woolsey agreed.
"I'll let you know when I have something."
"Thank you Major."
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Jennifer watched the scene unfold feeling, for the first time, hopeful that there was a way out of her current predicament.
"Don't get your hopes up doctor." An all too familiar voice said. "In the next thirty minutes Burke and Miller will confess to your murder. After that Zelenka will stop his search for other explanations."
"Why would they confess?" Jennifer asked.
"Because they have been ordered to and they and their families are receiving a lot of money."
"Won't do them much good from jail." Jennifer said.
"They won't go to jail. We already have an extraction plan for them. If you don't believe me, why not come with me and watch the confession. If you want I can tell you exactly what they'll say first."
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"Well?" Woolsey asked as Teldy entered his office and shut the door.
"They confessed to killing Keller and throwing her body off the balcony." Teldy said.
"Why?"
"They claim it was an accident. Keller caught them stealing drugs and hiding them in the lab, she confronted them, things got out of hand, they killed her." Teldy listed. "However, they were lying."
"They were? How do you know?"
"Ignoring the fact that no drugs are missing and that Keller was smart enough not to confront a couple of drug addicts without back up, the story was too well rehearsed. The more important question is why were they lying and how much were they lying about." Teldy said. "The fact they are willing to confess to drugs and murder implies this is big."
"Any ideas on how to get to the bottom of this?"
"We could hand them over to Ronon." She suggested, seeing Woolsey's discomfort she said. "Or I keep plugging away."
"Do what you need to do and use as many resources as you want." Woolsey said.
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"What's wrong?" Jennifer asked her captor. "Major Teldy wasn't factored into your master plan?"
"No." The man said, his body tense.
"She won't let this go." Jennifer said.
"I better change the plan then." The man said, pulling out an electronic device from his pocket.
"What are you doing?" Jennifer asked, suddenly concerned that the man may go after Teldy or Woolsey.
"Looking at the brig plans." He said distractedly. "I will see you later. I have to terminate some loose ends." With that he hurried from Woolsey's office leaving Jennifer torn between watching Teldy's and Woolsey's conversation or seeing what her captor was up to.
A/N: Thanks for reading. Next chapter up tonight.