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6 Months later

Unknown Planet

John and Ronon walked slowly over to the Wraith they had just shot, their guns still on it in case it was not dead like they thought. When they reached the Wraith John nudged it with his foot several times.

"It seems dead"

Ronon nodded, lifted his gun and put three more bullets into the Wraith. John looked at him and Ronon simply shrugged

"Just making sure"

John nodded as the two men were joined by Teyla and Rodney. They all looked at the Wraith for a second until John and Ronon hoisted it to it's feet and dragged it along the dusty road to the Stargate. Carson was making some amendments to the Wraith drug he was making and needed a dead Wraith. Elizabeth had been slightly apprehensive about killing a Wraith simply to harvest it's DNA but that was the moment John and Ronon tag teamed her, reminding her that the Wraith would kill them without a second thought. Both men had a point and she knew that, so eventually she agreed.

They activated the Stargate and Ronon sent through his IDC. They waited for a moment to give them chance to lower the shield before stepping through.

Atlantis

When they stepped through Elizabeth was already waiting for them, with Carson and a team who were going to take the Wraith corpse straight into an isolation chamber where nothing could get to it and upset it's genetic nature.

"It went well I guess"

Ronon nodded as he and John handed the Wraith over to Carson and his team as they went about isolating him.

Elizabeth nodded and sighed, part of her still felt uneasy about this, after all the Wraith element could be suppressed leaving ordinary humans. But as Ronon continued to tell her, 'They can never be human, not properly, no matter what we do to them, they will always be Wraith, they will always be killers.' Of course when Elizabeth asked him if that was how he felt about Teyla, after all she had some Wraith DNA, he got quite mad with her saying it was completely different and that Teyla was not a Wraith. It had been quite ironic really that their first real argument as a couple had involved Teyla but they both shrugged it off and promised to forget it.

The team walked down to the infirmary in tow with Elizabeth as she was needed to talk to Carson. When they reached the infirmary the team headed off to where some nurses and Dr Murry were waiting for them and Elizabeth walked into Carson's office with him.

"Carson, I trust this Wraith will be helpful"

Carson nodded and led her out of his office

"Aye. You understand what I'm trying to do and I appreciate you letting me go ahead with him"

Elizabeth nodded as the two of them walked into the observation room which was connected with the isolation room.

The two looked at the dead Wraith, not noticing that something had escaped the isolation room and was laying close to their feet in the observation room.

"I'm going to start work straight away, the DNA needs to be fresh"

Elizabeth nodded as she watched Carson put on a hazmat suit and opened the door to the isolation room. Elizabeth continued to watch as he walked to the Wraith, not knowing that her own life was in danger.

Something familiar was stalking her, hunting her. Elizabeth watched Carson for a while, getting lost in his actions before she stepped away from the glass and went to walk out of the room. She stopped as she felt something on her back. She turned round but failed to see anything. She was about to carry on walking when her radio crackled

"Elizabeth?"

"Yes Ronon"

"Where are you?"

Elizabeth shook her head, she'd told him to reduce the radio chatter that wasn't professional but he really didn't seem to care if people knew, it was like he was trying to make a statement to the male population of Atlantis.

"I'm with Carson down in isolation. He's just started examining the Wraith."

"It's just you're late for the briefing"

Elizabeth shook her head and looked at her watch. She was shocked at the amount of time she'd spent watching Carson examine the Wraith. It had been nearly an hour since the team had returned back. She had

lost track of time. Sighing Elizabeth tapped her radio

"Give me a couple of minutes"

Elizabeth left the observation room and walked down the quiet corridor. Elizabeth got the uneasy feeling that something was watching her. Elizabeth shuddered as she felt something on her shoulder, at first she thought it was just her imagination, but when it didn't go Elizabeth turned and looked at her shoulder.

When she saw what was there her breathing quickened but she stood frozen not able to do anything. A moment later Elizabeth choked as it drove itself into her mouth before she could do anything. A second after that Elizabeth's eyes glowed and a twisted smirk covered her face.

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Elizabeth entered the briefing room, observing the three men and one woman who were sitting there. Obviously waiting for her. Each of the men had their own qualities which made them very attractive. Elizabeth walked forward to the desk and sat down in the seat that was reserved with her between John and Ronon. She relaxed back in the chair and crossed her legs. The four people in the room looked at her slightly confused. The scientist seemed to be the only one with the guts to ask her if she was alright,

"Elizabeth, are you feeling okay?"

They were obviously were not used to seeing her like this. Quickly Elizabeth sat up and looked business like.

"Yes of course. Why wouldn't I be?"

The scientist shrugged at the military commander on his right side. John shrugged back and started the briefing.

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It didn't take Elizabeth to close the meeting, for the most part she had been bored but half-way through Elizabeth had found a way of amusing herself. Namely sliding her foot up and down the leg of the well muscled and cute man sitting next to her. She suppressed a giggle when she slid her foot right up his leg and his thigh and he almost jumped out of his seat.

Straight after the meeting had closed Elizabeth headed to her quarters to find some clothing which wasn't quite restrictive. She slipped off her jacket and threw it towards the bed, followed by her t-shirt. For a second she stood in front of the full length mirror and smiled.

This body was good, better than good. It held some major sex appeal, she could use that. Elizabeth pulled out a halter-neck top and looked at it before removing her Bra and putting the halter-neck on. Yep this body was good.

She looked through the trousers next, trying to find something better then the ones she was wearing at the moment. It took a while but she eventually found some tight fitting jeans in the back of the wardrobe, they'd obviously been forgotten about.

Smiling she removed her trousers and put on the jeans. Once she was changed she smoothed out the clothes over her body, removed her radio and headed out of her room.

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"Colonel Sheppard?"

John tapped the radio

"Go ahead Carson"

The other man on the radio sounded slightly worried

"We've got a problem. I discovered naquaada in the Wraith's blood stream"

John stood confused for a second

"Naquaada? Doesn't that..."

"Come from Goa'lud's, yes. We need everyone on the base to be checked. It's possible that there is a Goa'uld loose on Atlantis"

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Elizabeth propped herself against the doorway as she watched Ronon, Lorne and Bates. Smirking she walked into the room. The three men noticed her and stopped their training, they were all slightly out of breath and this was only increased when they all saw what Elizabeth was wearing.

"Gentlemen"

She came further into the room walking past Bates, letting her hand brush his, as she went and picked up two sparring sticks. She threw them up and caught them again before turning back round to the three men, who all seemed quite confused.

Ronon gave the other two men a nod and they left the room, leaving Ronon and Elizabeth all alone. Elizabeth smirked and walked over to him. She dropped the sparring sticks on the floor and placed her hands on his chest. Ronon grabbed her by the wrists and pushed her back slightly

"What's with you today? You're acting very strange and those are not your normal clothes"

Elizabeth continued to smirk as she pushed him full force against the nearest wall. Ronon's back slammed into the wall behind him, he was shocked by the force of which Elizabeth pushed him. He was about to say something when her lips attacked his. Ronon was about to relax into it but something in his rational mind screamed that this wasn't right and he pushed her away.

"What's wrong with you?"

Elizabeth shook her head and sighed, walking back from him. She didn't say anything as she turned round and walked out of the room.

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John rushed into the observation room where Carson was waiting for him.

"Are you sure?"

John didn't want small talk, he just wanted to know straight up if there was a problem. Carson nodded in response.

"Have you radioed Elizabeth?"

Carson half nodded

"I tried, she didn't respond"

John nodded slowly and then stood in thought for a moment

"Okay, I want all members of personal, starting with my team and the medical team which handled the Wraith, checked for any signs of naquaada in their blood stream and then we'll go city wide. I don't want to alarm the rest of the personal so you can't tell them why they are being tested."

Carson nodded slowly and was on his radio asking his medical team to set up for incoming.

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4 hours later

Carson add to admit that he'd never worked so hard in his life. He'd gotten blood samples from nearly everyone in the city. There was only a few people unaccounted for and one of those people was Elizabeth. When asked Ronon said that he hadn't seen since the gym, but when he told them that Elizabeth hadn't been herself since the Wraith had been brought back to Atlantis the team suddenly became...concerned. John, acting quickly and decisively contacted all military personal and told them to be on the look out for Weir.

"Sir, this is Lorne. May I ask what the problem is?"

John cleared his throat slightly

"Major, we have a Goa'uld on the base and it's entirely possible that it has taken Dr Weir as a host."

He thought he heard Lorne gasping on the over the radio and it did take him a few moments to speak again.

"I saw her heading in the direction of the armoury about twenty minutes ago"

"You sure?"

"Yes sir, I'm positive she was heading there"

John shot a look at Ronon who was already running down to the armoury.

"Lorne call Bates, a security team and get down there. Apprehend her but don't, I repeat, do not harm her."

"Yes sir"

John then ran from the infirmary, following in the direction that Ronon had gone but not seeing the younger man anywhere.

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Elizabeth secured a handgun in a leg strap and stuffed more ammunition, for that and the P-90 she was carrying, into a backpack. She placed a grenade and some more C-4 into the combat vest she was wearing. She was about to head out when she heard radio chatter

"Lorne call Bates, a security team and get down there. Apprehend her but don't, I repeat, do not harm her."

Elizabeth sighed and picked up a hand held stunner. Normally she wouldn't think twice about killing all these people, but something wouldn't let her.

Elizabeth clipped the P-90 to her combat vest, one hand secured on it while holding the stunner in her right hand. Elizabeth moved out, her attention split between two things. The radio chatter and making sure that nobody could find her. She knew the best way to get around the city without being spotted, she just hoped Ronon and John didn't know that way too.

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By the time Ronon reached the armoury, Elizabeth was gone. He could tell she'd been there thought. Things had moved, things were missing and he could smell her scent. A light subtle vanilla scent that he could smell on her hair when she wrapped herself up to him at night. Ronon continued to think about Elizabeth, his thoughts were just filled by her until John ran into the room.

"Ronon, is she here?"

It took several seconds but Ronon finally reacted and turned to him.

"No she was here though"

Ronon stepped out of the room and looked around the corridors.

"She knows this city better then anyone. She could be anywhere"

John nodded in agreement as Lorne, Bates and the team arrived at the room.

John and Ronon turned to them, Ronon saw the P-90's and grimaced.

"Get rid of the P-90's and get stunner's. I won't let you harm her"

The men nodded and quickly swapped their guns for Wraith and hand held stunner's. John then lined them up and stared at them, stating his authority

"She'll be heading to the control room, the Stargate is the only way out of Atlantis for her."

"What about the Jumpers, sir?"

The question came for one of the young marines who was stood next to Bates. John looked at the young man for a second before answering.

"She doesn't have the gene, she can't fly them"

The young marine nodded and John went back to addressing the team. He split them up into teams of two, placing himself with Ronon. Being the two who knew Elizabeth the best they had a fair idea of where she could have gone. They both knew that when Elizabeth wanted to stay away from people she would use the back passages in Atlantis which only high level personal knew how to get around. .

The two of them rushed along the corridors, hoping to find some sign of Elizabeth but the couldn't. It was as if she had just disappeared of the face of Atlantis. They were just about to give up and head into the heart of Atlantis when their radio's crackled and the voice of a marine, who wasn't on the current search team but know about the situation, came through.

"Colonel Sheppard. I've just seen Weir head up into the Jumper Bay"

John and Ronon turned to each other before rushing through the corridors to the Jumper Bay. When they got there the Jumper Bay was dark. The lights were out. The two search around the Jumpers.

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Elizabeth silently cursed as she saw John and Ronon enter the Jumper Bay. She knew if they where up here, they had found her.

She closed her eyes and stood still for a moment. She listened carefully, they weren't speaking, they were looking and she knew that eventually, they would find her.

She slid round one of the Jumper as she pushed back the little nagging voice in her head which was telling her not to harm them. As Ronon walked into her line of sight, Elizabeth raise her P-90, her finger on the trigger. She was about to shoot when he looked directly at her.

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Ronon heard something, he wasn't sure what but he'd heard it. Quickly he spun round, his stunner raised and he saw Elizabeth staring at him. Her P-90 aimed directly at him. He wasn't going to shoot her, but she didn't know that. Quickly he picked up his own gun and aimed it at her.

"Don't because you know this'll kill you"

John appeared next to Ronon, he had his own stunner. They both pointed their weapons at Elizabeth as she slowly placed her P-90 to the floor. As she raised back up she pulled the handgun from her leg strap and fired two shots at the men. One hit Ronon is the leg, causing him to fall to the floor. One hit John in the thigh causing him to double up in pain.

Elizabeth then picked up her P-90, she was about to run into one of the Jumpers when something stopped her. Slowly she tapped her radio.

"You're gonna want to send a medical team to the Jumper Bay. You have two men down."

Elizabeth ran to the Jumper when something stopped her.

"'Lizabeth?"

She turned round and saw Ronon staring at her, tears in his eyes from the pain he was in. Elizabeth stared at him for a moment before turning round into the Jumper. Elizabeth threw her stuff in the passenger seat before sitting in the pilots seat and activating the Jumper.

Outside Ronon and John watched, astounded as the Jumper rose slightly. The main part of the floor retracted and the Jumper floated down the centre of the floor.

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Lorne and Bates entered the control room to see a medical team running up to the Jumper Bay. A moment later the Jumper came through the roof and the Stargate activated. Lorne looked at Chuck in confusion but Chuck shook his head, he hadn't activated the Stargate. Lorne activated the radio.

"Dr Weir? Dr Weir I know that you're in there"

"Major Lorne, you are mistaken. Dr Weir is gone. I am your Goddess Selkhet"

The voice on the other side of the radio was distorted, but he could hear that it was Elizabeth. A moment later the Jumper shot through the Stargate.

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2 Days Later

Ronon closed his eyes tightly against infirmary lights.

"Can you do something about these lights?"

The lights dimmed and Ronon opened his eyes fully. He stared up at the ceiling as he felt a pain shoot though his leg. He turned and saw John sitting the the chair next to him dressed in his uniform.

"Morning"

Ronon nodded slowly

"How long have I been asleep?"

John poured Ronon a glass of water and handed it to him. Ronon took the water and slipped at it.

"About two days."

Ronon nodded slightly before trying to sit up.

"Elizabeth?"

John shook his head slightly

"We haven't found her. Lorne and Bates headed out to the planet she escaped too but...they couldn't find her. I've got Rodney working on a redial device. He says it's impossible but he's just saying that so he can be a hero when he figures it out"

Ronon nodded slowly again.

"How's your leg? Didn't she shoot you too?"

John smiled slightly

"It just grazed me, I'm fine."

Ronon rubbed his hand across his face.

"How long until I can join the search?"

John sighed slightly and shook his head

"Ronon you've been shot..."

"...She's shot me before, it didn't stop me then and it won't stop me now."

John closed his eyes and leant back in the chair, he decided to change the subject, he didn't want to get in an argument with him.

"We're researching the Goa'uld. According to Bates she said her name was Selkhet. We're looking into it but without Earth's help it's going to be difficult, what we've got so far is that she's a scorpion-goddess. We're hoping this Goa'uld is mentioned in the Atlantis database."

Ronon nodded slowly

"Will we be able to save her, like we did Caldwell?"

John turned away slightly.

"We have two options, Asgard beaming technology removed the Goa'uld from Caldwell, we don't have that. Our other option is the Tok'ra"

"Get the Tok'ra"

John took his head

"I can't. We'd need a ZPM and the address to the Tok'ra home world. We simply don't have those things"

"What would you do to her then? If we couldn't save her"

John gritted his teeth. He didn't want to tell Ronon what would happen but knew he had to.

"We'd search for a way of removing the Goa'uld or a way of finding a ZPM and the Tok'ra. But until that happened we keep her...secured."

Ronon curled his hands into a ball

"You mean you'd keep her locked up like an animal"

John shook his head

"No, no I would never do that to her. She'd be kept in a secure facility on the Alpha site. She'd be kept comfortable, no harm would come to her and when she was better I would...she would be back in command"

"She won't be the same, will she?"

John didn't know how to answer, he wanted Elizabeth to come back safe and sound as well but he knew that she would be changed.

"If we get to her quick enough...she'll be the same."

Ronon didn't quite believe him but nodded all the same. John knew that Ronon didn't believe him, he didn't quite believe himself. Both men knew that it would change Elizabeth is so many ways and she would never get back to the way she was.

TBC...