Disclaimer : I do not own Stargate Atlantis nor am I making a profit from this story, I do own Dr. Orla Grant though.
Rating : M for sexual content
Plot : Off World, Mud, mild whumpage and hopefully a pairing you will all love.
Pairings : Ronon Dex/Orla Grant more later
Spoilers : Set in Season 5 but I had changed a few things, Ronon has Season 4 hair NOT that wig, Teyla has not had her baby (hurry up John), Laura Cadman is now stationed on Atlantis and Carson Beckett is the CMO, I love him sorry.
A Massive thank you to bailey1ak for you patience and guidance your a star *hugs*.
A/N Sorry this chpaters a bit shorter, will make up for it.
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Colonel Sheppard, Teyla and Rodney started to slowly plough their way through the deep mud until they came to the curve the landslide had taken and off to god knows where.
"John?" Teyla gently spoke reaching for the Colonel as they all watched the dirty flood crash past them.
Teyla knew Sheppard was stunned, that despite his military training the real world had sucker punched him numb. Ronon wasn't just his friend, a colleague, an inhabitant of Atlantis. Ronon was to Sheppard a brother, more of a brother than his own real flesh and blood brother, Dave.
Who else would run head long into danger with John if not Ronon? Who else could take every punch John had to give when the world hurt? Ronon would…did. Teyla knew of John and Ronon's beer nights, when one needed the other they'd use the excuse of grabbing a beer. What they'd never admit to was the need for each other's company.
Teyla had watched the Colonel becoming friends with Orla, not as easily as he had with Ronon, but she knew Sheppard had understood Orla was the one for Ronon. It was just that Ronon was the last to know. Or that's what they'd all thought.
Teyla glanced at Rodney; he was paler than usual, shock most likely. He's lost a friend too, yes they argued, bickered since the day they'd met. Rodney cared though for Ronon she was sure. There had been times when a Marine would think it would be easy to bully Rodney, Ronon had been there to defend him even before Sheppard. Teyla smiled inwardly, who else could out eat Rodney? Those two are always hungry…were hungry. She bowed her head and bit her lip.
What had she lost?
Ronon had since the day they'd met felt like the little brother she never had, okay little only in years maybe, but a brother yes. He understood what it had been like to grow up in the Pegasus galaxy, to have loved ones culled. He understood things that her Earth friends would never grasp. She had lost her best sparring partner too; she could fight Ronon without holding back, though at times she suspected he held back just a little.
She had lost Orla too, her friend, they were still getting to know each other but she liked her very much and saw how much she had made Ronon come alive. Sometimes on movie nights it was just her and Orla vs. the boys . Orla could always make Ronon leave the boys side to defend them.
Teyla tasted blood in her mouth as she bit down the sobs, not yet, not yet.
"John?" She tried again.
Sheppard turned to Teyla and knew she'd said something but couldn't or didn't hear it.
"Teyla?" He stared in confusion.
"We must move down safely past the curve of the landslide Colonel, we need to make sure that Ronon and Orla are not lying waiting for help." Teyla implored.
That's when the thought hit Teyla harder than a bantos rod delivered by Ronon.
"RODNEY," Teyla shouted. She looked at Rodney and shook the man till he acknowledged her. "The life signs detector, can you try it, see if….see if there is anyone there?" Teyla continued.
"What? Oh my god Teyla, of course, the life signs," Rodney babbled as he tried to remove it from his TAC vest with slippery hands.
Sheppard snapped at Rodney, "McKay, anything?"
"Give me a minute will you, mud seems to have gotten inside. I just need to tweak it..," Rodney trailed off.
"John, do you think they could have survived the landslide?" Teyla looked at the Colonel desperate for him to say yes.
Sheppard didn't answer straight away. He wasn't going to think of Ronon and Orla gone, he was going to get his team back no matter what. They were alive, they had to be, they had to be. Ronon hadn't survived the fall of Sateda, the Wraith, being made a Runner and all the other crap the Pegasus galaxy had to offer to finally find Orla and die. No, they were alive he felt it.
"Sure they're okay, Ronon's probably down there somewhere with Orla waiting for us to rescue them," Sheppard tried calmly to comfort Teyla and Rodney.
"Okay, let's see, we have three life signs here, good that means it's working and we have…..we have two life signs, down this hill!" Rodney proclaimed.
"Rodney, you sure?," was all Sheppard could say.
"Yes, two life signs, friendly life signs," McKay confirmed.
"We need to get our people," Sheppard barked coming back to life, his friends were in danger but they were alive. He should have know the Satedan was the only man alive that could spit death in eye.
TBC... Please review.