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9/?

He smiled at the mere mention of his name, the white of his teeth showing through a small gap in his lips. Teyla pulled against her restraints, her eyes unmoving form of the colonel in front of her. She opened her mouth, but quickly closed it again, lost for words. John stood motionless, glaring down at her with a cold expression.

"Well, aren't you gonna say anything?"

Teyla jumped at the quiet voice in her ear, tearing her eyes away from John to glance behind her. A young man stood a short distance away, his presence barely noticed in the darkness of the room. He took the few steps around her chair and planted himself beside John.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" she asked, raising her chin defiantly.

The man chuckled, "That's a lot of questions."

"Pick one."

The man smiled and nodded his head. "Very well," he said as he put a flat hand to his chest, "my name is Alex Conner, son of Lucus Conner." Leaning closer, his smile changed slightly, seemingly almost hungry. "But you can just call me Alex." His words made Teyla's skin crawl.

"What do you want?" she asked risking a quick glance at John before turning her head back to Alex. Alex stood from his bent position and looked back down at Teyla, his smile disappearing.

"This is where I stop answering your questions."

Heaving against her restraints again, Teyla winced as they cut into the skin of the wrists. "What have you done to him!" Teyla cried, glancing at John yet again.

Alex followed her gaze and rocked on his heels, his hands in his pockets in a childlike gesture. "It's so easy to manipulate a mind reader, that is when they have no idea how to use their abilities."

Teyla's brow furrowed. "Abilities?" she asked in confusion.

Alex nodded his head vigorously, again rocking on his heels. "You didn't believe him when he told you about hearing voices…did you?"

Teyla closed her eyes and clenched her jaw, ignoring his taunting. "Don't worry, you will be joining us soon, and after you, your friends," he smiled. "Then I will have the whole collection."

"I don't have any abilities. You have wasted your time."

Alex smiled, wagging a finger in Teyla's face. "Now that's where you're wrong, you see. Your power is very interesting," his hand brushed her cheek, his fingertips like ice against her flushed skin. Leaning forward, Alex smiled and whispered in Teyla ear, "I will let you get reacquainted." He stood and then started towards the door.

John stepped forward, the cold emotionless glare in his eyes unchanging. Lifting his arms John placed both of his hands on Teyla's temples, his index and forefingers falling against her skin. Immediately a burning pain surged through her head, travelled down her spine and engulfed her entire body. She curled her hands into tight fists, clenching her jaw tightly shut. She had kept quiet until the pain consumed her and she screamed.

Xxx

Ronon's fists thundered against the hard wood of the training dummy, his face frozen into a determined stare. His eyes were set like stones as he continued his training, not blinking once. His breathing was hard and fast, each breath showing itself with a hazy, white fog. The wood of the dummy suddenly splinted, making Ronon jump back in surprise. He glanced down at his hands, his knuckles red and bruised.

"Mr Dex?" came a cold voice from behind him.

He turned lazily on his heel, looking the man behind him up and down. "What do you want?" he asked angrily.

The man before him stood tall with hands behind his back and his long robe touching the ground. "Where is Miss Emmagan?" he asked, his sour tone making Ronan cringe.

"How would I know where she is? Haven't seen her since last night." There was an awkward silence.

"When you do see her, tell her to come to us…. immediately."

Ronan glared at the man with a sour expression, hesitating before he spoke, "I will see if I can remember," then turned on his heel and walked away.

Rodney stood watching the exchange of words between the councillor and the Satedan feeling a slight tinge of anger towards the older Athosians.
"What's wrong with those guys? What do they have against Teyla anyway?"

Ronon merely shrugged, throwing his towel to the floor.

"Why does she let them treat her like that?"

Annoyed at the scientist's constant questions, Ronon spun round and quickly faced him,
"Think about it, McKay. She's a woman and leader of the Athosions. There are men who are in the council that still think woman should be in the kitchen. They treat Teyla the way they do because they are trying to push her over the edge. Teyla lets them push her around because if she doesn't, it could mean hell for her people."

Rodney made an 'o' shape with his mouth, his forehead creasing in disgust. "But that's sexist."

Ronon sighed, throwing his large arms in the air. "What makes you think they care?"

Again Rodney frowned then shook his head, returning back to the laptop in his hand.

Xxx

Rodney shifted uncomfortably as the rain outside continued to pelt the ground. The echo of water was the only sound in the now quiet streets of Athos. Sighing, he got up from a sitting position and started towards the entrance. Pulling back the flap of the tent, he looked out into the distance, watching as the rain met the ground. For a moment he just stood there, feeling the wind on his face and listening to the calm sound of the water hitting a hard surface. Squinting through the darkness he saw something coming towards him, nothing but a large silhouette coming towards him at an alarming speed. At first he thought it was an animal, charging at him, coming to drag him from his tent and off in to the woods again, but then he looked closer. The shape coming towards him was not that of an animal, but was a group of Athosians hurrying for Rodney's tent. So surprised was he to see the usually calm Athosians in such a state of distress, he had not noticed the Satedan that had crept up beside him.

"Rodney!" Ronon shouted, annoyance creeping in to his gruff voice.

The scientist jumped, turning his head to face the obviously angry runner. "What?" Rodney said quickly as the other Athosians greeted them.

"Have you seen Teyla?" they asked.

"No."

Ronon sighed and threw back his head at the scientists reply. "Dammit that means her and Sheppard have gone missing."

"Wait.. what?" Rodney sputtered.

"They cannot just have disappeared," an elderly man said from beside Ronon, he leaned heavily on his walking stick, his back arched.

Ronen sighed and shook his head at the man's comment. A small childlike voice sounded from behind them and everyone turned around to face its source. A young boy stood at the very back of the gathered Athosians, his face pale and frightened. His sandy hair covered most of his face as his piecing green eyes stared up at the older Athosians.

"I know what happened to Teyla, I saw it," the boy said in a trembling voice.

Halling took a step forwards, kneeling to the boys height. "Why did you not tell anyone?" he asked as the boy's eyes started to fill with tears.

"I did not want to get in to trouble. We are not allowed out after the sun goes down." Tears sprung to the boys eyes as he wiped his nose with his sleeve.

"What happened?" There was a short pause.

Then the boy spoke again, "There was a man. He attacked Teyla from behind. She tried to fight him, but he was too strong. Please don't shout at me. I will be good, I promise."

Halling laid a hand on the boys shoulder and smiled down at him. "It's alright, now go home, before your mother notices you missing." The boy nodded and turned around, running out in to the rain.

Halling exchanged a glance with Ronon. "I think maybe we should call upon Atlantis."

"I think you're right," Ronon said then started off towards the gate, disappearing in the darkness.