"Have you eaten anything in the past two days?" John questioned. He was beginning to wonder at Argrose strength. "Gotta run outta steam eventually right?"
"No." Argrose said simply before dropping John. At least, he thought he was dropping, John decided now was a good time to stand.
"Right." John said, disbelieving.
"I did have something to–" Argrose paused for a moment, then decided he was better off not telling John Sheppard how he had managed to keep going so long.
John cleared his throat. "to."
Argrose ignored his prodding. "You should work on your hiding skills." Argrose sneered, getting even more angry as John Sheppard just smiled a little more.
"Sure." John couldn't help but smile. Mostly, because it was funny how much you could annoy your captors by smiling. John knew he was pushing it but he couldn't help himself. "Thanks for the drink by the way."
"I still need you." Argrose admitted grudgingly. "But that won't stop me from injuring you further."
"What for?" John continued to smile.
"What, need you for or injuring you?" Argrose began to ask himself just why he was answering John Sheppard's questions.
"Both."
"I need you for any bargaining I may come across. And I have no problem injuring you for annoying me or trying to escape." John Sheppard didn't appear fazed at all by Argrose's threat.
"Or?" John teased at the 'annoying or trying to escape.'
"And!" Argrose growled out the frustrated word. John Sheppard just looked smug. Argrose forced himself to calm down. Argrose looked at the sensors, the control room was going to be hard to reach and despite what he'd told Sheppard, he would run out of steam eventually. With a sudden idea, Argrose pulled up the entire city schematics and refreshed his memory for the directions to the room he wanted, there was no one between him and it. Suddenly excited with his new plan of action, Argrose didn't give John Sheppard any time to argue. He yanked the man up and hauled him out the door.
"I think I missed what ever is so great." Sheppard said, his tired legs stumbling to keep up with Argrose's newly energized stride.
After what seemed like hours for John and moments for Argrose, the arrived at the small room. To his dismay, John saw a table in the middle of the room. And not just any table, it was the same kind of table Rodney had used to make FRAN. The kind of table you put people on. Or make people on, John thought to himself. Well, make replicators on.
Argrose proceeded to fiddle and do technical stuff on the console, but he kept a careful eye on Sheppard.
"How long has it been since we found the smashed bottles?" Elizabeth asked Rodney, though she knew perfectly well it'd been exactly twelve hours.
"Twelve hours, but it may vary. They might not show up on the sensors for another hour." Rodney answered.
Elizabeth followed the movements of the security teams with her eyes and chewed her lip worriedly. All non-essential personal had been confined to their quarters (with the exception of the mess hall) while the teams searched.
"Hel-lo." Rodney murmured.
Elizabeth knew what that meant. "Did you find them?"
"Yeah they're are in a room on the outer edge of the city." Rodney said, excited.
"Major Lorne come in please." Elizabeth said into the radio.
What is it, ma'am? The Major responded.
"We've found him."
Ronon, Teyla, Lorne, and two squads of marines followed close behind Rodney. Rodney stopped and looked at the wall to his right. "The life signs are coming from there."
"The wall?" Ronon asked, stepping forward.
Rodney pushed lightly on the panels in front of him, when one suddenly opened into a door Rodney clumsily jerked his P-90 upwards. Ronon, Teyla, and Lorne were instantly next to him, for which Rodney was extremely grateful. Ronon went in first. There was a tall man leaning casually against a console. Behind him Ronon saw Sheppard laying on a table, unconscious. Ronon didn't lose any time and trained his blaster on the man, who raised his hands in surrender. Ronon shot him anyway. The two squads of marines surrounded the two people and Rodney shouldered his way up to Sheppard.
"What'd you shoot him for?" Rodney asked. "Now we don't know what he did."
"I thought you could figure it out." Ronon said.
"Well I can, but–"
"So, figure it out." Ronon motioned towards the console.
Teyla tapped her radio. "Elizabeth we have found them but I suggest you send Dr. Beckett down here."
Is Colonel Sheppard injured? Elizabeth's voice was somewhat relieved, but still slightly worried.
"Yes, I can see his leg was bleeding and there are many bruises I can see as well."
John jolted awake, breathing hard. He looked around for Argrose, he wasn't there. In fact, no one was. John was at the edge of a thick forest sitting on wet grass. The fog was so thick he couldn't see more than twenty feet away.
"Hello!" He called out, standing up. "Anybody there. There, there, there" John's voice echoed for a moment. "Argrose! Argrose, Argrose, Argrose"
Silence.
Sorry it took so long. Had some technical difficulties as well as just drawing a blank as to what to write.
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