darkmoore (darkmoore) wrote in 50episodes, @ 2008-09-14 22:15:00 |
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Entry tags: | darkmoore:mckay/sheppard |
Title:Rage
Fandom:Stargate:Atlantis
Pairing:McKay/Sheppard
Author:darkmoore
Rating:NC-17
Beta:ca_pierson
Warnings:AU, angst, violence, torture, mentions of rape, swearing
Prompt: Enemies
Summary: Rodney's been abducted and John is livid. He goes to get him back...
John bounced on the balls of his feet impatiently, waiting in the gate-room for Rodney and his colleagues to get back from M49-Y76. They were due to return from a five day long field trip to the Suridean village and John hadn’t been happy they had been allowed to go without military protection. But Elizabeth had deemed it safe enough. Rodney had been excited about the chance to study their ruins while his colleagues would in turn help the Suridee fix some of their rather primitive technology. John on the other hand hadn’t been excited about Rodney’s trip at all. He hated it when Rodney went offworld without him, hated the way their rooms were too silent and the bed too cold at night.
Five days without his husband sleeping beside him had been long, even though he got to talk to Rodney briefly every day at noon. It was really time Rodney came home. As if on cue, the gate activated and a moment later the gate-tech announced, “Receiving Dr. Pilgram’s IDC!”
John frowned. Rodney was the team leader. It should be his IDC they received. The uneasy feeling John had not been able to shake completely ever since the scientists had stepped though the gate without the protection of some of his Marines, re-appeared full force.
He reminded himself to stay calm and forced himself to focus on the event horizon when two figures stumbled into the gate-room. None of them were Rodney. The uneasy feeling in John’s belly grew when he took in the disheveled look of the two scientists – something had gone wrong, he just knew it. When the event horizon collapsed, making it clear that Rodney had not come back with them, John’s uneasiness turned into outright panic. His heart thumped painfully in his chest as he walked towards the men.
“Where is Rodney? What the hell happened?” John asked the two scientists, stepping up close to them. He had to restrain himself not to grab the nearest one by the shoulders and shake him.
“We don’t know, Colonel!” Dr. Siridopulous, spoke up. “Everything was fine until dinner last night. We’ve been treated with courtesy and respect. But then this servant girl spilt wine on Dr. McKay’s shirt. He was drenched, really, so he took it off, to clean himself up. He wasn’t even very rude to her, as it was.” Siridopulous sounded really surprised about that, but John knew Rodney could hold his tongue if he really wanted to.
“That was the point when the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Everyone seemed to become very tense. We didn’t actually realize something was seriously wrong until this morning, when Dr, McKay didn’t show up for breakfast. The patriarch himself came to the house we were staying at. He demanded we take off out clothes and yelled at us when we reminded him that he had no right to ask such a thing of us. He called us liars and said we had deceived him and his people. That his son would claim Dr. McKay as his own and that we would be the next to be claimed if we weren’t careful.” The scientist looked scared to death and John’s anger rose.
They had kept Rodney. The patriarch’s son - a stupid, but unfortunately very influential man named Serdaar - had apparently decided that keeping their genius scientist was better than just borrowing him.
Out of the corner of his eyes, John could see Elizabeth approaching in a hurry. He turned to her, about to ask for a rescue mission. “Elizabeth…”
“I heard it, Colonel. Go and get our Head of Science department back. You have a go for the rescue mission. Take Ronon and Teyla and whoever else you need.” She sighed, rubbing her temple. “I really thought they had understood it when we explained to them that our people are off limits for ‘marriage’… or whatever they call it.”
“Yeah and we explained it three times. You’d think they got it that we’re not ‘consort’ material. Screw them and their twisted caste-system. I’m getting my husband back and that bastard better didn’t touch him.” John cursed before tapping his earpiece. “Ronon, Teyla, we’re going on a rescue mission. Gear up and meet me in the gate-room in ten. Major Lorne, get your team together and come to the gate-room. Bring Cadman and Banks. We’re leaving at 1045 hours.” He waited for each of them to confirm and then turned to Elizabeth again.
She had raised a surprised eyebrow at him when he had ordered Major Lorne to bring Cadman, but now she just smiled sadly. A hard look appeared in her eyes when she said, “Do what you have to do, John; this treaty is over anyway. Bring him home.”
John nodded to her once before hurrying away to gear up. He didn’t have any time to lose.