Prince of Hope cont...
Sheppard could see the piers of Atlantis through the darts mainframe, it had taken them weeks to get back to Atlantis’ planet, he was just happy it was still there where he’d left it.
He beamed Nareem out onto the pier and landed the dart smoothly. Opening the canopy and climbing out.
“Why couldn’t we go through the gate again? I think all that time in storage has traumatised my back.” Nareem moaned as he stretched out.
“It’s been 6 years Nareem, I highly doubt my code is still authorised.” Sheppard said, trying to hide the overwhelming feeling of seeing his home again.
A small yelp pulled Sheppard out of his reverie. He could hear a high-pitched panting, rapidly getting louder and louder. A small boy came running towards him, the kid couldn’t have been more than 10 years old. He was looking over his shoulder as he ran towards the edge of the pier. Sheppard quickly became aware of the reason, fast on the boys tail were a group of what looked like security officers, he couldn’t be sure as the uniform was unrecognisable to him.
Sheppard startled as one of the men fired at the boy. “What the hell?” He shouted. The last officer paused momentarily to see where the shout had come from; Sheppard took the opportunity to dive at him, forcing the officer to the floor under his weight.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Sheppard demanded.
The officer looked dazed from the fall and confused at the question, “We have orders to kill anyone caught stealing.” He explained as though Sheppard should already know this.
“But he’s just a kid!” Sheppard unhooked the officer’s gun and turned it on its former owner.
“That boy is well known as a thief, he’s gotten away with things for far too long.” The officer tried to reason with him.
“And that…” Sheppard was interrupted when he heard another shot fire.
“Hey!” Sheppard shouted as he realised the officers were still firing on the boy. He let out a round of bullets, trying to warn rather than hit. But his only response was for one of the officers to turn and fire on him.
“Urgh” Sheppard grunted as a bullet grazed his thigh. He began to fire actually aiming to hurt this time. He took down two of them before the officer on the floor tackled him to ground. He managed to keep hold of the gun and continue to fire on the other officers, taking down another one while his current attacker punched him in the face. He thrust the butt of the gun into the officers head and scrambled to his feet as the officer tried to regain composure. He looked over to the final guard and shot him in the head just as he was reaching the young boy.
He heaved a sigh of relief that was cut short from in his chest when the remaining officer swung his foot out to take Sheppard’s legs out from under him.
“For God’s sake!” Sheppard shouted as his head connected with the ground. He didn’t waste any time and shot the officer point blank as he squared up to hit him again.
Nareem slowly walked over and offered Sheppard a hand up.
“Thanks for the help.” Sheppard said, dripping in sarcasm.
“Seemed like you were doing just fine on your own.” Nareem justified with a glint in his eye.
“Humph.” Sheppard groaned.
“Thanks sir!” He heard the boy shout, as he seemed to surf away over the water on some sort of hover board.
Sheppard and Nareem set back on their course deeper into Atlantis.
“You don’t have to come with me, you know.” Sheppard said, starting to get annoyed with Nareem’s presence.
“I know,” Nareem said, “but you saved my life so I’m staying with you.”
“Since when did the Genii have a ‘I save your life you save mine’ mojo going on?” John asked perplexed.
“We don’t.” Nareem laughed. “I just figure you’re the safest place for me to be.”
“Oh.” Sheppard said. They continued to walk on in silence.
Tbc…
Spoiler:
Sheppard could see the piers of Atlantis through the darts mainframe, it had taken them weeks to get back to Atlantis’ planet, he was just happy it was still there where he’d left it.
He beamed Nareem out onto the pier and landed the dart smoothly. Opening the canopy and climbing out.
“Why couldn’t we go through the gate again? I think all that time in storage has traumatised my back.” Nareem moaned as he stretched out.
“It’s been 6 years Nareem, I highly doubt my code is still authorised.” Sheppard said, trying to hide the overwhelming feeling of seeing his home again.
A small yelp pulled Sheppard out of his reverie. He could hear a high-pitched panting, rapidly getting louder and louder. A small boy came running towards him, the kid couldn’t have been more than 10 years old. He was looking over his shoulder as he ran towards the edge of the pier. Sheppard quickly became aware of the reason, fast on the boys tail were a group of what looked like security officers, he couldn’t be sure as the uniform was unrecognisable to him.
Sheppard startled as one of the men fired at the boy. “What the hell?” He shouted. The last officer paused momentarily to see where the shout had come from; Sheppard took the opportunity to dive at him, forcing the officer to the floor under his weight.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Sheppard demanded.
The officer looked dazed from the fall and confused at the question, “We have orders to kill anyone caught stealing.” He explained as though Sheppard should already know this.
“But he’s just a kid!” Sheppard unhooked the officer’s gun and turned it on its former owner.
“That boy is well known as a thief, he’s gotten away with things for far too long.” The officer tried to reason with him.
“And that…” Sheppard was interrupted when he heard another shot fire.
“Hey!” Sheppard shouted as he realised the officers were still firing on the boy. He let out a round of bullets, trying to warn rather than hit. But his only response was for one of the officers to turn and fire on him.
“Urgh” Sheppard grunted as a bullet grazed his thigh. He began to fire actually aiming to hurt this time. He took down two of them before the officer on the floor tackled him to ground. He managed to keep hold of the gun and continue to fire on the other officers, taking down another one while his current attacker punched him in the face. He thrust the butt of the gun into the officers head and scrambled to his feet as the officer tried to regain composure. He looked over to the final guard and shot him in the head just as he was reaching the young boy.
He heaved a sigh of relief that was cut short from in his chest when the remaining officer swung his foot out to take Sheppard’s legs out from under him.
“For God’s sake!” Sheppard shouted as his head connected with the ground. He didn’t waste any time and shot the officer point blank as he squared up to hit him again.
Nareem slowly walked over and offered Sheppard a hand up.
“Thanks for the help.” Sheppard said, dripping in sarcasm.
“Seemed like you were doing just fine on your own.” Nareem justified with a glint in his eye.
“Humph.” Sheppard groaned.
“Thanks sir!” He heard the boy shout, as he seemed to surf away over the water on some sort of hover board.
Sheppard and Nareem set back on their course deeper into Atlantis.
“You don’t have to come with me, you know.” Sheppard said, starting to get annoyed with Nareem’s presence.
“I know,” Nareem said, “but you saved my life so I’m staying with you.”
“Since when did the Genii have a ‘I save your life you save mine’ mojo going on?” John asked perplexed.
“We don’t.” Nareem laughed. “I just figure you’re the safest place for me to be.”
“Oh.” Sheppard said. They continued to walk on in silence.
Tbc…
Forever!!
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