Trust Once Broken | SGA John Sheppard

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They ran back through the ship to find Teyla and Ford standing at the ready with their guns pointed to cover their escape. The Wraith were coming behind them, and more were waking. McKay didn't hesitate, he ran straight past them into the cloaked jumper.

"Hurry! More are coming!" Teyla yelled before she disappeared into the jumper. Sheppard and Kai were right behind her as Ford covered them until the hatch started to close.

Kai could feel the anger rolling off the Major as she took the co-pilot chair. She pushed it aside as she began began firing up the systems. Hopefully they would all live long enough for him to still be mad at her.

"Where's Tyrus?" Cowen demanded looking around the shuttle.

The Major looked over his shoulder towards Teyla while Kai closed the rear hatch and ran preflight.

"He was struck by a Wraith weapon," Teyla responded hollowly. Kai didn't miss the fact that none of the people Teyla had stayed behind to try and save made it.

"Then he may have only been stunned!" Cowen snarled turning towards the closing hatch door.

"The wraith were upon him," Teyla said desperately. Kai could hear the other woman's guilt in her voice. Teyla was not the type to leave someone behind if there was even a chance they could be saved.

The ship rocked. Sheppard spun his chair back around. "Zian what the hell was that?" he demanded.

"We're taking fire," she reported clinically. "No damage. Appears to be small arms."

"Alright, everybody hang on," John called as the jumper lifted off.

The ship continued to take fire as they made their escape through the stargate. He kept his focus on flying but his mind was racing as he worked to put the pieces together about Kai. Her skills as a fighter paired with all Cowen had said about a Mortii were suddenly painting a very different picture than the mechanic with a traumatic past. He glanced towards her out of the corner of his eye. She was staring straight ahead at the controls, but her back was ridged and her movements stiff as she worked. She knew she had been found out, she looked like someone waiting to face the gallows.

John shook his head and turned his focus back to the mission. Kai would have to wait. Dealing with the Genii was enough for one day. And just because they had made it clear of the Hive ship he wasn't fooling himself into thinking they were done yet. Cowen was seething was rage over their lost man. He paced back and forth in the cargo area while Heiron looked on.

John set the jumper down on the Genii's planet, near the entrance to their facility. Sora was stood out in the open in uniform waiting with two Genii soldiers. The others filed out of the jumper. Kai stood hesitantly and John motioned for her to step ahead of him. He wasn't ready to have her at his back, not after what he had seen her do. If it bothered her, she didn't show it. She lifted her chin and set her jaw as she stepped ahead of him as though it were her idea.

The others had reached Sora when he and Kai stepped out. Sora looked beyond the group back towards the jumper. "Where is my father?" she was demanding.

Heiron stepped up to her. "He did not survive," he told her gravely as he covered her shoulders with his hands.

"How?" Sora demanded. Instead of looking sad, anger flashed in her eyes. "What happened?"

"I think we should find out," Cowen growled. His lifted his eyes to the trees.

Kai moved as Cowen opened his mouth, sensing the trap. "Take aim!" he called at the same moment Kai stepped forward and shoved her Blade up under his neck.