Trust Once Broken | SGA John Sheppard

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Epiphany
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"So, are you leaving us?" Weir's voice cut through the silence of the jumper bay and interrupted Kai's tumbling thoughts. Kai slid out from underneath the Mortii fighter where she had been working to disable the tracking transponder. She was miffed with herself for not hearing the leader of Atlantis's approach, but she recognized she was off her game and entirely distracted.

John had left her alone in the jumper bay nearly an hour ago. No, John had kissed her asked her to trust him and stay, nearly an hour ago. And Kai still didn't know how she felt about it, or what to do. Her plan to fly the fighter with the active transponder away from Atlantis was all well and good on paper, but now it needed to be deactivated while she figured out her next step. The Mortii had found her, she had been so sure leaving was the right answer, but John had messed all of that up.

She should have known before he even set foot in the jumper bay that he wouldn't just let her go. It wasn't in his nature. Honestly, there had been part of her waiting for him, but she never expected him to kiss her. Now that it happened she didn't know how to react.

Even if she stayed there could never be anything between them. She knew that. They were just too different. She was a Mortii from the Pegasus Galaxy. She wasn't even human. Not really. Her past, all she had done...John was military commander of Atlantis. A Lieutenant Colonel of his planet's military. They were just too different. Perhaps in another life they would have been together, but wishing and hoping weren't realities in her life. She let out an exhausted sigh. She was so tired of running, so tired of fighting.

"Kai?" Weir's voice actually surprised her for a second time. She had been so lost in her own thoughts she forgot the other woman was there.

"I-" Kai started to say, but she didn't really have an answer, she looked down at her grease covered hands with a frown. Was she leaving them? "I can," she offered hollowly.

Weir's face was locked into the emotionless mask she often used during tough negotiations. That more than anything told Kai that Weir didn't share John's belief that Atlantis was better with her there. While John could be impulsive, especially when it came to his people, Weir was pragmatic. Kai wasn't human, wasn't actually part of the expedition. Weir would recognize that and want Kai to leave before endangering their mission.

Kai climbed to her feet rubbing the grease onto the legs of the jumpsuit. "The transponder is deactivated," she said. "Atlantis is safe."

"For how long?" Weir asked crossing her arms over her chest. Weir pressed her lips together in a grim line. She had read The Colonel's report. She knew how dangerous the Mortii assassin had been, and what it took for Kai to defeat her. If just one was that dangerous, they couldn't risk a fleet of them.

Kai straightened and locked her hands together behind her back as she had been taught when facing The Tribunal. This danger was on her, and she would accept full responsibility. "Mortii jealously guard their successes and are brutally critical of failures. She would not have reported a hunch until she could present a victory."

"Victory?" Weir asked arching a brow.

Kai's hand moved too fast to track and came up holding her Blade cross ways so Weir could look at the elegant black blade. "She would have sought to return with the Blade Kai."