FIC: Devil Inside - Chapter 6

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DEVIL INSIDE By ErikaHK

Title: Devil Inside - Ch. 6/14

Word count: 1.175
Rating: PG
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett
Genre: Drama, Angst, H/C, Suspense, Gen
Disclaimer: Stargate and all related characters are the property of MGM Television Entertainment. Not done for profit, just for fun.

Summary: A mysterious entity takes over the bodies of the members of the Atlantis Expedition. Season 3 pre-Sunday. No spoilers.

Special thanks to my beta lauriel01     !

Chapter 6

So it had started, they were after him. Time to go to part two of his plan. The fear will grow at an exponential rate after a few disappearances and mysterious fights and struggles. Jumping around all the time. No one ever aware of who he is. His smile was broad. That was always his favorite part. The hunting, the suspense, the action. First he would indulge himself. See how long it would take for him to be found by someone.

He walked without a destination again going away from the search parties to a harmless area of the city. Just a few empty unused labs. If they knew he was in the city, they would concentrate the search on more vital areas expecting some kind of sabotage. They were right of course; he would do that, but not now. There was too much fun to be had and he wouldn’t waste it.

He picked a room and entered. It had the perfect lighting. The doorway was unfortunately dark, but inside the lab was not so dimly lit. A few broken panels on the side indicated that there was something wrong with the illumination of the section.

Now he just had to wait.

…

John entered Elizabeth’s office with Ronon closely behind him. He was about to talk to her when she lifted her head from the laptop screen and looked at him.

“I’ve been able to translate what little of the database has been decrypted.” She turned the laptop to show it to him. “This research talks about the possession of humans hosts by an entity made of energy that appears to pass from one person to another through touch.” She cocked an eyebrow.

He nodded imitating her expression. “We tracked the thing down to Dr. Chan, but we failed to locate him in his lab. I called some marines to help find him.”

“Just be sure to tell then not to touch him.”

“Also, in any case, the creature seems to have its own personality, so if you see anyone suspiciously giddy or silly…” He left the sentence unfinished and simply tilted his head and shrugged.

At that moment Teyla entered the office. “The nurse is being examined.”

“Okay.” John turned and headed towards the group of marines standing outside. “Listen up.” He waited a few seconds until everyone looked at him. “We are tracking down a creature that takes over human hosts and only a mere touch is able to transfer this energy being from one person to another, so be careful. We believe that the entity is in the body of Dr. Chan from the Astronomy lab; our job is to find him without causing any suspicion, ‘cause it doesn’t know we are aware of its presence. We’ll divide into groups of two and head first to the main areas of the city then proceed to more critical areas. Once you find him, contact me immediately and don’t get close to him.” His eyes surveyed each of the faces. “If necessary stun him. Let’s go.” He started walking, followed by the marines, and indicated the directions each pair should follow on the way. In the end he was left with Teyla and Ronon going to the living areas.

…

The search was taking longer than he thought it would, and after an hour the radio cracked again only to report that the mess hall, main tower and east pier were clear. He started to concentrate the search on the critical areas, starting with the ZPM room where Rodney still worked.

“Anyone show up here?” He asked the scientist.

“What?” The Canadian made a puzzled face.

“Did – anyone – come - here?” John repeated.

“No. Everything quiet.” Rodney closed his laptop and disconnected it from the panel. “I’m finished here. Couldn’t find anything that has been tampered with.”

“Good. Ronon, stay here and make sure no one enters.” He directed a look at Ronon’s blaster. “Is that thing on stun?”

“Yep.” The Satedan picked up his weapon, swiveled it on his finger and put it back on its holster.

“Okay, we’re going to the Chair Room.” He motioned Teyla to follow him.

…

He observed the two men that walked swiftly through the corridors. When one of them turned his head in his direction he quickly hid again in the shadows. They were coming in his direction. This host had an unsatisfactory agility and skill so he decided to trick them. He walked to the middle of the room and lay on the floor, closing his eyes.

…

They were sweeping the city after a possessed scientist, something he thought only happened on science fiction stories. Peter felt he was inside an episode of The Outer Limits. He wanted to start humming the opening music, but he knew better than to do that. Not only that would give away his secret geeky passion, it could also give away their position if they were being watched.

At this time the thing probably already knew it was being hunted, otherwise it would have been found earlier. Colonel Sheppard probably thought the same way, because he called more marines to help with the search and was beginning to isolate the vital areas. That meant he needed to be extra careful.

Only one touch.

Peter and his partner just finished covering the main central section and now walked down a corridor connecting to the South Spire. There were several labs in this section, and they had to look carefully in each one of them, stunners raised the entire time. Each minute longer taken to find their target made his heart pound faster with apprehension.

They reached the last lab of that corridor. They entered it on alert and proceeded around the walls. As he turned behind a table, he saw a man lying on the floor unconscious. He froze where he stood and signaled his partner without making any noise. They carefully approached the lifeless figure, still keeping some distance, but close enough to watch the regular rise of the man’s chest indicating he was alive.

He backed away one step ready to call his CO and tell him of their finding. At that moment the little Chinese man moved abruptly and crawled to his partner grabbing his leg. Peter fired immediately and Chan fell limp on the ground. He looked to his partner and saw him lift the stunner to him and fire.

…

His new body was much better than the previous one and he looked at his reflection in the glass window. Wide torso, worked out biceps. He placed the wraith stunner on his shoulder and considered his next step.

He tapped his headset.

“Colonel Sheppard, This is Black. I found Chan. He’s unconscious on a lab in the southern corridor.” He smirked.

“Okay, I’m on my way. Like I said stay clear from him.” The response came.

“Copy that, Sir.” He pressed the button on the radio again and it was deactivated.

Now all he had to do was wait.

…

TBC...

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