STARGATE ATLANTIS Allegiance (SGA-18) by Allegiance (SGA-18; Legacy Book 3)

Author:Allegiance (SGA-18; Legacy, Book 3) [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2020-06-15T09:09:07+00:00

Chapter fifteen

Waiting By The Phone

Jeannie was on her way back to her room, sandwich in hand, when she heard what sounded for all the world like a cat meowing. She was pretty sure that there weren’t cats allowed in a military base in another galaxy, and yet it really sounded like a cat. She stopped before rounding the corner, hesitating. There were probably no dangerous aliens who sounded like cats, and yet she’d learned not to underestimate the weirdness of Meredith’s work environment.

“Is anyone there?” she said. Not that it was probably the smartest move, because if there were meowing alien creatures around the corner who intended to have her for dinner, they probably weren’t going to answer. She jumped as someone came around the corner, and then relaxed as she saw it was Ronon.

“Can you do something with this?” he said, holding out what in fact appeared to be a half-grown Siamese cat. It was hissing, its ears laid back, probably at the fact that it was being held at arm’s length as if it might explode.

“Like what?” Jeannie said, reaching gingerly for the kitten. It yowled and writhed in alarm, but she managed to tuck it into a slightly less unhappy ball in her arms, and thankfully it didn’t seem inclined to bite.

“It’s McKay’s,” Ronon said. “Only it keeps getting out and attacking people.”

“Attacking,” Jeannie said.

“Lying in wait and then trying to bite people’s ankles.”

“Bite their ankles.” She was trying really hard not to smile.

“Not very hard,” he granted. “But it’s annoying.”

“Why don’t I take the kitten back to Dr. Keller?” Jeannie suggested.

“That would be good,” Ronon said, and left her trying to balance kitten and sandwich.

She managed by tucking the sandwich under her arm, and hoped she remembered where Jennifer had mentioned that her quarters were. The last thing she wanted at the end of a long day was to knock on some perfect stranger’s door brandishing an angry kitten at them.

She pressed the door signal with her elbow and crossed her fingers as well as was possible under the circumstances. The door slid open to reveal Jennifer, who looked dismayed at the kitten.

“I’m sorry,” she said, reaching for the kitten, who yowled at her plaintively and dug its claws into her sleeve. “Was he bothering you?”

“I think he scared Ronon,” Jeannie said.

“Ah,” Jennifer said. “Maybe not scared, but I don’t think Ronon’s a cat person.” Jeannie stepped in to let the door close, and Jennifer detached the kitten with some difficulty and set it down on the floor. It leapt for the back of the sofa and perched there indignantly.

“Well, I can see that in a place like this, having anything jumping out at you might be a little spooky,” Jeannie said.

“I can’t seem to keep him in here,” Jennifer said. “There’s got to be some hole or crack or something that he’s getting out through, but I can’t find it. I think he wants to go hunt the pigeons.”

“Pigeons?” Jeannie said.

“We picked up some accidental passengers back on Earth,” Jennifer said.

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