A House Divided [Epilogue]

[governmentninja]

The fighting had finally ended, but not before a lot of damage had been done. A number of people had been injured, but they were being treated now. Winchester had been subdued, but not before he saw the Yeerk dead. The rest of his group had also been taken down and cuffed, with two exceptions. The first being the mysterious redheaded fellow, who

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[clear_horizons]

"Mister Winchester," Picard began, locking a steady gaze at the young man, "I am terribly disappointed in you." His rage had dissipated a lot since speaking to Leon, and while he was still quite angry, disappointment was honestly the foremost thought on his mind.

"What the hell did you hope to accomplish with this, Mister Winchester? All this damage, several members of my crew severely injured, all to kill one tried and sentenced prisoner? Was his death so critical that it would be worth the cost of even one of the crew? How about two? Four? Ten? What did the prisoner's life equal among the crew, Mister Winchester?

"I can sympathize and empathize with your position, Mister Winchester, perhaps better than you know. That does not, however, give you any right to endanger my crew with your infighting and anger! People could have died here today, and a few nearly did. We have members of this crew currently in critical condition because you decided to turn the lower decks into a war zone.

"Your actions today were inexcusable. What was it that prevented you from being the better person in this and letting him proceed to his punishment, Mister Winchester? Was it anger at what the rest of his companions had done? Was it truly to stop one being from posing a risk to the crew? If that's the case, I would seriously recommend reevaluating who has caused the most damage to the crew of the two of you so far.

"You can think on that while you spend some time in the brig." When Picard turned away from Sam, he cast a glance at Katara. Unlike the glare he'd leveled at the young man, there was only sorrow in his expression now.

"I had thought you better than this, Miss Katara," he said, leaving the group to their thoughts while he spoke with Master Chief about what to do with all the conspirators.

[kaya_waterwave]

And that was all that was needed to turn Katara to jelly. She turned from Picard, burying her face in her hands, sobbing softly. All these people today, hurt, critically injured, and she helped. Oh yes, she was totally better than the Yeerk now! If Aang ever saw her, he would be worse than disappointed, it would make him sad. And that would be enough to end any kind of killing in her heart. Once upon a time, it had been enough to stop her before.

Maybe it was to stop something like this from happening too.

[runnerwithagun]

". . ."

It was at this point in time when the effects of being stunned wore off from Ronon. Naturally, waking to find yourself tied up never goes down well, especially not for the proud Satedan. He caught the tail end of Captain Picard's lecture and it soon became clear to him that his was the losing side. What the hell had happened since he was stunned? The girl crying nearby and somber atmosphere was telling him that a lot more happened than them only losing. Ronon was almost afraid to learn the truth but he had to know.

".. Uhh.. what happened?" It was almost a whisper.

[kaya_waterwave]

"We lost," Katara murmured, sniffing. "A few people and a wolf got shot, and the Yeerk was never in that ball to begin with. It was a decoy. People all got hurt for nothing. No one is dead, thank goodness, but we're probably all going to go to confinement."

Jaime. I'm sorry.

[runnerwithagun]

". . ." People were shot!? "No one was meant to get shot." Ronon's voice carried a growl and almost sounded like an excuse. And to think that this happened over a decoy. So the Yeerk was still alive then. He was angry with whoever decided to spray bullets at people and equally as disappointed with the outcome. Although truth be told, Ronon was expecting confinement whether they won or lost. This would have to have been one of the worst possible outcomes that could happen to them.

Ronon hung his head.

[kaya_waterwave]

"It was Sam," Katara said, sighing. "They weren't deliberate, but most were from him. The only other actual shooting not from him was a guy shooting at a wolf, but I attended to her wounds."

Small consolation. Small.