Author's Note-I do not own Atlantis or it's characters. This story is dedicated to A. L. Ross. We are sort of co-writing it. Hope you enjoy it.
"It is beautiful out there." The young male biologist looked wide eyed out the windshield into the clear blue sky that stretched above white ice landscape.
"It is just snowy; did you get enough of that Antarctica?" The marine behind him asked annoyed.
"Actually this is different." For one of the first times the pilot spoke up. "Antarctica is under a permanent ice sheet and is located at the pole. We are located about midway between the equator and the pole, it is just this planet is in an Ice Age."
"So you are alive up there Nat. Stephen and I were starting to think you had gone to sleep." The marine tried to joke with his Air Force counter part.
"Would you stop it Gary? You know that I am new at flying this thing. I have to tell you it does take a lot of concentration if you have a weak ATA gene score."
"You were certified to fly this thing, right?" Stephen Larsen asked unsure.
"Yes I was certified, well at least as much as you can get in here in the Pegasus Galaxy. And if we run into a problem Stackhouse's team is in the other Jumper. They can pick us up."
"Do you always have to call the team by the pilot name? I mean most people call it by the name of military commander."
"So our team would go by the same name, I out rank you."
"True but…" Turbulent hit the craft hard. "Nat, what is going on?"
"I don't know." Natalie Covington turned her full focus flying, while Stephen grabbed his computer tablet and started fiddling with it. "As far as I can tell we have hit an energy field. All of the controls are going haywire." She tried continuing to fiddle with the controls. "This is working. Everyone brace for impact."
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"I mean, everyone can see that Sheppard likes…Whoa, we just lost Jumper 4." Stackhouse was started back to the controls.
"What happened?" Zelenka came up and sat down in the co-pilots seat.
"I don't know. I think there was a flash of energy and it disappeared from censors."
"Let me look at the readings…On great. Stackhouse turn us around we need to get back to the gate."
"What is going on, shouldn't we go to help them."
"The same thing that is happening now, as what happened on M7G-677." Looking the confused look on Stackhouse and the other marines faces. "The planet that Ford keeps calling planet Kid Kill. Anyway there was a shield that dampers electronics, so they have probably crashed. We need to get back to Atlantis to stage a rescue." Stackhouse looked out window at the snow covered landscape.
"I will see if this thing can go any faster."
