SGU Season 3 – 1 On.

Slowly the lights that had been off for so long, the halls that were empty began to turn on. All around the ship systems' began to turn themselves on. Corridors once dark and unlit for millions of year became graced with presence of the children who created her. Then they slept, for years they slept, leaving her again empty. Now the time for them to awaken, to return was here.

Ahead of her was a star, one of the most powerful and constant forces in the universe. It was the very thing that kept her alive, it fed her, refreshed her.

Entering the star, she began to refill her system. They could no longer hold, what they once could have , but they still could hold enough energy. The very thing she needed.

One by one, the doors to the stasis pods opened. A small amount of vapor escaped each one. Colonel Young stepped out of his long slumber. Raising a hand to his head, he had a slight headache. His mind was a bit foggy, there should be a question or two that he needed to know but he had no clue what they were.

Stumbling out of his stasis pod Dr. Rush stepped out, feeling the same effect as Young. A side effect of such a long slumber. Looking to his right he saw Young, he too was having a hard time focusing. Rush smiled to himself, not that there was much in the Colonel's brain that needed focusing. There was something he was forgetting, something he needed to remember.

The two looked at each other, making eye contact they both spoke in unison. "Eli!" the man who had made it possible for them both to survive. They both rushed to the stasis pod he was to fix. It was empty. Rush immediately went to the control panel that was only several steps away. Going through the data, his eyes widened. "Well?" Young asked. Rush simply shook his head. The young man had apparently been unable to fix the machine.

Soon others began to awaken; one by one they came towards Young, wanting to know what to do. He could not give them the answers that they wanted; all he could do was think about the young man who had died.

"Colonel," Lt. Scott said. "We should begin by finding out how long we have been in stasis."

"Five years" Rush spoke, while he still was going over the data over the last five years.

"I thought it was supposed to be three years?" Camille Wray asked.

"It was supposed to be between 3 and 1,000 years. " Chloe interjected. Soon the whole gang was there, everyone of importance standing around the empty stasis pod. Once everyone was there except for one loveable nerd, they looked around for him. "At least that is what Eli said."

Young took the next several minutes to explain what had happened. The last pod was broken, beyond a quick repair. He explained how they had gone back and forth whether Young or Rush would be the one to try to fix the pod. He explained how Eli considered him smarter than Rush. This earned a retort for the scientist no one could quite figure out.

Chloe found herself crying into Scott's arms. Greer found himself shaking his head. Camille had a confused look on her face. The news slowly sunk in, the young funny man that had become like a son, a brother to many in the ship was gone.

"What now?" Chloe asked.

"We continue on," Rush said, "We need to find out inventories, where we are, begin to go over the data over the last five years."

"We need to get in contact with earth." Wray added. She desperately wanted to see Sharon.

"Right you take care of that. Scott you go over military supplies, get the gate room secure as well." Scott looked at him confused. "I just have a feeling. Chloe see to the civilians, get them back in their rooms. Rush take the scientists and go over any and all data." Everyone just stared at him for a moment before he yelled. "Now!"

They all began to leave immediately. Young grabbed Brody's arm. Lowering his head, he whispered into his ear. "Get your still working." Brody looked at him funny, but knew the Colonel was in to strange of a mood to disobey.

Rush made his way to the bridge, he would have an easier job going over data there. Movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. Moving towards the shadow in which he saw it, he was interrupted by a door opening. Stepping into the bridge, he made his way to a control panel where began to go over various data.

Scott along with several other military officers stepped into the gate room with guns raised. Upon entering, they were surprised to find two dead human bodies. Both wore clothing none of them could recognize. Scott instantly got on his walkie. "Varro if you could please come to the gate room now!"

Varro rushed into the gate room, surprised by the call. "What is it?" he asked as he came to stand next to Matt. He saw the two dead humans, the smell of stale death hung in the air.

"Are they Lucian Alliance?" Varro just shook his head no. "Then someone else get onto the ship."

"Take the bodies to T.J. see if she can't discover something about them." Young was sitting at his desk going over reports. A military officer nodded and left, as Rush stepped in.

"What is this I hear about two bodies?"

"Apparently we were visited."

"I know that, a little over two years ago there was an incoming wormhole. Which explains why it took two extra years for the ship to reach the star."

"What do you mean?"

"The calculations Mr. Wallace made did not factor anyone coming onboard. The extra bit of power caused Destiny to jump out of FTL early. Making it so we had to drift all the way to the star. He did see the problem arising, he vented all the air from the gate room." Young nodded.

"There you are," Camille said as she entered the room. "I've tried for the last hour to try and make contact with Earth, but have been unable to. I have left Garret on Stone duty for now." This was a bit of disturbing news.

Brody entered the room with a cup; he gave it to Young who nodded his head in thanks before Brody left. Problems, problems, problems that is all there ever was. He drank some of the sour liquor in a quick swig. He let out a hiss as the stuff burned down his throat. They could not contact Earth; someone had managed to get onboard the ship. Luckily, for them Eli managed to see such a possibility.

Then there was Eli, he had killed him. He should have insisted on switching places with him. Along with that, Supplies were short, crew moral was down, and they could not just keep surviving.

There was some good news, however. There appeared to be no more drones, at least Eli's plan worked. The other piece of good news, they should have the dome fixed in a few weeks, allowing them to grow their own food again.

Rush stood in the observation room his hands on the railing. He watched as Destiny jumped back into FTL the beautiful aura surrounding the ship. Life was beginning to return to normal. There was still one question on his mind, who were the ones that had come onto the ship.

"You haven't told anyone yet." Eli stated appearing next to Rush. Both looked out into the unknown.

"I was wondering when you would show up," Rush said, without even looking at him. "When did you know that the stasis pod could not be fixed?"

"Three days. That is when I came up with the chair. I had to make sure that you could not isolate me so it took several days to program the ship."

Rush nodded. "Your body?" Eli shrugged as he turned away from Rush.

"Eli, who are the two that were in the gate room?"

"Two? There were three." Rush looked at him before he ran out of the room. Eli followed.