John Sheppard was jogging around an unexplored part of Atlantis four O'clock in the morning, he knew he shouldn't be going into unexplored areas of the city but he wanted to go somewhere that is deserted.

As he turned a corner he almost jogged into a wall. He stopped a few feet away from it, he frowned "since when did Atlantis have dead ends?" he asked to no one in particular.

John walked up to the wall to touch it, but when he put his hand out to do just that, it went straight through the wall and John kept on walking until he got to the other side and what he saw was unexpecting. There was a tank filled with shimmering blue water and in side was a girl in her early twenties. Her strawberry blonde hair floated around her head but her face was clear. The clothes she was wearing looked dry Sheppard studied her and noticed she had no tubes to keep her alive and breathing, John didn't even know if she was alive.

John stumbled back but only to hit the wall he just came through, he looked around looking for an exit but there were just walls.

Sheppard took a deep breath and walked up to the tank slowly, the site of the girl reminded him of the dead bodies floating in green water in Resident Evil, he shuddered at the remembrance, he just hopes she wont jump alive.

When he was a few feet away from it, he put a hand on the tank and just stared at her, he didn't even realize she twitched until she opened her eyes. John took several steps back and stared at her bright aqua eyes which were looking him straight in the face.

Her eyes closed and the water around her evaporated, she landed on the bottom of the tank on her bare feet, the glass around her disappeared and she smiled at John "so, are you going to be a charming gentlemen that you are and help me down, cause its been millions of years since I have walked and jumped, well moved at all basically." She gave him a sincere look.

John stood there stunned to the bone until he realized she needed his help, he didn't even know if he could trust her. He hesitantly walked to the girl, when he reached her he held out a hand and she gripped it firmly even though her hand is wet. She crouched and jumped down like a cat.

The girl gave him a trusting smile "Thank you," she let go of his hand, "my name is Demetra, well my real name is Atlantis, but I like Demetra. So, what's your name?"

"John Sheppard. What are you?" John remembered her saying she was in that tank for millions of years, "Are you an ancient?"

Demetra gave him a small smile "I am the heart of Atlantis, well I am Atlantis basically, and no im not an ancient."

"Are you human?"

"Yes and no"

"Is that even possible?"

"Well in this galaxy, yeah it is possible."

"So you're the heart of Atlantis?"

"Yep"

"And your real name is Atlantis?"

"Yes, didn't I just say that?"

"Yeah, sorry." Sincerity oozed through his voice.

"Its ok," she looked around and realized there were no doors, "You wouldn't know if there was a way out would you?"

"No. I thought you did, I mean your Atlantis and all, are you not?" John frowned at her.

"Hey, just because im Atlantis doesn't mean I know where everything is. I didn't create me." She glared at him.

"Well I guess we have to start looking." John started to touch the walls and a few seconds later Demetra did the same thing.