Title: Reimbursement and Retribution
Author: Ruby S. Crimson
Rated: M in the future
Rating: Gen/Het
Pairings: Unknown as of now.
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Stargate. (That shows you how cruel this world is)
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Feedback: Please as much as possible good or bad is appreciated
Elizabeth sits at her desk going over the mission reports for the week. She took a sip of her coffee and smiled slightly she had finally accomplished what she thought was an impossible feat on Atlantis, the perfect cup of coffee. She savored it knowing that if she went back for more it wouldn't be the same. She shook off the thoughts of the swirling golden-brown liquid and continued her work. She checks her watch in three hours she would be giving Stargate Command their annual report on all things Atlantis which never cease to amaze. As the day wound on it looked as if for once they would have an uneventful day, the next batch of teams would be deployed from the gate tomorrow and other than the Wraith they hadn't met any hostile people in the last week and a half. Other than forthcoming a shortage of blue Jell-O that Rodney warned her of everything was going swimmingly this was a report she was glad to give General Landry and the I.O.A. Elizabeth looks up from her paper and into the quiet gateroom she watches the guards chit chat amongst themselves and then into the control room where it was pretty much the same.
"We have off gate activation," a young technician says loud enough for the entire control to hear over the klaxon of the alarm, Weir watches as another runs towards her office.
"Stargate Command is calling early?" She asks as the young man enters the room.
"No ma'am, and that's the only form of gate travel we have scheduled for today is the mission report with the S.G.C.," He says leading her to control.
"Do we have any teams off world?" She asks the gate technician as she enters the room.
"No, and I'm not receiving an I.D.C.'s or any transmissions," he answers. "I've activated the shield, should I lower it ma'am?"
"No, not until you receive an I.D.C.," Elizabeth and the others watch the gate waiting for either an I.D.C. to come through the gate of the flash of an object hitting the shield.
The soldiers down on the gate room floor begin to relax a bit when the shield isn't lowered and it looks as if there is no activity is coming from the other end of the gate.
"What's going on here?" John asks over the blaring alarm he's followed by Ronon, Teyla and Rodney.
"The gate was activated, but we don't know by whom or why," Elizabeth says still slightly focused on the gate.
"How long has it been open?" Rodney asked taking one of the technician's seats at a console and starts running scans.
"29 minutes sir," the tech sighs from behind him. "Sir I ran those tests on the gate,"
"Yes, yes that's all fine and good, no offence but you could have done something wrong or I'll catch something you missed," Rodney snaps waving his hand dismissively at the young tech. "And don't watch me over my shoulder."
"Is it a glitch?" John asks.
"Not that we know of," Elizabeth answers hunching her shoulders. "We have seven minutes till it over," She finishes looking at her watch.
"Do you think whatever dialed the gate knows of the shield and is waiting for you to lower it?" Teyla asks to no one in particular.
"That's not gonna happen," Ronon says walking towards the balcony in front of the control room.
"I don't know about you but I'm having a 'Caroline's in the T.V.' moment staring at the gate like this," John smiles coming and resting his arms on the railing at the edge of the control room next to Elizabeth. "If the lights start flickering and a kid covered in pink pudding falls out the ceiling I'm so gone." Teyla's eyebrows furrow and a slight smile crosses Elizabeth's face.
"Rodney have you gotten any thing," Weir asks.
"No, there is no reason the gate should be behaving like this,"
"Told you," the young technician gloated, only to be glared at by the scientist.
"Well seeing as the gate is about to shut down on it's…" Rodney stops in mid sentence as a white hooded figure steps through the gate and its shield. The guards instantly train their guns on the cloaked figure but they seem unfazed. It flips back the hood revealing a woman with raven hair and stormy grey eyes, she looks around the gate room and up into the control room.
"Halt!" The guards shout in unison as she takes a step toward the grand stairwell. The two men step in front of her as another two come into the room with wraith stunners and cover the sides. She takes another step and hears their guns cock. At this time John, Rodney, and Teyla have joined Ronon on the balcony as Elizabeth heads down the grand stairwell towards the visitor. Just as Elizabeth come near the bottom of the stair the visitor raises her slender finger towards the control room and simply says "You." Elizabeth stops mid-step and looks to John who's just as clueless as she. With a flick of her wrist she sends the guards flying into the four corners of the room, and continues toward the stairs.