1. Carter

There were no windows in the secret room, where the IOA used to meet and that made his state even worse. His mind was filled with anger. Anger against his colleagues for giving in to the American demands so easily and asking so little in return. Not this time. This time, the Americans will pay dearly. The sound of the door sliding open and the clinging sound of his servant's walk tore him from his thoughts. This was one of the rare times when thoughts were more bitter than reality. "Query: Is there someone that you need killed, Master?" The almost cheerful artificial voice echoed through the room.

"As a matter of fact, there is." The man went to the table and took a file with a seal saying 'Eyes only' written in huge red letters on it. "This is your target." He handed the file to the droid, who read through the 200 pages in under 3 minutes. "And I also have a friend, who has a special wish, when it comes to this particular target."

It took nearly 6 hours to outfit the droid with all the modifications necessary for this mission and to visit the friend of the droid's Master. After that, HK-47 set himself into sleeping mode and was packed along with pieces of equipment for Atlantis that will be transported to the Daedalus. He would activate again in 18 days.

The moment Colonel Caldwell had the cargo transported to Atlantis, HK-47's signal input system immediately recognized the wireless network connecting all computers in Atlantis and woke the droid up. The droid automatically asked the local computers about the current time, synchronizing himself with them and changing the roster for tonight's patrols a little before patiently waiting for the night.

Two hours after what the computers called midnight, HK tapped into the security systems and confirmed his vicinity to be clear of any witnesses. Then he set the two security cameras that could see him into a continuous loop and opened the box he was in. This was the moment HK was programmed to wait for. The software switch working with the directives from his Master accessed a piece of memory hidden in the droid's control cluster. "Statement: Assassination protocol invoked... Prejudice set to maximum..." HK checked the target information he had in the hidden memory and the type of termination proposed by his Master's friend before speaking again. "Cheerful addendum: This is going to be fun."

HK used the city's security systems to avoid detection by carefully moving around the few Marines patrolling the corridors. The rubber plates on his feet gave him the ability to move without giving out much noise and his control over the security cameras made him quite literally invisible. His first stop was the armory. The Wraith stunner pistol was the perfect weapon for what he was about to do. Now came the hard part. The quarters of the expedition's leadership were guarded by more Marines than the storage area. Evading detection would be difficult, as HK couldn't change the patrol roster too much without arousing suspicion. After nearly one hour of playing cat and mouse, HK finally entered the quarters of his target.

Colonel Samantha Carter slowly opened her eyes to see the one, who decided to disturb her sleep. "Irritated declaration: There you are. Evading the Marines patrolling this area had been most difficult. Correction: But now that I am here, it is my hope to facilitate communication... Unnecessary addendum: ...And put an end to hostilities."

HK's speech woke Carter up like the fire of Ori staff weapons. "Why are you here?"

"Self-evident answer: You have done something to upset my Master greatly. I have been sent to terminate your useless existence, meatbag." HK answered in his typical half cheerful half mocking voice.

"I used to fight the worst enemies you can imagine. Trying to hurt me will be the last mistake you'll ever do!" Carter tried to distract the droid while reaching for the gun on her nightstand. A quick blast from the Wraith stunner ended her effort to save her life.

"Rhetorical query: When will these gland-driven inferior organic meatbags finally realize that they are no match to my superior droid construction. Answer: Never. And that is what makes my work so much fun."

The patrol routes of the Marines were constant, allowing HK to move into Carter's quarters with five minutes of time in reserve. Nobody saw him dragging the Colonel's unconscious body through the corridors towards the control room.

The two gate technicians wondered all night where the Marines are. The gate was usually guarded by at least six of them, but there were none tonight. Two quick and precise stunner blasts later, both technicians were lying on the floor and HK-47 dialed the address to Earth. Then he took Carter's body to the gate and injected her with a mild stimulant he obtained from his Master's friend.

The stimulant woke Carter up within seconds. Seeing the blue puddle of the gate's event horizon, she asked: "What are you going to do with me?"

"Answer: My Master asked me to send you back to Earth. Mocking addendum: However, he did not give me the code to open the IRIS shield on the Stargate there." Carter tried to scream, but HK covered her mouth with the palm of his hand. Kicking and beating him also didn't help, as human hands couldn't damage the droid's durasteel frame.

There was one more thing HK had to do. "Statement: A friend of my Master has asked me to deliver you a message before terminating you. Clarification: I believe he loved you and your accepting this assignment upset him greatly. Statement: The message is as follows: Mockery:" On that moment, HK switched his voice unit to imitate the voice of General Jack O'Neill. "Have a safe trip, Carter!" Was the last thing Colonel Samantha Carter, USAF, heard before she was thrown through the gate.

HK has thrown the stunner into the Stargate's puddle along with Carter's body, went to the storage room, closed himself in the box he had arrived in and set himself into sleep mode once more. In the morning, the entire city was looking for Colonel Carter, but nobody could find her. The gate logs and statements of the two gate technicians eventually gave them an idea of what had happened to the new leader of Atlantis, but there were no fingerprints, no security records and one missing Wraith stunner. The lifesign detectors made it look like Colonel Carter shot the two technicians in the gate room and then dialed Earth and jumped through the gate without sending an IDC. Nobody knew her motives, but the case was closed as a suicide.

One day later, the scientists checked the labels on the box with the newly arrived equipment and found out it's something completely different from what the have ordered. They tried to open the box, but HK was on its other side, carefully concealed by a double wall. With nothing useful in the big box, the scientists ordered a replacement and had it returned to Earth.


AN: Story challenged by Falcon Horus. Thank you

All characters belong to MGM/Sci-Fi. The characters of the HK-47 and the HK-50 protocol/assassination droids belong to the fine people at Lucas Arts, Obsidian and Bioware.