Full Summary:

Ronon is separated from the rest of the team during a firefight with an unknown enemy. What happens when a ship appears out of nowhere and picks Ronon up? Are these people the last of a race known only as The Magics? And who have they been fighting all this time?

Firefight:

The Gate:

The team had just walked through the gate and was waiting for McKay to look over some interesting data. He had collected some data almost immediately after stepping through the gate. Ronon looked annoyed that they weren't doing anything except standing around. Teyla and Colonel Sheppard were talking in low voices when McKay uttered the word 'huh'.

"What's wrong McKay? We need to get going and look around. We don't want to be stuck here all day?" Colonel Sheppard said.

"Well, I just picked up some kind of strange energy reading and then it was gone again. Maybe if we move away from the gate, the energy reading will be back and I can distinguish where it is coming from."

"Energy, as in something we could possibly use back on Atlantis?" Teyla asked.

"Well once I look at it, if it isn't harmful, then yes we could possibly harness it for energy back on Atlantis."

"Can we go now, like Sheppard said, don't want to be stuck here all day." Ronon chided.

"Yeah I know, I know. Lead the way, big guy."

"Hmph."

Ronon took his gun out and moved off with Teyla, Rodney, and Sheppard behind him. They moved from the gate and into the surrounding woods. The Ancient Database had said that there had once been people living on this planet, though it hadn't gone into much detail about the race. Though the Database had said that before attacking Atlantis during the war, the Wraith had attacked this planet first. The team was on the planet to understand why the wraith was so fearful of this race and to learn if the race still existed. If the race still existed, then they could get an insight into why the wraith had tried to destroy them. It wasn't long before they came upon an abandoned village.

Ambush:

"It doesn't look like anyone has lived here for quite some time," Teyla said.

"They could have abandoned the village and moved their village somewhere else. Why would you stay in a village the wraith know about?" Rodney said.

"Rodney, that's not what we are saying. Think about it would you? These people must have been powerful enough to disserve the wrath of the wraith." Ronon said.

"He's got a point, McKay. Come on, let's get moving. This place is starting to give me the creeps." Colonel Sheppard stated.

"Now that you say that, I feel like I'm being watched from every angle like someone is watching us and we can't see them," McKay said.

"That's it, we're out of here. Head back to the gate, now!" Colonel Sheppard yelled as bullets started raining down on the four. They headed for the gate, which meant they wouldn't be very well protected as there was no safe place to hide once they left the woods and ran for the gate, which was centered in an open field.

"Who the hell is firing at us?" Teyla yelled.

"Beats me, but I'm not going to stand around to find out," Colonel Sheppard paused and then yelled, "Dial the gate McKay!"

"Where's Ronon?" McKay yelled back as he dialed the gate. Teyla and Colonel Sheppard looked around them, firing back at those that were shooting at them but there was no sign of Ronon anywhere. They couldn't wait for him to show up. Those that had been shooting had moved into the clearing and were closing in fast. They would have to come back for him later.

"Through the gate now; we'll come back for him later when we're sure these people are gone!" Colonel Sheppard said pushing McKay and Teyla in front of him through the gate. Once through he told the Control Room to deactivate the gate. This was going to be one long briefing after they made sure they hadn't been hit by any of the bullets.

Separated:

Ronon was too busy firing at whoever was firing at him to realize that Sheppard and the others had already headed back to the gate. He knew that he wouldn't be able to make it to the gate now anyways, his path was blocked. Whoever these people were, they had either abandoned after the culling 10,000 years ago or had been completely wiped out. Whoever was firing didn't seem that friendly.

Ronon ducked into some foliage and made a beeline the other way, hoping to make it to the open field before the gate shut down. He had heard it activate, now all he had to do was make it to the clearing and through the gate or he wasn't going to be making it through the night. As he reached the clearing, he knew that there was no way he was going to get to the gate. Those that had been firing had surrounded the gate, which had shut down without him. He ducked down so that he wasn't seen, but knew that someone was watching him from behind.

Rescue:

Ronon looked around, behind him but couldn't see anybody. He could sense that he was being watched but couldn't see anybody watching him. He looked back towards the gate and realizing that he had been spotted figured it was better to go down fighting instead of waiting to die. He grabbed his gun, stood up and started firing at everything that ran at him. When he couldn't shoot anymore, he put his gun away and grabbed his swords. He swung them around, hitting one then another until he was standing in the middle of a bunch of dead enemies.

He never heard the gun go off but he sure did feel the bullet rip through his shoulder. He hit his knees for a few minutes before getting up and going after the others that were running at him. He hadn't made it two steps before what sounded like a bomb went off near the gate. The gate was unaffected but the enemies that had been attacking Ronon stopped. Three shuttles became visible and by the look on Ronon's face, even the enemy knew he hadn't been expecting them. The shock was gone as a shuttle appeared right in front of Ronon, the back open and a woman holding out her arm for him to grab.

Those that he had been fighting made to grab him first but he moved before they could lay a hand on him. He grabbed the woman's hand and she pulled him inside. A few more well-placed shots had the enemy running for the woods. The shuttle doors closed and Ronon sat on one of the seats. The shuttles headed into space and away from the carnage on the planet.

Who are these people that have rescued Ronon? And who or what was attacking Ronon and the team in the first place?

More to come in next chapter…

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