Nicole looked at her reflection in the the mirror before she stepped out of her quarters for her work at Atlantis. Her fiery red hair was parted slightly to her left and came down to her shoulders. She was wearing a green tank top with a lighter shade of green under it, which went along with her emerald eyes and her black capri pants matched her black diamond necklace.

Time for work, she thought to herself, putting on her black work vest and walking out of her quarters. Nicole walked down the long corridors throughout Atlantis till she was finally at the control room.

"Good morning Nicole!" greeted Elizabeth Weir walking up to her.

"to you as well Elizabeth" replied Nicole

"Now Nicole, I hear you have excellent fighting skills as well as your scientific degree. Is this correct?"

"yes ma'am" answered Nicole smiling

"Okay then, today I will be assigning you to Lt. Co. Sheppard's team. They should be gearing up now. I will have Sheppard debrief you." told Elizabeth

Nicole then nodded and went to find the team. It only took her a minute to find them and she started gearing up as well.

"wow, Nicole so you are like a scientist, but with also the skills off military training? Asked Rodney once again. "believe it or not" she answered sarcastically and Sheppard and Teyla laughed at Rodney' s expression.

"Everyone geared and ready?" asked Sheppard handing out P90's and he was answered by all "yes's"

Sheppard and Teyla started out and Nicole, Ronan, and Rodney fell into place behind them. As they were heading to the gate Ronan filled Nicole in on the mission, seeming Sheppard forgot. Their mission was to check out a ruin that was reading high power levels.

"It's nice to finally have you on our team" said Ronan, looking at Nicole smiling

"it's a pleasure working with you as well Ronan," Nicole said, smiling back.

"oh so not me?" remarked Rodney walking next to Nicole.

"hmm... I guess it's nice with you as well, although I'll be seeing you mostly in the lab" Said Nicole after a moments hesitation and Nicole and Ronan laughed.

When they approached the gate it shimmered like a blue pond and they all stepped through. When the team reached the other side they were greeted with a small ruin ten feet in front of them. "finally we don't have to hike a mile!" said Rodney and Teyla sighed.

Both Nicole and Rodney pulled out life sign detectors and Nicole said "it looks like the power is coming from right about...here" she finished, pointing to a medium sized red rock that resembled a crystal.

"yes, but what is it?" asked Rodney

"If I remember right it looks something like Icarnious Ruby, it is some kind of crystal growth that gathers power from nearby sources and duplicates it." Answered Nicole and Rodney stared at her in surprise.

"so is it something we can use though?" asked Teyla

"no, it would be impossible to extract the-" Started Rodney, but was cut off by Sheppard. "okay Rodney, one word answers the question" stated John. "then it looks like we can head back to Atlantis..." said Ronan and the team went back through the gate.

When they entered Atlantis they all went into the briefing room and filled Weir in on their finds. Once Weir dismissed them, Nicole went to leave, but was called back to sit.

"okay" said Nicole sitting back down

"i have a mission for you." Elizabeth said. "Now as you have heard we have a Wraith prisoner who we call Michael on Atlantis that helped us against the wraith a few days ago. Now before I have Dr. Beckott give him another dose of the retrovirus and put him with the others we need answers. Now I have heard also that you have Wraith DNA like Teyla, is this correct?"

"yes Weir"

"Good, now Teyla has had no luck getting anything out of Michael, but I'm hoping that you Nicole with have a chance seeing he hasn't met or saw you before. Now whenever you have time, go down to the holding prison and talk to him by the end of the day. You are dismissed."

"okay, I will try my best" said Nicole and she got up and left the briefing room. Before she left to visit the prisoner she was going to go change, then get lunch.

Once Nicole got into the outfit she was in earlier she headed over to the mess hall and got a lunch which had a cheeseburger, mash potatoes, and baked beans. After Nicole was done picking her food she sat down at a empty table and began eating her lunch. After a minute of eating she heard a voice and looked up to see the tall runner.

"mind if I join you?" he asked politely and Nicole invited him to sit. "so I hear your Satedan?" asked Nicole and Ronan nodded. "you came with the scientist group from earth two months ago correct? He asked. "yea, it was hard leaving my friends and family, but I'm getting over it slowly." she responded. "i know what you are going through, when my planet was destroyed by wraith I lost all my friends and girlfriend. It was hard, but it gets better." Ronan told Nicole. "I'm sorry to hear about that Ronan, but thanks" Nicole answered.

"are you free tomorrow night?" asked Ronan smiling at Nicole

"yes" answered Nicole

"good, then how about dinner at six? You can come to my quarters, or yours, doesn't matter."

"sounds delightful. How about we grab dinner then come to my place?"

"okay, see you then" answered Ronan, taking his plate and leaving. Nicole took the last bite of baked beans then threw her tray out and headed to the holding cell to talk to Michael.