This is a continuation of my original 'Fade to Black' story, it follows SG-1 and their new recruit Alisana as they start their adventures together through the Stargate to explore the galaxy.
Name: Alisana
Sex: Female
Age: Unknown (Physically she looks around 17 years old)
Race: Furling
Appearance: Humanoid, 5' 3", 110 pounds, Sandy Blonde hair – mid back length, Green eyes, Slim.
Skills: Good with technology, Has a lot of knowledge of the Ancients, Nox and Furling races.
Special Abilities: Fast learner, Ages very slowly, Furling abilities – currently unknown.
Several months have passed since the war with the Verdain ended, hundreds of men, women and ships were lost in the battle and it has taken everyone a long time to get back to some type of normality.
Atlantis since returned to Pegasus to continue their fight with the Wraith, hundreds of Ancients were drained of their energy in the great battle with the Verdain and no contact has been made with them since, their condition remains a mystery.
Hundreds of Novum children decided to return with the Furlings to their new home, hundreds more left to live with the Nox, the remaining Novum wished to make a fresh start and with the help of the Earth alliance they were relocated back to their original home planet of Sehabo where they remain under constant supervision to ensure their well-being.
Alisana has been on Earth for the past 6 months, upon arriving on Earth she was immediately approached and interrogated by the IOA who wanted to know everything she knew and kept her locked in a tiny room at the SGC for 5 days.
When General O'Neill returned from the alpha site and discovered what the IOA were doing, he told the IOA in a not so polite manner to "Leave her alone.". Since then Alisana has been trained by all of SG-1 in areas of combat, survival, mission protocols and reading up on all the SGC's previous missions through the gate.
A room at the SGC has been converted to accommodate Alisana and give her her own personal quarters, General O'Neill has been pleased with her progress and after months of training he feels she's ready to go on her first official mission through the gate.
Mission: Investigate previously unexplored world
Planet Designation: P3X-720
Day and Time of departure: Thursday, 10:00 AM
Assigned Team: SG-1
Alisana is in her quarters sleeping, she's face down and a white blanket completely covers her, the alarm clock on the table next to her bed starts beeping and the clock reads 10:08 AM. A lump begins to move underneath the blanket and Alisana's arm slowly sweeps out and feels around the table, her hand bangs on the table a few times as she searches for the loud beeping clock, she eventually finds it and switches it off, then her arm sweeps back under the blanket with a groan.
A minute passes by and suddenly Alisana's head lifts up still covered by the blanket and she looks over to the clock, it now reads 10:10 AM, she grabs the clock and quickly turns around and sits up in shock of the time.
"Oh no." she says.
She slams the clock back on the table, throws off the blanket and jumps out of bed wearing a white vest and shorts and runs to the sink, after turning on a tap she splashes cold water on her face and looks in the mirror blowing a droplet of water off the tip of her nose.
She quickly turns around "Clothes!" she says, and she goes over to a chair with her pants slumped over them, she picks them up and after placing both feet in the legs she jumps up and down and squeezes in to them, then she runs around the bed searching for her socks, she picks up the socks and sits on the bed while she puts them on, she lifts up the blanket that's draped over the side of the bed and looks under it, she see the shoes at the opposite side so jumps back on the bed and crawls over it.
She picks up her shoes and jacket from the back of the chair and runs out of the door. She runs down the halls of the SGC while putting on her jacket, slowing down occasionally trying to put on her shoes, as she runs slightly past a nurse in the hall and sees she's carrying a cup of coffee, she turns and takes the cup from her and walks around in a circle as she drinks from it, she then passes it back to the nurse, "Thank you." she shouts as she runs down the hall leaving the nurse a little bemused as she stares in to her nearly empty cup.
As she approaches the mess hall, Daniel Jackson is walking out holding a large bunch of files and has a slice of toast in his mouth, Alisana snatches the toast from his mouth as she runs by, "Morning, Daniel." she shouts as she continues running through the halls.
"Hey!...morning." says Daniel as he turns around heading back in to the mess hall, "Can I get some more toast please." he says as he approaches the counter.
Alisana runs in to the gate room and stands in line next to Carter, Mitchell, Teal'c and Vala who have been waiting for her for nearly 15 minutes, "Hey." says Alisana and they all turn their heads and look at her as she stands there with a piece of toast in her mouth and doing up her jacket.
"What time do you call this?" asks Mitchell while looking at his watch.
"Sorry." replies Alisana, "Over slept." she adds.
Carter leans forward, "Alisana, you have to be punctual." she says, sounding a little disappointed.
Alisana removes the toast from her mouth, "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." she says, sounding very genuine.
"Well as this is your first mission I'll let you off just this once, but it's important that you be on time and that you take it seriously." says Carter.
As Vala starts rubbing Alisana's hair in an attempt to straighten it for her, Mitchell looks back "OK Dial it up." he shouts to Walter in the control room behind him.
"Where are we going?" shouts Alisana while eating the toast, trying to be heard over the noisy mechanics of the gate.
"P3X-720." replies Carter.
"Chevron seven locked." announces Walter, and the gate activates.
Mitchell puts in his ear piece, "Ok, let's go." he says, Teal'c is the first to head up the ramp and the rest follow. Carter walks up the ramp with Alisana, "Remember stay close to us, this planet is unexplored so we don't know what's out there." says Carter, "I will." replies Alisana and they step through the gate.
They arrive through the gate on P3X-720, they arrive in a clearing surrounded by a lush forest, directly in front of the gate lays a long path heading in to the distance.
Mitchell looks around the immediate area, "So...path number one?" he says, indicating to the path before them.
"Path number one it is." replies Carter.
Alisana stands in front of the gate turning slowly in a circle as she looks all around with a gentle smile on her face, "It's beautiful." she says.
Carter looks back, "Come on." she says kindly as she beckons Alisana forward.
Alisana runs to catch up to the others and they head off down the path, Alisana and Vala have a laugh and joke with each other and picking up flowers as they walk and placing them in each others hair.
As they all continue down the path they spot something strange between two trees, Mitchell steps over to the trees, looking down he sees a small crystal formation sticking out of the ground, a central crystal surrounded by sprouting crystals in the shape of a flower, Carter joins him near the trees, "What do you make of this?" asks Mitchell.
Carter looks and examines the crystal, "I don't know, I've never seen crystals like this before, certainly not above the ground." she says while looking at them with curiosity.
Just then they hear a rustle in the trees opposite them, Mitchell swings around and Teal'c steps back lowering his staff weapon, as the sound gets closer Teal'c readies his staff, "Get down." whispers Mitchell indicating to the others to get down.
They see the branches moving in front of them and then a woman appears from the bushes in old rag clothing and carrying a straw basket, "Don't move." shouts Mitchell as he focuses his P90 on her, the woman lets out a small scream and drops a basket on the floor as she raises her arms in fear.
"Please, don't hurt me." says the woman, shaking and trembling.
Mitchell slowly moves closer to her and looks at the ground, the basket is on the floor turned on it's side, berries lay scattered on the floor around it, "It's OK" he says to the others as he lowers his weapon.
Teal'c disables his staff and he and Carter walk over to the woman, "Sorry, we didn't mean to frighten you." says Carter as she bends down to pick up the basket, she hands the woman the basket who cautiously takes it from Carter.
"Who..who are you?" asks the woman.
"We're explorers, we came through the Stargate." replies Carter, "The big ring back there." she adds as she points back down the path.
"Oh the ring?." questions the woman.
"Yes." says Carter, "I'm Sam, this is Cam, Teal'c, Vala and Alisana" she adds, as she points to the others in turn.
They all say hello to the woman reassuringly, the woman smiles then tells them her name, "I'm Sheris" she says.
"Let me help you." says Vala, and she and Alisana bend down and start picking up berries and placing them in the basket.
"Oh thank you, they're just berries I can get more." says Sheris, "Were you heading to the village?" she asks.
"Village?, yes we were." replies Mitchell.
Sheris smiles a little then gets on the path, "Come, I will take you to the village." she says, they all once again head down the path following Sheris.
As they reach the end of the path they exit the forest into a large clearing, they see a small village with several buildings made of stone walls, thatched roofs and wooden doors and windows, in the center of the village is a circular stone about 10 feet in diameter and 1 foot high, protruding from the middle of the stone is a large green crystal about 50 feet high towering over the village.
"Bartel, we have visitors." shouts Sheris to a man carrying wooden logs.
Bartel turns around and sees Sheris enter the village with SG-1, he places the logs on the ground and walks over to them, "Hello there." he says.
"Hello." says Carter, "Hi" says Mitchell, "I'm Vala, Vala Mal Doran" says Vala while leaning forward and shaking his hand repeatedly, "That thing is amazing, what is it?" asks Vala while staring up at the large crystal.
Bartel looks over his shoulder where Vala is looking, "Oh that, that's the beucium." he says.
"It's very impressive." says Vala.
"Thank you, thank you." says Bartel with a friendly smile, "So what brings you to Yovita?" he asks.
"Yovita?" questions Mitchell.
"Our village." replies Bartel.
"Ooh, well we're explorers and err...to be honest we didn't know you were here, we were just following the path through the forest when we met Sheris, she invited us to come along and meet you folks." says Mitchell.
"Well you are most welcome here." says Bartel, "Please." he says as he points in to the village inviting SG-1 to join them as they start walking.
"That thing is huge." whispers Alisana as she walks beside Teal'c.
Teal'c looks at the crystal, "Indeed." he replies.
They slowly walk through the village and everyone says hello to each other as pass by, they seem very friendly and welcoming, the villages appear to be setting up some type of party.
"You arrived at a very special time, we're preparing for our annual gathering at the beucium, this year we're celebrating our 100th cycle." says Bartel.
"A centenary?" asks Carter.
"Yes." replies Bartel, "It isn't until tomorrow, but if you can stay you're more than welcome to join us." he adds.
Carter looks at Mitchell, "Sure, sounds like fun." says Mitchell, Carter looks back at Bartel, "We'd love too." she says with a smile.
"Wonderful." says Bartel, "Oh err...Marek." shouts Bartel to a young boy hammering some wood.
The boy puts down his hammer and comes over, "This is my son, Marek." says Bartel, "This is errm...I'm sorry I didn't get your names." he adds.
"Cam, Sam, Alisana, Vala and the big guy is Teal'c." says Mitchell.
"Nice to meet you all." says Marek as he and Alisana share a blushing look, which doesn't go unnoticed by the others.
"They're explorers, they have decided to join us for the gathering tomorrow." explains Bartel.
"How are the preparations coming?" asks Bartel.
"I'm almost finished with the benches, father, then we can begin painting them." says Marek.
"They look great." says Alisana with a smile.
"Thank you." replies Marek, "Would you...like to help me paint them?" he asks.
Alisana looks at Carter, "Is it OK?" she asks, "Sure. But..." says Carter who is interrupted by Alisana, "I know, stay close." she says, and she walks off with Marek towards the benches.
"We'll have to keep an eye on those two." says Vala.
"Yep." says Carter.
Sheris sees a few villagers standing near a pile of logs like they're waiting for something at the far end of the village, "Bartel." she says as she points to them.
"Oh!, I forgot the logs. *laugh* ..forgive me, it will be dark soon, Sheris could you show them to the house, I'm certain you will be comfortable there for the night." says Bartel and he walks away.
"Thank you, that's very generous." says Carter.
"The house is just over here." says Sheris, and she takes them to the house.