Into Atlantis
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Summary: I was there at the beginning of time with my brothers and sisters. We were the most powerful race ever to exist. We created the multiverse and filled it with life. Then the others left for our realm. I stayed with the Alterans and became one of them. We, the Guardians, were immortal and almost impossible to kill. We kept the balance and the peace between the races. John the Guardian of life and Christopher the Guardian of Space were my companions. The other Guardians frowned upon us and were angry that we had decided to stay with the 'mortals' as the others called them. We haven't returned since. I am James Aeon, I am the Guardian of both Time and Death… and this is my story…
Ancient language spoken
Nox language spoken
Furling Language spoken
Asgard language spoken
Prologue
There were about a hundred people in the gate room of the SGC. All of them were waiting to go to the Pegasus galaxy through the stargate. Why are they going to the Pegasus galaxy you may ask? The reason they had finally found the gate sequence for the Lost City of Atlantis. This group of people was called the Atlantis Expedition team; the only problem with getting to another galaxy was to have an extremely large power source that is unless you understand how the Stargate was made and know the shortcuts for it. They were going to use the ZPM from Antarctica to power the gate and it should have worked, but somewhere during transport the ZPM was damaged and now it wouldn't power the gate. All of the scientists from Area 51 were trying to figure out how to power up the gate. In the briefing room there was a meeting going on with me, Dr. Weir, Major Sheppard, General O'Neill and the other heads of the departments trying to figure out what to do. While Rodney McKay and Radek Zelenka were arguing about what would give the gate enough power to be able to get the teams to Atlantis. Dr. Weir, Major Sheppard, and General O'Neill were talking about what we would do if we couldn't get enough power. I just sat back and watch it all with growing annoyance, finally I had had enough.
"Will you all just shut up!" I shouted, I looked at the general and said "General if you will give me half an hour I can have the wormhole to the Pegasus galaxy open. I just need full access to the gate." The everyone but Major Sheppard looked at me like I was crazy. General O'Neill looked at me, eyes full of doubt. He was about to respond when Major Sheppard spoke up saying "I would let him do whatever he has to do, I don't know how he does it but he has a gift for making technology work." I knew that last sentence was a lie, he knew perfectly well why I was so good with technology I told him a long time ago; I am the last of the Alterans. I was one of the original creators of the Stargate.
"I suppose I could allow you to try and figure it out." Said General O'Neill slowly "you have a maximum of one hour to complete whatever it is you are going to do. Dismissed." After he said that I got up and walked out Samantha Carter following me to see what I was going to do. I walked through the corridors and made my way to the gate room and when I got there it sounded like everyone was screaming bloody murder. I had to cover my ears at first, after I to use to the noise I radioed up to the people running the intercom to tell everyone to shut up. All of the sudden a loud voice rang over the intercom saying "WILL EVERYONE PLEASE BE QUIET!" the effect was instantaneous everyone went silent. I radioed my thanks and I walked up onto the ramp turned around and said "thank you everybody, now if you could step back from the gate and please keep quiet while I work on our little problem here. Thank you." With that I walked over to the side of the stargate where there was a panel that was very well hidden and opened it. When I opened it what looked like a mini computer came out I pulled the keyboard over in front of me and started typing in a string of codes, these codes would allow the stargate to use the power of the wormhole itself to create the power necessary to connect to the one in the Pegasus galaxy. I just had to open a wormhole using regular power first after that the stored energy from the wormhole would be enough to connect and then the wormhole itself would use its own power to sustain it. I finished the code and I close the panel sealing it back. I walked over to where General O'Neill was standing and asked him if he would allow one of the Nox along I told him I might be able to convince Lya to go to Atlantis as she would be a very good ally to have with us. He said to dial the wormhole. I knew that dialing took at least ten minutes which would give me very little time to convince her to come so I told the general not to bother dialing. I walked up the ramp I got half way to the gate and an arm grabbed me I turn around and its lo and behold its John Sheppard. He says "what are you doing James?" I look at him and trying to keep the love out of my voice reply "I am going to visit the Nox I will be back don't worry." With that I turned around made a circular motion with my hand and the Stargate burst to life but instead of the usual burst of energy it formed instantly into an event horizon. When I looked back at them all I saw were a lot of stunned faces. I smirked and then walked through the event horizon and came out surrounded by a forest. I walked thru the forest for a while before I got the feeling of being watched.
"You guys can come out now I know you are there." I yelled looking around. There was a rustling in the leaves behind me and I spun around. There behind me was a group of people who looked like they were a primitive race, but I knew that would be an incorrect judgment on anyone's part. It had been many centuries since I had been here last and I doubted that they would recognize me after so long, and I was proven right.
"The Tau'ri are not welcome here your ways only corrupt the minds of our children. The violence that you show toward others is not welcome here amongst the Nox." The eldest of the group said firmly. He has a look that is most unwelcoming towards me.
I frown at him and speaking in the language of the Ancients say "I am not of the Tau'ri I am an old ally of yours though I am hurt that you don't recognize me. I know it has been a few centuries but I would have thought that you would have recognized me I did live with your family for a few years." The Nox man's eyes grow wide he mutters in shock "James? How are you still alive?" I looked at him questioningly thinking 'you should know that, it was the reason I was chosen to be the carrier of all four races knowledge.' I looked at him and said I need to speak to the high council I have a request.
Ten minutes later we were walking into the council chambers and to my surprise the council was already there waiting for me. I looked up and to my surprise all of the members I had known since they were children. I spoke up saying "It's good to see all of you again" they looked at me questioningly I said "I haven't seen any of you for a few centuries I must say it is good to be back. Surely you remember me." I said with a frown. "Egosum ultimumAnqueetus!" I stated. They all suddenly got wide eyed and were struck speechless. One finally got himself together and asked "how are you still alive and what is it you need?" I frowned at him and said "you should know that as it was the reason I now contain the four great races knowledge. I am the sentinel I am immortal the keeper of peace. Now as for what I need I need to know who has had your knowledge absorbed into their minds by your repository?" the others looked weary of me after I asked that. Though albeit reluctantly they answered "there are two who have absorbed the knowledge; Lya and Markus. Why did you want to know?" I looked at them with interest and said "I want to know if you would be willing to let me take them with me and the Tau'ri to Atlantis" I held up my hand to stop their protests "I promise you that they will never be asked to do anything that is against the Nox's beliefs. I am gathering two people from all of the great races to help me in Atlantis I need help to restore it to its former glory, and believe me the Tau'ri would just get in the way. I am asking you not only as your ally but also as your friend." The council members zoned out for a minute then the high councilor spoke "we will allow this only if it is guaranteed that they will not have to break our beliefs." I nodded my head in thanks then turned to Markus and Lya and said "go pack your things quickly we must leave as soon as possible." They nodded and left. When they left I turned around and looked at the council and said "I greatly appreciate you allowing me to take them with me. I must take my leave." I bowed to them and then turned and left. Ten minutes after I left I had finally made it to the Stargate and had the wormhole open when I heard the crushing of leaves; I looked back and there were Lya and Markus I asked "Are you ready" they nodded and I motioned for them to go through the Stargate after me I had already forced the iris open. When I rematerialized there were guns pointed at me; I looked at them and they dropped the guns to their sides' right as Lya and Markus rematerialized. General O'Neill said "welcome back" I looked at him and said "thank you sir." Suddenly the Stargate burst to life and the iris was closed. The man in charge said that there was something inbound and everyone except me was expecting to hear something be destroyed against the iris when all of the sudden there were two people phasing through the iris itself. The people were humanoid except they were about eight and a half feet tall and they looked like they were made for war, they wore what looked to be leather clothes that seemed to be extremely pliable, with a cloak that had a hood. As soon as everyone got over their shock they pointed the guns at them and as this was seen as an act of invasion fired. Before the rest of the SGC could get over their shock I had put up a shield to protect the Furlings from the attack. The bullets bounced off of the shield and fell to the ground. When the guards realized that the bullets wouldn't work they stopped firing; when they stopped firing I walked up to the newcomers and gripped arms with the eldest one saying "It has been too long old friend welcome to terra." The others in the room stood there in shock while we exchanged greetings. The other man said "It is good to see you as well my friend may the Great Alliance of old continue for all time." I turned around and told the men to stand down; we then walked down the ramp. When we got to the bottom O'Neill grabbed me by the arm and practically snarled "what the hell is this?" I looked at him and told him that I would explain it to him later because we still had two more guests to arrive. And as if I had spoken the magic words a great flash of light appeared in the middle of the room and when it disappeared there were three small grey beings standing there. The men did not raise their weapons because they knew who these ones were. The Asgard looked at the Furlings and blinked in what for an Asgard would be shock. The lead Asgard named Thor was about to speak when O'Neill shouted "THOR! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN BUDDY!" and with that the whole of SG1 crowded around Thor asking how he was and things like that. After they got caught up I cleared my throat and they all looked up when I said "welcome Supreme Commander I was not expecting you to show up. But nevertheless it is great to see you again. Is there something that you needed or are you just here to see your people off?" Thor looked at the Furlings and then at the Nox and then back to me then said "I am glad to see our allies have been well these past few hundred years. It will be good to have the alliance working together again. To answer your question high councilor I will be here to see my fellow Asgard off as well as catch up with my old friends." he said with the Asgard version of a smile.
"Now is there anyone else you are expecting that you didn't tell me about or can I finally get some answers?" questioned O'Neill with a glare thrown at me. I raise my eyebrow at him and said that this is all of them. He looked at me and said "explain" I looked at him and nodded saying "follow me" we got to the briefing room and shut the door. Sitting down I started to explain "I will begin with my story… I was born several million years ago on the planet of Celestis in a very distant galaxy from here; there were two factions; the Ori and the Alterans. The Ori were a group of people who had learned how to ascend to a higher plain of existence and they figured out that the more people worshiped them the more powerful they became. The Ori soon had the entire galaxy enthralled all of it except of course the Alterans that is. The Alterans you see weren't very religious they liked to learn through science and learn the mysteries of the universe. The Ori didn't like the fact that the Alterans would not worship them so they began to attack the Alterans and finally the Alterans having had enough left their home galaxy decided not to fight back as we felt it would not be worth it. We all left in a star ship and traveled the universe looking for a place to call home. When we finally found a galaxy to call our own we named it Avalon which you now know to be called the Milky Way. We settled on a world that was the third planet in the solar system it had a large land mass in the center surrounded by water we named it Terra we landed our ship and started to build our civilization back. We made friends the Asgard," at this I pointed to each race as I said them "the Furlings, and the Nox, each of whom were the three most advance races other than ourselves that we had come across we formed an alliance swearing to come to the aid of the others should they need it and sharing our technology with each other. This went on for many millennia when disaster struck a plague that only seemed to affect the Alterans came and though we tirelessly worked to find a cure we never did. The few that remained of us left in our city-ships named Atlantis, Avalon, and Camelot. We left this galaxy and left for the Pegasus galaxy where we settled on a planet we called Lantia. For reasons I will not tell you unless necessary about ten thousand years ago we sunk our last city-ship Atlantis and fled back through the Stargate to Earth. Where we were surprised to find living beings that looked like us had evolved. We were surprised because we used a device along with the Stargates to wipe out all the planets in the galaxy with the exception of the Furling and Nox home worlds to destroy the plague. The only one that wasn't surprised was me because you see I had built another device on another planet that was to activate when the first device finished. It would activate the Stargate and then only on earth would it sow the seeds of life once more as a tribute to the once great Alteran Empire. When we returned we decided to split up and not to rebuild our civilization. We integrated with the Tau'ri population and spread stories of Atlantis and how it was lost to the world forever." I had finished with my story and was waiting for questions when Samantha Carter spoke up "how is it you are still alive?"
I smiled and said "I am immortal it is as simple as that."
"Like a vampire?"
"No vampires are unaging not immortal they can be killed"
"What do you mean by immortal?"
"What I mean by immortal is that I cannot die, oh you can kill me sure but give me a few hours and I will come back to life."
"Ok I have had enough get ready to leave." Growled O'Neill
"Very well sir we shall be leaving in ten minutes." I said
I turned to Dr. Weir who had been extremely quiet and said "Are you ready?" she looked at me and said "As I'll ever be." I laughed and grabbed John by the arm and lead him to the gate room, up the ramp and with the others from the great races that were going walked through the Stargate.