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The ground shook as the team ran up the hill to the Stargate. Rodney and Ronan reached the gate first and stood waiting for Teyla and John to catch up. Rodney and the other scientist's had discovered that the planet was having small tremors and that it was a matter of time before they turned into a major earthquake. The team had been trying to evacuate the inhabitants to Atlantis when the earthquake hit.
The last of the inhabitants of the planet stepped through the gate as John and Teyla reached the top of the hill.
"Go!" John yelled to Ronan and Rodney to signal them to go through the gate. The two nodded and turned to walk through the gate disappearing from sight.
Just then the tremor got more intense causing the gate to begin to blink on and off and John and Teyla to fall to the ground. John smacked his head on a jagged rock that was sticking up thanks to the earthquake and didn't move. Teyla on the other hand, twisted her leg as she hit the rocky terrain and she could hear the snap of bones. Teyla half crawled half dragged herself over to John to make sure he was still alive.
Suddenly, one of the chevrons broke off the gate and smashed through the DHD. The gate immediately shut off. Then Teyla passed out.
As soon as Rodney and Ronan walked through the gate to Atlantis they quickly made their way to the control room.
"Teyla and Sheppard are on their way," Ronan said confidently.
Then the gate began to blink on and off.
"What's going on?" Dr. Elizabeth Weir asked.
"Everything's fine on our end, it must be something wrong with the gate on the planet," a young technician answered. Within moments the gate shut off completely.
"Dial the planet," Dr. Weir ordered.
"No wait!" McKay yelled, "This happened at the SGC once and Teal'c became stuck in the Stargate," he said just a little too fast.
"Teal'c was stuck in the gate?" Dr. Weir asked confused.
"Yes, the gate was malfunctioning when SG-1 was coming through. It shut off just after Teal'c walked through and he never reassembled in the gate room. He became stored in the gate. If they walked through the gate before it shut off, Teyla and John have also become stuck in the gate. By activating it from here we will erase them," he finished out of breath.
"You mean they could be stuck in there?" Ronan asked as he pointed to the gate.
"Yes. Now Col. Carter and I were able to come up with a way to get Teal'c out by using the DHD the Russian's had, except the DHD blew up in the process," Rodney explained further.
"What if they're still on the planet and have become stranded?" Ronan asked.
"It's a possibility but I'm not going to risk activating the gate to find out. Rodney I want you and Zelenka to work out a way to make what Col. Carter and you did at the SGC work here," Elizabeth ordered her team. She then turned to Col. Caldwell who had been listening to the conversation, "Can you take the Deadalus to the planet and see if they're there."
"I can be there in a day, but what about any other teams that are off world?" the Colonel asked.
"The only other team off world is Major Lorne's, and they're not due to check in for another 18 hours," Dr. Weir answered him.
"I'll swing by and let them know the situation. We don't want them coming through the gate before we know if Col. Sheppard and Teyla stepped through or not," Caldwell said as he walked towards the door to the control room.
"I'm coming with you," Ronan said as he began to follow.
"And take Dr. Beckett with you too. If they are on the planet, they may be injured," Weir suggested.
"Will do," Caldwell said as he retreated.