AN This story was betaed by June Odyssee. Thank you! :-)

I hope you'll like it. Let me know if you'd like to read a sequel. I haven't made up my mind yet...

For a long time now she had been at this very strange place. There was some constant noise in her ear and it was dark as well but her eyes allowed her to see everything as clearly as in bright daylight. Because of the constant noise she was in no good mood. It wasn't a very loud noise but it never ended and lately it was getting on her nerves. How had she ended up here anyway? Until now she had been able not to get caught by the humans but she had to be careful. She could almost always hear them outside. So far no one had entered here but since there wasn't any water or food she had to sneak out to find herself some at the hours when she had noticed only a few humans were active. Living up to her name, she had been lucky up to now and at the other hours she hid in her hiding place for safety. Then one day she could hear excite talking of the humans. Something must have happened, she mused, right before she found herself enveloped in a very bright light. When she came to, her hiding place and all the other stuff were still there but the room looked completely different. It was then Lucky noticed that finally the annoying constant noise was gone! Her mood immediately improved but then humans strolled into the room and she hurriedly hid herself.

What happened here? Box after box were carried away and she feared for her hiding place. Then finally after a long time all at once one human was looking at something on his arm and after some talking to his buddies they went off. Now was her time to find herself a new hiding place before they returned. Carefully, she made her way to the door and, securing the area, she tried to explore this new place without getting caught. It was in the middle of the day, but strangely there were hardly any humans in the corridors. Lucky her - she had been able to go unseen so far.

Suddenly a door next to her opened and she jumped, nearly panicking. But nothing more happened, no human came out and so she sneaked into that room. It seemed quite and at a closer inspection she noticed several places where she could hide and she even spotted blankets on a rise. Perfect.

Lucky jumped on in. Wow, these were really nice blankets she thought making herself comfortable and they smelled nice, too. Exhausted she drifted toward sleep. At first her ears were still switching in alarm, but then she fell into a deep slumber.

AAhgh! No! Big mistake! She brutally was awakened being gripped by two human hands.

"What the…?"

"What is it Colonel?" McKay asked concerned from the door of John's quarters.

Sheppard turned around without saying a word, a struggling Lucky in his hands.

"Aaaw. How had she gone here?"

"Yeah wouldn't we all like to know? How did she manage to sneak into my quarters? Now that's something I wonder about even more."

"You know, Sheppard, you really are Kirk to all females, no matter what species! Only you would find someone like her in your bed coming back to you quarters after lunch.

Sheppard eyed his friend. "Are you jealous?"

"Me?! Now Colonel I guarantee you..."

Sheppard smirked, quirking an eyebrow at him.

"Oh... okay. It just seems unfair. See, I told you about Kitty, didn't I?"

Nodding, Sheppard loosened his hold on Lucky but didn't let go of her while studying her curiously.

"She really is a little beauty, isn't she?"

Lucky felt Sheppard hand gently caressing her. Deciding these two humans weren't a threat, she stopped struggling and joined their conservation. "Meow!"

AN Just a little story I head to get out of my head.

I remembered McKay having cats he had to give away to a neighbor before he came to Atlantis.

AN This is for Peter, who was the first to review (apart from my beta, of cause) - thank you so much :-))

Since you are a guest I can only hope you will be reading this.

So - wich species is Lucky? Take a closer look at the cover picture and you will see Lucky ;-) and of cause she is from earth...

AN I've changed the cover picture to make it more obvious.