Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Stargate Atlantis……for now.
Summary: The CIA knew that Rodney McKay was an asset. Even as a boy they saw his potential and put it to use. Now as a man they come to him with a warning. The past may not be as easily buried as he hoped and with that past comes even greater struggles. Can he conquer what he had deemed lost from long ago? Can his team help him through what may be the biggest ordeal he has had to face on Atlantis?
Potential
Elizabeth Weir sat in her office seemingly immersed in a data pad when the hesitant knock on the door ripped her from her concentration. She looked up to see the stargate technician, Chuck, at her door.
" Doctor Weir, the Deadelus just appeared on sensors."
" Already! They weren't due back for another couple of days. Have they made radio contact as of yet?" Weir asked.
" No, but they are still a half hour away from the planet." Chuck replied.
" Thank you." Weir stated. Chuck nodded and exited her office. She watched as he went back to his work counsel then set her data pad down and stood to follow. The unexpected early arrival of the Deadelus could mean many things and most of those things involved bad, very bad, and as Rodney so eloquently puts it ' We are so screwed.' She left her office and took a moment to look over the balcony. Everyone was working and scurrying about in a way that reminded her of little worker ants, she knew they were all stressed out waiting for something to happen. Whether it be wraith or otherwise, living in this city was like holding your breath waiting for that inevitable plunge. She walked briskly to the control center of Atlantis and nodded to the familiar personnel donning its equipment.
" Doctor Weir, Colonel Caldwell has just made radio contact and wishes to speak to you." Chuck said.
" Put him through." She replied. As the radio clicked in response to her command and a asserting nod from Chuck she said, " Colonel! We weren't expecting you for another couple of days. Can I ask what the occasion is?"
" I'm afraid I can't discuss that on an open channel Doctor. Request permission to land." Colonel Caldwell replied.
" Permission granted." Weir stated. This can't be good she thought.
" I recommend that Doctor McKay and the rest of his team meet us in the docking bay." Colonel Caldwell stated.
" Understood." Yep bad she concluded. She could deduce that this had something to do with Rodney after all when have you ever heard of a Colonel documenting a team with the scientists name unless it was a science team. She clicked her radio as the channel to Caldwell closed. " Doctor McKay, Colonel Sheppard, Ronon , and Teyla please meet me in the docking area." She clicked off before any replies could be made. She had no time to deal with Rodney's complaints about how much work he had or Colonel Sheppard's questions. As she walked along the corridor to the docking bay her thoughts were reeling as to what Colonel Caldwell was about to tell them. His curt reply about not speaking on an open channel had her mind riddled with questions. Was there another Trust operative on Atlantis? What could be important enough for them to push the engines to reach us? Why had she not been informed earlier if this matter was of great importance? After all we still had weekly check-ins with earth. She was so focused on these questions that she did not notice Colonel Sheppard come join her, so when he started speaking she nearly jumped ten feet in the air.
" Whoa sorry, didn't mean to startle ya." Sheppard said.
" That's okay, just thinking." She replied as she tried to control her heart rate.
" Hmm….so what's all this about?" He asked.
" I don't really know. The Deadelus arrived just minutes ago and Colonel Caldwell requested to land and that your team meet with us in the docking bay."
" He didn't say why?" Sheppard asked curiously.
" He stated that he couldn't discuss it on an open channel." She said and gave a hard glance at Sheppard. He nodded in understanding and his face became like stone as he probably ran through the same scenarios she went through just moments before. The Docking Bay doors came into view as did the rest of Sheppard's team. Rodney was waiting impatiently as he was seemingly ranting to both Ronon and Teyla about the numerous and distracting interruptions into his work. Weir only caught a few words as the doors opened and revealed Colonel Caldwell. Rodney abruptly cut off is rant as he noticed the doors and then spotted herself and Colonel Sheppard.
" Elizabeth, there you are. Mind telling me what's going on because I was in the middle of a very important experiment and if you expect any results from our being on Atlantis these constant inter.."
" Rodney." She cut off. " I am just as curious as you, Colonel Caldwell was just about to tell us what is going on." She stared at Rodney for a second until he deflated with irritation. Then all eyes turned to Caldwell in anticipation.
" Follow me." He said and began walking into the docking bay and boarding the Deadelus. Once on board he started talking is a low manner.
" Last week," he started. " we noticed some fluctuations in the power grid. It appeared that someone was tampering with the systems. More importantly the internal censors, however as you know the Asgard had these systems equipped with devices to forestall any tampering, but it appears that the saboteur tried to take these offline but in attempting to do so caused some energy fluctuations. Once we realized this I ordered a head count on the internal life signs detector. It appeared that we had a stowaway onboard. She was apprehended when her second attempt to sabotage the censors failed. " He explained calmly.
" Do we know how she got the ship without getting detected or why she's on the ship on the first place?" questioned Sheppard.
" So far our interrogation has yielded little success. We have only been able to get one thing out of her since she was placed in the brig." explained Caldwell.
"What is it?" She asked. They approached the doors leading to the ship's brig. Colonel spun around to look at everyone until his eyes rested on Dr. McKay.
" She demands to speak to Dr. McKay, only then will she explain her purpose, to him and only him." He replied.
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