DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SGU OR ITS CHARACTERS. I OWN NOTHING.

"How long had it been since Colonel Young went into the stasis pod?"

"Who cares! Think of yourself."

"What do you think we should do now?"

Three sets of identical eyes stared back into his own, mirrors were not his friend at this point. The reflections only took a life of their own. Something in the back of his mind told him to look away it from the unhelpful reflections but that wasn't a solution to his dilemma. He hadn't been able to fix the last pod, HIS pod. Eli was starting to run low on what little provisions were left from before. He stopped counting time a long time ago, his only time was measured by the amount of rations he had left to him. He weakly made his way down one of the corridors, as dark as it was Eli had already traveled it many times, the way was second nature to him. But that was his life now, from the pod to the observation deck and to the room where the supplies were.

" Man, isn't it sad how we live like this?"

" Abandon ship, take your chances with the gates."

"Why don't you just give up already?"

Eli and his rowdy company made their way down the corridor, Eli grabbed a ration of food and made his way to the observation deck. He say in one of the chairs and lost consciousness.

Eli woke up after who know how long, his head was throbbing. It felt as if he had been hit by a truck, his body hurt. He just sat there reclined, he looked into nothing and just contemplated his situation. He was alone now, he had little time left, his body was giving up, his hopeful spirit disappeared with his inability to fix the remaining pod.

He chuckled and lazily told himself, "Today is not my day." He was still unable to get up and so he shut his eyes again and fell back into a deep sleep.

This was the first time in a long time he was dreaming, Eli knew it was a dream because his mind wouldn't let him forget that he was on the Destiny and not back on Earth like he had imagined so many times. His dreams were always nice, he would be with friends, family, … his mom. He would be home and hug her when he saw her, even though he knew it was a dream the realness of the contact with his mother was all too haunting. It felt tangible, he was in her arms and he could smell her familiar perfume. This was one of those dreams that would wake him in sobs.

He jerked and woke as he fell from the chair he was resting on. Hitting the cold, hard floor wasn't all that bad it was the getting up that made his body ache.
It was probably a few days later that Eli noticed something was going on with his rations. Too many were missing. He knew he hadn't taken them and there was no one else on the ship, he was puzzled but it was possible for him to have miscounted them. He was exhausted and his mind wasn't working properly. As he rounded up the last of the supplies, the lights turn on. Not just the light in the room but the lights everywhere. He walked out and the ship was lit brighter than a christmas tree.

"This shouldn't be happening.", Eli started to panic. He didn't know what to do or where to go. He was so unaccustomed to the light that it burned, he has developed some photosensitivity and it was not making his situation any easier. Cowered in the light and covered his eyes, and he did so until he heard something he hadn't heard in a really long time.

He pushed himself off of the walls and made his way towards the sound, it was getting louder. He was heading in the right direction. "Music.", his heart pounded in his chest. If he was imagining the melody than he was definitely at the end of his rope. He made his way to the main control room, the one Rush had kept hidden for so long from everyone else. The Sound got louder but Eli didn't know at that point whether or not his hear was the one beating at a samba and confusing him. He was steps away from the door, it took the last of his strength to push himself off of the wall and stand straight in the doorway of the room. He looked in and passed out.

He woke up feeling so much better, he was almost pain free. He felt as if he had slept for a year. He then realized something was not right, he was in bed. A bed. Last thing he remembered he passed out in a corridor as he followed the sound of what he thought was music. "What is going on?", puzzled as he was his mind started working at 110% trying to provide a logical answer. His mind raced … but then it came to a screeching halt. A smile. A Bright smile from ear to ear had greeted him when he looked into the control room.

As he made to get up an unknown cloaked figure made its way into the room and sat directly across from him in the opposite end of the room. Out of the dark material a zaat poked its head through and pointed at him. He knew what a zaat was because he remembered it from the information videos recorded by Dr. Jackson, he secretly thanked him for the information now.

He couldn't make out a face but he did see a pair of glowing eyes look at him.

"I am going to need answers.", instructed the deep voice. "Identify yourself."

Eli looked dumbfounded. "What was going on?", he thought to himself.

" … I ...I'm Eli Wallace. My birthday is January 7th, 1984. My favorite color is blue but it's not the only one I like…", he rambled on before he heard the stranger order him to stop.

"Identify your planet and tell me how you got on my ship.", the stranger ordered.

"I'm from Earth and I live on this ship.", he said it as calmly as he could.

"Tell me of this planet of yours. Any relation to Lacuna?" ,the figure asked.

"I've never heard of Lacuna, what is that?", Eli asked. Silence followed. Since the figure was not answering him he grew bold and asked his own question. "What are you doing here? And why do I feel rested? How long had I been out?"

He would have kept going if he hadn't seen the stranger raised his hand and motioned him to stop. Then the stranger's hands rose and proceeded to take off his cloak's hood.

"You're a girl?", he looked surprised.

"What a charming man you are. Surely you must be an idiot.", the stranger got up and left exited the room. Eli jumped out of bed and followed the stranger to what used to be their mess hall.

"Sit." commanded the stranger and Eli complied. The stranger turned to dig through a the last box food left. Eli thought about this person, She was quite beautiful and she appeared to be around his age.

She reached in there and took all of the rations and threw them in front of him on the table. "These are terrible but they are your only source of nourishment, so eat.", Eli dug in.

"When you are done come and meet me in the command room.", she simply barked at him and left. Her voice had changed since he learned that she was a girl. Her voice was normal now and that was good, she was a little less menacing.