Chapter 1 What happens now?
I would have never thought i could go to a different world, yet alone a different galaxy. To me, I have always loved that kind of stuff, the fact that i was so skilled for a job Stargate Command wanted and needed was just the tip of the ice berg. I didn't really know what i was getting into when I got that phone call.
It was about 6am, so I was getting ready to go to work, when I got a phone call. "Hello?" I asked, hello, is this Alexura Wilson?" the woman asked.
"Yes, how can i help you?" I asked, "Did you send in a resume into the air force for a trasler?" the woman asked. "Yes, I did. Who are you" I asked.
"My name is Doctor Elizabeth Weir and well would you mind coming up to NORD" she asked, "NORD as in the air force base?" I asked, "Yes that would be the place" she said with a laugh. "Sure, I would love to come up" I said. When i got to NORD, they tested me for some kind of gene i guess, and then Doctor Weir took me to talk.
When they got done telling me why they wanted me and what i would be do and also what i would be risking, I didn't know what to think. "I would love to take the job" I said smiling. Everything that had happened that morning stuck with me forever. I was in Antarctic, with everyone that was trying to find the lost city of Atlantis.
We were expecting General O'Neill and a pilot that was with him, the pilot I never met but O'Neill I've known since i first signed up with the SGC. Peter was working on some type of drone we had found in Antarctic. The intercom beeped, "Could be O'Neill" Peter said looking at me as i sat down next to him. "Operations General O'Neill" it was O'Neill alright.
Me and Doctor Weir walked over to the chair, "You see, Nothing" Beckett says as he gets up," Carson, get back here" McKay said really annoyed that Beckett kept getting in the way of the test he was running.
"I could sit in that chair all bloody day long and nothing would happen, it's a waste of time. Excuse me Doctor Weir, Alex" he said.
McKay walked up to me and Weir. "He's not even trying" he said, "But he's the one who discovered the gene this technology responds to" Weir said with a bit of disbelief in her voice.
"Yeah, Well he said he wished he never had it" McKay said. "How about you try and get Beckett to do the test one more time and if it doesn't work then I'll do it" i said.
I tried not to listen to Weirs and McKay talking but when i heard Weir say " We could always test you a third time, Rodney" then "that's very funny" coming from McKay i laughed as he looked at me with aonnuse in his eyes.
I went back to help Peter with the drone he was working on. McKay and Weir had been talking to Jackson, and then McKay went back to running his test.
"Look we've been through this I'm not your man" Beckett said, "Keep moving" McKay without stopping "I'm a Doctor, A medical Doctor" Beckett said. They argued for a little while then out of nowhere the drone Peter and me were working started up, flying around hitting all different kinds of things.
"What the" I said jumping up and running to the chair but before I got there, I saw the drone go up past the elevator that weir was on. She wasn't that far up so I heard her yelling. "Get us back down there!".
"Turn it off Beckett" I said running up to him, "I told you I was the wrong person" Beckett said, "It doesn't matter now just do something" Mckay yelled, "Like what" Beckett said.
Weir was standing there with us "Carson, concentrate on shutting down that weapon before it hurts someone" she said.
Beckett closes his eyes and the opens them "I think I did it" he said smiling. This young man Ford ran up to us, "Major Sheppard is reporting the drone appears to have been incapacitated. General O'Neill's helicopter is unharmed and on its way again, 7 minutes out" he said walking away.
"Thank god" Weir said sighing in relief, "Holy crap" Beckett said, I figured that was all he could say.
Jackson and O'Neill were talking, I walked up and nodding at Jackson " Wasn't me, how did you manage to err..?" he didn't get to finish when O'Neill said "keep my ass from being blown out of the sky? The exceptional flying of Major John Sheppard, he likes it here".
They finished up and I waved at Jackson but before General O'Neill walked away.
He turned to Major Sheppard "Hey, don't touch anything" he said. Beckett was telling some people about how he shut off the drone before he had killed O'Neill and Major Sheppard.
"So you were the one" Major Sheppard said "Me?" was all Beckett said "You were the one who fired that thing at me" Major Sheppard said kind of mad.
"Look, we're doing research. Working with technology that's light-years beyond us and we make mistakes. I'm incredibly, incredibly sorry" Beckett said.
"Well next just be a little more careful, ok?". "That's what I said" Beckett replied "What the hell was that thing anyway?" Major Sheppard asked " You mean the drone, the weapon the ancients built to defend this outpost" Beckett said.
"The who?" Sheppard asked "You do have security clearance to be here?" Beckett asked "Yeah, yeah, General O'Neill just gave it to me" The major replied.
"Then you don't even know about the Stargate" Beckett said looking toward me, "the what" Sheppard asked again. Doctor Beckett went on explaining things to the Major as best he could when the Major went to go sit on the chair.
"Major please don't" Beckett said, "come on what are the odds of me having the same genes as these guys" he said sitting down then the chair comes on and we stare at him in shock.
"Quite slim actually, Dr. Weir! Don't move" Beckett says running off. Everyone comes running in, "who is this?" Weir asked " I said don't touch anything" O'Neill said. "I-i-i just sat down" the Major said still in shock.
"Major, think about where we are in the solar system?" McKay said, when a map appeared, we were all shock but excited.
"Did I do that?" the major asked. Weir had wanted Major Sheppard to come with us. She just got done asking the major and she went to go talk to O'Neill. Turns out that General O'Neill talked Sheppard into coming with us.
"I mean I narrowed it down to about 3 things, but after a week, I..." McKay was saying, "I don't under... Does anyone else here speak the language these guys are speaking?" Ford said looking around.
"I do Ford" I said walking over "I just need a couple of minutes to finish my work, and you're not helping by standing there" Beckett said to Colonel Sumner "You got five minutes to get it going or I'm leaving it" Sumner said meanly.
We finished up and Weir walked up the ramp leading to the Stargate, "Could I have everyone's attention please!" she yelled, "We are about to try and make a connection, we have been unable to predict exactly how much power this is going to take and we may only get the one chance at this. So if we are able to achieve a stable wormhole, we're not gonna risk shutting the gate down. We'll send in the map robot probe, check for viability and go. Everything in one shot." Weir kept going.
"Every one of you volunteered for this mission and you represent over a dozen countries. You are the world's best and brightest and in light of this adventure we are about to embark on. You are also the bravest, I hope we all return one day having discovered a whole new realm for humanity to explore but as all of you know. We may never be able to return home. I'd like to offer you all one last chance to withdraw your participation" Weir finished up as she looked around and no one said anything.
We all went though after Sumner and Weir went though. "Oh my god" I said looking around, "Everyone else find an open space and park it until instructed otherwise" Sumner said. "Who's doing that" Weir said as the lights started to come on.
"Security teams any alien contact?" Sumner asked "Negative sir" came then "Team four. Negative Colonel". Weir told General O'Neill to shut down to gate and he did. We all watched as it shut down but we all smiled at each other even knowing there is still a chance none of us could go back.
Me, Sheppard, Weir and McKay were walking around the base of the room when Sheppard walked by something it came on.
"I didn't touch anything" Sheppard said like he was swearing on it, "Relax Major, It's like the entire complex is sensing our presence and coming to life" I said, "This has got to be the control room. This is obviously their version of a DHD" Mckay said taking some of the covers off.
"Oh, Obviously" Sheppard said making me smile. Major Sheppard was hot, but we were in a different galaxy, I didn't need to get caught up in him.
"This area could be power control systems, possibly a computer interface.." I was cut off "Hey, why don't you and McKay find out" Weir said.
"McKay find out" I said as I followed Weir to go talk to Colonel Sumner. "Only been able to secure a fraction of this place. It's huge" Sumner said, "So it might really be the city of Atlantis?" Weir asked "I'd say that's a good bet" he replied.
Then Weir, Sheppard and Sumner walked to a window, "what is it" I said "come here, Alex" Major Sheppard said pulling me to the window. "Are we" I asked.
"We're under water" Weir said "I'd say we're under several hundred feet of ocean. Can't dial out. This could be a problem" Sumner said. McKay rushed over to us and said "Colonel, ", "We're under water" Sheppard said pointing toward the window.
"Yes, I was just coming to tell you. Fortunately there is some kind of force field holding back the wa-water. Boy that is impressive isn't it?" Mckay said.
"Beckett found something you should see" he said with Colonel Sumner following and .
"I should go help everyone" I said trying to get away from the Majors stare, "Be careful, still don't know everything about this place" he said "right, you should go" I said running to go help.
I walked up into the control room to catch something McKay was saying "It's matter of when not if" he said "Colonel Sumner you need to order your security teams to stop searching the city immediately" Weir said.
"Wait, Wait what's going on, McKay" I asked "The shield is failing" he said. Colonel Sumner, Ford and Sheppard and security teams went through the gate to find a place for us to go.
"Tell me some good news, Rodney" Weir said "I can't do that" McKay said.
"The shield has held back the ocean for centuries" Weir spoke again. I walked off not wanting to hear what I already knew.
"Attention all personnel, This is Weir. Stand by for immediate evacuation" Weir said over the radio. the gate started to dial, as soon as the incoming wormhole came the shield was raised and I ran up to the control room. "I'm reading Lieutenant Ford's identification code" Peter said.
"Let him in" Weir said. Sheppard came through the gate with the Marines and a bunch of people that we didn't know.
"Major Sheppard? Major Sheppard, who are all these people?" Weir asked.
"Survivors from the settlement. We were attacked, Sumner and some of our men were taken, What's going on?"Major Sheppard asked.
"We are in no condition to help anyone right now" Weir said "what the hell's going on here?" Sheppard asked again.
"We are about to abandon the city" i said "well going back there is a really bad idea" Sheppard said
"Major Sheppard, the shield is about to fail and the ocean is about to come crashing in on us. Do you have a better place for us to go?" she asked.
"Jinto, do you have any other address we could gate to?" he asked "Yes many" the little boy replied as Sheppard took his arm and starting go up the stairs.
"He's just a boy" Weir said in disbelief, "I am Jinto" the boy said. "She's pleased to meet you" Sheppard said running right to me. "The shield is collapsing!" McKay yelled even though we all knew that.
The city started shake as we all got thrown to the ground, I had Major Sheppard's arm around my shoulders the whole time and he also had his other arm around the little boy.
"I'm dialing an address" Peter yelled, "No, wait!" Weir said, "She's right" McKay said pulling peters arm off the DHD. "We're Moving" Sheppard said. As Ford pointed out the fact that we were on the surface, i looked around at everyone who was stand there with us. "What happens now?" i asked.
"I was hoping for another day. Looks like we just got a whole lot more than that. Let's not waste it." she said as i pulled away from Sheppard
. Me and Ford started organizing everyone from earth and the Athosians in the control room. I walked up the stairs toward to hear Sheppard, and McKay talking about something.
"On the surface without a shield? We're target practice" Sheppard said, "I'm acutely aware of that, Major, but thank you for reinforcing it" McKay said with his "I can't believe he just said that" tone.
"When can you tell me where the Wraith took Colonel Sumner and the others?" Sheppard asked.
"Even with the six symbols lieutenant Ford provided there are still hundreds of permutations.." Sheppard cut him off by saying "Seven hundred and twenty". "Yes, I knew that of course. I'm just surprised you did" McKay said.
Sheppard told McKay to get a lock on it and then send it up. Weir and Sheppard went outside to go have a talk. "What do you think their talking about out there" I asked looking from McKay to Peter.
"Who cares, why you don't come help me "McKay said," fine whatever" i said walking over and trying to come up with a match.
"Major i should go with you" I said as he started getting ready to go find Colonel Sumner and the others that were taken.
"No, we don't know what the Wraith will do to us; if we get caught and you're not in the military" He said, "now go". I went to go walk back to the control room. "Good luck, Major Sheppard" i said walking away.
"Ready?" Weir asked, "I have no idea. This technology is so far beyond us, I haven't clue what we're dealing with. For all i know, we could-, Yeah ready" McKay said as i laughed and looked at peter with a smile.
As McKay argued with Major Sheppard about calling the puddle jumper a gateship. I smile at the fact that i was getting in over my head about a guy i barely knew.
Major Sheppard and Ford had pulled off their mission and we were having a party to start our time in Atlantis.
"Major. Lieutenant, I thought the occasion merited opening this. Compliments of General O'Neill" Weir said. I walked away as soon as Weir started talking about the mission.
"How come I never make friends like that?" Beckett asked "You need to get out more" McKay said, " we're in another galaxy, how much more can you get out?" Beckett said, "You could go party it up with the Wraith that would be more out" I said laughing. I looked around at the people who were around me, it was weird to think that all these people could be the only people i lived with for who knows how long.
I saw John get done talking to Weir so i walked over there, "Umm.. How are you?" I asked, "Umm.. Alright, how about you?" he repiled turning around to look at me, "Good, at least you saved some of the poeple" I said just guessing thats what was bothering him, "I know, thanks for reminding me that I did save some, i just wish there had been a way to save Colonel Sumner" John said.
"Well, i'm sure if you had got there sooner, there would be a way" I said simling at him, we talked some more but at the end of the party we both went to our own rooms to think through the things we all had just been through in the last 2 days, we almost lost the city, we had some of our people taken by the Wraith, and we lost the military commnder of the base but we got a damn good new one Major John Sheppard was going to be a great commnder, I could just tell.