The gate activated and a whoosh of blue stuff came out. He didn't remember what the stuff was called, only remembered it was blue. He didn't see colour anymore. He saw sounds, smells, blood. He could see the movement of a person walking out of the gate. He saw the vibrations through the air. Wraith. He jumped out and started his attack. Grappled its neck and twisted it around so it faced the other way. He took out his knife and took what he wanted. The pouch. It was the stuff he needed. He took out the needle and punctured the pouch with it. He put it down his mouth and swallowed. It would keep him like this, alive. He saw the noise of the gate being dialled from another place.

Four people walked out. He hadn't seen people in a long time. What should he do? Walk over and say hi like he used to? No! They would kill him. He took the knife and tightened his grip. Two of them shouted when they saw him. He saw the sounds of electricity fly through the air to meet him. He dodged. Zets? No, zats. That was it, zats. They stunned once and killed on two.

He ran at them and jumped at the first one. It was a girl. She zatted him but it did nothing. She zatted him again and he stumbled back. She did it twice more and he felt himself fall over. He was still alive.

"Is that-" The female started.

"Yeah, damn, that's Ford." A male replied. He sounded familiar. A friend maybe? He had no friends. They'd left him years ago. He'd been alone. They would kill him. He had to get up. He had to run. But he couldn't. Two beefy arms pulled him up and pulled him away from the gate. He closed his eyes.

"We found him." John was saying to himself. "We found him and he just went berserk." Ford was in the observation room. They had scanned him and found several enzyme packs in his stomach. He was swallowing them now. He looked worse on the outside. His eyes were completely black with white in the centre. His muscles were, apparently, six times larger than human muscles should be. And he was dying. His heart had had enough of the enzyme and was giving up. "So we've lost him completely?"

"He's half wraith!" One of the doctors cried out. "It means the retro virus might work!"

"We've never tried it on a half human!" Another shouted. "It could make him turn into a wraith."

"Or it would kill him." A third one said.

"But if he turns into a wraith, we could use it again right?" John asked. As he received looks of stupidity he said, "It might work?"

"It might. Or it might not." The doctor replied.

"He's already dying. It's the least we can do." John put his hands on the glass and looked into the room.

His chest rose up and down so quickly it could make someone dizzy by watching. He looked away and left the room.

There was a frantic tapping at John's office door. When he finally said, "come in." He expected to see a hole in it. It was a young lieutenant, he looked as if he'd run for twenty miles.

He said, "He's human sir." In between gasps, then added, "And talking."

John got up and nearly fainted. He sat down again then stood up and left his office. Ten meters from his door he broke into a run.

"So it took two days." John said. "And you're human again." He was talking to ford through a glass screen. Ford's eyes were normal. His muscles had gone down and his heart rate was back to normal. He still looked edgy though.

"It's good to be back." Ford said. "I remember it all. It felt good at the time, but some of the things I did." He pulled a disgusted face as if remembering something from the past. He swallowed. "When will I be allowed out?"

"When they're sure you're back to normal." John smiled. "It's good to have you back."

"You'll understand if I ask for a few months leave sir?" He asked. "I haven't seen home, as in Earth, in over three years."

"If we'd found you a week ago, you would have been around for Christmas."John chuckled. "A lot's changed though. I'll fill you in later."

"Aren't you staying?" Ford asked. "Can I at least have something to eat?"

"You just had something."

"It's not really what you call food though." Ford mused. "A steak?"

"I'll see what I can do buddy."

"See you later." Ford sat down on the side of his bed and looked around.

"See you later." John said as he left the observation room. He walked down the hallway towards the gate room and looked out over the gate. "You've finally brought something good back for once." He said as he leaned against the back wall. A sudden idea came to him and he went to find O'Neil and Teal'c.

"It's been done before." O'Neil said. "Trust me, we've done it." They were in the gate room's control room. Teal'c was standing in a corner and O'Neil was sitting in a chair. John was leaning against a wall.

"Indeed." Teal'c said. "Are you familiar with the film Groundhog Day?"

"Yeah,"

"Imagine that, but with the Stargate, and with Teal'c getting hit in the face with a door every time it reset." O'Neil smiled. "We also did other things which we've wanted to do for years."

"I can probably guess." John said as he looked at the gate.

"But if you have golf clubs." Jack said. "Then we shall do it." He got up and started to leave. "I bid you farewell."

Teal'c bowed and left. Where was he going to get golf clubs?

"No I did not bring golf clubs with me." McKay moaned. "Why would I bring them? I'm here to help sort out technology. Anyway, Todd's paid us a visit."

"What?" Sheppard looked around.

"No, he sent us a gift." McKay pointed to a small device with symbols on its side. Roughly the same size as a tennis ball, it had octagonal faces with spikes forming on every edge. "It's the most advanced thing he's given us."

"More advanced than a ZPM?" Sheppard asked.

"Well, no. But advanced in wraith technology." He pushed one of the faces and it inverted then sort of exploded and light started to shine out of it. It formed above into a galaxy. "This locates huge power sources when they're active."

"So?" Sheppard asked as he looked around as the hologram.

"It can show us where more ZedPMs are." He pressed another face and it zoomed in. "There is one here." He pointed to a small dot next to a large dot. "That's a sun." He said quickly before John could ask. "There are five here." He pressed another face and it moved to another system. "And there are ten here." He pressed another face and it, again, moved.

"So why don't we get them?" Sheppard asked. Knowing full well Rodney was waiting for it.

"Because, it also shows wraith ships." He pressed two faces at the same time and the ten dots disappeared. But were replaced by several hundred large dots. "We've found all their major shipyards."

"Rodney." Sheppard said. "You don't seem to understand that the wraith have at least ten ZPMs in their possession."

His face went blank.

"Show me a galactic view with the wraith ships and ZPMs." Sheppard ordered.

"Ok." He pressed three faces and the image zoomed out. "Oh crap."