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Stargate Atlantis Forgotten
"Off World Activation!" Carter quickly left her office. No one was due back for another hour which likely meant trouble. As she came into the command center, she saw Chuck had received an IDC. When she reached him, he turned reporting,
"It's Major Lorne's team."
As the shield was lowered, Carter muttered to herself, "They weren't due back for another two hours." As the first member came rushing through the gate, she frowned when she saw that it wasn't one of Lorne's men. It was Lt. Rander, a member of SGA-5, the second team deployed on the planet. Carter felt her face go pale when she realized Rander was trying to support the weigh of Major Lorne, who was clearly seriously injured. The crude bandages covering the left side of Lorne's chest were soaked through with deep crimson blood. His face was void of color and seemed waxy, no doubt form the blood loss.
"Medical Team to the gate room!" Cater ordered before rushing down the stairs, as more members of both team filed through the event horizon. "What happened...Teyla!" Cater couldn't hide the shock from her voice as Lt. Thomas dropped an unconscious Teyla to the floor, his body shaking with exhaustion. The Athosian didn't seem injured badly, just unconscious.
The last man slid through the gate, shoving Dr. McKay ahead of him, his wraith stunner drawn. As Carter stepped towards the pair, the gate shut off. "McKay?" He regarded her with bitterness, causing her to blink with surprise. She had never seen him give her such a hateful look. McKay was limping, due to what appeared to be a gun shot wound to his right leg, but when she moved to help him, she was startled to see his hands were bound behind his back.
Colonel Sheppard's team had vanished without a trace, three weeks ago. They had found no clue as to what had happened and with no clues, little could be done. Carter had nearly given up hope of finding them alive, fearing they had been caught by the Wraith or one of their many other enemies and not managed to escape.
"What happened?" Cater turned her attention to Lt. Rander who was helping place the nearly unconscious Major on a gurney the medical team had brought. The medic staff worked frantically.
"We need to get him to surgery and he'll need a blood transfusion!" Doctor Keller yelled. At Carter's nod, most of the medical team rushed the man away. One stayed behind, and started checking out the others.
"No one else besides Dr. McKay is injured, thankfully," Lt. Rander snapped.
"Why are his hands bound?" Carter questioned as the medic moved to help McKay.
"For our own safety. Ma'am, Colonel Sheppard's team are the ones who attacked us and the Colonel is the one who shot Major Lorne. McKay then attempted to kill Adams. They think were the enemy!" Lt. Rander answered, shooting daggers at McKay who continued to scowl, even as the medic looked at his leg.
"Get him to the infirmary, but keep him restrained," Carter ordered, not wanting him to bleed out on the gate room floor.
"What about her?" One of the men peered down at Teyla.
"Take Teyla to a holding cell," Carter answered, her gaze returning to Lt. Rander. "Start at the beginning"
"Major Lorne called our team in for help when they were under fire. We got there and found it was the Colonel's team; we had no choice but to engage them. They had already wounded Lorne." Lt. Rander answered.
"Ma'am," First Lieutenant Tyler, one of Major Lorne's men moved to stand near them. "Our team ran into Colonel Sheppard's team while attempting to rendezvous with the others. When we approached them they were acting strangely. Then they claimed that they didn't even know us. It all happened so fast. One minute were talking, the next, Teyla's dropping the Major for grabbing her arm. We were just trying to stop them from leaving. That's when all hell broke lose. Before we knew it, we were in a gun fight. Someone managed to stun Teyla. Major Lorne called for Lt. Rander's team, but was shot by the Colonel when trying to drag Teyla back to our side."
"And I shot Mc Kay after he almost took out Adams," Lt Rander informed Carter, "I don't know what happen to them, but we can safely say that they are not themselves at the moment. And not on our side right now, either. Colonel Sheppard and Ronon are still out there. They escaped using a jumper to god knows where. It's as if they've forgotten everything, who they are and who we are."