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LONELY SILENCE
By TangledPencils
Chapter 1
The stargate suddenly came to life, chevrons engaging as the alarm sounded throughout the control room. Dr Elizabeth Weir's attention re-focused sharply from the reports she'd been reading to the activity in the Gateroom. She flew to her feet and was out of the door before she knew she'd moved.
"Unscheduled Offworld Activation" the technician called out, as he saw her approaching him. "Receiving Dr McKay's IDC"
"Atlantis, drop the shield, we're coming in hot!" His urgent voice sounded throughout the room, and the Marines on duty scurried into place, raising their P90's and aiming towards the gate.
"Drop the shield" Weir ordered, and as it dropped, Rodney came staggering through the gate, instantly falling and rolling clear, just as Teyla came running through. They scrambled to their feet, and turned to face the gate, hurriedly dropping to the floor again when gunfire flew through the gate, and ricocheted off the walls. Everyone in the room who had a weapon drew and aimed it at the rippling surface of the wormhole.
Amidst the screaming bullets, Ronon appeared, charging through with his torso twisted around, blaster aimed behind him at an enemy that they couldn't so far see. He anxiously watched the gate as he waited for the final member of the team to appear. He seemed oblivious to the bullets bouncing around the gateroom, and began looking concerned when Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard did not immediately appear behind him.
Rodney started muttering under his breath, only Teyla close enough to hear the words…"Come on, come on, hurry up".
Then suddenly, the missing member of the team appeared, but not in the way they were expecting. He came flying through the gate, narrowly missing the top edge, the propelling explosive force hard behind him, causing several crouching Marines to be knocked over with the force. Sheppard sailed across the room, his arms windmilling wildly, and landed with a sickening crunch on the steps, his shoulder taking the brunt of the force, and the crack of his head hitting the leading edge of the top step she was standing on an instant later made Elizabeth cringe.
"Raise the shield" she screamed, and watched with relief as the shield came up, and the wormhole disengaged.
TBC ?
A/N. Well, this is my very first attempt at writing a fanfiction story, after happily reading many others for several months now. I'm not sure if I should continue to try, or if I should just go back to reading...I'd appreciate any comments you may have, and constructive criticism is always good. I know this first chapter is rather short, but I wanted to know what the general thought was before getting too carried away. Please review so I know where to go next.