Disclaimer; I don't own StarGate or any of its characters; I do however own the characters I made up for this.

Author's note; all text in parentheses ( ) is just my random commenting. Some are worth reading others just aren't.

Ellie sat down in one of the few swirly (word told me "swirly" isn't a word. I think Microsoft should include slang and words like "swirly" in their dictionary) chairs around a large circular table. A number of the familiar faces sat before her, but one she didn't know. An older man, he looked middle aged and kind of like a business man. Usually the gang's meeting were members only.

She looked over at Adam a look of question in her eye. Adam, the leader of their inner city gang, adverted his eyes as the rest of the gang entered. She checked the knife sheathed against her calf, it helped to wear loose clothing when it comes to ones own safety. The man motioned for the doors to be locked and took a seat next to Adam. The room quieted immediately.

"He has a job for us, and will pay quite highly if we succeed." Adam explained and many of the confused looks diminished.

"Why is he in the meeting then? Why didn't he just tell you the job and you tell us? The police have been trying to catch us for months and who knows maybe he's a spy. The job is probably going to get us all caught and the money is just the bait .We all agreed that we trust know one but each other." Ryan stood up.

"Ryan sit down, lets hear what he has to say then we can slit his throat if necessary." Ellie added from her seat, and Ryan sat down mouth twitching. He would have continued, but he knew better than to mess with Ellie.

"I need just one of you to break into a military base, do it successfully and the gang gets to split one forth a million between all of you." The man's spoke quick and to the point.

"A military base, are you nuts!" Ryan gasped "They have P40's and M16's and you want one middle city teenager with maybe a small shot gun and a knife to break in!" He stopped when he caught Ellie's eye.

"What do you want from the military base, I presume you don't just want one of us to break in just to see if we can." Ellie ventured.

"Actually yes, you're right," The man answered. He then pulled out a picture of some sort of cross between a "z"-ed snake and a gun (a zecnetel, I don't think I spelled that right, Jack calls it a Zap-gun. You know what I'm talking about, but remember Ellie doesn't). "This is what I want, just one you should be able to find one with the rest of the weapons kept in the base. Then get out alive bring it to me and the half a million is yours."

"I'll do it," Ellie volunteered. "You got a map of the base? And when do you want it by?"

"Have you gone insane!?!" Ryan barked.

"Yes," He said pulling out a thick pile of papers, then handing it to her. "No I haven't gone insane, and there's no maps of level 28," Ellie answered Ryan first.

"There's too much security to visit level 28 so it would be suicide to go there. I figured why bother wasting paper for a level you won't be visiting. I'll come back here in one week to make an exchange, the object for one forth a million." He then picked up the briefcase he had brought with him and left.

"Ellie you're not seriously going to do this, are you?" Adam asked seriously concerned.

"I need the cash; I live in a ghetto in Colorado." Ellie brushed the blond hair out of her face, rolled the papers up and left.

"She's got a point, it is pretty sad." Ryan sighed.