Title: The Enemy You Know
Author: SlayersGrl
Summary: Atlantis has a traitor in its midst and they never saw it coming…
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the show. I am simply borrowing the characters to satisfy the voices in my head...

Author's note: Alright, time for my next adventure! I'm still working out a few plot details, but here's a small teaser for you…


Prologue:

For a single moment, time stood still. The rising tension in the air was unmistakable. Hands were poised over the triggers of their weapons, ready to fire but having to hold back. Each man knew the decision was not theirs to make. Their eyes shifted from their leader to the young unarmed woman standing before them and back again.

Her sudden arrival in the gateroom had sent the entire room into chaos. Weapons had been raised without a moment's hesitation. But the resulting actions of the woman had thrown the entire situation off.

Raising her arms high in the air, she unclenched her right hand to reveal a small glass vial. "You shoot me and we're all dead."