This is my first fanfic story. Criticism is welcome, sorry for any spelling errors.

Disclaimer:I don't own Stargate Universe or any of their characters that honor belongs to Brad Wright and Robert C Cooper

Prologue

Eli stared at the universe as it raced by. He couldn't believe that it has been almost 10 months since he had left earth and got stranded on the other side of the universe on a ship called Destiny. He couldn't believe the adventures he had, the friends he gained and the friends he lost. It was just two days since the others had gone into the stasis pods for the 3 year journey.

It was a good idea he kept on telling himself but there was one problem that he didn't see until it was too late. There were three people left to go into stasis Doctor Rush, Colonel Young and Eli, but only two of them worked. Eli sighed as he realised that when they came to the next universe in three years that Young and Rush will be needed more than he would be. Then Eli did the bravest thing he had ever done. He said he would stay out and try and fix the pod. He had two weeks, then the life-support will shut down and nothing will survive outside the pod. They all knew what Eli volunteering meant, but on board Destiny these decisions were made every day.

So that was it Rush and Young said good buys and went into the pods and Eli was all alone for the first time in over 10 months. He had two weeks of life support and food water according to Rush, but as soon as he has looked at the broken pod he knew that it didn't look good. So here he was after two days of nonstop working Eli realised that he may not be able to do this. He wasn't an engineer, he was a math geek maybe it was time to think of other plans. That's when the idea came to him a way not to die on this ship but maybe having a chance of living somewhere else. His plan was to gate to the closest planet with the remainder of his power and try and survive. He knew he didn't have a choice If he stayed he could put the rest of the crew at risk and definitely die, but out there he could try and survive and hopefully give his friends and family here a fighting chance. He knew what he had to do.

So it was decided, it was now or never. He packed the rest of the food, water, clothes, a dhd, his trusty keno and a gun and other essentials that Matt had shown him how to survive with. Eli sighed as he put two letters on the captain's chair one for his Mom and one for his family on Destiny hoping that they will read it one day. After stepping through the gate there will be no turning back, he would not see Destiny again. No more card games with Matt and Greer no more yoga with Chloe, no more chess games with Rush and Young, no fun and adventures with the new family he had made. No, this was going to be it.

He doubled and tripled checked his calculations and made some notes for Rush when they come out of the pods in exactly 3 years. As a planet came in range Destiny lit up indicating a stargate, Eli walked to the gate room and dialled. The stargate activated and Eli turned around for one last look at the place he called home. With a sad smile he said goodbye. His voice echoed around Destiny's empty rooms and hallways as he checked his gun, hoisted up his bag and walked through the stargate to the unknown.