The team arrived through the Gate in time to find Elizabeth standing in front of them. "Don't get too comfortable," she told John. "Pack your things… you're going to Earth." Her eyes fell on Ronon and Teyla. "All of you."

The news shocked the team. All John wanted to do after that mission was get a good night's sleep. He was exhausted. He gave Elizabeth a quizzical look. "Why…?"

"I'll explain it all in the briefing," she assured him.

Sheppard didn't like that answer. He had learned recently that any trip to Earth was never a good thing. They changed out of their mission gear and met Elizabeth in the briefing room. Each took a seat around the table before Elizabeth started speaking. "While you were gone, we were informed that the police in Boston found several bodies."

"And….?"

Elizabeth looked to John. "I'm getting there Col.. And the SGC has reason to believe that they might be Wraith attacks."

"I thought you said the Wraith could not reach Earth," Teyla commented. The thought that the Wraith had traveled to John's home-world frightened her. She had heard that there were many people on that planet that the Wraith could feed upon.

"That's the thing… They shouldn't be able to. But General Landry asked me to send a team back there just in case. And you were the best suited for the job."

A Wraith attack on Earth, but how? The Wraith didn't have the technology to reach Earth. That's what he had always been told. The Wraith didn't even know Earth existed until recently. There was no way they could have made it to Earth so quickly. Now he was being sent home to investigate a Wraith attack. Something didn't sit right with John as he turned the thoughts over in his head, while packing his bags.

"I only with my first," she paused, "real visit to your world was under better circumstances," Teyla told Sheppard as they boarded the Daedalus. She tried to hide it, because of the danger they were facing, but John could tell she was excited. Even Ronon seemed a bit curious about seeing this "Earth" that Sheppard talked so much about. Rodney seemed to concerned with how the Wraith got to Earth, rather than the fact that they were there.

There were so many questions that filled John Sheppard's mind during the trip back to Earth. How did the Wratith get there? How many were there? When John asked if they had found any marking indicating that it might have been the Wraith, Elizabeth had no answers. She said that the police had found the bodies, and that the SGC believed, based on the state the bodies were in, that it was a Wraith attack.

There was something gnawing at the back of Sheppard's mind though, as he tuned out McKay's ranting about the hyper-drive on the Wraith ships and how this is absolutely one hundred percent no chance the Wraith could reach Earth, and how this was a waste of their time. Part of John agreed with Rodney. He thought maybe they were wasting their time. Something didn't sit right with him about the situation. And he wasn't the only one. Ronon agreed that something seemed off. "Am I the only one that has a bad feeling about this," he asked John as they walked through hall.

"Nah," Sheppard answered. "There's something wrong here. They say they found the bodies in a similar state, but there was no other sign that it was the Wraith. Not that I'm saying whatever this thing is that's killin' people isn't bad… I just… I don't think it's the Wraith."

"Good to know I'm not the only one. I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Rodney. We're wasting our time here."

"Well lets just hold out on judgment until we know for sure," Sheppard said, in a last ditch attempt to keep the peace. They were all frustrated and none of them wanted to be going. They had more important things to work on in Atlantis. The last thing any of them wanted to do was chase down a "Wraith" attack for the IOA. There was no way that the Wraith could have gotten to Earth. Sure, if something is killing people back on Earth, it's a problem. But they have SG teams there to deal with it. John had a horrible feeling in his gut, that if they got involved in this, no one would like the outcome. Something was very wrong about the scenario and everyone else on his team felt it too. We shouldn't be here.