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First, thanks for the encouragement. I will try to keep going, don't expect a steady schedule, I write when I can.

Second, Please spell-check your review, pet peeve.

Finally, I have seen Life Of Brian, and I write how I write. Remember this is supposed to be for entertainment.

And now, the feature presentation.

Surprise

Communications Lab

Wray- Colonel, are you sure that you should be going to report to earth? They aren't expecting us for over two years. Six weeks is a bit early.

Young- Camille, David will be at the stones as often as possible. It will be a surprise, but doable. (Places stone on device)

SGC

Telford- General! Why would you want to be on the sto...

Young- General O'Neil, colonel Everett Young.

O'Neil- well, this is why.

Young- What?

O'Neil- Telford was asking why I could possibly want to be on stone duty.

Young- Well, Eli is on his way, and has some explaining to do.

O'Neil- Eli? Not Rush?

Young- yes, you may yet get to use the stones.

Destiny

Telford- Well, O'Neil was either right, or somebody figured out time travel. Which is it?

Rush- O'Neil...?

Telford- He was convinced that somehow, Rush would find a way around the drone problem.

Eli- Actually, it was me. Rush should be able to explain, I'm going earth-side.

Telford- Is this true, Rush?

Rush- Yes, a tour is in order, I believe.

Telford- What? I know what Destiny looks like.

Eli- There, have been a few changes. (Uses stone)

Rush (sarcastically)- thank-you Eli.

Telford- Okay, surprise me.

SGC

O'Neil- Eli?

Eli- Yes. General, Colonel.

O'Neil- Tell us what happened, from the top.

Eli- Okay. About six weeks ago, we were supposed to all go into stasis. However, one pod was extremely damaged, it wouldn't turn on. Somebody had to stay out.

O'Neil- Colonel, you didn't volunteer?

Young- General, please listen to Eli, he'll explain things.

Eli- Yes. Well, at that time there were just three of us left, Rush, Young, and me. That somebody would have two weeks to repair the pod or kill himself.

O'Neil- Everett?

Eli- Rush volunteered first, but we didn't trust him to do the right thing. Colonel Young volunteered, but that would be a death sentence.

Destiny

Rush- So Telford, this is the bridge, notice anything different?

Telford- The power levels. They're at about 85%. How?

Rush- In one word, Eli.

Telford- What?

Rush- After Eli volunteered to fix the damaged pod; he discovered that he couldn't fix it about a week and a half in. So instead of offing himself, he sent a Kino on search mode. He discovered the computer core.

Telford- So how does that make it so you skipped a galaxy in a week?

Rush- Eli found a way so that we didn't have to skip. He found the drone recognition software, and a way to fix Destiny. All we did was skip three weeks of the galaxy.

Telford- Okay. So now you can use the gate and recharge, but how is it that you recharged 100%?

SGC

Eli- So When I opened a file I discovered that it was the manifest. On that manifest there was a line that said repair robots, program loaded 'repair Destiny'.

O'Neil- Why hadn't you found them already?

Eli- That's because they were in a damaged part of the ship. We repaired the path once we knew they were there and set them to work.

O'Neil- So then you were able to fully recharge and coupled with the drone hack, you can continue to explore the galaxy.

Eli- Something like that.

Young- A week ago we woke the rest of the people from stasis and explained the situation. Eli then surprised me by telling everybody he found clothes.

O'Neil raising an eyebrow- Clothes? What are they made of?

Eli- A cotton-like, but not fabric. Actually kinda comfortable.

O'Neil- Fair enough, anything else to report?

Young- That just about sums it up. Permission to visit people.

O'Neil- Granted. Eli, you should really visit your mother.

Eli (worried)- Is something wrong with her?

O'Neil- You should see for yourself.

Destiny

Rush- So that's the story. Also it looks like we're about to drop out of FTL, so brace yourself.

Destiny proceeds to drop out and all of the consciences switch back for a few seconds. After that Telford and the airman that switched with Eli are back on Destiny.

Telford- Okay, now that that is out of the way, what's in range?

Rush- One planet, but no gate and no clock. It is in shuttle range however.

Telford- Destiny picked it for a reason. We should visit it.

Rush- I concur. (on radio) Lt. Scott, prep the shuttle, we have a mission.

Lt. Scott- Will do. Scott out.

Rush- Shall we go explore this planet, Colonel?

Telford- Okay.

Destiny's Shuttle

Lt. Scott- Greer, you ready?

Sgt. Greer- Ready as I'll ever be.

Rush (on radio)- Lt. Scott, Telford and me will be there shortly. Please wait for us to show up.

Lt. Scott- (on the radio) Received. Scott out. (to Greer) Okay, did not expect them to want to tag along.

Sgt. Greer- Well, they're coming anyway.

In the Shuttle, low Atmosphere

Lt. Scott- Okay, about to get a visual on the surface.

Rush- lets see why Destiny stopped.

The clouds part and they see remains of a civilization.

Telford- It looks like the Ursini.

For those not familiar with the Ursini, they are aliens that took over a seed ship and later committed suicide saving the Destiny. Now assumed to be extinct.

Rush- It would appear we have some exploring to do.

Earth

Eli- Hi mom.

Mrs. Wallace- Eli, Its only been six weeks, how are you already back.

Eli- I fixed the ship and stopped the drones. Now I get to visit.

Mrs. Wallace- That's incredible! How?

Eli- Almost having to kill myself, but I'm still here.

Eli proceeds to summarize what happened to his mom. She listens intently until he is done.

Eli- So yeah, we're still around and going stronger then ever.

Mrs. Wallace- Eli, I am so proud of you, and you have found your destiny. You should return and help some more. You said that the Destiny is out of FTL, go, help.

Eli- Okay. Bye mom.

Mrs. Wallace- Bye Eli.

SGC

Young- Well, General, I guess that I should return to Destiny. Eli is already on his way back here. Just return him as soon as you can.

O'Neil- Will do, and Colonel, Be careful out there.

Young removes the stone and he is surprised to find himself on a planet with Rush, Scott, and Greer.

Young- What's going on here? What did Telford do?

Eli arrives at SGC and he removes his stone to return to the Destiny.

To be continued...

Author's note:

so this was slightly different style, switching between settings while continuing the story. Its supposed to show real time conversation and keep it from getting too boring.

Also, keep reviewing. Ideas might get thrown into the story.

~Paracordmuch