Really glad you liked the last chapter – thanks for all the great reviews. Sorry this chapter took so long to post, I decided to re-write the chapter and then my internet didn't work!
"Atlantis?" Sheppard questioned as he took another step towards the woman. She nodded, "As in The City of Atlantis?" She nodded again, "You're named after the city?"
"No John, I am the City."
"Okay, how do you know my name and what do you mean you're the city?"
She laughed, "I am a physical representation of the city's systems. I know your name because I have watched you since the day you arrived."
"Watched?" Sheppard's eyebrows raised, "All the time?"
Atlantis blushed, "Yes."
"Okay well that's slightly creepy," He told her.
She cocked her head and frowned, "Why?" She asked.
"Where we come from it's very wrong to spy on people," Sheppard answered.
"I'm sorry…it's just been so long since people have lived in the city."
"You were alone for ten thousand years?"
Atlantis nodded solemnly, "Yes, I have been very lonely, It is good to have someone to talk to again."
Sheppard grinned, "You're welcome."
"I must thank you properly, for saving me from destruction by the Wraith," Atlantis walked up to Sheppard and stood only millimeters away from him.
"Really, no thanks needed." Sheppard spoke.
Atlantis leant forward and whispered in his ear, "But I must," She said and placed a lingering kiss on his cheek.
After a second Shepard regained the ability to speak, "You're very welcome," He said. "So," He cleared his throat, "Where are we?"
"A program designed by my creators. It connects your mind to my computers."
"But why?"
"You've always had many questions John, here you have all your answers."
"Nope," Shepard shook his hea,d "I think I have more questions."
Atlantis laughed, "Ask away," She told him.
John opened his mouth to speak but stopped suddenly, "Well now I can't think of any," He frowned.
Atlantis smiled, "Many of my creators found themselves in a similar position."
"The ancients created you?"
Atlantis nodded, "I got to know every single one of them. I spent many years learning from them as they learnt from me. I don't understand it but you remind me so much of them, there is something different about you compared to the others from your world."
"Is that why you've been watching me?"
Atlantis smiled shyly, "Yes."
"Okay, well all of this is a lot to take in."
"I can imagine."
John nodded, she how absolutely no idea what it was like, "I need to brief my people about you."
"Your leader Elizabeth."
Sheppard frowned, "Yeah, you watch her too?"
"Occasionally," Atlantis answered, "She is a strong woman."
"Yes, yes she is," Sheppard looked around for an exit, "So how do I get out of here?"
"Concentrate hard on leaving and you will find yourself back in the chair room."
"Okay, I can do that."
"Will you return?"
Sheppard smiled, running his eyes over Atlantis, "I hope so," He answered.
"Good, I will look forward to your return," She nodded and before Sheppard could blink she had disappeared from sight.
Shepard closed his eyes, "There's no place like home" He said as he scrunched his eyes tightly and thought hard of the chair room. When he opened his eyes again he found Beckett and Rodney standing over him with similar worried expressions. He smiled, "Hey guys," He greeted them.
"That's all you can say? Hey guys?" Rodney cried.
"How long was I out?"
"Over fifteen minutes!" Rodney answered.
"You feeling okay lad?" Becket asked as he took Sheppard wrist to take his pulse.
"I'm feeling fine doc," He told Carson as he let the doctor do his tests.
"Well your heart rate is normal, any dizziness? Headaches?"
"Nope," Sheppard shook his head, "Can I get out of this thing now?" Becket and McKay held out a hand each. Sheppard grabbed their hands and pulled himself up.
"What happened?" McKay asked, "One minute you were being you and the next I couldn't wake you."
"Elizabeth should probably hear this," Sheppard explained, "Come on."
Sheppard sat next to Elizabeth in the conference room. Filling up the rest of the chairs were the Ronon and Teyla on one side and Beckett and McKay on the other. He'd just finished telling them about the chair and was now receiving five disbelieving stares.
"You're telling me that when you sit in that chair there is a woman who claims to be the city," Elizabeth spoke first.
"She's not claiming to be the city, she is the city, its computers at least,"
"How can you be sure?"
"I just know," Sheppard answered.
"Okay, so why was the chair room so tightly locked in the first place?"
"Well think about it," McKay piped up, "If you were abandoning the city wouldn't you want to keep that room from being found? She can tell us everything we want to know, even thing that aren't in the database, that's a lot of information that would do a lot of damage if it fell into the wrong hands."
"What did you two talk about?" Teyla asked curiously.
"Oh you know, this and that," Sheppard answered cryptically, "Apparently she's been watching me," He smiled.
"Oh great," McKay rolled his eyes, "Not only do you have every woman on every planet we go to swooning after you but now you have an entire city fluttering her eyelashes at you."
"There was no fluttering of eyelashes Rodney."
"But there was something?" Teyla asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing," Sheppard affirmed to the group, "Nothing happened."
"Okay, well from what you've told me it doesn't seem dangerous."
"Harmless," Sheppard spoke up.
"And Beckett found nothing wrong with you."
"He's never been healthier," Becket confirmed.
"I see no reason why you can't explore this further Colonel; you're not scheduled to go off world for another couple of days,"
"Good," He clapped his hands together, stood up and walked out the room.
"Go with him," Elizabeth told McKay. He nodded and followed Sheppard to the chair room.