Chapter One A Shocking Discovery
"Elizabeth, we've finished searching this part of the city and are coming back. We found two rooms that are locked. Maybe personal quarters or something we suspect because the rest is mostly personal rooms. The rest is just closets and stuff like that." said Lt. Col. John Sheppard.
"Very well. But what did you mean by two rooms being locked. We have never found any rooms that have been locked?"
"Well I can't tell you anything I'm not an ancient now, am I? To get in you need some ancient code or something. Probably for a member of the council or something."
"Ok, we will get McKay on it as soon as possible, maybe he can get them open we could use the space a new expedition team is coming in four months and they mitt want a place to sleep," she said with a little chuckle and a smile, "we will debrief in one hour."
"Hey if you don't mind me asking, why again was I put on the city search team today anyway?"
"Because you have had a lot of off-world mission as of late, I thought you could use a little break. To just relax."
"You call this relaxing?"
"Well no, but Ronon and Teyla are on the main land visiting the Athosians. And Rodney is doing something productive; trying to strengthen the shield or something like that. And besides who better to search the city then someone who knows the city like the back of his hand."
"Fine, Fine." He said with a small laugh.
"Remember debrief in one hour." Elizabeth said walking out of the control room and into her office.
"Alright team, lets head back." Sheppard called out. And everybody started to pick up what they were doing and walking to the center of Atlantis.
Atlantis was the most beautiful city in the entire universe, full of intrigue and mystery. But Atlantis wasn't just about beauty it is full of fascinating technology that could one day save them from the Wraith or save earth and the ascended ancients Ori. But what puzzled John the most was if the Ancients where as brilliant and advance how come the there descendants (Earth's people) not be. Did they unevolve once they evacuated back to earth. What happened?
But even thought John had been at Atlantis for three years now, he still sometimes got lost in its beauty, and craftsmen ship, like the writing on some of its walls. But there was part of the text that made John stop and look out. He started to reach out and touch it when all of a sudden a secret door slid open with a whoosh.
"Ohm, guys, I don't think we are leaving just yet. I have found something." John said waving his team back. He walks into what appeared to be a science lab. "What would a science lad being doing behind a hidden door and resident corridors?" He asked himself.
"Maybe they were trying to hind something." Maj. Lorne said
"Yeah but what?" someone asked.
Slowly the lab came to life as John walked farther into it. The lab was very small, and looked like someone tried to get something done in a hurry. Papers were scattered every on the surfaces and on the floor.
"I have no idea." John said in shock.
"Wouldn't you think, since the Ancients were so technologically advanced, they would use something other then paper.'' A Lt. asked to somebody.
"They did usually put everything into computer logs, just like us, but in every society there is that one person who like the old fashioned style." a scientist spook up.
"Yeah, you would also hope that they leave a instruction manual or something. This machine does this… and this room is…don't go to this planet…avoid this people…but they didn't. Did they?" Sheppard responded with a little laugh. "It would have made things a hell of a lot easier."
"Col. Sheppard you should come and look at this."
"What is it Maj...Oh my god... is that what I think it is." John said shocked. He put his hand to his left ear and clicked his radio on. "Elizabeth are you still there?'
"Yes John what is it?"
"We have just found a science lab." he said slowly.
"Atlantis is full of science labs. Why is this on any different?"
"Well first it was hidden behind a hidden door, that popped out of the wall from no where, in resident corridors. Secondly there is a stasis pod in here and thirdly there is a someone in it."
In the far back corner of the lab there was a stasis pod with a teenaged girl in it. She had long golden brown hair. Her clothes looked like they could be ancient but many advanced societies wore similar clothes. She wore a dress that went just below her knees. It golden yellow like the setting sun; with what looked like an olive tree branch embroider on the bottom half of the dress. And around the waist that was a blue ribbon like belt that hung loosely on her hips.
But the most interesting of all was that fact that she did not look calm, like all of the people they have previous found in stasis, she looked like she was in a stalled state of pain. There was also a faint light coming for her upper right arm were it looked like there was a olive branch tattoo.