BATTLE OF ORI
General O'Neill and Teal'c walked the halls of Atlantis. O'Neill felt the city welcome him as it welcomed all with the Ancient gene.
'Atlantis,' O'Neill thought, wondering at the majesty of the lost city. 'With the Wraith gone or, at least, the threat gone, we can finally use the power of the Ancient to destroy Adria and her followers.'
"General," McKay said, running up. "I told you, Atlantis is sensitive. You can't just cram that, that device in it. "
"Shephard," O'Neill said into the radio. "We need more lemons."
The only response that came through was laughter. Some of the other crew smiled. Although fond of the scientist, he could still be a major pain in the butt.
"That's not funny," McKay said. "It's a serious allergy. I could die from it."
"One can only hope," O'Neill said, almost to himself.
After a few moments of insulted silence that didn't last long enough for O'Neill, McKay babbled some geek talk about the newly found weapon based on the one found on Dakura. Something about it could be a drain on the QEDs.
"The weapon can destroy all life in the galaxy," McKay said, coming to his real concern. "I know we're at war. But some things shouldn't be used."
"We used the one on Dakura with no ill effects."
"Carter modified it to only go after Replicators. We're not doing that here!"
"The device is smaller."
"The wave can still travel. Taking out life in the galaxy."
"Carter's working on the modifying the shields to block the effect. It will destroy Adria and the Ori and go no further."
"Being pretty is not a job qualification."
"She destroyed a sun," O'Neill said.
"Why do people always bring that up!? That was luck."
Daniel came up and, before O'Neill said something to burst McKay's inflated ego, said to McKay, "Sam needs you."
With a look that said, 'See.' McKay rushed off down the hall.
"Almost as good as lemons," O'Neill said.
"Indeed," Teal'c agreed.
"Poor Rodney," Daniel said, shaking his head.
Daniel worried about the Ori being Ascended and already knowing the plan. He glanced out at the endless sea of stars.
"Merlin designed this city," a familiar voice said, deep and warm which sparked a half-remembered conversation. "They would have to be in the City to know your plans."
"Morgan," Daniel said, turning to see an attractive woman in a flowing gown.
"You mean…"
"The Ori can't see your plans."
"Why didn't you tell us before?" Daniel said, understanding Jack's frustration with the Ascended. They could have used Atlantis in the War.
"It was needed elsewhere," Morgan said as Daniel nodded, thinking of the Wraith.
A star shot passed by, distracting them from the conversation, and then Morgan said, "Your creativity is stunning."
Before Daniel could answer, Jack entered the room and said, "It seems to be our job to clean up Ancient messes. We need all the creativity we can muster."
"Jack. They can't interfere."
"They should interfere. The Ori crossed that line with Adria. And they're interfering with a people's religion. Don't you have a prime directive about that?"
"Jack," Daniel said, shooting his disappointed look at Jack.
"He's right," Morgan said. "They did cross the line."
Morgan looked from Daniel to Jack. Daniel recognized the concerned expression from a time unremembered.
"Be careful."
And then, she transformed into a blue light and headed out into deep space.
O'Neill stopped Atlantis at a safe distance from the Supergate and destroyed it. He smiled at the cheering. That never got old even with the destruction of the 7th Supergate.
O'Neill wondered if he was yanking on a tiger's tail. 'No,' he thought. 'We can handle anything they throw at us.
They had the location of 14 others. The Ori weren't subtle. Why would they be? This galaxy didn't prove to be a major threat to them.
At the lucky number 8, the Ori fleet came out of the Supergate.
Atlantis backed up as hundreds of the Ori ships flooded the area. When the Supergate closed thousands of ships circled Atlantis.
Screens flickered on from every point. And Adria came on, "You've already lost. Face it. Convert to the one true religion or suffer throughout all eternity."
"Never, you yellow-eyed witch," O'Neill said.
"Not very diplomatic," Daniel said, talking to Jack, but facing the screen with Adria on it.
"Hey, I was going to go with B instead of the W. But I thought: diplomacy," O'Neill said, glancing over at Carter and McKay fiddling with some instruments. He felt the Atlantis' power drop significantly.
Adria nodded at one of her Priors, but before he could do anything. Atlantis used the weapon. A wave formed, flowing through the closest ships.
Adria's eyes glowed yellow before she disappeared, but reappeared soon after. The wave reached all the ships one by one destroying them along with the people. When it was done, everything was gone, including the Supergate.
The Wave subsided and then dissipated in silence. All the people stopped not believing it would work this quickly.
The relief on everyone's face changed as a force slammed against Atlantis destroying the weapon. Another energy beam headed towards Atlantis, but was stopped before it can reach the ship.
"What happened?" one of the techs asked.
"Adria ascended," Daniel answering. "And tried to destroy us with the powers of the Ascended. That isn't allowed. She will be punished."
"No, I mean, why did she reappear on the ship."
"The shields," O'Neill said. "It was powerful enough to stop the wave. It's powerful enough to stop her from transporting away."
SEVEN MONTHS LATER
Atlantis destroyed the rest of the Supergates and constantly looked for more in their Galaxy. Shepherd resumed command of Atlantis. While O'Neill assisted General Hammond with his duties. Hammond talked to him about retiring and maybe write some memoirs.
O'Neill doubted Hammond would ever retire. 'He's not one to fade away.'