A/N: As I wrote this chapter, I realized that I would have to unfortunately kill a minor character that appeared in 'Echoes'. Yes this is a short chapter. Next one will be longer I promise.

Disclaimer: If you know it, I don't own it. If you don't know it, I still don't own it. The only thing I own is my own warped mind that created this.


Lantea

~ 14 days later ~


High above Lantea, a hyperspace window opened, depositing the Daedalus-class vessel Apollo. Colonel Abraham (Abe) Ellis stood up in shock as he came face to face (figuratively) with an Aurora-class vessel. "EVADE!" He yelled to his helmswoman. Major Star Fox quickly rolled the Apollo to the left, barrel rolling out of the way. Where did that come from? He asked himself as his ship evened out. The sub-space radio crackled. 'Sorry about that Apollo. We weren't expecting you to arrive right in front of the Borealis.' Sheppard said over the speakers. "Is that the vessel that was traveling to Earth a few months ago?" Ellis asked. 'Nope, you're thinking of the Tria. This is the vessel that we 'took' from the Replicators when they tried attacking Atlantis."

The Borealis was a 'gift' from the Replicators when they tried to take Atlantis earlier in the year. The reason why the Atlantis Expedition called it a gift was because of all the Zero Point Modules that they had found on board. The Borealis had 10 ZPMs on board when the AR Pulse hit the vessel causing all the Replicators to literally fall to pieces.

'Apollo, this is Weir. You made good time on your first trip here.' Dr. Elizabeth Weir radioed from Atlantis. "Thank you Doctor. We have your supplies in our cargo hold. Since winter is coming, General O'Neill decided to send you about one ton of hot chocolate." He commented causing Weir to laugh over the radio. 'It may be winter on Earth, but it is early summer here. He got his dates mixed up, but we will take it anyway.' "Pleasantries aside, we have a bit of a problem," Colonel Ellis said. "On our way here, we did a fly-by the Replicator homeworld. They are building ships, a lot of ships. The current thinking is that they are going to make a run at Earth. We need Doctors McKay and Zelanka to complete a weapon system that was incomplete when we left. There was no reason to have it ready when we left." 'Is it really that bad?' asked Dr. McKay from Tria, where he and Janas were equipping an Energy-Matter (EM) converter onto another Jumper. "Tell me, Doctor; are over 50 Aurora-class vessels with an unlimited number of ZPMs to be considered bad?" 'I'll be right there.' McKay replied, sounding defeated.


Asuras

~ 3 days later ~


The Apollo dropped out of hyperspace into a low orbit over M7R-227 (Asuras). Once the radiation from the hyperspace window disappeared Colonel Ellis stood up from the command chair and said, "Launch the Horizon."

The weapon system known as Horizon dropped out of the bomb bay. Once it was clear of the ship, Horizon fired it main rocket and headed downwards towards the planet. As it reached the upper atmosphere, the nose cone began to glow red. It powered onward, reaching the lower atmosphere within seconds, and then the nose cone blew off, revealing the ten weapons inside. Horizon was originally designed to hold six warheads and four decoys, but the sheer number of vessels that were being built meant that all ten bays were needed. Horizon's rockets burned out and the ten weapons deployed, spreading out in all directions as they headed for their targets. As they cleared the clouds, the missiles rained down on the Replicator home. Several massive explosions occurred, dust and debris rising into the atmosphere. Mushroom clouds begin to rise from ten locations on the planet's surface. On the surface, just before the last missile hit the ground, a group of Replicators looked up as a high pitched scream reached them. The missile exploded with a force rivalling that of a meteor. Each warhead had a modified Mk. 8 warhead wrapped in a thick layer of weaponized naquadah. The Replicators and the surrounding construction yard that housed 9 unfinished Aurora-class vessels vanished as the high-pressure wave smashed into them, parts of the cityscape ripped clean to the ground as the shockwave tore across the planet.

"Drahý Bože…" Zelenka muttered as he watched the devastation that was unfolding on the planets surface. The Apollo shuddered as it once again jumped into hyperspace.


M7R-227

~ 1 hour after attack ~


"We know it was the humans occupying Atlantis that attacked our planet, destroying all that we have built in the past 2 months." Oberoth said as he and several other Replicators sat at a conference table on Asuras. "We must destroy them. It is time to build and launch the Z-014 weapon."

Obadiah, Oberoth's 'brother' sat beside him with a gleam in his eye. "I have a better idea." He said smiling. "The Z-014 is a good idea, but it is too subtle. If you really want to destroy them, destroy not just Atlantis, but the entire system as well. We will no longer need to fear the Alterans or the Lanteans ever again."

"And how do you propose we do that?" Questioned one of the council Replicators, as she looked over at Obadiah. It was rare that anyone dared to correct Oberoth.

"When the humans were first here, we probed their minds. One of the humans, a Dr. McKay, I believe it was, had knowledge of how to detonate a star. All that is required is a black hole and two stargates."

"Very well brother, we will try your method."


9 light-minutes from Lantea

~ 1 day after attack ~


A brief hyperspace window opened as it disgorged a small object. Consisting of just a hyperdrive, which was discarded immediately, a shield system, power core and a stargate, the object quickly entered the star's corona sphere. As it entered the star, the shield flared to life with a blue tinge. Then, the gate was dialled remotely from another gate. This gate was located at the other end of the galaxy at a black hole known to the Travellers as 'Pit of Despair'. Ever-so-slowly, the gate made its way down towards its destiny.


In the control room of Atlantis, Chuck was working on a report when one of the display screens started to scroll Ancient text. Looking up, he called over Trelin, who was sitting at one of the consoles. "Excuse me, Trelin. But can you have a look at this? I'm afraid that I cannot read Ancient very well."

Trelin stood up and looked over at the display. "It seems that Atlantis' sensors have picked up an unknown object inside the sun."


"So what is it?" Colonel Sheppard asked as he and Ronon entered the control room. Both were dressed in workout clothes; Sheppard also had, what looked like, bruises on his arms and legs. Evidently they had been sparring in one of the workout rooms.

"We are not quite sure," answered Trelin. "We are attempting to adjust the sensors so that they can get through the corona sphere. The radiation is interfering with the scans."

"Oh no. No, no, no, no." Rodney said horrified, as he looked at the results of the scans.

"What's wrong?" asked Weir.

"This is bad. Very, very, bad."

"RODNEY!" He looked up as Weir shouted his name. "What is wrong?"

"There is a stargate inside the sun. And it is active." He murmured. "The only time, which I can recall, that a stargate was located inside a star, is when Sam blew up a star in order to destroy Apophis." He looked up at the stunned faces of everyone. "We are in deep trouble."

"But who could it have been?" asked Ellis from the Apollo.

"We did just nuke the Replicators, so I would assume that they are the cause of this." answered Weir.

"Well, I hope so."

"You hope so?" asked Sheppard, sounding a bit surprised.

"Well, otherwise, we've been discovered by yet another super-powerful enemy that wants nothing more than to destroy us."

"So, can't we just destroy the gate?" asked Ronon as he leaned against a console.

"That would be ideal, but the gate is too far within the star to destroy it. Anything that goes in will not be coming out."

"How long do we have?" asked Trelin.

"If it is the Replicators, then we are in luck. They would be using a superior shielding system than Sam had back in the Milky Way. The one she had available to her was a Goa'uld designed shield, which was far inferior to Ancient, or rather Alteran, designed shields." Rodney replied as he entered data on the scans. "It looks like we have about 14 hours until the shield fails, then 3 hours till the nova."


"Look, Apollo and Daedalus can both land on Atlantis. The primary piers are capable of landing vessels up to 500 meters in length. Atlantis will automatically adjust the docking clamps to hold down the ships while in hyperspace." Rodney explained to both Ellis and Caldwell, as Trelin gave permission for the launch of every available jumper to head to the Athosian settlement. Teyla had already explained the circumstances to Halling and he had understood. Everything that they could pack was ready and waiting. The crops were another thing. They were ready to be harvested, but to do it manually would take too long. Thankfully, they still had access to a Wraith beaming device. Janas had modified it to pull up crops rather than people, and Sheppard was making runs in a jumper outfitted with the device. It took awhile, but after 14 hours of flying, all the crops were harvested and placed in the large cargo holds on the south pier.

Beep, beep, beep. An alarm started going off in the control room. "What is that?" asked Weir as she ran up the stairs in the gate room.

"That is the alarm for the gate's shields." Trelin replied as she checked the sensors. He was right. The shield surrounding the stargate inside the sun had broken down, causing the black hole to siphon stellar matter from the sun. "We've only got 3 hours till the sun explodes." He said grimly. "I just hope we can get everything done in time." In the distance, Weir could see both the Apollo and the Daedalus making their way towards the cities primary piers where the docking clamps were located.


Chair room

~ T minus 30 minutes ~


"Well, I guess its show time." Sheppard said as he and Rodney stood in the Chair room.

"You sure you can do this?" Rodney asked as he looked at a computer tablet.

"Fly the city?"

"What else could I possible be talking about?"

"I flew a V22 Osprey once."

"Was it as big as a city?" Rodney asked sarcastically.

"Well, you had to use your hands and feet with that one. This one, you just have to sit down and think … 'Fly.'"

"Okay then. Why don't you just get in the Chair and start your pre-flight."

Rodney started to leave the room, as John sat down in the Chair, which instantly lighted up as it detected the ATA gene in the operator. Rodney stopped and turned back to him. "I'm going to go up to the Control Room with Elizabeth and Zelenka will monitor output from the ZedPM room." He turned away, and then back again, looking a little awkward. "And, uh, good luck."

"You too." Sheppard replied as he leaned back in the Chair which reclined.


Atlantis

~ T minus 12 minutes ~


In the distance, as Atlantis raised her shield and powered up her engines, Sam started a song of farewell to McKay. His entire pod knew what was going to happen; everyone just sank to the bottom, as Sam's song circled the planet.

As you fly away, my friend

Atlantis rose, its thrusters propelling the city upwards. Ocean boiled as the thrusters heat hit the surface, vapour rising upwards.

I hope that this, is not the end

Atlantis broke the atmosphere, just as the sun, 9 minutes away, exploded, causing the star to expand at nearly the speed of light.

"Sheppard! We got less than 9 minutes to engage the hyperdrive." Called Rodney as the sun exploded.

Of all the adventures that you have

"I know Rodney." Sheppard said as he brought the stardrive online. "We just need to clear the planet. I will open a window of all three ships as well as keep us in hyperspace for just under one minute. That should put us far enough away before we decide where to go from there."

And the times you share

The inner planets were being consumed by the expanding star as the hyperdrive was powering up. A blast wave of radiation was travelling the speed of light extending just in front of the nova.

Just don't forget about me, my friend

Atlantis opened a hyperspace window big enough for the three vessels. They entered just seconds before the blast wave hit them.

As you fly away…

The blast wave hit the planet, cutting off Sam's farewell song. Burning fires were extinguished by fierce winds as the atmosphere was ripped off the planet and it was consumed by the nova.


~ Hyperspace ~


Turquoise streaks flashed and danced, blue shifted stars were just blurs in the speed of her passage. Atlantis was performing a task that she had not done in millions of years. Atlantis glided through hyperspace, her massive engines firing white behind her, shields protecting fragile buildings and occupants from vacuum. Slightly behind her, two Aurora-class vessels followed. They were kept at the same speed as Atlantis mainly due to the fact that Atlantis opened the hyperspace window for them. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Pegasus Galaxy was far behind them. Atlantis and company traversed the enormous distance between galaxies, millions of lightyears vanishing faster than anyone thought.

Atlantis, Tria, and Borealis dropped out of hyperspace after a fifty-eight second journey. An automatic braking system slowed the massive city-ship to a halt as Sheppard slowly rotated Atlantis into an 'upright' position. They found themselves in a system with a red-giant star and no habitual planets within visual sensor range.

"McKay? Where are we?" asked Weir as she crossed over to McKay.

"I have no idea." He replied. "Atlantis's sensors can not recognize any of the surrounding stars. I mean, we were only in hyperspace of less than a minute, so it should know where we are."

He quickly checked the sensors again, and blanched. "According to these readings we've travelled over fifty million light years."

"That's impossible. We were only in hyperspace for less than a minute." Said Trelin, as she looked up from her display.

"Well, the explosion must have somehow affected the subspace window created by the hyperdrive." Replied McKay as he sat down in a chair.

"So what do we do now?" Sheppard asked as he exited the transporter from the Chair room.

"Well the long range sensors are picking up a vessel about 500 lightyears from our present location. If they are friendly, they might be willing to provide us with a map of this galaxy."

"So, do you want me to take the Hyper Jumper and see if they are willing?"

"Wait, the what? Oh no. We're not calling it that." Rodney stated, literally putting his foot down. He was overruled with Gateship; he would get his way this time.


~ 10 minutes later ~


'Hyper Jumper, you are clear to exit the shield.' Trelin said over the radio as Rodney pouted in a corner. "Thank you Control; are you ready to see if this works Talus?" Sheppard asked as he looked over at his co-pilot for the 15 minute flight. The Hyper Jumper cleared the shield and started to power its hyperdrive.

"If it doesn't work, we will be the first to know."

"Be safe." Weir whispered as she watched the Hyper Jumper open a hyperspace window and disappear. Turning, she left the balcony and re-entered the city.


~ A distant planet ~


Nom Anor smiled as the report from Yomin Carr came across his villip. The Praetorite Vong had a foot hold in the galaxy. Soon the Outer Rim will know the glory of the Yuuzhan Vong. Nothing could stop the invasion now.


A/N: Takeoffs are not as good as Landings (mainly due to the fact that I wanted Sam's song the focus of the takeoff) as you will tell in the next chapter: Landing. The farewell song that Sam sung during the takeoff was partly inspired by "I Walk Away" from the Phineas & Ferb movie. Now the true crossover can begin. All of my New Jedi Order books have been read and re-read; dog-eared and bookmarked at all the areas that I want in this story. The main books that I have 'prepared' for this crossover are "Vector Prime", "Dark Tide I: Onslaught", and "Dark Tide II: Ruin". As most people have guessed; this is going to be a long story.