"People just don't disappear Detective Lassiter" Lassiter cowered slightly as Chief Karen Vick yelled at him. "They either are here or they are not, but they don't disappear."
"The perpetrator was holding Spencer. There was a noise from that table over there" he pointed to the Wormhole X-treme table which was now in shreds thanks to the gate flush. "Mr. Guster rushed to perpetrator and the momentum propelled both of them back into the table. There was some kind of explosion."
"and now you're missing three civilians, two of whom were employed by the department, the third by the United States Air Force and a Colonel from the United States Air Force" Chief Vick finished for him.
"Excuse me Chief?" a nervous looking Buzz McNab came up to were the chief was berating Lassiter.
"What is it McNab?" Lassiter snarked.
"There's a man here to see Chief Vick. He says he's with the air force" He pointed over to where the crime tape ended and an older man dressed in a dress uniform was standing there staring at the three cops. "He says his name is Gen. Jack O'Neill and he told me to tell you that it's O'Neill with two L's" Buzz said still nervous. The chief sighed.
"Great, they some how found out about it already" She plastered a smile on her face and went over to talk to O'Neill.
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Shawn and Gus were put in the conference room while Sheppard and McKay talked to Weir.
"Where do you think we are?" Shawn asked wandering around the round room. Gus was sitting at the table with his hands folded in front of him.
"I don't know Shawn, but they all seem to know John and Rodney very well."
"Maybe this is some kind of secret military base" Shawn said "Maybe this is area 51!" he said the last part in an excited whisper.
"Area 51 is in the desert Shawn. This is obviously not in the desert. Can't you smell the salt in the air?" Shawn sniffed and then sneezed.
"No, I seem to be allergic to Alien dust"
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"Civilians John?" Dr. Weir said disproval evident in her voice
"It's not like we brought them here on purpose. I'm still trying to figure out how we got from a stand off in a Sci-Fi convention to Atlantis. I thought there was only supposed to be one working gate on a planet at a time." Sheppard said
"There is" McKay said looking over something on a tablet in his hands. "According to these transmissions the Deadalous has been sending us Earth hasn't been able to dial out it's stargate for the past couple of days and no one has been able to dial in." He looked up at Sheppard and Weir. "We need to relay a message and get them to shut down that rouge gate." He put his hand up to contact Zalenka on his radio, but didn't find it there. "I need my radio back too" Elizabeth looked at both his and Sheppard's attire.
"Yes…." She said "and if you two could change your clothes as well" McKay nodded absentmindedly. Sheppard nodded too.
"About Shawn…." He started to say
"Get them some food and then they should be confined to guest quarters. If they ask anything about what happened only tell them what they need to know." She gave Sheppard a stern look and he gave her a rueful smile.
"C'mon McKay" he said "Let's go get changed."
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Shawn was now lying on the conference table resting. Gus had gotten up and was pacing back and forth.
"How long can they keep us here?" Gus said. Shawn was going to answer but then the doors opened. On the other side was Sheppard this time dressed in his uniform.
"I thought you guys might want some lunch" he said smiling. Shawn jumped up from the table.
"Lunch sounds awesome. C'mon Gus" Gus followed them reluctantly.
"Shawn how can you eat at a time like this?"
"Easy, you take the food and put it in your mouth and then chew, swallow and repeat." When they got to the commissary Shawn sniffed. "Now that smells delicious. I thought we were going to have to eat prison food or whatever you serve prisoners"
"It's not the best stuff in the world, but McKay likes it well enough" Sheppard said.
"Speaking of the good doctor" Shawn said looking around "Where is he?"
"Working" Sheppard said "He's trying to figure out how to get you guys home. Now sit here and I'll get you some stuff to eat" He made Shawn and Gus sit down at one of the tables off to the side. They were sitting there by themselves, but not too far away were two marines both carrying P-90s. Sheppard left and Shawn leaned across the table to talk to Gus.
"I mean seriously Gus, what is up with all the security and do you see that guy over there. He's like a yeti" Gus looked over to where Shawn was motioning to. He gulped that had to be the biggest man Gus had ever seen in his life. Gus didn't mean to stare but he just couldn't take his eyes off the man. The big man looked up and saw Gus who immediately looked down at the table. He didn't look up even when he felt the presence of the bigger man above him.
"You got a problem?" the gruff voice said. Gus shook his head. "What about you?" the voice said turning to Shawn. Shawn smiled.
"Not a problem, but I am getting a psychic vibe that you're a very lonely person." The man shook his head slightly and then grabbed Shawn by the front of his t-shirt. The marines started, but Sheppard got back just in time.
"Ronan" he said scolding the big man. "Put 'im down" Ronan gave Sheppard an exasperated look. He turned his attention back to Shawn.
"Don't look at me" he said and then practically threw Shawn back into his chair and stalked off.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be okay big guy. You'll make friends soon enough with an attitude like that" Shawn called after Ronan. Sheppard put himself between Ronan and Shawn as Ronan threw one last look over his shoulder.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed Shawn?" he asked "Don't make Ronan mad or he will kill you."
"What is he going to strangle me with that hair of his?" Shawn thought for a minute "Although it is pretty cool, what do you think Gus. Could I pull off the dreads?" Gus made a small noise. "Oh c'mon man, we're going to be okay" It could have been the near death experience, or the fact that it was the second of such experiences that day that made Gus snap, but he grabbed the bowl of jello that was on his tray and just threw it at Shawn's head.
"I'd like to go take a nap" he said to Sheppard each word articulated carefully. Sheppard nodded and one of the marine's escorted Gus to some guest quarters.
"Dude, don't leave me in a huff" Shawn said, but Gus didn't turn around. Sheppard sat down across from Shawn as Shawn dug into his lunch, completely ignoring the jello that was now smeared across his face and shirt. It took a few minutes for Sheppard to decide what he wanted to ask Shawn first but before he could talk Shawn started talking.
"So, is this area 51?"
"No"
"Was that guy Ronan the same guy who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies?"
"No"
"Are we going to be leaving anytime soon?"
"No"
"Are we on Earth?"
"No" Sheppard said already growing tired of the barrage of Shawn's questions. When he heard himself answer no he looked up to meet Shawn's excited eyes.
"No we're not!??!" Shawn exclaimed loudly. "You work for the Men in Black or something like that?"
"Shawn it just slipped out you were asking other questions that the answer was no. Of course we're still on earth" Sheppard gave Shawn a smile, but he doubted Shawn believed it for a second. McKay came running up to their table. Sheppard knew it was important because for once in his life Rodney McKay was out of breath.
"John" he said giving a glance at Shawn and then turning his full attention to Sheppard. "The main tower just radioed me. They picked up a handful of Wraith darts flying over the planet. We don't have enough power in the ZedPM to have both the shield and the chair active, and I don't think there's time to put up the cloak." Sheppard leapt to his feet.
"I'll use the chair. I think we'll have a better shot. Get as many jumpers in the air as possible" He turned to the marine standing next to Shawn. "and get him to those guest quarters." He then turned to Shawn. "and stay there or so help me you'll never see Juliet again" Shawn thought about making a wise crack but McKay had just said something about Wraith, whatever those were, flying over the planet. Yes he had specified planet.