"Allina I know I said it before, but thank you so much for Letting us in her and helping us to the material. It been utterly fascinating." McKay tells her.

"I am happy to do it, Doctor. I am sorry this information is so scattered, I am afraid we been working on so many projects at once." She tells him whit a smile.

"Of course. Look at that." He says, as he looks down at all the book, there lying on the table.

Emma looks up from the book that she is reading in, when she heard laughing coming from the table, were Sheppard and the others are sitting looking through some books.

"McKay." Emma says his name, when she sees him walking over to the table.

"What?" Sheppard says when he sees McKay is standing there looking annoyed at them.

"What is going on here?" McKay asked

"Just having a little fun McKay." Sheppard tells him as he closed the book that was in his hands.

"Can we get back to work" McKay tells them.

"I just don't see how running through history book is going to find us any ZMP`s." Ford ask him.

"Really." McKay asked him as he takes out a piece of paper to show them."See this? This is a charcoal rubbing taking from the Ancient temple, about the time Weir`s list was written. Notice anything familiar, hmm?" He asked them, as he points to the paper. There is a man holding up an zpm." It is a zpm."

"McKay is right." Emma tells them, as she walk op to McKay" we are closer than we ever been before. There may be hundreds of zpm´s hidden in this galaxy. But the only one we are sure of is here."

"Now, if you want to go home, if you ever want to protect Atlantis from the wraith, we need to find this." McKay tells them as he point to the picture."

Emma looks to see McKay walking over to the table, where Allina is standing looking through some books.

"What is up with him?" Emma hears Sheppard ask from behind her.

"He is just tired, we both are." Emma tells him.

"You know what you need." Sheppard ask her.

"What do I need?"Emma asked whit a smile on her face.

"Coffee."He tells her.

"God yes, I could really use some coffee, right about now."

"Rodney and I need to go back to Atlantis and talk whit Elisabeth so what if I bring some back whit me?"

"You are the best." Emma tells him as she turns her head and smiles up at him.

"McKay lat go." Sheppard says as he walks out of the room, whit McKay following behind him.

1 hour later

Emma is standing by the table, sipping on her coffee, lost in her own little world as she breathes in the smell of the coffee.

"Where did you get that?"

Emma looks up to see McKay pointing to the coffee she is holding and she looks around to see the others looking at her as well. "I…i…"

"Allina what do you have there?" Sheppard ask her looking over at Emma and winks at her, and she whisper a thank you to him.

" A brotherhood of 15 monks whose sole occupation was to keep the potential, or zpm, safe."Allina tells them, as she showed them, some old pieces of paper.

"Fascinating." McKay says.

"Yes, fascinating." Sheppard says as he looks over at Emma again.

Emma hit him in the arm." Please go on Allina."Emma tells her.

"The brotherhood of the 15 consisted of a master handler, five protectors and nine stone carriers. There greatest fear was that the entire brotherhood might one day be culled by the wraith. This would result in the zpm going missing forever."

"Missing , yes but it would not into enemy hand`s." Teyla said.

"They were entrusted whit the zpm. There hope was that one day the lanteans would return to reclaim it." Allina told them.

"So they left hint-clues, should the brotherhood be destroyed. The priests created nine stone markers, that when united, are supposed to reveal the final resting place of the quindosim`s protected treasure. So far, we only found these." She shows them the stone markers.

"Can I see?" Emma asks Ford as he hands over the stone he has in his hand." The etching on the rocks, involve many lines and dots? It is a map?"

"That is right." Allina tells her.

"Amazing." McKay says as he looks at the stone in his hand.

"It is actually, this looks like an ancient numbering system." Sheppard tells them.

"That is what we though. From what we can tell, they are number, three, sex and seven."

"Excellent work, seriously, I am very impressed." McKay tells Allina.

"That is very kind of you Doctor." She smiles at him.

Emma looks at the stone in her hand for a moment, before she walks op behind Sheppard, looking down at the stone he Is holding in his hands.

"Where did you find them?" Emma asked.

"This building used to be their monastery actually. We pieced together some of the information we found her and tracked down the number six and seven stone. We found the number three stone on an unrelated dig just last week." She tells them.

"So if we find the stones, we find the map." Sheppard asks.

"Yes, exactly."

"Here you see this?" McKay asked Allina as he shows her the stones.

Ford looks down at the stone, he as in his hand." Part of the design?"

"I don't think anything on these stones is there for just aesthetics." McKay says as he reached out for the stone Ford is holding and Ford gives it to him.

"Yea, each of the stones has a different part of the grid embossed." McKay tells them as he moves one of the stones around and he looks up at Allina.

"Signifying where it`s correct placing should be in the final configuration." Allina asked him.

"Exactly." McKay says as he points his finger at her.

"So what?"Ford asks.

"So what?" McKay asked, looking annoyed at him as he looks up at Allina. Do you have a map?"

Allina finds a map and lays it on the table."Okay, where did you find them?" He asks.

"We found the seven stone here." She says, pointing to a place on the map, as McKay marks the place she pointing her finger." And the six stone here." He marks that to." And most recently, we stumbled on the number three stone here."

"You have no idea how lucky that was." He tells her as he drags on the map.

"I see it." Allina tells him.

"Doctor, I am not sure." Teyla says.

"They are buried in a grid. We couldn't have done this without the number tree stone. He tells Teyla as he points his finger to the mark he made. "That along whit the number seven stone." He point to another mark." Gives us two diagonally opposed corners. From that, you can extrapolate exactly how big the grid is and, therefore, where each of the other stones should be buried."

"All right, split up .Two teams, let`s start digging." Sheppard tells them.

5 hours later

Emma sits down beside Sheppard as she runs her hands over her face and lays her head on the surfs of the table.

"Emma are you well?" Teyla ask her whit concern in her voice.

Emma looks up at Teyla whit a smile on her." I am fine Teyla, just tired." Emma shakes her body." I need more coffee." She says whit a pout on her lips.

"If I would know better I would say you are an addict." Ford tells her whit a laugh.

"Yes and I am proud of it." she tells him whit a smile on her face as Sheppard and Ford laughs at her.

"What is an addict?" Teyla asks.

"An addict is someone who needs something all the time."Ford tells Teyla and pointing his finger over at Emma. "And in her case it is coffee.

Emma looks over at McKay and Allina to see there are looking at the quilt that is hanging on the wall." Is it just me our –"

"No it is not just you." Sheppard tells her as he put his hand on her thigh under the table. Emma is about to say something when she sees McKay coming their way.

"I am heading to bead." McKay tells them.

"Which bed might that be?" Sheppard ask McKay as he looks down at the book in front of him.

McKay laughs, but stops to look down at Sheppard."What?"

" I think Allina might have a little crush on you, Doc." Ford tells him.

"She does?" McKay asks looking surprised.

"It is very clear to us all." Teyla tells him.

"It is?"

"Well, to everyone but you apparently." Sheppard tells him.

"Well should I -." McKay asked them, not knowing what to do."You sure about this?"

"Yea, I am pretty sure."Sheppard says.

"What should I do?" McKay whispered as he lines closer to Sheppard.

"You don't know what to do?" Sheppard ask as he raises both eyebrows at him.

"I know what to do eventually."…. "What should I do now? Should I say something, something to night?"

"I tell you what Valentino, wait till tomorrow. You be more on your game after you get some rest."Sheppard tells him.

"Oh, right." McKay tells him as he stand up straight. "Right, good answer." McKay says as he looks over at Allina."Good night."

"I think I will turn in to." Emma tells the others as she stands up."Night guys." Emma says as she walks out the room and down the hall. She looks over her shoulder when she hears someone walking behind her, and she sees Sheppard running to catch up whit her.

"Where do you think you are going?" Emma asked Sheppard whit a smile on her face as she turns around and leans up against the door to her room

"I am going to bed." Sheppard told her

Emma pointed her finger behind him." You rooms are down the hall.

"Yea, But we are in a castle." Sheppard tells her." And it get dark-Sheppard stopped talking when she takes a fist of his t-shirt in her hand pulled him up against her and he buts his arms around her.

"Don't worry major, I will protect you." Emma tells him whit a laugh as he pushed her through the door and closed it whit his foot.

Next day

Emma looks up from the dirt, when she hears Ford calls out for Sheppard.

"Tell me you found the stone." Sheppard tells Ford.

"Not quite, sir, but I think McKay should take a look at this."Ford tells him.

All of them walk over to Ford, they all get down on their knees and starts to move a way the dirt and the see a large stone plate is under all the dirt. McKay runs a little brush over the surfs of the stone and the too revile the writing on it

"It carries the mark of the Brotherhood." Allina tells them as she runs her fingers over the writing.

"The writing`s in Ancient. Can you read it Em." Sheppard ask her.

Emma looks over at McKay and sees the look on his face." Please, go ahead." She tells McKay holding out the palm of her hand to him.

"It is a warning." McKay tells them as he looks at the writing on the stone. "It says only the Brotherhood of the 15 should enter the forbidden chamber-."

"Of the Quindosim." Allina says, whit a smile on her face.

"What chamber?" Teyla asks.

"Lat find out." Sheppard tells them.

20 minute later

They are all looking down the whole. Emma takes a step closer as she looks down."Ford do you have some

"Yea." Ford tells her as he looks through his backpack and find what he is looking for."Her." gives her the glow sticks. Emma and she break them in the middle before she opens her hand to let them fall down in to the camber.

"It is dark down there." She says as she looks back at Sheppard.

McKay looks up and over at Ford. "So, who wants to go first?" Ford sees McKay looking at him so he tunes his head and looks at Emma." It seems sort of a… Sheppard thing?"

"Okay I will go first." Sheppard tells McKay whit a look of annoying as he walks over and takes a hold of the rope and slowly clime down it. Emma looks down to see McKay climbing down the whole and she cannot help but laugh a little, at all the complaining he is doing.

"Em you are next." Sheppard yells up at her.

"Okay." Emma walks over and got a good grip on the rob and she climbs down the whole, but just as her feet are about to touch the ground she feels strong-arms around her, she looks in to Sheppard eyes and as she thanks him.

"Oh, her you can catch." McKay tells him.

"All right. She is down." Sheppard tells Ford as he keeps his eyes on Emma.

"I will stay up here; keep an eye on the descender." Ford tells him.

"Stay sharp; let you know if anything interesting happens."Sheppard tells him as he lets go of Emma and the turn around and walk in to the chamber whit the others.

"Do you see this?" Allina ask McKay as she brushes dust of the stones. "This is the whole pattern."

"The ninth stone must integrate into this raised centerpiece." McKay tells her, holding the palm of his hand over the …. There is in the middle.

"May I?" McKay asked Allina as he moves in front of the stone plates as he puts his hands on the handprints and the all stand there watching as nothing happens.

"I believe we can rule out a map." Teyla tells him.

"All right, any ideas?" Sheppard ask McKay.

"I am getting there." McKay tells him, looking down at the plate for a moment, when he sees it." I don't believe it."

"What don't you believe?" Sheppard ask him.

"It is a gate address, a six-symbol gate address." He tells Sheppard.

"Gate symbols." Emma asked McKay as she looks down at the stones.

Allina smiles as she looked down at the stones." I see them now, yes."

"Do you recognize the address?" Teyla ask Allina.

"I am not familiar whit this one either." Allina says.

"So the ninth stone is on another planet." Sheppard asked them and McKay is about to answer him when they hear gunfire. Sheppard and Teyla tunes around whit there p-90 raised as the walk over to the opening of the chamber.

"Ford!"Sheppard calls out

"Major Sheppard, I am afraid the lieutenant had to step away for a moment."

"Is that." McKay says as she looks over at Sheppard.

"It can`t be." Sheppard tells them as he looks op.

"Sounds like." Teyla says.

"Kolya." Sheppard called out whit a high tone in his voice.

Kolya and a man walk up so they can see them as the looks down, pointing guns down at them." Surprised?"

"You alive." Sheppard tells him.

"As far as I can tell." He says. "Did you actually think that a single bullet to the shoulder would kill me?" He tells Sheppard as she gets down on one knee." I always thought you were smarter than that."

What did you do to Ford?" Sheppard ask him.

"He is fine." He tells Sheppard as she loads his gun."

Then what do you want?"

"The same as you major, the lost treasure of the Quindosim."

"What possible use could that be to you?" Sheppard ask him.

"The Daganians have informed us that this zpm, whatever it may be, is an object of great power and great power`s of use to all the Genii people."

"Sanir!" Allina says.

"The offered us a great reward, Allina. The agreed to let us keep the treasure if we just." But she stops talking as Allina slaps her hard on her cheek.

"They are of no use to you Kolya. Zpm`s only work on Atlantis." Sheppard explains to him.

"Perhaps, but I prefer that comes from a Genii scientist." He says.

"We do not have it yet. We have yet to found the ninth stone." Teyla tells him.

"We have an unbelievably large tactical advantage on you." Kolya say, getting on his feet." If you would rather I just cover the mouth of the chamber up and forget about the whole thing I am more than willing to consider it." He says.

"She is right, we are close, but we are not there yet. The ninth stone is hidden on another planet." McKay tells him. All we have is the gate address." He says looking pissed.

"Doctor McKay." So wonder full to hear your grating voice again." Kolya tells McKay." How is the arm?"

McKay walks over to the opening and looks up at Kolya."You wanna keep trading barbs, our you wanna find the zpm?"McKay looks over at Sheppard for a second, than he looks up at Kolya." Life me out of here, I will help you find it, but then you let my team go." McKay tells him.

"McKay!" Emma says

"Shut up." Sheppard whisper to him.

"You got a better idea?" McKay asked looking at Sheppard.

"No."Sheppard tells him as he looks up at Kolya and his man.

"Do we have a deal or not?" He asks.

"You and two Daganians will be raised out, along whit everyone`s weapons and radios. The rest of you will remain here."Kolya says."If Doctor McKay finds the zpm, the others will be let go. I give you my word." Kolya says walking away.

"Well, we have his word."Sheppard says more to himself.

"I don't see that we have much choice." McKay tells Sheppard as he looks at the others.

"I am coming up." McKay tells him, taking a hold of the rope.

Sometime later

"This is pointless." Sheppard says as he looks around. There are no trapdoors our hidden passageways.

"There may be more than one way in here."Teyla tells him.

"If you are trying to hide a chamber, you don't put a bunch of entrances and exits all over the damn place." Sheppard tells her.

"You rather just sit here and wait for them to come back?" Ford asks Sheppard.

"What do you got we can use?" Sheppard ask Ford as he looks through his backpack." I got a couple of MREs, some ammo and some med supplies."

"Teyla pulls up her hands lag and takes out a knife."

"Well that is a start." Sheppard tells her.

"I got a couple of flash-bangs, I think that`s about it."

"Now we are talking." Emma says as she walks up to Ford.

"Flash-bangs?" Teyla asks.

"Work kinda like grenades. Pull the pin, depress the trigger. Once you let the spoon pop, you got about 1,5 second before the room`s filled whit 2.4 million candlepower and a bang that`s rated a decibels.

"It will stun anyone whit their eyes and ears open for about 10 seconds. It works great. I used one, on Sokar ones –"Emma looks down to find Sheppard smiling at her.

"What?" She asked him, whit a raised eyebrow.

"What is going on here?" Ford asks as he waves his finger between her and Sheppard, whit a smile on his face.

"Yes. Ford is right. You to have both been acting strange lately?" Teyla tells them as she smiled over at Ford

"No, we haven't." Emma laugh at them as she looks down at Sheppard, to see him given her that boyish smile of his.

"We are seeing each other." Sheppard tells them as he get back on his feet as he walks in to the back of the chamber. He bents down and moves some dirt whit his hand.

"What are you doing? You going to dig us out of here"? Ford asks Sheppard when he sees him moving dirt away in a straight line.

"Something like that. Come over and give me a hand." He tells them.

"So you are like, boyfriend, girlfriend."Ford asks as he walks over to Sheppard whit a stupid grin on his face.

"What are we five, Lieutenant?" Sheppard ask him looking at him." But, yea." Sheppard says as he starts digs.

Emma and Teyla stand guard as Ford and Sheppard digs down the flash-bangs. Emma looks up and sees shadows coming to ours the opening to the chamber.

"Guys, someone is coming." She tells them as she and Teyla walks over to stand by their side, just as a man comes down the whole, and he is pointing his gun at them. Emma looks up to see McKay coming down next and then Allina and then a man, and she knows who is when she sees the nasty grin on he is giving Sheppard.

Sometime later

Emma and the others are standing whit their hand behind their heads looking over at Allina and McKay as the move the stone around the pedestal.

"I just assumed that we place the stones on the pedestal, have someone put their hands on the palm prints? And hopefully we get the zpm."… "The question is what orders do we put the stones in."

"I think it is pretty straightforward." The man behind Kolya tells McKay.

"Nothing `s been straightforward yet. What makes you think this would?""McKay asked the man.

"The last stone is the only one whit grooves that match the center position." He says.

"So"?

"So, it fits snugly into place. Complete the pattern and get the zpm." The man says as he walks up to McKay "Why would they continue to play games like this?"

"I don't think you understand how these people though." McKay says.

"McKay. Stop stalling" Kolya tells him.

"I am not stalling, I just think we need to consider the fact-."

"Pranos. Arrange the stones and retrieve the zpm, please."Kolya says.

He looks down at the palms of his hand to see markings."What is this?" As he falls to the ground."

"He is dead."Kolya says to himself.

"You knew this would happen. Kolya says as he walks up to McKay.

"Yes. Yes, I did and I was in the middle of telling you so when you ordered him to active the pedestal."McKay tells him as he points his finger at him." You! Killed him not me!"

Kolya walks up to the pedestal and he looks down at it "What is the correct order of the stones?"

"I am not sure yet." McKay tells him.

"Well you have five chances to get it right." He says as he stops in front of Emma and smiles." You go first."

"Not happening." Sheppard says as he steps in front of Emma.

Kolya looks at Sheppard whit a smile on his face."Would you like to take her place?" He asks Sheppard." Go right ahead, but if it fails, she is next. Kolya sees Sheppard walks up to the pedestal. He turns back to Emma and points his gun at her as she takes a step forward."

Emma takes a step back, putting her hands behind her head as she sees Sheppard taking the stone in his hands and puts them on the plate whit the others.

"Anytime you want to start –"

"I am thinking, I am thinking." McKay tells him as he looks down at the stones.

"We tried one to nine." Sheppard tells him as he moves one of the stones.

"Thank you, yes."

"How about nine to one?" Sheppard asked him.

"Possibly. Pranos was right."McKay says holing op his hand." The center stone locks in place, all the others must move around it. I am just trying to think of a combination that makes sense whit five in the middle." McKay tells Sheppard.

"Fifteen. It got to have something to do 15 or…. Nine or five-"

"Shhhh. Shut up, please I am trying to think."

"I am not going to shut up Rodney. My life´s at stake." Sheppard tells him angry.

"Exactly. Simmer down and let me save it."McKay yells.

"Have you ever heard the term, two heads are better than one?"

"It is a common misconception." McKay tells him as he put his finger over his lip, thinking."

"Give me the gun, I will shot him myself." Sheppard tells Kolya.

"This is taking too long. Choose and go." Kolya tells Sheppard.

"You got somewhere you got to be?" Emma asks him angry.

Kolya looks over his shoulder."Choose and go." He tells Sheppard as he turns back around.

"I got nothing." Emma hears McKay tell Sheppard.

"Thank for the pep talk." Sheppard says sarcastic.

"Nine to one, it is all I can think of." McKay says.

"Okay." Sheppard tells him as he put down the last stone." Step back."

"I am sorry." McKay says.

"I am not dead, yet."

"Yea,sorry."

"Major. No." Kolya says.

Sheppard looks down at the stone for a moment and his eyes goes wide as he sees the pattern." I got it! The brotherhood of 15." Sheppard says.

"What about it?" McKay asks him as he walks up to Sheppard.

"The numbers one to nine can be put in a 3-by-3 grid so they add up to 15 in every direction."

"Oh, you are right." McKay tells him when he sees it to." How did you know that?"

"It was on a Mensa test." Sheppard tells him whit a smile on his face.

"You are a member of Mensa?" McKay asks him.

"No, but I took the test."

"When?" McKay ask him

"You want to talk about this now." Sheppard asks annoyed.

"Right, right."

Emma sees McKay talking the stones up as Sheppard says. Two, nine, four. As McKay places the other stone down in there right place.

"That is it, it got to be." McKay tells him.

Sheppard takes a deep breath as he puts his hands on the palm prints as he looks over at Emma for a second and then back to the marking in the wall, and out comes a zpm. Sheppard takes a step back when he sees Kolya walking up to the zpm and he takes a couple of deep breath again, licking his lip as he looks over at Ford, and nodded his head. Emma looks down at Fords food and sees him slowly lifting his food and she turns around and closes her eyes as she covers her head as a bright light comes and files up the room. She turns back to see Sheppard punch Kolya in the nose as he tries to take the p-90 Kolya is holding, But Kolya get his hand under him and hits Sheppard in the face and when Kolya tries to hit him again Sheppard tunes around and grasp the p-90, pointing it at Him.

"What the hell did just happen?" McKay asks as he walks around whit his eyes closed and Emma walks over to takes his arm to steady him.

Sheppard runs up to Emma and put his hand on her cheek." You okay" He asks her as he looks in to her eyes.

"I am fine." She tells him as she put her fingers around his hand.

"Yes we are fine, thank you." McKay says sarcastic.

"Sorry Rodney. I had no way of telling you what was coming." Sheppard tells him.

"My eyes- I need my eyes for seeing." McKay yells.

"Get the zpm, Rodney."

"It is a small miracle can still make out shapes. That is all I am saying." He says as he walks over to the wall and takes out the zmp as he looks down at Kolya." Don't look at me." McKay tells him as he walks over to the others.

"All right. We are getting out of here." Sheppard tells them as he looks over at Kolya." We are going to send a villager to pick you up in about an hour." Sheppard tells him.

"Smart thing would be to kill me now." Kolya tells him.

Emma calls out to him, when she sees him walking over to Kolya and pointed his gun at him."You are right. I tell you what, I want point for this in the future, but if you ever. "Sheppard leans closer to Kolya." I you ever do this again I will kill you. Deal?" Sheppard asks him.

Emma turns her head to steady the rope so Ford could climb up the rope and when she sees he is up, she hold out her hand to Allina and then Sanir.

"Are we good?" Sheppard ask them.

"Yea so far I can see." McKay tells him.

"All right, let`s move out." Sheppard says as he walks over to them and gives Emma the gun.

"I can`t believe you never mentioned the Mensa thing."McKay tells him.

"I took the test. I never joined." He said as he takes a hold of the grope.

"But you passed?"

"Yes."
"You do know, we have a chapter on Atlantis, you can become an honorary-"

"Rodney, Rodney, up the rope." Sheppard says.

"Yes, yes, going." He says as he climbs up the rope.

Emma takes Fords hand as she comes

"I thought we never find one of those things." Ford tells the others as the walk up the road.

"I am going to sleep pretty soundly tonight." Sheppard says as he looks over at Emma and winks at her.

"Not me. I am going to be up all night getting every system I can back on like" McKay tells them as he looks in wonder at the zpm in his hands. "Allina!"McKay yells as he runs up to her." I don't think we ever be able to properly repay you for this."

"You won`t have to." She tells him as she turns around as men, comes out from the forest surrounding them as the point their weapons at them.

"I am sorry." McKay says confused as he looks at her.

"All right, easy, easy." Sheppard says, holding his hand out in front of him.

"Allina! You involved whit the Genii?" McKay asked her looking hurt.

"This has nothing to do whit the Genii. I am a member of the new Brotherhood."She tells them.

"Then what is this about?" McKay asks her angry.

"Then generations ago, after a severe culling, the Brotherhood was destroyed. Many of us found their writings and decided to try and complete the task handed down to us by the ancestors. I am the new master handler." She tells them as she gives her gun to a man behind her." We thank you for helping find the potential, but it most go in to hiding again." She says.

"We come from the city of the ancestors, that zpm was intended for us." Sheppard tells her.

"No. You live in Atlantis, but you are not the ancestors."

"What did you tell her?" Sheppard asked McKay as he turns to look at him.

"Atlantis might fall if we don't take this zpm back. Then it would have served no purpose. You think the ancestors would wanted that?" McKay asks her.

"None of us can know their plan." She tells him.

"They don't have a plan. You think getting attacked by the wraith is something the planned for?" Sheppard asks her.

"Allina." Emma says as she walks between McKay and Sheppard." You are too smart, to think-"

"Emma, the potential will be put into hiding on another world. I am sorry Emma, I really am." She says as she walks up to McKay and takes the zpm, out of his hands."When the ancestors return, our people will be greatly rewarded.

"Allina you can`t believe that." Emma tells her as she takes a step toward her, but when a man point his gun at her, she takes a step back as she feels an arm around her waist .

"Emma is right, just come back whit us, let me prove it to you." McKay begs her.

"This is how it must be." She tells them as she looks to Emma and then McKay." Now it is time for you to leave." She says as she turns around and walks away.

Back on Atlantis.

"Did you try to explain-"

"I tried. Emma tried. Believe me, we tried.

"We could have used it." Elisabeth tells them as the walk up the stairs and in to the control room.

"Of course, we could have." Sheppard tells her.

"No, you don't understand. While you where off-world a wraith dart flew over the city."

"I am sorry?" Sheppard asks her, as she turns around and folded her arms across her chest.

"We lost a jumper along whit Markham and Smith." Elisabeth says as she looks at all of them.

"We, what?" Sheppard asked her

"And it scanned us." Elisabeth says.

"We just lost two of my man in a jumper and this is the first time I am hearing about it?" Sheppard ask her getting upset.

"I tried to reach you, but you been out of radio contact for over 12 hours. But the dart sent a transmission deep in to space. Then it self-destructed before we could get to it" She tells Sheppard.

"We scanned the area whit our deep space sensors-"

"We have deep space sensors?" McKay asked surprised.

"It is a long story." Zelenka told McKay.

"We found something ells, rather unsettling." Elisabeth tells Sheppard.

"I am already unsettled, show me." Sheppard says as he looks at Zelenka.

Zelenka looks down at lap top a he touched the some bottoms and walks over to a large screen and they all look up to see three big dots on it .

"What are those?" McKay asks.

"Wraith hive ships- three of them. The system analysis just got back-"

"Right, where are they headed?" Sheppard asked.

"If they maintain direction and speed, they will be over our planet within too weeks." Elisabeth tells them.