In 2015...

December 24

Devastation rained down all over the planet as the Lucian Alliance and its Jaffa Allies continued the campaign of orbital bombardment of Earth, the foul stench of death and burning flesh covered every city as civilians hid in the subway systems of many cities while the overwhelmed military and police forces attempted to control the situation. Friends and enemies alike put aside their differences and stood shoulder to shoulder as they defended the planet against the deadly onslaught from orbit. Many of the civilians who owned weapons stood at the side of those highly trained officers from all branches of military and civilian defence, united with the common goal of protecting those who where unable to fight. For the first time in human history, every man, woman and child of every race and religion stood side by side in defiance and defence of this once isolated and insignificant world on the rim of the galaxy.

Overwhelmed by the vast enemy fleet before them the small Tau'ri fleet of starships, fighters, Goa'uld designed bombers and cruisers continued to press forward the attack against the enemy fleet while the satellite defence network continued to launch everything it was capable of at the enemy fleet, yet it still was not enough as more enemy ships arrived in orbit to continue the bombardment. Almost every friendly vessel within range of Earth slowly began too arrive in defence of the planet while on the city of Atlantis all the crew could do was direct the battle above the planet and watch helplessly as millions of civilians died. Above the city Goa'uld designed gliders attacked the city shields as Tau'ri F-302s and conventional aircraft attempted to direct the fire away from the valuable city.

"John, shields are down to 20%, we can not hold this for much longer" McKay yelled. "We should evacuate the city"

"And go where?" He barked. "Defence teams, concentrate all firepower on the lead gliders, we have to break their formation"

"Aye sir" Called out the communications officer.

"Sir, the Washington's shields are failing, the Carter is moving too assist"

"Negative, order the Carter and Hammond to focus all firepower on the Flagship, Jaffa vessels five and nine take up the Washington's position, allow them to withdraw and recharge shields" Sheppard yelled.

Explosions ripped through the city as holes began to form in the protective bubble as firepower from orbit and the attacking Gliders began to hit home on the great city itself.

"Sheppard, shields are failing!"

"Defence teams Alpha and Gamma, cover those holes. Squadrons Eight and Twelve protect those areas NOW!"

Streams of energy flowed from the great city as its crew defended it to the best of each man's ability, above the planet the vicious battle continued as the hopelessly outnumbered vessels and defence grid gave everything to defend the planet below, as more enemy ships arrived to continue the battle, the Tau'ri and loyal Jaffa fleet became more hopelessly outnumbered as they attempted to make a hole in the vast enemy fleet. The battle was destined to become one of legend as each aircraft, fighter, starship and Tau'ri on fought against the Lucian Alliance. However, with each Starship destroyed it appeared as if another two had arrived to take the fallen vessel's position. Once great and powerful nations and cities began to fall to the vicious attack from orbit, as the worst fears of the Stargate Program had become a terrifying reality, an orbital attack against Earth itself.

The layout of the ancient warship was unfamiliar, although each system was similar to those on Atlantis yet, more advanced. Slowly moving through the ship Cole kept her weapon trained before her as she moved through the ship towards what appeared to be the command centre. With each person that came before her she fired a single deadly shot, ducking into a dark corner only to reload her weapon until finally she entered the bridge. Marking the position of each person in the bridge she rolled too her left and fired single shots at each of the ships crew before her until she stood face to face with the young man who she had been hunting since her release from captivity. Smiling she stood as the last man fell, the red dot from her half loaded P90 beamed between his eyes as he stood clapping his hands in applause at her entrance.

"Well done Miss Cole, I never thought you had the balls for that. You've saved me a lot of money"

"That's what this… all this is about, Money?" She yelled.

"How small you are. But I must say, I rather enjoyed you without those clothes on" He laughed. "Take them off my dear; show me what you have for me?"

"Over my dead body!" She barked.

With almost lightening reflexes he reached behind his back and drew a large weapon, smiling too herself she stepped over a body as they circled each other slowly.

"Ronan's gun… nice. I've been looking for that. Recognise this?"

Quickly she a side arm before his eyes as he looked on in shock at what he saw.

"Yeah… ohh don't tell me you don't recognise this. You have no idea how much paper work it took me to get this"

His eyes clenched with pain as she flashed the gun before him, for an instant, he lowered his weapon. Seeing an opportunity, she stepped forward but not before he regained his senses as aimed his weapon once again.

"Where did you get that?"

"Storage. You'd be surprised what the SGC keeps on file. This is Jack O'Neill's gun… the one that…"

"Charlie shot himself with. Charlie… my son… why?" He yelled.

"He wasn't your son; you're a clone Jack… a pretender to the legacy of Jack O'Neill. Jack O'Neill would never start this war, the blood of millions are on your hands. I got word before I left… Sarah O'Neill was killed while cruising on the Golden Gate Bridge when the Achilles crashed into the bridge… ordered by you Jack. You killed her…"

"… No, no it's not possible. She was in Wisconsin" He screamed.

"No Jack, she was coming to the Bay area to see Atlantis and visit with friends. You killed her Jack, you killed Sarah"

Slowly and carefully, she made her way past the bodies and stepped closer to him. It was almost as if her words echoed in his mind as she stepped closer too him and handed him the gun.

"Take the gun Jack, take the gun and finish it before more innocents die, more innocents like Sarah and Charlie" She whispered.

Slowly his left hand reached out and grabbed the gun, carefully he examined the weapon and smiled slightly as he aimed at Cole and laughed.

"I see you have come to realise what you truly are my dear. But you do not know what I am!"

Slowly he turned the gun on her and pulled the trigger; with a dark smile on her face, she pulled the gun from his hand as she spoke.

"Do you think I'm stupid Jack, Giving you a loaded gun… you want me? Come and get me"

"You balls babe, I'll give you that" He laughed.

"NEVER CALL ME BABE!" She yelled.

In the blink of an eye he pushed forward, it was as if she was hit by a heavy weight as she flew over the nearest console and crashed down onto the ground behind her, smiling contently Jack walked towards her and aimed the large alien weapon at her head. Reacting in an instant she swept his legs from under him and flipped too her feet before he hit the floor hard.

"Goody, a challenge" He mocked.

"Why don't you put the gun down, Come on Jack… Stick a knife in me!"

Smiling she placed her P90 on the command chair behind her as she pulled a large military style knife from her belt line.

"Come on Jacky Boy… Let me see that badass training you… or should I say Jack O'Neill is so famous for"

"I AM JACK O'NEILL!" He yelled.

"No Jack, you're a coward…you're nothing but a frightened little boy hiding behind big guns and big spaceships. If you can't kill me, what can you do?… Bitch!" She laughed.

Anger burned within him as he jumped too his feet and grabbed a Jaffa style blade off his belt and passed it between both of his hands as they circled each other. With a smile on her face, she flipped the knife over so the blade was facing in a downward position towards the floor, lunging towards her he swept at her with his blade. The sound of steel on steel echoed through the bridge while each of his strikes was deflected by her expert hand, laughing like a mad man he moved backwards one-step as he assessed her movements quickly.

With a slight smile on her face, she took off her jacket and through it onto the floor nearby; as he stepped towards her once more, she kept her blade moving in a constant and fluid movement. Quickly she grabbed his hand and threw him to the ground hard.

"Amateur!" She laughed.

"No, I'm just getting started" He growled.

Smiling darkly, he pulled a small blade out his boot as he stood slowly.

"Enough foreplay babe. I offer you a choice; give yourself to me… your mind, your abilities and your body. I will let you live, if you do not… one of us will not leave this ship alive"

"Go screw your self…"

"As you wish" He laughed.

Quickly he stepped towards the nearest console and activated a control; the whole ship appeared to vibrate as a loud hum echoed through the ship. Anything that was not secured began to slide around slightly as the sound of the ship's engines growled into life.

"What did you just do?" She screamed.

"Activated the engines of this amazing vessel"

"SHUT IT DOWN"

"Umm… nope…" He mocked. "It can not be stopped until it reaches its destination, Earth"

"Earth, Why?"

"Many hours ago, under my orders a large Alliance fleet exited hyper-space above Earth with the instructions to exterminate all life on that little planet. Once it is a dead world I can begin my true destiny…"

"WHAT?" She growled.

"Ohh yes, your little ship in orbit. It's an impressive vessel Miss Cole. A pity I have to destroy it, it would have made an excellent trophy"

Practically all of the command functions had been rerouted into the chair room, however, they where too late. The large engines had begun to activate and slowly the ship had started to become airborne, with all concerns now second, the large team led by Colonel Dex followed the last orders given to them, orders to evacuate the ship. Quickly the covered ground until they reached the airlock they had entered the ship while the vessel began to climb.

"I see no choice Colonel, we have to jump"

"Agreed. GO!" Dex Yelled. "Get to the Jumpers"

As the ship began to climb into the air, they jumped out of the vessel and landed on the hard ground below, the last one to leave was the Colonel himself. As he hit the ground, a loud crack was heard as rolled on the floor in pain.

"Colonel?"

"My leg, I think it's broken" Yelled in pain.

Carefully two of his team helped him too his feet as they moved towards the two jumpers, carefully they placed him in one of the seats as both the twin jumpers became airborne.

"What about Cole?"

"She's on her own now… target the engines of that ship… maybe we can cripple it before she gets into open space"

The two sleek black jumpers appeared behind the large vessel as their weapons launched a powerful attack against the large engine ports of the ancient vessel.

"We're not making enough damage; weapons are bouncing off the hull"

"Sir, picking up a large energy reading from the ship… It's opening a hyperspace window"

A large vortex of energy appeared before the ship as it disappeared before them, screaming with defeat Ronan looked up at the consoles before him as he called out his next order.

"Set course for the Vengeance… once aboard, tell them to set course for Earth. I have a very bad feeling"

In 2015...

December 25

Dawn broke over the city of Atlantis however, for a Christmas day it brought nothing but death and destruction as it's exhausted crew continued to defend against the vicious and deadly attack that seemed to have no end, it appeared as if every ship under the renegade clone's command had appeared over Earth to continued the deadly attack. Not a single city, town or village on the face of the earth had been spared the terrifying attack, but one single hope for the survival of the Tau'ri as a race had begun too arise, every surviving Tau'ri had picked up any weapon they could find including weapons taken from the many dead that littered every street, as they stood side by side in defiance. Guns, Zats, Staffs even swords, knifes and rocks had armed every Tau'ri on the planet as they defended their homes and each other. Once sworn, blood enemies now stood holding the same patch of ground as they adapted to the alien weapons they had recovered. Yet, the main target of the armada above the planet was Atlantis itself. Its vital shields begun to fail as many of the once great towers of the city had begun to collapse from the overwhelming onslaught. The main tower of the city had begun to show signs of stress as cracks appeared in the once smooth walls as console had exploded and the foul stench of death lingered in the control tower. The last explosion that had ripped through the control centre had all but destroyed every vital system causing an evacuation of the control room itself, relegated to a backup centre set up during the Wraith war, the surviving and exhausted command staff stood shell shocked as they looked over what remained of the once proud and great city.

Bandaged and patched up, Lieutenant Colonel Rodney McKay sat at what was one of the last working systems as he ignored his own injuries and orders to report to the infirmary, he frantically worked to bring any systems back online while blood began to soak through the makeshift bandage on his leg.

"Rodney… I know you are not going to leave… what can you get up and running?"

"I can get external sensors back up… for how long I don't know. Shields are at 5.2% and falling, defence teams are running out of ammo, we simply can not hold this ground any longer"

"I can see that. Status of the city?"

"Damage report states we've lost almost 45% of the city. John we need a god damned miracle!"

"I can see that"

"Sir… getting reports of Ha'tak class ships landing all over the planet. Wait a minute… picking up an Al'kesh approaching… sir it' attacking Gliders in its path" A young woman reported.

"John, getting an audio message, we can barely pick it up"

"On speakers" He orders.

Crackling through the speakers a familiar voice was barely audible while McKay worked to clean up the message.

"… Repeat this Daniel Jackson onboard the Al'kesh. I have the package, requesting landing permission"

"Jackson? Good too hear a friendly voice. Granted, we're in aux control… get up here as soon as you can"

"On my way. Jackson out"

Smiling slightly McKay looked up Sheppard as spoke with a laugh.

"It's Christmas Theo; it's the time for miracles"

"Die Hard… nice quote" McKay laughed.

Metal clashed against metal as the deadly fight between the clone and Cole had continued, her anger had almost begun to cloud her judgement as his blade made contact with her clothing and slicing through to her flesh. Stepping back slightly she attempted to focus her mind as she circled him once more.

"This is fun… Come on Cole, put down the blade and join me. You cannot imagine what we could do together. Bring that lovely tight little ass over here"

"I would rather die" He growled.

"No, I have plans for you sweetheart"

Smiling she stepped placed her blade on a large console as she stepped around it.

"What about your wife Jack? She's cute… can you imagine what they would do too her in prison? As for your son… well. I'm sure he'll be given a nice home in five or six years that is"

"I know what your doing Cole, it won't work"

"Ohh, it already has kid. Assuming they survived your attack on Earth"

Quickly he reached out and grabbed her as she laughed slightly and pushed him away. Throwing his blades away, he threw a punch at her that was easily deflected, continuing his attack she blocked and dodged him with ease as taunted him with each attack he made. As he threw one more punch she grabbed his right arm and turned into his attack while ploughing her elbow hard into his stomach, releasing his arm she spun around once more and punched him hard in his face as she whipped her leg around for a powerful kick into his jaw line, knocking him off his feet and sending him crashing to the ground. Once again he laughed as he stood and spoke aloud.

"Ohh baby you've got skills. I bet you're amazing in bed, but I regret I will have to kill you now"

In an instant he ran towards her, smiling slightly she grabbed his arm once again and threw him into a console near by, hitting the console hard he bounced off and fell to the ground as she walked towards him and pulled him too his feet. Pulling his ear close too her mouth she whispered quietly.

"You'll never know"

Twisting around him, she once again threw him into another console as blood exploded onto the console while his nose burst, shaking slightly he stood and ran towards her. For a second time seemed to stand still as he jumped and spun around in mid air while his right foot slamming into her jaw sending her crashing to the ground hard. Whipping around in mid air, he landed wit his legs spread above her as he laughed manically and spat blood onto the floor next to her. Cole could not have foreseen what happened next as a tightness began to grip her throat as she lifted off the floor, gasping for air closed her eyes and pushed forward with everything she had. A loud crack rang out around them as Jack flew backwards and impacted the far wall as she dropped to the ground coughing and gasping for air. Almost in unison, they both stood with deadly intent in their eyes, wiping the blood from his mouth Jack walked towards her slowly as she stood her ground. Inside her mind, it was as if a voice rang out, a calm soothing voice that made her relax slightly. 'This is it little one, end it'

Quickly she covered the distance between them as he threw a powerful punch at her, her body reacted on the purest of instinct as she grabbed his hand and twisted it fast until a loud crunch echoed around her yet, she did not let up her vicious attack on the war criminal before her. Slamming her free hand into his chest two more loud cracks rang out as he gasped for breath while she kicked at his right knee and broke it in an instant. Releasing him from her grip, she spun around and kicked hard at his jaw causing it to break, gasping for air lashed out as she spun around while a small knife whipped out of his sleeve and ploughed into her back as he fell to the floor gasping for breath. Ignoring the searing in her back she stepped over him and picked up his head, smiling slightly she whispered 'Good night' as she twisted his head breaking his neck and allowing his lifeless body to fall to the ground before her while the voice once again whispered into her mind. 'Duende, a part of the dance when exhaustion is taken over by the purest of instinct'

Screaming in pain, she fell to the floor as blood poured from the knife in her back, yet the least of her problems was the blade. The large and deadly vessel was on course to join the large fleet orbiting Earth, with a full compliment of drones onboard earth would be destroyed.

While pain ripped through her body she pulled out the knife and began to crawl through the ship while avoiding the small crew onboard, hopefully she would reach the chair device before her body had given out and death took over.