IN THE BACK OF THE 'JUMPER
Rodney grumbled and was about to start trying to open the doors when his headset clicked again.
"What, have you decided to let me out now?" He snapped.
"No, just warning you not to open the back door, we jumped planet so be careful." Bri sounded almost amused. Then the headset went dead again.
"Stupid arrogant little…" Rodney muttered, then sighed. This wasn't helping him at all.
He sat down on the floor and closed his eyes. Even with no light in the 'jumper it was still less claustrophobic with his eyes closed.
He muttered to himself under his breath for a minute or two until he realized that that wasn't getting him anywhere either, and he was currently no closer to getting out of here than he had been when the girls locked him in here.
"Okay," for some reason talking to himself had always helped Rodney work through problems. He wasn't quite sure why, but it seemed to clarify the situation. "So, I'm locked in the back of a 'jumper, somewhere in space, apparently kidnapped, with no lights and who knows what by way of worthless equipment. Yeah, I'll be out of here in no time." Rodney dropped his chin to his chest with a sigh, and leaned back against the wall of the 'jumper.
As he relaxed he realized that the humming he was hearing wasn't coming from the headset or the intercom system in the 'jumper, the humming was the 'jumper itself. He started to panic before he realized that he couldn't actually hear the humming. "What the hell?" He frowned, then his eyes snapped open in astonishment. The 'jumper was humming to itself inside his head.
An amused chuckle greeted this thought, along with a sensation that he could only describe as 'What took you so long?'
Rodney decided to test that theory and thought at the 'jumper, "If you can hear me will you please turn the lights on?"
The lights flicked on as an amused sensation returned bearing the feeling of 'Are you starting to understand?'
"Understand what?" Rodney asked out loud.
'What the other three I carry hear day and night when they are home.' The word 'home' was accompanied by am image of Atlantis.
"Understand…" Rodney hesitated, still not sure what the 'jumper was asking him.
'Rodney,' there was a feeling of hesitation, as if the 'jumper was making up it's mind about something, 'do you trust me?'
"Trust you? Of course, why wouldn't I?" He responded, still not sure what was going on.
'Then look and see.' With that the presence that was the 'jumper in Rodney's mind reached out, and swept him away.