Chapter 10:
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Young glanced at TJ and they shared a brief alarmed look before Young turned.
"Alright, I'm on my way to the Gate room now- you can update me then".
"Yes Sir"
Young sighed deeply and started toward towards the Gate room, with TJ hot on his heels. As they entered the huge room, they saw that the Gate was switched off and dark. Young quickly glanced at the countdown clock on the nearby wall and read that there was only thirty minutes left before the next jump. He felt a slight twinge of panic in his gut before he raised the radio to his mouth and called Eli to the Gate room. It turned out that Rush was actually a part of the team on the other side, trapped on the beach planet.
Sergeant Greer walked over the Colonel, who was standing in front of the Gate, studying it and wondering what was going on.
"Sir" Greer started acknowledging Young, "we were just waiting around, the team was due back in a few minutes, we were going to help them with the supplies they were bringing back, but suddenly the Gate just shut down. We thought it was because it had been left on and it was just going on stand-by, but when we tried we tried to redial, it wouldn't budge".
Young took in what the Sergeant was telling him and nodded in thanks.
A few seconds later, Eli walked into the door and headed straight for the console to see how he could resolve whatever was happening with the Gate.
Young quickly walked over to him and glanced at the young man, who was busy studying the text on the screen before him.
"Do you know what's happening?" Young asked intently.
Eli frowned as he ignored the question and continued to read the Ancient writing.
"Eli!" Young exclaimed, angry at being ignored, especially when it came to the welfare of his people.
"Ok ok!" Eli exclaimed in reply. "It's telling me that it can't dial the Gate because apparently the connection has been broken. It's as if the Gate isn't even there".
"Right" Young said, clearing his throat "can you fix it?"
"I can try, but I'm not sure where to even begin, this is an actual wormhole we are talking about, I don't even know why this problem occurred in the first place".
"Ok, well Eli, just do the best you can, I'll get some people to come help you, you only have 25 minutes before we jump, those people are counting on you" he said giving the young man an encouraging pat on the back.
"Thanks, so no pressure" Eli laughed sarcastically.
Young didn't reply, he just turned and left the Gate room, using the radio in his hand to tell some of the other scientists to go help Eli. Young didn't feel good, leaving such responsibility and pressure to Eli, but he was the only one capable of figuring this mess out.
He felt guilty because Rush was a part of the off world team and he had been the one to pressure Rush to leave. He continued down the corridor, on his way back to his quarters when he saw a figure laying on the ground ahead of him. He took a few quicker steps towards the figure and saw that it was Vanessa James. He broke into a run and knelt down next to her, automatically feeling for a pulse. He found a faint thready one and he placed his hands underneath her head and lifted it slightly off the cold, hard ground.
"James?" he asked, gently shaking her shoulder.
There was no response, so he grabbed his radio and brought it up to his mouth.
"TJ this is Young, I need you to meet me in the infirmary, I've found Lieutenant James in the corridor unconscious".
"What?" TJ voice exclaimed on the other side of the radio "ok, I'll meet you there".
Young carefully picked up James and carried her to the infirmary; there he was met with a concerned looking TJ and Dr Park.
He gently placed her on one of the nearby beds and stepped back to allow TJ and Park do their jobs. TJ did a simple examination and when she was finished, she turned back to a worried Young.
"She has all the symptoms of some sort of severe allergic reaction" TJ said gravely. "High temperature, all over body rash, low blood pressure and her throat is quite swollen, to be honest it's a miracle that she still breathing".
Young nodding, taking all that TJ was telling him. "Do you know what's caused it?"
"Without any proper medical records I don't know what she allergic to. For now I can just apply cream to the rash, I can give her some Antihistamines via IV and we can see what happens when she wakes up.
"Ok" Young nodded.
"Colonel" Eli's voice said over the radio "can you come back to the Gate room; I think I might have been able to figure this mess out".
"Copy that, I'm on my way".
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Young entered the Gate room and walked over to Eli and Volker, who were standing over the console.
"What have you found Eli?" Young asked.
"Well I managed to re-connect the Gate to the ship, and we are about to try dialling, but there's a problem….."
"What Eli?" Young asked, getting impatient, he just wanted to get his people back safely.
"We will be able to dial, but the Gate will only be able to stay open for a short period of time. Another problem we have is that, we have readings which indicate that dialling the Gate now could permanently damage the ship".
Young took in all the new information. He sighed deeply and rubbed his face with his hands. He looked up and saw all the expectant expressions on the faces of his crew.
"Ok, so let's focus on one problem at a time" he started. "Eli, how long will the Gate stay open for?"
"From the readings I'm getting, I'm guessing about 1-2 minutes" Eli answered him quickly.
"Ok" Young replied, sighing again deeply, his mind starting to think of a plan. "And what kind of damage are we talking about here?"
"I think that the shields might be weakened permanently and there might be some damage to the outer structure of the ship, this is because I think that for the few minutes that the Gate will be active, the shields will actually shut down to allow more power to go towards the Gate".
"Ok" Young replied again, this mind using this new information to add to the plan. Young glanced up at the countdown clock and saw that there were only 10 minutes left.
"Ok guys, this is the plan" Young started, getting the full attention of the team around him. "There is no significant threat right now, so we can afford to lose the shields for a brief amount of time. We also don't know how bad the damage will be, so I think we need to risk it if we want our crew back".
The scientist who were gathered in the Gate room, nodded in agreement, it was important to get the crew back first.
"Ok" said Young, clapping his hands and rubbing them together in anticipation, "lets get to work, Eli, prepare to dial the Gate".
Eli nodded and went to commence dialling, when the radio on the Colonel belt crackled to life.
"Colonel, this is Volker"
"This is Young, what is it gentlemen?"
"Sir, we have a problem" there was a pause on the other side of the radio "our blue alien friends are back!"
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