ch. 10
When they walked into the control room, they saw everyone in the gate room. "I have some good news. Atlantis is safe." Everyone cheered. By that time, Mr. Woolsey showed up.
Sam walked over to a laptop and did some typing. Then a hologram screen appeared. Everyone turned to look at the screen. They all watched what happened from the puddle jumper's point of view.
They watched the gate being built, the Wraith ships showing up, the forming worm hole, the Hammond, the two Ori ships coming through the gate, and how the wraith ships were destroyed. When it was finished, the hologram disappeared.
Sam turned to Woolsey. "Better than a briefing, Mr. Woolsey?"
"Where are the two Ori ships?"
"They will be here soon, but they will stay in orbit as you saw the size of them."
"But won't they fire on Atlantis?"
"Nope. They are here to protect Atlantis."
"What about a prior?"
"He's seen the light. When they get here, he's going to talk to the people on both ships about the truth of the Ori."
"Well, that is good news."
"There is more. The Icarus crew will be home in four hours."
"What? How did you find them so fast?"
"Where they were was a super gate and that is where two of the Ori ships came from."
"From the IOA reports I received, it was going to take years to return to Earth. The ship stops off on certain planets before carrying on. How did they manage to change course or even get control of the ship?"
"General O'Neill is on the ship. He's controlling the ship from the chair,"
"OK. How long are you and your crew are here for?"
"Until the Ori ships show up. Then I'll be heading back to the super gate."
"Alright... I better let General Laundry know that Atlantis is safe."
"Let me. If that is alright with you?"
"Yes. I'll be in my office." Then he walked away.
Sam looked around and saw everyone walking out of the gate room talking and smiling. She walked over to the control room.
"Welcome back, Colonel Carter."
"Thank you, Chuck. Can you dial Earth, please. They will be worried."
"Yes, ma'am." Then he pushed some buttons and the gate started dialing.
When the wormhole formed, Chuck sent the code through and waited. Then a face appeared on screen.
"Colonel Carter."
Sam smiled. "General Landry. Good news. You can relax. The five Wraith ships are destroyed."
"I'll be looking forward to the report. How where they destroyed?"
Sam turned to the guy next to her. "Chuck can you send the video recording, please."
Chuck typed on the laptop. "Done."
"Thanks."
Then she turned to Landry. "I think the video footage will answer that question General, but I'll still write my report."
"I'll be looking forward to it. We received word from the Odessy, the Destiny is in our galaxy."
"That is good news. I'll be returning to Earth in a couple of days, General."
"Copy that, Colonel. I'll go and inform the president and the IOA of the good news about Atlantis."
Sam could tell by the look on his face that he was not looking forward to the phone calls to the IOA. "Yes, sir. As Jack would say, 'have fun.'"
He chuckled. "I'll try, Colonel." Then the link was cut and the gate shut down.
"If anyone needs me, I'll be in the lab."
"Yes, ma'am."
Sam walked away and headed to the lab, where she spent the next two hours calculating the locations of where the Wraith ships would make their stops.
When she finally got all the start and stop points calculated, she sent the information to her ship. When done, John Shepard ran into the room.
"Colonel, we've got a problem."
"What problem, Colonel?"
"Ten hive ships will be here in twenty minutes."
Sam was shocked. "What? How?"
He walked over to a computer and pressed some keys. Then the screen popped up. "This is where they came from," he said as he pointed to one of the planets.
"Damn." Then she put in her ear piece.
"This is Colonel Carter. Get the Hammond in orbit, beam me up, and prepare for battle stations. We've got Wraith coming."
"Yes, ma'am."
Sam turned to John. "What's Mr. Woolsey doing now?"
"He's letting General Landry know what's happening."
"OK. So much for being safe."
"Tell me about it... don't."
Sam smiled as they ran down to the control room. When they got there, Mr. Woolsey had just finished talking to General Landry and the gate shut down.
"Colonel Carter, we're going to evacuate in five minutes."
"I understand." Sam looked around to see everyone running around collecting everything when her ear piece beeped.
"Carter."
"Colonel, we are ready to beam you aboard."
"Copy that. Do it." Then Sam was beamed onto the bridge.
"We will try to defend Atlantis the best way we can." She sat down in her seat and waited. When it was time, they all watched the ten hive ships come out of hyperspace.
"Fire," Sam said. Then the Hammond started firing on the closest ship and it returned fire.
"Colonel, something's coming out of hyperspace."
"I hope it's not more Wraith. Shields?"
"Fifty percent."
"Colonel, look." Sam saw what came out of hyperspace. Then they saw the two Ori ships firing on the Wraith ships. So all the ships started firing upon the two Ori ships. Within a minute, all ten hive ships where destroyed.
"Hail the Ori ships. On screen." Then a face appeared.
"Colonel Carter, is your ship damaged?"
"Yes. We will be landing in Atlantis and we will start making repairs there. You made it just in time. Thank you."
"What happened? You said that the ships from where the super gate was were coming to destroy Atlantis?"
"They are... were. The ten hives ship came from a planet not far from here... Can you lower your shields? I'll beam over to your ship. I'll explain when I get there."
"Lowering shields."
"I'll be there after I give my crew instructions." Then the link was cut.
"Captain, land the Hammond at Atlantis. Get the crew to start working on the repairs."
"Yes, ma'am."
Then Sam stood up from her chair. "Lieutenant, go to the control room and dial the SGC. Let them know that it is safe to return and everything will be in my report."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Captain, beam me onto the Ori ship. I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Yes, ma'am."
Then Sam was beamed onto the Ori bridge.
"Colonel Carter."
"Tell the other Ori ship to stay here just in case more hive ships show up. We're going to check out the planet where those hive ships came from." Sam noticed that there were four soldiers on the bridge.
"I've got your message and the coordinance are locked in."
"Then, let's head to the planet."
"Yes, Colonel."
Then he turned to talk to another solider from the other ship. When finished the ship jumped into hyperspace.
"Where is the prior?"
"He's still on my ship and he's not a prior any more. The Ori aren't gods."
"You lie." He pulled out his gun and pointed at Sam.
"It's true. Let me tell you about the Ori, the truth about them."
"No, it will be lies."
"Will you listen to what I say? Then you can decide. Can you do that?" He lowered his weapon and gave Sam a nod.
For the next ten minutes, Sam told the four soldiers about what the Ori wanted, everything. By the time she finished telling them, the ship came out of hyperspace close to the planet.
"Check your screens of anything unusual."
He turned to do some checking. "There are hive ships on the planet. Five are heading this way."
"Fire on them."
Another soldier fired upon the five ships. Sam and the others watched as the ships exploded.
"How many are on the planet?"
Sam walked over to see where the ships were.
"I don't know. There are too many of them."
"Fire on them before any of them leave." Then they watched as each ship slowly disappeared from the screens. When some of the ships managed to get into orbit, the Ori ship managed to destroy all but one ship which managed to escape.
"All of the ships have been destroyed except one which escaped."
"OK. Let's check out the other planet to make sure that there are no more Wraith surprises waiting for the Atlantis crew."
"Which planet do you want to go to first?"
"This one." Sam pointed to the screen. Then the soldier typed in the course and the ship jumped into hyperspace.
On the Odyssey, the crew noticed the stargate started spinning. The crew all went on alert and waited. When the wormhole formed, they watched and waited. Then they saw three ships come through the gate.
Two of the ships were the Ori, but the third one they had never seen before. When the gate shut down, the three ships stopped in front of the Oddesy.
"Colonel, we're being hailed."
"On screen." Then a face appeared.
"General O'Neill."
"Colonel, these two Ori ships are going to be guarding this gate until the other ships get here."
"General, is it safe to have them here, sir?"
"They are the good guys. You can head back to Earth."
"Yes, sir." Then the link was cut.
"Good. Head out." Then the Oddesy turned around and jumped into hyperspace. The Destiny jumped into hyperspace a minute later.
Two hours later, the Ori ship came out of hyperspace and stopped not far from the other ships and Atlantis.
"Thank you. I'd better get back to my crew. If you need anything contact Atlantis."
"I will and thank you for telling us the truth about the Ori."
"You're welcome."
"Shields are lowered."
Sam clicked her ear piece. "This is Colonel Cater, beam me down to Atlantis." Then she clicked her ear piece again.
"Now you know about the new war. We will win, if we stick together." Then she was beamed off the ship.
When she appeared, she was in the gate room of Atlantis. The Atlantis crew was in the gate room, looking at Sam.
"Colonel Carter, what happened on the planet?" John asked.
"There were over fifty ships on the planet surface. All but one were destroyed. One did escape."
"And that took almost four hours?"
"No. We checked out the other planets as well. There were hives on them also... not anymore. So, Atlantis is safe."
"The question is, how did they get to the planets without us detecting them?"
"I've been thinking about that. I think when Atlantis was under the sea for three months, there were no sensors. It was the perfect time to get there ships onto those planets and my best guess is that they've been waiting just on the outside of Atlantis's sensor range."
"In other words, we'd been set up."
"Yes."
"OK. So, now what?" John asked.
"Now, I go check on my crew and find out how long before the Hammond leaves. The war isn't over yet."
"Earth?"
"Yes. Tell Mr. Woolsey that I'll send my report as soon as it's done." Then she turned and walked out of the gate room.
When she walked onto the bridge of the Hammond, Sam spoke to her crew and found out what damages had been repaired. Sam also helped with the repairs until everything was fixed. When finished, the Hammond left Atlantis, jumped into hyperspace, and headed to the super gate.
Around Earth's orbit the Daedalus was getting ready to head towards area fifty-one and it's underground bunker, since the ship had been back and fourth to Atlantis a lot in the past six months. The crew also needed a couple of weeks of R and R with their families. On the bridge, Colonel Caldwell gave the order.
"Take us in, Captain." Then there was a beep.
"Colonel, something is coming out of hyperspace."
"Shields up and on screen." Then they all saw a ship came out of hyperspace.
"Enlarge." Then they saw the ship.
"What the? That's not Wraith. Open all channels."
"Channels open, sir."
"This is Colonel Caldwell of the Earth ship Daedalus. Identity yourself." They all waited. Then a face appeared.
"Colonel Caldwell."
"Colonel Young," he said in shock.
"Yes. Can you let the SGC know that we are home," he said smiling.
"Of course. Let me be the first to say... welcome home."
"Thank you. General O'Neill wants to know if there is any word on the Hammond?"
"Tell the General that the last we heard, the Hammond left to try to destroy ten Wraith ships. All the Atlantis crew are back on Earth."
"What happened? I was told that the Wraith ships were destroyed."
"I don't know the details myself, but that is what I've been told."
"Alright, I'll let him know." Then they heard Jack's voice.
"I heard everything." Then his face appeared.
"Colonel."
"General, is there anything I can do for you, sir?"
"Yeah. Contact Landry, will yeah? Let him know to clear the gate room."
"Yes, sir."
"Good. When done, I want you to beam everyone and everything off this ship. Every one but me."
"Yes, sir, but why can't I beam you off as well, General?"
"I'll be in the chair room. Only I can lower and raise the shields. When everyone is off and the shields are up, I'll leave through the gate after I decide where this ship is going."
"Yes, sir." Then the connection was discounted.
"Get me General Landry."
"Yes, sir." Then the General's face appeared.
"Colonel, NORAD picked up a ship close to your location."
"Yes, sir. It's the Destiny, sir. I spoke to General O'Neill, sir. He said for me to tell you to clear the gate room."
"Why?"
"General O'Neill's orders are for me to beam down the Icarus crew and there gear, sir." Hank thought about it.
"What about the General?"
"The only way to lower and raise the shields is when he in the chair. He said that he will return through the gate, General."
"Alright. I'll have the gate room cleared. Landry out." Then the screen went blank.
"Colonel, the Destiny's shields are lowered, sir."
"Lock on every signature except for General O'Neill and beam them down to the gate room."
"Yes, sir." Then they saw light go from the Destiny onto the Daedalus and then down to Earth.
A few minutes later, they watched the ship move away and jump into hyperspace.
"Captain, take us in."
"Yes, sir."