Ch.11
In the control room after Hank spoke to the Colonel, he turned to Walter. "Walter, I want the medical staff on stand by for the bodies of the Icarus crew."
"Yes, sir." Then Walter picked up the phone and made the call.
"They are on their way, sir."
"Good."
Then, a minute later there was a bright light. When it was gone, the staff and the General, who was in the control room, looked down into the gate room. The General leaned forward and pressed the PA system.
"Welcome home Icarus crew." He could see them all tired, but smiling. Then he walked down and into the gate room.
"Colonel Young."
"General Landry, it's good to be home."
Then the medical staff walked in with the gurneys.
The General watched as the bodies of the dead crew were being put on the gurney, a sheet put over them, and wheeled away.
"It's going to be one hell of a long briefing, Colonel."
"Three years is a long time, sir."
Hank smiled. "Yes, it is... Who is this?" He noticed a little girl walking up and standing next to the Colonel. The Colonel bent down and picked her up.
"This is my daughter, sir. Kate."
"And her mother?"
"That would be me, sir." Lieutenant Johansen said as she step forward.
"Colonel, you've got a lot of explaining to do."
"I know that, sir. Kate isn't the only child born on the Destiny, sir."
Then Hank looked around to see four other females holding children in their arms.
"All of you, go to the infirmary for check-ups."
"Yes, sir." Then they all walked out, just as Walter walked in.
"Sir, I got the personnel to take care of the Icarus crew's gear, sir."
"Thanks, Walter. I feel sorry for Jack when he returns. This is going to be a nightmare for him."
"He knows, General. He already gave Colonel Young and Lieutenant Johansen a talking... yelling at," Daniel said.
Hank looked at Daniel.
"Only them?"
"Yes, because the Lieutenant was pregnant before they were on the ship. From my estimation, she was about a week or two along."
"They were having..."
Daniel nodded.
"...and the others?"
"Not until months after they where on the ship. None of them where married."
"But still..."
"They didn't know if they were ever going to be coming home. So, they did the best they could under the circumstances."
"I suppose you talked to them."
"Yes, I did. It has been hard on them all."
Hank nodded. "I'll let you go, Dr. Jackson."
"Thanks, General." Then he walked out of the room.
Hank followed a few seconds later.
Five minutes after that, the stargate started spinning. So, Hank walked down to the control room just as the wormhole was formed.
"Walter."
"Getting the IDC. It's the alpha site, sir."
"Open the iris."
Then the iris opened.
A few seconds later, Jack stepped onto the ramp and walked down it just as the gate shut down behind him. He walked down as Hank walked into the gate room.
"Jack."
"Hank. How's the Icarus crew?"
"Still getting checked over."
"Good. I'm going to need you in the office."
"Sure, need anything?"
"I'm good."
Then they walked out of the gate room.
"Don't forget, you will need to go to the infirmary for a check-up."
"Don't remind me. Tell your daughter, small needles," Jack said as they walked up the steps to the control room.
"Don't worry, Jack. She knows what your like."
Jack stopped and turned to him.
"Dr. Fraiser left notes on your file, especially about you and needles," Hank said smiling as he walked passed Jack.
"Gee, I wonder what else she left on the file about me." Then he followed Hank up to his office.
When the Hammond came out of hyperspace, there were ten Wraith ships not far from the gate.
"Great," Sam muttered to herself.
"Colonel, do you want me to send a message to Atlantis?" The Captain asked.
"No."
"Colonel, two are heading this way."
"Captain, dial the gate and send a message to the Ori ships. Tell them that we are blocked from the gate by Wraith ships and we need assistance."
"Yes, ma'am."
Then they watched as the gate started dialing. When the wormhole was formed, they watched the ten Wraith ships heading towards the gate.
"Colonel..."
"I know. Have you sent the message yet?"
"No, ma'am."
"Change it... The Wraith are coming through the gate. They've got to be stopped at all cost."
The Captain typed what Sam said and sent it just before the first Wraith ship went through the gate. When all ten ships went through, the gate shut down.
"We will wait for a few minutes then dial the gate."
"Yes, ma'am."
On the other side of the galaxy, the Ori ships were close by the gate when the gate started dialing. When the wormhole was formed, they were waiting to see who was coming through.
"Sir, a message is coming through. Ten Wraith hives are coming through the gate. Colonel Carter said that they must be stopped at all cost."
Then the first ship started coming through the gate.
"Fire on that ship." Then they fired on the ship.
In one shot, it was destroyed since a quarter of the hive was still in the gate. When the rest of the ship came through, it was floating in space. Then the next ship came through and they did the same thing until all ten ships where destroyed.
"Send out the fighters. Get them to move the debris away from the gate before the gate starts dialing."
"Yes, sir." Then the soldier sent a message to the fighters.
The ones on the bridge watched the fighters move towards the debris and push them away from the gate. Within a few minutes, the path was clear, just in time because the gate started spinning. When the worm hole was formed, they waited.
"There's a message. It's from the Earth ship, Hammond. It's coming through." They watched as the Hammond came through the gate. Then the gate shut down.
Sam's face appeared on their screen.
"You got my message about the hives?"
"Yes. We destroyed them when they came through the gate."
"Good job."
"What happened to Atlantis?"
"Atlantis is safe. The Wraith ships have been destroyed."
"That is good news, but what about the hives that came through here?"
"They were waiting for us, but they didn't know about you being here."
"Why did you dial here?"
"I knew that if I dialed to here, they would go through and as soon as they were through, they would jump into hyperspace. I think that is what there plan was, but they were the ones who were surprised when they came through."
"I guess you are right."
"How many Ori ships are here?"
"Forty-three, Colonel."
"OK. I want two Ori ships to go through the gate to the Pegasus galaxy to guard the gate, just in case more Wraith show up, I want two ships to stay here and the rest to follow me. We are going on a Wraith hunt."
"I'll talk to the others."
"I'll be waiting for your reply. Carter out." Then the link was disconnected.
On the Hammond, Sam opened her laptop and did some typing. Then she did some typing on one of the consoles. When finished, all she needed to do was wait.
"Colonel, ma'am, how long are we going to look for the Wraith?"
Sam turned to the women next to her. "I know about our food supplies, Captain, just one stop. Hopefully the Wraith will get the message."
"And if not."
"They will be stopped."
"Yes, ma'am."
Five minutes later, there was a beep. Sam brought up the screen.
"Colonel Carter, we are all ready. Two ships are ready to go to the Pegasus galaxy."
"Alright, have them close to the gate and I'll dial it up."
"Yes, Colonel."
"Once they were through, the gate shut down. I'll dial another super gate where we all will go through. From there, we head to the stop over point, which is two hours away. The Wraith should be half an hour behind."
"Understood, Colonel." Then the link was cut.
"Dial the gate, Captain." Then they watched the gate dial.
When the wormhole was formed, Sam and her crew watched two Ori ships go through the gate. Then it shut down.
"Alright. Dial the gate." Then they watched the gate dial and a worm hole was formed.
"Take us in." They went through the gate.
"Colonel."
"I see them." They saw three Ori ships in front of them.
The Hammond moved away just as the first Ori ship came through the gate. An hour and a half later, all the Ori ships were through the gate. Then it shut down. There was a beep. Sam brought the screen up and saw it was a prior.
"Who are you and what are you doing with all of the Ori ships?"
"They are here with me. There is an enemy known as the Wraith. They are coming and need to be stopped."
"The Ori will stop them."
"The ships will stop them. Since you are here, I've got the box of the Ori."
"The Ori have got no box."
Then the x-prior, who was on Sam's ship, walked onto the bridge. He walked over and stood next to Sam.
"She speaks the truth. The Ori box is powerful. I have seen it for myself."
"If you want to see it, lower your shields and I can beam you over. You can look into the box yourself."
"Colonel, one of the ships just lowered it shields."
"Lock onto the prior, beam him over here, and get a couple of airmen to bring the box onto the bridge."
"Yes, ma'am."
Then Sam turned to the prior. "I'll beam you over now." Then the link was cut.
"Beam the prior aboard."
Then there was a bright light and the prior appeared.
"Hallowed are the Ori," the prior said.
"I'm Colonel Carter, leader of the Earth ship, Hammond."
"Where is the Ori box?"
Two airmen walked in carrying the box between them. .
"Put it down here," Sam said as she pointed to the ground in front of her.
Once it was on the ground, the Ori looked at it and then to Sam. Sam bent over and pressed the combination. Then they heard it click open. She opened the lid as the prior looked into it. Then there was a bright light for a minute. Then the lid closed.
The prior looked at Sam in confusion. "I've been deceived"
"You're not the only one. Now you know the truth. I'll send you back, so you can spreed the truth about the Ori."
"Thank you for showing me the truth. The Wraith you speak of, are they coming?"
"Yes. We are going to stop as many as we can before they jump in to hyperspace."
"Where are they going?"
"To my home planet, Earth. I'll send all the information about them to your ship. Pass it on to others to read."
"I will. Thank you."
"You're welcome. Before you go, do you know where there are other super gates and priors?"
"Super gate?" He looked confused.
"Like the gate we just used."
"Yes. I know where there are five super gates and priors."
"Do you know the gate address for them?"
"Yes."
Sam walked over and picked up a flat screen board. Then she walked back over to the prior. "Press each symbol like this. Then click this." Sam showed the prior what to do.
He looked at each symbol and pressed each symbol. Then he pressed 'enter.' He did it again. When done, Sam looked at it and smiled.
"Thank you."
"I hope you do set the others free."
"They will all be free."
Then Sam turned to her Captain.
"Beam him back." Then she turned to the prior to see him beamed back on his ship.
Sam turned and walked over to her laptop. She sent a copy about the Wraith to the ship the prior was on.
"Send the coordinance to the ships. Once done, jump into hyperspace. We will meet the ships there."
"Yes, ma'am." The Captain sent the message to all the Ori ships. Once done, they jumped into hyperspace.
