Eye of the storm, part 12
Dylan lay in the infirmary bed, just staring at the ceiling: for the second time in his life, he had lost everything. No, that was not true: when he was pulled from the singularity, he still had Andromeda, his ship and loyal friend. And now he truly had nothing left, nothing to cling to.
Carter quietly walked through the door and sat on the chair by Dylan's bed, "Hi. Look, I can't even begin to understand what you must be feeling at the moment, but we are doing everything we can to find a way to send you home." Dylan barley even acknowledged she was there, so she changed tact, "Teal'c suggested we could contact the Commonwealth, maybe they can help you get home. The only thing is, we don't know where to look for them." Dylan seemed intent on ignoring her, so Cater gave up and went to leave.
"Sinti is probably the best place to go for help." Dylan said, not even moving. Carter span round, "Where's that?" Dylan pulled himself up onto his elbows, "Sinti, it's in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. At this point in time it's the major population centre of a species called Perseids: they're known for their scientific knowledge, and have been Commonwealth members for over 2-thoursand years by this point in time."
Carter was amazed, "If I showed you a star-chart, could you pick Sinti out for us. We can use the dialling computer to work out its coordinates, and then see if it's got a Stargate." Dylan nodded, "Ok, but can we do it tomorrow: I don't know what your doctor gave me, but I'm very tired." Carter smiled, "I'll see you in the morning."
Dylan was woken the next day by an air force guard, "Sir, General Hammond needs to talk with you. If you would follow me please." Dylan nodded, and slowly managed to get his uniform on without falling over, still feeling the effects of the sedative Dr. Fraiser had given him the night before. The guard led Dylan along a corridor and into an elevator. Dylan was wondering why the Generals office would be at ground level, when he felt something press against the side of his neck, and the world wend dark.
O'Neill walked into the infirmary, "Rise and Sine Dylan, time to go visit your friends the Perseids!" he stopped dead in his tracts when he saw Dylan's bed was empty and his clothes where gone. O'Neill back-tracked to Dr. Fraiser's office, "Um, Janet, where's Dylan? You know, tall guy, well built, doesn't speak a word of English, born 5000-years from now?" The doctor looked confused, "A guard came down for him about 45-muinets ago, said General Hammond wanted to see him. Why?" O'Neill was already off and running.
General Hammond was sitting in his office, trying to do some paperwork when O'Neill burst in, "Dylan's missing." The General looked up, a resigned expression on his face, "Why am I not surprised? Do we know when he went missing?" O'Neill nodded, "Doc Fraiser says a guard came to the infirmary about 45-muinets ago and said you wanted to see him." Hammond shook his head, "Well I didn't send for him." The two men looked at each other, "NID!"
Hammond went pick up the phone to seal the base when klaxons started going off all over the base, "Incoming Wormhole." The two men ran along the corridor to the control room in time to see the Iris close over the Stargate. Sgt. Davis sat at the controls, "Sir, we've not received a GDO, but a signal is coming through the Stargate, and seems to be scanning our computer records." Hammond looked worried, "What is it looking at right now?" Davis punched a few commands into his terminal, "It appears to be examining Captain Hunts medical file."
More alarms started going off as the Iris slowly opened. Davis punched frantic commands into the computer, "The systems been overridden sir, I can't shut the Iris!" O'Neill grabbed the PA-mike, "All security personnel to the gate room, stat!" Special Forces guards ran into the gate room from both doors, aiming their weapons at the Wormhole, ready to fire
O'Neill groaned as Rommie stepped through, "Oh, we're dead!" Hammond looked at him, "You know that woman?" O'Neill nodded, "That's no woman, that Rommie, the AI-Avatar of the Andromeda Ascendant, Dylan's ship. And she is going to be PISSED when she learns that we've lost her captain."
Rommie ignored the guards around her and looked up to the control room, her eyes zeroing in on O'Neill, "Where's Dylan?"
TBC
Dylan lay in the infirmary bed, just staring at the ceiling: for the second time in his life, he had lost everything. No, that was not true: when he was pulled from the singularity, he still had Andromeda, his ship and loyal friend. And now he truly had nothing left, nothing to cling to.
Carter quietly walked through the door and sat on the chair by Dylan's bed, "Hi. Look, I can't even begin to understand what you must be feeling at the moment, but we are doing everything we can to find a way to send you home." Dylan barley even acknowledged she was there, so she changed tact, "Teal'c suggested we could contact the Commonwealth, maybe they can help you get home. The only thing is, we don't know where to look for them." Dylan seemed intent on ignoring her, so Cater gave up and went to leave.
"Sinti is probably the best place to go for help." Dylan said, not even moving. Carter span round, "Where's that?" Dylan pulled himself up onto his elbows, "Sinti, it's in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. At this point in time it's the major population centre of a species called Perseids: they're known for their scientific knowledge, and have been Commonwealth members for over 2-thoursand years by this point in time."
Carter was amazed, "If I showed you a star-chart, could you pick Sinti out for us. We can use the dialling computer to work out its coordinates, and then see if it's got a Stargate." Dylan nodded, "Ok, but can we do it tomorrow: I don't know what your doctor gave me, but I'm very tired." Carter smiled, "I'll see you in the morning."
Dylan was woken the next day by an air force guard, "Sir, General Hammond needs to talk with you. If you would follow me please." Dylan nodded, and slowly managed to get his uniform on without falling over, still feeling the effects of the sedative Dr. Fraiser had given him the night before. The guard led Dylan along a corridor and into an elevator. Dylan was wondering why the Generals office would be at ground level, when he felt something press against the side of his neck, and the world wend dark.
O'Neill walked into the infirmary, "Rise and Sine Dylan, time to go visit your friends the Perseids!" he stopped dead in his tracts when he saw Dylan's bed was empty and his clothes where gone. O'Neill back-tracked to Dr. Fraiser's office, "Um, Janet, where's Dylan? You know, tall guy, well built, doesn't speak a word of English, born 5000-years from now?" The doctor looked confused, "A guard came down for him about 45-muinets ago, said General Hammond wanted to see him. Why?" O'Neill was already off and running.
General Hammond was sitting in his office, trying to do some paperwork when O'Neill burst in, "Dylan's missing." The General looked up, a resigned expression on his face, "Why am I not surprised? Do we know when he went missing?" O'Neill nodded, "Doc Fraiser says a guard came to the infirmary about 45-muinets ago and said you wanted to see him." Hammond shook his head, "Well I didn't send for him." The two men looked at each other, "NID!"
Hammond went pick up the phone to seal the base when klaxons started going off all over the base, "Incoming Wormhole." The two men ran along the corridor to the control room in time to see the Iris close over the Stargate. Sgt. Davis sat at the controls, "Sir, we've not received a GDO, but a signal is coming through the Stargate, and seems to be scanning our computer records." Hammond looked worried, "What is it looking at right now?" Davis punched a few commands into his terminal, "It appears to be examining Captain Hunts medical file."
More alarms started going off as the Iris slowly opened. Davis punched frantic commands into the computer, "The systems been overridden sir, I can't shut the Iris!" O'Neill grabbed the PA-mike, "All security personnel to the gate room, stat!" Special Forces guards ran into the gate room from both doors, aiming their weapons at the Wormhole, ready to fire
O'Neill groaned as Rommie stepped through, "Oh, we're dead!" Hammond looked at him, "You know that woman?" O'Neill nodded, "That's no woman, that Rommie, the AI-Avatar of the Andromeda Ascendant, Dylan's ship. And she is going to be PISSED when she learns that we've lost her captain."
Rommie ignored the guards around her and looked up to the control room, her eyes zeroing in on O'Neill, "Where's Dylan?"
TBC