When Approaching an Ancient;
The Ancient of Gallifrey
Abby Ebon
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who, Stargate: SG-1, or even Stargate: Atlantis. I only dabble in them. Enjoy.
Summery: After discovering that the newly rebuilt Gallifrey – R'Gallifrey, is so identical to Gallifrey that it stirs the same urges of leaving and adventuring as the old. Not to mention the inhabitants are infant Time Lords. The Doctor goes to Atlantis hoping to 'see what had become of it' little does he knew he is going to get an expected surprise- The SGC has gotten there before him.
The Doctor hummed and sighed as he stared at the ceiling of the TARDIS. Rose watched him amused; apparently he felt there was nothing to fiddle with.
He had told her that the TARDIS had once been powered by the Eye of Harmony, the nucleus of a black hole, and that the one on R'Gallifrey worked just as well as the one on Gallifrey and that the TARDIS had accepted it as a new power source.
"Doctor?" Rose finally asked growing tired of his boredom. The Doctor looked at her blinking. "Yes, Rose?"
"Why are the skies on R'Gallifrey so odd? The sky over and around the city on R'Gallifrey rust colored, and the sky outside it blue." Rose asked looking down at the Doctor on the floor, who smiled up at her.
"Because my cleaver Rose, the city was shielded- as the old Gallifrey was, only most of it was shielded unlike with R'Gallifrey where only the city is." The Doctor answered, grinning up at her.
"Are you going to ask me why the leaves are silver next?" The Doctor asked, sounding eager to answer this question. Rose smiled sliding down to sit next to where the Doctor laid.
The Doctor scooted up to lay his head in Rose's lap while Rose looked down at him fondly bushing back his hair. The Doctor didn't wait to know whither she wanted to know why the leaves on Gallifrey were silver as he rushed to tell her anyway.
"They are silver because unlike the plants on Earth, R'Gallifrey, just like Gallifrey's plants get 'food' from the moon instead of the sun." The Doctor told her as he brushed a stray strand of blond hair from her face.
Rose blushed but wouldn't be deterred- she wanted to know everything about him.
"What are the Rassilon artifacts?" Rose asked softly, the Doctor didn't look to happy at her question but answered while looking to the side.
"Well, they are things that would allow a Gallifreyan to control the Matrix and the Eye of Harmony. There's a few of them, and they all have Rassilon in the name. Rassilson was a leader of my people in our earlier history." The Doctor answered vaguely, but Rose was content with that knowledge.
"So where are we going?" Rose asked curiously, the Doctor grinned, a mischievous expression on his face.
"Ever heard of Atlantis?" The Doctor asked, Rose nodded confused, which caused the Doctor to grin all the more.
"Yeah, it's a mythological sunken city." Rose answered, the Doctor sat up and looked at the TARDIS's controls.
"Nope it's as real as you and me. Know those people SGC referred to as 'Ancients'? Well they really are called the Alterans, an they really did have a city called Atlantis." The Doctor said getting up and helping Rose to her feet.
The TARDIS stopped and the two shared a grin and started for the door.
"So did it really sink?" Rose asked as the Doctor opened the door.
"Don't know- it's in the Pegasus galaxy, haven't been there for a while. It should be fun!" The Doctor exclaimed, Rose grinned back, and the Doctor open the door of the TARDIS.
"Why do they look like humans?" Rose asked quietly as the two stared at the shocked crowd that had gathered hearing the blaring of the TARDIS. The Doctor looked them, scientists and military, and sighed running a hand through his hair.
"Because we are humans- what are you!" A man, who was clearly a scientist by the way he looked at the TARDIS, questioned them in a suspicious fashion. The Doctor judged by the way he asked said question that he was the sarcastic sort and thought he knew it all.
Boy does he have a lot to learn, the Doctor thought as he surveyed their surroundings. Military were finally reacting to the 'threat' by raising their guns a little half heartedly.
To give them some credit, all they knew was a teenage girl and mid-aged man had arrived in a rather noisy blue police box. They weren't much of a threat when you thought of it that way.
A woman- fit, and who held the air of someone who was in charge took a step foreword. She had brown hair cut to her shoulders and a somewhat formfitting suit.
"I am Elizabeth Weir, from Earth; please tell us who you are." The Doctor snorted 'please tell us who you are' indeed! Well it was the politest order he'd ever been given so he thought he ought to 'obey'.
"Well this is Rose, she's from Earth too. England actually- you might not what to hurt her, her Mum is bloody scary with a pot." The Doctor told them seriously, or as seriously as he could manage to without bursting into laughter at their faces.
"Did you say Rose- as in Rose Tyler? The Rose that travels with the Doctor?" A rather attractive man with wildish brown hair who reminded the Doctor of a younger version of O'Neill interrupted. The Doctor raised an eyebrow when the man waved and the military people lowered their guns, some looking relieved.
"Just the one, it seems now that you know who we are- who are you?" The Doctor chirped with a grin, wondering if he would have to do something about the boy with the way Rose was looking at him.
"Sorry I'm Lt. Col John Sheppard, military commander of Atlantis. You were mentioned in all the SG-1 members' logs- they said that the TARDIS- the blue police box, lets you travel in time and space and dimensions and stuff." The Doctor raised an eyebrow at him, and he seemed to shuffle his feet.
"Didn't they make some kind of deal with them? Two members saw inside the TARDIS- then they made some sort of deal with the Asgard and Gadmeer." The scientist who'd been the first to say anything added.
"That's right. Just who are you people?" Rose asked, though they both felt they knew- they wanted verbal confirmation.
"Well I'm Rodney McKay, and they are Ronan Dex and Teyla." The scientist- Rodney started obviously intending to name everyone in Atlantis.
Though the two he had named and pointed out were…interesting, Ronan was buff, tanned, and had dark eyes and dark hair. Teyla was athletic in a feminine way, also had dark skin- but had red hair, which the Doctor thought was odd but wouldn't question- for now.
Sheppard interrupted before Rodney could name more names.
"We're the Atlantis team for the SGC." Sheppard said simply grinning at Rose who smiled back.
"Fantastic- SGC got here ahead of us Rose…" The Doctor whined, Rose grinned at the Doctor and he winked back. Weir cleared her throat and the two time travelers turned to her.
"I assume you are staying here?" Weir asked, but since she knew the answer it was more for appearances then an actual question. None the less the Doctor nodded earning a pleased smile from Weir.
"Excellent, Sheppard and his team will escort you to your rooms- then show you what we know of Atlantis. By then it will be night and in the morning I'll expect you in my office." Weir was obviously used to getting her way and after they nodded, Rose slightly dazed from the woman's brisk manner, she left them with Sheppard, Rodney, Ronan, and Teyla.
"You'll have to excuse her- she's just had a rather large … shock, I believe the term is." Teyla said softly smiling gently at them.
As Weir had left the whole of Atlantis who had been curious of the odd noise left, for now satisfied that it had been allies. Although most of the scientists left reluctantly; throwing envious glances at Rodney, who didn't seem to care or notice.
The Doctor shrugged looking around at the city, a faint smile on his lips. Rose, now that there were less people, took time to look around as well- she gripped the Doctor's arm to reassure herself that this was real- and that no harm could befall her here.
"I guess we'll be doing that tour first." Sheppard mused aloud with a grin and glancing at each member of his team- none of them voiced any objections.