The last man Pt. 2

Author's note: The top part of this will be from the past Atlantis' point of view, the missing twelve days before John reappeared. It will then continue on to the end of the show.

Natalie was sitting in one of the chairs in the Gateroom. She was waiting for John, Lorne and his team to arrive from M4S-587. After a few minutes the gate began to dial. It then activated. "Major Lorne's I.D.C." Chuck said. "Let them in." Carter said. The shield on the gate disappeared and Lorne and his team walked through and the gate deactivated. Cater and Natalie looked at each other puzzled. They then walked down the steps to meet up with SGA-2. Evan saw them and walked up to them. "Major, how was the mission?" Sam asked. "Boring, the guy never showed." Evan answered. "Where's Col. Sheppard?" Sam then asked. Evan frowned. "He dialed Atlantis almost four hours ago, ma'am." He answered. Carter looked at Natalie. "Natalie, you have been in the Gateroom all morning doing diagnostics, was there any gate activity?" She asked. "No, not until just now." Natalie replied. "Dr. McKay to the Gateroom." Cater ordered into her comlink. Rodney arrives moments later.

"What's going on?" He asked. They explained the situation. "Could he have dialed the wrong address?" Sam wondered. The other three look at her. "No, I watched him myself, it was the Atlantis address." Evan said. "Well, just in case, I want Rodney to get the last ten address dialed from M4S-587." Sam ordered. Rodney nodded. "Natalie you come with me, you wanted to see how to do it right anyway." Rodney said. He walks away, Natalie rolls her eyes then follows him. They suited up and went back to the planet, got the address and came back to Atlantis. They then sent search teams to all of the addresses, no luck. It had now been twelve days. Natalie had stationed herself in the control room, hoping to see her brother walking through the gate at any moment. Evan walked up to her. "How you doing?" He asked. "He's not dead right, I mean he can't be dead." She commented. "No, you just watch, he'll be coming back and telling us this fantastic story about what happened." Evan replied. Natalie chuckled and looked at him. "Thank God your still here, or I would probably be a horrible mess." She said. Evan put his arms around her and kissed her quickly.

Ella was also in the control room, her and John had begun to date seriously. She was dying inside every minute he wasn't there. Natalie moved away from Evan and walked over to her friend. "He'll be back, don't worry." Natalie said. "I hope so, I can't live with out him." Ella replied. Just then the gate started dialing, it activated. Chuck scrambles for his console. "Unscheduled offworld activation!" He shouted. Sam hurries out of her office. "What have you got?" Sam asked. Rodney also walks into the control room. "Receiving an I.D.C." Chuck said. He looks up in surprise. "It's Col. Sheppard!" He said. "Lower the shield." Carter ordered. She, Rodney, Natalie, Ella and Evan run for the stairs and trot down them as the shield lowers. Sam calls out as she goes. "Security!" She shouts. Marines hurry into the Gateroom and aim their rifles at the gate. After several seconds John runs through the event horizon, then skids to a halt and holds his hands out as he sees all the weapons pointed at him. "Whoa!" He says. "John!" Cater said. "Colonel!" John replied. He looks around the Gateroom. "It worked!" He exclaimed. "It worked. Rodney, you're a genius." Rodney frowns. "Ok." He replies uncertainly. "John, what happened?" Cater asked. "How much time has gone by?" John asked. "You've been missing for twelve days." Ella said. "Twelve days, twelve days. Ok, she won't have had her baby yet." John said to himself. He then looks at Sam. "Look, I know this sounds kinda weird, but we're on the clock." He told her. "John, what are you talking about?" She asked. "I know where Teyla is." John stated.

Keller quickly checks him out, beside from being hungry he was fine. She led John to an isolation room, Natalie, Lorne, Sam, Rodney and Ella are waiting for them. They was also some food waiting for him. "So, what happened to you big brother?" Natalie asked. Before he began he started hugging people. He started with his sister, then Ella, followed by Lorne, Sam, Keller, and Rodney. He also kissed Rodney on the cheek. Rodney pulled away from him. He then looked at Jennifer. "Are you sure he checks out ok?" Rodney asked. John laughed. "It's so good to see you all." He said. "What happened, sir?" Lorne asked. John explained to them what happened and their futures. He did keep back some information though, mainly Jennifer and Rodney getting together. If they were still going to get together he didn't want it to be just 'cause he said that it happened in the future. Later John is pacing angrily around the isolation room. Sam is with him. "We don't have time for this." He said. "John, there are procedures we have to follow, you know that." She told him. "I am not a clone, is that what your worried about?" He asked. "No, your medical came up clean, telomeres and all, but there are other things we need to discuss." Sam said. "I mean, you have to admit; this is a pretty wild story, even for this place." John stopped pacing. "But that's my whole point! How could I make this up!" He pointed out. "Sam, believe it or not, I found it." Rodney said over the comlink. "It was in the sensor log. It's a solar flare capable of interfering with the wormhole from M4S-587 at exactly the moment that Lorne says he dialed." Sam frowned. "Well, why didn't the gate's failsafe prevent the wormhole from locking?" She asked.

Rodney looks uncomfortable. "Umm, well, we've had a number of glitches since we, uh, last undated the operating system." He said. "Oh, that's what you call a "glitch," huh?" John asked sarcastically. "Yes, well, you should know that, uh, I'll be giving Zelenka a stern talking to." Rodney said. John turns to Sam. "Can we go now?" He asked. Later, the Stargate is dialing out. In the Gateroom, John, Natalie, Lorne and a group of marines are making last minute checks of their gear. Rodney and Ronon come in. Rodney goes over to John and speaks to him quietly. "Look, um, I know you've already been briefed about the future events – all the things we were hoping to avoid and told us – but there's just one more thing I need to know." He said. "What?" John asked. "Did I still have hair?" Rodney asked. John looks away. "No." He replied. He calls out to the team. "Let's go." He ordered.

On the planet, the team has arrived at the building where the future Lorne, Natalie, Ronon and Rodney found Teyla. Team Lorne together with Rodney and Natalie has split off and gone in another direction while John and Ronon, accompanied by two marines, make their way into the building. John gestures to the marines and they head off while he and Ronon progress on. Nearby, Team Lorne, Natalie and Rodney come to a door and open it. "Rodney, you got anything?" John asked over the comlink. "Hold on." He replied. He goes inside, followed by the others, and walks over to a large Wraith device with a T.V. screen nearby. "Yeah, yeah, I've got some kind of a data terminal." Rodney said. "Let me see it I can power it op and hack in." As he gets to work, John and Ronon reach the room where Teyla's body was discovered in the future. "This is it, this is where they found her." John said. "How do you know?" Ronon asked. "'Cause he described it to me." He replied. Growling, Ronon races to the doorway and aims his blaster in. John joins him and they go inside. There's nobody there, but Ronon noticed something on a side table. "Hey." He said. He picks up a wicked looking knife and shows it to John. "Look at this." He added. In the other room, Rodney has his hands deep in the Wraith console. "McKay, we've got something." John said into the comlink. "What is it?" He asked. "Some twisted version of a maternity ward." John replied. "Eww." Natalie commented. John is looking at what looks like the Wraith equivalent of an incubator. "I think we're too early, though, but, he's gonna bring her here to have the baby." John stated. "Hold on, I'm in." Rodney said. He pulls his hands out of the console and looks a the T.V. screen as information appears on it. Natalie walks over and looks at the screen also.

"Awesome." Natalie said. "Whoa, Jackpot!" Rodney exclaims. "What've you got?" John asked. "We've got everything!" Natalie replied. "I've got gate addresses, I've got sub-space communication codes. I've even got his research into the hybrids!" Rodney said. He looks round and grins at Lorne. "He's history!" He adds. Just then the screen blinks out. It remains blank for a moment, then a single symbol appears on it. "No-no. No-no-no-no-no. What happened?" Rodney asked. The symbol blinks out and is replaced by another one. A second later, another symbol appears, then another and another. "What's that?" Evan asked pointing at the screen. "Oh, no." Rodney said. "Doc?" Lorne asked. "It's a countdown!" Rodney exclaimed. In the maternity ward, John and Ronon look up at the sound of an explosion. From the other room, Lorne yells into his radio. "Colonel, it's a booby trap!" He shouts. The building begins to shake. "We've got to get out of here now!" Lorne shouted. He runs for the door, Natalie and Rodney following. Part of the ceiling crashes down and blocks their way. In the maternity ward, a large metal support falls from the ceiling, narrowly missing John and Ronon. They race out of the room but then ducks as more of the ceiling falls in. Back at the other room, Rodney, Natalie, Evan and the others cower as debris tumbles from the ceiling. Explosions go off all around the base of the building. The entire building disintegrates. The walls fall inwards and tumble to the ground.

To Be Continued…..