***As always I do not own Stargate nor do I own Harry Potter. I am merely playing in their sandboxes. I would also like to thank my reviewers.***
As General O'Neill was moving through the SGC Walter's voice blared over the PA system.
"General O'Neill to the control room." came Walter's disembodied voice.
Picking up his pace it was 2 minutes later when he entered the control room. "What have you got Walter." he said.
"Sir we are receiving a transmission from Atlantis. It's Dr Weir." replied Walter.
"What, the Daedalus isn't due to arrive in Atlantis for another few hours yet." said General O'Neill with a frown.
"I know sir, but perhaps..." replied Walter as he indicated the screen which showed Dr Weir, Rodney and Major Sheppard on screen.
Taking in the people of the screen General O'Neill said "Dr Weir, Rodney, Major Sheppard. Where is Colonel Everett?"
"That's one of the reasons I wanted to contact you General O'Neill." said Dr Weir.
"Oh?" inquired O'Neill.
"Yes but perhaps I should start at the beginning. When you sent Colonel Everett at the teams through to relieve me we where discussing what was going to happen and Colonel Everett was asserting control in Atlantis we had an inbound gate activation." replied Dr Weir.
"Really." replied O'Neill.
"Yes, it appears that the ancients or Alteran's as they are truly called are not as gone as we thought. They where less than impressed that we have set up a base in their home. When the High Chancellor approached me to talk Colonel Everett not liking that he was being ignored took a shot at the High Chancellor. He was aiming for the High Chancellors head and if the High Chancellor was not wearing his personal shield he would now be dead." snapped Dr Weir as she finished.
Blanching O'Neill said "Where is the Colonel at the moment?" hoping that he was still alive.
"He has been confined to a cell to await his trial along with Sgt. Bates who became violent after he was treated for the injuries sustained from a Wraith attack within the city." said Dr Weir.
"Shit, you have got to be kidding me. Not only do I have to deal with the outpost and several pieces of equipment vanishing from right under our noses we now have a diplomatic cock-up of epic proportions to deal with." said O'Neill as he ran his hand through his hair.
"About that sir. It was the Alteran's who removed the outpost and the equipment." said Dr Weir.
Snapping his head to the screen O'Neill said "What, why?"
"That hasn't been made clear as yet. I have not pushed the High Chancellor on anything yet. His name by the way is Harry Potter. He has said that we can remain for the moment and has asked that the people we sent off-world for safety to return to Atlantis. The Wraith fleet that was approaching has been destroyed and at least 4500 people have been rescued from the hive-ships and cruisers and are being treated by the Alteran's." said Dr Weir.
"Alright what do you need?" inquired O'Neill.
"At the moment nothing sir. Besides I don't know if the Alteran's are willing to let more people through from Earth. The High Chancellor was less than impressed that we have informed the Wraith that there is a new rich feeding ground that is only accessible through the Atlantis gate." replied Dr Weir.
Almost dreading the answer O'Neill asked "How do the Wraith know about Earth?"
Major Sheppard answered "Sir when we first arrived in the Pegasus galaxy several members of the expedition where captured. It was Colonel Sumner who unwittingly gave the Wraith Queen who was interrogating him. As you know from the reports we managed to send through they are a telepathic species. The Queens appear to have to ability to read a humans mind." replied Sheppard.
"Well there is nothing we can do about it now. I'm going to speak to the President,General Hammond and the IOA about this." said General O'Neill.
"Yes sir, we just wanted to ensure that you where aware of what was happening. Especially in light of the equipment vanishing." replied Dr Weir.
"Alright well I have better inform our superiors of this." said a slightly frustrated O'Neill.
"I would also point out that we have made a less than stellar impression here with the Alteran's. They are not happy that we where in their city and I have to say that I am less than impressed with the xenophobic vitriol being spouted by Colonel Everett and Sgt. Bates." replied Dr Weir.
"Alright leave it with me I shall get things moving on this end." said General O'Neill. He really wasn't looking forward to the phone calls that had to be made.
"Yes sir. In the meantime I am going to see if we can work on better relations with them. Atlantis out." replied Dr Weir as the connection was cut.
Staring at the screen for a moment General O'Neill said "Walter have SG1 in the conference room asap. I have some phone calls to make." as he turned and rushed back upstairs to his office.
….Atlantis just after the Earth dial...
"That went well." said Rodney who had engaged the function where is foot took up residence in his mouth.
"You think." replied a sarcastic Sheppard as he looked at Rodney with a frown.
"That's enough." said Dr Weir as she looked at the two who had started to argue in-front of her. "We have enough to be worrying about without you to starting on each other." she said as she realised that they where being watched by Harry.
With an inscrutable expression Harry said "Well at least you phoned home to tell your superiors. Now there is a lot to be done in the next few hours I suggest we get to work."
Letting out a breath Dr Weir said "Alright, where do you need us?"
"Need you? Oh we don't need you anywhere but you are here and there is nothing to be done about it currently. I suggest you pitch in where you can however you will each be supervised by an Alteran. The last thing we need is for one you your people to blow us up because they haven't a clue what they are doing. Rodney why don't you and Major Sheppard see what assistance you and your people can be here. Talk to Alex. Dr Weir I want you to remain with me." replied Harry dryly.
"Yes sir." replied Sheppard as he grabbed Rodney's elbow and lead him away.
Looking at Dr Weir Harry said "I noticed that you didn't mention the shielded area located on Earth, why?"
Taking a moment Dr Weir replied "When I heard about it during your communique you mentioned that you already knew about it and even though it is located on our homeworld it must be something important or dangerous within. So at this time I thought it better to say nothing for the time being. I hope I am not wrong?"
Thinking long and hard about his answer Harry said "You are correct it is very dangerous. There is something there that has the potential to bring horrors to the Avalon galaxy that would make battling the Wraith seem like a stroll through a springtime meadow by comparison. I intend to prevent that happening." pausing Harry thought about it and said "Perhaps there is hope for your people yet."
Blanching at what she heard she could only reply "Thank you."
Nodding Harry turned to begin talking to Javier.
The next 90 minutes passed very quickly when Javier called out "Off-world gate activation."
"Source?" barked Harry as he entered ops with Dr Weir following.
"Tracking origin...It's Altera." said Javier.
"Open the comm lines." said Harry as he moved up beside Alex.
"Aye sir, lines open." replied Alex.
"This is Atlantis calling Avalon please respond." said Harry as he watch the viewscreen spring to like in-front of him.
As the image changed to show Percy Harry waited for him to reply.
"This is Avalon, Sir we have the Nox healers, 5 sarcophagi and 250 Furling warriors ready travel to Atlantis." said Percy.
"Lower the shield." said Harry to Javier.
"Aye sir lowering the gate-shield." replied Javier as he input the command at his station.
As they shield lowered Harry said to Percy "You can begin sending people through."
"Aye sir. Everyone move out." called out Percy.
Over the next 30 minutes 30 Nox healers, the 5 Goa'uld sarcophagi and 250 Furling warriors came through the gate.
The Nox had already moved to medical assisted by a mixture of Alteran's and humans from Earth. It was Griphook that was leading the Furlings and what a sight did they make decked out in their battle armour. They made the humans who had never encountered them a little nervous.
"Griphook may your enemies cower at the mention of your name and may their gold ever flow into your vaults." said Harry as he approached.
"High Chancellor. May your enemies fall by your blade." replied Griphook in the traditional greeting between the Alteran's and the Furlings.
"I have asked Alex to assign a tower for your forces to be housed in. Can I suggest you get settled and we shall meet in two hours to discuss strategies." inquired Harry.
"Indeed that is ample time." said Griphook as he looked to his command and then to Alex for directions.
"I shall leave you to it." said Harry as he turned to talk to Javier.
"Sir I have been reviewing the data base I may have a lead on the key." said Javier.
"Really?" replied a very interested Harry.
"Yes sir. Although it doesn't mention it exactly there are several references to Janus having a bastion of unfettered thought within the city. I believe this is where we shall find the key." replied Javier.
"Do you have any idea as to the location of the laboratory?" inquired Harry.
"I have a rough idea sir. If you looked here in one of the formally flooded areas of the city there is a dead end to a corridor that should lead to a set of laboratories." replied Javier as he indicated a position that on the map of the city.
Looking at it Harry said "I want you to take a team and see if you can determine how to access the laboratory."
"Aye sir." replied Javier as he caught the attention of two nearby Alteran technicians and he stood to leave.
"What are you searching for?" inquired Dr Weir hesitantly.
Harry thought about his answer for a moment before deciding to answer. "We are searching for a device that will allow us to win the war fairly quickly if it still works."
Frowning a little Dr Weir said "What is it?"
"That for the moment is classified." said Harry with a smirk. He was liking that Dr Weir was being more forth coming with questions but there was no way in hell he was going to give away secrets of the Alteran's.
…..Earth SGC...
As General O'Neill was finishing up a call to the President SG1 assembled around the conference table they could only speculate on what was happening. The ancients no Alteran's where still around and had reclaimed Atlantis.
"Well this is a cause for celebration?" said Major Carter.
"Indeed." was Tealc's reply.
Daniel who had remained quite seemed to be lost in thought. Noticing this Carter attempted to gain his attention.
"Daniel, Daniel." said Carter has she waved her hand in front of his face.
"Whowha..." replied a startled Daniel.
"You with us?" inquired Carter.
"Yeh just trying to figure out how come I don't remember that the ancients sorry Alteran's where still around." replied Daniel.
"Well Daniel I would say it was because of the memories that where taken from you when you where sent back...but still their could have been a clue or something." replied Carter with a little tiny piece of frustration in her voice.
"Indeed but it could be that the ascended did not think we where ready to meet them yet." replied Tealc.
Just as Carter and Daniel gave a fleeting look to each other and Daniel was about to reply Jack came in from his office.
"I take it you are aware of what happened a short time ago. So I won't rehash them. We are potentially dealing with the greatest ally we could ever have. I know however there have been some issues and at least two situations that have jeopardized our relations with the Alteran's." said O'Neill.
"What issues are there?" asked Daniel.
"You don't know?" asked Jack with an air of surprise in his voice.
"No all I know is that there has been contact with Atlantis and the Alteran's have reclaimed the city." said Daniel.
Letting out a breath O'Neill said "Colonel Everett took a shot at the Alteran High Chancellor and if the High Chancellor hadn't been wearing an activated personal shield we would now be at war with the most powerful race to ever inhabit the stars. Add to that Sgt. Bates injured a medical doctor who had treated his injuries. Apparently both he and Everett have been arrested."
As Jack spoke the colour had drained from the faces of Daniel and Carter.
"How is this possible?" asked a stoic yet shocked Tealc.
"Details are still sketchy at best. What I do know is that the Alteran's are the ones responsible for removing the outpost and several pieces of their equipment from Earth. Dr Weir dialled in with the Alteran's permission and gave me a quick rundown of the situation at the moment it everything is kind of OK but until we hear back from Atlantis there is not much we can do. I have contacted the President and advised him of the situation. General Hammond and Mr Woolsey have been informed and are preparing to travel here just in case." said General O'Neill.
"What do you need?" asked Daniel.
"I need anything you can get me on the ancients sorry Alteran's. We have to proceed very carefully now. I can't stress this enough." replied O'Neill.
….Poseidon above Lantea...
"Sir I have the Earth vessel on sensors." said Lt Ivonava.
"Take no provocative action. Maintain our cloak and signal the fleet that we have incoming." replied Moody.
"Aye sir." said Commander Ochiba.
"Sir the vessel will exit hyperspace in 10 seconds." replied Lt Ivonava.
In space above Lantea a hyperspace window opened and a vessel shot out and came to a complete stop.
With a critical eye Moody looked over the vessel.
….Atlantis same time...
"Sir we have the Daedalus exiting hyperspace." said Alex as he watched the vessel slow to sub-light speeds and assume orbit. "We are receiving a hail."
Nodding Harry said "Let's hear it."
As Alex put the hail through everyone in OPS could hear "This is Colonel Stephen Cauldwell of the Earth ship Daedalus to Atlantis base come in."
Looking to Dr Weir Harry indicated that she should respond.
"Colonel Cauldwell. This is Dr Weir we read you." said Dr Weir.
"Dr Weir it is good to hear from you. I thought you where under attack from the Wraith?" replied Cauldwell.
"There has been some changes recently that you would not have been aware of when you departed Earth. I would suggest you transport yourself down and we can discuss it in person." said Dr Weir.
Pausing for a moment Colonel Cauldwell said "That's not a problem. I shall be down momentarily. Cauldwell out."
"Well let's find out if the rest of the military from Earth can give a better account of themselves." said Harry to no one in particular.
As Dr Weir looked to Major Sheppard, Teyla and Dr McKay she said in a whispered tone of voice. "Let's hope."
It was a moment later when there was the tell tale flash of the transporter and when the light faded Colonel Cauldwell and two escorts where deposited in front of the gate.
Taking a look around at the wonder of Atlantis he noticed Dr Weir, Major Sheppard, Dr McKay and several people he did not know approach.
"Dr Weir." said Cauldwell.
"Yes, may I introduce Teyla the leader of the Athosian people and may I also introduce High Chancellor Harry Potter of the Alteran's." replied Dr Weir as she indicated the named people.
"Alteran's? I do not believe that where mentioned in your report to Earth." replied a frowning Cauldwell.
"The Alteran's are the ancients. The builders of Atlantis." said Dr Weir to a shocked trio of people.
"Really. It is an honour to meet you." replied Cauldwell as he held out his hand to Harry.
"Indeed, it seems you know how to greet a person. So far the military members of the expedition have made a less than stellar impression." said Harry as he shook Cauldwell's hand.
"Oh?" replied a frowning Cauldwell as he glanced at Major Sheppard.
"Major Sheppard has been very good in his dealings with us. I was referring to your Colonel Everett and Sgt. Bates." replied Harry with a frown as he looked at Cauldwell.
"Really." replied Cauldwell in surprise.
"Yes but I would not worry about them at the moment." replied Harry as he moved away from Cauldwell.
"Oh and why is that..." started Cauldwell and suddenly with a flash of red light he went down.
Gasping Dr Weir and the others turned slight to see Harry put what looked like a stick back inside the sleeve of his robes.
The two escorts went to raise their weapons towards Harry when Major Sheppard said "Stand down. That's and order."
As they lowered their weapons Dr Weir said "What was that?"
"I stunned him. Colonel Cauldwell is not in control of his body." said Harry.
"What?" said Dr Weir.
"Yes a subtle telepathic probe confirmed the presence of a Goa'uld symbiote." replied Harry.
Tapping his comm badge Harry said "Potter to medical."
"Alicia here, go ahead High Chancellor." came Alicia's voice through the comm badge.
"Can you send a team to the gateroom I have incapacitated the Colonel from the Earth vessel. He is infested with a Goa'uld symbiote." replied Harry.
"Right away sir." said Alicia as she closed the comm line.
"My god. How did no one notice this?" asked Dr McKay.
"We shall find out when we extract the symbiote and scan it's memories." replied Harry as he stood to the side to make room for the medical technicians who came rushing in.
"We didn't know about this." said Dr Weir.
Harry held up his hand to forestall any further conversation and said "I am aware of the Goa'uld's methods of infiltration we have no intention of holding you responsible for it."
Letting out a breath the team from Earth relaxed a little.
"I think we should all take some time to regroup and we shall meet in an hour in the conference room." said Harry.
"Alright we shall see you then." said Dr Weir as she turned and lead the team from Earth away.
As he walked back up to ops he spied Alex and said "How is everything going?"
"Very well sir. I have received a request from the Daedalus to land and begin resupplying Atlantis." replied Alex.
Chuckling softly Harry said "They can land on the east pier but I want everyone screened for Goa'uld infestation before they are allowed of that ship."
"Aye sir it will be done. Also we are getting an intermittent signal from what appears to be an Alteran warship in deep space. It is coming in on a channel that is a dedicated secure channel." replied Alex.
"Dispatch the Hermes to check it out immediately." replied Harry as he thought more about it he continued on saying "Please monitor all ship tracking systems and I want you to co-ordinate the retrieval of any ships that are adrift."
"Yes sir." replied Alex as he went about his tasks.
Sighing and thinking about everything that was happening Harry turned and began heading to the conference room. He knew that the people from Earth where assembled.
As Harry stepped into the conference room he could see the people from Earth he could see that Dr Weir, Major Sheppard, Dr McKay and Teyla where arrayed around the room leaving the seat at the head of the table free for him to sit at.
As he moved to take his seat Harry said "I know that a lot has happened and that you have questions yes?"
"I would say that is an understatement." snarked Rodney.
"Rodney!" replied Dr Weir.
Not even bothering to reply to Rodney Harry said "Colonel Cauldwell will be fine. We shall remove the symbiote."
"Can I ask, how did you knock him out let alone know about the Goa'uld. I know you mentioned a telepathic probe..." inquired Dr Weir.
"OK well during our seclusion our metaphysical powers have grown exponentially whereas before millennia ago we where mildly telepathic, telekinetic and had a major healing ability our powers now diversified with our latest evolutionary leap." replied Harry.
"So what are you know capable of?" asked Major Sheppard.
"We are capable of many things, some you will see some you will not. I will not reveal what we are capable of that is our business and not for discussion." replied Harry.
"I can understand that." said Major Sheppard.
"Now I would like an outline of what races you have encountered here in the galaxy." inquired Harry.
As Dr Weir, Major Sheppard and Teyla started to give a run down of the races in the galaxy that they had encountered Harry could see that there was a lot to go over. He held up his hand and said "I would like you to..." before he could finish Javier walked into the room interrupting him.
"Sir we have located Janus' lab in the section of the city I thought it would be in. However we are unable to access the lab. There is evidence that someone has cleaned the formerly water damaged area and there are some fittings that have been removed that I believe are part of the key to the laboratory." said Javier.
"Do you know anything about this?" inquired Harry to Dr Weir.
"I think we have the equipment put into storage. We didn't throw anything away. Rodney please assist Javier." said Dr Weir as she addressed Rodney.
"But..." said Rodney with a slight whine.
"No buts Rodney, now." replied a stern Dr Weir.
"Alright I'm going." said Rodney petulantly as he stood and left with Javier.
"I see there is a lot we have to go over. Teyla and Major Sheppard can you please work with Alex to compile a list of races that you know of in this galaxy." asked Harry.
"We would be honoured." replied Teyla.
"Not a problem." said Major Sheppard.
"Dr Weir, I have a meeting with the leader of the Furling delegation due to start. Would you like to remain for it?" inquired Harry.
Startled Dr Weir replied "Yes, of course."
"Excellent, well everyone knows what they are doing let us proceed."
….Hermes on route to Alteran ship...
As Sirius entered the bridge from his office that was situated just of the bridge Commander Tonks said "Sir we should be arriving at the indicated co-ordinates in 5 minutes."
"That's fine." replied Sirius as he took his seat.
"Exiting hyperspace in 5..4..3..2..1." said Mr Olivetti
As the Hermes came out of hyperspace and to a stop 30 kilometres from the bow of the ships everyone gasped.
"Sir sensors indicate the ship is almost 25% destroyed. There is minimal life-support. However I am just making out synaptic signals. I can't make out clearly how many but I would estimate there are at least 250 from the readings." said Mr Olivetti
"How can anyone still be living on board with the level of damage to the ship?" exclaimed Tonks.
"They must be in stasis pods." replied Sirius with a frown.
"Mr Olivetti can you transport the people on board." asked Sirius.
"I can sir but I would recommend we beam them in their stasis pods. We do not know what physical condition they are in so rather than shock their systems I would suggest transporting the pods and people to a cargo hold." replied Mr Olivetti.
"Alright what about power for the pods if they are in poor condition what would happen without power to keep them alive?" said Sirius.
"According to this the systems are running off the ships internal power. Each pod has a redundant power supply that will last for a week before giving out. I suggest beaming them aboard and connecting them to our power supply." replied Mr Olivetti.
"Do it. Also link the ships databanks with our own and download the entire contents into our systems. Tonks go to the cargo bay and oversee the pods." said Sirius as he addressed both of them.
"Aye sir." was their replies as they went about their tasks.
As Sirius looked at the vessel he could not believe the damage that had happened to the stricken vessel.
It was a few minutes later when he was interrupted by Mr Olivetti saying "Sir the transport is complete and we have 75% of data transferred..." just was he was about to continue his console started to beep.
"Sir sensors have detected a Wraith cruiser in bound. It is 70 light-years out eta 3 hours." said Mr Olivetti.
"They must be tracking the vessels homing signal. I wonder why they are taking so long to get here tough." inquired Sirius.
"According to the sensors the vessel is currently regenerating it appears to have suffered some damage. From what I cannot tell but most of their power seems to have been diverted to heal the ship." replied Mr Olivetti.
"OK well when the data transfer is complete target the vessel and destroy it. Then set a course for home. I am going to the cargo hold to see our guests." said Sirius as he stood and left the bridge