Ronon eventually found Jennifer standing on one of the balconies, staring out at the ocean.

"Hey." He gently called as he approached.

"Hi." Jennifer responded.

"Did I do something to upset you?" He asked,

"No." Jennifer said surprised. "Why would you think that?"

"You were a little distant earlier."

"Sorry."

"Why are you apologising?" Ronon asked.

"You said I was distant." Jennifer replied.

Feeling confused Ronon stood next to Jennifer at the edge of the balcony. "So you ok?" He asked.

"Yeah. No. I will be."

"You want to talk about it."

"Not yet." Jennifer replied. As she saw a glimmer of hurt flash across Ronon's features, she added. "I will. Just not right now." Ronon relaxed slightly and the two remained silent. "So where have you been?" Jennifer changed the subject.

"Watching McKay try to find out why we lost contact with the guys scouting out the mines."

Jennifer stiffened and asked. "What scout? When did we loose contact?"

Realising that Jennifer had been so pre-occupied with what was bothering her she had no idea what was going on, Ronon filled her in. When he was finished Jennifer asked. "How many people were still in the village?"

"Not sure. Wasn't really listening."

"Is this because we shut down the mine?"

"Maybe." Ronon answered as Jennifer lowered her head. "No you don't" Ronon ordered.

"Don't what?" Jennifer questioned.

"Feel responsible or guilty. As far as I am concerned the whole village should have been held responsible for what they did to you. Not just a few of them. And it is not Atlantis justice that I would have handed out. Anything that has happened to them, they brought on themselves. They are the only ones responsible." Ronon finished. Jennifer's reply was cut-off by Ronon's radio bleeping. "Go ahead." He spoke into the microphone. After a pause he grunted, "ok." Then turned his attention back to Jennifer.

"They are ready in the control room. I need to go."

Jennifer nodded and followed Ronon off the balcony. After a couple of minutes Ronon realised Jennifer was not heading for her quarters. "Where are you going?" He asked.

"Control room."

"Why?"

"I need to know what is happening."

Before Ronon could answer Jennifer entered the transporter and they were both at the control room. When they reached the top of the steps Woolsey looked up from McKay's console and said.

"Dr Keller. I was not expecting you here. Shouldn't you be resting?"

"She is observing." Ronon said, staring intently at Woolsey, challenging him to disagree.

"Very well. You might as well join the others."

"Others?" Jennifer questioned

"Hey doc." Lorne greeted, causing Jennifer to turn round and see that all of Lorne's team from the fateful mission were assembled in the control room. Leaving Ronon's side she joined them. Woolsey then nodded to McKay who radioed Sheppard.

"Ok, you ready Sheppard?" McKay asked. "The video feed from the front of the Jumper should be displayed on the screen in front of you."

"Yeah, I see it, just give the word." Sheppard replied from the Chair.

"Before you do this Colonel I would just like to ask you not to start any wars." Woolsey said on the radio link.

"Now he finds a sense of humour." Sheppard muttered to himself.

"I don't think he was joking." Zelenka said from the other side of the Chair room.

"Dialling the gate now." McKay's voice sounded over the radio. "Ready when you are. Remember to activate the cloak the second the Jumper is through the gate."

"Starting Jumper engines now." Sheppard said. "Leaving Jumper bay." He added. As the Jumper stopped in front of the gate he said, "here goes nothing." Then the Jumper disappeared through the event horizon.

The screen in front of Sheppard flashed white and then as the Jumper emerged through the other side of the wormhole the greenery of the planet became visible. "Activating cloak now." Sheppard said.

"Confirmed cloak active." McKay responded.

"So far so good. I am heading straight to the village. McKay keep an eye out for signs of our people."

In the control room Lorne's team, Jennifer, Ronon, Teyla, McKay and Woolsey were staring at the visual feed as well. "Is that smoke?" Teyla asked.

"Looks like it." McKay replied. "As we thought, it seems to be coming from the village."

"Why is it still smoking?" Woolsey asked.

"Smoke can be visible for hours after a fire." McKay shrugged. "It dos not seem too dense so it is probably not from a very active fire. Hang on. Sheppard do you read?"

"Go ahead McKay."

"According to the sensors there is a lot of activity coming from near the village area and the mines."

"By activity you mean those weird energy signatures from earlier?" Sheppard asked.

"Yes. Your current path should avoid flying directly into them, but not by much. I am transferring the adjusted sensor readings to the Chair room now. The red dots you want to avoid."

"Ok I am getting the feed. Most of them seem to be coming from the mines." Sheppard responded. "Looks like we found the other buyers then."

"How is it handling?" Mckay asked

"Like an old Atari ST game." Sheppard answered.

"Ok. Good, I guess. Try to stay out of trouble for a couple of minutes I need to check these readings." McKay distantly answered.

"Why are you not on autopilot yet?" Woolsey asked.

"Well we decided my remote flying was better than McKay's program so I will remotely fly for as long as possible, then engage the autopilot." Sheppard answered.

"There is nothing wrong with my program." McKay said whilst typing. "You just don't want to be shown up by a computer."

"Gentlemen." Woolsey cut-in, preventing Sheppard's come back.

"Ok, getting a visual on the village." Sheppard said.

"We see it John." Teyla responded.

"That is not how I remember it." Sheppard said. "I thought there was more to it."

"There was." Teyla said, her voice full of concern.

"I am going to get the Jumper closer to the ground." Sheppard said as he adjusted the altitude and started a low pass. "See I thought there were buildings."

"Yeah well, now there is just smouldering ash." McKay responded.

"You getting any lifesigns?" Sheppard asked.

"From the village no. From the mines, it is hard to tell."

"Ok, I will do a couple more sweeps of the village…or not. I think they are on to us."

"Why?" Woolsey asked.

"Look at the sensors, two dots closing in on the Jumper." Sheppard answered.

"Engaging autopilot and the escape routine now." McKay said. "Shutting the gate down. Ok. If it the escape plan worked we should get our Jumper back in ten minutes."

"And if not?" Woolsey asked.

"Then we don't see the Jumper again."