CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

There was a few minutes of silence as everyone digested the truth about the Wraith while I pulled a tablet out of it's casing in the wall and waited for them by drawing the plan's I had for the carts while hoping that there were other mechanically inclined people that could help me make all of the adjustments necessary.

"You said that the Wraith then experimented on other humans to try and it easier to feed on them?" Teyla asked, sounding lost as what she had thought about the Wraith was torn down in her eyes. Pausing in my drawing I looked up and thought about that,

"Yes. It was looked down on by most of the other Wraith's but there was one Wraith scientist who attempted it apparently however it just ended up giving the humans telepathic awareness of the Wrath as well as some physical enhancements. In order to combat this the Wraith released the humans back with their own kind thinking that it could be breed out of the humans. I'm not quiet sure what happened after that but I do know that some of the earlier subjects went crazy because they could hear the Wraith in their heads and were killed or thrown off world by the other humans. " I said setting down the tablet.

"We can get into all of that later but right now we have nine days until the Wraith get here and we need to be focused on saving Atlantis and all of the people living on it. Randy you mentioned a defense satellite?" John said in a way that made it seem like he was trying to keep Teyla from saying something but I went along with it because I knew he had his reasons and I trusted him.

"Yes the Lagrangian Point satellite. Although they are very large they have very little internal space with only a control room accessible via an Airlock that is only capable of docking a single Puddle Jumper. Its power requirements are also fairly low, to the point where its primary weapon could be run using a single Naquadah generator. Each satellite carries one Lantean beam cannon and through one continuous shot its able to split a Hive ship in half." I told him bringing up the various information on the computer screen so I could show them what I was talking about.

"Okay is there anyway to know what needs to be fixed on it?" Rodney asked as he looked at the various blueprints that I had brought up onto the screen.

"No. There's been no one out to check on it since it was left out there before the War." I told him as I handed Doctor Weir the tablet showing her what I wanted to do with about 180 of the transportation carts which would leave 60 carts for us to still use as transportation carts after we killed off the attacking Wraith.

"You want to modify all of the transportation carts this way?" Doctor Weir asked me as she looked over the drawing I had given her.

"No only about one-hundred and eighty of them that will leave us sixty fully workable carts to use after we defeat the Wraith. I'm hoping to get some help with the mechanical engineering though." I replied rocking on my heels as I enjoyed the feeling of being able to focus, it made me feel like I was really connected to the world around me again.

"Okay let me take this to my room to give it some further thought, why don't you and Doctor Beckett get started on whatever your trying to do with the Wraith DNA and I'll send a small team to the Lagrangian satellite to see if it's fixable. A weapon like that will be a big help against the Wraith, but before I go Randy, do you happen to know any planet coordinates that the Ancients might have hidden a ZPM on?" Doctor Weir asked causing me to purse my lips in thought.

"Not off the top of my head but if you give me a minute I can pull up at least a handful of ones starting with the planets closest to us that have the Stargate." I replied.

"Good. Do that. Everyone else I know you all have places to be so lets leave Doctor Beckett and Randy here for now and get to work and everyone remember what we learned about the Wraith stay's between us for now." Doctor Weir said as she turned to leave the bio lab.

"Well-I guess I'll talk to you later." Rodney told me giving me an awkward wave of his hand but I rolled my eyes and grabbed him pulling him into a quick but tight hug and placing a kiss on his cheek before waving to him as he stumbled surprised out of the room.

"I will see you later Randy." Teyla said giving me a nod as she walked out of the bio lab followed by John who gave me a very familiar look which made me stick out my tongue causing him to smile as he walked out.

"I would like to start by seeing exactly what the Wraith's DNA is all made up of if I may." Doctor Beckett said quickly and I gestured him towards the far wall where I had the computer switch from the Lantean language to English so he could understand what he was reading as I kept my gaze on Ronan who was steadily nearing me.

"Your okay now?" He asked in a way that made it sound like a statement.

"Yes. Much closer to being who I was before coming here." I replied honestly to which he just nodded his head and then I noticed his gaze move over my face resting on my lips for a second before he leaned down and pressed a quick kiss to my forehead before turning and walking quickly out of the room causing me to blink in confusion as I stared at his swiftly retreating back.

"So all of this is just within the Wraith's DNA?" Doc Beckett's voice asked from behind me causing me to shake off my surprise and turn around to get back to work.