Title: Feels like fading
Summary: Major Sheppard and his team go to a planet that is not one of Teyla's trading planets.
Rating: It's PG13 for now, but it might move to an R rating as the story continues.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I wish I did. This is just for fun.
Author's Notes: Please R&R. This is my first fan fic, so all kind of criticism is accepted, I ask it to be constructive, because I love new ideas and comments; as I like to learn every time I write something, so I want to hear from you. Because of the fact that this is the first fic I do about Atlantis; I don't know if I capture the essence of the characters well enough, so let me know.
Chapter I: The paradise path.
They stepped through the stargate, "man… what a great feeling" Sheppard thought, the mere fact that they were exploring different planets on a galaxy far away, made him think that this was probably a dream after watching too much sci-fi movies. But the reality was that this was not a dream. And so he walked along the sandy path near the stargate. This expedition was an important one because this planet was not part of the planets that Teyla used to go for trading, but was one from the Atlantis mainframe.
The first thing different about the place was that the stargate was located right beside a beautiful sandy beach, and even had some weird looking plants that Sheppard assumed were this planet's version of palm trees. Once he saw the beach, nostalgia overcame him for a moment.
Suddenly Ford commented, "This reminds me of earth. It is a nice change from all those forest filled planets."
Sheppard didn't say anything but a small grin appeared on his face, if this turned out to be a nice planet, this could turn out to be a great vacation spot. Teyla, however, snapped him out of his drifting world when she said, "I think we might be close to a village, the path, it seems to be more used here."
Sheppard moved to the front and ordered Ford to stay alert. Teyla looked around for any sign of civilization while McKay was looking in disbelief at his electronic equipment, the readings it was giving him were too good to be true, so he decided not to say anything, until he would be absolutely sure that his reading's were correct. So he just walked alongside the group, secretly hoping to find a ZPM in this place.
Suddenly Sheppard stopped, and signed everyone to be quiet, Teyla went to his side while the Major pointed at a couple of small buildings near a hill. They seemed to be made out of rock, but it didn't look like anything Sheppard had seen before. He looked at Teyla, and she answered, already knowing what the Major was going to ask. "I have never seen this kind of homes."
Sheppard knew that this could be just wishful thinking, but at the same time he didn't know what to expect to find in there. So he looked at McKay and said, "Are you getting something?"
McKay looked at his equipment and replied, "I don't know what to tell you. This place gives me readings one moment and it seems to pick up like a couple of energy devices around, the next it's dead as if this place is completely empty. Look," he handed the Major the life signs detector, "even this is affected, it doesn't pick us up."
Sheppard looked at the device, "Strange."
Lieutenant Ford frowned, "Do you think it could be some sort of jamming?"
Whoa! No, Sheppard hadn't thought about it, and Ford was right, realizing this he suddenly said, "Let's get off this path."
Having arrived at an area where the weird looking tropical plants were denser, they moved around the plants and hid behind a really thick one. A minute later two men walked right past them. For a moment Sheppard thought they were lucky to be hidden, but he was wrong, because all of a sudden, the two men stopped, to Sheppard they didn't seem to be suspicious of anything. They were not looking around for trespassers; they didn't look particularly menacing. In fact they just seemed to be standing there, as if waiting for something, and then Sheppard felt it. It started behind his eyes, went down to the base of his neck and down his spine. He gasped for breath; the pain was unbearable. He started to loose his sight, but he noticed that only Rodney was reacting as he did. After that he knew no more, because the pain increased and the last thing Sheppard remembered, was his own mouth screaming.
TBC…
