He was prepared to sacrifice himself to save humanity.

John distinctly being called 'Kirk' by Rodney, but at the moment, he thought of himself as a Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan version of Spock, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one". Spock who, knowing that he was facing certain death, sacrificed himself so that others would live.

The lives of all the people on Atlantis, and Earth, weighed more than his own did. He was determined to save them.

And with that thought, the shuttle flew ever closer to the largest hive ship.

He was so close to his own death, but he didn't fear it, as others would have, he embraced it, knowing that his sacrifice would save the others, the ones he loved, even though he didn't necessarily show it in ways they noticed.

He suddenly increased power to the weapons and engines so that the impact, and subsequent nuclear explosion, with the Wraith hive ship would create the most damage possible. If he was going down, he was going to take down as many of these sons of bitches down with him as possible.

The power increase, however, had not gone unnoticed by the Wraith around him. All the fighters in the immediate area turned towards the Puddle Jumper and began to fire upon the Puddle Jumper, but their aim was so horrendous, or it could have been John's extremely erratic piloting, full of swerves and spins, that their shots went straight past the Puddle Jumper and impacted upon the Hive ship ahead of him, denting the hull.

He scoffed at their lack of aim, and briefly thought about sending out a 'nah, nah, na nah nah,' complete with mocking undertones (and overtones), right before the shuttle was hit by enemy fire. He was knocked forward suddenly, bashing his body against the flight controls, and upon recoiling, a flying piece of shrapnel flew at his head, cutting a deep gouge above his brow, blood falling into his eyes.

Whoa, that ship is even bigger up close, was the last thought that crossed his mind as the pain in his head overwhelmed him, and his sight faded to black. A second later, the Jumper crashed into the Hive ship.

The plan had worked better than they'd all thought, all hoped. Following the increase of power, the Jumper had gained enough inertia to crash through the hull, though the Wraith ships hull had also been weakened by friendly fire, then through several walls and floors to the Wraith engine room.

The resulting explosion, caused by the Jumpers power source, the Genii nuclear warhead, and the Wraith power source totally decimated the Hive ship, and the explosion of that ship had severely damaged the remaining Hive ship. All the fighters around both ships had been instantly vaporised.


Those soldiers who were still outside with the rail guns, and other weapons gave an almighty cheer at the huge flash that crossed their vision. Sure they had rainbow coloured spots in front of their eyes now, but the Wraith fighters that had been attacking Atlantis had left, flying up through the atmosphere.

They didn't know what the hell had caused that explosion, or what was happening right now, but they could sure as hell be thankful for it.


The people of Atlantis, excluding Drs Weir, McKay, and Zelenka gave a big cheer as the detector showed the results of the explosion, as lights signifying Wraith vessels flashed, then ceased to exist. The cheers died down, and grim faces appeared however, when they all remembered just how the explosion had come about.

Drs McKay and Zelenka collapsed into chairs and their faces, grim as they were, were now held in hands as they struggled not to show their feelings. Elizabeth had no such male pride to stop her as a tear dropped from the corner of her left eye, followed by a matching one from her right, and then tears just silently flowed. She barely managed to order the termination of both the self-destruct and database-destroying virus, before her chest began to rise and fall quickly, as she tried to keep her sobs inside. They were released however, when Rodney pulled her down onto his lap as he sat in the chair, her head falling on his shoulder as the sobs she had so tried to conceal began to fill the room, soon accompanied by various others from around the room.

It was a room full of weeping people that the soldiers from outside found as they ran inside with cheerful faces to see what had caused the life-saving explosion.


But one thing very important object had been missing when the Jumper had crashed into the Hive ship.

Major John Sheppard.


Currently, this is a one shot, but depending on reviews, I may take it furthur, it all depends on you! Reviews, both good and bad, are very welcome.