A/N: So I've hooked you all have I? Thanks for the reviews! They keep me going. In fact, because you all like the story, I've lengthened it! Originally it was four chapters, now it's going to be five. This chapter has been chopped up and then added to, and I have a new idea for the next one. Everything in here has a reason to be. All shall be revealed in the last two chapters, of course.

Chapter 3- Voices

Elizabeth's voice had left as quickly as it had appeared. Rodney was really getting spooked, and thoughts ran through his head about why he heard her, but couldn't detect her. It took strength just to focus on one.

They could have activated an Ancient device… but what? Oh before we left on the mission, Zelenka and I were in that lab we discovered…something in there could have been activated… phase shifted the population somehow … I'll go to the lab…

He made his way down to the lab he and Zelenka had discovered a few days before in the bottom floors of the city as night fell on Atlantis. He still remarkably had his flashlight, and used it to peer into the lab. It smelled terrible due to mold, but there were quite a few devices in there.

Anything remotely resembling a phase-shifter…anything at all… …this is ridiculous, I don't even know what I'm looking for…wait it wouldn't explain the Jumpers being gone or the generators anyway…ugh this is frustrating!

From the silence came voices, really inaudible whispers. The murmurs surrounded him, becoming louder and louder. So loud he had to cover his ears. The voices persisted, and he was moving, not of his own will. He was being pulled by some invisible force out of the lab… it took all his strength to resist… but still it kept pulling until he jerked back hard enough to be released from the force. Silence fell back over the darkened Atlantis.

He stood at the doorway to the lab, stunned. Quickly, he pulled out the life-signs detector and checked it. Nothing… he realized he didn't even register on it, not since he got back from the planet. This has to be broken…Opening up the device in an attempt o fix it, he heard a small noise coming from the other side of the lab.

He pulled his 9mm out of its holster, ready in case he needed it. The noise came again, but louder. He moved closer, flashlight aimed in the direction. Noise was even louder now, and it sounded like whimpering. Rodney slowly and cautiously moved closer, noticing that the whimpering was almost animal-like. It hit him, he knew what the whimpering was, at least what it sounded like, his cat… but that was impossible. He pinpointed where the noise was radiating from, the far corner of the room. He aimed his flashlight over there and saw it was just a device… That's where I left that! He picked up his tape recorder that was winding.

Focus on the situation… why is it so hard to focus…let's go over the facts…we went on a routine mission, found nothing but damn boulders, and Wraith, a lot of Wraith, Ford and I were shooting at the ones coming up from behind, I tried to get out of the way…next thing I know I wake up there by myself with a massive migraine, must have been hit, I came back to a deserted and Jumper and power source free Atlantis, but all our other equipment is here, I'm hearing voices and noises, and being pulled by invisible forces. I cannot be going crazy…

Rodney was still in the lab, and his head was still pounding. He rubbed the back of his neck. He sensed something, and when he turned around his eye caught the end of a Wraith blur. Rodney was really spooked now; all he had on him was his 9mm and couple of rounds, not enough to bring down a Wraith. What the fuck is going on around here!

He ran as fast as he could up to one of the armories, aware that he was not alone any longer. If there were Wraith around, he'd need some serious fire power. This day just couldn't get any worse! He grabbed a P90, some clips for it, and more for the 9mm, and while he was at it, shoved a few grenades in his vest pockets.

A/N: Any questions? Comments? Snide remarks?