A/N: Wow, I'm just flustered at the amount of reviews I got last chapter. I can't say thanks enough to everyone who's reviewed. But anyway, thanks again to Ninjahurt, LittleKrazyAngel, Jules47, NenyaVilyaNenya, and alliefreelancer. And allie, one note, the Genii jumper did have hyperspace. (See previous chapters and read on for more explanation)

The jumper bay was guarded by eight Genii soldiers. John could see them on his life signs detector. They were grouped in pairs, standing near the jumpers. John pointed to two of the marines, held up eight fingers and pointed to the right side of the bay. He repeated the process for the other two marines, expect pointing towards the left side of the bay. Teyla nodded, understanding before being told.

John stood up, then waved his left hand in the air forward. The group of six opened the door and split into groups of two, firing quick burst. John shot across the bay, hitting one soldier, Teyla got the other one. John then turned right, Teyla turned left and they both killed another soldier. The marines finished the rest of the soldiers. It had been less than five seconds.

"Clear." John said.

"Clear." One of the marines replied.

John glanced down at his watch. "Still an hour to go. Let's make sure we're ready." He picked a jumper and hopped inside. The jumper lit up immediately to his presence. He was already powering up the ship systems before he even sat down. The marines sat down in the rear compartment, Teyla sat down next to him. "Ready?" He asked her.

"Yes John. We will succeed." Teyla's reply was comforting, but he couldn't mistake the feeling of dread slowly building in him.

"We've lost contact with over half of our patrols." Aman said.

"How is this possible?" Koyla clenched his fists as tightly as he could.

"We've also lost contact with all of the prison cell areas."

"Recall everyone to the gate room. They will have to attack us here."

"Yes sir." Aman scurried off to do Koyla's bidding.

"Congratulations Doctor Weir it seems, that once again, Colonel Sheppard has foiled my plans."

Elizabeth kept her mouth shut, not dignifying it with a response.

"Right now however, I believe we can easily agree that I do not plan to completely abandon Atlantis. You and Doctor McKay will be joining us, back on the Genii homeworld."

"No way, you can't." Rodney stammered.

"Can I Doctor McKay? The answer is that I can, and I will. Dial the gate, we're leaving!"

John tried to wait patiently, but was failing. Already, his hands were sweating. He could feel his heart racing in his chest. He admired Teyla's calm exterior. She showed no signs of fear or nervousness, no anxiety. Even though he knew there was feelings inside, she could keep her calm.

"Colonel!" Ford's voice yelled over the radio. "The Genii just activated the gate."

"Roger." John said. "Bates, Johnston, tell me your in position!"
"Bates here." Bates said.

"This is Johnston, we're almost there, five minutes." Johnston's voice was strained.
"We don't have five minutes." John yelled. John was already taking the jumper off. He reached down, engaging the cloak. "You've got till we make it to the gate room." John proceeded down the tunnel. The jumper seemed to be going agonizingly slow. He accelerated, moving as fast as he dared in the small tunnel. "Bates, we're entering the gate room!" John yelled as the jumper descended into the gate room. John let the jumper hit the floor, squashing several Genii flat. "GO!" He yelled to the marines.

The marines were out of the jumper just after the flash bangs went off. John and Teyla were the last two out. The gate room had just become a war zone. John aimed up at the balcony of the control room, taking out a pair of Genii. He then swept his aim to Elizabeth's office, shattering the glass and taking down another soldier. He ducked and rolled to avoid return fire.

Glancing around, he saw Teyla already returning fire to the soldiers that had fired at him. He trusted her to guard his back. He swept to the balcony near the briefing room, taking down a pair more Genii soldiers. He turned, hitting a Genii soldier with his weapon. He then fired into the Genii's head before the soldier even hit the ground. He turned to the gate, he spotted Koyla.

Koyla was using Elizabeth as a human shield, effectively blocking him from firing. Koyla had learned from last time, he was hiding completely behind Elizabeth, there was no way for John to fire without harm Elizabeth.

John sprinted across the bay, trying to get close. "Let her go Koyla!" He yelled.

There a was a disconcerting silence as Koyla inched closer to the gate. "You've killed all my men, there's little reason for me to not kill her."
"Let her go, you owe me damn it!"

Koyla laughed. "No Colonel. I don't owe you." He stepped through the gate.

"Damn it!" John yelled as the Stargate shut down.

"Is everything alright Colonel?" Ford asked over the radio.

"No, they took Elizabeth."

"What are you going to do?"
"Call a briefing, get yourself and Carson down here ASAP."

"Yes sir."

"It wasn't your fault." Teyla said comfortingly.

"I know." John replied. "It doesn't make it any easier though." He looked up at the Stargate. "Never thought that thing would become such a curse."

"We will find her John."

"That's what I'm planning on."

John sat next to Teyla in the briefing room. Rodney was across the table, with Aiden and Bates filling the gap. John wasn't exactly sure what to say, or even what to do. "First off, Atlantis is secure, right McKay?"

"Yes." Rodney said. "I did a city wide scan. We've accounted for everyone and the marines are still combing the city on foot."

"We had a number of minor injuries." Bates said. "Two marines were also seriously injured."

"At least no one was killed." Teyla added. "We should be thankful."

"The second thing is how do we rescue Elizabeth?" John glanced around the table.

"I think I know where they went." Rodney said. "They were planning on taking both Elizabeth and myself when you stormed the gate room."

"Where Rodney?"

"They're taking her to the Genii home world which, by the way, isn't the gate address they went to."

"That was the planet we visited, right?"

"Yeah, the gate address they used was probably just a stop over point. You know, hoping to confuse us."

"Yeah... yeah, right."

Zalenka came in, his laptop open and planted it on the table. "Colonel, look at this."

John turned the laptop around. The screen showed a bunch of diagnostics and screens, with a wireframe image of a jumper in the center. "What is it?"

"It's the ship the Genii used to get here."
"But how, a jumper isn't hyperspace capable."

"This one has a special device in the aft compartment, it allows the jumper to enter hyperspace. That is how they got here."
"Did you send a team down to get it?"

"Yes. I grabbed four marines and sent them to secure it. It was cloaked."

"Couldn't we detect it?"
"Sure, if we'd been looking for it."
"What do you mean?"

"Zalenka means that the city didn't classify it as a threat." Rodney said. "All jumpers are ignored as threats because they transmit the ancient form of IFF."

"Can we fix this problem."

"Yeah, Zalenka and I just have to rewire the city to perceive everything as a threat, unless otherwise noted."

"Should be easy enough." Zalenka added.

"Well, get to work." John said.

Zalenka retrieved his laptop and followed Rodney out of the room.

"Back to the issue at hand." John said. "We know Elizabeth is on the Genii home world, how do we get her back."

"A frontal assault wouldn't work." Aiden said. "Too many soldiers in that compound."

"How'd you get in?"

"I discovered an irrigation system. We can get in there through a maintenance hatch to the surface that's near the lake."

"Will we have to swim?"
"We'll have to get our boots wet, but we should be able to get in unnoticed, provided we avoid the sentries at the gate."

John was silent for a moment, then a smile crept across his face. "The Genii jumper. We use it to circumvent the guards at the gate. We land near the hatch, and then we go in and rescue Elizabeth."

"We'll have to be extremely cautious." Teyla added. "I believe we should bring no more than four on this mission."

"The four of us then." John said. "Bates, you ready?"

"I want Doctor Weir back as much as you do Colonel." Bates replied.

"Then lets get a little sleep while Rodney and Zalenka work on the sensors, then we'll take the jumper to the Genii world." John stood up. "We'll leave in ten hours."

Elizabeth was tied, gagged, and blindfolded in a small block room. She could hear the slow pacing of the her guards. She could hear Koyla's breath. She didn't try to move, the ropes tying her arms and legs together were already to tight. She tried to make herself smaller. She wished she could just disappear.

"Your probably wondering." Koyla said. "Why I haven't tried torture or interrogation yet. The answer is simple. I have a plan. I know Colonel Sheppard will be coming for you. He denied me the pleasure of killing him on Atlantis, but he won't escape here. You are little more than bait." Koyla laughed.

Elizabeth shivered. She knew Koyla was right.