TITLE: Fade
AUTHOR: DramaLexy
SUMMARY: "Usually Elizabeth could tell by nine in the morning whether it was going to be a good day...When people started running into her office in a panic before the morning briefing even began, that was a definite sign."
DISCLAIMER: Oh, if only I owned them... grins evilly>> but I don't, so don't sue me.
DISTRIBUTION: Sure, just let me know where so I can come visit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is set at some point in the back half of season 2. I'm not sure how specific the spoilers are, but I'll just say that anything before the mid-season finale is fair game.
Usually Elizabeth could tell by about nine in the morning whether or not it was going to be a good day in Atlantis. Most mornings, any problems that were going to ruin the day would make themselves known in the daily staff meetings that began at that time. When people started running into her office in a panic before that meeting even began, that was a definite sign.
"What do you mean missing?" she asked Rodney and Zelenka, who were both anxiously standing in her doorway. They exchanged a look.
"There was an experiment I wanted to run before this morning's meeting," Rodney explained.
"WE were going to run," Zelekna interrupted. McKay shot him a Look.
"Harrington and Jennings were supposed to be setting things up in the lab, but no one was there when I arrived. They're not answering calls on headsets, and they're not in their quarters."
Elizabeth frowned. "Weir to Sergeant Bates," she called over her headset. "We've apparently lost contact with a few team members in the city."
"I told Beckett that I would contact you as soon as I had more information," he replied.
"I beg your pardon?"
"He came to me about an hour ago because he couldn't find three of the med-techs." Elizabeth got up.
"Two members of the science staff are missing as well…Get your team on the search and then report to the conference room."
TBC...