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Ha ha! My second chapter! and much, much sooner than I thought I would get it out Does little dance
For anyone who thought it was an Artemis Fowl crossover, You were Right.
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As she looked at what was on her computer screen, Carter shakily reached for the phone in her office and dialed General O'Neill's office number.
"O'Neill," Jack stated bluntly as he picked up the receiver, glad to have something to do other than finish his reports.
"Sir, it's Carter. You better reschedule that debriefing for…" there was a brief pause as she checked the clock on her desk, "for fifteen minutes from now."
"Found something?"
"Umm, yes sir. I don't think it can wait either."
"Okay, fifteen minuets."
Sam hung up the phone and got all her work together, double and triple checking she had everything she would need. Damn, their not going to like this, were her thoughts as she headed out of her dimly lit office and into the bright hall that lead to the sub-level elevators.
Teal'c was with Daniel in his office, sifting through an endless amount of papers. The center table was beginning to fill up with all of the useless notes; needless to say, ALL of the notes appeared to be useless. Suddenly Daniel just stopped.
"You know Teal'c, I get this feeling that we really aren't going to find anything here that will help us."
"So it would appear."
At that moment the phone rang. Daniel swiftly picked it up, wanting to do almost anything else at the moment. "Dr. Jackson," he said hastily into the receiver. "What? She has? Okay, we'll be there in ten. Thanks!" Daniel hung the phone up. "Teal'c you can put that down. We have to hurry, Sam thinks she might have found something; we're meeting in the briefing room in fifteen minutes."
Although he didn't show it, Teal'c joyfully put down the papers, glad to finally be rid of them after a pain full hour and thirteen minutes. A slight bow of his head was his only reply. The two headed out the door, rushing down the corridors, trying to get to the conference room as soon as possible.
Ten minutes later, SG-1 and the General were all sitting at the briefing table, waiting for Sam's explanation. A projector had been set-up and connected to Sam's computer.
"So, Carter, what is it you found exactly?" Jack asked.
"Well sir, you know the theory I had earlier?" Jack nodded in acknowledgement. "I ran the image through the computer, and at various points used a high-speed camera to take snap shots of the film."
An image was suddenly brought up on the screen; everyone turned to look at it.
"This is a still image from the video, with no enhancements," the picture looked like the ocean, with a reflection of the river and oak tree. "As you can see, it just looks like a bunch of water," then the image changed. The whole base seemed to become dead silent as the new picture appeared. It was the same scene, but instead of water, the whole area appeared to be filled with… well, people! Some were rather odd looking, but none-the-less, they were people.
"Colonel," Jack said, "What the heck is that?"
"From what I can tell it's just a whole bunch of people. The really odd thing is that according to the scale of the tree and the river, all of those people are about three feet tall."
Looks of surprise filled everyone's face, including Teal'c's. Absolutely no one was expecting anything like this, no one.
"So what are you saying, is that we're dealing with leprechauns?" was that only thing Jack could think of saying.
Daniel looked worryingly at him, "Jack, you know there are no such things as leprechauns or faeries don't you?"
That's when it happened, the base security lock-down sounded. Then Sergeant Davis's voice sounded over the loud- speaker, "Security breech. Begin base lock-down. This is not a drill, repeat, this is not a drill."
"What's going on? I didn't authorize a lock down." Jack's voice could be the heard over the alarms. He and the rest of the occupants of the room started toward the stairs, Davis appeared there before anyone got half way.
"I don't know what happened sir. One moment everything was fine, the next the alarm sounded and I was locked out of the computer."
"Don't bother trying to get access back, it won't work," at the sound of an unfamiliar voice, everyone turned toward the source. There, on the projector screen was the face of a man who appeared very pleased with himself.
"And you are…" Jack began.
"Foaly, that's all you need to know. And by the way Dr. Jackson, faeries are real."
Four hours earlier.
Darkness met Holly Short's eyes as her alarm went off. She checked her watch. For once it actually went off at the right time, thought Holly impressed with her ability to fix something absolutely worthless, and probably not worth keeping.
Okay, one hour. Time to get up, she regretfully sat up, then headed to the shower. The warm water helped to wake her up some. As she stepped out she snatched a towel, and then dried off. Holly walked into her bedroom and grabbed a standard LEP jumpsuit. Seeing she had thirty minutes left, she picked out an energy smoothie from her cooler, and seized her helmet on the way out the door.
On her way to work Holly avoided all of the main tunnels, knowing traffic would be horrendous. About half-way there, Holly rounded a turn and found herself looking at the backside of a goblin. Oh no, please not now!
"Err, excuse me sir," was all Holly could muster. As the goblin turned, Holly suddenly found a gun in her face. D'arvit! Well, aren't I just getting this day started wonderfully!
"Back off, LEP, or you'll have a nice hole where your face used to be," the goblin hissed, his tongue flicking out of his mouth to moisten his eyeballs.
Brainless goblin, probably couldn't hit the broad side of a dwarf's ass. Before he knew what was happening, the goblin's gun was on the ground, and Holly's was in his face.
"Sorry, did you say something? I'm really not in the mood to be shot today," Holly smirked as she said it.
She arrived at LEP headquarters with an extra gun and an unhappy goblin in hand cuffs.
"So, Short what happened this time?" A familiar voice asked in a tone that sent chills down Holly's spine.
"Found him in the tunnels, sir. Turned a corner and found a gun in my face," Holly responded without pause, she was used to keeping her true feelings from showing around Commander Root.
"Gun?" Root said coldly.
"Here, sir," Holly handed him the weapon. "This is the thirteenth one this week." And it's only Tuesday, Holly decided not to add that bit.
Root turned to one of the newly transferred corporals, "Kayed, take this scum to the cells."
"Yessir."
Kayed had been gone barely a minute when everything shut down, everything. The doors to the surface closed, the lighting shut down, and was replaced with emergency the emergency lights. Of course LEP had power, but everywhere else was in the dark, or on back up generators.
Holly and Root just looked at each other, each knowing exactly what this meant. The People had been discovered.
Root started to bark orders, "I want everyone below the rank of captain surrounding this building NOW! Nobody except LEP personnel get in or out. Understand?" the sergeant he was talking to nodded. "Good. Now, MOVE!"
The sergeant jumped, and started to spread the word to everyone else in the building.
Holly and Root turned simultaneously, and practically ran to the conference room, where Foaly should be waiting for them. As they entered, the spotted about two thirds of the people who were supposed to be there entering the room. Everyone was frantic, this had only happened once before. That time it had been Artemis Fowl, who had 'pinged' every LEP satellite.
Oh gods, Holly prayed, please don't say he's back. Please!
The room was filled with murmurs, Holly could hear the name 'Artemis Fowl' come up in about every conversation.
Foaly cleared his throat, "Ahhem, if you would please all sit down." Holly looked around, surprised, and realized that everyone had gotten here an about ten minutes. "And to answer the question of everyone here, no it is not Artemis Fowl who has discovered us; although it might have been better if it was."
"Foaly, who the hell found us?" Root demanded, wanting to get straight to the point.
"Okay, don't blow your lid," Foaly replied, a little annoyed with Julius. "As you all know the United States Military has many top secret facilities, one of which is the Stargate Program, also known as the SGC. This group has found a device that was created by the Ancestors, known to them as the Ancients. The Stargate has enabled the base to advance more quickly than anticipated," Foaly paused to let it sink in. "I've been keeping an eye on them, but up until recently, they didn't seem like much of a problem. That's why I didn't say anything. As you all know, last night was a full moon. Unfortunately for us, one of their satellites passed over Tara. Although all the faeries there were shielded, there was a enormous amount that made it to the surface; the effect of all those shielded faerie was-"
Holly cut in, "As if the area was flooded with water."
"Exactly. And one of their scientists was smart enough to figure out what it might be. She hasn't gotten there quite yet, but I know she will soon."
"So, tell me again why you didn't feel it was very important that this program be known about?" Root asked threateningly.
"Commander, that can wait. What we need to do now is figure out a way to contain everything," Foaly replied, trying to get out of answering the question.
"Sir, I think Foaly is right," Holly added before Root exploded. "Right now everyone here needs to concentrate on how to solve this problem."
Root glared at Foaly. If looks could kill, Foaly would be one very unhappy pony. Root turned to the rest of the group, "Very well. Any ideas?"
"Actually, come to think of it I might be able to contain this until we can get someone up there," Foaly stated.
"Really?" Root asked sarcastically. "How?"
"If I hack into their computer system and initiate a base lock-down, they can't get out."
"Do it," Root thought for a moment. "And why don't you try to intimidate them. It might help us out somehow."
So there Foaly was, sitting in front of his computer, hacking his way into their system. He looked at the conference room through their security cameras, And it looks like I'm just in time. He locked down the mountain; then at just the right moment, connected his camera to the projector in the room. "Don't bother trying to get access back, it won't work," Foaly stated as the confused mudmen tried to figure out what was going on. Surprised, the mudmen looked at the image projected on the screen. The one known as Daniel Jackson spoke.
"And you are…"
Foaly was really getting a kick out of this. "Foaly, that's all you need to know," he just couldn't help it, he had to comment on what Daniel had said earlier, "And by the way Dr. Jackson, faeries are real."
Sorry, but I have absolutly no idea when the next will come out. Damn school work! see ya later!