Markham's Journal

by Fanwoman

The city is flooding; most are dead or drowning. In the bay are two active Jumpers with a handful of survivors. We know what happened to Weir's ship. This is the story of the other, a tale of survival as told from one Sergeant's point of view.

8. February

NOTES: Thank you all for following me on this journey that insisted on being written. I was not expecting this to become my most popular work; you all have made me a very happy writer. I had to give you all this one along with January, because here is where the story ends. Thank you, PurpleYin, for betaing this.

DISCLAIMER: Stargate: Atlantis and all things associated with it belong to other people, though Tamura and Gupta are mine.

SPOILERS: Before I Sleep

RATING: T

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MARKHAM'S JOURNAL: EPILOG

February 2, 2005

I've bought a car and moved into a condo near the base in a little complex that's mainly full of SGC personnel. Today, my formal instruction in Ancient and the basics of crystal-based technology began. Dr. Kavanaugh and his team have figured out how the thought controls on the control chair activate the power cells in the drones, putting us one step closer to understanding how they work. Dr. Simpson is now the proud owner of the adopted tomcat Jane McKay, though the name baffles us all. Miss Gupta has found work with an international organization that involves travel to many countries, including the US. Dr. Tamura is being considered for a job in Area 51 and Dr. Corrigan should be finished with funerals in a week.

Below the memorial plaque on the wall behind the gate that lists all those who have died in the service of the SGC is a new plaque, listing all those who died for the Atlantis Expedition. The last of our allies now knows about our three missing expedition members and the Dr. Rodney McKay memorial fund is accepting essays from astrophysics students for the fall 2005 semester.

Seven months ago, our journey began. Now we're going to start a new one.