Disclaimer: I don't own SGA or SG 1 but I do own Josh, Martin and all of the other character I made up for this story.
A/N: I'm going out on a limb and writing this story. This is a story I came up with almost as soon as I started watching Stargate: Atlantis. The reason I waited so long in posting it is because this my absolute favorite story I have ever done and I'm very frightened that you will not like it. You have my sister to thank for finally getting me to let you read it, while agonizing what I should do she turned to me and said "For goodness sakes, this story is fantastic. Put your fingers on that keyboard and start typing." So here it is. On a note, this story is written to be like a TV show, that is why at the end of every chapter I will put a preview of the next one.
Stargate: New Generation
New Enemy part one
The two men sat in the control room utterly and completely bored.
"You know when I found out I was being sent to Atlantis I thought it was going to be more exciting." The younger of the two said, his feet resting on the control desk in front of him.
The older gentleman laughed, "If it's excitement you want, you need to go back over twenty five years ago."
"That was when General Sheppard was in charge right?"
"Yeah but it was Colonel back then and Dr. Weir was in charge, but I can tell you they did more than just baby sit scientists." He wrinkled his nose at the last word, showing his obvious disgust.
"You're lucky, another six months and…"
He never got to finish his sentence, the stargate started to spin and the night just got interesting.
"Put up the shield!" the older man yelled and the younger complied with nervous fingers. Then they saw and IDC coming in.
"It's the Toydans," The older one read, "Wake the General." And the younger man raced off to follow his orders.
The large wave of the vortex came in and a middle aged woman came through the circle.
She was breathing heavily and a wound at her temple oozed blood, her appearance was frantic.
"Please you have to help," She begged him with pleading eyes.
"Help with what?" He asked.
"The Tyran, they've come to our world, they've come to many others. They will rule us all!"
He shook his head, "I've never heard of this race."
She nodded her head in understanding, "You will, they will kill you, they will make slaves of us all. We need your help!"
General Rayes walked in just then, "What is going on here?"
"This woman came through the stargate and said." He continued to explain what had taken place, it was then the woman collapsed. They all saw the large wound that extended from the back of her head to her lower back. Everyone knew a mortal wound when they saw one.
"Who would do this?" General Rayes asked and they stared through the stargate wondering what lay beyond.
A call came through to General Meyers, a call that he would never forget.
"You are telling me to send many of my men to another galaxy?" He asked amazed.
He listened to the person on the other end, "Well who would lead these people? We can't just send anybody."
He listened a little more before answering, "Yes sir I do have someone in mind."
It was a lovely scene, a large family having dinner. The grandparents sitting next to each other, laughing over a story of their two children. Those children vehemently denying it while the spouse of the girl laughed along. The two grandchildren too young to understand sat in their own world.
"And then Josh decided that just throwing it under the bed would hide the crime," The grandfather General John Sheppard laughed.
"If I remember correctly, Jackie had a hand in it too." Major Josh Sheppard said trying to place the blame on his sister. His reward was her slapping the back of his head.
"Well she did get the gasoline, but you lit the match," Dr. Elizabeth Sheppard pointed out still laughing.
The phone started ringing, "I'll get it," John said.
Elizabeth watched her husband on the phone; she saw the expression on his face change from happy to serious in about three seconds. She knew a business call when she saw on.
She walked over to him, "John?" She asked once he hung up, "What's wrong?"
John stared at the phone before looking at her, "Where's Josh?"
Josh and Jackie were laughing over something when John asked him to come to the next room. That is where they told him of the call.
He stared at them in shock, "You mean they're sending me to Atlantis?"
"Yes," John told his son.
"And that it might be under attack?"
"Yes."
"I mean this is incredible," Josh couldn't believe this, "another galaxy, a galaxy you saved!"
"We don't want you to decide immediately, "Elizabeth told him, "Think about it."
John looked at his wife, gently stroking her hand, "We did."
Josh nodded his head understanding exactly what they were saying. But he also knew the fate of a galaxy rested in his decision.
Josh stood in the gateroom, staring at the huge ring that told a thousand tales, all the while people hustled around preparing. Scientists were monitoring power, personnel checking supplies, and military checking weapons.
Josh now understood how his parents felt all those years before, frightened but that was outweighed by the excitement rushing through his veins.
He turned and saw his parents standing by the door; he smiled and made his way over to them.
"We just came to see you off," Dr. Sheppard said.
"Thanks," he replied but he saw the worry in her eyes, "I'll be fine really."
"I know it's just…" She began but her husband interrupted.
"He'll be fine, if we survived, he can." He reassured her.
"Thanks dad," Josh said smiling.
A thought just came to John, "Hey…if you see any of our old friends you know, Rodney, Teyla, Ronon…tell them hi from us."
"Will do," Josh said suddenly realizing just the type of people he might very well meet.
It was then the vortex of the wormhole surged forward, and Josh's heart beat just a little faster.
"Go Josh," John said, "Go get'em."
He smiled at his parents and began to walk up the ramp towards the gate. He came to the eventhorizen and carefully touched the tips of his fingers to it. He turned and looked at his parents one last time. They were standing close together, his father's arm around his mother holding her close. He knew she was crying and truthfully he felt a lump in his throat.
He sighed deeply and then stepped into another galaxy.
Josh found himself in a huge room with desks and people every where. It was not until he saw the middle-aged man with stars on his uniform that he stopped gaping at his surroundings.
"Major Sheppard?" The man asked.
"Yes sir," he replied straightening up and saluting.
The man returned the salute before continuing, "I'm General Rayes and if you're anything like your parents, I'm glad to have you aboard.
It was then that a gentleman, probably the same age as Josh's father, came waltzing up. It was clear on the General's face that he was anything but pleased.
"And this is Dr. McKay," The General said through gritted teeth.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but I heard the name Sheppard and I had to come over."
"That would be me," Josh told him shaking Rodney's hand, "I'm Major Josh Sheppard, John Sheppard is my father."
"Yes of course, I should have known you look just like him," Rodney explained. That was true; Josh was the image of his father, except his hair which was curly like his mothers. "How are your parents?"
"They're doing fine," He answered.
"Oh that's good," Rodney said and he meant it but there were also something he had to tell the General, "now general I have some things you can look at and Dr. Stanson has some thing impor…
Josh actually saw Rayes roll his eyes, "Dr. McKay I'm busy right now, I have to brief Major Sheppard and show him our findings on the Toydan woman."
"Of course, if you will excuse me." And Rodney walked away, Josh stared after him.
"Please don't tell me everyone here is like that guy."
Rayes chuckled, "Your father's told you a lot about Dr. McKay I presume."
Josh smiled, "Almost too much."
"Well Major, Dr. McKay is one of the better ones."
Josh groaned and the General chuckled again, "Come along Major, I need to show you what we have."
"Hello Dr. Monroe, this is Major Sheppard." The General said as soon as they entered the infirmary.
The young doctor turned to meet them, his brownish-blonde hair mussed from looking over too many microscopes, his blue eyes looking tired.
The Major and the Doctor exchanged hellos before Rayes pressed on.
"I wanted you to show him your findings on the Toydan woman."
"Of course," the Doctor said and he grabbed a file. "The woman died of severe loss of blood, with a large energy wound all the way from the back of her head to her lower torso." He said showing Josh the gruesome pictures, "This wound was not made by any race we are aware of. You see the burns from the blast; it does not match Wraith, G'ould, or even Ori. It suggests high energy but that is all I can tell."
"Anything else?" Josh asked.
"Yes, you see the lacerations on her hands and arms; I believe they are defense wounds."
"So someone used a knife."
"That is what I thought until I checked for metal tracings and I found none. What ever made those wounds was not metal."
Josh nodded his head absorbing the information. "Thanks Doc."
And the two military men walked out of the infirmary.
"Now Major, as soon as possible I'm sending you and several teams to Toyda to see what happened."
"I didn't expect anything less General."
"Just one more thing, I want you to meet someone."
And Josh followed him into a laboratory where a man probably around his own age looked into a microscope. He had thin brown hair that was unkempt and wire rim glasses framed his grey eyes.
"Dr. Stanson," the General said and the man looked up, "I want you to meet Major Josh Sheppard, Major this is Dr. Martin Stanson."
"Hi nice to meet you," the scientist said shaking his hand.
"Likewise," Josh replied.
"Dr. Stanson is one of our top scientists, his mentor is none other than Dr. McKay himself," The General said almost proudly.
"No kidding," Josh said lack of interest evident in his voice, "General I believe the best thing for me to do is to gear up the military personnel and check out Toyda myself."
"Of course," The General agreed, "but Dr. Stanson is going with you."
"General if I may protest…" Josh began; he'd hear plenty of stories about Rodney from his father. Even though they guy had done a lot of good, not all of the stories were pretty.
"No you may not," the General replied, "Dr. Stanson is going with you and will be a member of your team and that is final."
Josh sighed, well that was it.
"Now if you will excuse me," the General said and walked away leaving the Major and the scientists alone.
"Look," Josh told the man, "There is only one way I'll let you on my team."
Martin looked scared, "What do I have to do?"
"Come on," was all Josh said.
Josh brought him to the firing range in the city.
"Ok, please tell me you know how to hold a P-90." He said.
"Yes, Major I…" Martin began.
"Good so this should be easy, just show me what you've got."
"Major I…"
Josh was impatient, "Just shoot."
Martin sighed; he raised the gun, aimed and sent off a series of shots
Josh took a look at the target, most were 8's and 9's, there were even several 10's/
"That's pretty good," He said, "Actually it's…very good."
"It's what I've been trying to tell you," Martin explained, "Dr. McKay told me that it I wanted to go off world I had to learn how to shoot."
Josh raised an eyebrow, "Wow, looks like Rodney learned something from being on my dad's team after all."
Martin smiled, "You have no idea, all he talks about is on this mission that happened and on that mission this happened."
"If my dad knew…well lets just say Rodney would never hear the end of it."
"And I'm certain you'll tell him."
A voice said from behind them and when the two men turned around they saw a woman with pretty dark hair and lively brown eyes.
"Hello," Josh said turning on the charm full blast, "I don't believe we've met. I'm…"
"You're Major Joshua Sheppard," She finished, "I'm Lieutenant Lucille Mitchell. I've heard every Lucille Ball joke on the planet so don't tell me one, but every one calls me Lucy, so you can call me that."
They two guys just stared at her; she gave them a quizzical look, "Is something wrong?"
"No, in fact things are looking better now," Josh flashed her a smile.
"Definitely," Martin agreed.
Lucy continued to look confused, but then it dawned on her, "Oh, well I hate to break it you wise-guys, but none of you are my type."
"Well then what is your type so I can become it?" Josh asked, still grinning.
She smiled mischievously, "I seem to remember a regulation, sir that states no military personnel can date," Her smile grew at his wince, "Besides, I prefer smart guys."
Martin perked up at this, but she continued, "And they also have to have common sense."
Now both men looked a bit disappointed, so she decided to change the subject before she bruised their pride even more.
"I'm just glad I finally got to meet the Major and doctor everyone is talking about."
Josh grinned again, "Really?"
"Yeah," Lucy said, "All of the girls say that you are the cutest guy to step through the Stargate since your father," she turned to Martin, "And let's just say I've heard some nice things about you too."
Now that they looked positively giddy, she felt like rolling her eyes. Men are so easy to manipulate.
"So you said your name was Mitchell," Josh said, "Any relation to General Cameron Mitchell?"
She smiled, "Yeah, my dad. He's the one that got me interested in the Air Force."
"Well that makes two of us."
"Unless you have a Friends obsession, I think that's the only common ground we have."
Both of them were surprised, "You mean the TV show?" Martin asked.
"Duh," She rolled her eyes, "And I would love to stand here forever and chat with you, but our orders say for us to gear up for a mission, so let's get to it."
She bounded away, leaving the boys speechless again.
Toyda was a simple planet, mostly fields but the shadows of hills and cliffs were not so far off.
There were some old ruins that scientist from the first mission here long ago surmised were from and old temple. This made the stargate inaccessible by Jumper."
Josh was leading about three teams on this recon mission; two people included were Lt. Mitchell and Dr. Stanson.
The latter seemed indifferent to the ruins but the Lieutenant seemed fascinated but the old writing.
"This is Ancient," she announced proudly, "the mission report said that the people here can speak some Ancient, I guess they used it for worship." She noticed that Josh and Marty were looking at her funny, "I did mention that I have a knack for languages didn't I?"
Josh didn't say anything he just turned away shaking his head, great now I have a Daniel Jackson all I need now is a Teal'c and I'll be all set.
A trail leading away from the Stargate eventually gave way to a small village.
The strange thing was that there was no hustle and bustle of people, no children playing, dead silence. Josh got a feeling things were going to get bad real soon.
"Hello." Josh called out, "Is anybody here?"
A man stepped out of the largest building there, "Who are you?"
"Almost thought it was abandoned," Josh remarked, "I'm Major Josh Sheppard, we received word on Atlantis that there were problems here, we just wanted to check it out."
"There is nothing wrong here," The man said protectively.
"I'm not saying there is; just will it be alright if I talked to your leader?"
The man thought for a moment before nodding his head and the personnel followed him inside.
Once they entered they could see this was no home but rather a gathering place for the town to congregate. Many men, women and children were surrounding the edges of the building, far away from the small group in the middle.
At the center of said group was a woman with long graying brown hair and eyes that spoke of authority.
"Sendra," the man who let them in spoke, "These people say they are from Atlantis." He said the name of the city in a strange way, as if he had no idea what Atlantis was.
"Oh yes," She spoke to them, "We do so love to trade with your world."
Now Josh was confused, "Ma'am, we're from Atlantis, we don't trade with you. We protected you from the Wraith."
She smiled, "Of course, I remember how well you fought."
"No, I didn't fight my father did, remember John Sheppard." He told her, trying to remind her and wondering why she never seemed to hear of his father.
"Yes," She said even though it was obvious she had no idea who they were talking about.
Lucy was watching the people at the edges of the room. She noticed they eyed their leader with fear in their eyes.
She walked to a young woman and began to converse with her in Ancient hoping to make her feel more comfortable. The woman's voice became frantic as she explained the situation. When Lucy heard what she said she got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. It couldn't be possible, but it would explain everything that was going on here.
Lucy made her way back to Josh, "Major," She said whispering in his ear, "One of the villagers said that isn't their leader. Whoever it is has taken over the village."
Josh nodded and smiled at Sendra, "I was just wondering, a woman came through the gate to Atlantis. She was from her and said that somebody was trying to take over."
Sendra's smile didn't waiver, "She was mad, she had been telling people that somebody was trying to enslave us for months now."
"Really, then who was it that fired the shot that killed her?" He asked not expecting an answer. He pointed his gun at the woman, "Who are you?"
Her eyes narrowed in anger and suddenly she began to change. Her skin became scaly, large sharp blades protruded from her arms, legs, and head. Her stomach became a smooth pale yellow and her eyes turned dark black with red irises. She was most definitely not human.
"Oh my God," Lucy said shocked as the rest of the people in the group transformed.
"We are in trouble," was all Josh said before firing.
The bullets penetrated the skin on their arms and legs, leaving small holes that oozed white blood. But they only bounced of the blades. The ones that did hit seemed only like mere pin pricks to the creatures and they only moved closer.
Josh saw that shooting at their legs to wound them wasn't going to work. He knew that against those blades they didn't stand a chance. By now the creatures, which Josh guess were the Tyran, had pulled out their own guns that let out large orange blasts. Josh saw several of his men go down.
He saw their soft underbelly and remembered something he had read as a child. To kill a dragon, you hit them with you weapon in the stomach. Well it was worth a try.
When he shot the leader in her soft belly she shrieked in pain. He continued to fire and soon she went down.
"Shoot them in their stomach!" He yelled to his team and eventually all the Tyran lay dying on the floor.
He turned to the people who were watching the fight, "Is that all of them?"
"No," One of the men replied, "They have ships, you cannot possibly overcome them."
"Do you have some place you can go?"
"Yes, the caves," the man told them, "follow me."
All of them raced outside. It was them from behind to hills that the ship appeared and began firing.
The only thing the teams could do was fire and run for their lives.
They finally came to a rocky portion of land and there was a cave. All of them raced inside and practically held their breaths, praying that they would remain hidden.
The ship passed over and they all breathed sighs of relief.
"Lucky you had this place," Josh remarked.
"We used it to hide from the Wraith; we haven't been here since they were destroyed." The man next to him said, "I'm Tholan."
"I'm Major Josh Sheppard, who were those guys?"
Tholan shook his head, "They called themselves the Tyran. They came here and took over; the ones that resisted were wounded. Some of us tried to warn you, I'm just glad one of us succeeded."
Josh nodded, "I just wish I knew where they came from."
"I saw an address they dialed to another world." Tholan scratched something in the dirt, "This was it."
"Lieutenant," Josh said to Lucy, "Memorized that address, I'm going to see if they are gone."
"Major," She asked, "What are we going to do?"
Josh looked out the cave and turned to her, Martin was standing next to her. "We are going to go there."
To be continued
In New Enemy part II
Josh: We have to know more about them.
Martin: Who knows what all we can find,
shots of a woman jumping out of a tree and fighting them
Josh: Who are you?
K'neya: My name is K'neya.
K'neya: If you are after the Tyran my advice for you is to go home, they are more than you can handle.
Josh: We can handle a lot.
K'neya: They took everything from me, and for that I will kill them every last one.
A/N: crosses fingers Please tell me you thought it was good. My goodness I don't think I've ever been so nervous. For a note this takes place nearly thirty years after SGA so I think by now they've found a few ZPM's so that's why Josh stepped through the gate. Next chapter you will meet my most favorite character I have ever come up with, she is a mystery to everyone with a past she will not explain.