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A/N: Well I was a little dissapointed about the lack of reviews for the first chapter but I was happy that those of you who did review enjoyed it. This chapter you meet my most favorite character that I have ever written. She is a complete mystery and cannot wait to see if you figure her out.
New Enemy part two
Previously on Stargate: New Generation
Woman: Please you have to help…The Tyran, they will destroy us all.
Meyers: You want me to send several of my men to another galaxy…Yes I do have some one in mind.
Josh: I'm Major Josh Sheppard, John Sheppard is my father.
Reyes: Dr. Stanson will be a member of your team.
Lucy: Lt. Lucille Mitchell…did I mention I have a knack with languages?
Toydan leader turns into Tyran
Josh: We are in trouble.
Tholan: This is the address some of them went to.
Josh: We're going there.
"General you don't understand, these things aren't like anything we've ever seen." Josh explained by radio via the open stargate.
"Are you saying these…Tyran are a threat?"
"That's the understatement of the century."
The General wasn't happy with Josh's tone of voice but there were more important things, "What is dangerous about them?"
"Well for one a bullet wound in the arm or leg is like a mosquito bite. And it looks like they can turn into people."
"What do you mean by that Major?"
"Exactly what I said, they can change their form and look like you or me."
"So they can be anyone."
"Yes sir, sir you have to let me go to that planet. We need more intel than this."
The General sighed, "Agreed, just don't get yourself killed Major."
"Wasn't planning on it," Josh said and the wormhole closed.
Josh turned to Lucy, "Lieutenant, start dialing those coordinates."
Marty stepped in front of him, "Are you sure this is wise? I mean who knows what all we can find?"
"People, Tyran, help…"Josh started listing before Marty interrupted.
"Our deaths."
"I seriously doubt you're going to die just by looking around," Josh said fed up.
The team began to step through the gate while Marty continued to protest about going to the planet that might be infested with bladed aliens.
When they got to the other side they found themselves in a heavily wooded forest, the Stargate in a clearing.
"Ok," Josh began, "Let's separate into teams," And he began to call out the ones he wanted paired up. He then walked away but not before he passed by Lucy and Marty, "You're with me," He told them and they all set out none of them quite knowing what they were looking for.
Josh, Lucy, and Marty were still trekking through the forest. They were just about to give up and pull everyone back to the gate when Lucy noticed something.
"Do you smell that?" She asked.
"Yeah, smells like smoke," Josh replied. Looking up he saw the gray curling tendrils of smoke drifting between the leaves. Cautiously he began to follow it.
The trio found themselves in a large clearing to one side there was a pile of burnt wood, wet from someone dousing the flames. There was also a large bag, made out of a course brown material Josh had never seen before. A pleasant camp, but Josh began to wonder if the occupant was still there.
He received his answer in a matter of moments, a large red bolt struck Lucy in her chest and she crumpled to the ground.
Josh and Marty began to fire at the direction the blast came from. Their efforts brought out the attacker, but unfortunately whoever it was, was ready.
The person sprang from their hiding place in the trees and landed perfectly, their feet landing squarely on Josh's chest. Josh fell to the ground, the wind knocked from his lungs.
All the while his attacker kicked the gun from Marty's hand, almost as soon as he pulled it out. With strategic punches, Marty was pushed up against a tree. That was when Marty got a real good look at him and saw that he was a she.
She had long wavy light brown hair that was pulled back. Bangs gave way to piercing green eyes that could give away the slightest emotion, if she let them. She was exquisitely made, not that Marty cared, and all he cared about was that she didn't kill him.
She held a thick cylinder of wood next to his head, "You're not going to kill me with that are you?" He asked thoroughly terrified.
"No," She began, pressing a button on the wood and a thin deadly blade flicked out, "But I could kill you with this." She hissed.
Marty gulped but she didn't pay attention, she was watching the reflection in his glasses. She saw John slowly getting to his feet and raising his gun at her.
Quick as a flash she sprang away and knocked the gun across the clearing. She turned the weapon in her hand so that the blade was pointing at Josh and pushed another button that released another blade pointing at Marty.
She stood tense and ready, anticipating their every move and Josh knew that neither of them stood a chance against her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked tightly.
Josh held his hands up in surrender, "We're looked for the Tyran."
She scoffed at him, "Those who look for the Tyran are either mad or fools."
"Well we're just trying to help."
She looked at him carefully, "I do not recognize the clothes you wear. Where are you from?"
Josh looked at Marty who nodded his agreement, thinking that they better tell her or she would probably skewer them like meat. "We're from Atlantis."
If she was surprised she didn't show it, "Who are you?"
"I'm Major Josh Sheppard…"
But she interrupted, "Sheppard! Who are your parents?" She asked pointing her weapon closer.
He had no choice but to speak the truth, "They're General and Dr. Sheppard, you might have heard of them as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and Dr. Elizabeth Weir."
He studied her reaction and to his surprise she smiled a serene knowing smile. Lucy started to get to her feet, her eyes widened when she saw the woman holding the deadly weapon.
"You alright?" He asked and she nodded.
The woman's attention turned to Marty; she held the blade close to his throat, "Who are you and what is your relation to the heroes?"
"I'm…I'm Dr. Martin Stanson. D…Dr. McKay is my mentor."
She didn't pause to think about the information, she spun to look at Lucy, "And you?"
"I'm Lt. Lucille Mitchell and I'm not related to any heroes at least not from this galaxy."
She nodded and then retracted her blades, "And all of you come from Atlantis to look for the Tyran?" She asked not quite believing them.
"Yes," Josh answered, "Do you know of them?"
"Yes."
"That's great," Marty said, "If you know anything tell us please."
"You want my advice," She said more as a statement than a question, "Go home, they are more than you can handle."
Josh was insulted, "We aren't bad, we already took on a group that was impersonating one race of people."
"Really?" She was surprised, "And how did you know they were Tyran."
Lucy answered for him, "One of the villagers told us and some of the answers they gave just weren't right."
She nodded, "The ancestors were smiling on you then, the Tyran you met must have only just arrived. Normally it takes only a matter of weeks for even the family of the form the Tyran has taken can not tell the difference. For the gifted ones it takes only a matter of days."
Josh was amazed; this woman who had just beaten the crap out of all three of them was now criticizing them. But he admitted she was probably right.
"So how do you know the difference between Tyran and the form they take?" Lucy asked.
"You can't unless the bleed."
They looked at her confused and she explained, "Even while in human form they still bleed white, it is the one thing they cannot change."
The three from Earth exchanged looks when Marty voiced a very strange opinion, "If what you say is true how do we know you're not Tyran."
She didn't say anything just reached for the knife at her waist, Marty feared for a moment that she was going to use it on him. Instead she cut herself across her palm.
She help up her hand showing the red blood dripping from the cut and she began to speak again, "The Tyran don't care where your from, who you are or who your parents are. All they want to do is rule, and they chose this galaxy. They took everything from me and for that I will kill them. Every…last." She threw the knife and embedded it into a tree, "one."
"Who are you?" Josh asked finally.
She looked at the ground, "My name is K'neya."
"Got a last name?"
She looked at him defiantly, "Yes," She told him green eyes flashing.
"Care to share it?"
"No." She stated simply.
Josh was determined to get as much information as he could, "You said the Tyran took everything from you…what does that mean?"
"The Tyran came to my home world and took my mother captive. That was eight years ago since then I've been on a quest of my own."
"Is your quest your search for your mother?" Lucy asked gently.
K'neya shook her head, "No, the Tyran kill all of their captives. My mother is dead; no I'm searching for my father."
Josh spoke next, "If you tell us who he is maybe we can help you."
She smiled, "I have no doubt that you can but I will find him on my own terms."
"And I'm betting you're not going to tell me who he is anyways."
She shook her head, "But I can take you to what you're looking for."
"What?" Josh asked.
"I know where the Tyran have their base on this world."
"Where is it!"
She began to gather her things, "Tell the rest of you men to meet at the Stargate; I'll take you from there."
"Wait a minute," Marty interrupted, "You call it a Stargate?"
K'neya was confused, "Is that not what you call it?"
"Well yeah but people like you usually call it the great ring or something, only people who have lived on Earth or Atlantis call it the stargate."
Josh studied K'neya's face, he saw her mask of stone slip and saw a look of horror that was quickly wiped away again, "Dr. Stanson, the stories of Colonel Sheppard and his team have spread throughout this galaxy as well as some of the things they said."
Josh was certain there was more to it than that, but truthfully he had no idea what mystery K'neya was hiding.
K'neya led the large group of military through the forest following the trail that she knew was there. Her mind was busy she had to find a way to make them join their team on Atlantis. She knew they would be the only way to accomplish her goals.
She fingered the trinkets that hung on a sting of leather around her neck. One was a square piece of stone, carved in the stone was a symbol only the people from her home world would understand. The other was a medal, slightly faded it bespoke years. The writing on it was of her father's people and she could not read it. She remembered clutching the priceless articles, letting them mingle with her blood as she vowed over her mother's empty grave to find him. And the only way to find him was through them, if only she could tell them the truth it would be easier but they would never let her do what she wanted. No, she would find him with their help but they must not know it.
The forest eventually gave way and down the nestled in a valley was the base, Josh assumed, that K'neya was leading them to. He saw two men guarding the entrance at the side of the building.
K'neya smiled, "Good only two, this should be easy."
Josh was confused, "Easy?"
She explained, "They Tyran are powerful, but they are also cowards. They never fight individually and usually they have several guards patrolling the base. Either they are short handed or they're leaving the planet."
Josh nodded, "So what are we going to do?"
She didn't look at him, she was watching the guards, "Stay here," she told him.
They watched as she creeped her way around to the building. She deftly took out her blades and released them, she sprang onto the Tyran. She killed one immediately with a blade right in the middle. The other changed out of his human form and began to try to use his arm blades to wound her. Josh could tell that she knew what she was doing. Blocking the blows with ease, she was able to send a slice into his arm and jab one of her blades into his torso.
K'neya retracted her blades and walked over to a console hanging on the wall by the door.
Josh, thinking the danger was over, ordered his ream to head over to the base door. Two of his men were just about to step through with K'neya yelled, "Don't go in there!"
"What's wrong?" Josh asked.
"I recognized the signet on their weapons, they were Zeonin's men. Zeonin's bases always have a safeguard, if any human steps into the base a poisonous gas will be released."
"So what are we going to do?"
"Well I was going to bypass the security to stop the safeguard, which is why I asked you to stay behind." She gave him her back and turned to the control panel.
After splitting several wires she closed the panel and turned back to them, "It's safe but it will be better to go through with a much smaller team."
"Ok," Josh said he turned to his men, "Lieutenant Mitchell, Dr. Stanson, and I will go through the base, the rest of you head back to the gate and we'll meet you there."
The four remaining people silently made their way into the base. They came to a hallway that forked into two separate ones.
K'neya turned to Josh, "You will want to destroy this place once we leave correct?"
He thought about it for a moment, "Well it will be good just in case."
"Then I recommend sending Dr. Stanson along with Lt. Mitchell to the system core. I'm certain he'll know what to do when he gets there."
"That's a good idea," Josh said.
"What!" Marty began, "You want me to blow up something I have no idea about?"
"It would be a simple matter of attaching your explosives around the room that holds the power distributor." K'neya explained, "Just follow the red pipe and you will not have a problem."
"Alright Lieutenant, Marty, go." Josh ordered, and the two complied, Marty complaining about his little knowledge of the matter the entire time.
"Major," K'neya began, "You will be wanting information about the Tyran?"
"Of course."
She smiled, "Follow me."
They walked down the separate hallway together both on alert, each watching carefully for Tyran.
"So you know a lot about the Tyran don't you?" Josh asked.
"I've spent eight years of my life hunting them." She told him looking around a corner.
Josh stopped, "So that's a yes."
She laughed softly, "Yes."
He smiled back, "So this Zeonin is he a big guy among the Tyran?"
"She is a major leader, surprising really since Tyran believe males to be the dominant gender."
He grinned, "And I bet you just hate that."
She glared at him but he noticed that when she looked away she was smiling. For some reason that made him happy, he liked making her smile.
K'neya made her way to a door at the end of the hallway, pushing the panel by the door it opened and they went inside.
It was a huge room; there were computers everywhere with lights blinking. There was a large balcony that stretched along the room. K'neya noticed that there were several beams that hung down from it, a good way to climb up there.
"So, what do we do from here?" Josh asked.
She led him to one of the control computers, "From here you can access the information on the Tyran, even contact the other Lords if you like."
"I don't think I'll be doing that any time soon. But I would like to know everything we're up against."
Something resembling scribbles appeared on the screen, K'neya studied it carefully, "It says here that Zeonin will be here soon,"
"You can read that?" Josh asked amazed.
"I had to learn something while hunting them," She explained.
"Oh, I thought you said this was Zeonin's base?"
"It is, but this one is run by her son Zalin." She looked up at a door, "In there should be their armory," She smiled knowingly, "in case you wanted to take a look."
He didn't need any convincing; he had that door open as fast as he could.
K'neya continued to look at the information given to her, but suddenly all of the computers folded up and disappeared. A red light started to blink and that was when she knew, they had been discovered.
"Major get out of there!" She called to him but too late, the door closed an automatically locked.
"The spawn of the Wraith!" She cursed and heard the footsteps of the impending Tyran. She had to do something fast.
Josh knew he was in trouble when the door locked; he just had no idea what to expect. When the door finally did open, two very strong and large men pulled him out and held him in front of another man. This one was young but his stature gave him the look of a coward, Josh figured he could take him. If he was just a man but in light of where they were, it was a safe bet to assume everyone here was Tyran.
That was when he noticed that K'neya was nowhere to be found, had she left to get help or abandoned him. For all he knew she could have been all a part of a trap to capture them and he had fallen in to it.
"Who are you?" The Tyran asked.
"Nice way to start off an interrogation," Josh said, "Although usually it's courtesy to give them a phone call."
"I do not have time for games, I want to know who you are and if you have come alone."
So they haven't found Marty or Lucy Josh thought, but where does that leave K'neya? "I'm having a hard time remembering," Josh told him.
But the Tyran didn't pay attention, a guard came up to him, "Lord Zalin, we found this weapon on him."
Zalin took the weapon and fired it sending out a rapid series of bullets, he looked pleased, "I have heard of people who use these weapons, they reside on the city of Atlantis and come from another galaxy. Are you one of these people?"
"Atlantis?" Josh asked feigning indifference, "Never heard of it."
"You lie," was all Zalin said. Then he walked to a control panel and pushed one of the buttons. A hologram of a middle-aged woman with slightly graying brown hair appeared, "Hello, mother." Zalin told the woman, "I have a surprise for you."
"Tell me, I always do so enjoy your surprises." Zeonin told him smiling.
"This is one of the people from Atlantis."
She looked surprised, "You mean one of those people the fools of this galaxy always are blabbering about, the ones that will save them?"
He smiled, "Yes, I know you will be here soon, I will hold him until you come so that you may…"
But the sound of weapon firing stopped him in mid sentence. He watched as one of his men fell and then another. The Tyran started firing blind around them, trying to find the attacker.
Josh saw K'neya swoop down from the railing hanging from the ceiling, all the while firing with deadly accuracy. She landed perfectly and used a spinning kick to knock two of the guards to the ground then shot each of them in their heads killing them instantly.
The remaining guard surprised K'neya by using his blade to knock her weapon from her hand. In trouble all she could do was try and dodge the swings of his blade, but then the sound of gun fire filled the air and the guard fell to the floor.
She looked to see Josh having reclaimed his weapon, she smiled her thanks but then saw the forgotten Zalin behind him. "Get out of the way!" She called out to him and he ducked just before the Tyran's arm blade came swinging to slice off his head.
She drew out of own retractable blades and pushed the button that brought both blades from their hiding place in the hilt. She began to parry with the son of Zeonin, trying to avoid the powerful blades that came from his legs, while blocking the arm blades with her own.
She saw Josh from the corner of her eye; he was trying to decide whether or not he should join the fight. She knew he was not ready for this, but there was something he could do.
"Go to the panel by the door," She called out to him while blocking Zalin's blows, "Split the green wires and connect them to the blue ones, which will over ride the lockdown on the door!"
Josh decided it was best to comply and hurried of to try his luck at that task while she continued to fight Zalin.
One of his blades got through her attack and made a slice on her arm; she gritted her teeth to the pain and let her anger flow through her veins making her stronger for it. She made a driving kick in his middle, their spot of weakness and that made him stagger back. She then sprung forward driving all of her weight into her feet which caused him to all to the ground with her crouched on top of him. She buried her blade into his throat causing white blood to spill; he made a gurgling sound of death before closing his eyes.
Breathing heavily, she stood up and it was then that she saw the hologram of Zeonin whose face was the image of shock which soon melted away into anger.
"You," She said to K'neya, "I will find you and kill you for what you have done. You will not be able to hide for long!"
K'neya just gave her a stone cold expression and then pushed the button that turned her off.
By then Josh had gotten the door open and was now walking up to K'neya, the weapon she had lost earlier in hand. He handed it to her, "For a second there I thought you had abandoned me."
She smiled, "I'm not of the abandoning sort." She looked around, "Tell the Lieutenant to meet us at the front of the base, we have to leave now."
And she raced through the door with Josh at her heels.
They met up with Lucy and Marty at the entrance to the base.
"Well that was fun." Lucy told Josh, "We get to the core and we set up the explosives and on our way back all the doors lock and we got stuck. Though I don't think I've ever been so happy to get stuck with a genius, Marty was able to figure a way to bypass the circuits."
K'neya looked surprised and Josh raised his eyebrows, "It's true," Marty said, "It wasn't that hard, actually the mechanism was remarkably similar to a…"
"We do not have time for this." K'neya interrupted, "If Zeonin was able to communicate with her son that means she is close. She may be entering the atmosphere of the planet now."
"Right," Josh agreed, "We better head for the gate."
K'neya looked up and saw the form of Zeonin's ship beginning to peek from the clouds, "Actually we better run."
They didn't need any convincing; they ran off like the devil was chasing them. And a few minutest later, they heard the sound of destruction and they knew the base was exploding.
Running at top speed, it didn't take them too long to get back to the Stargate; Josh had informed the rest of his men while they were running to start dialing the gate as soon as they saw them.
It was a welcome sight to see the puddle of the event horizon filling the large ring, one by one all of the men went through with Josh, K'neya, Marty and Lucy the only ones left.
The latter two didn't stop just went right through the gate, but K'neya stopped Josh just before the ring.
"Listen, it might be better if I stayed, with Zeonin after me it could bring danger…" She began but Josh stopped her.
"It's too late for that, you're coming with us." And he pushed her through with him quickly following.
Hours later after everyone was cleaned up and the wounded were looked at by Dr. Monroe, Josh, Lucy and Marty sat around the table in the debriefing room with General Rayes.
"And that is the entire account of your mission?" He asked after hearing what had occurred on the Tyran base.
"Yes sir," Josh said, "In my opinion it is safe to assume that the Pegasus Galaxy is being invaded by the Tyran."
"You will stand by that?" He inquired.
"I do," Josh told him and Rayes looked at the other two at the table who each nodded their head in turn.
"Dr. Monroe has performed an autopsy on one of the aliens you killed on Toyda; he says that their structure and organs are unlike anything we have ever seen. He also said that there was nothing that could refute what you are saying, that they can morph into people."
Josh nodded his head in understanding of what the General was saying, Rayes continued, "Did you learn any information?"
"Any intel we learned K'neya has, she's the only one who can read their language," Josh explained.
"Speaking of our guest, what do you suggest we do with her?" Rayes asked.
"Sir, she knows more about the Tyran than anyone," Lucy told him.
"She's right General," Marty spoke up, "She knows a lot about their technology, if I could speak to her about it I might be able to find a weakness or…"
"The point is General," Josh interrupted, "right now she knows more about the Tyran than anyone on this city combined. She can help us in more ways than I can think of."
"I understand Major," Rayes told him, "find a room for her to stay for now. We can discuss about her in more detail later. For now, rest up, I have a feeling we have a long battle ahead."
"You're wrong," Josh told him, "It's not going to be a battle, it's going to be war.
Josh led K'neya down the hall and stopped at a door.
"You can stay here," He told her as he opened the door. She stepped through; it took a lot to stifle a gasp of surprise when she saw which room he had brought her to.
"I thought you might like it here," He explained, "It once belonged to Teyla Emmagen. It's by the Sparring Room; I thought you would use that room a lot that is if you stay.
She barely heard him; she was too busy looking at her surrounding in wonder, even though the room was bare of everything but basic necessities. To Josh's surprise he saw tears in her eyes, "Is something wrong? I can move you somewhere else."
"No," She told him, "I don't want another room. This one is more than adequate thank you."
He nodded and sensing that she wanted to be alone, he quietly walked away. He briefly thought about what he had thought of earlier that all he needed was a Teal'c to make his team complete. She wasn't a Teal'c for sure, but she reminded him of his father's description of Ronon Dex. Yes, he decided, she could definitely be a Ronon.
She continued to look about the room. She clutched the medal and her family crest in her hands and sat down on the bed. She smiled at the walls around her, closed her eyes and sighed, "Well mother," She spoke to no one, "We made it.
TBC
Next Chapter
Josh: to Marty and Lucy what do you guys think of K'neya
Marty: She seems a bit angry don't you think?
Shots of K'neya slamming two personal to the ground.
Rayes: I don't agree with placing a woman on your team when we don't even know her last name.
K'neya: If you can not accept me as I am now then you will never accept me if I told you what I really want.
Rayes: The Tyran threat may not be as severe as we think.
K'neya: shouting Do you understand now! The threat is more than you can imagine!
Josh: We need her.
A/N: How did you like K'neya? If any of you think you have figured out what her secret is tell me and if you get it right I will send you and e-mail with the lowdown about her if you want it that is. Please review.