"Atlantis AU Fic"

Ch. 2

Disclaimer: I don't own the producers version of Atlantis. They do. I do, however own this version of Atlantis, Dr. Trisana Fox, and the whole Daniel Jackson Family.

(A/N: I'd like to thank my beta, Celtic Knott. BTW, I got the transcript here: http: Please read and review! Enjoy!)

(Atlantis, Control Room)

Dr. Weir, Daniel and Tris walked to control room. Major Sheppard walked over to something which flickers on.

"I didn't touch anything," Sheppard said.

"Relax Major, it's like the entire complex is sensing our presence and coming to life," Daniel said.

"This has got to be the control room. This is obviously their version of a DHD," McKay said.

"Oh Obviously," Major Sheppard said.

"This area could be power control systems, possibly a computer interface …" McKay said, getting into Technobable Mode.

"Hey, hey why don't you find out?" Weir told him.

"Right," McKay said.

"Dr Weir and Dr. Jackson. This is Colonel Sumner. Can you come down and meet me please. We're three levels down from you," Summer said through the radio.

"Right away," the two said at once.

Daniel looked over to Tris and said: "Stay with the girls, Tris."

"Daniel," she whined.

"Don't argue with me," he told her sternly.

"Alright," Tris said. "I'll stay with the girls. Even though they can take care of themselves." She mumbled.

(Three floors down)

"Only been able to secure a fraction of this place. It's huge," Summer said as Weir, Sheppard and Daniel arrived.

"So it might really be the city of Atlantis?" Weir asked.

"I'd say that's a good bet," Daniel said.

"Oh my god," Weir breathed.

Weir, Sheppard, Daniel and Sumner walk up to a window. All they can see is water.

"We're under water," Weir said.

"I'd say we're under several hundred feet of ocean. Can't dial out. This could be a problem," Summer said.

McKay rushes over to the group.

"Colonel. Dr Weir. Dr. Jackson," he said.

"We're under water," Sheppard told him.

"Yes I was just coming to tell you. Fortunately there is some kind of a force field holding back the wa.water. Boy, that is impressive isn't it?" McKay babbled.

They all looked out through the window. Then they hear a voice coming from the next room. Summer, Weir, Sheppard, McKay, and Daniel investigate.

(Hologram Room)

As they enter Dr. Beckett steps down. Hologram goes off.

"Play that again Doctor," Weir said.

Beckett got back on the platform and the hologram came to life once more.

"Exchange knowledge and friendship." Above her head a sort of map appears. "In time a thousand worlds bore the fruit of life in this form. Then one day our people stepped foot on a dark world where a terrible enemy slept. Never before had we encountered beings with powers that rivaled our own. In our over confidence, we weren't prepared and outnumbered. The enemy fed upon defenseless human worlds like a great Schrage until finally only Atlantis remained. This city's great shield was powerful enough to withstand their terrible weapons but here we were besieged for many years in an offer to save the last of our kind we submerged our great city into the ocean. The Atlantis Stargate was the one and only link back to Earth from this Galaxy, and those who remained used it to return to that world that was once home. There the last survivors of Atlantis lived out the remainder of their lives. This city was left to slumber, in the hope that our kind would one day return," The Ancient Hologram then vanished when Beckett stepped down.

"So the story of Atlantis is true, a great city that sank in the ocean?" McKay asked.

"It just didn't happen on Earth," Beckett said.

"Well the ancient Greeks must've heard it from one of the surviving ancients," Daniel told them.

Peter runs in over to McKay and whispers in his ear.

"I don't like to think they got their asses kicked," Summer said.

Beckett gets back up and says: "Lets' hear it again from the beginning."

"Stop! Turn it off," McKay shouts rather suddenly.

Beckett steps down quickly.

"Power levels through out the city are dropping like stones," McKay tells them, getting frantic.

"What does that mean?" Summer asked.

"That if we don't stop everything we're doing right now, we're dead!" McKay answers and then walk out swiftly.

(Control Room)

"Please tell me this is not my fault," Beckett said.

"No," McKay told him.

"Thank you," Beckett said.

"From what we've been able to ascertain the city is powered by three Zero Point Modules, two are entirely depleted and the third is reaching maximum entropy, When it does, it will die too and nothing can reverse that," McKay explained, a little calmer than before.

"Just tell me the bottom line," Summer said.

"The force field that's holding back the ocean has collapsed to its minimum sustainable levels. Look you see," he taps in on a computer and points "here, and here where the shield's already failed and the city's flooded. It could have happened years ago. This section's likely more protected because of the Stargate." McKay explains.

"What if it fails completely?" Daniel asked, dreading the answer.

"It's a matter of when not if," McKay answered.

"Colonel Sumner, you need to order your security teams to stop searching the city immediately," Daniel said, going into Leader Mode. A Mode in which he is not very comfortable in.

"All security teams fall back to the Gate Room," Summer spoke into his radio.

"It's not going to be good enough," McKay said.

"Alright, so how much time do we have?" Daniel asked.

"It's hard to say. Hours, maybe days if we minimize power expenditure," McKay answered.

"What about our own power Generators?" Beckett asked.

"We're working on that, but even with our most advanced Naquida Power Generators, the equations are coming up far short," McKay explained.

"So we need to find more ZPM's?" Weir asked him.

"Now how do we do that if we can't search the city?" Summer asked.

"If there were more here, we'd be able to detect them," McKay said.

"Can we use the Stargate?" Colonel Summer then asked.

"There's nowhere near enough power to open a wormhole back to earth," McKay said, shaking his head.

"Maybe somewhere in this Galaxy," Sheppard said.

"That's relatively easy. Fortunately some ancient technology still uses good old fashioned push-buttons, so we've been able to access the Stargate control system and a library of known Gate addresses in the database," McKay said.

"That's not all, look at this," Peter said.

He pushes a button, a sort of shield appears across the Stargate like an iris.

"Just like the iris on the Earth gate," Weir said.

"Using power, using power, using power!" McKay exclaimed.

Peter turns it off.

"At least we don't have to deal with any uninvited guests," Daniel said. He turned to Colonel Summer. "Colonel, assemble a team. We need another power source."

Colonel Summer picked up his radio and says into it: "Ltd. Ford, gather security teams 1 and 2 everyone gear up."

"Major, I want you to go along," Daniel ordered.

"Yes, sir," Sheppard said, before heading off.

"Alright, pick an address and start dialing," Daniel said to McKay.

"Chevron one encoded," McKay said pushing a symbol.

Weir looks up at McKay, "Rodney."

"Oh," he said feebly and just pushes 5 buttons.

"Ready MALP 4 for Off-world recon," Peter said.

McKay pushes the last button. The security team clamor in front of Gate

"MALP reads full viability and no immediate signs of activity around the Stargate. But its pitch black. For now, we're going to use the tried and true system for identification for inbound gate travelers," Peter explains.

Colonel Summer looks at Sheppard, up at Daniel, who nods

"Let's move out!" The Colonel orders.

All go through the Gate with Night Vision goggles. Sheppard waves.

To be continued . . .