Chapter One

Teyla walked in the room with Beckett by her side. McKay was sitting on a secretary char behind a desk, with an extremely anxious look on his face. Dr. Weir still wasn't there, and Teyla really hoped that she was taking the gel out of her hair. McKay looked around.

"Where is everyone?" He asked.

"Obviously," Teyla said, "they didn't want to come. They'll probably have to though. Dr. Weir will make them. So, what do you have for us?"

"You'll find out."

"Whatever."

"Please," Beckett said. "I'm tired, it's –" looks at watch-" two thirty in the morning! I hate getting up early! I thought that I'd gotten out of it when I got out of college. So please, this better be good. Or I'll have you shot. I mean it, Rodney! No more games."

"Okay," McKay said, "it's good, I promise. It'll blow your boxer shorts off."

Beckett looked uncomfortable. He silently whispered to McKay, "I wear tighty-whities."

"Oh."

"I'm here!" Dr. Weir said. But unlike Teyla wanted, she hadn't fixed her hair; she had made it worse! Dr. McKay screamed, and hid under the table.

"What the hell I wrong with you?"

"Nothing. Don't I look like a total punky gangsta'?"

"No, you look like butt hole."

"Oh. Maybe I should've used more tampons to straiten the hair."

"That's nasty."

"I know."

Soon Shepard was here, and so was Ford. Two more officers came in, and another scientist. Once they were all settled, and had great big cups o' joe in their hands, they started to listen to McKay.

"Ok," He said, "Here's the deal. An officer died yesterday when the Wraith attacked. His mane was Jerome Bardwell. His life was not sucked out of him though, nor was he shot to death. The Wraith injected a serum into his bloodstream. It killed him almost instantly. I've just finished to blood sample here. And according to my efforts, the serum had traces of crack, heroine, seamen, and Prozac. I have no idea where the wraith got this serum, but we need a full sample so that we can produce an antidote."

"Where is this going, Rodney?" Shepard asked.

"Well, two Wraith hive ships are coming to Atlantis. I have no idea how they figured out that Atlantis was still up, but they did. I assume that they have this serum aboard their ships. That's where you come in, Shepard. I need you to fly two teams into the ships. I already filled in Atlantis team five, and they're more than willing to help. The Deadalis is away on their trip back here from Earth, so they can't take out the ships with warheads. But we have a couple here. That will be your second objective, after you've got two serum samples, take out the ships. Got it?" Rodney finally finished.

"Okay, I've got it." Shepard said.

"How long until the ships get here?" Teyla asked.

"About twenty-four hours. The Deadalis arrives here in five days. We can't wait."

"And how long will it take to finish the mission?"

"Approximately thirty hours. That will give you four hours to destroy the ships and get the samples. But not necessarily in that order."

"Okay then," Beckett said. "So why did you call me down here, if it's their mission?"

"Because I'll need you to help me produce the antidote with Dr. Harold over there." He pointed to the other scientist.

"I see." Beckett said, "Now let me sleep."

"Okay."

End of chapter one.