Here is today's chapter. Just to let everyone know, this chapter along with tomorrow's are filler chapters. But after these two, I'll try to make the following chapters longer...Elphie Muse demands it as well.

Elphie Muse: Damn skippy.

I think that's her favorite saying or something...

Elphie Muse: Damn skippy it is.

Like I said... Anyways, I own nothing in this story that is recognizable.


Dante stood on the highest balcony in the city, the wind blowing through his shaggy hair. He wore a loose black shirt with baggy black pants and a pair of black combat boots. His arms were bare, save for the baggy black sleeves of his shirt. His shirt billowed in the wind, the sleeves slapping his arms.

"Shouldn't you be heading inside soon?" Janet asked, joining him.

"Why?" he asked.

"Well…dawn's coming," she said.

He smiled as he turned to face her. "Even if I wasn't a hybrid, we found a way around that weakness," he said.

"You did?" Janet asked.

He nodded. "Doesn't matter how though. All that matters to me is you're alive." He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "I missed you," he whispered.

She rested her head against his chest and could faintly hear his heart beating. She smiled softly and closed her eyes. "I'm here now," she whispered.

He unwrapped one of his arms and held her face, brushing a few strands of her hair out of the wind. "You are the most beautiful thing in the universe."

"Suck up," she murmured, holding his hand with her own.

He grinned. "You're point?"

She rolled her eyes. "Why do I put up with you?"

"Because of my incredible good looks?"

"Nice try," she said.

He held her loosely in his arms. He looked out over the ocean and smiled. "Now there's a beautiful sight," he said. "Aside from you," he added at her glare. She turned and they watched the sun slowly rise on the horizon. Janet rested the side of her head against his chest.

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"How's Beckett doing?" Sam asked. It had been two days since Beckett had become infected with the Wraith hybrid virus.

"He's still out of it, but recovering," John said. "If your brother hadn't been here…" John began.

"None of this probably would have happened," Rodney said. "I don't understand why he's still around. No one here likes him that much. He's a menace."

Sam narrowed her eyes at Rodney. "No more of a menace than you."

"I know he's your brother Sam, but he killed several members of this expedition. And the two of you said it yourselves: Hybrids aren't supposed to exist," Rodney said.

"Dante," Vala greeted, looking behind Rodney. Rodney spun around and gulped nervously at Dante.

The hybrid turned and walked away without a word. Sam got to her feet and glared down at Rodney. "I said it once and I'll say it again McKay. Go suck a lemon." She walked away, heading after Dante.

"Still sexy," Rodney muttered. He looked up and saw Teal'c staring impassively at him. Rodney began fidgeting nervously before getting up and leaving.

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"Dante!" Sam called as she ran down the hall to catch up with him. She fell in step beside him. "Don't let him get to you."

"He's right though," Dante said. "If I hadn't come here, then none of this would have happened. The Wraith hybrid would still be locked up and no one would have died because of me."

"You don't know that for sure Dante. That lab still looked to be in use. At least now we have a cure for it."

"That doesn't work on me," he said.

"You want to be human?" Sam asked in a slightly shocked voice.

"I just want to be normal for Janet," he said, stopping to look out a window.

"Dante, you were born a vampire. It's part of who you are. Fate obviously chose you to be a hybrid. Why, I don't know. But what I do know is that Janet won't stop loving you just because you can grow hair at will now," Sam said. "She worked at the SGC which means she's encountered some pretty bizarre things in her tenure there. She loves you for who you are, not what's on the outside."

"Sam…I…" he paused as several personnel walked by. "I don't know if I can have kids anymore. At least when I was a vampire I knew I could."

"Dante, I'm the wrong person to be having that discussion with. Look," she said, holding up her hand, "I don't have all the answers. No one does. Just go and talk with Janet. Chances are she won't care. I've never seen a love like yours before. Trust in it."

Dante hugged his sister. "Thanks Sam."

She grinned. "I may be young, but at least I'm smarter than you."

He snorted. "And monkeys fly."

Sam shrugged. "Well, they do in Oz."

Dante rolled his eyes and continued his walk down the halls. Sam watched him go before turning. She suddenly found herself staring at Teal'c. "How is he?" the Jaffa asked, nodding towards Dante.

"He's doing okay. Still getting use to being a hybrid I think," Sam answered. She looked up at him and smiled. "Care for a walk around the city?"

"Indeed," he agreed with a smile.

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Dante walked into Elizabeth's office, two large duffel bags in his hands, and a bulging pack on his back. Elizabeth saw him approaching and motioned him to come in. He walked in and closed the door behind him before he set the two duffel bags down. He shrugged out of the pack and placed it with the others.

"What can I do for you?" Elizabeth asked.

"It's more of what I can do for you," he said. "You must've noticed how efficient the city's been since the five additional ZPMs were replaced."

"Yes we have," she said. "Do you know why that is?"

He nodded. "The computer you've been using is the back-up computer. It runs all five main systems of the city. That's also why the ZPM is being drained faster; it has to do more work."

"It's hard enough finding one working ZPM, let alone five. We need to take out the five you placed in and save them as back-ups."

Dante shook his head. "Don't. By keeping those ZPMs where they are, they'll power the city for five years under heavy attack."

"That's good to know, considering the Wraith are probably on their way here."

Dante frowned. "I thought they thought Atlantis was destroyed."

"When we tested the retrovirus, the Wraith we experimented on escaped and reverted back to being a Wraith. That was about a month ago. Since then we've been waiting for their return," Elizabeth said.

Dante nodded. "Any war you wage with them will no doubt last longer than five years," he said.

"I know. Which is why we need those ZPMs removed."

Dante zipped open one of the duffel bags. "No you won't," he said. He pulled out a glowing crystal and handed it to Elizabeth. "I think you guys can use fifty-five ZPMs," he said.

Elizabeth took it, startlement on her face. "Fifty…fifty-five?" she stammered.

"Fully functional and charged," he confirmed. "The Ragnarok uses two ZPMs for power. Before the Ancients were all dead or Ascended, many of the ZPMs were stored on the Ragnarok for safekeeping. The ship itself only needs a total of twenty ZPMs for power for the next…millennia. The rest I give to you."

"But why?" Elizabeth asked. "Not that I'm not grateful mind you."

"Consider it an apology for what I did here," he said.

"You weren't in control of yourself. We don't blame you," she said.

He shook his head. "Doesn't matter if you blame me or not. I killed several people of your expedition. This is the least I can do."

"Well thank you," Elizabeth said. "You probably just saved hundreds of lives. Billions if this city had fallen to the Wraith."

"Glad I could help." He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. "This is a map of the city that has the locations of the five main computers. You should know that one of the main computers was specifically made to cloak the city." He set the map down on her desk and left her office. Elizabeth stared after him in amazement at how selfless he really was.


I know, it was short. But please don't kill me! The next chapter will be setting up for something...well...it'll be setting up for something. I won't say more. So until tomorrow, review!