I apologize for the cliffhanger last chapter and the delay in getting this chapter up. Apparently, the IT people at my school don't want people in the dorms to use routers anymore. Those little...
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Elphie Muse: Watch your mouth for crying out loud!
Sorry. Anywho, I've got this story done, only a epilogue remains. Some more good news is that I already have a chapter up for the next part of the series. But no reader will know what part of the story is next until the epilogue. But, if you want to try and guess where the next part of the story will take place, I'm willing to give the people who get it correct a cameo. Just make sure you add the name you want yourself to have.
Disclaimer: I own jack sh...
Jack: You don't own me!
Um...I know I don't...it's an expression...oye...Oh! And for those of you wondering, Ja'aku is Japanese for evil. Just a little FYI there.
!WARNING! The fight scene is a bit bloody. For the more sensitive and squeamish...here's a bucket just in case. That said, you've been warned.
The two hybrids slammed into each other and Dante was thrown to the ground. He brought his feet up and kicked Ja'aku off. He rolled to his feet, growling at his opponent. Ja'aku rose to his feet and turned to Dante, wiping a few trace amounts of blood from his lip. The Wraith hybrid growled at the sight of his own blood and roared in anger. Dante slid his feet into a defensive position and waited.
Ja'aku charged forward. He swung his left arm, claws outstretched. Dante leapt back, some of the claws scraping his skin and fur. The vampire-lycan hybrid then jumped forward and swung a punch at Ja'aku's head. The larger hybrid easily caught the punch and raked his talons over Dante's skin. Dante roared in pain and tried to break free. Ja'aku suddenly slammed his other arm into Dante's captive arm and the smaller hybrid yelped in pain.
Dante staggered away, clutching his left arm. Several pieces of bone jutted out from his skin and fur. He pushed his pain away and began controlling his breathing. His gaze swept over the room and fell on a control console. An idea formulated in his head and he smiled. He straightened and beckoned Ja'aku with his good arm.
The large hybrid charged in. Dante spun around and ran towards the wall. He easily ran several paces up before leaping off, landing by the controls. He viciously backhanded the Wraith who went flying across the room. Dante hurriedly typed in a set of coordinates. He glanced up and saw Ja'aku stalking towards him. Dante grinned and slammed his right fist into the console, shattering the controls.
Ja'aku changed back to his Wraith form. "What have you done?" he roared.
Dante grinned as he changed back as well. "I'm taking you out."
"The city's defense grid is not in operation," Ja'aku said. "Only an Alteran can activate it and would know how to activate it."
"Exactly. Both sets of my grandparents were Alterans. And nearly a year ago I had the Alterans' knowledge downloaded into my head," Dante grinned.
"You will pay for what you have done!" Ja'aku roared, changing back.
Dante could see that Ja'aku was furious and probably stronger than ever. He quickly changed as well and backed away, searching for an exit. The ship began rocking with explosions. Dante dove to the side as Ja'aku stormed towards him. As he was about to land on his feet a sudden blast rocked the ship and caused him to land on his broken arm. He howled in pain.
Ja'aku latched onto Dante and hauled him to his feet. The Wraith hybrid enveloped Dante in a bear hug and began crushing his bones. Dante was in too much pain to stay in his transformed state and changed back. Blood spurted from his mouth as one of his ribs broke and pierced his lung.
As blood pounded in his head, Janet's voice filled his deafened ears. His eyes snapped opened and cleared. He roared in pain and broke free from Ja'aku's grip. Dante collapsed to the floor and crawled away.
Ja'aku grabbed onto Dante's right leg and slammed his fist into the back of his knee. Dante grunted in pain. Tears of agony streamed from his eyes as he continued crawling away. Ja'aku rose to his feet and changed back.
"You may have kill us," he said, referring to the Wraith on the ship, "but Earth will fall to us." The Wraith bent down and picked up a metal rod that had fallen from the ceiling. "But you won't be alive to see it." He slammed the rod down into Dante's mid-section. Dante tried to scream in pain but ended up coughing up more blood. Ja'aku pulled the rod out and kicked Dante viciously in the gut. "You can't stop your death boy," Ja'aku said.
Dante painfully pushed himself into a sitting position against the wall. "Neither…can…you…" he said. "Burn…in…hell…" Dante spat. He tossed something at Ja'aku. The Wraith caught it and looked down at it. His eyes widened in disbelief. Dante hit a button on his bracer and the explosive in Ja'aku's hand went off. Dante then hit another button on the bracer and vanished in a beam of white light.
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Janet nervously watched as the largest of the hive ships drifted further into Atlantis' defenses. The Daedalus and Ragnarok were pounding it with blasts as F-302s maneuvered in between darts to bombard the hive ship as well. What Janet was actually nervous about, though, was Dante. He had been in the large hive ship for over an hour and she hadn't heard a word from him.
A flash of white light emitted from the cargo bay and she leapt to her feet and out the door. Her eyes widened in horror at what she saw. "Dante!" she screamed. She hurried down the stairs and skidded to a halt beside the battered hybrid. She immediately saw that his left arm was broken. She didn't know what other injuries he had due to all the blood. She began muttering curses under her breath as she ran back up to the cockpit.
She saw the large hive ship exploding but didn't care. She guided the ship back to Atlantis. "I need help!" she said. "Dante's in bad shape!"
"How bad?" Elizabeth asked.
"I don't know. There's too much blood to know how many injuries he has. He at least has a broken arm; compound fracture through the skin."
"We'll have Doctor Beckett's team meet you at the landing pad nearest to the infirmary," Elizabeth said.
"Thanks," Janet said. She expertly guided the ship down and landed as gently as she could on the platform. Once the ship had settled, she opened the rear doors and ran back down to the cargo area. Nurses and medics were already running inside.
"Holy mother…" one nurse said, unable to hide his shock.
Janet ignored him. She instead grabbed him by the feet as the nurses and medics grabbed the upper part of his body. "Watch the left arm," she ordered. "Move him on my count: Three, two, one!" They lifted him up and gently as possible set him down on the gurney. The medics raised the gurney up and began hoofing it back to the infirmary.
Janet followed them into the infirmary. "Oh my god…" Beckett said when he saw the amount of blood. "Get this blood cleaned up! I need to know what injuries he actually has!" The Scottish doctor looked at Janet. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine," she said a little shakily. "He uh…he has a compound fracture in his left arm. Some of the bone is poking through his skin."
Beckett nodded. "He's in good hands Janet. He saved my life. It's time I returned the favor." Janet nodded and swayed, nearly passing out. "Michelle, could you take Doctor Fraiser to one of the beds so she can rest?"
"I'm fine," Janet said.
"No your not. You're a nervous wreck Janet. Making yourself sick won't make Dante heal any faster. Get some rest. We'll take care of him, I promise," Beckett said.
Janet nodded and allowed herself to be led to a bed. Janet laid back and closed her eyes, not even feeling the sedative Beckett had Michelle inject into her. The petite doctor fell into a dreamless sleep.
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Janet yawned and stretched. She opened her eyes and frowned when she didn't recognize where she was immediately. It finally dawned on her that she was in the infirmary in Atlantis. She rubbed the remnants of sleep from her eyes and sat up.
"Feel better?" Sam asked.
Janet frowned. "I think so. Why aren't you guys fighting the Wraith?"
"That was six days ago," Daniel said. "You've been asleep the whole time."
"So we won?" she asked.
Teal'c bowed his head. "Indeed."
"After the big ship sank, the others turned on each other. The defense grid Dante put up helped too," Vala said.
"Dante! Is he…" Janet trailed off, unable to finish her own sentence.
SG-1 stepped aside to reveal the still form of Dante. His chest slowly rose and fell, the only indication he was still alive. "He got banged up pretty bad on that hive ship," Cameron said. "Beckett said he lost a lot of blood."
"Janet, you're awake," Beckett said, walking into the room.
"Yeah. How's Dante?" she asked.
"Considering he had several broken ribs, a punctured lung, a compound fracture in his left arm and a broken knee, he should make a full recovery, though it'll probably take some time. I found something interesting though," Beckett said.
"What?" everyone chorused.
"Apparently he was scratched by a Wraith hybrid, but his own immune system destroyed the virus," Becket explained. "He's still a hybrid, yes, but not a Wraith hybrid," he went on.
"But he'll be okay?" Janet asked.
A groan reached their ears and they turned to Dante's bed. "Ow…" the hybrid said after attempting to sit up. He fell back onto the bed as everyone crowded around his bed. "Did anyone get the license plate on that truck that hit me?"
Janet laughed, tears streaming down her face. "Thank god you're all right."
"Can't get rid of me that easily," he said.
"What happened up there?" Sam asked.
"Ran into the first Wraith hybrid who happened to be over ten thousand years old," Dante said. "Now…if you guys don't mind terribly, I'm going to pass out now."
Janet gently kissed his forehead. "I'll be here when you wake up," she whispered to him softly. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. The others slowly left, leaving Janet alone with Dante.
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"Thanks to Dante and Janet, we survived another Wraith attack," Elizabeth said.
"I have to admit, I was wrong about him," Rodney confessed.
"Apparently the Wraith are now even more territorial than before. Several more ships were destroyed two days ago," Teyla said.
"This is good news," John said.
"And with the ZPMs Dante gave us, we should be able to hold the Wraith off. Maybe even beat them," Ronon said.
"Speaking of Dante, Doctor Beckett said he's beginning to recover. He regained consciousness briefly yesterday," Elizabeth said.
"So SG-1's heading back then once Dante's recovered enough?" John asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. "Only Janet is staying behind. General Landry wants them back."
"But the Daedalus already left," Rodney said.
"They're taking the Ragnarok back," Elizabeth said.
"And then how are Dante and Janet getting back?" John asked.
"The ship that they found here," Elizabeth said.
"Well, at least we won't have to worry so much about the Wraith," Rodney said.
"I say we party," John suggested. Everyone smiled at the idea, even Ronon.
Tomorrow will be the last chapter of this part of the series. Remember, if you can guess where this story will take place next correctly, you have the option of having a cameo in it. So review! Reviews will make me happy.
