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AN: Hi all, well here we go again. You really don't need to worry about me not finishing this thing, cuz I do have it all written out so yeah. And to those who asked me on how fast I will whip these things out,they are going tobe whipped out as fast as I want them to whipped out or it depends on how busy I get (Cuz you know I have finals in a week).Well, anyway, here is the 3rd part, in which you will learn more about Atlantis 15 years later at least in my world. And there will be a surprise or two in this chapter besides the noticeable top lines. Forewarning: sorry for those who don't like the surprise

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Elizabeth looked around Beckett's office. Things had changed for Carson since first coming to Atlantis. His office now had a homier feel to it. Along side the medical books and encyclopedias were pictures of his wife and 5 year old daughter. Who would have suspected that Carson would have turned out to be a family man? But then who would have expected things to turn out the way they did.

While Elizabeth pondered these things, Carson came in. He smiled as he noticed her looking at the picture of little Mary. That little girl will be such trouble when she gets into her teen years. Well, back to business.

"Hello, Elizabeth."

"Hi, the nurse who brought me said something being urgent. What was it about?"

"It's about John. He's awake."

"What? Really, oh my," Elizabeth started to get frantic.

Carson tried to sooth Elizabeth. "Yes, he's awake. I didn't tell him much, just how long it has been. The road ahead for him will be difficult but knowing him he will make it. We can go see him if you want. He probably wants to see you, anyway."

"Alright, I go see him. Could you also contact Teyla and Ronon about this? Rodney should be arriving back from the Daedulus later today. I will tell him then," Elizabeth said calmly.

"Just go, I'll contact them. They will be here and so will I."

Then, Elizabeth took a deep breath and walked out of the office and down the hall to the room that contained John Sheppard. When she had got to the room, she peered in through the window. John was indeed awake. She hadn't been down in here in over a half a year. She usually paid him a visit on his birthday every year. He still looked like hell, but least his eyes were open. She took another deep breath and went into the room.

"Hello, John."

"Hey, long time no see," he replied weakly.

"Yeah, it has been a long time."

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John sat looking around his surroundings. He had been thinking about what Carson had said about it had been 15 years and things had changed. What had changed, besides the time and how old everybody was? He was thinking about this when he noticed a figure walking in to the room. It had been 15 years since he had last seen her. Time had done well for her, she still had the brown hair that had made her gorgeous although some grey strands had come streaking in. She greeted him so formerly. She seemed to try distance herself from him as if she didn't want to hurt neither him nor herself.

"So how has life been?" he whispered back

"Life has been good; however it hasn't been the same without you around. Teyla and Ronon got married about 14 years ago; they are raising their family here even though they do go to the mainland more then once a week. Carson got himself a little family of his own as well. Oh you should see his little girl, a little princess that one is, though she does have her daddy wrapped around her pinky finger. So we all found things to help us cope without being here," Elizabeth told him.

"What about you?" he whispered.

"I have been good. It hasn't been easy for me but I managed…" Just then a beep came from the radio at her hip. "Oh that will probably be Rodney. I promised him that I would be there when he came back from Earth. I'll come back later, okay. Maybe I'll bring with me Rodney, and maybe Ronon and Teyla."

"Okay, see you later."

With that Elizabeth exited the room and walked out of the hospital wing and to the Gateroom where she would meet Rodney and the others who would be returning from Earth. She was glad that Rodney beeped her when she did for she didn't want to explain to John yet about her and Rodney and the other special person in her life. As she strolled into the Gateroom, she noticed that not only was there the people from the Daedulus in the room but also people from the mainland. Two ships came in the same time this is a busy and hectic time. She looked around and saw the two people that she had came here for. She waved her arms to get their attention. They came quickly over to her. She gave the younger one a hug and to the older one shegavea kiss on the cheek.

"So how was Earth, Rodney?" Elizabeth asked anxious to catch up on news from Earth.

"It was good, dear. Took the kid to see the sights and sounds, where did we go again?"

"We went to see Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, and then we visited Retired General O'Neil and his wife in Northern Minnesota. I caught some fish but not from O'Neil's pond, no we went somewhere else to get some good fish. It was near the Canadian border were Mr. O'Neil took us," the teenager who had came with Rodney had replied.

"It was Lake of the Woods, kid. Very beautiful area, but not my kind of beautiful. I personally prefer my beauty to be inside and with out any mosquitoes the size of a small birds. So did anything new happen while we were gone?" Rodney asked.

"Actually, yes, surprisingly yes, something did happen while you were gone. John woke up earlier today. I told him that we would come down later and visit with him," Elizabeth replied calmly.

"John's awake. That is good indeed. James, do you want to go bring these back to our quarters? Your mom and I will join you in a bit, alright," Rodney addressed the teenager. James in turn nodded and picked up the bags that they had and started to go off to the residential part of the city. When James was out of sight, Rodney turned to Elizabeth and asked her. "Did you tell John about us? What did you tell him?"

"I didn't tell him about us. I didn't know how to break it to him. Maybe when he is a little bit stronger, I'll tell him but not now when he just woke up. Carson said that he would contact Teyla and Ronon and tell them the news. They would want to know about this."

"Know about what?" Teyla's voice sounded right behind them. They turned around to see Teyla standing there looking at them.

"Carson didn't tell you?" Elizabeth asked her.

"Carson didn't contact us. We probably were on the ship coming over here when he would have tried to contact us. Now what is it that we would want to know?" Teyla told Elizabeth.

"John's awake. Truly awake," Elizabeth replied.

"What! John Sheppard is awake?" Teyla asked shocked.

"Yes, he is awake. It is amazing. He awoke earlier today. If you want, we all can go visit him later on."

"Yes, that would be perfect. I will tell Ronon and we will see you later. For now wehave to go to quarters to get everything settled back in." With Teyla nodded and then turned around and walked away.

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Well, there you have you it. Well, I told you I would tell you the secrets of the story eventually and there you have it. Now you are probably going to ask who this kid is. You'll learn more about him in next chapter.