I am SOOO sorry it's taken so long… I was suddenly hit by the start of my last semester of school and hit hard… so yes, this chapter is much shorter and again I'm very sorry for that, but I sorta ran into a block, I knew what I wanted to happen but not how I wanted it to happen and I wanted to get something up for you guys…

Btw… this weeks Atlantis was awesome and when they ended up pulling the same shields under water trick I used in this very story I jumped up and down and "YAY-ED" for a while, until my roommates yelled at me that I was crazy… I was very proud of myself though…

Anyway… enjoy…

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After comparing the Mothership's schematics to what was now left, and with a bit of logical thinking, Lonnie and Lucas figured out the section of the ship most likely to hold the engineering controls. Lorne and Sheppard were now quite used to dragging ships out of the sea. As the wreckage set down on the beach, a distance from the SeaQuest, it creaked and moaned under it's own weight. As the jumpers set down, the pilots met up with the rest of the team set to sweep the ship.

Aiden had issued Commander Ford, Brody, Ortiz P90s while the ship was being recovered. "You might need these when the mothership lands." He loved saying things like that.

Jim looked over the weapon, "What in the world…"

"Is there a problem?" Teyla asked.

"You people really are from the past, I've seen these things in museums."

"Dude, you're not that far ahead of us," he held out a different weapon, "You want a Wraith stunner instead, they're more 'cool looking.'"

Brody looked down at the stunner. "A stunner… no thank you, I'll take this, has a bit more of a punch I think. I want to take those bastards down." He grinned back at the Lt. "Besides, I'll be able to tell my kids I got to fire an antique."

Ford put the stunner back, "It's only fourteen years, don't go getting an ego."

"Kids?" Ortiz joked.

"Someday."

"Riiiight."

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The water drained and dripped from the broken ship. They let it stand for ten, fifteen minutes. The beach around the ship became a pool of sea water, thick rivers running back down to the ocean. The combined security force from the two ships entered though the hole Sheppard had cut earlier. Sunlight didn't penetrate far though the darkness. The flashlights from their P90s cast eerie shadows on the dead vessel's bulkheads. Every few feet there would be a pinpoint of sunlight shining though small cracks in the hull. Water still dripped down from the decks above them, all of which created an atmosphere that sent chills down their spines.

"Right," Sheppard looked around. "Okay, my team, I guess we'll go this way," he nodded the direction him and Ford had gone earlier and found the SeaQuest crew.

"And we'll go this way." Commander Ford nodded the other direction.

"Sounds good," Sheppard started down the corridor.

"Colonel," Sheppard turned, "Good hunting," The Commander said.

"It'd be easier if they were deer… they are they… deer I mean." He came back.

"Trust me… no."

"Right, thought not." And with that, Sheppard, Lt. Ford, Teyla and Ortiz went one way, and the other Ford went the other with Lorne, Brody and Henderson.

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Sheppard looked down to the life signs detector, "About five hundred yards, ten o'clock, there's three of them, looks like some KraTak survived the time underwater."

"Actually they're probably Stomers," Ortiz mentioned.

"Are they different then KraTak?" Teyla asked.

"There basically the KraTak's foot soldiers." Ortiz watched the Stormer's dots on the Detector. "Looks like they're staying put, trying to see if anything on the ship is working."

"Fat chance of that, this thing is dead. Alright, let's get the job done."

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Fifteen minutes later, The Commander was wondering if there was anything left alive on the ship besides them.

Suddenly, "Commander…" Lorne quietly yet forcibly said holding the detector up.

"What?"

"Five of them, just came into range, next intersection then right, they're coming this way."

"What is that thing by the way," Brody looked over Lorne's shoulder.

Lorne had heard about Brody's earlier conversation with Aiden, "Oh just some of our antique technology." He glared back at him.

"Alright, take cover people," he tapped his radio, "Sheppard, this is Ford, we have five coming our way." They hid behind fallen bulkhead and in a few open doors.

"Yeah, we've already found three. They were defiantly surprised to see us."

"They're about to turn the corner." Lorne informed.

"We'll get back to you in a second Colonel." Ford raised his weapon, bracing himself on the door jam.

As soon as all five were in sight, Ford opened fire, the rest follow his lead. The Stormers instantly raised their weapons at the intruders, but it was of no use. The one sided battle took only a few seconds.

"We're clear here," Ford informed the Colonel.

"Good, well then, you want to help us? We have ten of those Stormer guys sitting here in a room. Doesn't look like they have any idea we're not underwater anymore, obviously haven't gotten the word yet from his friends."

"We probably took out those that were coming for them."

Lorne stoke up, "I see where you are and the Stormers."

"Good, I thought we'd attack from both doors there and seeing if this whole element of surprise thing would work again."

Ford glanced at the detector, noticing the doors to the north of Sheppard team. "We can be there in five. We'll let you know when we're in place.

Three minutes later, Commander Ford radioed back that they were in place.

"Okay, on three then… One, two, three." Both doors were opened at the same time, surprising the unarmed Stormers, who weren't expecting anyone, especially humans, to be prancing though their doors. They had little hope, one or two were quick enough to get shots off, Aiden's arm was grazed, singeing the fabric of his jacket.

"Clear," Brody yelled.

"You okay Lt.?" Sheppard asked, taking in the dead aliens scattered around the room.

The young marine had a wide grin, "Did you see that? Those were lasers, so cool!" The last Stomers they'd come across hadn't had the chance to get any shots off.

"I'll take that as a yes."

"Sorry Sir, barely touched me, mostly got my jacket."

Lonnie walked over the bodies, "It got you enough for you to bleed though."

"You know Jim," Ortiz stood next to him, "These things do work pretty well."

"They get the job done."

Their commander ignored them, "Colonel, are you sure this is all that's left on the ship."

He pointed to his vest, where he put the Life Signs Detector, "Hasn't lied yet. Let's get out of here and tell the techies they're free to poke around."

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I know it's short, but the next chapter will be back to it's usual length and quality… the work has stacked up this semester already, but I love you guys so I'm forcing writing into my schedule…

Stay tuned… namarie