A/N: Here is the next chapter of this epic tale, please review and tell me what you think.
Chulak:
Teal'c walked forcefully down the corridors of his ancestrail home thinking about the conversation he had with O'Neill before his return:
Flashback
"Teal'c Buddy come on in!" O'Neill said joyously.
"What do you require O'Neill?" Teal'c asked perplexed.
" I really hate to ask this of you but we need help for Atlantis, they are getting pushed back and Landry might not be ready to relieve them.". O'Neill said, earning a raised eyebrow from his longtime friend.
"What would you have me do?". Teal'c replied.
"I need you to go back to Chulak, gather as many Jaffa as you can and hightail it to Atlantis, the wraith haven't fought Jaffa yet so you should have a tactical advantage." Jack answered.
"As you wish O'Neill." Teal'c said with a small bow before he turned and exited the room.
End Flashback
Stepping out of his home Teal'c looked at the impressive force that was arrayed in front of him, the response to O'Neill's call for aid had been overwhelming. The Jaffa were more than willing to fight for the man that had been instrumental in securing their freedom.
Atlantis:
John Sheppard limped hurridly away from the destroyed puddle jumper that he had just planted explosives under. Diving behind the wreckage of a partially destroyed building, he turned and opened fire on the wraith soldiers that had been chasing him, causing them to scatter. As he got up and turned the corner, the jumper he had rigged exploded, showering the surrounding area with dirt and debris. Regaining his feet he moved as quickly as possible to the area where the fist stages of the withdrawl were taking place.
Ronan watched as the first in a long line of puddle jumpers took off and sped away from the combat zone. AS soon as Weir realized that the defenders could not hold off the wraith she had ordered the rest of the force evacuated to the last occupied settlement on the continent, located on the coast New Atlantis was a fortress in the truest sense of the word, with UEA and Ancient defenses it would be the best and most logical place to halt the wraith advance. Another jumper took of as Ronan spied John Sheppard hurrying towards the evacuation area.
"Its done!" He yelled from fifty or so yards away.
"John, you are bleeding through your bandages, I can take care of things here, go back and report to Weir." Ronan said to the battered and bleeding Sheppard.
"Yeah, I guess I should, make sure you get out Ronan." John said as he stepped into the waiting jumper. Ronan smiled back and stepped away from the craft, as it took off he turned and walked back towards the fighting. If he got out of the city, it would be on the last available jumper, he had wraith to kill.
Onboard the Pegasus:
The warheads from the Ark Royal had been fitted into the armory of the battlestar, the best scientists available to the fleet were working on making more of them. On the bridge, Tigh was contemplating his next move, the fact that they had jumped into a battle and profited from it was pure luck, and could not be counted on to continue. If the 12 Colonies were to persevere, they would need allies and to do that they needed to show their resolve in their was against the UEA. Victory could only be achieved by guerilla tactics, Tigh concluded. From now on, their prime targets would be civilian or lightly armed ships.
Onboard the United States:
"So what has the fleet decided to do about Tigh's defection?" O'Neill asked Bill Adama, the rightful commander of both the Galactica and the Pegasus.
"The vast majority sides with Earth, there was no excuse for the surprise attack on the UEA fleet. They wish for justice to be done." Adama answered.
"Well that simplifies things doesn't it." Jack said as happily as he could.
"Thankfully it does." President Rosyln said from the doorway.
"If you say so. But I myself am more concerned about the wraith and the fact that the Lucian alliance has been more active in the past few days then they have been in a decade." Jack replied. "If we do not end this soon we may have a galaxy wide war on our hands, and against so may enemies the UEA may not persevere.".
"That's a big word for you Jack." Daniel said as he too strode into the room.
"Thank you Daniel, it was in my morning crossword." Jack replied while shuffling the papers around on his desk importantly.
"Its been years and you still have not completed any of the ones Sam has given you." Daniel said in disbelief.
"Well she keeps making them harder!" Jack exclaimed.
"Yes, well the first one was from a high school newspaper, personally I'm glad you have moved up to the adult puzzles." Daniel answered cheekily.
"Daniel shut up, that's an order." Jack said threateningly. Needless to say, Daniel fell silent and the meeting could continue.
Unknown Planet:
Apollo and Starbuck walked silently through the underbrush towards the area where on of the two man patrols the crash survivors sent our disappeared. As they cleared the edge of the woods they saw two bodies laying in a small ditch, empty clips of ammunition were scattered around but their weapons and supplies were gone. As they advanced further they saw what appeared to be blood on the trunk of a tree around the unmistakable form of a bullet hole. So the patrol had been attacked, the question was, by whom. Minutes later, a larger contingent of the crew had arrived. They were fanning out from the ambush area when a large explosion announced the return of the original attackers.
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