Havoc had just hobbled up to view the humans flee the room, each to do his own task. The military guards that left the room never returned. Havoc sighed and sat down. He laid his head down on his hand. His mind was clouded and in pain. The voice came back.
"Oops… I guess that some of those memories were too much… who knew…?"
"Can you please shut the fuck up?" Havoc groaned, rolling his eyes.
"Aw… Mister Grumpy has a bit of a boo-boo in the head, eh?" The voice said tauntingly. Havoc was about to open his mouth, but his comeback was cut short by an explosion outside and a rumbling through the floor. Havoc jumped up.
"That one was close… about…"
"Forty six meters to the north, northwest of our location, seventy five degrees skyward…" The shadow said. Havoc paused. "Whoa… where the hell did that come from…?"
"No matter… Where's their shield…?" Havoc asked as another blast rocked the floor. Havoc paced around the cage. His eyes flitted to the doorway and the camera on the wall. The mechanical eye followed his every movement. A third blast rocked the foundations. Havoc looked around.
"If those fools only knew…"
"What are you talking about…?"
"…Okay... listen up, because this is important…"
"Why isn't our shield working?" Weir yelled. McKay stared at the computer screen with beads of sweat forming on his forehead. His fingers danced a three step on the keyboard, lines of Ancient reflecting off his eyes. The computer stopped and McKay paused, breath held. The computer beeped and flashed a single line in Ancient. Rodney swore loudly and slammed the laptop shut. Weir glared down his back.
"What is it, Rodney?" Weir asked, nervously. McKay flinched and looked up at her.
"I don't know! Ever since Havoc came into the city, the entire mainframe has gone completely haywire. The jail cell had to be manually disconnected to keep it locked. The city wants him to do something. I know it!"
"But we can't let him out yet! He may still be dangerous. Can't you reprogram this thing…?"
McKay sighed and was about to say something when a shocking alarm came from the laptop. McKay raised the screen. A viewing monitor appeared on the desktop. It was a live feed from the security cam in the jail. Havoc stood in the middle of the cell, pounding and punching the door of the cell, fists rebounding off the shield. He snarled in anger.
"Teyla, go down to the cell and calm him down!" Elizabeth said. Teyla nodded and left. As the door shut, Sheppard ran down the stairs.
""Elizabeth, we need that shield! We lost two jumpers!" John yelled. Elizabeth put a hand to her head and groaned. Sheppard turned to the stairs quickly a sudden explosion. Ronon barreled down the glass stairway and fell to the ground. Just then, a hair rising alarm went off on the city life scanners.
The Wraith were in the city.
"Havoc! Stop it! You can't get out!"
Havoc stopped thrashing against the bars and stared at Teyla. He had a panicked look on his face, hands bleeding from the silvery shield around him. His previous wounds were healed, but his eyes flitted nervously from one side of the bars to the doorway. His breathing was ragged. Teyla was conflicted. He was no doubt strong enough to destroy the Wraith, but was the shadow completely gone? Ever since Havoc showed up, suddenly, Teyla thought they had gotten themselves into something big. Very big. Havoc shook his head like a deranged animal.
"I need to stop them!" Havoc said, fire behind his eyes growing. He sighed, spitting blood. Teyla shook her head and froze. She had feared this. A Wraith had found her. She had a mental link to the Wraith, but she was weaker than them, her mind vulnerable. She braced herself. The Wraith was quicker, invading her mind. Havoc saw her lean against the wall, gripping her head in pain. Havoc felt the confrontation.
"A human with Wraith DNA? Interesting…" He said. Havoc melded his mind into Teyla's and the battle ensued.
Teyla lay in a shadowy world, shrouded in darkness. The inky presence of the Wraith enveloped her mind, pushing her into the abyss. She knew it was over, not having enough energy left to defend her sanity. A screaming roar shattered the dark silence. She opened her "eyes". Above the shadow, a twinkling light rapidly descended upon the intruding darkness. In the center of the light was Havoc in a long, white, flowing robe, his hands clenched into fists. Ribbons of light swirled around in front of him. His eyes seemed to glow.
Havoc slammed down into the shadow, which rebounded off his form into a sickly puddle on the ground. Havoc straightened his back, standing just above Teyla. She realized she was on the ground, clothed not in her combat vest, but in her regular clothing. It was how her mind distinguished her own appearance as the "true" vision of herself. Her mind was like a dense forest, tree's hanging over, sending a light green hue over the ground, where dense underbrush populated the turf. Havoc looked around.
"Ya' know… you should really open your mind to the possibilities… it's kind of shadowy in here, too…" Havoc said, looking up into the trees. Teyla could see into his mind, too. It was an endless green field, much larger than Teyla could consider. Havoc looked down at her, smiling. He held his hand out. Teyla reached for it. The shadows jumped back up and made a mad dash at Havoc.
"Look out!" Teyla yelled. Havoc's eyes shone and time slowed down again. Now that Teyla was mentally attached to Havoc, her mind saw this transition too. Everything was slowed down. The shadow was inching its way towards them instead of the speedy attack. Havoc swung his foot up to chest height. His feet were in white sandals, but his mind was as strong as his body, giving his attack the power of a thousand bullets. The shadow roared and swirled to the ground. Its lucid shape began to change. It took the form of a full sized Wraith, silvery hair and pale skin, black cloak and evil eyes. Havoc narrowed his eyes at the true attacker. The Wraith bared its yellowed fangs and lunged at Havoc. He raised an arm to chest height and opened his hand. The Wraith was inches away. Havoc's eyes were devoid of emotion. Teyla gasped. Time sped up.
A thick, pulsating beam of swirling energy exploded from his palm. The Wraith's outline was visible for a second before it was swept away in a vibrant light. The beam narrowed into nothing. Havoc lowered his hand. The mental trees had been up rooted, leaving a gash in the tree line. Teyla looked around Havoc's legs. Mountains and plains stretched beyond her previous boundaries.
"…And now you can see beyond the human plane of thought… there is a next world… a new breed, created by the Ancients…" Havoc said, turning to Teyla, eyes bright and a smile on his face. "It just took you a while to see it…" Teyla tried to speak, but Havoc was enveloped by a narrow beam of light, sending both of them, human and ancient back to their respective bodies.
Weir stood in her office, trying to decide the proper course of action to take. The city was on fire, Wraith were loose, Havoc was on a rampage in his cage, and the city wasn't responding to any stimulus. She began contemplating letting Havoc loose. He would make a very good guardian for the city, but of the choices that had to be made, she'd rather not risk it.
"Such decisions are so tiresome, don't you think Elizabeth?"
Weir jumped and turned quickly. Havoc sat in a chair, fingers folded in a graceful arch. He sat regarding her with a look of concern and pity. His eyes were piercing, as if reading her thoughts. He saw the look on her face and stood.
"No need for panic, I just needed to ask you for the access crystals for the city computer. We must stop the Wraith. Then you may execute me in any way you wish…"
He had established a constant mental connection with Teyla, just to prevent any Wraith attackers from getting to her until she had regained strength. He couldn't read her mind, but to his eternal anger, she could read his and still make the occasional objection. Havoc winced as he felt Teyla's mind yelling at his.
"You surely don't think that we will still…!"
Shadow Havoc moved in.
"Hey! Shut up! We know what we're doing."
"Shadows…!"
"Why does everyone still call me that? I demand a re-write, damn it!"
Havoc ignored the political debate being waged in his cranium. He looked to Weir with a nervous air. Weir looked at him back.
"How did you escape…?" Weir asked, unsure of where this was going. Havoc blinked.
"Teyla failed to prevent my escape and I knocked her out. End of story." With that, Teyla called back in infuriated in Havoc's mind.
"Are you trying to get killed? I let you out! I should take the blame!"
"Shut the hell up! Havoc's trying to save your skin, brat!"
Weir looked at him with a strange look. Like she was wondering why he would openly say this. She must have sensed some deception. She picked up a radio. Havoc narrowed his eyes and glared at the radio. It sputtered and smoke belched from the seams. Weir dropped it, shattering it on the hard floor. Havoc stared at her intently, daring her to try something else. Weir picked up the laptop and tapped the controls. Her screen showed nothing but static from the camera feed. Havoc had already sent a small contingent of his arm nano-bots to infiltrate her computer and corrupt the file. She put down the computer with a sigh and stared at the soldier. He stared back. She smiled.
"You act just like Sheppard sometimes, Havoc."
Havoc blinked. Weir reached into the desk and pulled a set of three crystal cards out. She tossed them to Havoc. He reached up and plucked it from the air. Weir shook her head.
"No doubt there are some forms of weaponry that this city must have…" She said Havoc nodded and stopped. He had sensed something. His eyes were drawn to the stain glass window above the Gate. His mind clicked. Time slowed down. He stood up.
"Get down…"
"What?"
"GET DOWN!" Havoc yelled. A blast of energy leapt from nowhere and the window exploded. Weir hit the floor, but Havoc flung his arms over his face. The glass bullets tore through the glass and the wall of the office. Weir heard Havoc scream in pain. She looked up. He was acting like a shield over her, blocking the shards, which lay embedded in his flesh-bitten arms. Blood dripped down. Havoc turned his head to her and spoke.
"If you don't get a sign from me in twenty minutes, dial the Gate. Got it?"
"G-got it…" Weir said, still in shock. Havoc swung his arms down, sending lines of blood on the white walls. He walked into the control room. McKay looked up from his laptop and almost fell from his chair. Havoc stood over him and several other scientists, heaving from blood loss.
"Wh- what the hell is this?" He stuttered. Havoc leaned down to Rodney's level.
"Out of my chair. Now." Havoc growled. He didn't wait till McKay scrambled out. He gripped the chair and spun it to himself. McKay jumped away and looked over the bloody mess nervously. Havoc slapped in the card keys and looked up at the laptop screen. Ancient scrolled down, faster than Rodney had ever seen. Havoc snarled and slapped the computer away from him, sending it out of the window, ignoring McKay's protests. He stepped up to the large screen in the middle of the room, pulling a glove his non metallic hand. Scarred skin was revealed to the room. He placed his palm on the screen. The lines of ancient froze. Tiny beads of light came to his fingers and scanned his hand. Five lines of ancient appeared, causing Havoc to get confused. He whispered to himself.
"Alright big-shot… Why are there five weapons on the board here?"
"I don't fucking know! Just pick the Alignment Cannon and end this stupid battle."
Havoc nodded and picked the top cursor. Lines of data stretched the perimeter of the screen. A diagram of the city appeared over the data. A woman's voice spoke from the computer.
"Hello… Havoc. Soldier class: Beta. Clearance level: Alpha. You have chosen to activate experimental cannon 07483262… the 'Alignment Cannon'. I am a prerecorded message personalized to answer certain questions. Before activation, you must comply with the de-briefing program, do you comply…?"
Havoc nodded. "Accepted."
"The 'Alignment Cannon' is a full scale sized weapon, considered capable of level fifty damage. It is designed for a stronghold operation, which would cause the city's security to jeopardize. The cannon is a high concentrated energy weapon, designed for two stages. First stage is to send a wave of magnetic energy across the planet at a frequency of 183727736. It will only effect the life forms of Wraith DNA origin with a margin of error less than that of 0.00024 percent. The second stage is a main plasma beam that can target up to four targets at once. This weapon is powered by a single experimental fusion generator. Do you comply with this information…?"
Havoc frowned and pulled a fist back. McKay asked him what he was doing. Havoc's fist rammed forward, slamming into the side of the computer. The screen jumped.
"Now activating Alignment Cannon…"
"Get all your personnel out of the southwest, north, and southeast piers. Do it now." Havoc growled. A Sergeant looked at Weir, who nodded. The military leader keyed his radio and barked orders in the tiny piece. Havoc shuddered and fell to one knee. His vision was blurry from blood loss. Weir and McKay took a step forward to help him. His eyes flashed open wide and the silver pupils stopped them in their tracks.
"Stay back…"
Havoc shakily got to his feet and looked over the diagram of the city. The floor rumbled. Everyone scrambled to get their balance. The sound of energy surging filled the air. A large mechanism in the floor clicked. Havoc looked around. He frowned and tapped the screen. A tiny notice flashed up. Havoc's eyes widened. His eyes fragmented and he slammed his fists down on the control board. Sparks jumped from his hands. An invisible wind buffeted the humans.
"Son of a BITCH!" Havoc screamed, eyeing the diagram.
"What? What's wrong?" Rodney asked, walking over to the Ancient along with Elizabeth. Havoc pointed to the model. Three lines shone on the model, one coming from the north pier, the east pier, and the south west pier. They all led to the main tower.
"The Cannon's supply of energy is collected in the main tower, here." He said pointing at the base of the tower. "It's then dispersed to special conductors on certain piers. Energy builds up here, and fires the main weapon. One of the conductors at the base must be broken… And the generator has only enough juice left for one last blast… I can't stop it from firing…"
"What if it fires at only two-thirds capacity…?" McKay asked. Havoc sighed and coughed up a speck of blood.
"The cannon will only fire at half capacity and the main tower will explode… I need to fix the break."
"With what…?"
Havoc thought for a minute as the explosions outside got worse. Havoc looked up.
"You still got the shield and cloak you took from me?"
Weir put two and two together. Havoc's bones were laced with naquadah, making him a giant conductor. He was going to bridge the gap with his own body. Unprecedented amounts of energy were going to go through his body. If the shock didn't kill him, it would stop his heart for sure. He was going to try to channel some of the energy through the shield, trying to keep his survival chances high.
McKay picked up the two crystal badges from a case on the floor and tossed them to Havoc. He caught them and slapped on the white cloaking crystal, strangely shined and free of scratches. Havoc looked at the shield in his hand. Rodney swallowed and spoke.
"What about Teyla and her people? They all have traces of Wraith DNA… and so do you…"
"They will be fine… trace DNA will not be registered… and for me… I'm immune to the wave's effects… as for Teyla…" He started, looking over the shield. Havoc looked up and saw Teyla, panting from the run in the doorway.
"Teyla!" Weir exclaimed. Havoc shook his head. He clenched the crystal, his blood dripping on the crystal. It hummed and glowed green. He hefted it like a baseball and threw it at Teyla. It smacked her in the chest and locked on to her. She exclaimed and tried to take it off. It refused to come loose. She didn't have the ATA gene, but Havoc's blood was coating it, making it glow red. To the shield, she was Ancient. Havoc lifted the cloak.
"Good bye…" Havoc disappeared. The room panicked, looking around for him. Havoc reappeared in the center of the floor in front of the Gate. The floor design had a circle in it, which Havoc leaned over and traced a finger across. He smiled weakly.
"Havoc!"
Havoc stood straight in the center of the circle and ran a bloody hand through his hair. He snapped his fingers and the floor opened. The hidden ring platform hissed to life and started to lift five white rings out of the floor. There was a bright flash of white light and he disappeared. Weir screamed at Rodney.
"Find a way for us to follow him! Lives are at stake!"
Havoc appeared in a dark red room. The rings lifted into the ceiling. Havoc lifted a hand and blasted a hole in the rings. They wouldn't work anymore. Havoc walked foreword. A giant swirling light sat in a mechanical cradle. Three glowing pipes arched from that. One was broken wide, sparking and leaking traces of glowing fluid. Havoc winced at the damage and jumped up to the broken platform. He checked his time.
"How much longer till the Cannon fires…"
"You've got less than twenty seconds… are you sure you'd rather do this?"
Havoc smirked and placed a hand on the warm pipeline. It crackled in electricity. Havoc reached for the second one. A door hissed open below him. Sheppard, Ronon, Teyla, and McKay rushed in, holstering guns.
"I wonder what they planned to shoot…"
"Best not to consider human thought patterns… crazy monkeys…"
Havoc rolled his eyes. "Agreed…"
Sheppard looked up and saw Havoc. Havoc looked down on the team. Sheppard had a confused look on his face and Ronon was sweating. McKay had a concerned look on his face and Teyla looked scared. She spoke to him mentally.
"Havoc… please! There must be another way!"
"Nope..."
"…Then at least take the shield…!"
"No can do, miss. It's my fate, MY RULES!" Teyla tried to talk back, but Havoc hung up. The floor rumbled. The swirling reactor spun faster. The room's temperature jumped five degrees. Havoc gripped the other pipe. His outline began to glow blue, swirling pillars of light enveloped him. Havoc gritted his teeth in pain as he tried to stay alive. The electricity flowing through makes his heart pulse rocket. His eyes flared a bright blue as his nano-bot arms rippled in sympathy. He screamed in pain as his DNA caught ablaze. Outside, the city transformed.
Darts acted like flies as the city piers were flooded with Wraith. The rainbow like shield burst into life. It groaned and narrowed to include only the main tower. The southwest, north, and southeast piers lifted out of the water, tower points glowing blue. Every tower spire in Atlantis started to glow blue. The main tower turned a neon color, a giant ball of energy forming on the top of the tower. It shrunk to the size of a baseball and then exploded out into the air in a 360 degree sphere of death. The bubble expanded to envelop the whole planet. Darts fell from the sky and anything with Wraith DNA except for Teyla or Havoc died and burned. The energy faded and the star lights on the spires of the city glowed hotter. Finger thin beams of light burst from every bit of metal on the towers and collected on the main spire. The tower swirled in a pillar of energy. Lightning rebounded of the metal. The height of the energy had peaked and brought blue light on the faces of the stunned humans. Havoc's voice rang out over the water as if high overhead, evil shadowy darkness mirroring his speech.
"WELCOME TO GROUND ZERO, SUCKERS!"
The tower pulsed and a titanic beam of whitish-blue light shot from the tower. The shield exploded out like a shockwave across the atmosphere. Energies lanced through space. In the distance, three tiny explosions sounded the end of the attack. The piers slammed back into the water and rested. The humans cheered for their unknown hero. Back in the chamber, Havoc was nearly lifeless. His hands eased off the pipes. The fusion reactor sputtered and the light disappeared as the ancient weapon died. Havoc was covered in burns, blood oozing out at a deadly rate. He fell backwards of the platform. Teyla tried to catch him, but that isn't easy when the victim weighs almost one metric ton. Havoc slammed into the ground. Teyla kneeled over next to him. The shield on her chest flickered and died. It fell off and landed on Havoc's chest. She felt for a pulse. He shockingly had a stable pulse. Teyla sighed in relief and stood up. Sheppard ran a hand through his hair.
"Now what…?" Ronon asked. Sheppard smiled.
"We've got to get him back to the infirmary. We've got a new team member…"