Havoc stood up, light flaring on his wings. John and Ronon winced as the reflected light caught their eyes. His skin was covered in minor burns, although a few on his arms looked like they were third degree. Havoc's eyes were now soft, none of the prior evil darkness left. His wings folded down to take up less space. Weir was at a loss for words. Of all of the missions she had seen come back, no one had returned part hybrid. The white wings were different.

Havoc walked foreword, boots ringing on the floor tiles. He moved for the stairs, arms revealed by the torn off sleeves. Teyla winced as she saw the horrid burns. How could he smile while under such obvious pain? Havoc stopped next to a speechless Weir. He tapped her shoulder. She jumped back into reality. Havoc smiled warmly.

"Would you or one of your teammates please tell Carson that I need some gauze pads and some medic tape? Some of these burns will not heal easily."

Weir looked down at the burns and saw them for the first time. She nodded weakly and watched as Havoc walked away. She turned to Sheppard and Teyla.

"What the hell happened…?"

Sheppard, Teyla, and Weir walked down the hallway, talking about the prior mission. The written reports were nearly impossible to follow.

"So, the planet was named Testament for a reason…?"

"Yes, the planet was infested by evil ascended."

Weir raised an eyebrow. "Evil ascended…?"

Sheppard nodded. "Apparently, from what Havoc said, when one ascends, they are judged, like what most religions believe. If you're good, you get to party with the others… if not, they trap ya there…"

"And the planet exploded?"

"Yeah… Havoc's brother did that…"

"Havoc has a brother?"

McKay appeared around a corner ahead of them. He looked up from a pad in his hands.

"Ah, Elizabeth… I found something of interest about Havoc."

"Really?" Weir asked, interested. McKay smirked in his own smug way.

"Yes. His room."

"A room?" Sheppard said. "What's interesting about that?"

"Havoc has a dormant ring platform in his room. He's been trying to activate it since we got back."

"And you believe there may be something of value in there?" Teyla finished. McKay nodded and motioned down a hallway adjacent to theirs. He stopped them at a red door. He waved his hand over the door panel. It revealed a smaller hallway with three doors in it. Sheppard reached for one. McKay stopped him.

"I learned that Havoc has not only one brother, but two. The rooms on the left are his brothers and the doors have been permanently deactivated for some reason. Havoc's is the last on the right."

They approached the door and knocked. The portal opened. The room was just like 10,000 years ago. Wire and spare parts littered the floor. Overhead lights lit the room very well. A bunk hung from the ceiling by metal rods. A window was covered by hanging wires. McKay walked over to the opposite wall and waved a hand over the surface. An invisible door opened and revealed a second chamber. The team stepped through. They emerged in a huge dome. The ceiling held a beautiful stain glass mosaic that let light through. It depicted a man holding a humongous sword at the throat of a black dragon. A golden dragon was crouched behind the man in a humble position. But the man stood out. …Because he had white wings.

The walls were covered in close fitting crystals of different colors. The floor had a similar mural on it, with a ring platform in the center of the room. Havoc and Ronon were standing on the side of the room, adjusting crystals. Ronon looked up and nodded to the Colonel, while Havoc, now having his arms coated in gauze pads and his wings folded, remained in place, rearranging tiles and crystals. Havoc stood up.

"That should do it. I hope all this work paid off."

"Havoc put in all these tiles and gems in by hand today." Ronon explained. The humans were in awe of how much skill it would have taken to do this.

"Well, don't sell yourself short, Ronon. You did help with 46.9 percent of it." He said, wiping some sweat off his face. He walked over to the ring platform and gripped the console. "Now all I have to do is figure out why none of the crystals are…" He said as he struggled with the stuck access panel. Sheppard came over and tried to open it as well. The panel stayed stuck. Havoc swore. He brought his foot down with an ax-like kick. The ring platform jumped, the panel flying off and hitting one of the crystals.

The walls became a tidal wave of color, the rainbow tracing a path across the room. Havoc watched as the light came to a rest and the ring platform clicked. He patted John on the shoulder. John and Havoc laughed. Havoc picked up the hatch and snapped it back in place. Havoc looked at the team.

"Well…? Are you coming or not?"

The humans hurried on the platform and Havoc squeezed on after them, wings folded even tighter. Havoc stomped a boot on the floor. Five white rings lifted from the floor and in a flash, they descended into the bowels of the city.

The rings deposited them in darkness. The invisible rings rose into the ceiling. Darkness ruled in the hidden room. The ceiling must have been far up. They heard the rings groan as they rose for a full minute. Teyla's voice was first.

"Where is this…?"

"…Havoc…?"

"Ego indaeo falatus!"

Two specks of light appeared in the middle of the group. On closer inspection, they were Havoc's eyes, glowing in the dark. He walked over to one side of the platform and then came back.

"Everyone, get behind me." Havoc whispered. Everyone felt their way to the back of the Ancient man. Havoc could feel them behind him, stumbling over the wings on his back. Havoc raised an unseen hand. A ball of light appeared in his hand. It threw shadows in awkward areas of the platform He fired the blast to the ceiling. The ball rose and rose as it reached the heavens. Havoc's eyes followed the ball closely. The energy vanished. Havoc looked down.

The room flared into light. Energy flowed through the floor. Sheppard whistled as the ceiling lit up. It was a moving rendition of the night sky, stars and twinkling lights appeared far overhead as a holographic comet skated by. The walls were a strange cream color, green stain glass windows appeared every so often, depicting battle and knowledge, lit by green neon lights. The ocean water was behind the windows. Everyone looked down. Someone gasped. Havoc's eyes widened and then narrowed. The room was about one mile in radius and about a mile high. They stood on an elevated platform about forty feet higher than the floor. Lights on the walls and floors were giving a perfect light to the area. Four golden and marble staircases swirled down the platform to the red carpet floor. Branching off from the platform were bookshelves that made a multi-mile maze around the platform. Billions of tomes were sitting in perfect order. Paintings lined the outer walls. Chairs, couches, and lab tables made up small oasis's every few circuits in the wave of books. It was a giant library.

Havoc whistled and listened to the echoing of his noise.

"What is all this?" Elizabeth asked, awe taking hold of her face. Havoc looked down. His foot was next to a marble plaque in the floor. It was in Ancient Havoc put a hand on it.

"Chances are all of this is in Ancient…" Sheppard remarked. Weir agreed, saying that they would have to translate it to figure out what it all was. Teyla looked over at Havoc, who was crouching down, fingers on the plaque. She leaned over.

"What is it, Havoc?"

Havoc's fingers traced the outline of the plaque. Suddenly, the text flowed like water to change. It converted to English. The plaque read:

The Gift to the Ages

Atlantian Knowledge Library

The Bond of the Brothers of Dragons

Havoc, Rekhyt, and Falc'ner

A shockwave of light exploded from the stairway, washing over the books. It dissipated on the wall as Havoc stood.

"It's a written form of the universal knowledge… and I put it here… me and my… brothers…"

"What!"

"What was that light?" Sheppard asked. Havoc looked over at him.

"I think… I just converted it all to English… I don't know how…" Havoc said. He placed his hands railing and jumped over. Teyla yelled in surprise and saw Havoc fly over the library. He circled and came back. He had a confused look on his face.

"No way had I written all this…" Havoc said as he landed. "Did I…?"

"You're asking the wrong person…" Shadow Havoc remarked. Havoc shook his head. Sheppard saw something on the stairway and picked it up. It was a red book with a small note on it. He read the note and showed it to Havoc.

"It's addressed to you…"John said. McKay looked it over as Havoc picked it up.

"'Read me first'…? What kind of note is that?" Havoc remarked as he opened the book. His eyes gazed over the pages. With each turn, his face grew darker. His eyes read the book at 1,000 wpm, but his comprehension was slow. What he read scared him, and panic showed in his vision. Havoc slammed the book shut. Teyla jumped.

"What is it?" Teyla asked. Havoc pulled out the tiny time disruptor from a pocket. Havoc gripped it and powered it up. Tiny chevrons started locking. Havoc looked urgent.

"I need to find someone. Only he can help me… Without him, we're all dead…!" Havoc said, grabbing the book. He tossed the tiny device high in the air.

"What? Who do you need? What's going on?" Weir asked, frustrated. Havoc shook his head and his wings flared open. The device groaned and overhead, a tiny wormhole opened. The air began to vent. Havoc jumped and rocketed straight into the wormhole. Weir looked at everyone.

"What the hell is going on?"

McKay, who also saw the book's contents, was pale and sweating.

"I can tell you Elizabeth, but you won't like it…"