Chapter 22: Frustration
Samantha Carter was frustrated; despite sending several expeditions to the planet where SGA-1 had been captured they were still no closer to discovering why Sheppard had developed the abilities he had. The king on the planet had been moved to a more appropriate prison than the one Lorne's team had originally found him in but he had been unable to explain what had happened. Furthermore, even though the locals had allowed unlimited access to the King's palace, labs and the cell block doctor Keller had drawn a blank.
On top of this she had just received a rather peeved message from the IOA asking her to explain why, despite the fact that she was refusing to allow Sheppard to travel to earth as he was too valuable to the expedition, his name had been listed among the names of people involved in a mass disappearance. These names, she had been informed, also included Ronon Dex, Cameron Mitchell and David Sheppard as well as numerous people across the planet including the O'Neils. This news was more than troubling and she worried about both her old and new team mates. What's more, she was trying to come up with some sort of plausible explanation as to why Sheppard had miraculously appeared on earth. She had thought to indicate that John Sheppard was a fairly common name but figured they would argue that the names of his particular group would indicate that it was indeed the John Sheppard they had been inquiring about and demand proof that he was currently in Atlantis.
Sighing she turned to the man standing beside her; "Radek could we get the long range scanners up?" It wouldn't hurt to be on the cautious side "and recall all the offworld teams back to Atlantis until we can find out exactly what is going on, there's no point taking any unnecessary risks."
Radek nodded in agreement and moved off to do as asked.
Show us where you are Carter silently thought to the stars shining above her head.
A/N: just a short one to keep you going... a big thanks to sara who provided one of the nicest, most flattering comments ive ever had and of course to my beta amycat