A/N: Really, really, REALLY sorry for the wait on this chapter (I won't be surprised if some of you have to read the last chapter to remember what's going on…) I had a really bad writers block and I met up with some people I hadn't seen for years, the excuses go on.

There's a really random section right in the middle of this which has no particular relevance to the outcome of the story… its just a strange little idea that appeared in my head one day.

And for those who were wondering why Sheppard was calling AD Skinner 'Caldwell' last chapter (sorry i forgot to explain :( ) the same actor plays Skinner in the X-Files as does Caldwell in Atlantis.

CHAPTER EIGHT: MAILBOX

"Attention base camp the wraith have breached the perimeter. Repeat; the wraith are inside!"reported Sergeant Amy West.

McKay froze next to the Parallel Universe Machine. "What?!"

Captain Lance Harris, standing next to McKay, looked alarmed as he spoke into his radio. "How? What's happened?"

"The wraith seem to have some way of detecting the energy signature of the Parallel Universe Machine. The broke in past the team on the West Side," explained West.

"Mills are you hearing this?" asked Harris.

"Unfortunately loudly and clearly," replied Mills. "Are you sure that there are no wraith left in the forest?"

"Teyla says she can't sense any other then the ones in base camp," answered West.

"Hold on, that means the wraith are investigating the Parallel Universe Machine's energy signature! They'll be headed here!" squeaked McKay, looking nervously around the temporary tent.

Harris ignored him.

"SGA-13report to the Parallel Universe Machine, everyone else close in slowly, we don't want the wraith escaping, Major Lorne I think the last boat load of people have left the island, uncloak the Jumper and leave it over the forest, hopefully the wraith won't want to run towards it. Ronon and Teyla, report your position," ordered Mills.

"I am approaching the south side of the fences," reported Teyla.

"I'm heading back too," grunted Ronon.

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At the beach a girl who had been stubbornly refusing to board the boat looked up just as the Puddle Jumper uncloaked.

"Oh my God!" she announced. "That has got to be the biggest mailbox I have ever seen!"

The Air Force official getting her on the boat, looked up in alarm and saw the Jumper.

"Major Lorne, cloak immediately, the last group of people have not left the island. I repeat cloak!" he barked into his radio.

The girl look disappointed as the Puddle Jumper disappeared again, the Air Force official as good as shoved her into the boat.

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"Wraith!" yelled McKay as he spotted a group of wraith entering the temporary tent.

Harris turned around. "Mills, the wraith are here and SGA-13 haven't appeared yet!"

"Hold your position. SGA-13, where the hell are you?!" demanded Mills.

Harris fired at the wraith with his P90.

"We're headed toward McKay's tent now… err… sorry we're late," replied Major Johnson.

As McKay decided that the nearest wraith was too close for comfort he dived forward and activated the Parallel Universe Machine.

"What?!" complained Harris. "Don't send them to Scully and Mulder's universe!"

McKay ignored him completely and began flicking and pressing buttons frantically as the wraith disappeared in a flash of light.

"Ha! I think I did it!" exclaimed McKay.

"What did you do?" asked Harris who, having worked on a team with a smart scientist for years, knew McKay had done something other then send a bunch of wraith to a parallel universe.

"I think I popped them out of existence!" announced McKay excitedly.

"I guess they didn't even have time to regret challenging you," teased Harris.

"Hmm. Yes, well, I popped them out of existence by activating the Parallel Universe Machine then switching the settings to send them to a different universe, which me and Zelenka, mostly me, made impossible. So as the Parallel Universe Machine tried to send them there they popped out of existence!" explained McKay triumphantly.

Harris, who knew absolutely nothing about science and almost never understood scientific explanations, sighed in exasperation. "I believed you. I didn't want an explanation.

SGA-13 came charging into the tent, guns raised.

"Hey, I thought there were wraith," remarked Captain Scott Powers.

"Me too…" agreed Corporal Chris Newcorn.

"So… there aren't any wraith and we came running across base camp for nothing?" asked Lieutenant Jay Young.

"Yeah, is this some kind of punishment for wiping Mulder's memory?" Major Mickey Johnson questioned Harris.

McKay was annoyed. "No! If we were kidding, then would there be two dead wraith behind you?"

Johnson looked 'round. "You caused all that fuss over TWO wraith?"

McKay looked indignant. "Of course not! The others just… don't exist anymore."

"Oh, well that's okay then," began Captain Powers, then did a double take. "Hold on… what?!"

"McKay somehow got the Parallel Universe Machine to pop the wraith out of existence," explained Harris.

"Great, catch you later then," said Powers.

SGA-13 started to walk off.

"Don't you want to know how I did it?" inquired McKay irritably.

"Nah, not really," replied Johnson casually. "Anyone else wanna stick around for an explanation?"

"Nope," answered Newcorn.

"Uh uh," agreed Powers.

"Not since I've heard he's worse then Tatum," grinned Young.

McKay glared at him. "I am not worse then Tatum in any way. For one thing, I am much smarter then he is…"

"Really?" broke in Young. "Wow, Colonel Sheppard must've been lying…"

SGA-13 left the tent sniggering.

A/N: I hope I've managed to get SGA-13's part in this to sound really laid back and light, because they enjoy annoying anyone possible. If you think I could improve on that, please tell me and mabe give me some help. :)

Again, sorry for the wait, i hope to be MUCH quicker!