Sorry this chapter took awhile, I got distracted by my NCIS fic and college work. Some things should be answered in this chapter. I'm not sure how many chapters there will be yet.
Chapter 2
10 hours ago-back on Atlantis…
"Are you sure it is safe to go alone?" Asked a worried Teyla.
"It's just a simple recon, there shouldn't be any trouble" replied Sheppard. It really was just a simple recon to a local planet; there was no need for anyone else to go. He would fly out there see what was there and then come back. Really he just wanted to get into a jumper and fly around for a bit, may as well report back if the local planet could had life or not. It's not like he would be engaging with any body, if something was found then, the whole team could come. Another reason was that, this particular jumper had recently been repaired and it was a sort of test flight, to see if the repairs held together for a long flight. Teyla wasn't happy with the answer but she knew, that it was because he had been cooped up in Atlantis for a while, tied up with what his people called paperwork, she knew how much he hated it.
"Very well, but please stay out of trouble" she said serenely, knowing that Sheppard managed to find trouble anywhere. He gave her a look of innocence.
"Well you know me"
"Yes John, I do" she threw him a very knowing look that said that's what the problem was; she did know him, all too well.
"Look I'll be back in no time, keep Ronon out of trouble while I'm gone" he smirked. The whole flight would take about 16 hours round trip. He turned away and walked down the corridor to the jumper bay. She watched him for a moment, before turning back towards the gym. She had a bad feeling about this…
About 4 hours later…
Soon enough, she was called to the control room where a worried looking McKay and Weir stood. Ronon was hovering looking stoic as always, though those that knew him could tell he was worried by the pacing. The bad feeling from earlier had increased she knew that something was wrong, but asked anyway.
"What is happening?" everyone turned in her direction and Dr Weir answered.
"Col. Sheppard isn't answering his radio" worry twisted in Teyla's stomach, the only reason that he would not answer was if he couldn't. She now wished that she had forced him to take someone else along.
"Well, whose bright idea was it that he went on his own?" McKay snapped. He was also worried I mean it was a jumper that he had repaired, had it broke? He wasn't going to admit that it could be his fault though.
"McKay" Ronon growled, effectively silencing the scientist. Elizabeth stepped in before this could escalate like it usually would.
"I want you to go in another jumper and bring him home. There could just be some interference stopping us but, I want to make sure." Ronon not needing to be told anything else moved out, Teyla followed and then went McKay albeit in a huff.
They rushed to the jumper bay, hoping that they hadn't lost Sheppard for good this time. They had come so close so many times; I mean his luck would run out at some point. They were already 4 hours behind and anything could have happened. Sheppard had been told check in every couple of hours. If he had noticed a problem with the communications, maybe, he was already on his way back but couldn't contact them. This gave them a little hope at least…
x-X-x
About an hour ago- on the jumper
Sheppard loved to fly; it was calming, just to get away for a little bit. Well, it was calming as long as things didn't go wrong. He had been three hours into his journey when things had started to go wrong, firstly he had noticed that the communications were offline, he had tried to call Atlantis, to update them on anything he might have seen. Well at least that's all that was wrong he thought calmly, all he needed to do was go back and then finish this recon when the jumper was fully repaired even though, he had been assured that it was fully functional.
The control of the ship slipped from his mind, great now navigational control was gone he though wryly. He tried to push the small ship with his mind, fighting for control, it wasn't relinquished. Knowing he couldn't do anything in the pilot seat for the moment, he moved to find a tablet to see what was troubling the ship, then making his way back to the pilot's seat he studied the tablet. What he saw on the tablet wasn't making him feel any better; in fact, the little screen seemed to be in gibberish that only McKay understood. Damn I knew I should have brought someone else along, he was now regretting the choice he had made to go alone.
As he tried to recall some of the jumper repair lessons he had been taught, alarms started wailing. At first he thought it meant that he had company however, when he looked at the device in his hands, it signified that it was the ship there was something wrong with, all the readings were all over the place, maybe that's way he couldn't understand it. He tried to make some changes to some of the systems, like he had also been taught. The changes didn't help.
Suddenly, the sound of something powering up emitted from in front of him, he only had time to move his arms up in front of his face and shield his eyes when the panel to the side of him exploded. He felt the sharp stings of crystal and metal fragments piercing the skin on his arms, the flash of the explosion white washed his sight for a moment. Everything came into a bleary focus; the blast hadn't been that strong as to knock him out, but he was now dazed as to what exactly had happened.
He needed to find out how much damage had been done, but when he tried to move a sharp pain in his side stopped him, his vision greyed, the stars now being enveloped by a darkness that was growing. His last senses before the blackness claimed him were of burnt metal, blood and the feeling that he was now well and truly alone. While that is what he wanted at the start, at least then he could go back. Now, he had no way of knowing if anyone could rescue him, no way to know whether he had drifted off the course he had been on. Then the dark void that was the space in front of him, claimed him for its own…
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