Fair warning . . . this Chapter is twisted. Otherwise be aware I don't own SGA, and don't say I didn't warn you. . . Okay it's not THAT twisted. Please, read, review, enjoy.
Stargate Atlantis - Weekend in Bermuda
Chapter 4 - Into the Lion's Den.
"What do you mean ' they never return'?"McKay demanded.
"I think what he's asking is, someone must have returned." Sheppard corrected.
"It was said that thousand years ago, Janus left his temple." Yunalesca explained.
Sheppard and McKay looked at each other.
"The ATA gene!" They both said together.
Sheppard looked at Yunalesca. "Where is this – temple?"
"A day an a half to the north. If you like I will take you as far as the canyon." Yunalesca promised.
"When do we leave?" Sheppard asked.
"Just let me gather some things." Yunalesca requested, then proceeded into a nearby chamber of the cavern.
"You know we can rest." Sheppard said.
"I'll be fine." Rodney lied.
"Really?" Sheppard asked skeptically.
McKay looked at Sheppard, then pulled out a power bar, opened the package, and took a massive bite.
"Ready when you are."
As they walked out of the city Sheppard couldn't help but wonder.
"Don't you think it's a bit -- odd?" Sheppard asked.
"What? Odd that she knows the way to Janus' "temple"?" Rodney asked.
"I mean an island in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. Wouldn't we have been able to see it from the sensor array terminal on one of our ships?" Sheppard wondered.
"Well, even though we're inside of a time dilation field it should be visible, unless it's cloaked, or it's out of phase!" Rodney revealed.
"That would explain a few things." Sheppard commented.
"The jumper would have been nice." McKay randomly commented.
It was nightfall before they stopped and made camp. Not that anyone could tell. It was always dark and dreary. There was always the same thunderstorm raging overhead, but no lightning ever struck the ground. The only difference was they had made it to the tree line. The thing was, most of the trees were dead.
The three were gathered around a campfire.
"So, what can you tell us about the layout of the temple?" Sheppard asked.
Yunalesca looked at them, confused and concerned.
"You'd been there before. Haven't you?" Sheppard concluded.
Yunalesca faltered, replied.
"I was only a little girl, I got lost."
Yunalesca began to recount her tale about a lost little girl getting lost and soon finding her way to the temple of Janus.
"When I got there, I found nobody. Then I heard this terrifying sound." Yunalesca said. "I didn't look around any more, I left, and after two days I found my way home."
Sheppard noticed McKay had a certain look.
"What are you thinking McKay?"
"I think Yunalesca almost came face to face with some Ancient Tech." McKay replied.
"What about the noise?" Yunalesca asked.
"Maybe the noise might indicate a problem, with the device." McKay suggested.
They talked for another few minutes before Sheppard excused himself to sleep.
After a minute Yunalesca looked back to see if Sheppard had indeed gone to sleep. Then looked at Rodney.
"You know, there hasn't been a man here in quite some time."
Her intentions became clear. She was oddly attracted to Rodney, though she was only testing the water.
"You know, maybe I should get some rest with." He paused a moment, then came up with an irrefutable reply. "Alone."
"Aren't you attracted to me?" Yunalesca asked.
Rodney was stunned.
"I plead the fifth?" Rodney asked then backed away.
Rodney sat down near Sheppard.
"And you call me Kirk!"
The next morning Sheppard and McKay were up with the sun, and following Yunalesca into a canyon with sheer cliffs.
"It has been many years since I have been here. I hope you know what you are doing." Yunalesca commented.
"Kind of hoping that, myself." Sheppard joked.
The canyon wasn't all that long, but the vista was not something that Sheppard or McKay expected by any stretch of the imagination.
There was a gradual descent into a wide open bowl in the end of the canyon. Sheer cliffs surrounded it on all other sides.
"Rodney. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Sheppard asked, unable to divert his gaze from the temple of Janus.
Rodney was distracted by something he found.
It was the scrunchie that Dr. Keller was using the day she vanished, then Rodney saw Janus' lab, the towering central spire of a Lantean City-ship.
Well that concluded Chapter 4, thank you so much for showing interest in the stories I write. Please feel free to leave your questions, comments and emotional abuse via a review. Thanks again.