AN. Haha, I'm back. It only took me like three months. Sorry about the wait, I know, I'm a terrible person. Don't kill me. It's been really busy, end of senior year and all that. So here it goes.
Daniel walked through the gate into the gate room of Atlantis. Even though he had been there before to help defeat the Ori, it didn't fail to amaze him. He looked towards the control room to see Elizabeth Weir, Colonel Sheppard's team, and a man that seemed vaguely familiar.
"Elizabeth, its good to see you again."
"You too Daniel. I understand that you've met most of Colonel Sheppard's team."
"Actually not all."
John moved forward. "Well that tall guy with the dreds is Ronan, he's our version of Teal'c."
Daniel chuckled, "I see the similarities."
"This is Teyla, the leader of the Athosian people. Both she and Ronan are from Pegasus. We are able to make contacts with people through them."
"I see, just the way Teal'c was able to give us insight to some cultures back in Milky Way. Its' a pleasure to meet you guys. I wish I was here on better circumstances, but its urgent."
Elizabeth moved forward. "Yes, we've received Landry's message about the Wraith. Do you have any idea how they got there?"
"No one knows, they can't have come through Midway because we know for a fact that they have at least a cruiser, if not a …what do you call their motherships?
"We call 'em hiveships. They can wipe out whole civilizations," answered Ronan. "A fleet of 'em took out my planet, and its what attacked Atlantis. Do you have a force back home that you can beat them with?"
"That's what we're hoping. Many of the civilizations back in Milky Way have a higher level of technology than you do, mostly thanks to the Goa'uld. Planets that they abandoned or were kicked off developed their technology, and other civilizations have recently adapted them. And a few have developed on their own, undiscovered by the Goa'uld, or too powerful to face. The ancients were one of the them, until they were wiped out."
"Wiped out, but the Ancestors were the most powerful beings in our galaxy. They escaped to yours, didn't they?"
"They were Teyla, but then they suffered from a plague that destroyed their civilization. So they all ascended. But this is getting off topic.
"Elizabeth, you remember Ba'al, he was a Goa'uld under Anubis?"
"Oh, yes I do. He was head of the Trust, and held General O'Neill captive for some time, correct?"
"Those are the least of what he's done. He's cloned himself, successfully. The Goa'uld have always wanted to live forever and be invincible, now he is. Recently, he showed up on Earth and kidnapped Vala, we don't know why."
"Vala…Mal Doran? The one who kept trying to steal things?"
Daniel smiled sadly and looked at the floor. "That would be Vala. I need her back, and Ba'al is my key to getting her back."
"Whoa, hey, I sorry about your girlfriend, but what's this got to do with the Wraith in your galaxy?" asked Ronan. "I would think that's more important."
"Well, Ba'al has always worked with us in the past against common enemies. The Replicators and the Ori. He is ambitious, but reasonable. He also has one of the biggest armies in the galaxy, especially since the Jaffa Council is still split since the Ori."
"But Daniel, the reason the Ancients fell to the Wraith was because they watched them grow and did little about it. Ba'al isn't about to let that happen. He'd stop the Wraith before they grow too powerful."
"Therein lies the problem Elizabeth. The galaxy isn't the Goa'uld's problem anymore, it's ours. The Wraith have only made one incursion into Ba'al's territory and he saw how powerful they are. His Jaffa watched them feed on other Jaffa, they've never seen that before now.
"The Wraith are the closer to the Goa'uld then we'd like to admit. Once again there are beings in this galaxy that can make you see things, read your minds and cannot die. If Ba'al wants to defeat them, he'll have to come to us, and we need him if we want to defeat them. But we don't know if he does, and we definitely can't go to him for help."
"Wait," interjected a strong Scottish accent. "Did you say the Wraith fed on the Jaffa?"
Daniel looked at the man. He recognized the man, but struggled with the name. "Dr…?"
"Beckett," he answered. "Do Jaffa have naquadah in their blood?" Daniel nodded. "That's a substance that doesn't exist in Pegasus. Therefore the Wraith are not used to this mineral. We don't know how they'd react."
"But some humans have naquadah in their blood. The Wraith can feed on us?" answered Elizabeth.
Rodney snapped his fingers excitedly. "Humans have naquadah in their blood if they were a host. None of the exhibition was a host, so the Wraith have never eaten one."
Daniel looked at the group. "Well, in humans, all naquadah does is enable us to use Goa'uld technology. Hand devices, shields, things like that. Would a Wraith adopt that ability?"
Carson looked deep in thought. "No, I don't think so. Plus, Jaffa don't have naquadah in their blood. What I was wondering was, Jaffa aren't human. We've never witnessed a Wraith feeding on a non-human before. We have no idea what it could do.
"It could outright kill them…or if by feeding on a being stronger than humans, make them stronger in turn."
Daniel sighed, "Pray it's not the latter. If the Wraith defeat us, than what we have fought for in the past decade will have been for nothing. And there are far more humans in Milky Way than there are in Pegasus."
AN. Yeah, I know its short. What I said earlier applies, I like living. I'll update when I can, time and ideas apply. Tell me what you think, and if you want drop a few suggestions by as well.