This chapter may be a little confusing, I tried to tell the story and keep it brief, I hope I did an okay job. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Stargate Atlantis: Ark of the Apocalypse
Chapter 4 - Hurry home, find the key!
Atlantis - Stargate Ops
"Incoming wormhole." Chuck announced.
Major Lorne's voice came in through the radio. "Dr. Jackson is unconscious."
"Drop the shield." Woolsey hurriedly permitted, then linked with Dr. Keller.
"Dr. Keller, medical emergency in the main jumper bay." Woolsey advised.
The shield came down. Seconds later the jumper emerged from the event horizon. And went to the jumper bay to park.
Woolsey went to the main jumper bay to get a preliminary report.
Main Jumper Bay
"What happened?" Woolsey asked of Major Lorne.
"He picked up this crystal, and fell unconscious." Major Lorne explained.
Dr. Keller arrived, and Daniel was loaded onto a Gurney.
"His pulse is normal. That doesn't make any sense." Jennifer said. Then turned to the nearest person. "I need to get him under a scanner!"
An unfamiliar man was standing over a very confused Daniel Jackson.
"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "The last thing I remember I picked up a crystal on M6R-042."
The figure said nothing, just turned to reveal the wall of a temple.
Daniel was perplexed. He recognized it. It was King Solomon's temple, in Jerusalem.
Night had fallen, and several people dressed in ceremonial attire, obviously Priests, were entering the temple.
There was a thick blanket of tension in the air.
Following them Daniel saw something. The familiar box-like shape with two winged figures atop the golden coffer – The Ark of the Covenant.
"I don't get it." Daniel said, hoping to draw a comment from the figure, but to no avail.
The priests were moving it.
Daniel turned back to the figure only to see he was no longer in the temple, but in a network of tunnels, and the Ark was being moved past him.
Daniel and the priests rounded a corner and found themselves outside.
Daniel spotted the figure again, and realized they were somewhere else all together.
"Mt. Sinai!" Daniel said. Then followed the four man procession with the strange figure right behind.
Daniel followed the priests into a cave, and soon came to an area where the tunnel turned downward. Eventually coming to a series of pillars.
Then everything went dark.
"Dr. Jackson, you need to find the Ark, only you know how to find it. It's the key to the ship." the figure said.
Something he said to Carter a few days earlier came to mind, and he realized who, or rather what he was talking to.
"Do you realize how many rules you're breaking?" Daniel asked.
"A lot, but enough of us know what's at stake. I've done all I can." the man said.
"Yeah, I've heard that before." Daniel challenged.
The face on the man seemed maddeningly familiar.
"Do I know you?" Daniel asked.
"Yes, we met briefly." the man said, then looked behind himself. The man then turned to light with tendrils, and floated away.
Atlantis - Infirmary
Daniel woke up to see Colonel Sheppard talking with Carter and Woolsey.
Then they realized Daniel was awake.
"Morning, sunshine." Sheppard said.
"Morning? How long was I out?"Daniel asked.
"Four days." Jennifer Keller replied.
"Four days?" Daniel asked.
Carter interrupted, mostly to divert Daniel from the strange ordeal.
"I thought you'd like to know, we've selected a target for the Supergate. The Apollo should be here within the hour with an unused gate from the gate bridge. The Supergate will be up and running in the next seventy-two hours." Carter said.
"Great, which planet are we compressing to a singularity?" Daniel asked.
"M3K-119." Carter replied.
Three days later - Holo Room
Daniel spent the brunt of the last three days researching the Ark of the Covenant. Possible location, history.
Sheppard walked in.
"Hey, Dr. Jackson. The Apollo is about to leave, did you want to watch this?" Sheppard asked.
Suddenly Daniel got really excited. "It's on Earth." Daniel said excitedly.
"What's on Earth?" Sheppard asked.
"The Ark of the Covenant." Daniel replied.
Daniel gathered a few things, and walked out the door. A couple seconds later, Daniel walked back in.
"Are you coming?" Daniel asked. "I have to get back to Earth, as soon as possible." Daniel said.
A call came in over the radio.
"Colonel Sheppard, the Prior is here." chuck announced.
"On my way." Sheppard replied.
Sheppard and Daniel went to the nearest transporter, and made their way to Stargate Ops.
Atlantis - Stargate Ops
Sheppard and Daniel arrived at Stargate Ops to see a pale skinned man with milky white eyes, holding a staff with a blue crystal.
"I bring greetings from Tomin, our leader." The Prior announced.
They exchanged greetings, then Woolsey suggested they prepare to leave.
M3K-119 - Planetary Orbit
The Apollo dropped out of hyper space in the ruined star system.
"So, what now?" Daniel asked.
"Beam the gate, myself, and Dr. McKay down to the surface." the Prior instructed.
Colonel Ellis nodded.
A bright flash filled the bridge, then faded marking the Prior's departure with Rodney McKay.
After a moment Rodney's voice filled the speakers.
"We've started to compress this planetoid. I'll keep you posted as progress is made." McKay said.
"Understood, Apollo out." Colonel Ellis said.
"I'm going to monitor their progress from Engineering." Carter said, then excused herself.
Apollo - Bridge
The crew of the Apollo had been watching a blue bubble form and expand for the better part of twelve hours. It had nearly covered one-tenth of the planet before Rodney called.
"The Prior said to open up with out Asgard weapons."
"Are you crazy, Dr. McKay?" Colonel Ellis asked.
"The force field, which you should be able to see from orbit will provide more than sufficient protection from the weapons fire." The Prior assured.
Colonel Ellis gave the order.
"Target the center of the force field, and fire at will."
The Apollo began to unleash the full brunt of her Asgard weapons. Within an hour the field had increased in size, and was covering more than three quarters of the planet.
"Good, another minute or two, and the planet will be completely encompassed by the force field." Rodney announced. "Then the fun part begins."
M3K-119 - Planet Surface
The Prior finished establishing the force field over the entire planet.
"I have begun to collapse the planet. We will need to evacuate quickly." the Prior warned.
"Understood." Rodney said then activated the link on his headset.
"We're ready for extraction." McKay said.
McKay and the Prior vanished in a flash of light.
Apollo - Bridge.
"Welcome back, Dr. McKay." Colonel Ellis greeted as Rodney arrived.
"Yes, yes. Thank you." McKay said as he made his way to a station where he could monitor the collapse of the planet.
Several dozen of the segments that make up the Supergate were already in position, and more were emerging from the shrinking planet.
"The planets overall mass has been reduced by fifteen percent." McKay announced. "Supergate structure is at eleven percent."
Atlantis - Mess
A Call came into Richard Woolsey's headset, in the middle of a conversation he wanted to get out of.
"Mr. Woolsey, we have an unscheduled off-world activation. It's Ladon Redim." Chuck reported.
"I'm on my way." Woolsey said.
Atlantis - Control room.
"I have Ladon Redim, for you." Chuck said.
"This is Richard Woolsey."
"This is Ladon Redim of the Genii, I have information that the Wraith are almost ready to launch an assault on Atlantis."
Woolsey looked at Chuck, not sure whether or not to trust the word of Ladon Redim.
"For the last eight months there has been some unusual storms over the planet preventing them from leaving, but the storms have completely subsided." Ladon Redim admitted.
"Give us coordinates, and we'll go investigate." Woolsey compromised.
"I don't think you understand. They're on the way right now. More than a thousand Hive ships. Each is flanked by between three and four cruisers." Ladon said. "They'll be there in four days."
Well, that's that, a huge fleet. And just so there's no confusion the Ark is required to use the ship Carter, Sheppard and Daniel Jackson are being told about. More info will be released in regard to the Ark of the Covenant in future chapters
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