here's another chapter^^ Hopefully you'll enjoy it
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Another few weeks passed and the situation on Atlantis didn't seem to ease up. The population was still down cast and all the off world missions had seemed to come to a halt in their success. But it was strange that on said missions sometimes big boxes off devices and things would be found. It had taken a while but then the rumors off the notes finally spread around like fire. This James Kirk was doing them a great favor off collecting these things and leaving them for their people to find. There was also the rumor about James Kirk being John Sheppard, it was McKay's favorite nickname for the man after all. Caldwell had thankfully not heard the rumors yet, being to busy polishing his uniform pins in his room. They also had gotten word from the mainland that their team would be coming home.
"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" she asked Zelenka who shrugged.
"I have no idea. I guess it depends on how things went on the mainland" the man answered and looked as torn as she felt. The malfunctions had grown worse since McKay had left and the boxes off devises that kept turning up lay almost untouched, some not even brought down to the labs yet! But with all the malfunctions she had for a moment thought she'd have to switch off the ZPM. Easy to say it wouldn't be a happy McKay that entered the city.
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Lorne was having lunch with some off the marines (they were actually discussing James Kirk) when SGA-1 (minus Lt. Smith) suddenly sat down with them
"Where did you find all those boxes Major?" McKay asked quickly and he couldn't help a half smile.
"They are being left for us to find McKay, we're only the delivery service" he answered and the other marines laughed at his words. The scientist however looked terrified.
"But what if they are bombs from the Genii? Transmitters from the wraith?"
"I'm sure he checked it before he left them Doctor" a marine tried to reassure him and it took barely a moment for the Canadian to catch it.
"Him? Who left it? What are you taking about?" With a quick look around Lorne pulled up The notes found with the boxes and laid them plainly on the table.
Congratulations and Celebration, sincerely J. Kirk
Thought if could be useful, Sincerely J. Kirk
Make sure he don't wear himself out, Sincerely J. Kirk
Happy Hunting, Sincerely J. Kirk
"J. Kirk…" McKay whispered before he suddenly ripped out a empty power bar paper and laid next to the notes.
Eat, McKay
"Where'd you find this?" Lorne asked softly as he looked over the power bar paper. Every vest had those, It was standard military and the pen which had written all messages seemed to be the standard marker pen.
"Someone threw it in his head" Ronon informed with a slight smile and the scientist glared at the man. Lorne joined the other marines who laughed loudly.
"So you also think it is…"
"You know anyone else who'd do…" McKay stopped talking however when Caldwell walked into the mess hall. The man made his way over to them and Teyla quickly collected the notes which was hidden away down in her blouse.
"Hello. How's the food?" the man asked as he sat down at the end off the table. Lt. Casey answered politely while the conversation steered back somewhat to what they had talked about.
"So, McKay how did you get signed up for this place?" he asked as he took a spoonful of his blue Jell-O.
"Hello! Genius, and personally I think Carter sent me away. Probably couldn't stand being second best" the man started and around him laughter broke out.
"What?! It's true!"
"Sure it is McKay" Ronon said and McKay hmph'ed before he turned back to his food.
"All I knew if that I was transferred here" he supplied simply with a smile and Lt. Hawkins laughed.
"That's how most off us got here I guess. It's not like we all could have Weir running after us" he said and most of them turned to him with questioning eyes.
"I thought everyone had heard how Sheppard was recruited"
"No! Come on! Tell!" filled the air around the table as Hawkins smiled. Lorne rolled his eyes at the men. Gossiping again. But watched, amused non the less, as Hawkins leaned forewords, like it was a secret.
"I heard Dr Weir had some trouble. So when he didn't agree, she sent general O'Neil after him " Hawkins whispered loud enough for them all to hear.
"Well the colonel told me himself he let a coin decide for him" Casey argued back and McKay laughed.
"Well of course he did, it was just our dumb luck General O'Neil liked the Flyboy" The scientist smirked before he suddenly tapped the radio at his ear. Everyone quieted down out off respect.
"Yes?… They what?… well of course it won't work, are they stupid?!…. Fine" then McKay stood up and rolled his eyes before he left without a single word. Ronon chuckled before he turned back to his food.
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Megan was sitting at the edge off the ice hole he was hacking his way down in and played with the doll he had managed to get for her. Since he had found her, she had become less dependent on holding onto him and could now play on her own even through she still sometimes would look up harshly after him as if he'd left her. He had managed to get a job at the planet where he'd found her, the villagers was for some reason thinking that if they hacked their way deep enough into the core of the planet they could live there, where it was warmer. He had kept his wise ass comments to himself and agreed to help them (they had allowed him to raid the ancient outpost after all) for as long as he and Megan could live in their jumped close to the village and have close to the tavern. After wiping sweat from his forehead he filled a bucket with the ice to climb up with it. Soon Megan was there holding out her hand for the bucket.
"Thanks Kiddo, you cold?" he said and took a moment to check her big winter coat was closed enough. He himself only had the wraith jacket Todd had given him but not once since he had gotten it had it been to cold or to warm to wear it. Megan smiled brightly up at him and chock her head so her red brown curls flew in the air. It was unfortunate but she still hadn't spoken a word, Chaya thought it was the chock or the change.
"Good, when you get up there, can you light the lamp? You remember how to do that?" he asked and chuckled by the McKay like look she gave him with those hazel eyes.
"Good girl, and don't slip!" he called after her as she started to climb up the ice wall. Sparing the girl a last look he turned back to the work he was doing.
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She lay on the floor under the bed and changed cloths on her doll, Kiara when there was a polite knock on the wooden boards above her head. Then the fur hanging over the opening was pulled away and her new daddy's head became visible.
"Hey Meg, how about we go to the Iceberg and get some dinner huh?" he asked and she nodded before she started to crawl out. When she was out her Daddy smiled at her brightly.
"Why don't you tell me how is it possible to get so dirty on a ice planet?" he schooled but didn't loose the smile so she just smiled back before she answered him.
"If I told you it wouldn't be a secret anymore" Megan just watched how his face changed for a second until he was on his knee looking into her face.
"You said something…" But she just smiled at him again.
"Can I have that white-bear stew? Pleeeeeeease Daddy? I'm tired of fish!" she asked and for a moment everything was still until he suddenly hugged her and swung her around in the air and she giggled uncontrolled by the happiness her dad showed.
"Of course you are, I used to hate fish when I was your age… how about we visit Chaya and have some dinner there huh?" he asked and she nodded happily. A moment later she was dressed in a clean, light dress for the warm weather on Chaya's planet as her father sat at the controls and steered them to the gate, singing as he did so.
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Elizabeth sat down the smoking cup on her desk carefully so she wouldn't spill anything before she started to hunt in the boxes after the vanilla her previous second in command had left her. She was almost out but it would last until the Deadalus came next week. It had too. Through the large windows she saw Caldwell who had hung over Chuck's shoulder turned to talk to someone. Unfortunately both of them turned through wards the console McKay was working on and where Teyla stood and talked with her friend. Sighing she walked out to stop any argument that might accrue, leaving her coffee for now.
"I am sure the doctor is trying his best to…" Teyla was arguing while Caldwell crossed his arms and looked at her like she was wasting his time. Elizabeth had just opened her mouth to ask what all was about when the gate started to spin.
"Unscheduled off world activation!" Chuck's voice echoed and both her and Caldwell moved so they got a better view.
"Close he Iris" she ordered just as the wormhole swooshed into life.
"Are there any teams off world?" she asked even though she couldn't remember anyone being out.
"No"
"Receiving Lt. Smith's identification code" They looked at each other.
"But we aren't off world obviously…" McKay's voice stated from behind them and she half turned to answer when Caldwell told Chuck to open the iris. A moment later something was thrown through the gate and they all lost consciousness.
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John sat and watched how Chaya, his only ally and friend in this galaxy who he could relay on at this moment, thatched his wonderful adopted daughter how to dance some strange dance. Megan's laughter was like music in his ears and like most off the times since he'd taken her in he feet at ease with his life. Atlantis was obviously fine without him and he doubted either Elizabeth or Caldwell would let the city fall without one hell ova fight. His team would have gotten a replacement for him or McKay would finally have enough time in his labs since he wasn't there to annoy him. Teyla and Ronon was most likely training the marines as usual, God he missed watching that! But he would be fine as it was. Megan and him would continue to move around, him working where he could and the Jumper was safe from the wraith sensors so hopefully they could escape any cullings. And then of course he knew Chaya would watch over her as well. He was pulled from his plans by said daughter appeared in front off him suddenly only to kiss his cheek.
"You'll get wrinkles" was the only thing she said before she danced away. Smiling wider he rolled his eyes at her. However the smile soon faltered as Chaya fell to her knees and held a hand to her forehead.
"What is it?" he asked as he dropped down beside her and she looked up with her dark eyes looking torn.
"What?" he asked again and could feel dread filling him. It couldn't be…
"You should go John, your family will need you" she said and he could feel his heart break. A desperate look turned to Megan who looked confused and lost.
"I'll protect her until it's safe" the ancient woman promised and he nodded his agreement.
"Daddy?" Megan's voice was broken and the unshed tears was clear in her eyes. Gently he fell on his knees and pulled her into a hug.
"Meg, darling, daddy has to help Atlantis" he spoke softly in her ear and could feel the sobs rocking her body and the tears fall onto his shoulder.
"I don't want to be put away again!" At first he didn't understand but when he did he gently pulled her away so he could look her straight in the eyes.
"I will never put you in a stasis chamber unless it's absolutely necessary! When I'm gone you'll be with Chaya, not put away" he promised and tried to brush the tears away with his thumb.
"you.. You… you promise?!" the little girl asked and he nodded.
"I promise Sunshine. Look I'll even let you hold onto these for me" he said and hung his dog tags around her thin neck. It was the first time in almost 12 years he'd taken them off now. Megan gripped the metal hard in her hand before she nodded and tried to brush away her tears.
"I'll be brave for you Daddy, hurry back" He kissed her forehead one last time before he swept her up and handed her to Chaya who took the five year old into her arms.
"Yes Ma'am" he promised yet again before he saluted her and ran.
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Since he had no memory of going to bed and the needles and pins feeling of a wraith stunner was missing he held back a groan and tried to lay completely still. Something was obviously wrong (he'd woken up in enough situation to know the feeling) and he'd much rather know who had captured them this time before they knew he was awake.
"There is no need in pretending Dr. McKay" a familiar voice said and he couldn't keep his eyes closed for a second more. Staring down into his face was no one else but Kolya himself.
"Kolya!" he whispered as he somehow managed to come to his feet. Around him he saw everyone else was bound with their hands behind their back (some even tied together) and their feet laid out before them.
"Sharp as always Doctor. I was hoping you could confirm a few things for me" the bastard told and moved away to sit in a chair at the controls. Elizabeth sat gagged against the wall together with Caldwell and some technicians.
"And what makes you think I'll confirm anything for you?" he asked, hopefully sounding more like Sheppard then he did. Kolya actually laughed.
"Because, Dr McKay if you don't I'll be forced to torture you until you do" the man said as simple as if he was discussing the weather. Swallowing around the lump in his throat he raised his chin slightly.
"It may not be the conformation you want" he said and Kolya's smile widened as he leaned forewords in his chair.
"Is Sheppard here in the city?" surprised by the question he jumped slightly.
"No. No he's not." It took a few moments, as Kolya stared him up.
"Is he dead?" was the next question. He could feel the tears fill up his eyes against his will, but he answered with a safe stabile voice.
"Yes, he most likely are" But then he felt immediate anger well up in him and he used it to stare right into the devils eyes.
"We will kill you for what you did to him!" he all but shouted and it seemed to take Kolya by surprise for a moment.
"We'll see about that Doctor, we'll see" Again he spared a look around. No one had a scratch on them (except a few bruises, he noticed) and it looked like it only was the ones in the control room and gate room that had been affected. Which was slightly bad since they could have used Ronon and all his knifes right about now. It was rather unlikely that he himself was going to escape anytime soon. That was when the stargate lit up for the second time.
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As the Puddle Jumped came closer and closer to the gate he cloaked it and turned to the small device Chaya had advised him to keep when he packed the chests for Atlantis to find. She said it would take down the iris so he could pass through into the city without the security codes. He had agreed that that was a good idea since his codes most likely had been locked out and if the city had been compromised… well people wanted him dead didn't they? Pushing the button he watched how it lit up much like the stargate would and then he was in the gate. As he came through and the auto pilot started (thank God he was invisible) and gave him a moment to see what had happened. Kolya and other Genii soldiers had taken the control room. Snaring as the jumped passed through the ceiling he wondered what the quickest way to secure everyone in the expedition was. The Jumper had barely parked when the quarantine signal echoed through the city.
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When the ceiling door to the Jumper bay opened and a moment later the quarantine started, McKay didn't know what to think. Was this impossibly great since it locked away all the Genii and that the ceiling hatch had been another malfunction or was there a new player there who had made the city go into lockdown because they carried another freaky Pegasus bacteria? Kolya seemed to go for something in-between.
"McKay, You will tell wheat is going on or I'll be forced to shoot this man" and then the man pointed his gun at Chuck who stared wide eyed at it.
"It is the quarantine, I don't know if it's something or another malfunction" he said in his usual 'I-don't-have-time-for-this' tone and started to walk over to the console when suddenly the gun was pointed at his head.
"Oh please, we both know that I'm the only one smart enough to figure out what happened and that you want to know what happened so the faster you take that thing out off my face the faster I'll know" the scientist said and crossed his arms over his chest in a move that made him look like a 'nanananana-you-can't-kill-me' pose. Kolya only raised an eye brow before he actually did remove the gun.
"How Sheppard put up with you I will never understand" and then the Genii leader turned to walk away. He did a face at the man's back but then went back to the controls and got to work. Suddenly there seemed to be a shift in the whole city and felt stunned and amazed at the same time.
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Ronon and Lorne had just sat down in the full mess hall after a sparring season when the door sealed shut.
"Think it's another malfunction?" he asked while Lorne radioed the control tower without getting an answer. Both off them sharing a look they looked around in the room. Most of the other persons in the room was acting as if there wasn't a quarantine, most likely due to all the malfunctions that had been going on for weeks on an end.
"Maybe, there's nothing we can do from in here anyway" Lorne answered and started to eat on his food. Ronon narrowed his eyes before he did the same.
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After strapping on the standard gear and bunkering up on all the weapons he thought would be needed (a few knifes, two 9 mm, his side arm and a few other ancient surprises he'd kept for himself) he took a look at the LSD. There was probably about a hundred life signs in the mess hall and another hundred in the control tower, here and there, scattered around in labs and infirmary was probably another fifty life signs.
"hmm, evacuate the labs or make them scatter?" he whispered to himself before he laughed at himself.
"Great thinking John, locking yourself in a quarantine" before he had managed to figure out what to do he saw on the LSD how the quarantine on the control tower was over ridden and five life signs moving to the jumper bay.
"Great McKay, would it kill you fail just once?" he muttered as he took off in a jog up higher to where he could get a good aim at the intruders. Within five minutes the door opened and the first one stepped inside. He let them all move in as he remained shadows, listening closely. After a rather narrow search of the ground (they didn't even seem to think he'd have moved up along the walls) one off them picked up a radio and reported in. Carefully he moved forwards and took aim.
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Caldwell watched how McKay broke the quarantine with a scowl and then watched how five of the Genii ran out the room. McKay was then pushed down together with them again and the scientist huffed at them before he removed the cloth from Dr. Weir's mouth.
"What did you do Rodney?" she immediately asked and he felt a deep satisfaction at watching the 'genius' trying to explain his actions like a son to his mother.
"I only removed the quarantine here in the main tower so the only thing we should worry about is Kolya" the man said as he turned to remove the cloth from Teyla's mouth.
"Rodney, what was that thing with the gate and the Jumper bay hatch? You don't think…?"
"yes, yes, who else would it be? You know how he is…" McKay spoke in hushed voices and he managed to smack the man over his hand with his legs so he got his attention.
"Ow! I might need that to save your life! Then wouldn't you wish you didn't do that?!" McKay hissed angrily as he rubbed his hand and glared at him.
"I think the Colonel wishes you to remove his silencer as well" Teyla spoke and it took a moment for him to do so.
"huh if I know you military idiots right you'll just piss him off if you speak… and promise things I can't do" he muttered as he did pull out the cloth.
"Kolya! I'm Colonel Caldwell, military commander off Atlantis. Is there anything we can offer you for the safety off our people?" he spoke and ignored McKay who groaned and hid his face in his hands. Kolya just turned around and watched him for a moment.
"So you're the man who replaced Sheppard" the Genii leader finally said and he could feel himself straighten up slightly, not liking being compared by their enemy.
"It must be hard to fill such enormous shoes. All that responsibility. I actually thought you'd be younger" and with those words Kolya turned back to what he had been doing. The stunned feeling slowly passed and he tried again.
"There must be something you'd want in exchange!"
"New Colonel, why would I need to trade with my prisoners when I already have their whole city and supplies? No, I'd much rather start killing anyone who might be considered a threat to me…" the man stopped talking when his radio suddenly sparked before a voice spoke.
"Commander, there is no one here. Awaiting your next orders"
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"You can start searching the corridors, anyone you encounter, you kill. Understood?" Kolya's voice cracked through the radio and he forced himself to stay grounded and not shoot them yet. To wait for the right moment.
"Yes Commander."
Ah, there it was. Swiftly and without giving them a chance to get away he shot all off them in the head, killing them instantly. When he was sure they were all really dead, he climbed down the stairs and started to drag them into a jumper. He took their radio and then we went through their pockets and found nothing of great value. Wondering momentarily if he should drop them in the ocean, the ceiling opened and showed him the evening sky. Smiling softly he whispered for himself;
"It was worth it, if only to see the sky again" but then he ducked into the shadows again and disappeared. If he knew Kolya right, the man wouldn't be bothered about these people for another hour or so and that would give him enough time to perhaps ensure the safety off the other people before he took on the ones in the control room. John took off in a run through wards the doors that lead to the labs but it looked like the doors wouldn't open, not even for him. He cursed darkly as everybody else was on the other side of the quarantine.
"How big a chance is it that it will stop Kolya as well?" he asked the empty air and it actually was as if the city brushed past him.
"Didn't think so" he whispered and them turned slightly. There was a door panel which hung open slightly, showing a small staircase to the ventilation shaft. Smiling at the city's antics (he had forgotten how an awesome city Atlantis was to live in if you had the gene) he hurried to lighten a flashlight before he crawled inside and closed the door firmly behind himself.
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"Tell me about these malfunctions Dr. McKay" Kolya suddenly demanded and he jumped slightly at the unexpected sound.
"Ow! Damnit, you made me break a nail!" he complained as he crawled out from under the console he'd gained 'permission' to work on. Kolya only raised another eye brow as he smiled his polite 'I'm-going-too-kill-you-when-you-have-no-value-to-me-anymore' smile and waited for him to answer.
"They have been going on for weeks, doors and windows opening and closing randomly. Hot water turning ice cold in an instant. Lights going out or lightning up and even power shutting down. It's been a nightmare, really if you look after another home you should stay in your radioactive bunkers. At least you know the problems there, huh?" he babbled as he laid down to make his way in under the console again.
"Conveniently you just bought yourself extended lifetime Dr. McKay. But I must say I'd be very disappointed if something happened that you couldn't fix" the barrel of a gun pressed against his leg and he froze for a moment. Gunshots hurt and made it really hard to think so he didn't exactly need one now!
"Whatever! But if you want this fixed I suggest you leave me alone or maybe I'll accidentally blow us all up!" he half shouted the last part and huffed about 'trigger happy gun men' when the barrel left his leg.
"Don't insult my intelligence Doctor, both you and I know you'd rather live" He couldn't help the snort.
"yeah , cause I'd have such a great life as a hostage and slave" Kolya only laughed and left him alone for now.
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He crawled forwards easily in the thin ventilation shafts and he almost thought he'd gotten lost a few times when he swore he could hear whispers echo in the small space. Holding any thoughts he may have had about insanity to himself he decided to go for it and followed them (he'd probably die anyway, so what was an insane death?) but as he started to think he actually might have been insane he could hear voices from the ventilation panel in the floor of the shaft.
"I'm sure it's just another malfunction Jezebel, nothing to worry about" Zelenka's voice said and then there was a woman's voice who answered.
"But what if it isn't Zelenka? What if there is another one of those viruses and we spread it by lifting the quarantine?!" she argued and now he was close enough to look down at them. Zelenka was standing almost directly under him with the woman, Dr. Jezebel, standing opposite him. Around the room there was three other scientists who seemed to concerned in their work to be bothered with the others.
"Well we don't know since no one in the control room has reported anything, now have they?" Zelenka argued back. Ignoring them he pulled out a small notebook he had in his pocket and wrote down that there was five scientists in this lab. If he now could secure how many others was in the other labs it would be easier to plant an attack on Kolya's men. As quietly as he'd come, he crawled away.
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"Dr McKay, turn the life signs on" the cold voice demanded and Elizabeth closed her eyes so she wouldn't have too see the how many that was trapped in the corridors, awaiting Kolya's men as their executioner.
"Good. Marduke! Take a team and set a base here" her eyes snapped open and saw Kolya pointing out the east tower to another, younger man. The younger man, Marduke, nodded and shouted out orders that had probably fifteen men moving around in preparations. Within a moment they had all taken their weapons and walked out from the room.
"Kolya what are you gaining by keeping us alive? You already know our people won't negotiate with you" she said finally and the man turned to her in time to miss the fact that Rodney sat up and put his coffee cup on the city wide speaker button.
"I know that you don't negotiate with people like me over the life of one man, who obviously didn't mean anything to the city anyway Dr. Weir but I do hope that by keeping all off you here your other people won't give us much resistance when we… send you away"
"We still won't give in to your commands Kolya, not even if you kill us" she promised and Kolya looked pissed off at her words.
"I think perhaps you need a little reminder off what I'm capable off Doctor" he spat before he turned around and pushed a few commandos at a computer. Somehow he had found what he'd been looking for because a moment later the nightmarish video feed started to play on the screen, unknowingly to Kolya it also showed everywhere there was a screen since it was city wide. John's covered up screams echoed in her head and in the speakers as the wraith on the tape started to feed.
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Ronon's head snapped up and his eyes narrowed dangerously as a voice he'd memorized echoed through the speakers in the mess hall. Carelessly he threw the cup in his hand away and rushed at the door, hammering and trying to get it open.
"Guess the quarantine wasn't a malfunction then" he heard Lorne say as the younger man stood up and called attention to himself. The Satedan only growled dangerously as his commander and friend's last request rang in his head.
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Zelenka turned to Jezebel who was opening and closing her mouth like a fish.
"I'd say there isn't a bacteria causing this, can we please figure out a way to direct the security cameras images here instead of the control tower?" he asked tiredly before he turned back to his computer. No wonder McKay screamed at them all the time.
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"damn genii, damn Kolya, damn ventilation shafts… damn I sound like John McClane. McKay's gonna love this!" he muttered as he stooped for a moment to catch his breath and look over the LSD.
"Why are you all going to the east tower?" he whispered and narrowed his eyes before he sneezed at all the dust.
"If they can get that far away it means McKay unlocked the quarantine on the corridors… and they know the way to the armory… I hate Mondays" and with that he turned around until he found the right way to the armory.
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"We're here Sir" Marduke's voice cracked through the radio Kolya had sat down on the main computer and the man snatched it up.
"Good, Secure it and make sure no one can escape. It will become a good enough holding place for our new… Slaves, you called it McKay?" the man asked and he feet his breath caught in his throat. If he hadn't hated this man before (which he had, thank you very much) he surely would have started now. They had been threatened and taken to be sold as slaves before but then Sheppard or Ronon had somehow saved them. Now Ronon was somewhere else, most likely killed on sight while he was here with Teyla who was tied up.
"Kolya, if you know what's good for you, you'll take your men and leave" Caldwell started but Kolya only laughed at him.
"New Colonel, it seems you don't know the rules of this galaxy as well as you think"
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So what do you think? Tell me?