AN)One more chapter and this fic is officially done! Sorry it's taken so long...what I really wanted to do was update Old Beginning's but alas! The computer crashed taking with it the half written fourth chapter! So I thought, why not write chapter eight! And here it is, um...just so you know, the strange ending of this chapter will be explained in the next chapter. Tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: Don't own it.

The creature shrouded in mysterious darkness narrowed his seeing organs and scowled. Yes, it seemed he was no longer alone...
Rodney didn't bother to go past wondering where the little alien had scampered so as to actually look, as far as he was concerend it could've slide through some shaft somewhere and drowned in the ocean. Images of the poor Tel'Nash desperately trying to claw its way up a shaft out of the frigid waters came unbidden to his mind. He scratched his neck and shrugged the images away. Not my problem.
The Tel'Nash inclined his ear but the source of the sound had silenced. The Tel'Nash began to wander aimlessly, bumping into various beams and pillars, puttering around, oblivious to the creature comming steadily closer each passing moment...
Rodney's stomach suddenly felt as though it'd dropped right out onto the floor, in fact he looked down just to make sure. Thats when he noticed that the hair on his arms were standing straight out.

Odd that.

"Hey Rodney, that thing of yours is down in the lower levels. Dr. Weir wants us to grab it before it does anything else."

Dr. McKay rubbed his arms and cleared his throat before nodding quietly and following Sheppard and Ford down to the transporter.

The creature of mysterious origins shreiked in outrage as it came within distance of the intruder. Neeepeeeeweka! Shweeepa! Tooooowapeka!

The frightened Tel'Nash raised it's hackels and gave a couragous 'Meep!'

Rodney stopped in his tracks before entering the transporter, "Dark thing!"

Ford and Sheppard turned on their heels looking for the cause of alarm. Seeing nothing Sheppard raised his eyebrows at McKay.

McKay rubbed his hands over his face and forcibly blinked, "Something weird is seriously going on here." Rodney took in their curius expressions, "You guys didn't feel that?"

"Feel what?"

"Nothing. Nothing, carry on." Rodney made a move-on type gesture and strode into the transporter ahead of them.

The confused little Tel'Nash backed away from the sound and promptly tripped on its middle set of legs. "Meep?"

"Shokooowah! Neeeeeepeweka!" The creature advanced upon the Tel'Nash. Just as he poised himself over the frightened Tel'Nash...

The lights flickered on!

The three stepped out of the transporter, and stared. Sheppard was the first to react, "Huh?" was his intelligent exclamation.

"Pooky?"

For there, in front of their eyes, was Pooky leaning over the frightened Tel"nash!

There, within the creatures mind was the unuttered word, "Flugah!