As Atlantis reaches orbit and enters hyperspace the lock down ends, doors open and system access comes back online.
"We're back in" says McKay "Can you take us back?" asks Woolsey, "We have access to most systems but we're still locked out of flight controls" replies McKay and Woolsey looks disappointed and asks "Do you have any idea where the city is going?".
McKay moves over to navigation console and displays a projected course on the screen "Here, somewhere in the middle of Pegasus" says McKay "Do we know what's in that area?" asks Woolsey "Perhaps a world we've visited before" says Teyla in the background, and Zelenka gets on the laptop and checks the gate database for addresses in the area of space "No, nothing. That region of space appears to have no stargates" says Zelenka.
"Could someone be controlling the city from somewhere else?" asks Sheppard "It's possible but unlikely" replies McKay "OK Ronan, Teyla you're with me, we're going to do a sweep of the city just in case" says Sheppard "Be careful" says Woolsey. As Sheppard, Teyla and Ronan are walking down the corridor Ronan turns to Sheppard "Wraith?" asks Ronan "That's what I'm worried about" replies Sheppard "Let's get some weapons and go find out." and McKay and Zelenka get to work trying to access the flight controls.
A while later McKay gets on the radio "Sheppard this is McKay did you find anything?", "Nothing yet" replies Sheppard "Well you better get back up here we're almost there...wherever there is" says McKay "Copy that, heading back to the control room." replies Sheppard.
Back in the control room as Atlantis enters normal space, Woolsey turns and looks at Sheppard as he walks through the door and Sheppard simply shakes his head signalling they found nothing, "We've arrived" says Woolsey "What's out there?" asks Sheppard "Detecting just 1 planet" says McKay "That's it?" asks Woolsey "No energy signatures, no life signs and nothing else in the immediate area. According to the database the planet doesn't even exist, it's not been charted." replies McKay.
"OK I say we take a Jumper and check it out" says Sheppard and Woolsey agrees ordering McKay to go with them, "Oh great" utters McKay as they head off to the Jumper bay.
Back on Earth O'Neill is summoned to the gate room "What's going on?" asks O'Neill "The gate activated but we have no off world teams and we're not receiving an IDC, Sir" says Walter (Chevron guy) "Wrong number?" says O'Neill jokingly.
After a few moments a woman appears and comes straight through the IRIS and collapses to the floor, it's Lya of the Nox.
Walter gets on the radio "Medical team to the gate room!" and O'Neill rushes to the gate ramp and kneels and holds Lya who appears to be very badly injured "Lya?, what happened?" asks O'Neill and Lya looks at him then puts her hand in her hair and pulls out a small black crystal and hands it to O'Neill.
"What's this?" asks O'Neill and Lya reaches around O'Neill's neck and pulls his head down and with his ear to her mouth with a very weak low voice she says "Verdain...verdain...forgive us" and O'Neill turns his head and asks "Forgive you for what?", as Lya becomes still and limp in O'Neill's arms her arm falls away to the floor "Lya!...Lya!...where's that medical team!" shouts O'Neill.
The medical team arrives and rushes over so O'Neill steps away looking back and forth at the crystal in his hand and Lya on the floor and Daniel comes in "Jack?...is that Lya...JACK!" he shouts "She's gone Daniel" says O'Neill as he looks at the medics and they confirm silently there's nothing they can do, Lya is dead.
O'Neill starts walking out "Jack where are you going?" asks Daniel "To find out what's going on" replies O'Neill in a very upset voice and as he passes an SG Team standing in the hallway looking in at what's happening, he turns to them "I want your team suited up and ready to go in 5 minutes!" orders O'Neill.
Daniel follows O'Neill through the hallway and grabs his shoulder to turn him around "Jack what's going on?" asks Daniel "She gave me this" says O'Neill "A crystal...what happened to her, Jack?" says Daniel, "I don't know but I'm going to Gaia to find out." replies O'Neill as he walks off "I'm coming with you" shouts Daniel as they head off to get suited up.
O'Neill and Daniel along with Major Henley, Lt James, Lt Vasqes and Col Dawson are assembled in the gate room "Dial it up" says O'Neill to Walter who begins the dialing sequence.
"Who would attack the Nox?" asks Daniel "I don't know Daniel" replies O'Neill "Chevron seven is locked" announces Walter and the gate opens "OK let's go" says O'Neill as they begin walking up the ramp "WAIT" shouts Carter running into the gate room "Carter?, I thought you were at the facility?" says O'Neill "I was Sir, I just got back to the SGC when I heard what happened. I can't believe it." says Carter "OK let's go Carter" says O'Neill and they all head through the gate.
"Fan out and keep your eyes open" O'Neill orders as they step through the gate on Gaia (the Nox home world) "Seems pretty quiet" says Carter as they start moving away from the gate and Daniel looks around "Oh my God!" says Daniel looking up at the clouds behind them with a shocked look on his face and they all turn around to see the floating city of the Nox up in flames, completely devastated and slowly falling to the grown "Oh my God, who could do this to the Nox?" asks Carter.