"I'll go with him sir" says Carter as she follow McKay out of the control room. The Novum are standing over in the corner near the entrance to the outside balcony and Teyla walks over and stands by them "I am Teyla" she says and they look towards her and smile.
"Alisana, Raina and Jomar," says Alisana as she indicates to herself and the others in turn, "I am sorry about my yelling earlier." says Teyla apologetically "Please don't be. You spoke out for us, thank you." says Raina "Yes, thank you" says Jomar "You are welcome" replies Teyla.
Raina turns and stops smiling when she see's Ronon giving them an uneasy stare from the opposite side of the room, Teyla notices "Ignore him." says Teyla "He doesn't like us." whispers Jomar. Teyla let's out a gentle laugh "Ronon is always suspicious of new people, as we all are. He will come around when he sees you're not a threat." she says, and Jomar nods and looks back at Ronon who is still staring, Jomar lowers his head to look away.
A few minutes later McKay returns with Carter into the control room "Zelenka, check the power levels on the drive" says McKay, then Zelenka get's on his laptop and starts checking "Alright...err...83%" replies Zelenka "OK, we're ready." says McKay "Have you finished repairing the conduits already" asks a surprised Zelenka "No. But we have enough power to get the drive online" replies McKay.
"Are we good to go or not?" asks Sheppard "Yes" replies McKay and Sheppard looks at Woolsey and O'Neill, "Carter?" says O'Neill as he looks at Carter "We should be fine Sir." she replies. O'Neill looks back at Woolsey and Woolsey looks at McKay and gives him the nod "OK" he says, and they enter hyperspace headed for Medrona.
McKay checks the power levels and drive status "Ok everything looks good here, power is holding at 83%..we're good." he says "How long until we reach Medrona?" asks Sheppard "Oh, about 16 minutes" replies McKay "I'm going to check on the repairs, don't err...don't touch anything." says McKay as he heads off again with Carter.
As McKay passes by the Novum he gives them a quick glance and turns to Carter "Who are they?" he asks and Carter shrugs her shoulder's, "What are we recruiting teenagers now." mumbles McKay as he and Carter continue walking and leave the control room.
Alisana fidgets with her jumpsuit "Teyla" she says "Yes?" replies Teyla, Alisana leans toward Teyla "Do you think we could get some comfier clothes?" says Alisana in a low voice and Teyla gives her a gentle smile "I will be right back" she says and she heads towards Woolsey who is now in his office with O'Neill.
Teyla gets to the office and knocks on the side of the doorway "Mr Woolsey." says Teyla "What is it Teyla?" asks Woolsey who is standing next to O'Neill "The children have asked if they can be given new clothes." replies Teyla, "What's wrong with the jumpsuits?" asks O'Neill "They are not comfortable" she replies, Woolsey stiffens his posture "With all due respect Teyla, its not our job to make them...comfortable" he replies. "I understand that, but they are not our prisoners and it is not a big request." says Teyla then she moves a little closer to Woolsey and O'Neill "We need to earn their trust and allowing them this simple request would go some way toward earning it." says Teyla.
Woolsey takes a moment to think "Very well, but bring them rite back here, and they remain under guard at all times.", Teyla isn't happy about the guards but she doesn't let it show, and she agrees to Woolsey's terms "Thank you Mr Woolsey." says Telya while giving him a nod of respect and she leaves to take the Novum to go get some clothes.
Around 15 minutes later Atlantis drops out of hyperspace and everyone, including McKay, Carter, Teyla and the Novum who are now wearing Atlantis standard issue uniforms have gathered in the control room.
"General, we've arrived." says McKay "Good work. Sheppard, Carter, Teal'c you're with me." says O'Neill and they start heading toward the Jumper bay. "Wait, wait" shouts Zelenka while checking the sensors "What is it?" asks Sheppard "I'm picking up something very strange" says Zelenka "What" asks O'Neill "I'm not sure" replies Zelenka.
McKay goes over to see what Zelenka's going on about "Let me see." he says "You see?" says Zelenka "Huh" utters McKay "What?" asks O'Neill again, McKay walks over to a display and displays an image of Medrona on the screen "What the...is that Medrona?" asks Carter and they all move closer to the display.
Medrona looks weirdly translucent like its there, but also it isn't there. "What's happened to it?" asks Carter "I have no idea" says McKay "Me neither" says Zelenka, from the back of the room Raina sees the image of Medrona on the screen and runs over for a closer look.
"Fade." she whispers to herself and then turns to Jomar and Alisana "The fade has begun." she shouts, and the others at the display turn around not realizing she was there "What did you say?" asks Carter and Raina points at the display "That is the fade." she says "What's the fade?" asks O'Neill, Raina turns to him and opens her mouth a little as if she was going to say something but then doesn't.
O'Neill is quickly losing his patience with the Novum, "Alright that's it, I want you 3 in the briefing room..NOW" shouts O'Neill in a firm tone of voice and he swiftly walks to the briefing room.
The Novum, McKay, Carter, Teyla, Ronon, Teal'c, Woolsey, Sheppard and O'Neill are in the briefing room "Close the doors" says O'Neill and the doors begin to close, just before they shut Daniel runs in "What happened" he asks "Take a seat. Where have you been?" asks O'Neill to Daniel "I was in the hologram room trying to find information about the Verdain" replies Daniel "Find anything?" asks O'Neill "No, nothing. There's no information on them at all." says Daniel "What about these 3?" asks O'Neill while briefly pointing at the Novum "Nope." replies Daniel.
With everyone now sat in the briefing room O'Neill looks over at Teyla who looks back at O'Neill and signals to him with her facial expression that he should go easy on them and O'Neill turns to face the Novum.
"Comfortable?" says O'Neill to the Novum "Teyla reminded me earlier that we need to earn your trust, but that works both ways. The Verdain attacked the Nox, then they attacked us...and now this. Now I know that you know what's going on here, so I'm asking you, for the final time, please, tell us what's going on?" asks O'Neill.
Silence fills the room as everyone waits for a response, but O'Neill has had enough and he stands up "Fine. Colonel, take these kids to the holding room." he shouts "Yes Sir" replies Sheppard and he starts to get out of his chair when Raina suddenly breaks the silence.
"OK...OK" says Raina "What's happening to that planet out there, we call it the fade." she says, Sheppard and O'Neill return to their seats, "The Verdain are responsible for it?" asks O'Neill "Yes." replies Raina "What's the fade?" asks Woolsey "The fade is how the Verdain plan to get rid of all of us, soon every planet and every thing will cease to exist." explains Raina.
"How do we stop it?" asks O'Neill and Raina looks at Jomar and Alisana "Once the process has begun, it can not be stopped." says Alisana regretfully, "What about the people on the planet?" asks Carter "I'm sorry." replies Alisana gently shaking her head "Oh God, all those people" says Carter.
O'Neill leans back in his chair "What can you tell us about the Verdain?" he asks "And what do they want?" asks Woolsey. Raina places her arms gently on the table and leans forward a little "The Verdain are the most evil race you will ever know, they believe all life is inferior to them, they believe there should be only one race in the universe, the Verdain race. They are here to kill you all, anything living is seen as inferior and they intend to destroy it." explains Raina, and everyone's facial expression turns to worry.
"How can we stop them?." says Sheppard "You can't." replies Jomar "They can't be killed." says Raina "Wait a second, I was attacked by one of those things when I was on the Nox home world and Teal'c blew it up...and you blew up one of their ships." says O'Neill "A Verdain ship can be destroyed by another and hitting them with a strong enough amount of force will disrupt the bonds of their armor, but the Verdain within can't be killed. Did you see a body?." says Raina "No" replies O'Neill.
"The Verdain no longer have a physical form, they are something else." says Raina "Something else?" asks Carter "We don't know what they are." replies Raina "They're cowards" says Ronon who clearly has a grudge against the Verdain.
Two distorted balls of light appear in the center of the room and Col. Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Doran are beamed in to the briefing room "Mitchell, Vala." says O'Neill "Sir. We hitched a ride on the Alliance. Sorry to drop in unannounced but it couldn't wait." replies Mitchell, "Did you find them?" asks O'Neill "Yes Sir we did, you were right." replies Mitchell. Carter looks at O'Neill wondering what's been going on "Find what, Sir?" she asks, then O'Neill holds out his finger indicating to Carter to wait just a second and he looks at Mitchell with hope in his eyes "Is she..." questions O'Neill.
Mitchell smiles at O'Neill "See for yourself, Sir" and he steps aside, then as he steps aside a distorted figure emerges to reveal none other than Lya of the Nox. Carter and Daniel immediately stand up "Lya" they both say simultaneously, Ronon, Sheppard, Teyla and McKay are a bit knocked back by Lya's appearance as they've never seen a Nox before "General?" asks Sheppard to O'Neill, "Don't worry Colonel, she's a friend." replies O'Neill.