"What do you want to do Sir?" asks Carter.
O'Neill turns around and slowly walks over to the dialling console and lightly sits on it with his arms folded.
"Sir?" asks Carter.
O'Neill looks at the Novum, "Your ship, is it fully operational?" he asks.
"Yes." replies Alisana.
After thinking for a minute, O'Neill gets up and walks back over to everyone.
"Alright. Woolsey, I want you to take Atlantis and go to the alpha site and wait for us there." orders O'Neill.
"Yes, General." replies Woolsey.
"Myself and SG-1 will transport over to the Alliance and take the Verdain ship to Lemea." says O'Neill.
"Wouldn't it be faster to just gate there?" asks Daniel.
"Yes, Daniel. But we don't know how far it is from the gate, and if the Verdain show up we'll want to be able to get the heck out of there as quickly as possible." replies O'Neill.
"Good point." says Daniel.
O'Neill walks over to Sheppard, Ronon and Teyla.
"The kids will stay here on Atlantis with you. Take care of them." says O'Neill.
"Understood, Sir." says Sheppard.
"We got it covered" says Ronon.
"No harm will come to them, you have my word." says Teyla.
And with that, they head to the clear area at the top of the stairs ready to be beamed on to the Alliance.
"Wait." shouts Alisana, "I'm coming with you." she says.
"No you're not, you're staying on Atlantis and heading back to Earth with the others." says O'Neill.
"Fine, then you're not taking my ship." replies Alisana, firmly.
O'Neill walks up to her, "Your ship?, you stole it from the Verdain." he says.
"Yes I stole it, now it's mine." says Alisana.
"You're not coming." says O'Neill in a firm tone of voice.
"Yes I am." replies Alisana.
"No, you're not. I'm not arguing any more. That's it." replies O'Neill, holding up his hands signalling he's had enough and he moves back to the group and gets on his radio.
"Swanson, we're..." says O'Neill
"How are you going to find the Yaculum when you get there?, do you even know how to use the Nuntus?" says Alisana with a stubborn smile on her file.
O'Neill goes quiet for a moment. "Carter?" he says.
"She has us on that one sir." replies Carter, while gritting her teeth a little.
O'Neill rubs his forehead in frustration and steps forward to Alisana, he takes a deep breath and then kind of wimps out.
"OK, alright, fine. You can come..BUT..you stay with the group, and when I tell you to do something you do it..are we clear." says O'Neill in a very firm tone.
"Yes, thank you, thank you." replies Alisana while jumping a couple of times with joy and then giving O'Neill a quick hug. Alisana then runs over and joins the group.
"And no touching, or talking." says O'Neill who also makes his way back to the group.
"Swanson this is O'Neill, we're ready to beam." says O'Neill over the radio.
SG-1, O'Neill and Alisana are now safely on board the Alliance and suited up with all the weapons they can carry, O'Neill even has his favourite cap on. They start walking through the corridors, joined by Col Swanson they head towards the docking bay where Alisana's ship is located.
"Swanson, when we set off I want you to get back to Earth with Atlantis. When you get there I need you to get to the SGC and start contacting all of our allies, brief them on the Verdain situation and try and round up as many of their ships as you can, then tell them all to meet at the alpha site." orders O'Neill.
"Yes Sir. What are we up against?" asks Swanson.
"We're looking at an army of about 7000 with at least 600 ships in their fleet, we need to be ready when they decide to make a move." explains O'Neill.
"Understood Sir." replies Swanson as she stops in the corridor when they reach the docking bay, she turns around and heads back to the bridge.
They enter the docking bay and see the Verdain ship, it's wedge shaped and about 3 times the size of a Wraith dart and it's hull is completely black. The Verdain ship is hovering about 2 feet off the ground and a ramp leads up to a narrow entrance on the side of the ship, they go up the ramp and in to the ship.
"Not much room in here is there." says Vala.
"I don't think the Verdain had comfort in mind when they designed this thing." replies Mitchell.
"Erm..Alisana, there's only 3 seats." says Carter.
"Oh, here you go." says Alisana as she presses a button that makes 2 bench like blocks emerge from either side of the ship forming seats.
"OK, buckle up kids." says O'Neill as he and Carter sit down just behind Alisana, who is in the pilot seat.
There are no protruding controls on the dash of the Verdain ship, no buttons or handles, all the controls appear to be projected some how on to the dash. Alisana starts the ships engines and slowly glides the ship out of the bay and away from the Alliance.
"General, good luck. We'll head back to Earth." says Swanson over the radio.
"Copy that, see you soon." replies O'Neill, "OK Alisana, let's go find something." he says.
"OK here we go, hold on." says Alisana, she pushes a button on the dash and they enter hyperspace.
Vala is sitting at the opposite side on the ship to Daniel, she leans forward "Daniel" she whispers.
"What?" asks Daniel as he leans forward.
"What do you think we'll find when we get there?" asks Vala
"I've no idea. Why?" replies Daniel.
"It's just so exciting, all that history, technology, knowledge...treasure." says Vala with a really big smile.
"Oh, I see. You're just hoping we find something valuable down there that you can take and keep for yourself. Whatever we find down there you're not stealing any of it." replies a frustrated Daniel.
"We'll see." says Vala, and she leans back sat up in her seat.
While they head towards P3X-562 in the Verdain ship piloted by Alisana, back on Sehabo, the Commander grows even more angry.