Lya, Chaya and O'Neill walk slowly back in to the control room, as they enter they see everyone getting to their feet and looking over at them as they come from the door.
"It's alright, it's over." says O'Neill.
O'Neill let's go of Lya and she makes her way over to Raina who is still kneeling on the floor holding Jomar's head, Keller and the others step back as Lya approaches. Lya crouches down and places her hand on Raina's shoulder, she then gently grips her hand and stands Raina on her feet.
"He's gone, Raina. He is at peace now." says Lya.
"No." says Raina angrily as she pushes Lya away, "You let this happen, he's dead because of you." she shouts.
"Raina." says Teyla in a calm voice.
"No, no. It's all of you. You said you would keep us safe, now Alisana is gone and Jomar is dead." shouts Raina, she walks over to O'Neill, "You promised!." she shouts.
Raina holds her forehead confused and upset, she cries a little more and then runs off out of the control room, "Raina. I will go after her." says Teyla as she chases Raina down the hall.
"Atlantis, this is Swanson. Come in" says Swanson on board the Alliance over the radio.
O'Neill is standing and feeling guilty that he has let them down, he hears Swanson's call and goes over to the communication console, "This is O'Neill." he says.
"Good to hear your voice Sir, is everyone alright?" replies Swanson.
O'Neill has a quick look around at everyone, "We lost Jomar and Alisana, everyone else is...where still here." he says.
A few moments of silence pass by, "Sorry Sir." says Swanson.
"Yeah...so am I." replies O'Neill.
"We tried to help but the Verdain boarded us and there was nothing we could do." says Swanson, "Your orders Sir?" she says.
"Stand by, I'll be in touch." replies O'Neill.
O'Neill hunches down at the console gently shaking his head, he isn't sure what to do next, Sheppard walks over and stands near him.
"What do you want to do Sir?" asks Sheppard.
"I don't know, Sheppard." replies O'Neill.
"We go after her and get her back." says Ronon with his hand on his gun holster.
O'Neill turns around and looks at Chaya, "Are your people going to help us or not?" he asks.
"Yes, it wasn't easy convincing them but they have agreed to help." replies Chaya.
"Great. So where are they?" asks O'Neill.
"They need time to gather the others, the Verdain are very powerful, if we're going to fight them we must do so in great numbers." replies Chaya.
O'Neill then looks at Lya, "What happened out there?" he asks.
"I was angry." replies Lya.
"Yeah I got that. I'm talking about what you did, you almost killed us and destroyed Atlantis." says O'Neill.
Chaya steps forward, "As I explained before, the people of this galaxy were once very different to how they are now." she says.
"What does that mean?" asks O'Neill.
Lya goes on to explain that the Nox are capable of controlling natural energy, this is what gives them their cloaking and healing abilities. However, the Nox limit themselves to how much natural energy they use, if they use too much then they become unable to control it and it takes them over.
Gaia was once a desert planet with very little plant life, when we discovered our abilities we used them to bring life to our world, but the feeling the energy brought us felt so good and soon it became an addiction, we wanted more.
Our use of natural energy became a way of life but we did not realise the damage we were causing, we were unknowingly sucking the life energy from other worlds which became apparent when one of our suns vanished from our skies.
With the help of the Alterans we rid ourselves of our addiction to the energy and learnt to control our use of it.
"What you witnessed out there is not who we are now, I am ashamed and I apologise." says Lya.
"Well you scared the heck out of me." says O'Neill, "Don't do it again." he says.
"Why didn't you tell us about Alisana?." asks Daniel.
"I sensed she did not want me to tell you." replies Chaya.
"But you knew she was a Furling?" asks Daniel.
"Yes." replies Chaya.
"What do they want her for?" asks O'Neill.
"We don't know." replies Chaya.
Daniel walks over to O'Neill with a look of great concern on his face, "We have to save her, Jack." he says.
"We will." says O'Neill, he then looks at Chaya and Lya, "Do you know where they went?" he asks.
"Yes, they have set up a base on Sehabo." replies Lya.
"Got a gate address?" asks O'Neill.
"Sehabo doesn't have a Stargate." replies Chaya.
"OK so how do we get there, and what do we do when we get there, we can't take Atlantis." asks O'Neill, "Any ideas?...anyone?" he says while looking around.
"Jumper." says Woolsey, rubbing his head and nursing a bad headache caused by the Commanders punch.
"Right a Jumper." says McKay, "We just finished fitting them with hyperdrives, should be able to get you there." he adds.
"And Jumpers have cloaks." says Sheppard.
"We were cloaked on Lemea, they still found us." says O'Neill.
"May be they won't this time. They won't be expecting us to follow them to their base, we'll have the element of surprise." says Mitchell.
"There's still one tiny problem." says McKay, "The hyperdrive on the Jumpers is only good once, once you get there how are you going to get back?" he asks.
"We'll take one of their ships." says Sheppard.
"We don't know how to fly those things." says O'Neill.
"Alisana can. We get to the planet, rescue Alisana and she can fly us home." says Mitchell, "Mission accomplished." he adds.
"Missions accomplished?, do you really think it's going to be that simple." says Carter.
"Sure, why not. In and out." replies Mitchell.
"Alright. Carter and McKay, you stay here and try and figure out how to use the Oeveo gizmo, We'll go to Sehabo and get Alisana." orders O'Neill.
Carter and McKay head off to the Jumper bay to get the Oeveo, the rest of the team gather in the control room.
"Are you all sure you're up for this, if we get caught they'll probably kill us." says O'Neill.
"Never leave a man behind right." says Ronon.
"Starting to like them huh. She's a girl by the way." says Sheppard.
"Shut up." replies Ronon
"Let's do this." says Mitchell.
They all head out towards the Jumper bay and as they pass Chaya and Lya, O'Neill goes up to them.
"You guy's aren't going anywhere are you?" asks O'Neill.
"We will remain here and help your people prepare." says Chaya.
"Good luck, O'Neill. Bring her home." says Lya and she places her hands on O'Neill's shoulders and gives him a bow of respect.
THE VINCULAR
The Commander has returned to his great battle ship on Sehabo and is walking through the corridor with Alisana walking at his side, two Verdain guards walk behind ensuring Alisana doesn't go anywhere.
Alisana has her head down facing the floor, lifting her head slightly every so often to look through the windows on the doors as she passes them by.
They enter the room with the dome shaped device and as the walk in, Alisana sees the Nox and the Ancient locked in a room through the glass, they notice Alisana and get to their feet, standing at the glass window watching her pass by, with expressions of surprise on their faces.
As the approach the device, Alisana looks up and sees it and her jaw lowers a little, she turns her head and looks at the Nox and the Ancient, then looks at the device once more.
She recognises the device and realises what he wants her for, she shakes her head, "No, no I won't." shouts Alisana as she tries to turn around and get away.
She's stopped by the guards and dragged on her feet towards the device where the Commander is now stood and waiting, the guards push her really hard to the floor by the Commanders feet.
"Pick it up." orders the Commander to the guards.
The guards pick her up and hold her in place, Alisana's face is red and wet from her tears, her nose now slowly bleeding from the impact of her fall.
"You know what this is, don't you." says the Commander.
"The Vincular." replies Alisana, "I won't do it." she adds.
"Oh but you will." says the Commander, "Bring them." he shouts to the Verdain guarding the Nox and the Ancient.
The male Nox and Ancient are brought out of the holding room and held next to Alisana.
The Ancient looks at Alisana's wet and bloody face, "How could you hurt this child." he says.
"Silence." shouts the Commander.
The Commander drags them one by one and pushes them over to the front of the Vincular, he then positions himself to the side of them and points to the device.
"Now...activate it." he says.
Alisana, the Nox and the Ancient firm up their postures refusing to do what he says and they remain silent.
"Activate it." says the Commander slowly and through his teeth.
He gets angry again when no one budges, he kicks the Ancient in the back of his knees sending him to the floor in agony, he then grabs the Nox by the back of the neck and bends him forward, the Commander pulls his gun pushes it into the back of the Nox's head.
"Do it now." he shouts.
"Ok...ok..STOP!" shouts Alisana.
The Commander holsters his gun, removes his grip on the Nox and picks up the Ancient, "Activate it." he says.
The Nox, the Ancient and Alisana slowly extend their arms and place their hands on the large blue crystal situated on the front of the Vincular.
"I am Alteran." says the Ancient.
"I am Nox." says the Nox.
Alisana looks at the Commander for a moment, the Commander looks back at her with a fearless stare.
"I am Furling." reluctantly says Alisana.
After a few seconds the crystal begins to glow and deep humming noise emanates from the dome, as it gets louder a ball of blue energy appears above the Vincular.
The Commander pushes them all out of the way and stands in front of the Vincular looking up at the ball of blue energy, "Yes." he says joyfully.
"In a few hours, everything in this galaxy will cease to exist." says the Commander, he turns around and looks at his guards, "Take the Vincular to the Stargate." he orders and he starts walking towards the door.
"Commander." shouts one of the guards, "What should we do with these?" he asks.
The Commander turns and looks at the Nox, Ancient and Alisana, "Take them to the cells." he orders, "They can watch as their precious galaxy fades away before I kill them." he adds.
"Wa..ha..ha..ha..ha" laughs the Commander as he exits the room, his laughter can be heard echoing down the corridors.
The Nox, the Ancient and Alisana are taken to separate holding rooms, the rooms are square about 8 feet across and 8 feet high and completely bare, a shield prevents them from escaping and a single large window spans the entire back wall looking out in to space.
Alisana glances around the empty room and then walks over to the window, she slides herself down the corner of the wall and sits on the floor, resting her head on her knees as she squeezes up in to a ball, lonely cold and frightened.