YAY! Chapter Five! A breakthrough in history, LB has finally stuck to a story! Le Gasp! Well, thanks to all of you supporters, and readers. I really love all the comments. Here's chapter 5.
Elizabeth was amazed at the amount of books that were stacked inside the little room. Tons and tons of literature, data sheets, papers everywhere. It was like a mini-library, only twice the books in a quarter of the space. The leader of Atlantis could barely speak, reverting to mono-syllables. Jaq grinned, hopping over a stack with ease. The sixteen year old ran her finger along the spines of several books, before selecting one. She pulled it out, showing the book to Elizabeth. "Right here. 'The Beaches of Enoran' A romance novel. Very good." She tossed the book over, allowing the other woman to flip through it. "It-it's in Ancient."
"Correction, it's in Altaran. They were always Ancients, who names their species Ancients?" Elizabeth looked up at her.
"Oh right. We do." Jaq looked around, sitting down on a stack of text-books. Elizabeth continued to flip through the novel. "Jaquline, how did you find this place?" Jaq paused, staring at her mother. "Just searching around. In the future, all of Atlantis is powered, and there's lots of exploring to do. I was poking around one day, and I found this place. It is just like in my time, only I have a mat, and you didn't care about this place."
The book snapped shut, and Elizabeth looked at the girl. Jaq was busy playing with the gold chain around her neck."What?"
"Nothing."
"I don't care?"
Jaq looked up, no longer happy. "No. You're more absorbed in running Atlantis, making sure everything is in working order, everyone is safe. I never mind." Elizabeth raised an eyebrow, "Why would I do that? That's crazy." Jaq shrugged, sighing. "Yes, that's what I said…Dad would love this place."
"Who, Colonel Sheppard?"
"Oh, he's still a Colonel?"
"Yes…but somehow I don't see him sitting down in here and picking up a book, especially one he can't read. I gave him 'War and Peace' our first year here, and he hasn't finished it yet!"
"Oh, right. Well, I can tell you he finishes it."
Elizabeth laughed once, picking up another book off a stack that read 'Flaming Tails of Recka'. "After what, 27 years?"
"18, actually."
Elizabeth looked surprised. "It takes him 13 years to finish reading 'War and Peace'?"
"Well, we're all full of suprises aren't we?"
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Rebecca and Travis sat across the lab table, looking from the laptop they were sharing, to the two scientists. Radek was pacing, and Rodney was scribbling furiously on a piece of paper. They knew the answer, but to accomplish it, they would need to unveil some valuable technology. So they shrugged, watching the two scientists work.
Radek was pacing back and forth, muttering in Czech. Rodney grumbled as he wrote. Then, he slammed the pen down and shouted, "ZELENKA! WOULD YOU STOP PACING?! YOUR DRIVING ME INSANE!" The two kids raised their eyebrows, looking at their fathers, as did the rest of the lab. "Okay. Dad-Dr. McKay, calm down." Travis said. Rebecca nodded, "Please. Now, what do we know?"
"The Stargate is not meant to time travel."
Rodney rolled his eyes. "Yes, we know that. But it does, when the gate is activated on the opposite side of a star, at the same time a flare is going off." Travis nodded, flipping the laptop around showing them the diagram. "So all we need to do is activate the 'Gate at the same time Lanteus gives off a solar flare." Zelenka looked at them. "Lanteus?"
"The sun that provides light to Atlantis." Rebecca replied. Rodney rolled his eyes. "Who would name it that? That's ridiculous!"
"Erm…you did." Travis coughed.
"Oh…Sun aside, We don't have the materials to predict a solar flare!"
The four scientists sat down, thinking. Travis rested his elbows on the table, running his hands through his hair, pulling out the gold chain around his neck. Rebecca slumped down, resting her head on her arms. "But the Inxarans do." She muttered. Travis looked at her. "We don't have the technology to predict a solar flare, but the Inxarans do." Rodney and Radek looked at her. "Who are the Inxarans?" they asked simultaneously. "They're a race of high-tech scientists. They tried cloning Dr. Weir once, ending up with a girl named El. They're devout followers of the Wraith, because they clone the people for food."
Rodney sat up. "Well then, why don't we go pay these Inxarans a visit?" Both kids shook their head. "No, you don't want to do that. They are devout followers. The Wraith don't eat them because they worship them, and the Inxarans can create a food source. There's at least a few darts around there per day." Zelenka nodded, seeing where they were going. "And we are sending them the illusion that Atlantis is sunk. If we go in there now, the Wraith will know we survived."
Travis grinned in a very McKay-like way. "So we go undercover. Double dial the gate. Go to one planet and dial Inxara from there." Rebecca looked at him. "Excellent."
"I know."
"Glad your ego's not hurt."
"It's not."
Rodney held his hands up. "Okay, okay. So we disguise ourselves, go to another planet and then dial the Inxarans, and then do what?"
"Well, you have to prove to be a very devout wraith follower, before they even trust you. Then, you have to have a passion for the stars. That shouldn't be too hard for you Dr. McKay. But you also have to act less technologically capable than they are. Primitive if you will. Which shouldn't be very hard for you, Cash or Matt, Travis."
"Hey!"
Rodney clapped his hands together. "Well, I think we have a plan. I go tell Elizabeth to round everyone up immediately." At that moment, an odd sound erupted out of the lab. "But first," added Zelenka. "FOOD!" the two young people shouted.
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As Cash tossed the ball, Cam swung the fighting stick, making contact with the ball. The hackysack hit one of the pillars, landing on the gorund near it. Matt, who was standing in the 'outfield', dived for the ball, throwing it to Cash. Camilla bent down, diving for the base. He got her before she touched it. "Out three. We won." The young man said, a large grin on his face. Kimberly clapped. "Yay!" Camilla rolled her eyes. "Great, our team of four was beaten by two dipwads and their cheerleader!" she said, waving a hand at Matt and Kim. Cash grabbed her head, giving her a noogie. "Aw…don't be such a sore loser, Cam." She busted free, shaking out her boy's haircut. "I can't help it, it's McKay genetic programming!" Everyone laughed, as Kimberly pulled out the radios. Teyla noticed that they had a slightly different design than the ones everyone else uses. "Are those your radios?" she asked. Cash nodded. "In the future, everyone has their own. It's programmed to your dog-tag." All of the kids pulled out their gold chains. John looked impressed, noticing the small speaker on them. "Cool. How do they work?" Cam held up the tag part, pressing the speaker. "McKay, Camilla Grace." The speaker emitted. In Kim's hand, one of the radios flashed a gray light. Cam picked it up, sticking it in her ear. John's eyebrows raised. "Neat!" Teyla nodded. "That's impressive."
Everyone had their radios, minus the three people that were not there. "Well, what do we do now?" John asked. Camilla held her stomach, as it grumbled. "My McKay sence is tingling. It's lunch-time."
End of Chap 5! Whoopee! Something strange is going on about Jaq. And we have a way to get back to the future! I couldn't help but mention one of my other fan fics in there. Next, lunch!
