Disclaimer: i do not own any of the characters nor do i own Stargate or anything associated with Stargate.

I came back to read the reviews and realised that I had posted the wrong version it was one of the first drafts… so I'm just replacing them with the proper version.

Just some advance warning there are quite a few aspects related to the universe that I adjusted as you will find, such as Jacob Carter never being a Tok'ra because he never had actual cancer- there was a cancer scare around the time he tried to get Sam into NASA (the same time as the original). SO that meant that someone else became a tok'ra….

"Initialise that one and then we have five minutes to get to the chair room to direct the city where we want to land and prepare to stop a tidal wave happening. It is all going to happen pretty quickly." While the Canadian spoke his companion was touching the panel eyes closed concentrating. By the time the other man had finished talking he opened his eyes and dropped his hand to the floor using it as an aid to get to his feet before offering his hand to help the other man to his feet. At times like these he was very grateful that they had the man as irritating as he had been at first. Now he wondered if the Canadian's disposition had improved or if he had just become immune for the most part to the man's whining while dragging him around planets in the Pegasus Galaxy hoping to find useful technology as well as allies against the Wraith who were either technologically advanced or able to trade for valuable supplies.

With a slight frown he led the way to the nearest transporter, shaking off thoughts of what had happened in the past, forcing himself to focus on the present and near future. Once inside the transporter he tapped the nearest stair landing. With a beam of light they were at the stairs. Knowing that time was short he began running up the stairs climbing 4 floors before stopping on the landing barely breathing any harder than when they had begun climbing the stairs unlike the McKay. He gave a small smile knowing some things never changed as he listened to the man panting as he climbed the final stairs behind him. They both stepped into the transporter tapping the chair room. He led the way down the corridor and with a thought opened the door into the chair room.

He walked into the room knowing that time was short he sat on the chair placing his fingers on the gel pads and slouched comfortably as the chair tilted and rotated, beginning to glow. He pushed his mind into the computer systems evaluating where their current angle of decline was and carefully altered it a small angle so they wouldn't land on the Centissima reef in the San Francisco area although the angle meant they would be closer to the beach in what he vaguely remembered was North West of the Golden Gate Bridge (Never been there just from google maps...). He let his brain wander and merge with The City's systems as he begun the protocols to start up the Stardrive. He knew that timing was everything and the ground appeared to be approaching very quickly according to the sensors. He was careful to keep one ear in the real world listening to when McKay was going to tell him when to start the Stardrive, but almost missed it. It took half a second for him to register just what he had heard before he focused on activating the Drive forcing it to bow to his desires. It was slightly sluggish the repair not quite as good as hoped and the leaching power affecting response time. The drive ran for four incredibly long seconds before he shut it down just as they landed onto the water softly. There were small waves caused by the landing but nothing compared to what would have happened had they not been able to use the Stardrive to almost stop the descent. When the sensors indicated that The City was undamaged and had caused a very small disturbance rather than a tidal wave like he had been concerned about; he let out a sigh of relief and slowly unravelled himself from Atlantis' controls and shut the chair off.

Slightly unsteady as he returned to the real world again rather than the electronic one created by the interactions with the chair, he slowly stood up, raised his right hand to the headset that sat on his right ear tapped the button and spoke, "Dr Weir we have landed without any major issues, the next step is replacing the conduit crystal and repairing the communication system. My recommendation is that I take Dr Zelenka to fly the puddle jumper while I replace the crystal and McKay with the rest of his scientists that could be useful focus on the communications as well as the other systems that aren't fully functional."

"I agree John, I will send Radek to the Jumper Bay with the crystal you need. Meet him there."

"Yes Dr Weir." He smiled at the Canadian scientist before walking out the door and towards the transporter.

When he arrived at the jumper bay Zelenka was waiting for him. He had to hold back a snort of amusement as he realised that McKay's way of referring to the man by his last name seemed to have been infectious. With a nod to the scientist who held out a blue crystal as long as his forearm and almost as thick as his arm at its' thickest end. It took a moment to register that the crystal was the same colour as the lights in Atlantis normally were. It made him glance back to the main corridor and realise that the colours of the lights now had a bit of a greenish tinge to them which was odd. He was shocked that he hadn't realised the change but considered it must have been disguised with the darkness they were in after the blast, or it could be that everyone was focused on them not becoming an asteroid to notice the change in lighting.

He took hold of the crystal in the middle which was only just thin enough to allow him to wrap his hand completely around it and followed the man to the closest Puddle Jumper.

They entered the Jumper and took seats in the front compartments Zelenka having the pilot's seat. He thought the hatch closed and took a deep breath and let it out slowly before beginning to speak.

"Flight, this is Jumper 1 requesting permission to go swap out the conduit crystal."

"Granted; John, Radek be careful there seems to be a news helicopter above the shield making a significant amount of wind."

"Noted." He looked at the man in the pilot's seat and nodded, calm as they left the floor of the bay flying slowly up as the roof retracted.

"The conduit crystal is on the central tower, unfortunately the location of it means that I have to let you out at the top of the next tower over and you will have to walk along the ledge that connects the two, then swap the crystals before walking back along the ledge to the Jumper."

"Right I should have realised the Ancients never made anything simple."

"When you swap crystals be quick and careful, the shield will fall and you will be exposed to winds from both air and the helicopter, until a few seconds after the crystal has been replaced. So make sure to hold onto something."

it didn't take more than a couple of minutes before they reached their destination and the rear hatch opened; carefully he walked through the jumper to the hatch and looked carefully at his destination on the central tower and the ledge between the towers, before he took a deep breath, made sure his grip on the crystal was secure, and stepped out onto the ledge arms out at 90 degrees from his body. He ignored the sound of the helicopter above him knowing there was nothing he could do. Slowly and carefully he inched his way along the ledge towards the central tower balancing precariously on the narrow pathway. It was almost five minutes later that he arrived and let out a deep sigh of relief. He was half way there. He took a few slow breaths in and out to steady himself before he reached out and slipped the damaged crystal out of the slot, immediately the sound of the helicopter was almost deafening and the wind gusts created almost blew him off the tower. He slipped the unbroken crystal back into the slot and thought on at it moments before something hit his head and he was falling and falling...

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