"You really called me here to translate Greek?"

Daniel looked at the two physicists with a look that can only be described as annoyed. "Seriously, you found an ancient civilization, and instead of having me translate their text you have me translating Greek? Is this your idea of a joke?"

"No, you're not understanding, Daniel. That IS the text from the ancient civilization." Kait said, as Daniel shook his head.

"Greek is a language we've never seen off-world. We've seen English, mainly because we think the Ancients used it as a universal language of sorts, but Greek? No, we've never seen it."

"Well you're seeing it now, Jackson." Rodney snapped, flinging a tablet across the table at the linguist. Daniel caught it before it hit the table, and Kait stared at Rodney for a moment before turning to Daniel.

"See, look at the walls."

Daniel sighed, then looked at the walls, and tilted his head in confusion. "I…it is Greek. But how is there Greek on a random planet?"

"We think these… people… spoke it. They may have brought the language to Earth." She said, watching Rodney's annoyed expression with a hint of worry.

"Ok… and all the text taken from their databases… also Greek?"

"Yes."

Daniel nodded, as he loaded up a few files. "Well, first off… let's see about that burn on your arm… ok, so… do a word search for 'fire'… oh that's a lot."

Kait thought for a moment. "Can you search for Everlasting Fire or something like that?"

He blinked, then searched ignis graecus into the database, as a hit came up. He opened the file, and began to read, before swearing lightly. "Greek fire… It's basically Greek Fire. These people have elemental gifts, from what I'm reading… and they seem to be who our Greek Gods were based on. Anyhow, two twins, called Phobos and Deimos, are their guardians of the lost city… when the 'gems' are activated they are summoned to the city to protect it from intruders… what gems?" Daniel asked, as Kait began to explain the gems and their reactions to them.

"So, as fascinated as I am to know who did it, how do we stop it?" Rodney asked, as Daniel looked back over to him.

"Well if it's anything like actual Greek Fire, then sand, vinegar, anything that would deprive it of oxygen, but that looks like it didn't work."

"Obviously…"

"So… I'm guessing one of these Olympians could stop it."

"Well that's just great… Something we can't stop or do anything about, and the Olympians are probably not going to help us since we were kind of trespassing. Wonder if I can get Carson to just lop my arm off at the elbow and be done with it…" Rodney growled, frustrated.

Daniel looked back to the tablet, trying to translate a bit more. "It says here something about waters of…gem waters? Something about a gem."

Kait threw her head in her hands and groaned. "So, we need to figure out the very things we have no idea about and can't touch in order to help him. That's just lovely." She said, as the doors opened.

"Well it's a regular Mensa meeting in here, isn't it?"

Rodney looked up, before waving with one hand and setting his forehead on the table in exasperation. "Hello Rush, welcome to Atlantis. You're just in time for me to go get my arm cut off."

Rush shook his head and grabbed the tablet from Daniel. "Don't be such a pessimist Rodney."

He began to go over the files, then blinked. "This is all Greek."

"We're aware of that." Rodney said, not bothering to lift his head up.

"Has no one run all the files through translation software yet?" Rush asked, as Daniel shifted a bit.

"Well, we were going to do that soon. I wanted to make sure that it was actual Greek before we did that… I mean we've never encountered an alien species that uses Greek like this…" Daniel said as Rush simply shook his head.

Rush shook his head and pulled up a translation software tool that came equipped on all SGC devices, and within minutes all of the files were translated.

Kait shot the newcomer a look. "I wanted Daniel to look at them personally. Sometimes translation software is flawed…"

"And he can still do that. In the meantime, we have more info about McKay's wounds. That IS what matters, correct?" Rush asked, as Kait shot him a look that clearly said 'No shit Sherlock…'

As Rush pulled up the files on the gems, he tilted his head and sat down. "This makes no sense… 'The greek fires of the protectors can be healed and cured by the powers in a select few gems… In the Aqua Gem, where the powers of Poseidon lie, the oceanic waters can wash away the burning, but not heal the flesh. The healing love light of Aphrodite can heal the burn and remove the flames, and the flames of Aries can control the flames but not fully stop it, and can temporarily heal the flesh." He read as Rodney simply banged his head on the table in exasperation.

"I'm going to lose my arm." He said.

"There's more. Apparently… and I'm paraphrasing here, the flames will spread unless quelled by the protectors themselves. I'm guessing they're the ones who turned your into a barbecued chicken, McKay?"

Kait blinked, then stood up quickly. "We know where some gems are… I don't know if they're the ones that will stop this but we have to try." She grabbed her tablet and began to read through the files on the gems. "It's a potluck shot if that box has one that will help, but we have to."

Rodney sat up at that and shook his head. "No way. Those…protectors… are still there. You'll be flambayed faster than I was, they're expecting you now."

"Not necessarily."

Everyone turned their heads to see Sheppard leaning against the door frame, having been listening for a minute now. "Look, I have an idea. We send in an empty jumper on auto-pilot. Have it head in the opposite direction, at top speed. Hopefully they chase that instead of chasing us. Once we do that, all of you , me, Ronon, and Teyla, we head straight for the center of that place in the other puddle jumper. We'll get there in no time. We run in, grab the box, and leave. Bring it home and sort it all out from there." John said, as Rodney had the sense to look a bit impressed. Not much, mind you, but a small bit.

"Ok, so… chop chop people." Sheppard said, clapping his hands together quickly as Daniel and Rush grabbed their things and followed. Kait moved next to Rodney and touched his shoulder.

"Hey, are you sure you're ok to go?" she asked, as he to her surprise rolled his eyes and gave her a cross, heavily annoyed sigh. It was one he usually shared for those scientists who made rookie mistakes, and was incredibly rarely used with her, and generally, it was used only when they were fighting.

"Kaitlyn, Jesus stop crowding me and go help Jackson. Seriously, my arm is burning from the inside out, I'm exhausted already, and I'm seriously regretting a few rash judgements I made right now, so if you don't mind!" he snapped, making Sheppard stop on his way out the door.

Kait narrowed her eyes. "Look, I know you're hurt, I was just worried about you."

"Yeah well, don't. I don't need you to worry about me, you're not my mother, you're just barely my damn wife. Hell if I hadn't stopped to look at those creatures because you did, I wouldn't be looking at losing a limb right now. So you're not high on my list of people I want to look at right now! Now, get out of my way while I try and fix YOUR fuck up!" he glared as he pushed past her, pushing past Sheppard as he headed out the door.

Kait's eyes, narrowed still, bristled with tears of anger and sorrow. Sheppard moved to her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"You alright, Kait?"

"Yeah… I went into this knowing he could be a jerk… although it's looking like it'll be Kait Nichols and not McKay really, really fucking soon, at this rate." She said, before moving to follow the others as they gathered their gear.

'I didn't even do anything… we all stopped… Teyla as well as Rodney and I. I don't even understand why he's so damn angry at me when I'm doing all in my power to help him…' she thought bitterly, as she absentmindedly spun the ring on her finger around in a circle, moving to get her discarded pack and meet the rest of them in the gate room.

As the rest of them arrived in the gate room, Sheppard followed. Rodney hoisted his pack up to his shoulders, biting back the raw rage that for some reason had begun to flow through his body during the talk in the science labs.

Kait, on the other hand, was simply geared up and ignoring Rodney for the moment. He wanted to be an ass to her? Fine. So be it. But she wasn't letting him kill himself. So as they got into the puddle jumper, she stayed closer to the new scientist, Rush, and Jackson, while Rodney kept more to himself, quietly swearing at a tablet.

"So, you're either absolutely, fully certifiable, or you're a patron saint, to be able to tolerate McKay. Might I ask what your name is?" Rush smirked at her, as Jackson gave a small smile and answered for her, thankfully. She was in no mood to speak at the moment and Daniel could sense that, having worked with her before.

"Her name is Kaitlyn Nichols… well, Kaitlyn McKay now. She's a physicist; she works on Atlantis with Rodney and Zelenka."

"Well, McKay for now, we'll see how long that lasts." She muttered, making Rodney's eyes flit up in annoyance, and back down to the tablet, his skin around his ears red.

"Don't say that. This is stressful, I'm sure you will work things out in time." Teyla said as she leaned forward, making Rodney glare in anger.

"While I'm sure discussing our marital problems is entertaining, can we get a move on please?" he snapped, shooting them an ominous look. Teyla nodded, while Kait shot him an equally venomous look. Shit was getting old, fast.

Rush looked between the two of them and made a noise of interest, before moving back to his own tablet, as did Jackson, not before the latter threw Kait a slightly sympathetic look.

Sheppard moved to the pilot's seat and began to speak. "Alright, keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times. Trojan Horse Jumper 1 is a go." He said, as the jumper in front of them took off on a pre-programmed, unmanned course. They gave it a few minutes before Sheppard began to make the jumper rise. "And we're off, ladies and gentlemen. Remember, we get what we need, and come home. It's in and out. Elizabeth," he radioed to their leader, "We'll check in as soon as we can. Give us an hour, then get ready to send back up, just in case." He said, as the jumper lurched forward then zoomed into the event horizon of the gate.

Elizabeth watched them leave from the observation deck, a small frown on her face. How she wished she could help them, they were her family at this point… but if something happened to her, they would be in big trouble, because someone had to run this expedition.

She just hoped that they arrived and took care of what they needed to, and got back in time before the Olympians decided to make an example out of them for trespassing. And the last thing she needed was anymore of her people hit with this greek fire and burning without a cure. Especially since, if it happened outside of the gate area, they would be pretty screwed.

The Stargate shut down behind them, and she sighed. Now it was time to wait.