Ancient Guardians
Author: Louise Mills
Summary: SG1 found out someone in their ranks are not what they seem. The Guardians, a very old race that are once again are needed to help defect an enemy. SG1 and the Atlantis find out they know a few of these Guardians. (SG-1/Atlantis Crossover)
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate: SG1 or Stargate: Atlantis. The Only thing I Own in this story is the Characters that do not appear in the shows.
Rating: PG13 American, 12A British.
Author Notes: I am not good at grammar, so please be patient. I am going to set the history for the story first.
Chapter Six,
SGC, Colorado.
Jack wearily stood up from the conference table and walked slowly across the room to his office, once the hour of questions had stopped.
SG-1 had started to understand why he hadn't mentioned anything about being Ancient and he was grateful for that. He still knew that they were hurting, he was determined to make sure he wouldn't lose their friendship due to whom he was; like what had happen many times in the past.
Olivia had decided to leave with the rest of SG-1 and let Allanda tell her father, why they were here; as she knew Allanda could break it to him gently.
Allanda approached her fathers office closed door and tapped lightly. Inside the office Jack let out a sigh, he knew that was his daughter's tap.
"Yeah came in!" He spoke, sounding slightly deflated. The door slowly opened and his daughter walked over the threshold like he thought. She walked to the chair opposite him and slouched down into the chair.
"I'll hate to be you over the next few days, while they get use to everything you told them." Allanda stated. She wasn't sure how to bring up the subject, why Olivia and her had came to see him.
"It will be difficult, but we'll get through it, we always do!" He answered. He looked up her and saw by the expressions that she wanted to tell him something. He knew immediately that he wasn't going to like it. "Now, are you going to tell me why you are both here?" He questioned, as that could be the only reason why she didn't want to tell him what was going on.
"Well, it's about the expedition you sent to Atlantis 9 months ago." She answered, still being vague.
"I take it that's why Olivia here. She contacted you because of the monitoring station noted activity in the city. But you both knew 10000 years ago that an expedition would be sent to Atlantis round about this time. With that reason I don't see why you thought it was important to see me about sending the expedition." He stated, puzzled. She looked into her father's eyes, sending him an uneasy look.
"That's not why you're here!" He stated. He sighed and slouched further down into his chair, he looked slightly defeated.
"Do I want to know?" He asked.
"No, but you need to know being the leader of our people and then to decide what needs to happen."
"Right! But can it wait until after lunch?" He asked, he knew he wasn't in the best frame of mind to decide anything; the discussion would probably be a critical one as well. He also wanted to talk to Sam before he went to lunch or did anything. They needed to talk, he was afraid the issues today may have ruined their future together.
"I get an airmen to take you to the VIP room, I have something to do before lunch. Then I pick you up to go to the mess hall."
"Okay!" She answered; glad she wouldn't have to tell her father their news just yet.
Jack called in an airman and ordered him to take his daughter to one of the VIP rooms. Once they were out of the door, he too made his way out of the door and started walking towards Sam's lab.
Sam's door was closed as he approached the lab; meaning SG-1 was having a private conversion. Which probably meant it was about what he had just told them. He knew the situation called for him to knock at the door, instead of barging in like he would of done before today. He knocked on the door and waited until someone let him in or had confirmation from inside that it was okay in enter.
The door opened and Daniel, Teal'c and Cassie walked out of the lab.
"I think you need same time alone." Daniel spoke to both Jack and Sam.
"Yeah, we do!" They both answered Daniel together.
Jack attentively walked through the door and closed it securely behind him. He turned around and stared at Sam, she stared equally back at him. Both not knowing where to start the conversion they both knew had to happen.
After a few more minutes silence Sam reckoned she should be the one to start the conversion, as the ball was in her side of court, if they had a future together.
"Jack, it's just all of a shock!" She uttered. Jack was relieved; when she said his name and didn't call him sir, it gave him hope. "I still want to be with you, it just may take a little but longer then we hoped. After all, I have just found out you're older then the human race and if we ever do get to the stage in our relationship that we want to get married, I will have a step-daughter and son that are nearly older then the human race. It's just a lot to be consider and to take in." She continued, making sure she told him all her fears.
"I understand and I'm willing to give you time and space, if you require it!" He answered, knowing it was the right thing to say even if he didn't want it to happen.
"Space I don't want, time maybe a little, but not too much after all I don't have all the time in the world, like some people." She joked.
"And that's another thing I'm concerned about. I will look and get older, but you will always look the same as you do now!" She pressed.
"Well there's a way round that, but by law I can't tell you until it comes a real issue, like if we do ever get married." He stated offering a little bit of a solution to one of her concerns.
"Really?" She questioned, making sure she heard what she did. He just nodded back to her. "Just give me a day or two for me to get use to you being Ancient."
"Only a day or two?" He questioned, surprised that she didn't want longer to soak everything in. She nodded her head, she didn't want to really wait anymore time to be with him, they had already waited 8 years and he still the same man she meet 8 years ago. Only older and not human, she reasoned.
"Okay, I suppose I can accept that." Jack spoke not being able to keep the smile off his face. She smiled back.
"So lunch?" He asked.
"Sure." She answered and nodded her head. She closed down her computer, as he went to the door. She walked over to him and he opened the door for her.
"He just have to stop by the VIP rooms to pick up Allanda and Olivia that's if she's there." Jack told her.
"Fine with me. Did she tell you why they are here?" She questioned. Olivia had told them that's why Allanda stayed back in the conference room when they took her to the VIP room.
"No, but I asked her to wait until after lunch. I need a small break until she told me the bad mews." He answered.
"How do you know its bad news?" She asked, curious of how he knew.
"You didn't see the look she gave me. That look always meant bad news!" He uttered back.
"Oh" she uttered, as they approached the VIP rooms.
Jack knocked on the door then immediately opened it. The girls were giggling and sat round a pile of chocolate with an airman, by the way he looked from the back, as he was sat with his back facing Jack and Sam.
"Looks like you made a new friend!" Jack stated, glaring at the back of the airman's head. The three occupants in the room froze then they heard Jack's voice. Allanda and Olivia simultaneously looked up at Jack then back down to the mysterious airman sitting in front of them.
"Well I'm not really a friend!" The airman stated, as he slowly turned around. Sam's eyes widen; the airman looked like a younger version of Jack. Sam quickly assumed that this was the son that Jack was talking about earlier. A stray thought of how he got into the mountain cross her mind.
"How did your son get in the mountain?" She asked Jack. The room was silent, when Jack didn't answer her, she looked at him and he had turned white as a sheet.
"That's not the son I was talking about earlier." Jack quietly uttered.
"But you said you only has one other child other then Allanda." Sam questioned, her voice slowly rising.
"One other child alive, yes I do!" He answered calmly. She was confused, then like a light bulb turning on she realised whom must be sitting in front of them.
"You mean this is …" She uttered, not able to finish her sentence.
"Charlie, yeah" He finished for her. He knew one day Charlie would visit, but he wondered why it had to be today, of all days.
"I'm ascended by the way!" Charlie stated, looking straight at Sam, as to explain why he was able to be here, instead of six feet under.
"Yeah, I gathered" Sam weakly answered.
"Okay, my headache is getting worst. Did everyone in the family decide to have a reunion?"
"No!" The three adults on the floor answered.
"Me and Olivia are here for a reason, Charlie here …" Allanda paused to look at Charlie. "I have no idea why he is here!" She finished.
"I'm here to give you all a cosmic lift, once Allanda has got the courage to tell you the problem."
Jack closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, his headache felt like it had just exploded.
"And the problem is?" He asked, looking at Allanda.
"I thought you wanted to eat first?" She answered back, as she didn't want to tell him while he was in a bad mood.
"Allanda, I haven't got the patience anymore to wait" He stressed to a raised voice, his words were spoken in Ancient.
"Okay!" She was stressed. Raising her hands in air in a 'I give up' jester.
"The problem is the Wraith! They have woken up about 150 to 200 years early. About a day after you sent the expedition." She answered in Ancient. Not really sure they should be speaking about the Wraith, in English in front of Colonel Carter.
Moaning Jack walked over to the bed and dropped down on to it.
"You have to be kidding me?" He asked.
"How many hives are we talking about?" He asked in English, Allanda looked uneasily at her father.
"You're telling me all of them are awake?" He asked again. Allanda could only nod her head as a reply.
"Um, what are you talking about?" Sam question, she was curious of their conversion.
An old enemy and they are worst then the snakeheads."
"How are they worst?"
"They are like vampires, but instead of sucking on your blood, they suck the life force right out of you. Aging you within minutes. They only feed on humans and no other animal or creatures feeds their appetite like a human can. They hibernate for about 200 to 300 years, while their human stock replenishes. Then every single one of them wakes up to feed on they human herd. But it sounds as if they have woken early, by 150 to 200 years and there will not be enough food for them. If they find out about Earth we have a serious problem on our hands." He explained.
"What are they called? How will they find out about Earth? What caused them to wake early?" She fired questions at him.
"They are called the Wraith. They are very good at mind manipulation and they reside in the Pegasus Galaxy, so the can find out about Earth from any of the Atlantis expedition members. No matter how strong-minded you believe to be; Wraith mind manipulation is very powerful and can break though any mind. God knows why they woke up early. Atlantis will need our help!" He answered, honestly. Not wanting her to have another reason for her not to trust him.
"Why send the expedition if you knew there were such creatures that existed in the Pegasus Galaxy?" She questioned, baffled.
"Because I believed the Wraith would be sleeping for another 150 to 200 years and that they were safe. Let me ask you this, would you stop going through the gate if you knew how truly terrible the Snake Heads were?"
"No! I would still step thought!" She answered. Realising that all the members of the Atlantis expedition would still of walk through the gate, even if they knew of the dangers.
"But why didn't you tell them?" If you were so convinced they would still go to Atlantis."
"Because Jack O'Neill is not supposed to know about the Wraith."
"Okay, I think a understand." Sam muttered. A thought came to her that only Charlie could answer.
"Charlie, if you're here to give us a cosmic lift to Atlantis, isn't that classed as interfering? I thought ascended beings couldn't interfere with the lives of lower beings."
"Yes, of course it's classed as interfering. But the no interference rule only applies to Alterrains that have ascended, not Guardians that have ascended." He answered. Sam frowned.
"That makes no sense, why have two set of rules for different Ancient species?"
"Beats me!" He answered, as he realised where her confusion came from, as he didn't understand it much himself.
Atlantis, Pegasus Galaxy
John marched to where the Atlantis expedition had set up their scientific labs. Before the expedition had arrived at Atlantis he remembered these rooms being classrooms. He had hoped MacKay hadn't damage the power cells in this session to badly. As it was extremely hard to fix crystalline power circuits, usually if one is damage to the point it causes a power outage, the power circuits needed replacing. He knew that there were no spare power circuits in the store rooms, as it had been the first thing he checked after arrival to Atlantis. Knowing that the circuits had a chance of burning out or being damaged. He didn't have the materials or power to make one from scratch, if the circuits were beyond repair.
He walked though the threshold of the session where the labs were and stopped. H knew immediately the damage was bad and probably beyond repair, as the whole corridor had no power and the labs were still 100 metres away. If the damage wasn't that bad, it wouldn't have effect the whole section of the city. He was now fuming mad. He searched his vest he was wearing for a flashlight, as he found it, Carson and Elizabeth had finally caught up to him.
"He caused bloody blackout!" Carson exclaimed.
"Yeah, it usually happens when the power circuits are beyond repair, which is bad!" John spoke though clutched teeth. Elizabeth and Carson quickly more their glances to John's face, seeing his ready to kill eyes and hearing the angrier in his voice. They both simultaneously decided not to ask him to clarify the problem.
John turned on his flashlight and walked down the corridor towards the labs, this time at a more sedate pace, so Carson and Elizabeth could see were they were going.
Radek looked around the room he and couple other scientists were standing in, watching Rodney trying to fix the problem he caused and waiting for Elizabeth, John and Carson to arrive.
"Rodney, you have burnt out the circuits, you won't be able to fix them." He told his reluctant friend.
"Shut up and go away!" Rodney answered. He didn't want to believe what Radek was saying. He didn't want to experience Elizabeth's wrath and now Sheppard's, after hearing the tone of his voice over the radio.
Throwing his hands I the air, Radek gave up and turned towards the door. He noticed someone was walking down the corridor with a flashlight, he knew Rodney had ran out of time to try and fix the impossible.
John, Elizabeth and Carson appeared in the doorway and with the atmosphere John brought with him made Radek slowly start to walk backwards towards the other wall. With him to able to tell which way he was going, the back of his knees slammed into Rodney side. This caused him to tumble over the top of Rodney and Rodney fell flat n his chest.
The three of them in the doorway just watched, not able to react fast enough, all they could do was stare in shock. Carson could not contain the laugh that built up after watching the spectacle and he laughed hysterically. He was laughing so hard he walk away from the doorway and lent against the wall. Soon Elizabeth was also laughing uncontrollably. John didn't laugh, but he couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face, even with the bad mood he was in.
With a cough John turned all serious again and addressed Radek. "You okay Radek?" Slight concern coming though his tone.
"Yes, I think so." He replied, still laying down on the floor. In a awkward position. The moaning Rodney on the floor suddenly stopped moaning and stared at John in disbelief.
"Are you okay Radek." Rodney said sarcastically. "What about me Sheppard? I'm the one he fell over!" He finished loudly. John stared blankly at Rodney, which deceived the way he felt inside.
"He wasn't he one whom broke the city!" He stated calmly. A little too calmly in Elizabeth book, whom finally manage to contain her laughter and had caught the tail end of their conversion.
John walked to the console that Rodney was working on a minute ago. He shone his flashlight into the open panel and saw a mass of black crystal's 'they are defiantly beyond repair' he thought.
"There nothing to be done there, his burnt them out!" He stated to Elizabeth and turned back round to the door ready to walk back into the 'alive' part of Atlantis.
"How would you know?" Rodney shouted to John's retreating back.
"Because I designed the damn system!" he shouted back, due to him being beyond mad. Rodney started to laugh, he could believe what John had said. He knew it was impossible for john to have designed the system, these systems were 100,000 years old.
John seeing Rodney laughing, quickly retracted what he had shouted in his mind. Realising what he gave away, even if Rodney didn't realised he had.
"Oh hell" He muttered quietly.
End of Chapter Six