For plot purposes this will also become a SG-1 crossover. I'll be adding Daniel Jackson in the next few chapters. :)

Title: Eternal
Author: Cindy Ryan
Notes: See part one
Summary: Desperate to save his brother Sam stumbles on a text that eventually propels them to another galaxy.

Ronon found Winchester exactly where he expected to. That's why he hadn't been too concerned when Winchester had vanished from view. This was a less populated area of the city. The quietness of which had enticed Ronon when he had first arrived at Atlantis. A place he had found himself coming more often than not. He had been alone for so long and then to be thrust back into a group…..this area had brought him a bit of sanctuary. He had a feeling it was the same for Winchester.

"Unless you're here to tell me I'm going home you can turn around and leave."Dean stated his gaze never leaving the water.

Dex shook his head as he came around the corner of the building. "Dr. Weir wants to know how you arrived here."

Dean sighed. "Sam can fill her in on that. What does she need me for?"

"She doesn't know if you're a threat or not."

Dean laughed. "If she really thought I was a threat she'd have sent more than you after me."

"Perhaps."

Dean looked at his babysitter. "You're not from Earth."

"No."

"How'd you end up taking orders from Sheppard?"

"The Wraith attacked my people…..savagely….brutally. Nearly wiping us out. I was captured and taken aboard a hive ship. There the Wraith decided that I would be of more use than food. They planted a transmitter in my back and let me go. Part of a game to them, you see. They hunted me across planet after planet until I ran into Sheppard and his team. I captured Sheppard and Teyla. Once they heard what the Wraith did to me they offered help. Beckett was able to remove the transmitter and I was free. Through Sheppard and his team I learned what became of my home world….."Ronon paused the memory still painful. "With my world destroyed I decided to stay and fight, to take out as many Wraith as I could."


Weir opened her mouth to speak but Sam waved her off. "Please, let me finish. The stab wound was fatal…..Jake did succeed in killing me that day…..that was how he was allowed to leave the town. In his grief my brother did a desperate thing."

"The deal with the devil you mentioned earlier."Weir said quietly.

Sam swallowed hard fighting to keep the emotions at bay. He needed these people's help if he was going to save his brother. "Yes. He traded his soul for my life.
I've been looking for a way to break the contract…..a loop hole….anything. That research brought me to the cave. I had run across this old text that had been uploaded to an internet library. I couldn't read the language but eventually I figured out bits of it. Enough that one word kept popping up over and over…..Eternal. Once I had that word I was able to do more research of the text and it eventually led me to this cave where that metal box was buried."

Sam paused a moment before looking at Weir. "I know Dean wants to leave, but I can't. Not yet. If there's something here that will help my brother I have to find it. Will you help me?"

Weir and Sheppard exchanged glances before Weir nodded. "On the condition you tell us exactly where that cave is so SGC can send a team to retrieve the device."

For the first time in weeks Sam genuinely smiled. "No problem."