Thanks for the nice reviews, good to know my fic is so well liked. I tried to make this chapter not follow the episode from SGA too much, but it has some things smiliar, especially in the beginning. Anyways it's another long one, enjoy.
Edited a few grammer and spelling mistakes out, also extended and edited the ending of this chapter a little bit.
Chapter 11 - Vampires and evil witches
Atlantis, infirmary,
McKay is looking in on mice "You got your eye on anyone?" he asked Dr. Carson Beckett.
"Err. Not really." Beckett replied.
"Actually I was talking to the mouse." McKay told him, then he turns to Beckett "but. uh. now you mention it some of those Athosian women are pretty hot. And we did just save them for the Wraith so we got to trade on that while we can you know? Before they discover that we're not actually that cool." McKay told him.
Beckett pats on the bed "sit down I'm ready." He told McKay.
McKay jumps up on to bed, rolls up the sleeve of his left arm. Beckett rolls up the sleeve on McKay's right arm. "I'm surprised you're so eager to volunteer for this Rodney." Beckett told him.
"Well you know me always eager to help." McKay replied then cringes.
"Right. so do you have any questions about the process? I mean you are a scientist." Beckett asked.
"Ah. yeah. I'm sorry. Medicine's as much as a science as a. I don't know. voodoo." McKay told him and Beckett smacks his arm "All I need to know is that that will enable me to use ancient technology like Major Sheppard and Buffy Summers, or yourself." McKay asked him.
"Yes hopefully." Beckett told him and wipes McKay's arm "you are the first human trial."
"Well why now? I mean if it's possible. You knew we needed as many people with the gene as we could get." McKay asked.
"Well actually with out proper FDA approval, virtually impossible on earth to…" Beckett starts but sees the look on McKay's face "let's just say it's uh legal here in the Pegasus galaxy
"And perfectly safe?" McKay asked him.
"As far as experimental Gene therapy goes. I am manipulating your DNA." Carson told him then held up the needle to his arm "Here we go." He told him.
McKay pulls his arms away "Wait! Maybe you should tell me more" he tells Beckett.
Beckett sighs "We believe ATA or Ancient technology activation is caused by a single gene that's always on. Instructing various cells in the body to produce a series of proteins and enzymes" McKay is staring at needle "that interact with the skin, the nerves system and the brain. In this case we're using a mouse retrovirus to deliver the missing gene to your cells."
McKay looks worried "a mouse retrovirus?" he asked.
"It's been deactivated." He informed McKay and moves the needle back to McKay arm.
"Well, are there any side effects?" McKay asked him.
"Dry mouth, headache, the irresistible urge to run in a small wheel" Peter told him.
"Ahhh. That's very amusing." McKay told him in a bit of pain "so…how long till it starts working?" he asked.
"Err. it could take some time. What is that?" Beckett asked looking at McKay's other hand where he is holding something that looks like a rock.
"Oh errr. something I found in one of the research labs. Something the ancients were experimenting with." Rodney informed him.
Beckett pulls out the needle and asks "do you know what it is?"
"Err. pretty sure." McKay told him.
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Atlantis, corridor, people moving stuff
"Desalinizing the sea water and storing them into tanks big enough to supply the whole city." Peter told Weir.
"Good, so fresh water won't be a problem." Weir replied.
"It seems some ancient technology requires the use of the active gene. other things merely require initialization. once activated, I can control it" Peter continued to inform her as they head upstairs, kids are running past "anyone who pushes the buttons to make it work."
"Good morning Dr Weir." Jinto greets her.
"Good morning, and careful." To peter she said "I think we need to dedicate some recreational areas."
"Yes." Peter agreed.
"We certainly need to clear the hallway, get everything put away as soon as possible. And can we lose the ten thousand year old dead plants." Weir told him.
"Of course. We're still in the process of making sure that everyone's been assigned living quarters. Major Sheppard seems to be taking his time Okaying enough space." Peter told her.
"Well, the safety and security of this expedition are his." Weir told him.
"Ok ready" McKay said and Weir and Peter look up to see Sheppard pushing McKay of the balcony of the control room into he gate room, which is quite a long drop.
"Woah did you see that?" Sheppard asked.
"Yes what the…" Weir stared to ask.
"I'm fine" McKay said shaking himself of, he has something on his chest glowing green.
Sheppard grins and heads for stairs all three run down to meet McKay and Buffy shook her head smiling as she followed Sheppard.
"Look Beckett's gene therapy worked. I was able to activate this. It's a personal shield acts like a protective skin and it must have inertial dampening features too, because I didn't feel a thing. Watch this." McKay said and turns to Buffy "Hit me."
Buffy shook her head and turns to Peter "You do it." Peter seems to happy to do it, steps back and punch, hits a greenish shield "AHHowww God" Peter yells and sounds of laughing is heard as Peter cradles his hand.
"Didn't have to swing so hard." McKay told him, Sheppard and Buffy smirk, "and notice he didn't even hesitate."
"I'm still trying to understand, how you thought it was a good idea to test this device by having someone throw you off a balcony" Weir told them.
"Oh, believe me that's not the first thing we tried." Buffy told her grinning.
Sheppard has a huge grin on his face and nodded, to Weir saying "I shot him." Weir is looking at him in shock "In the leg." He added and shrugs.
"After I swung my axe at him at full strength and speed." Buffy told her grinning and now Weir looked at her in shock "What? It's not like I was aiming for his neck." She added shrugging as well.
McKay grins "I'm invulnerable."
"Aren't you the one who's always sprouting off about how proper and careful scientific procedure must be a peered to." Weir asked him.
"Invulnerable." McKay repeated.
"You know McKay with great power comes great respons…I've been hanging around Xander too much." Buffy said.
"Alright take it off. let's go have this meeting" Weir told him.
"Just jealous" McKay told everyone.
"Oh yes green with envy." Weir replied.
McKay moves his hand to his chest but can't get hand through shield "oh, this could be a problem." He said but keeps trying "I can't get at it."
Sheppard looks at him and tries himself "just checking."
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Atlantis, infirmary,
Peter is getting his hand looked at "I'm thinking Mr. invincible."
"Captain untouchable" Beckett told him.
"Oooh, that's good." Peter said and both laugh.
"You guy's done?" McKay asked.
"I've been working on this gene therapy for months forgive me for wanting to celebrate that it worked on the first human trial." Beckett told him.
"Oooh let's all have a toast." McKay replied.
Other two still chuckling, then both stop and look at McKay.
"Just a thought here but have you tried eating or drinking anything since you put that on?" Peter asked him.
McKay quickly pours himself a drink, drinks. Shield glows and water runs off on to floor. "that's great." McKay said to them.
"This may be more serious than I suspected." Beckett told him.
"Well, thank you. I'm hungry already, what am I going to do? If I don't get this stupid thing off I'll be dead by the end of the day." McKay told him.
"Relax you can live three of four days without water." Beckett told him.
"I'm talking about food." McKay replied.
"Well you found some ancient text with the device. what did it say about taking it off?" Beckett asked.
"Oh yeah, there were explicit instructions, that I chose completely to ignore." McKay replied.
"Well, some ancient technology uses a metal component for operations." Peter told him.
McKay closes eyes "Shut up I'm thinking" after a few minutes nothing still happens.
"Is there any chance the gene therapy isn't permanent?" Peter asked.
"It's possible" Beckett told him.
McKay with his eyes still shut says "I'm a dead man.
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Atlantis, briefing room,
"We can probably maintain security in this area with the limited number of personnel we have." Sheppard told Buffy, Weir and Teyla.
"My people can help." Teyla told them.
"Thank you, Teyla. For the time being we'll find other ways the athosians can contribute." Weir told her.
"You do not trust us?" Teyla asked.
"It's not that Teyla, it's just that they like to keep security to the military personnel. You people would have to have some training with our weapons and the military tactics and protocol. Trust me, it's boring anyways." Buffy told her.
"Hey!" Sheppard said offended.
Buffy gave him a smile "Well it is." She stated "no vampires to slay, no Wraith to kill, I am bored." She said with a pout.
Not quite sure how to react to that Weir chose to just change the subject "There should be more than enough living space for everyone within the designated area, for now." Weir said as McKay walks in.
"We have always lived in the shadow of the wraith but my people have never been in a place such as this. They are afraid. Some believe the ghosts of the ancestors remain." Teyla told them.
"I don't think that's the case but, still we're going to need a bit more time in order to explore the entire city." Weir told her.
"We're very cautious intergalactic explorers" Sheppard told Teyla.
"And we don't want anyone else getting hurt, the way Hallien did. Everyone needs to understand that they are not to touch anything unfamiliar unless it's been cleared first.
"That's very important" McKay said receiving a look from everyone that says look who's talking "you never know, even a tiny little innocuous thing can…can kill you." He continued and then raises his hand "dead man talking."
"Oh stop being so dramatic McKay, with everything that happened lately and the Wraith out there I think subconsciously you do not want to lose your hamster ball protection." Buffy told him.
"What? You think I want to die of dehydration?" McKay asked.
"I think you're not there yet, and until you are or you face your fear you are not eating or drinking anything." Buffy replied.
"McKay? Is she on to something here?" Sheppard asked him.
"No, it's ridicules. I mean…" McKay stopped then started again "I admit the city although marvelous gives me the creeps some times…"
"I don't think we should worry about it Dr. Weir, but for the safe side of things we should try to learn more about the device." Buffy told her ignoring Rodney.
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Atlantis, Control room
Peters at computer, others round him.
"The self destruct system requires two separate codes. Now each code is unique. And everyone here will be required to memorize their code." Peter told them.
"Great, I suck at that." Buffy said to no one in particular.
"And don't bother giving me one. Sorry." McKay told them.
"As far as we know, this gate is the only Stargate in the Pegasus galaxy that is capable of dialing earth, which would make it the last line of defense against the wraith. If they're going to attack which we must consider a very real threat. We simply cannot let them gain control of this complex." Weir told them.
"If both codes are properly entered the naquada generator will overload. It will take 30 seconds." Peter told them.
"You sure it will do enough damage." Ford asked.
"Ever seen a 20 kiloton nuclear explosion?" McKay asked him.
"I have." Sheppard said and all look at him "Not up close."
I saw a town go into a sinkhole once." Buffy stated.
"Look I think we should tell Teyla what's going on here." Sheppard said causing the attention to go back to him.
"At this moment we still don't know if it was one of the Athosians who tipped off your arrival to their planet." Weir told them.
"I trust Teyla" Sheppard told her.
"So do I. But Teyla trusts her people. If we tell her; she'll want to tell them. And I need more time to get to know them" Weir told her.
"Well if Teyla trusts her people so should we. They're our friends and if you don't trust your friends who can you trust?" Buffy told her.
"You're right, but we need to make sure none of them will betray us." Weir replied.
"True, but people can still betray you even if you trust them." Buffy told her then added "But if you are going to start "Getting to know them better" I would suggest you start with Teyla. She's their leader after all and knows her people best."
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Atlantis, corridor,
Buffy walks through a yet unexplored part of the city, she had been memorizing the layout of the city, she was going to be here for a while and best to know as much as possible about it when they would come under attack.
Buffy stopped getting a familiar feeling from her slayer sense, it was faint but there. Something quite long distance away 'it feels like…but how would they get here?' Buffy thought to herself then sprinted back to her room to get weapons and inform the others.
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Atlantis,
Sheppard's sitting on the bed, talking to the kids. Teyla and Halling are there too. Halling's on crutches.
"Well, they thought he was finally dead, but when they turned their backs to go." Sheppard said to the kids and turns of lamp "his cold dead eyes opened beneath his hockey mask and he rose up." Sheppard stands "with his bloody knife." He continued
"What's a hockey mask?" A kid asked.
"Hockey is a game. The guys skate round try to get a puck into the net." Sheppard explained and they all stare at him "The Goalies wear masks it's really scary." He added.
"Tell us more of this game." Jinto asked.
"Can we play it." Another kid asked.
"Actually" Sheppard began to say as he sits down again "I don't really see any attraction, now football." He chuckles "football is a real man's sport. but we'll save that for another time." He told them.
"Yes it's time for bed." Halling told them.
Buffy came running up, sees they are about to put the children up to bed and waits.
"Awwww" the kids whined.
"And remember tomorrow night kids, another tale called 'Nightmare on Elm street'" Sheppard told them.
"Alright children let's go." Teyla told them and they all get up and leave.
"Thank you Major." Halling told him.
"Hope I didn't scare 'em to much." Sheppard replied.
"I don't think so." Halling replied.
"Good." Sheppard replied.
"Major." Buffy said and he turns to see her fully armed with weapons.
"Buffy, why all the weapons?" he asked.
"We've got vampires in the city." Buffy stated.
"Vampires? Are you sure?" Sheppard asked, Buffy nodded "alright I'll call in security."
"And tell them we have vampires on the loose in the city." Buffy said before she handed him a stake, a cross and a crossbow.
"You want the two of us to take them on?" Sheppard asked her.
"Maybe Teyla as well but no more. I can pretty much handle vamps by myself, what worries me is how they got here. I think a portal, created by magic. Which means a witch might be among them." Buffy told him.
"What's going on?" Teyla asked.
Buffy looked at the Major, making it his decision to include her.
"We've got some vampires, and possibly a witch loose somewhere in the city." The Major told her.
"What is a vampire? And how would they have gained access to the city?" Teyla asked.
"Vampires are our Wraith, only they don't suck the life out off you, they suck blood out of you with their teeth. They looks human, right before their faces changed and the bite you. The got here possible by a magic portal from our home planet." Buffy told her. Then to Sheppard "I'll inform Weir."
"Buffy to Dr. Weir" Buffy said over the radio.
"Weir here, go ahead Buffy." Weir's voice replied.
"We've got vampires loose in the city, and possibly a witch." Buffy told her.
There was a pause before Weir voice came though again "Understood, do you need assistance." She asked.
"I'm taking Major Sheppard and Teyla, if you sent Lt. Ford and Dr. McKay to meet us at my quarters if will be more then enough to deal with some vamps." Buffy replied.
"I can understand Lt. Ford but why Rodney?" Weir's voice asked.
"Now that he's invulnerable, he'll be a real asset in taking out vamps, witches and anything else that threatens us." Buffy told her then added "Maybe the fear of battle with the undead will cause his subconscious to deactivate the Ancient thing so he won't have to."
Buffy could hear Weir smile "Alright I'll sent them up to your quarters immediately.
Buffy looked at Teyla and Sheppard and tossed Teyla another stake and cross. "Aim for the heart." She told her before she turned to head to her quarters to get more weapons for Ford and McKay.
She hadn't thought of including McKay until she was talking to Weir, and so if she included him but not Ford who was the last member of Sheppard's team, well that wouldn't go well.
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Atlantis, Buffy's quarters,
Buffy, Teyla and Sheppard arrive to see Ford and McKay already waiting there.
Buffy noticed Ford had his gun "That won't help you." She said taking the gun from him and opened her quarters walking inside.
She threw the gun on her bed and opened her weapons chest, it was filled with swords, axes, stakes, crosses, few bottles of holy water, another crossbow. She picket up the crossbow and tossed it to Ford, then tossed Teyla an axe and picket up two more stakes and two crosses. She handed Ford and McKay each one.
"What's going on, sir?" Ford asked Sheppard.
Sheppard smiled at him "We're hunting vampires."
"That's ridicules, vampires aren't real." McKay told him.
"You can tell them that when we get to them." Buffy said turning to him then the group "Ok so here is how it's going to work. Vampires can be killed by either, fire, decapitation, sunlight or a stake through the heart. Crosses will hold them off and Holy water will only burn them, well unless you get them to drink, bullets will only piss them off." she told them.
"Sir, is she serious?" Ford asked Sheppard.
"Yes lieutenant." Sheppard told him "she is."
"I have a question. Why do you know so much about these creatures?" Teyla asked her.
"Same reason why I was able to take on so much Wraith and kill them. I'm a vampire slayer." Buffy told them.
"A what?" Ford asked her.
"Vampire slayer, one girl in all the world, yada yada yada, born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of evil blah blah blah. I have been the slayer since I was 15, I killed a lot of things I thought before then to not exist. My friend did a spell a couple of years ago and from now on it's no longer one girl in all the world but every girl with the potential to be a slayer is one. That's how I was able to go along here and leave Earth not without a slayer." Buffy told him as she started walking towards where the faint vampire feeling was coming from.
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Atlantis,
"This is stupid, we are not going to find any vampires by following her. We need to get her some help." McKay said and he was barely able to finished his sentence when Buffy hand was almost at his throat, only to be stopped by his force field.
Buffy pulled her hand back glaring at McKay before turning her back to him and continued walking.
McKay swallowed then said softly to Sheppard "She is dangerous, you really should do something."
"McKay, one she can still hear you and two shut up." Sheppard told him.
"Thank you." Buffy said then stopped "They are not far now, I think I can…there are 15 of them." Buffy told the other. "Get ready." She said pulling a stake out.
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Atlantis,
"Which way, vampire?" a woman asked.
"He is that way." The vampire replied.
"Soon, all those fools will bow before me. Not even those slayers and their witches will be able to stop me." She said grinning.
"Are you sure, it will be able to handle Willow?" one of the vampires asked.
"Of course, that troublesome Wicca is something compared to the power of the Shadow."
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Atlantis,
"They are somewhere over there, I think there is a research lab up there." Buffy told the other.
"And how would you know that?" Sheppard asked.
"I uh…" Buffy started a bit nervous at being caught but then just stated "I have been exploring the city."
"Without backup?" Sheppard asked her.
"I get restless, don't need that much sleep. And I can take care of myself." She told him.
"I don't care, you're not to go explore the city by yourself." Sheppard argued.
"Well fine, I'll take someone along next time. Teyla?" Buffy asked her.
"I would be my pleasure" Teyla told her.
"Good, then it's settled." Buffy stated.
"Hey, now wait a minute, Teyla maybe a good fighter but I don't want two…uhh" Sheppard stopped talking realizing what he was about to say would not put him in a good book with either of the women.
Buffy glared at him "Two what? Women?" she asked him.
"I didn't mean it like that." Sheppard said shooting Ford a look to help him but he wisely stepped back staying out of it. "I'm the highest ranking military officer and I don't want you two to go on alone exploring the city."
"You mean without a big strong men like yourself to protect us?" Teyla asked him.
"That's not what I said." Sheppard to her.
"It's what you thought." Buffy accused.
"As much as I am enjoying all off this can we please focus out attention back on the non-existing vampire problem." McKay told them.
Buffy and Teyla still glared at Sheppard, "Fine." Buffy said.
"Here is the plan, McKay is going in since he can't be hurt. You'll act as if you needed something from the research lab, see them and excuse yourself running out. Vamps will follow, we'll take them out then…" Buffy started but McKay interrupted her.
"Hey, hold on. You want me to be bait?" McKay asked her.
"You're the one with the Ancients device to your chest making you invulnerable. And I thought you didn't believe in vampires, so what do you have to worry about?" Buffy asked him.
"Well I don't, but there still might be something else and I…" the device fell off his chest. "Oh looks it's off, now someone else can be bait."
Buffy looked at Sheppard with a looks that said 'see I was right'.
Sheppard shook his head then said "Ford you go be bait." He told his lieutenant.
"No, they would know a military man would not run away but rather shoot…and they'll probably recognize me. Teyla will go." Buffy then stated turning to her "Act lost, scared and when you see them run. They'll follow." Buffy told her.
"Alright." Teyla said and moved ahead.
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Atlantis, research lab,
"It's in there" the vampire said to the woman and the others.
"Finally." The woman said entering the research lab. She looked around and spotted some ort of container. "I can feel it's power, it's hunger." She said smiling gleefully as she walked over to it.
Teyla came in "Excuse me miss, I seem to be lost." Teyla said getting the attention from all present. Seeing one of the vampire's real faces Teyla stepped back "on second thought, never mind I'll find my way." Teyla said and ran out.
"Get her." The female ordered and 3 vamps ran after her.
As Teyla emerged from the research lab and continued to run until she made a turn and stopped beside Sheppard and Ford, McKay behind them.
The vampires rounded the corner only to receive two bolts of arrows from the crossbows. One vampire turned to dust, having been hit in the heart, the other snarled yanked the arrow out close to his heart and lunged at Ford only to turn to dust by Teyla's stake. The last turn around planning on running back to get reinforcement only to see Buffy. "Slayer" she said to her just before he turned to dust by her stake in his undead heart.
"So Dr. McKay, still having trouble believing in vampires?" Buffy asked him.
Ford coughed at the vampire dust that had settled on him.
Buffy looked at him "Sorry about your uniform, vamp dust is nearly impossible to get out." She told him.
"I…uh…what just happened?" McKay asked.
"We just slew some vampires" Sheppard told him.
"Oh, well uh…" McKay said before his knees gave out and he fainted.
They looked at McKay then at each other.
"I can't believe I missed the heart." Ford said.
"Hey, don't worry about it, first time out I missed the heart." Buffy told him.
"Really?" Sheppard asked.
"Just the once." Buffy told him.
"We should move him to the infirmary." Teyla stated looking at Rodney.
"Right, Ford call Beckett and wait with him until he gets here." Sheppard told him.
"Yes sir."
"There should be more soon to check on the ones we just dusted." Buffy told them then turned to Sheppard and Teyla and put her stake away and got her sword from her back, Teyla took out her axe.
"Let's get them." Teyla said and the three off them walked back to the research lab.
As they approached the door quickly pushed Sheppard and Teyla aside just before the door opened and 2 more vamps came out. She grabbed one, yanked him aside and cut his head off while Sheppard hit the other vampire and Teyla cut his head off.
"Five down, ten more to go, and probably a witch." Buffy told them.
"What's your plan?" Teyla asked.
"Go in and kill them, stay behind me to cover my back, I'll take on the rest." Buffy told them then before they could argue she had strapped her sword back on her back and taken out her stake again and walked inside.
"Well this is nice." Buffy staked coming in. "All new galaxy and still some reminder of Earth coming to visit."
"The slayer." A vampire stated then turned to the woman "I thought you said there weren't any slayers here."
"There shouldn't be. But it is of no matter, kill her while I get him out." She ordered.
"This is suicide, that slayer is Buffy Summers." Another vampire said.
"You really have quite a reputation among these vampires, don't you?" Sheppard told her.
"What can I saw, kill a few master vampires, stop some apocalypses and you are feared by the undead." Buffy replied.
"So you are Buffy Summers." The woman said "Funny, I expected someone taller."
Just as the words left her mouth Buffy blurred forwards and staked a vampire. "I don't like short jokes. It makes me cranky." She told the woman.
"Get her, or I will get you." The woman said and the vampires charged at Buffy and her friends.
As Sheppard used his crossbow to dust two vampires before he dropped the thing and got out his stake he turned to see Teyla just dusting a vampire with her axe and Buffy had already dusted three. He blocked a punch from the vampire, but wasn't prepared for the supernatural strength of the vampire and he was still pushed back a bit as the vampire snarled at him his still human face morphing in that of the vampire. It had yellow eyes and ridges, Sheppard reacted fast and moved to slam the stake into the vampire's heart. The vampire moved aside grabbed his arm with his left hand keeping the stake out of reach from him and moved John's head aside preparing to bit.
Buffy dusted another vampire and turned to see Teyla having trouble with hers and John almost getting bit "John use your cross." She called and flung her stake at the vampire attacking Teyla it turned to dust, Buffy's stake clattering unto the ground.
Sheppard grabbed the cross with his free hand and pushed it against the vampire's face who let him go yelling as smoke came from his face. John immediately reacted and pushed the stake into the vampire's heart turning it to dust.
Teyla stepped back as the vampire she had been fighting turned to dust, Buffy's warning about her clothes and vampire dust fresh in mind. She then saw John stake the only remaining vampire.
Buffy walked over to the female and smiled as she no longer felt the only remaining vampire.
"You are too late, he is free, his power will be mine." The woman said and a dark shadow came out of the container with Ancient technology. The woman began chanting in Latin.
"You are so stupid, you really think that thing is going to listen to you? It's been locked up there for more then ten thousand years. Why can't you people ever learn?" Buffy told her.
The woman ignored her and continued chanting, Something is…no please don't Ahhh!" the woman yelled as the Shadow engulfed her.
"Run, get out." Buffy said to John and Teyla who did, but as Sheppard reached the door he stopped not seeing Buffy moving but rather getting her sword out as she faced the shadow.
"What are you doing? You can't fight that thing." He told her.
Buffy knew that, she could feel the Shadow and it's hunger. "Go! I'll distract it and catch up." She told him.
John looked at her for a moment longer before doing as she said and followed Teyla back to the control center.
"I know it's been unfair to you being locked up for so long, and I don't know what the Ancients did to you but I can't let you harm anyone." She told the shadow.
The Shadow hovered towards her but as Buffy's green eyes darkened a little bit as the slayer inside her was screaming at Buffy to do something, either attack or run. The Shadow stopped moving towards her.
"That's a good boy." Buffy said but then the shadow moved towards again and Buffy stepped back, but didn't run. She needed more information before facing this shadow thing.
As the shadow came closer but noticed another door, something was telling her to go there. Buffy always trusted her instincts, so she ran over there, opened the door and saw a map of the city. She saw the shadow coming closer to her and she reached out with her hand touched the map and then felt her body suspense and a white light. She looked around and noticed she wasn't in the same room anymore. Opening the door she saw the familiar hall where Jinto was playing.
"Don't go in here." She told the child before reaching for her headset and switched it on "Buffy to Weir, I think I just used a transporter or something, we'll name it later" She told the woman over the radio as she started making her way to the control center.
"Really, interesting." Weir replied "Is everything under control now?"
"Not really, the vamps are history but the witch with them released some show of shadow or entity. The Ancients had it trapped in some sort of container. It's probably been there since before the Ancients left." Buffy told her.
"We need to know more about it and see if we can track its movement." Weir told her.
"My thoughts exactly." Buffy replied.
"Any idea what it wants." Weir asked.
"My guess would be food, whatever it may eat." Buffy answered her.
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Atlantis, corridor,
"Where is Buffy?" Teyla asked John as they stopped running.
Sheppard looked back and cursed before he turned on his radio "Weir, this is Sheppard."
"Major, Buffy was just telling me about the shadow entity that was released." Weir told him.
"Good she made it out." Sheppard replied.
"Yes, but we have an shadow entity on the loose so you better get to the control room.
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Atlantis, control room,
Peters is on a computer and McKay walks up with Weir,
"As far as I can tell there is only one entity, Now the bright blue spots are the active naquada Generators" Peter told them and points at a pink icon "This blob is our entity. It was just a matter of calibrating the sensors. Your idea is working. So far I've been able to anticipate It's approach to the active generators and shut them off remotely. Here watch." He turns off a generator the blob was headed for "Got it running in circles"
"Good job." Weir told him.
"Thanks" Peter replied.
"I hope we're not making this thing mad." Weir said just as Buffy entered the control room.
"I think it's already mad, I know I would be being locked up in some container over ten thousand years." She told them.
"Ltd. This is Dr Groden. I'm tracking the entity heading your way. You might want to get out of the hall you're standing in." Peter told Ford over the radio.
"Roger that." Ford replied and they both move off but the doors they head for shut before they can get out. "This is ford a bulkhead just blocked our way. There's no panel on the wall to open it, that we can see." Ford told them over the radio.
"Roger that." Peter said.
"It could be the entity causing random malfunctions. The proximity to that large an energy disturbance could cause the ancient technology to go haywire." McKay told them.
"Lt. double back and try the door on the east side of the hall." Weir told him.
Ford moves down corridor, tries panel. "This door won't open either." He told her.
"Here it comes." The marine with Ford said.
"Pull open the console in the wall." McKay told them over the radio.
"Hurry" the marine with Ford said.
"What next?" Ford asked.
"I'm not sure what do you see?" McKay asked.
"Three crystals." Ford replied.
"Take out the middle one put the tops one down." McKay told him over the radio.
Ford does do and then says to marine "This door opens. Go. I'll be right behind you." He then waits "Not working" he told McKay.
"Ok use the middle one to bridge the other two." McKay told him.
"You sure about this?" Ford asked him.
"Not exactly." McKay replied.
Ford does it and the door opens "Go" Ford tell the marine who goes through, the shadow heads straight for Ford. Weir closes her eyes as a scream is heard, Buffy looks angry the others look shocked.
"Man down. I need a medical team." The marine called over the radio as he sees Ford lying down, smoke coming from his chest.
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Atlantis, control room,
Some Athosians come up to Weir, Buffy, Sheppard, Teyla and McKay.
Halling looks at them "We have disturbed the city of the ancestors. The shadow is our punishment for coming here." He puts down his crutches and says "Delay nu mae a tempo ah tei."
"Is that Latin?" Sheppard asked.
"It's ancient. Fathers of light of the ever lasting temple." Buffy said at the same time as Weir.
"How did you know that?" Weir asked her.
"Remember that bit I told you about the Key. I got some of that inside me now. I think that is what allows me to sometimes know stuff I didn't know previously." Buffy told her.
"It is a prayer to the Ancestors." Teyla told Sheppard.
"If you are angry that we have unrightfully inhabited your great city. We humbly apologize. We mean no harm. We will leave if it is your wish,." Halling said and Buffy had a hard time not rolling her eyes.
"Look I know this is your belief and I respect that but this is just a shadow entity causing some malfunctions. No the ancestors spirits, and even if they were here I know how to exorcize them…although last time I tried that I ended up being possessed by one." Buffy told them then added "But I think that was just cause the school was on a hellmouth."
"Hellmouth?" McKay asked.
"Mystical convergence of energy, there was one in Sunnydale, California, under the high school library." She told him.
"Was?" Teyla asked.
"The town went down into a giant sinkhole after we destroyed the hellmouth." Buffy explained and shrugged.
"You would stand up against the ancestors?" Halling asked her shocked.
"They're either dead or ascended. They don't really care if I stand up against them. Have their non interference policy and all." Buffy informed him.
"We should see to Ltd. Ford." Weir said defusing the situation before it got out of hand.
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Atlantis, infirmary,
"Right hang in there." Beckett said as Sheppard, Weir and Buffy walk in.
"Are we in any danger here?" Beckett asked.
"I wish I could tell you." Weird told him.
"How's Ford?" Sheppard asked.
"Looks like he was hit by lightening." Beckett told him.
"Is he going to be okay?" Buffy asked.
"He's a tough kid." Beckett replied.
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Atlantis, research lab,
Buffy, Weir and Sheppard step through guarded doors.
"Apparently it's also an elevator." Sheppard to McKay, who was already there digging information up on the shadow entity.
"Really?" McKay said intrigued.
"We can stop taking the stairs everywhere." Weir told him.
"Oh how nice for you all." McKay told them.
"So, what have you got?" Buffy asked.
"The witch touched some sort of containment vessel for the Energy Creature." McKay told them.
"So accepting witches now too, that's a big step for you McKay." Buffy told him.
"Yes well after seeing vampires turning to dust am having a more open mind." Rodney replied.
"So the witch released the energy creature, why?" Weir asked.
"She wanted its power so she could go back home and rule the world." Buffy told her, "they never learn when it comes to power it usually consumes you and not the other way around." She added.
"As I suggested. the entity's what's been causing most of our technical problems. Now it was captured for observation. The Ancients were researching a sentient." McKay told her.
"Really?" Weir asked.
"What exactly is a sentient?" Sheppard asked.
"It's a point where you can release form and…" Buffy started then noticed McKay's look "Why don't you explain it McKay."
McKay looked at her then said "Well yes ok, at some point in their evolution the ancients reached a...advanced state of being where they were able to rid themselves of their physical bodies and rise to a higher plane of existence. One in which they live as pure energy. I know it sounds ridiculous, but this is the first indication that their may have been evolutionary intervention to get there."
"A little gene therapy of their own huh?" Sheppard told him.
"Well I haven't read all the notes but what I do know is that the entity is energy. It feeds on energy forces. Lucky, I mean the more it feeds the bigger it gets, the bigger it gets, the more charged it becomes and the more deadly it will be." McKay told him, then asked "How did you know about ascension?"
"I've dealt with two kinds of ascension actually. One was the Mayor of Sunnydale ascending in a giant snake demon at my high school graduation. The other was where my sister ascended to become a Power that Be, oh and a sort of friend of mine from high school ascended to be a higher power once too. And of course Daniel has ascended." Buffy went on.
"You sister ascended to become a Power that Be?" Weir asked.
"She had too much power, and when she met something almost as old as the Key in her was along with her soulmate from her souls previous life the power was just released which allowed her to ascend." Buffy explained.
"I'm sorry." Sheppard told her.
"Thanks, but although I miss her I know she's in a better place now." Buffy told him.
"Is this entity intelligent?" Weir asked McKay.
"Well according to the research it is sentient but, if you're thinking about trying to talk to it. You'd have more luck with a great white shark. This thing is going to suck the power out of our generators and then it will kill us all." McKay told her.
"Huh, it's funny to see even the Ancients make the same mistakes we humans do." Buffy told them.
"What do you mean?" McKay asked her.
"In my freshman year of college, I started noticing army men running around town. I got recruited into a secret government program by my boyfriend at the time. It was called the Initiative and it captured and experimented on demons and vampires. Of course the head of the project Dr. Maggie Walsh had her own goal with the project. She tried to make the ultimate soldier, part human, part various demons, part machine. Of course it went South and Adam, what Walsh called the thing, went on a killing spree and tried making others like him. Kinda like the Borg…I've been hanging out with Andrew too much. Anyways me and my friends stopped Adam, but not before 40 lives had been lost." She told them "The Ancients made the same mistake, experimenting on sentient being, no matter how evil, is wrong. We should use the Stargate to sent it somewhere uninhabited, it won't keep running around in circles forever, It won't be dumb enough to go back into that thing, so this is our best bet and also the most humane thing to do." Buffy told them.
"What do you mean?" McKay asked her "this things actually looks pretty easy, kinda like a mouse trap. It has it's own power source to lure in the entity and then traps it." He told her.
"Do you think that things wants to be here?" Buffy asked.
"What do you mean?" Sheppard asked her.
"It's been trapped here for Thousands of years, alone." Buffy told him.
"It's not alone anymore" Weir told them.
"It doesn't think on that level. It thinks about eating that's it." McKay told them.
"Well you would know." Sheppard told him.
"How would you know what it is thinking? If this is what the Ancients used to help their ascension and they are thinking on that level wouldn't it stand to reason that this shadow thing also thinks on that level. If it stays here it will kill us, and I don't see how we can kill it, do you McKay?" Buffy asked.
"No." McKay answered.
"Then either we must go or it must. Maybe it wants to go. If we open the Stargate." Buffy told them.
Suddenly Buffy is trapped behind some sort of force field and the witch came into view, she smiled at Buffy "Well, well, well, lookie what I got. The longest and most powerful slayer in history." She said as Buffy started to hit the force field.
Sheppard raises his gun "Let her go!" he ordered.
The witch looked at him waved her hand and his gun flew out of his hands and across the room. "Fool, you can not stop me." She told him her eyes black.
The Shadow entity appeared and the witch looked back at it "There you are," she released Buffy and held up her hands sucking the shadow entity in her.
Buffy ran forwards at the witch who turned to her just in time and waved her hand and sent a dagger into Buffy's stomach. Buffy looked down shocked then continued to charge at the witch and punched her making her fly back against the wall.
"Buffy!" Sheppard yelled as she was hit, then to his amazement she continued her attack and hit the witch.
The witch hit the wall saw the Major coming at her and held out her hand sending an electrical surge to him which caused him to scream and crumble to his knees, then the surge stopped.
Sheppard looked up to see Buffy chocking the life out of the witch. The Shadow Entity then engulfed them both and he could hear the witch scream and a green glow emitting within the shadow entity.
"Major" McKay yelled and threw him the Ancient's shield device.
Sheppard caught it, got up slapped it to his chest and ran into the shadow entity.
Buffy was aware of pulling the dagger from her stomach as she was chocking the witch who had put it there. Then she saw darkness, and lights. She let the witch go and then she seemed to emit a green glow protecting her from the Shadow Entity who was making the Witch before her scream in pain. She felt power built up inside her and realized this was the Key part Dawn had left her. She focused on sending the entity back to where it came from. She was then vaguely aware of another green glow coming towards her before there was a small white dot that was sucking the entity into it. She lost consciousness and fell into a green glow that had been coming towards her as the last of the shadow entity was absorbed into the small dot which then flickered and disappeared.
As Major Sheppard rushed to Buffy inside the entity with the Ancient's protection he saw a white dot sucking the entity up. He looked at it for a second before heading towards Buffy who collapsed into his arms unconscious. The rest of the shadow entity disappeared and the dot flickered out. Just when the device fell off his chest, depleted.
"Buffy?" Sheppard asked ignoring the device and checked her pulse, "She's alive we need a med team here now." He told Weir.
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Atlantis, infirmary,
Sheppard, Weir, Beckett, Teyla and McKay stood by Buffy's bed.
"Is she going to be ok?" Sheppard asked Beckett.
"As far as I can tell, yes. She's a tough young woman." Beckett replied.
There was a green glow in the room and a young brunette appeared.
Sheppard immediately had drawn his gun and aimed it at her.
"Easy there Major Sheppard." The brunette said to him.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Sheppard demanded to know.
"I'm Dawn, Buffy's sister. I'm just checking on her." Dawn said and moved to Buffy's bed and sat beside her sister stroking her face softly with one hand as the took Buffy's hand with her other.
"I thought Buffy said you weren't supposed to interfere?" Weir asked.
"I'm not interfering. She's my sister and I don't care what the rules are, I'm seeing if she's ok in person." She told Weir.
John put the gun down and asked "What happened to her?"
Dawn looked at him and smiled slightly "When Buffy's blood came into contact with the shadow entity it activated the mystical energy I gave her. It protected her from the entity and she chose to sent the entity back to where it came from. The mystical energy also know as the Key knew the location and opened a very tiny portal that sucked the entity into it back to it's realm." Dawn explained "It was of course too much for her to do the first time, but given time her key part will recover and grow stronger as she learns to control it better." She continued then let her hand go and looked up "I have to go, take care of her. Don't let her become isolated. She has a tendency to shut everyone out and do things on her own. Partly my fault, she always had to be the leader, making difficult decisions in which me and her friends forced her to make and then complained about when she would shut us out or do something we didn't like. We never tried to understand her decisions and placed judgment instead. But when we screwed up there was no judgment but understanding and love. I didn't see all of this before I ascended…I do now." She turned to Buffy placed a kiss on her forehead "I love you Buffy." She said before she glowed bright green and was gone.
"Just what was she talking about?" Beckett asked "What is going on with Buffy?"
Weir sighed "It's a long story…"
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Atlantis,
Ford, McKay, Sheppard and Teyla are watching a football match. Sheppard passes popcorn to McKay, who takes it eagerly.
"Oh here it comes. Watch this." Sheppard said excited.
"4 seconds, 3 seconds 2,1...throws. Oh this game is over. Hail Mary and it's caught" the Commentator voice came from the TV.
"Oh that is beautiful, can you believe that?" Sheppard asked.
"Should I not?" Teyla asked.
"Well the defense didn't cover the receiver because he didn't think the Quarterback could throw that far." Sheppard said.
"They seem very happy" Teyla told him.
"That's men and football." Buffy's voice came as she walked in and took a seat next to Teyla.
"Should you be out of bed?" Teyla asked her.
"I don't like hospitals." Buffy replied "Besides I've got slayer healing, I'm fine."
"And what do you mean just men like football. I seem to recall you telling me you were a cheerleader." Sheppard told her.
Buffy looked at him trying hard not to blush "Well maybe I was more interested in the guys playing football then the game itself." She countered.
"You were waving pompoms?" Ford asked laughing but fell silent at Buffy's slayer death glare.
"Just think how she would look in one of those outfits" he told Ford who then looked at Buffy and mentally imagined her in a cheerleading outfit.
"While you're at it try imagining me cutting off your lower body part and putting it up to display. Anyways you'd never get what a ruthless game Cheerleading is." Buffy told him just as Weir came in.
"Hey what are you guys doing? Cheerleading ruthless?" Weir asked.
"Buffy was just about to elaborate on that." Sheppard told her.
"Well it was back in Sunnyhell high. I think this was even before principal Flutie got eaten…" Buffy said to then.
"Eaten? Your principal was eaten?" Ford asked.
"I wish my principal was eaten, to think all I needed to do was move to the hellmouth." Sheppard told the other.
"Actually principal Flutie was kinda nice, a little weird but who wouldn't be. The school was on a hellmouth?" Buffy told them.
"Was?" Ford asked.
"My friends and I had to blow it up to kill the mayor who had ascended into a giant snake demon." Buffy told him "The mayor snake demon actually ate Principal Flutie's successor, Snyder."
"Back to cheerleading, how is that ruthless?" Ford asked her.
"It all started with a mom missing her glory days of when she was the Cheer queen. She had a daughter named Amy and…" Buffy started telling them.
Review please, the next chapter is gonna take some time, probably Saturday or something like that. I'm pretty busy with school and my internship is starting Monday. I'll try to get it finished by saturday, can't promise anything beyond that I'll try.