Season 6 of Stargate Atlantis

by Supreme Commander

The team returns to Pegasus on board an Ancient warship called the Hammer since the IOA and the United States Military want let them take Atlantis back. The Wraith are after the Half-Wraith and half-ancient son of Merenwen and the emperor of all the Wraith. They discover a new base for operation to wage the Second Lantian-Wraith War.

3. Chapter 3

Stargate Atlantis

Season 6

Episode 3

Return to the Pegasus Galaxy Part III

Disclaimer: Stargate Atlantis isn't mine but this story is mine. I don't own the characters that the creators of the Stargate series came up with.

The Puddle Jumper lands in an open field Teyla and Ronon come out to meet them. John tells them that General Horton is a prisoner of the Wraith. John returns Ronon sword to him. "He killed seven Wraiths with this blade."

"Are we going to rescue him?" Teyla asks.

"Yes we're going to rescue him but first we need to find out where he is?"

"I'm sure Rodney and Colonel Carter are working on a way to find him." Teyla says.

"They are not the only ones the Lantians onboard are trying to locate him too."

"Ronon you haven't said anything."

"He's my friend John I hope they do find him but if they convert him like they did some of my old friends from Sateda then they'll find out everything including the location of Earth."

"I didn't think about that," John says. "Ronon, the Wraith can't feed on him remember."

"I'm sure they can find a way to turn him if that is what they want him for." Colonel Carter's voice appears over John's radio.

"John, the Hammer is coming down."

"Roger its safe down here," he responds. The Hammer lands in an open field not far from where the Athosians are camped. They are there to meet Colonel Carter, Colonel Caldwell, Colonel Mitchell, Teal'c, Doctor Daniel Jackson, Vela, and Rodney McKay as they exit from the ship.

"I have you found out where they took General Horton?" Teyla asks Rodney. He shakes his head. Vela looks around John remembers when she came to Atlantis when the Ori was a problem and she wanted to search for treasure.

"Hey Daniel, there are some old reunions over in that direction," Sergeant Major Howe tells him who arrived just as the Hammer land. He is accompanied by six marines. Daniel and Vela head in the direction Howe tells them about accompany by three marines.

"I guess we're going to be staying her for a while?" Colonel Mitchell says.

"Yes we are at least until we find General Horton," Colonel Sheppard says.

"First we need to establish a perimeter around the gate and this ship." Colonel Carter says. "In the like hood we are attack by Wraith." Sheppard nods his head. John sends Major Lorne to see to the deployment of troops.

"Colonel Carter," Major Tristan Rhodes says.

"What can I do for you major?"

"Ma'am I have an idea on how we can rescue the general?"

"What's your idea major?" Colonel Mitchell asks.

"We revive Todd and he may be able to help us find him."

"I don't think that's a good idea?" Colonel Caldwell says.

"I quite agree," Ronon says. Everyone knows how much Ronon distrust Wraith and hates them after what they have done to him.

"With his alliance he should be able to find General Horton really easy."

"We all know how Todd can be at times is it worth the risk in reviving Todd?" Colonel Carter asks.

"Yes it's worth the risk. He would do the same for all of us." Colonel Sheppard says. They board the Hammer and head for the stasis chamber to revive Todd. They revive Todd and once he recovered from being in stasis they explain to him what happen to General Horton. Todd agrees to help. They escort Todd to the Stargate and he leaves the Beta site. The expedition team now led by Colonel Carter after General Horton was capture got everyone to settle down for the night. A team will always be on gate duty throughout the night along with a couple of marines watching the long range sensors aboard the Hammer. Colonel Carter asks her to come to General Horton's office. She arrives exactly when Carter is expecting her. She knocks on the door and hears Sam say enter she enters.

"Please have a seat," Colonel Sam Carter tells her. Teyla sits down. "I thank in a couple of days the Athosians can return to New Athos I will send a marine team with them just in case, but I don't think the Wraith will return since they only attack the planet to get the general." Teyla nods her head.

"I quite agree Colonel Carter," she says.

"What do you think about General Horton's Wraith abilities and do you fear him."

"Why do you ask Colonel Carter?"

"I told you to call me Sam," she says.

"Very well Sam, Why do you ask?"

"Heath's ability frightens many people in the IOA except Woolsey. I've known Heath since I join the SCG. He helped SG-1 out on numerous missions and saved or lives a couple of times. I know he loves Earth and would die to defend her but then he came to Pegasus where he was born and fell in love with Pegasus and will stop at nothing to protect the people of the Pegasus Galaxy from the Wraith or worst enemies. Several of the IOA want him to be sent to an uninhabited planet with no Stargate and be left there so he want be able to harm no one because no one knows how powerful he will become, but he has his defenders."

"Heath is a good man, he has a good heart. I know he doesn't hate the Wraith completely not to wipe them out and I know he wish that there was some way humans and Wraith could coexist together. Many people in Pegasus owe him their lives. I know he has the same abilities I have but a lot stronger. I trust him with my life how about you Sam?"

"I trust him too," she answered. "Thank you for your time."

"You're welcome Sam." She leaves the Hammer.

Somewhere in Pegasus Todd arrives onboard his Hive. He feeds before heading to the bridge. "Guide we received an urgent request from the Wraith King at one of the strongholds loyal to the Royal Family." Todd's second in command tells him.

"I'll take the message in my quarters." Guide goes to his quarters. The message plays.

"Guide, the Emperor's son is on his way here I know you have had dealing with the Lantians and I know what they plan on doing with him once he arrives we can't let them make a sport out of the Prince of Wraith. You're the only one I can trust with this." The message ends. Guide remembers the day the Emperor conceived a child just like many Wraiths who were around during the War with the Lantians. He knows he must tell Colonel Carter and Sheppard about what he has learned. He tells his second in command to set course to Irks. They jumped into hyperspace.

An alarm sounds onboard the Hammer. Colonel Sam Carter rushes to the bridge. A Lantian is in the chair. "What is it?" Colonel Carter asks.
"There's a hyperspace window opening." The Lantian replies.

"Crap we're screwed on the ground." Carter says to herself. "Raise the shields and tell Sheppard to have everyone outside of the ship to leave through the Stargate if things go sour. A hive ship emerges.

"We are being hailed?" Marks replies who just arrived on the bridge apparently he was shaving when the alarm sounded because Sam notice he cut himself. A screen pops up and Todd appears.

"What can I do for you Todd?"

"Nothing Colonel Carter but I have something you want."

"What is that?"

"I know the whereabouts of General Horton?" Todd tells her and the Hive reenters hyperspace.

Colonel Carter calls a meeting with Colonel Caldwell, Colonel Mitchell, Teal'c, Colonel Sheppard, Teyla, Ronon, Rodney McKay, Major Jason, Major Rhodes, Captain Jack, and Doctor Keller. Doctor Jackson and Vela are off exploring the Ancient ruins on the planet. They all have a cup of coffee except for Rodney who is on his third cup. "McKay, you might want to stop drinking so much coffee we only have enough supplies for a certain amount of time and we want be able to get more from Earth," Mitchell says to him. Rodney looks at him and everyone return his looks even Major Rhodes who's a big fan of Rodney's and helps him out on numerous occasions. Colonel Carter enters the conference room onboard the ship.

"Todd has come through for us and we have the location of General Horton. We have the gate address and the coordinates to the planet. We're going to go to the planet to ways by Stargate and by ship."

"How many Wraith are going to be on the planet?" Ronon asks.

"Undetermined according to Todd there's going to be six Hives in orbit supported by cruiser and two Super Hives but that is all I know." Sam answers.

"Can this ship take that kind of beating?" Teal'c asks. One of the Lantians are onboard the ship is present.

"Well this ship holds its own against 8 on 1 but no telling how many Wraith ships will be present when we try to rescue General Horton and we never went up against those Super Hives before so no telling. We'll properly have millions of Darts flying around us and u know that out of the 80 Quad PPG (Pulse Plasma Gun) turrets only forty are operational the others are nonexistent since that is why you added the Railguns to the ship armaments. The MG Cannon is operational but has never been tested. The 30: Arcturus Heavy Batteries are all operational and are working fine and so are the Drones. The missile batteries you installed are working fine but I wouldn't fire a whole lot of them at once you might cause one to explode inside of the ship."

"Yeah and we don't want that," Sheppard says.

"Not to mention we'll be stranded in Pegasus until General O'Neill sends a ship to find us." Colonel Mitchell says.

"Indeed," Teal'c says.

"Which ship is Colonel Horton is going to be on? We don't want to risk destroying ships if he is on it," Major Rhodes says.

"Heath will not be on the ships he will be on the planet being hunted by the Wraith has pure sport for the entire Wraith who were killed during the War with the Lantians and once we arrived in Pegasus." Colonel Carter tells them.

"Can we trust Todd with this information?" Ronon asks.

"Yes," Teyla says. Ronon looks at them.

"You know that once they have their fun with him they will kill him. He'll make a very good trophy for them."

"Ronon you know much about Runners and you know how the Wraith tactics work. You're going to help tract the Wraith who are tracking Heath." Colonel Carter says.

"Just as long as I get to kill some Wraith." Ronon says.

"So every ship in orbit is free to fire on?" Colonel Caldwell asks.

"Yes," Colonel Carter replies.

"What are we waiting for lets go rescue the general?" Rhodes says.

"Colonel Sheppard you will be in charge of the troops going through the gate. Colonel Caldwell will have the first officer seat of the Hammer and Captain Dave of the Lantian First Fleet will have the helm." They leave the conference room. Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard and his team gear up for the mission. Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard is amaze to see a dozen soldiers from different military units and countries ready to go on the mission along with a dozen Lantians. The gate is dialed and a MALP is sent through first. The Hammer jumps into hyperspace. The rescue mission is on.

24 hours or less before the rescue operation began General Horton awakes in his cell. He awakes from a nightmare. Two Drones enter and stun him multiple times. He awakes hours later on a table and realizes they are no longer on the hive. He knows what the table is for from what Ronon has told him and a couple of other Runners his team has saved. "Don't worry this isn't a transmitter that will tell us where you will be since with your Wraith powers you'll since or present long before we get near you. This device will not allow you to leave the planet." The Wraith placing the device into his back tells him. The Wraith queen approaches the table. He could feel her mind touching his trying one last time to find out the coordinates for Earth, but he fought her with hardly any strength. She snarls at him and he's removed from the table. She turns to one of her crew members who he recognized him as the one who talked to him.

"Get him ready for the hunt."

"As you wish my queen," he answers. She leaves and Heath follows the Wraith to an unoccupied room and the Wraith tells the Wraith Drones to wait outside. He hands Heath the pistol Ronon but he takes it back a place it in the back of Heath's pants and covers it with his jacket. "Good luck my prince I wish you a safe journey and I'm sure your friends are on their way." He escorts him to the Dart bay where a Dart swoops in and beams the General up into the Gulling device. The Dart heads to an unknown area of the planet and recentralize the general on the ground. The Dart returns to the hive. The hunt is now on. He watches as the Hive returns to space. He heads into the woods. He draws the pistol Ronon uses he hopes it will help him escape from the Wraith. He sees Darts flying overhead lucky for him he's in thick wooded areas so the Darts Culling beam wouldn't work but he sure they have ground units looking for him. General Horton hunted back on Earth and he has been hunted before by different enemies to the United States and also by Anubis' soldiers. He hopes the things he learned during those encounters would help him against the Wraith. He begins setting traps for them. A Wraith officer supported by six soldiers is on his trail. General Horton has no life signs detector but he does have an advance ability to sense the Wraith. He senses them nearby. He hides in some bushes and waits for them to come into view and he fires after all six Wraiths are in view. They didn't stand a chance. He turns around just as the seventh Wraith stabs him in the ribs and in the gut. The Wraith leaves the knife in his rib and breaks the blade off. General Horton wrestles with the Wraith officer. He manages to break the Wraith neck with his bare hands. He retrieves his pistol and grabs hold of his side and looks at his blood cover hands. He looks at his stomach and notices it healing quickly. He has no first-aid equipment with him to remove the blade from his ribs and he knows it could become fatal if left inside but he will have to deal with it. He tears off a piece of his uniform and ties it around his ribs even though the wound healed to the point of not letting him bleed to death. He can sense more Wraith approaching his position which isn't a surprise to him since the others would've sent a mental image of him and his whereabouts to the others. He runs but he has to stop and catch his breath a few times plus the wound isn't helping him none. All of a sudden a stun blast hits him right in the shoulder causing him to fall to the ground that is when a Wraith Warrior comes into view and he fires his pistol twice which hits the Wraith right in the chest. The Wraith never got back up again. "Get up Heath unless you want to die," Heath says to himself. He gets back onto his feet and runs. He has from the Wraith throughout the day and trying not to engage them because they're traveling in packs of 8 or more. A couple of times he caught a Wraith Warrior alone and they were easy picking. The Darts are circling above him and the hairs on his back are standing up and Wraith Warriors and officers are quickly approaching his position he understands that the Wraith lies to him it possibly a locator beacon leading them right to him but then again he could be wrong they might be sensing his presence. He has to fight his way through some of the Wraith to keep from getting surrounded. Heath knows that he can't fight the Wraith in hand-to hand combat with the blade still stuck in his ribs. He runs in the wrong direction and runs right to the edge of a cliff with a huge river on the other side. He didn't have a chance to run because the Wraith appeared. Two came charging at him with knives in their hands he shoots them dead with his pistol. Two more came at him and they met the same fate as the other two. He can hear the Darts coming in he knows he doesn't have a chance against Darts. The Wraith fire multiple stun blast at him and Heath falls off the cliff. He hits the icy cold water hard and that is all he remembers. Heath wakes up in a cave with his head hurting; he touches his head and felt a bandage there. He looks around and sees the glow of a fire. He sees a figure approaching him with the vest of an Atlantis personal. The figure gets eye level with him and Heath recognize him as Lieutenant Aidan Ford. "Ford," he says.

"I guess you're surprise to see me again colonel," Ford says to him.

"I read Sheppard's mission report how the hell did u get off the Hive before it exploded."

"The same way Sheppard made it off the Hive by using a Dart. I landed the Dart and went through the gate back to my hideout. I only had two men left we continue to fight the Wraith helping people out when we could but tried to keep a low profile for as long as possible. Of course we got some Intel and came through the Stargate and attacked some Wraith but we didn't realize what we got ourselves into we walked into a hornet's nest this planet is full of Wraith in their Stronghold. I lost both of my men in time until I was the only one standing. The gate is constantly guarded by a dozen Wraiths with Darts patrolling the skies. How are Sheppard, Doctor Weir, Rodney, Carson, and Teyla doing?" Heath could tell that Ford has change from the man in Sheppard's report.

"Thanks from pulling me out of the water. I hate to be the barrier of bad news but Doctor Weir is dead she was killed by the replicators 3 years ago. Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard and the rest are good and they should be coming to rescue me soon and you can come back with us." Heath tells Ford everything that happen since Sheppard last saw him. "I was at your funeral and Sheppard spoke at it. He didn't say anything bad about you Ford. I wish we knew you were still alive and we would've brought you back home to Atlantis. I understand why you like have the abilities you do and I thought you would've been a great aspect to the team, but your methods of proving your wroth wasn't the best approach."

"Colonel your story is very colorful and I believe you."

"Now we need to get off this planet," Heath says.

"I agree with you 100% colonel." Heath wanted to correct him on it but decided not to. "The gate is completely secure it would take several teams to break through the gate and not to mention the Darts patrolling nearby."

"Ford lets go kill some Wraith then," Heath says.

"Well first we're going to need more weapons and I only have a handful of rounds for my P90 left."

"Do you know where to find some more weapons and ammo?" Ford nods his head and Heath follows him. The pair enters an abandon town that has been overgrown with nature for many years. Heath follows him into a Warehouse and sees bodies that have been dead for years wearing the uniforms of the Genii.

"This use to be a Genii world a long time ago until it was Culled by the Wraith and pretty much destroyed. They fought back but were defeated. I'm hoping some of their weapons still work."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I found a room filled with records up until they were culled." They go through the boxes of crates and find shotguns and a few sidearm the Genii love so much. They clean the weapons and load them. Heath felt the Wraith approaching and he decided to set an ambush for them. Ford was egger to kill some Wraith. They find a hatch to an underground bunker. They decide to first engage the Wraith in the town before entering the bunker. The first group arrived just as they finish getting weapons into positions and setting several traps for the Wraith. Lieutenant Ford fires first killing multiple Wraith Warriors two start to stand back up but he fires another burst of fire from his P90 putting the two Wraith Warriors down for good. He falls back. General Horton is there to cover Ford; he kills two Wraiths pursuing him. A third appears out of nowhere and knocks Ford into pole. The Wraith gets ontop of his preparing to feed when a knife appears through the Wraith Warriors head. Heath pushes the Wraith off of Ford and helps him back onto his feet. They pick up several shotguns and SMGs and hurried away. A Wraith officer appears, but Heath fires multiple rounds from his SMG into the Wraith's chest and one round went into its head. Ford nails another one. They separate so they want be easy targets for the Wraith. One Wraith steps into a snare and is yank skywards. Heath comes up to the Wraith officer trying to free himself and fires a round into the Wraith's brain. Ford kills another one in a similar fashion. A Dart swoops in and deposit more troops in the street. Stun blast hit all around Lieutenant Ford and General Horton. A spike impales a Wraith officer in the chest when he sat off one of the traps, but he manages to pull himself off of the spike a Wraith Warrior was standing next to him when it happened therefore he feeds on the Wraith Warrior but a round from General Horton's pistol blows a huge whole into the Wraith's head. Ford and Heath headed for the underground bunker constantly dodging stun blast and Culling beams. They made it to the bunker and slide down the ladder just before two Darts strafe the area. Four Wraith Warriors and one officer follows them into the bunker but are killed just as they came down the ladder. A Wraith grenade enters the bunker but General Devon Horton and Lieutenant Aidan Ford see the grenade and move further back, but the noise was intensified in the bunker. No more Wraiths came in after the grenade went off. Heath and Aidan are able to catch a breather, but Heath wonders why they aren't coming in after them.

At the Wraith Stronghold the Wraith King is watching the hunt from one of the probes that was sent out. He turns to the Hive Queen that brought General Horton to the planet. "He's quite resourceful for a human."

"Yes he is," the Hive Queen replies. "Are they trapped?"

"Yes they are trap I have units at the nearest exits," The Wraith king replies. He leaves leaving the Hive queen alone to watch the probe.

Guide's Hive Ship emerges from hyperspace above the planet General Horton is on. He takes a shuttle down to the planet and lands at the stronghold. Wraith Warriors line up on either side of the path leading into the stronghold. He sees Darts fly overhead. The Wraith King is there to meet him. "Come with my Guide the Wraith Hive Queen who captured the Lantian wishes to speak with you." He follows the Wraith King to his chamber. The Hive Queen was setting on his thrown.

"Guide tells me what you know about these new Lantians especially the one we captured. I know you where a prisoner to them at one point in time."

"Yes I was my queen," he answers making a little bow. "These new Lantians are not those we face before. They only inherited the Lantian technology. The one you captured my queen has a very high rank similar to that of a queen he also posses gifts."

"The ship we face is it Lantian design or did these humans from Earth built the ship."

"Its Lantian design my queen it was built during our war with the Lantians but wasn't finish."

"It's a formal ship, but I'm sure they will come to rescue their leader and when they do we will destroy them. You see Guide we have set a trap for the Lantians when they arrive." Guide looks around at the Wraith Warriors around and at the Cleverman around then back at the queen. "Now return to your ship and prepare for the Lantian's arrival." Guide bows and departs follow by the Wraith King.

"Guide a quick word before you depart." He follows him to the Wraith King's quarters. "Guide we must make sure the Lantians get the Emperor's son out of here."

"How do we do that?" Guide asks.

"We may have to help the Lantians by attacking our own Hives."

"Want we be punish by the Royal Family if we attack Hives and Cruisers loyal to the Royal Family?"

"The Empress wants to rule over the Wraith and get rid of her son. The Emperor did a fine job keeping the Wraith together and making sure we wouldn't starve but except the Wraith that rebelled against our Royal Family. They have been culling worlds since they were awakened by the new Lantians. The Emperor has many Wraiths at his disposal to quail this Civil War between rival Hives but they must be awakened to do so, but I believe the Empress is ready to escalate this Civil War in not just between rival hives but against her and her son. I know you're aware that Supply Ships from the home world have to be escorted by Hive ships and cruisers in order to make sure that the rebel Wraith don't attack and take the human cargo for themselves. I think we should choose a side Guide. I choose the emperor's side and his son's side. Which side do you choose Guide?"

"I choose the side of the son Merenwen and the Emperor of the entire Wraith." Guide responds.

"Return to your ship my old friend." Guide returns to his Hive and prepare for the Hammer's arrival and the Wraith King returns to the throne room.

General Horton and Lieutenant Ford didn't get much sleep because they didn't want the Wraith to sneak up on them which the Wraith tried but were driven back topside. Heath wonders how many exits are being watched by the Wraith but he knows that they can't stay where they are because they will starve. Just as they were about two head further into the underground bunker four Wraith Warriors slid down the ladder but Heath and Aidan made short work of them. They leave. More Wraiths descended into the underground bunker from the main entrance now the game of Cat and Mouse is underway. The Wraith Warriors set off a few trip wires connected to the grenades, but the more wounded Wraith Warriors are fed on by those who where lightly wounded. The Wraith pursued them. A few times Heath and Ford had to turn around and fire on the few Wraiths that manage to gain on them, but by the time they finish dispatching the last Wraith more showed up and another firefight broke out. Ford tosses a smoke grenade every time they needed to withdraw. They are both running out of ammo. They have only one option to get to the surface and make it to the gate and wait for the rescue party arrives. They headed to one of the exits Ford went first and he signal for Heath to join him. They stand still for a few minutes listening but no Wraith are nearby and Heath doesn't sense them near them either. They close the exit and place grenades so it will drop inside when the Wraith open the lid. They headed for the gate. It was slow moving at first because they had to hide from Wraith heading to the underground bunker. They stop at a stream to get some cold water and that is when a Wraith probe finds them. Heath shoots at the probe with his pistol destroying it. "Fuck now they know where we are." Heath says. Ford nods. They hear the wine of a Dart. They take cover and the Dart beams Wraith Warriors and two officers downright were they were a second ago. Heath and Ford open fire onto the Wraith. The Wraith return fire he ducks and he sees a blast mark on the tree behind him. "Ford, those are lethal weapons!" Heath charges at the Wraith. He takes one of the deadly weapons from the Wraith and kills the Wraith with his own weapon. He fires at the other Wraith killing them with the same weapon. After being shot once by this new weapon no Wraith manage to get back up. Ford joins him.

"So the Wraith has a new toy to play with?"

"It would seem so," Heath replies. He looks at the Wraith weapon its similar to their Spear Stunner but instead of a stunner its fires the same plasma from their Darts. He notices a stunner in the Wraith holsters and pulls that out and fires. The pistol stunner is still the same. "We need to get to the gate." They leave the area. Heath takes the Lethal Spear weapon.

Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard and the others are waiting for the MALP to sweep the area with the automated .50 caliber machinegun ontop before they pass through the event horizon. A Private First Class in the United States Army is using a laptop to operate the MALP and the gun. The MALP was design by General Horton two years ago but has only been fielded by his men. The Wraith guarding the gate didn't stand a chance. Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard and his team except for Rodney are the first ones through the gate follow by Major Lorne and his team, and a squad of Army Rangers, and then followed by Major Rhodes and his team. A MALP follows Major Rhodes team through the gate carrying extra equipment including SAM Launchers. The Lantians are next through the gate and the last team through the gate bringing up the rear is a team of marines. Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard tells the marines they are responsible for securing the gate. A squad of Lantians volunteers to assist the marines. The marines began unloading the supply crates to set up a firebase against the Wraith that might attack after they find a place to setup the firebase. A Lantian finds some old ruins ontop of a hill which would serve their purpose. The supply crates have a couple of .50 cal machineguns, a minigun, a mortar, and two SAM turrets. Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard and the rest that are not assigned to Firebase Alpha headed into the woods to find General Horton. A Dart flies over the Stargate but a marine armed with a Stinger brings the Dart down before it could return to base. Trouble arose when Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard and the others entered an old abandon village because Wraith began to arrive. They didn't have anywhere to run and hide so they prepare to ambush the Wraith. They took cover behind anything they could find. The Wraith entered the village and Sheppard is the first to fire. The Wraith is cut to pieces by the weapons of the peoples of Earth and by the Lantians. Another wave of Wraith arrived. A Dart swoops in but couldn't cull anyone. The Wraith warriors return fire an Army Ranger is struck in the chest his teammate sees a burn mark where his chest is and checks his pulse and there wasn't any. A Lantian fires his weapon at the Wraith Warriors heading towards him he drops three of them but the fourth feeds on him. A Ranger kills the Wraith while he was feeding but the Lantian was already dead. Ronon shoots several Wraiths that are trying to climb ontop of the buildings where two Rangers armed with sniper rifles are inflecting heavy damage onto the Wraith. A Dart flies over the buildings and culls the two Rangers. The battle lasted another flew minutes until the last remaining Wraith are neutralize by small arms fire and from Lantian pistols similar to the ones the Replicators use. Another Dart flies over their heads but a Ranger blows it out of the sky with his Stinger. They headed into the woods where the woods would offer protection against the Darts culling beams. The marines at Firebase Alpha can hear the sounds of gunfire it will only be a matter of time before Wraith reinforcements arrive at the Stargate. Once they made it into the woods Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard gets a headcount. Two Rangers culled one Ranger KIA, and five Lantians KIA not bad odds and one of Rhodes' men wounded from shrapnel from the Darts firing on the buildings. They know they're going to need Jumpers to find General Horton. Sheppard radios the marines and ask them to dial the gate and send the Jumpers on through. A Lantian volunteers to dial the gate and just as she finishes dialing a Dart swoops in and culls her. Two Jumpers come through the gate both piloted by Lantians and they cloak once through the gate. Sheppard radios the Jumpers telling one of them to provide air cover for Firebase Alpha and the other one to head to his position. The Jumpers split up. The Jumper lands in a clearing near Sheppard's position. Six Army Rangers exit the Jumper along with two Lantians. A Lantian comes up to Sheppard. "John we have Heath's Location. He's heading for the gate and there is lots of Wraith after him. He's accompanied by another human." Sheppard sent Major Lorne and his team back to the gate to make sure everything is prepared. The rest headed to meet with General Horton.

General Horton and Ford hear gunshots and they recognize the sounds coming from P90s. heath and Ford head in the direction of the gunfire. A Dart strafes the area behind them. Heath fires the Lethal Spear weapon striking the Dart in the tail and it plunges into the earth. The Wraith is still after them a lethal round messes Heath by inches. He returns fire killing two Wraith Warriors and one officer. Ford kills two more and then they continue to run. The Wraith fired a combination of stun blast and lethal blast at them but nothing hit them. Heath hears someone yell, "Hit the deck!" heath and Ford jump onto the ground. A hail of lead hits the Wraith pursing them. The Wraith even with their healing abilities couldn't withstand that much firepower. He looks up and sees a Lantian holding a minigun. "General are you alright?" Major Rhodes asks him.

"Yes, thanks to Lieutenant Ford," he replies. They all look at Ford. Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard was about to say something to Ford but Heath interrupts him. "We can all catch up later right now there are thousands of Wraith pursuing me lets head to a more defensive position." They nod in agreement. "Colonel Sheppard, is the Hammer on its way?"

"Yes sir," Sheppard responds. They made it to Firebase Alpha. They start preparing for the Wraith arrival. General Horton briefed them about the new weapon in the Wraith's arsenal. They didn't have to wait long before Darts began showing up and making sure no one can make it to the gate. Three Darts are taken out on the first pass two more are taken out on the second pass. Wraith ground troops began arriving on the third Dart pass. Heath fires his P90 that he took from a case as the Wraith appeared over the hill. First the Wraith tried to rush them, but that didn't work out so well for them. Two marines are stun but no KIAs. The Wraith stops their attack so reinforcements could arrive. The men and women at Firebase Alpha reloaded and prepared themselves for the next assault. A medic checks on the two stun marines both where unconscious and would be for several hours maybe less. The Wraith attacked again and they were beaten back. A few Army Rangers takes a stun blast to their chest, but the medic says they'll be fine.

The Hammer is cruising through hyperspace. Captain Dave looks around his bridge. The Lantians and the people of Earth are working well together. "I want shields up five minutes before we exit hyperspace and the cloak engaged and make sure we are outside of the Hives sensor range and get in contact with our people on the ground."

"Yes sir," the bridge crew replies. Colonel Caldwell looks at the Lantian captain. The ship exits hyperspace.

"How many ships are in orbit?" Colonel Caldwell asks Marks. A screen pops up.

"Seven hives, a dozen cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 supply ship," Marks replies.

"Captain, we have two cruisers coming up behind us," a Lantian says.

"Do you think they saw us before we cloak?" Colonel Caldwell asks.

"I don't know Colonel Caldwell," Captain Dave replies. "Decloak and lets deal with these cruisers first and then will destroy the Hive that brought General Horton here with the MG Cannon." the Hammer decloak and fires the Arcturus Heavy Batteries that are on the sides the Wraith Cruisers are on. The cruisers didn't have a chance to fire a shot. The Hammer reengages the cloak and heads to deal damage to the Hive. The Hammer pilot lines up a clear shot to gut the Hive into. The MG Cannon is hot and ready to fire. "Fire," Dave ordered. The MG cannon fires and guts the Hive into. The Hives and Cruisers open fire at empty space. "Let's see how much damage we can cause before they find us if they can find us." The 30: Arcturus Heavy Batters began blasting away at the Hives and cruisers. The Hammer pilot does some amazing flying while cloak and by getting the Arcturus Heavy Batteries on target. It takes several shots to destroy the Wraith ships. Several of the Hive Queens order their ships to split up since they are all in a formation to do the maximum amount of damage to the Lantian ship when it came out of hyperspace. A Hive ship manages to fire its weapons and by luck hits the Hammer numerous times before the Hive was destroyed by several shots from three forward Arcturus Heavy Batteries. The cloak fails and the ship comes visible to the Wraith. The Hammer heads for the other side of the planet to come up behind the Wraith. Colonel Caldwell uses the radio in the meantime to contact Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard planet side.

"Colonel Sheppard, have you found General Horton yet?" A pause then Sheppard's voice comes through on the radio along with the sounds of gunfire.

"We have General Horton and are at some old ruins holding the Wraith off. We can't dial out can you beam us up." That was when General Horton gets on the radio.

"Colonel Caldwell, under no circumstance are you to beam me up there's a device in me that will not allow me to leave this planet it must be removed before I can leave."

"I understand sir; I'll beam Doctor Keller down to remove the device." Colonel Caldwell hears gunfire and General Horton shouting orders. The transmission ended. The Hammer fires a few Railguns at incoming Darts that were launch to pursue them. The Hammer goes around the planet but is surprise to see ten Hives supported by ten cruisers. "It's a trap," Colonel Caldwell says.

"Looks like we're going to have to do this the hard way," Sergeant Matt says. Captain Dave looks at them.

"Do I have green across the board?" He asks. Captain Dave has been around the peoples of Earth for a long time and I have learned how they talk now.

"Shields at 110%, Railguns ready, MG Cannon ready, Arcturus Heavy Batteries at 100%, Quad PPG turrets at 100%, drones ready we are ready to kick some Wraith ass," a Lantian says.

"Launch all unman Interceptors and F-302s, have Jumpers on standby." Colonel Mitchell, Captain Kelly whose in charge of Red Squadron headed for their F-302s. Colonel Mitchell is in charge of Blue Squadron and Lieutenant Frank Mitch is in charge of Green Squadron. They take to the skies. The Lantians and the Hammer's Artificial Intelligence gave the Ancient Unman Interceptors instructions to defend the ship from Wraith Darts and to help the F-302s on their missions. "Pick your targets and fire at will." The Wraith cruisers came in first. One cruiser swings away, the Hammer turning to match and opens fire with a combination of railguns and Arcturus Heavy Batteries. The cruiser only lasted a minute. The second cruiser met a similar fate and the third crashes into a fourth and they both explode. Captain Dave gets up and heads over to Lieutenant Megan monitoring the shield status. He noticed that forward shield at 99%. The rest are reading 100 to 105%. Darts are all around but the Interceptors and F-302s are taking many of them out. The Interceptors are also shielded. The Quad PPG turrets and Railguns have destroyed numerous Darts. One Hive ship fires but hits a cruiser instead. A wave of Drones is sent out to neutralize the first Hive to enter the battle. The Hive ship didn't last long. The other Hives held their course and a screen pops up and he sees why. The Hives and cruisers they engage before are on their way. Three Wraith ships are not moving. The shields are still taking fire from the cruisers and Darts but are holding. One cruiser shields the Hammer from fire from two Wraith Cruisers and the Wraith Cruiser that shielded them return fire on their own. Captain Dave and the others on the bridge didn't understand what is going on. He takes the opportunity to try to escape from the trap and to recharge the shields some. The F-303s and Interceptors blew a path through the Darts for the Hammer. They can hear the pilots talking in the background. So far no F-302s have been lost and only two Interceptors have been destroyed. The Hammer takes a view glancing shots to its vertical shield which drop to 98%. The Hammer's rear armaments return fire destroying the Hive attacking them with the help of some AI control drones. The Hammer moves away from the Wraith fleet and gives their shields time to recharge however the forward shields are recharging but very slow forward shields where at 60% when they disengage from the battle the Lantians can't figure out what happened to the shield emitters.

"Doctor McKay we need you to find out what happened to the forward shield emitters," Colonel Caldwell says into McKay's radio. "I would hurry up, Hive ships and cruisers moving towards us plus their lone destroyer." Doctor Rodney McKay heads to a station at the secondary bridge to run a diagnostic on the forward shield emitters. In the meantime everyone is preparing to reengage the Wraith. The diagnostic shows that the Forward Shield emitters were damage somehow. The Hammer's AI can't figure it out either. The AI tells everyone that the Wraith Destroyer is heading their way at full speed and she was certain the Wraith Destroyer would attack the forward shield and destroy the bridge. The MG Cannon isn't recharge it seems like there are technical difficulties occurring with the ship under the battle conditions. Several Darts have already crash into the aft and starboard shields. A screen pops up and Rodney looks at the Wraith destroyer which is armed to the teeth. An Aurora Class ship wouldn't stand a chance against the destroyer Rodney hopes that the Hammer will or they'll all be suffocating in space. The destroyer begins firing on the Hammer. The Hammer returns fire with Railguns, Arcturus Heavy Batteries and the Quad PPG turrets for the incoming Darts. However the destroyer wasn't damage. The AI scans the destroyer by sending in an Interceptor. The scans are sent to the bridge.

"Sir MG Cannon is at 80% and climbing slowly. Sir, the forward shields are down to 40%."

"Let me know when the MG Cannon gets to 90% then fire."

"MG Cannon is now at 91% firing." The MG Cannon and hits the destroyer head on. Arcturus Heavy Batteries follow after that. The destroyer is gutted. Everyone on board the Hammer cheered, but radar indicates the Hives heading their way. A Dart swam into the aft shields but isn't having any effect on the shields.

Colonel Mitchell and his squadron along with the other F-302s have been dogfighting with Darts trying to keep as many of them from firing on the Hammer and crashing into the ship shields. He can hear the reports coming over the radio from the Hammer. The Ancient Unman Interceptors assign to help them out have done a very good job keeping the Wraith Darts from getting kill shots on them. Colonel Mitchell and his squadron head to engage an enemy cruiser following the same flight path as the Hammer when it pulled away. Colonel Mitchell didn't know what damage a F-302 can do to a cruiser but he is determine to find out because right now the Hammer isn't moving towards any Wraith ships its letting them come to it. The cruiser has already used its Darts and only a handful of them remain to defend the ship from attack. The Ancient Unman Interceptros blows pass them clearing a way for the F-302s. Colonel Mitchell is carrying a WMD which he hopes would neutralize the cruiser. He gets a lock and fires. The Wraith cruiser is neutralized taking out another cruiser that was beside it that they didn't see it also neutralized the Darts that were sent out. Colonel Mitchell cheers in victory. He sees three massive waves of Darts heading for the Hammer. He radios the Hammer telling them of the attack. Colonel Caldwell tells them that they see them. Colonel Mitchell orders all F-302s and five Jumpers to head to intercept the waves of Darts. They headed to intercept the Darts. Colonel Mitchell knows that many Darts will get pass them hopefully the Interceptors will be able to stop some of them. Rodney and Colonel Carter are trying to get the forward shields back working properly. So far they haven't found anything yet. The Darts are getting closer but the Interceptors, F-302s, and Jumpers are heading to take has many of them out as possible.

"Serenity, how many Darts are inbound." Captain Dave asks the AI.

"Five hundred," she replies.

"No part of this ship will survive if all those Darts hit this ship," McKay says. Captain Dave ordered the Lantian in the drone chair to launch six hundred drones. Many of the five hundred Darts are destroyed but some manage to get through and hit the shields. Two F-302s were lost, a Jumper was lost, and five Interceptors were lost. The hives and cruisers sent out no more Darts to engage the Lantian warship. The Hive ships are moving closer to the Hammer along with the surviving cruisers. Finally McKay and Carter figure out what the problem was a damage crystal and lucky for them they have some replacement crystals onboard. Finally the forward shields are recharging their normal speed, but one Quad PPG turret was destroyed and one railgun. Captain Dave orders the Hammer to head for a collision of the nearest Hive. Two Hives are further away from the rest of the Wraith fleet so Captain Dave hopes he can take these two Hives out before the rest of the fleet arrives. He's going to try a risking maneuver against the first Hive heading straight for them. The Hammer and the Hive are approaching at maximum sublight just before they are about to collide, the Captain who transfer the flight controls to the captain's chair goes over the hive and does a back flip colonel Caldwell and many others never seen a ship do this before except F-302s and fighters. The maneuver gets the MG Cannon in a clear firing range to blast the Hive into. They fired the MG Cannon which splits the Hive into and the Hammer passes right through it. The side Quad PPG turrets and the Arcturus Heavy Batteries fired on the Hive. Bodies of Wraith hit the ship shields. He does the same maneuver on the other Hive ship and on a cruiser. The captain then has another idea how to deal with four Hives the rest retreated. He knows this maneuver may compromise the shields and the ship but it may be the only way to beam down Doctor Keller to remove the device from General Horton. The four Hives pair down onto the Hammer. Their shields have had time to recharge too much after the last two encounters with the Wraith. The shields are still holding and so are the forward shields but the vertical shields are nearly depleted. He knows what the Wraith are doing they are trying to disable the ship so they can board the ship. The crew of the Hammer doesn't understand why Captain Dave isn't shooting back and the Wraith ships are getting closer and closer. He had Serenity lock out everyone from the controls of the ship including him everything is in her hands now, but she could see what Captain Dave is planning through the captain's chair. He brings up the vertical shield down to 20% and falling rapidly. He tells her to engage cloak and head downwards. Before the Wraith ships arrived all F-302s and others were recalled. He has her to beam two WMD out in the middle where they where and to go to maximum sublight to escape the blast. The WMDs detonated destroying all four Hives and three cruisers that were nearby. The Hammer then headed towards where General Horton and the others are. They beam Doctor Keller and five Lantians down to the planet.

General Horton goes over to meet them. "Have the Wraith attacked again?" Doctor Keller asks. Heath shakes his head.

"How is everything going up stairs?" She begins to tell them everything she was informed about.

"Dam the Daedalus, Apollo, and the others would have already been destroyed by now." Colonel Sheppard says.

"Yeah they sure would have but those Ancients sure knew a lot about shields," Major Rhodes says. For some odd reason the Wraith choose that time to attack them however F-302s fly down and drop bombs onto the Wraith. The Wraith turns around and headed back to the Stronghold and the Hammer fires several Railgun blast into the crowed Wraith as they tried to flee.

"Hammer why don't you go destroys that Wraith Stronghold before the Hive ships reinforcements arrive," General Horton suggested. The Hammer heads towards the Wraith Stronghold in orbit and prepared to fire Drones and Arcturus Heavy Batteries. The Wraith Hive Queen was fixing to escape to her shuttle when the Wraith King stabs her multiple times in the chest. She looked at him.

"The empress will know what you have done," she says.

"Good, now it is time for the true Wraith Civil War to begin. Once the Emperor finds out about his son existence and how his mother had tried to kill him when he was confirm to be alive. He will rally those that will follow him against his mother and those that follow her."

"it will not succeed the Empress has already prepare for when the Emperor finds out he will die and she will assume the throne and you know that every Wraith will bow to her. He will not be killed by a Wraith but by a Lantian we have already captured." She dies. All of a sudden the stronghold is hit. He knows the Lantian ship is firing on it he heads to his cruiser surrounded by his loyal men. He boards the cruiser and heads for space not bothering to fire on the Lantian ship and jump to hyperspace. As soon as the cruiser jumps into hyperspace more hyperspace windows open and six Super Hives emerge along with eight destroyers. The crew on board the Hammer looks at the screens throughout the ship and on their handheld screens they were speechless. Captain Dave looks at his crew and the humans on the bridge including Rodney McKay and Colonel Carter. "It's been a honor serving with you all. Serenity, beam the men on the planet back onboard the ship including General Horton." Colonel Caldwell was about to protest but he wanders if the Wraith where lying to him so he lets it sly.

"Aye Aye sir, beaming surface team to the ship so we can all die together sir," she says in amusement way. They are beam onboard. Colonel Sheppard, Teyla, Ronon, Major Rhodes, General Horton, and Doctor Keller are beam to the bridge. General Horton looks around confuse as to what happen.

"General I had a feeling the Wraith lied to you it's just a transmitter that in all Runners." Captain Dave tells him. Doctor Keller please takes him to the infirmary to get that transmitter remove I will not go into hyperspace until that transmitter is out and deactivated. Colonel Caldwell and Colonel Carter are staring at Lieutenant Ford.

"Come on Ford lets go have you check out," Sheppard says to him. He accompanies Ford to the infirmary. Doctor Beckett is surprise to see Lieutenant Ford again.

"Good to see you again doc," Ford says. "And no sedative doc." Doctor Beckett takes a blood sample and also does a scan. He examines Ford's backpack and finds more of the Wraith enzyme in it. "I see you're still on the enzyme?"

"Yes but I don't need it like I use too I can go days without it now."

"Amazing," he says. Doctor Keller sedates General Horton so she can do surgery to remove the transmitter from the general's back.

Meanwhile while Lieutenant Ford and General Horton are in the infirmary the Super Hives and the destroyers are getting closer. One destroyer gets within range and the Hammer opens up still cloak with her forward Arcturus Heavy Batteries it takes multiple shots to finally destroy the destroyer. Another Destroyer meets a similar fate. They hope the cloak on the Hammer is far superior to those on the Jumpers but they are wrong has soon as they got within range of the Super Hives weapons they start taking hits the cloak only last five seconds and the Hammer's shields takes multiple hits. The Wraith has two Super Hives firing onto the Hammer the shields are holding but are falling rapidly. The Hammer returns fire with all weapons except the MG Cannon which is charging. The shield near the engines is at 50% and falling every three hits. Forward shields are down to 85% are falling every five hits. Finally the MG Cannon is charge and it fires blowing a huge hole into the Super Hive in front of them which cuts the ship. The Hammer uses its sublight engines to escape the trap but it still taking fire in the tail from the other Hive. The MG Cannon is recharging. Another Super Hive is moving to intercept the Lantian ship. All of sudden they take multiple hits which cause the ship to stop. McKay looks at his laptop and he looks at everyone on the ship. The look on Rodney's face is pure dread. Colonel Carter takes the laptop from Rodney. "One of the hyperdrive engines have been taken out and one sublight engine. We can still maneuver but not very much and we can still jump into hyperspace but only throughout Pegasus." They see another Super Hive heading straight for them.
"Doctor Keller is the transmitter out yet?" Colonel Caldwell asks.

"Almost Colonel gives me 3 minutes," she says.

"Set a course for that Super Hive we're going to blast right through it and jumper to hyperspace on the other side of the ship." Captain Dave says to the Lantian pilot. The pilot sets the course. The Super Hive launches a wave of Darts at the Hammer. The Quad PPG Turrets and the Railguns go to work destroying the Wraith Darts. The Arcturus Heavy Batteries fire on the Super Hive when they got within range. The MG Cannon is almost at full capacity. Two seconds go by and the MG Cannon is hot. The MG Cannon fire cutting the ship and the Hammer goes through the ship. The Hammer is firing the Arcturus Heavy Batteries as they make their way through. Serenity sees something wrong with two of the ZPMS they are fixing to overload and with her genus have broken the Wraith jamming codes just a few minutes ago beams them onto two Wraith destroyers and the Hammer jumps into hyperspace. Todd watch has the battle unfolded without doing anything then his Hive jumps into hyperspace.