We, the Sparky Army, decree 2008 to be the Year of the Spark. We pledge to post a new sparky story or chapter of a sparky story every day from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Though the Powers that Be have removed Elizabeth Weir from the regular cast of Stargate Atlantis, we feel that she remains an integral part of the show, and that the relationship between her and John Sheppard is too obvious to be ignored. We hope that you, and anyone might happen to read these works, agree.

And if that isn't official enough for you, we don't know what is. Seriously, guys, we're just trying to have some fun--and show TPTB that Sparky is the way to go. So sit back and enjoy the 366 stories coming your way!

Authors Note (Hannah554): What could have happened, maybe still could, I'm going to keep think that lol.

Fate

By Hannah554

Chapter 2

Dropping out of hyperspace their information was confirmed straight away. They were picking up the formerly Ancient base but no life signs; it had been abandoned early in the war with the Wraith so subsequently no one knew about it except for them. It was a perfect place to set up, the perfect place to lay down their foundations. If the technology was anything like the standard on Atlantis it should be pretty well protected. They took the ship into orbit, through the atmosphere and then landed on the bases landing platform.

"Alright, have a team ready to go in five minutes, tell them to meet me at the hatch," Elizabeth ordered, she was rather excited to see what was waiting for her here. It wasn't quite the level of excitement she'd had when she'd first stepped through the stargate, when she'd left earth for Atlantis. Back then it had been about exploration and discovery, the chance to go somewhere and see things that no one else had, the chance to see what the Ancients had really be capable of. Now it was about survival, staying hidden and staying alive.

She left the bridge for her quarters, a room she hardly ever used. She might be part replicator now but she was also part human as well. This planet was a winter wasteland, snow, ice and mountains made up the entire world and still being human, she'd freeze to death out there. She grabbed her thick coat, zipping it up and pulling the hood up around her head, clipping it together to hold it tight around her head. She pulled her gloves on as she was leaving her room, hurrying to the hatch where the team was waiting.

Talis was with them, all of them wearing coats, not as thick as hers, they wouldn't feel the cold like she would but they would still feel it. Opening the door they were met by a strong gust of wind that threatened to blow them all off their feet. She could feel the cold straight away, like needles stabbing her face and trying to get at her through her coat.

"Let's hurry up and get inside," she suggested and there was no argument from her crew, they seemed as eager to get off the landing pad and inside as she was. Hopefully it wouldn't be so cold inside; she doubted it would be warm though, it had been abandoned for a long time after all. They hurried across the concrete surface, making it to the large double doors that didn't want to open. John's ancient gene would probably have been pretty useful here; he had a habit of activating systems just by walking into a room. Since she didn't have that she was just going to have to settle for trying this the old fashioned way.

"Pry them open," she ordered, two of the Replicators stepped forward using their superior strength to force the doors open. Inside was definitely warmer than outside but it was by no means warm. They flicked on their torches; in the barely illuminated corridors she could already see the similarities to Atlantis, the walls, floors and doors were all identical.

"Remind you of anywhere?" Talis questioned as she walked along the corridor beside her.

"Yeah," Elizabeth replied quietly "Home."

Talis gave her a disapproving look; she gave her quite a few of them whenever Atlantis was brought up. Deep down Elizabeth knew that if it was possible she'd go back but the situation as it was would never allow it, Talis knew that too. She had a duty to these people now, to the resistance she had helped to start, she couldn't just abandon that now. Even if she could, still couldn't go back, the Lantians would welcome her back with open arms and a quarantine room for a few hours until they confirmed she wasn't a threat, and then they'd accept her back into their lives. It didn't matter though, earth would never allow it, the IOA, the military, they'd wanted to get rid of her since long before all this had happened, they'd never let her go back now.

The base was amazing, they descended several flights of stairs, obviously the majority of the base was underground. It was a lot bigger than she'd been expecting, the information they'd found in the Ancient outpost a few weeks back had made it sound more like the base in Antarctica.

They found what was clearly the control room and through the glass windows they could just about make out the shape of a stargate in the dark. Suddenly lights started coming on and Elizabeth turned to see one of her people stood by the controls. Demal was too impulsive to be a replicator really, "Guess there's still some power left", he stated as he continued to play with the computer.

"There's a video log", Talis said from another station bringing it up on the main screen, it was a woman, young and pretty, wearing the usual ancient uniform.

"We've been told to leave the base; to shut it down, the war with the wraith is going badly, Resources are stretched. Were the first base to be shut down but I doubt we will be the last. I feel this is a mistake, this is one of the few places the wraith don't know about but I have to follow orders, I'll leave one of the zero point modules, maybe this place will be used again in the future, whoever finds this recording, I hope you make a home here, as we have. This is commander Alira, for the last time".

"At least we know there's nothing wrong with the base, it's all ours" Talis said when the recording had finished and the screen went blank.

"Actually I'm having trouble with some of the systems. I can't activate them" Demal informed them.

"Which ones?" Talis questioned, she and Elizabeth walked over to the station he was working at.

"A few but the shields and cloaks are among them and if we do get found here, were going to want them" Demal told them and realisation dawned on Elizabeth.

"The ancient gene" she said quietly, "The ancients technology is designed to respond to the ancient gene, some don't even function without it, we need someone with the ancient gene".