Where the Ocean Meets the Sky
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Chapter Five – Special Offers.
The plain manila envelope was marked,
Attn: Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard.
c/o: Brigadier General Jack O'Neill.
Homeworld Security.
It had been hand delivered and except for those belonging to a few assistants, was free of fingerprints. It was also free of anthrax, plague, explosives and spam. An x-ray revealed that the envelope contained a single Polaroid. Jack, a firm believer of privacy laws, attached a memo about personal mail going through the usual and appropriate channels and sent the envelope to join those waiting delivery to Atlantis.
Due to circumstance, that were not entirely unexpected or unforeseen, it took almost two months for the envelope to reach its intended destination.
The Polaroid showed a dark, dingy cave-like with a glowing, fully charges ZPM sitting on a pedestal in the foreground.
John flipped the photo over, re-reading the words carefully printed on the back
"John,
Let's make a deal.
Love Lara"
To be continued…
SGA/Tomb Raider
"Happy Festive Season"