Found - part 12

Atlantis ... cancelled ... I'm in shock.

Karelle walked briskly through the woods, Jase jogging in her wake.

"Where exactly are we going?" He asked.

"To try and save your child from being fatherless." Karelle responded.

"How?"

Karelle didn't answer immediately, but quickened her pace and started to navigate down a hill.

"If Jack, Sam and Tally were transported without having to go to the woods, I can only assume the, uh . . . magnet field Sam told us of has been removed. And if that's true, then their ship should work."

"Their ship? You mean the F-302?"

"I do."

"You intend to fly it?" Jase asked incredulously. Karelle shot him a sly sideways look. "Not I."

"Me?" Jase blanched. "What makes you think I can fly it?"

"Did Tally not teach you what her mother taught her?"

"Well, yes, but that's a little different to actually flying it."

"Do you feel confident enough to try? For the sake of your child?"

Jase looked at her for a long moment. "Yes." He said with quiet resolve.

Karelle started walking again.

"You know we're going in the wrong direction?" Jase called out to her.

She stopped. "I am?"

He grinned. "Follow me."

After arming themselves with zats from the weapons locker, the group of six on the Gemini split into pairs, and headed for the bridge.

Jack and Haley got in the elevator together, and Haley said 'Bridge'.

Jack gave her a surprised look. "That's it?" He asked.

Haley frowned, confused. "What's it?"

"You just say 'Bridge'? Like in Star Trek?"

Haley grinned. "Pretty neat, huh?"

"Yeah." Jack smiled. "Neat."

Suddenly the lights went out, and they felt the elevator stop moving.

"Ah, Haley?" Jack started.

"It's not supposed to do this." Haley answered, looking concernedly at the control panel on the wall.

"Right." Jack sighed and leant back against the wall. "I'm guessing Kennedy?"

"Probably." Haley answered. "If it is, there's nothing I can do from here."

"And if it's not Kennedy?"

Haley paused. "Chances are there's nothing I can do from here."

Jack sighed again. "Right."

As they headed through the ship's corridors, Daniel kept taking furtive sideways glances at Sam. Something was bothering him, but he wasn't sure if now was the time to bring it up. It was a conversation that was likely to get her upset.

"What, Daniel?" Sam said, losing her patience with her friend's obvious indecision, wanting him to just come out and say whatever it was that was on his mind.

"That obvious?" He asked sheepishly. Sam said nothing, so he sighed and relented.

"I was wondering why you waited so long to tell us about Luke. If it had been my son missing …"

"You would have told us immediately and insisted we go awol with the Gemini, to go flying round the galaxy looking for him." Sam said in a strained voice.

"I … well I …. I meant …" Daniel stuttered.

Sam looked at him tiredly. "There's more to this than we've told you."

Daniel blinked. "Oh?"

"We can't get into it now, there isn't time, but I promise, as soon as we have control of the ship, I'll tell you everything."

Teal'c made his way stealthily along the corridors, heading for the main bridge. Tally followed close behind him, matching his movements as he darted passed each security camera.

"How likely is it that Kennedy will see us?" Tally whispered.

"It is likely. He will be watching for us, I am sure of it." Teal'c responded.

"Of course he will." Tally sighed. Teal'c smiled, and whispered back, after darting past another camera:

"You have picked up many of your father's mannerisms."

Tally gave him a look. "I'm not sure whether to thank you or hit you for that comment."

"It was not meant as an insult." Teal'c assured her.

They reached the door of the bridge, and Teal'c held up his hand to stop Tally. He signaled to her that upon entering, they would go in two different directions, and that he would attempt to shoot Kennedy with his zat. Tally nodded. Teal'c tried the door. It made an odd electrical noise, but didn't open.

"I take it this isn't good." Tally whispered. Teal'c inclined his head.

"Major Kennedy has locked the door."

"Can you open it?" Tally asked.

"No."

They stood in silence for a moment. "So what now?" Tally asked. Teal'c thought for a moment.

"We could attempt to break into the adjoining office. It is unlikely Major Kennedy will have locked that door."

"Okay then. Sounds like a plan."

They moved back off down the corridor.

Sam and Daniel crawled along the access tube, which was at ceiling level with the main bridge. They were moving slowly so as to make as little noise as possible, for fear that Kennedy would hear them.

"God, I've missed this." Sam muttered under her breath. Daniel looked back at her with a quizzical look.

"The action. I've never been a 'stay-at-home-mom' type. The peace and quiet has been driving me crazy."

Daniel chuckled. "Somehow that doesn't surprise me." He smiled to himself. He had really missed Sam. There really was no one quite like her.

"This is it." He whispered back to Sam over his shoulder. "We're about to enter the space above the bridge." He and Sam slowly lowered themselves onto their stomachs, so as to make as little noise as possible as they moved above Kennedy.

"Here goes nothing."

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Beka