CHAPTER 118
EPISODE……………………MILLER'S CROSSING
(A.N. There is something I did at the end of this chapter that many may or may not agree with. Seeing as it is a fanfic, it didn't really happen. However, I am not a judgmental person and believe doing so is against God.)
Rodney had got tired of working with the Wraith and they had yet to let him go. That being the case, Rodney and several other people, including Ford, were in another lab with tables that the people were at on their laptops, while Rodney and Ford were looking at the three large dry eraser boards that had lots of very difficult math about nanite machines on them. For the last hour, Ford and Rodney had been going back and forth on a couple of smaller dry eraser boards in each others hands and making changes to the bigger ones in front of them.
"Maybe if we, no that won't work." Rodney said.
"It won't if you don't try." Ford stated.
"This is what I was thinking but you can see the variables…" Rodney said while writing on his small board.
"Yeah, it wouldn't work. If you used this idea…." Ford said writing on his.
"No, that won't work…" Rodney said.
"It will if you, oh wait, can't do that." Ford said wiping it away.
"Now who's saying if you don't try?" Rodney countered.
"It would involve higher based math and…possibly use of some things in the T.A.R.D.I.S." Ford said.
"Oh, that won't work then."
"It could, but seeing as we want to change what the Replicators attack instead of…" Ford said.
"Destroying them, we don't need to give them ideas on better technology." Rodney said nodding.
"Are you two going to give us anything to work with or not?" Radek asked tiredly. "Since you refuse to have the Wraith come help us, since most of this is his ideas, and even Sam came down for a bit and didn't get us any farther, there is only one other person who could help."
"I don't need to call her." Rodney said.
"You could just email her." Radek said.
"Who are we talking about?" Ford asked.
"His sister." Radek said. "You two have been standing there muttering back and forth for over an hour. I'm probably not the only one to say this, my butt is tired and I am getting hungry."
"Everyone's dismissed. Go eat, or whatever. Be ready to be called back though." Ford said waving his hand as he set down his board. "You, call her."
"Why?" Rodney asked as everyone had grabbed their laptops and left.
"Because, she might be able to help and, she is family. Trust me Rodney, if something were to suddenly happen tomorrow, or the next day or anytime soon, and you died…"
"But…"
"And I couldn't bring you back for some reason, possibly because it would screw up the timeline, or space time continuum or both, then you should at least talk to what family you have anyway, even if it isn't goodbye and is just a hello, how are you, how have you been doing, that sort of thing."
"But…"
"Do I have to make it an order? Trust me…" Ford said putting his hand on Rodney's shoulder. "Family is important. If it wasn't for the fact that Sam and I are needed here, and was asked to take over for Weir, we both had planned on retirement and moving on with having more personal time."
"Oh, very well." Rodney said reluctantly.
Back on Earth, in a very nice two story house, three people lived their lives. In the kitchen, Rodney's sister was with her husband and her daughter, making chocolate chip cookies. Though the child was making a very big cookie out of most of the dough.
"Done!" Madison said while mashing down the mass of cookie dough.
"Done?" Jeannie asked.
"Just one big cookie?" Kaleb asked.
"You don't want to use your cutters?" Jennie asked.
"Nah, I just want a big one!" Madison said making the parents laugh.
"You might want to flatten the dough just a bit." Kaleb said while she walked over and looked at an email she just got.
"No." Madison said.
"Just a big mountain then?" Kaleb asked.
"Yeah!" Madison said excited.
"Anything good over there?" Kaleb asked.
"Yeah." Jeannie said with a small chuckle. "It's from Rodney. He's stuck again. Do you mind if I…"
"Oh yeah. I got this." Kaleb said waving his hand while watching their daughter play with the dough still.
As they talked about the cookie and needing other ingredients behind her, she took a paper and pen out and started writing on it. Later that night, the two were in bed but still awake.
"Can't sleep?" Jeannie asked after rolling over.
"No, I thought I heard something." Kaleb said.
"Madison?"
"I don't know. I'm going to check it out." Kaleb said getting out of the bed.
"She probably just got out of bed for more cookies." Jeannie said sitting up.
"That's actually not a bad idea…" Kaleb said happily as he began putting on some loose pants.
Both of them were shocked and scared as the bedroom door was kicked in and laser pointers instantly were on their bodies from gun barrels. Kaleb was knocked to the ground and covered by two men as another man in a mask like everyone else, came in and up to her while she was crying softly.
"You are coming with us." he said pointing a stun gun at her.
Sam was talking to Teyla in her office about some of her experiences with Sally as she was carrying her and when she was born, plus a few others afterward when she was called by someone from inside the command center.
"What is it?" Carter asked.
"During the morning routine of sending reports to the SGC, we got a personal message for Doctor McKay."
"Okay." Carter said confused.
"He is out here and needs to talk to you."
"Send him in." Carter said.
Rodney came in with a very worried look as he paced in agitation.
"I just got a message from the SGC. My sister has been kidnapped!" Rodney exclaimed loudly.
Seeing as the T.A.R.D.I.S. needed to stay on Atlantis in case on an emergency, and he could call her at any time, Ford went with Sheppard, Ronan and Rodney to Earth to help find his sister. The four exited the Stargate into the SGC with no problems. Seeing as they called ahead to let them know they were coming, it was no surprise that a few of SG-1 was there.
Ford was wearing a blood red suit and his heavy coat, Ronan was in his normal stitched leather pants and vest, with his gun on his hip. Sheppard was in his black SGA outfit without the insignias and 45 on his hip, while Rodney was in gray slacks and a red long sleeved shirt and his SGA gray coat without insignias either, plus backpack in his hand.
"Hey guys, it's nice to see you three again!" Ford said as he walked down quickly and hugged Daniel, then Mitchell and finally Vala. "Guess you three had a few moments before I go off to help them."
"A few moments." Mitchell said. "Hey Colonel, McKay, Ronan. Sorry about your sister. I hope you find her soon."
"Well, with him with us, what can't we do?" Sheppard asked while patting Ford on the back.
"Hey guys. Not surprised to see you three here. I am surprised to see you here though General." Barret said as he walked up.
"Agent Barret, I see you are still with the N.I.D. At least you are on our side." Ford said shaking his hand. "I haven't been back to Earth in awhile and Rodney's sister is missing."
"Sorry to interrupt your personal meeting time, but we're not here for that. Barret, you said your name was?" Rodney asked quickly as the man nodded. "Any ransom demands or anything yet?"
"Nothing so far." Barret said.
"Okay, I need to get to Vancouver as quickly as possible." Rodney stated.
"The Daedalus is currently in orbit for the moment so she'll be on standby in case we need her help." Barret said as they headed out of the room.
"Any new information yet?" Sheppard asked as Ford said bye to the others and told them to tell Teal'c and his family that the Carter's say hi and send their love.
"Unfortunately no. Currently the N.I.D. is working in conjunction with the CSIS at the moment." Barret said.
"C-what?" Sheppard asked in confusion.
"Canadian Security Intelligence Services." Ford and Rodney said together.
"I know many of the names of other countries secret services and their versions of our special forces, like Navy Seals, Rangers and such." Ford said after getting a look from Rodney.
"I guess I shouldn't find that surprising." Rodney muttered as they went into the elevator.
"We are going to be out in the open, so I suggest a change of clothes first." Barret said.
"What?" Ronan asked after getting stared at by the others.
Since they had little choice but to do the infirmary thing, Sheppard and Ronan had time to change, despite the fact Ronan did not want to. Because of the situation, Ford told Barret and Landry that Ronan could keep his gun on him, even though he wanted it on his hip instead of in the coat under his arm. Both Sheppard and Ronan were wearing black suits with white button shirts, no vest. Ronan complained he looked dumb and that he would stand out, but Sheppard told him to quit complaining and live with it since he had to do the same. Once they got to the top and out into the garage area of the SGC, Ford pulled his cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" Barret asked as Ford basically ignored him.
"Sam, hey I'm calling the T.A.R.D.I.S. here for a moment and then she'll be right back after I get the General out."
"We have a car waiting for us…" Barret began.
"I do not drive, other cars, and trust few people driving their own and me in them. Besides, mine is much better in so many other ways." Ford said after hanging up and pulling out his dog tags. "I don't get as much time with the General Lee as much as before. Well, at least not here on Earth anyway."
"This isn't a joy ride…" Rodney began after Ford made a loud whistle noise.
"No, it is not McKay. However, the General does have highly advanced sensors and other abilities that can help look for your sister." Ford stated as the T.A.R.D.I.S. landed a few feet away. "One moment people."
They watched as the shape changed to a one car garage look and then he drove out in the General Lee. Going back into the T.A.R.D.I.S., he changed the shape back and set it to go back to Atlantis. Hearing from Sam that she arrived safely back in Atlantis, he hung up and sat down on the hood.
"Daedalus, this is General Carter, we are ready for transport. Don't forget my car that I am sitting on." Ford said patting the hood.
"Say what?" the Colonel asked.
"You heard me Colonel. Car comes with." Ford said in an order tone.
After a quick beam out of the SGC and then to a area set up in Vancouver by the N.I.D., the four got into his car and followed Barret, in his own car, to Rodney's sisters house. There was several Canadian cop cars around, plus a few CSIS cars and a couple N.I.D. vehicles around as they pulled up to the yard. Barret parked next to the side walk in front of the house.
"Great, we'll have to park down the street." Rodney muttered from besides him.
"I can park there." Ford said as he pulled up just behind Barret's car as Barret was telling a couple of people that they were with him.
"There is not enough room to parallel park!" Rodney stated with wave. "You'll hit that, whatever it is behind us. This car is huge…"
"Ye of little faith Rodney…" Ford said while pulling a small lever near the gear shift. "I built this car and know what I can do."
Sheppard and Rodney were surprised when the car drove sideways into the spot behind Barret's car. They got out as Barret walked up and shook his head with little surprise. Walking past a few people on the lawn, the group went in, not noticing a man across the street pull a cell phone and make a call.
"Hey look, it is your uncle Mer." Kaleb said as they entered the room where more people were looking around the house.
Madison looked up and saw him, rushing to his leg to give him a hug while asking where her mommy was. Before he could answer, Ford whistled.
"Everyone but the owners and this little group here, out, now." Ford said with a strict order tone.
People began to object, but Barret shut them up and told them to leave for the moment.
"What are you doing?" Barret asked after they all left.
"I don't want them to see this." Ford said while pulling his Sonic Screwdriver. "You four find out what you can while I scan around."
"Where's mom?" Madison asked again.
"Um…" Rodney began as she went back to playing with some toys on the coffee table in front of the couch.
"I told you, she had to go out for a bit. She'll be back though." Kaleb said while rubbing her head. "Now, you stay here while I go talk to these people Madison."
"Okay." Madison said as he got up.
Rodney went into another room nearby with him as Ford went up stairs, following the buzz from his Sonic Device. Sheppard sat down near Madison to watch her as Ronan looked around the house.
"Who did this?" Kaleb asked.
"We're not sure. We got the best people on this and a vast number of resources…" Rodney began.
"You know, when you came back here last year, she almost didn't go back with you to Atlantis. I told her to do it. I told her she would regret not going." Kaleb stated.
"I know you did." Rodney said.
"I knew it was going to be dangerous, but you two are so competitive…" Kaleb said in frustration while running his hands through his hair.
"Look, we are going to find…"
"This is your fault Rodney." Kaleb said pointing at him.
"Hey, now wait just a second…"
"She got kidnapped because of you." Kaleb said accusingly.
"How do you figure that?"
"What, you think four armed guys with mask and guns came into this house for her to steal her secret apple dumpling recipe? Jealous neighbor maybe…"
"Okay, you have every right to be angry…"
"If something happens to her…" Kaleb said while trying not to think about the worse.
"Kaleb, we will find her." Rodney stated.
"You just bring her back, bring her home." Kaleb said while fidgeting.
"I will, I promise."
Ford came back down as he watched Kaleb and Madison walk out the front door.
"Where are they going?"
"Somewhere for a few hours so we can keep looking around here for clues." Barret said. "You find anything?"
"Not really. There isn't any traces of alien technology being here or used at all, other than what the N.I.D. has been using. Other than four men, who all went to the main bedroom and took her as Kaleb already stated. The other readings I got from Madison's room was hers and the parents." Ford said.
"Thank god for that miracle." Rodney muttered.
"So, what's the plan now?" Sheppard asked.
"We should have Madison and Kaleb watched, just in case." Ford stated.
"I'll have a couple people get on it right away." Barret said.
"I told him to go get a motel for the night since everyone was still working here." Rodney said.
"I'll let them know we'll be watching them and that the N.I.D. will handle the bill." Barret said while pulling his phone out. After the phone call was over, he turned back to them. "Any ideas on how or why this happened?"
"Me and Jeannie have been sending emails back and forth, on and off. I sent Jeannie a email a couple days ago. I, had to bounce some ideas off her." Rodney said with a bit of reluctance.
"What was it about?" Barret asked.
"Before Sheppard's Wraith showed up, I was trying to perfect my nanite medical program…" Rodney said.
"That thing you used to save Weir?" Ronan asked.
"Yeah, a better much more complex version of that." Rodney said.
"Plus we were working on some other things dealing with the nanites that he needed help with." Ford said.
"Other programs I take it?" Barret asked.
"After we learned about the Replicators changing their focus with their war against the Wraith to attack other humans in the Pegasus galaxy, we began working with a Wraith to shut them down once and for all, at least that attack protocol, which was a ruse really for us to change the code to make it so they only attack the Wraith and leave humans alone…" Rodney said.
"Which is still in the finishing touches stage." Ford said.
"And you sent her this information?" Barret asked with his eyebrows raised.
"I needed a new set of eyes. New perspective." Rodney stated.
"The question is, what does it have to do with her being taken?" Sheppard asked. "Or was this kidnapping a coincidence?"
"Doubtful." Rodney said. "Maybe it was the Trust or some other Earth based organization that wanted info on me, or about the program. Whatever the case, my email and her captured are too close for it not to be a coincidence."
"All right, that sounds like a great place to start." Barret said.
"Has anyone touched her computer?" Rodney asked.
"No. I told everyone that you wanted to look at it first, no one touched it." Barret said as he waved at the laptop on the L shaped desk.
"Good." Rodney said as he sat down. "You guys all go to the motel. This could take awhile."
"No, we'll stay." Sheppard said.
"Seriously, this could take ten to twelve hours or more." Rodney said as he just noticed Ford was behind him.
"Or less." Ford said as he activated her laptop with his Sonic device. "Go rent a car John and show Ronan around. One of us will call if we find anything."
"Why can't we use yours?" Sheppard asked, hoping.
"You're not registered to use him. And it takes awhile to actually make it so you can." Ford said, not turning around.
"Okay. Rental it is." Sheppard said as Ronan followed him out.
Barret went back to get the people back in to keep looking around for clues as the two started looking up things on the laptop.
"Is it really that hard to register someone to drive your car?" Rodney asked.
"A few minutes, depending. Besides, I don't think John could handle the power."
Inside a gray room there was a line of laptops on small drawer-less desk against the walls along with a ring of three computers, not unlike the T.A.R.D.I.S. consoles in the middle of the room, minus the time rotor. Jeannie was pushed into a chair and the black hood removed as three men left the room quickly. Standing up, she went for the door in fright and confusion, even though her hands were still tied, but the door closed before she could get to it.
"Here."
She turned to see a man in a faded tan casual suit standing a few feet away near the wall.
"Wait please…." Jeannie said backing in fright as he came forward with a knife.
"It's alright." he said gently. "Let me."
She stopped as he cut the tie off and tossed them aside while pocketing the knife.
"Who are you?" Jeannie asked while backing away as she rubbed her wrist.
"My name is Henry Wallace. I'm sorry to…" Henry said trailing off. "Look, I need you to do some work for me. That's all I want, nothing more."
Evening was drawing near and after a few hours in town, the two were inside the room in a three story motel that had cable. John was still in his outfit while Ronan had removed his coat. Both were eating from room service and watching TV when the cell phone rang.
"Hello." Sheppard asked.
"We found out that Jeannie's computer was being tracked. It took awhile but we managed to crack the Trojan and got an address." Rodney said aloud using the car phone as Ford was driving. "Ford and I are on our way there now. Barret is behind us in his car."
"I thought you said it was going to take ten hours?" Sheppard asked with a scowl that Rodney didn't see.
"Well, both us of are extremely smart and…" Rodney said in a bragging tone.
"Yeah, I get it. Two heads are better than one, especially if the I.Q. is triple digits. Look, you stay at the house…"
"Can't Sheppard, we're already on our way there." Ford said. "You'll have to meet us there."
"What's the address?" Sheppard asked while getting a pen and paper.
The two cars pulled up in front of a two story brick building that seemed abandoned. Smoke was coming from the a hole somewhere on top of the building as Ford scanned the place.
"There is a couple dozen people here, and about five people with guns." Ford said.
"There is? Oh, there would be." Rodney said seeing the look he got and then the screen that showed the men nearby.
Ford looked at a map of the building and saw that the people with guns were just around the corner, outside the building.
"We waiting for the other two to arrive?" Barret asked after Ford rolled down the window.
"No. Just stay by your car and don't do anything, even if shots are fired." Ford said as he started to move forward.
"But…" Barret began as he lowered his arms and muttered. "Where are you going?"
Ford slowly made it look like he was turning around as they passed by the side of the building that was dark and then quickly spun the car around as he turned on the lights. Rodney was holding his seat belt hard as the car turned sharply and showed four armed men in mask and black outfits, pointing their weapons as them as they approached quickly.
"Get out of the car, now!" one of the men said while pointing his MP-5 with silencer and laser sight at Ford.
Barret saw the men move to the car and he quickly hide behind his with his gun drawn.
"Um, no." Ford said while shaking his head. "Calm down Rodney. The car is bullet proof. Hell, it's bomb proof."
Since the men couldn't hear what he said, but did see him shake his head saying no, a couple of them opened fire on the drivers side. Rodney jumped anyway as Ford shook his head. Hitting a couple of buttons, a loud shrill emitted from the car outside making even Barret grab his ears. The five guys immediately dropped to the ground, grabbing their ears in pain while rolling around. Ford shut the sound off and got out quickly as did Rodney a moment later. Barret got up and came running over as Ford shot the first guy with a stun blast, then the second and third. The fourth and fifth guy got up and fired a couple rounds at Ford, that only impacted his coat. The fourth guy went down from a direct blast to his face as the fifth guy grabbed Rodney around the neck and held him hostage.
"Drop it now or else I shoot him!"
"Idiot. You obviously were sent here to capture him because he is behind the information he sent his sister that you or your boss monitored on her computer. Since we already have the father and daughter safe, you need Rodney as leverage for his sister to cooperate with whatever it is you want them for." Ford said while keeping his energy pistol pointed.
"He's wearing body armor." Barret said as he was standing behind the man, several feet back.
The man quickly turned with Rodney, only to turn back as Rodney moved out of his grasp as Ford pulled up on the gun. A couple of burst went off in the air and then stopped as the gun was yanked away. Ford blocked a punch and then spun the guy around roughly as he slammed him into the hood and held him down.
"Now, how about you start talking before I decide to rough."
"Fuck you man!"
Ford ripped the mask off and then slammed the man's face back into the hood before tossing him aside.
"Barret, call for backup. Rodney, take their guns away and toss them aside."
"What about him?" Rodney asked as the man got up with a bleeding lip and nose as he pulled a knife.
Catching the hand with the blade as it came at him, Ford's steel toed boot to the guys balls made him drop the knife quickly and scream like a girl.
"What about him?" Ford said while seeing Rodney cringed.
"Remind me to never get on your bad side." Rodney muttered.
"Now, how about that info hmm? Or do I need to use that knife you had to cut your balls off to get it?" Ford said to the man on the ground after picking the knife up and holding it to the mans face.
Rodney and Barret were really glad to see that Ford didn't go through on that threat nor that he had to since the man talked, even though both were sure and glad to hear he was bluffing. With backup from the N.I.D. there to take the men away, the Atlantis group left Barret in charge to look around as they took off.
"The location the guy gave us is really far away General." Sheppard stated. "We're going to have to use the Daedalus to get us there."
"I know." Ford said as he drove. "We need a place to get beamed up to the ship so we can scan the area for a beam in point."
"Why don't you just call the T.A.R.D.I.S.?" Rodney asked.
"Ah, here is a dark alley near an old warehouse." Ford said as he turned into it sharply. "And no one is around too."
"Now what?" Ronan asked.
"Daedalus, beam us into the hanger bay please." Ford said into the com in his car.
They instantly left and reappeared in the hanger bay as several people working inside turned to see them. All of them got out as Ford was on his cell phone.
"Hey Sam, I'm going to need the T.A.R.D.I.S. again, for a few hours at most. If anything happens where you need her, just call her back. Okay, love you too."
The T.A.R.D.I.S. came after he whistled, and then changing its shape, he put the car back inside as the rest of the team was in a lab on the ship that was scanning the location provided on Earth. Transferring the scans to the T.A.R.D.I.S., he did further, more intense scans and was able to locate her using a DNA scan from Rodney's blood sample.
"She is in some room, alone with some powerful computers." Ford said as the others stood or paced in the Console Room. "There is several guards outside and heavily armed."
"What are we waiting for?" Rodney asked.
"We need to be careful. I don't want her to get shot because we ended up in there, scaring the guards into shooting." Ford said.
"Can't you just extend the shields in the room like you do around Atlantis?" Sheppard asked.
"I might. Might cause the computers in the room to burn out or explode. Hang on…" Ford said bring up the schematics of the room. "Okay, they will be able to open the door once they hear us landing, so we'll make this as quick as possible.. Here we go."
Jeannie was looking at one of the computers, sitting on the chair at the console, while worrying about her family and what was going to happen to her. Hearing a strange winding and grinding noise, and saw a blue box of some sort appear. She then screamed in fright as the computers against the walls broke apart along with the desk in showers of sparks as did the light above her as the computer consoles in front of her erupted into sparks as well. The guards tried to open the door, but failed as it kept hitting something. Jeannie stayed on the ground as the room was filling with smoke and the guards kept yelling. She jumped and started scrambling back as someone grabbed her. Punching, kicking and screaming, she tried to get free as someone was carrying her over their shoulders.
"Jeannie! Jeannie! It's me, Rodney!" Rodney said grabbing her hands as Ford set her down.
"Mer! What the hell?!" Jeannie yelled in fright as she grabbed him in a bear hug. "How did you get here?! Where is…."
"You're safe now. We're all safe." Rodney said comfortingly.
"Where are we?"
"My ship." Ford said as she turned as he was working on the console. "We came to rescue you and now we have."
"You must have dropped the shields." Sheppard said as the door was banged on roughly.
"Just to normal. They won't be getting in." Ford said.
"Why did they kidnap you?" Rodney asked as he turned her back around.
"The guy, um…Henry Wallace is his name, is behind this. He said they'd never find me and he'd let me go after we helped him. What about Kaleb and Madison?"
"They're in a motel and being watched by a security detail." Rodney stated. "They are both fine."
"Thank god." Jeannie said relieved.
"So much for any action. What do we do now, take her home and then go back to fighting the Wraith?" Ronan asked.
"The N.I.D. and SGC should already know about this place by now." Sheppard said. "They can handle everything else."
"I want to know why she was captured first. The file on this man says he is very important and he does some outside work with the SGC, though unknowing on his part. He looks very familiar too." Ford said as he pushed a few buttons. "Wait here…"
"What are you going to do?" Rodney asked. "If you open the door…"
"They can't and won't get in." Ford said as the door opened.
The room was slowly dissipating of smoke as Henry and the guards were looking around as others were putting out fires. They all turned as they heard the creak of a door open and saw a tall man in a dark coat standing in the doorway to the strange blue box. Ford kept the other door closed as he leaned on it.
"I'm going to guess that you must be Henry Wallace because everyone else isn't wearing suits. Why'd you kidnap our friend and then try to capture Doctor McKay as well? Wait a minute…" Ford said trailing off.
The guards quickly surrounded him after he grabbed Henry and slammed him into the broken computer in the middle of the room.
"What the hell are you doing Clayton?! The C.I.A. should know better than to interfere with people and matters way high above their clearance! What the fuck are you doing?!" Ford yelled.
The men kept yelling as Sheppard came out with his gun as did Ronan. Weapons started getting pointed at each other quickly as Ford pulled his energy pistol and pushed it against Henry's head.
"Boy's, drop your weapons or I blow his brains on these burned out computers." Ford said very threateningly.
"Do what he says." Henry said quickly while waving one hand at his men frantically. "Do it!"
The did so and backed up as Sheppard made motions for them to stand against the wall and with their hands on their heads.
"Now, start talking Web." Ford said letting the man up.
"My name is not Web. You must think I am my twin brother, that I haven't seen in over twenty years." Henry said quickly.
Ford looked closer at his face and noticed a scar that he knew Web had was not on this guy. Putting his weapon away, he backed off muttering.
"What was that General?" Sheppard asked.
"I made a comment about seeing a lot of twins lately." Ford said rubbing his face tiredly.
"What is he talking about?" Ronan asked.
"I have no idea." Sheppard said.
Henry was straightening his coat after rubbing his back and face. McKay and his sister came out slowly as the smoke had finally died down enough it just lingered in the air. Ford paced back and forth for a couple of moments, muttering to himself.
"Okay, you are not Clayton. And I can't remember if he is dead or alive. I think alive after faking a death. Anyway, why did you capture her? And then try to capture her brother as well?" Ford asked and then continued as man tried to speak. "I am a very dangerous man to piss off Mr. Wallace. I protect my friends and their families. And going after her was bad idea not only because it really messes up some very classified projects since her brother is working on saving lives, but also because you were tapping into a laptop that is watched by some very high level people in the government. How long did you think you'd be able to even have these two before this complex was over run with a mass of troops?"
"Um…" Henry began as he was obviously thinking.
"Forget most of what he said. Why did you kidnap my sister and then try to get me as well?" Rodney asked. "I know you are the head President of DMT. But I can't figure out what you want us for. You are barely given any info on the stuff we really do."
"We've been monitoring your sisters laptop for quite some time now. I did some digging awhile back after noticing different military advances that were happening to quickly. The SGC, the Stargate, Atlantis. I know quite a bit." Henry said.
"That doesn't answer why you capture them. We are a very strict time limit here…" Ford began.
"Alright, alright. I didn't have them captured for ransom or money or any, bad reasons. I knew asking for their help wouldn't work because I'm not suppose to know about what you people really do, so I had little choice but to have them kidnapped. For very important personal reason. My daughter is dying and I can't do anything to help her." Henry said with grief as he sank to his knees. "You can do whatever you want with me, but please, I'm begging you, save her. She doesn't deserve this."
Ford muttered something as he face fell. Sheppard saw Ford go from being angry to really sympathetic in moments as he helped the man off the ground.
"You two stay here with my ship. The guards can go wherever, as long as they leave us alone. You two come with me." Ford said with a weak motion to follow.
"You believe him?" Rodney asked.
"His file says he has a daughter. I scanned this place before coming here, remember? One life sign shows to be in serious medical trouble. We can deal with all the trouble he's caused later."
"I'm not a medical doctor though!" Rodney said as Ford pulled him along. "And neither is Jeannie!"
"Neither am I! But we are going to see what is wrong anyway before we leave."
They entered a medical room that had glass walls and door that looked into a room where the rest of the walls were white with different medical equipment besides, handing or around them. There was a young blonde lady laying in the bed with different medical instruments hooked up to her. At the moment, she was unconscious as a couple of doctors worked around her.
"Her name is Sharon. She is suffering from acute lymphocytic leukemia. She's been through…" Henry began with tears he was barely holding back.
"A bunch of medical procedures we'll barely understand. What she has is easy to cure. I just need to go…" Ford began.
"A Goa'uld healing hand device thing? I can't recall what it really is, but I doubt it will work." Henry stated.
"Why do you say that?" Rodney asked.
"The SGC has us working on nanotechnology for medical use to cure and treat diseases. My team worked very hard to create these nanites and were sure that they would cure her." Henry said.
"Wait, you already injected her?!" Rodney exclaimed. "I'm still working on the programming code…"
"My team thought they worked out the code problems when they injected her a week ago. Unfortunately, her body is rejecting the nanites, she still has the cancer and they are causing her body more trouble than the cancer is. When we saw the latest email you sent Jeannie, I had to get her to help. And then you came along…"
"You want us to fix the problems your team screwed up on." Rodney said gruffly.
"I want you to do whatever it takes to save her. I don't care what happens to me, the company or anything else. Just, fix her, please." Henry begged.
"Get the doctors out of the room, and have the security tapes for this area shut down. You two, stay here." Ford said.
"Why?" Jeannie asked. "Where are you going?"
"To get my ship. We can't save her here. She needs to go to Atlantis, where she'll stay sedated until we get her to a isolated room, cure her and then bring her back home without her knowing she even left Earth. Her father is in enough trouble and she doesn't need to be brought in on it. Wouldn't you be begging us for help if it was Madison in trouble, even though she has no idea that aliens exist and that her uncle fights monsters that even gives Rodney bad dreams?"
"I get the point." Jeannie said.
"Good."
The two were sitting inside the T.A.R.D.I.S. as he came back in and closed the door.
"What are we doing?" Sheppard asked.
"Moving a few floors over and up. His daughter is very sick and loaded with malfunctioning nanites. We are going to take Sharon and the father to Atlantis, fix her and then take them both back home. The SGC will deal with Henry and Sharon will go on with life the best she can."
"But if we take her to Atlantis…" Sheppard began.
"We'll keep her confined in a room and make it look like someplace on Earth. And sedated most of the time. Our job is to save the universe from evil and help those in need, medically or otherwise. This is a child in need because her father made a mistake with technology he wasn't suppose to have. We have to fix it."
"You're the boss." Sheppard said while tossing his hands.
Landing inside the room, Ford got out and helped the three move the bed into the T.A.R.D.I.S. Console Room. After closing the door and making sure she was still out, he took off while calling Sam to inform her to have Jennifer get a room ready and have K-9 be there to help.
"Now you, never talk about what is happening right now. You never saw this ship, it doesn't exist. Even if you did talk about it, no one would probably believe you anyway. Once this is over, you will be dealt with by the SGC. I do not know what they will do, but your daughter will live." Ford said.
"What if we can't fix the nanites in time?" Rodney asked. "I got lucky with Weir. Until we see what they put in her, we have no idea what sort of mess she is in."
"If need be, we do a full scan of her and draw blood to check things out, and then put her in suspended animation until we know how to fix her permanently." Ford said.
"Oh, I guess that works." Rodney said.
"Back to you…"
"I was never here and this ship doesn't exist. You'll come up with a story for her later." Henry said quickly. "Just do whatever you can to save my daughter."
"Good. Now…" Ford said dialing his phone again. "What room do we land in Sam?"
Jennifer had a room set up when they landed and while she was checking Sharon out with various medical equipment as K-9 helped and went over the medical report that Henry gave her on a laptop that had the info, a couple of teams came in and made the storage room look like a isolation room in a hospital. Thanks to the T.A.R.D.I.S. being able to create the fake walls, it wasn't all that hard. Henry was able to sit in a chair nearby as the work was done by the medical people, and he thankfully kept quiet and didn't ask questions. Being a father himself, Ford wasn't surprised the man was more afraid for his daughter and not caring about being in another galaxy much less being in the most advanced place known to humans of Earth currently. Rodney and Jeannie were in a lab looking over the nanite code with K-9 and a couple other people who could read nanite code.
"Not that I really should say anything, but I'm going to anyway. Do you know how many rules you broke today?" Carter asked.
"Besides the speeding limit?" Ford asked while in her office.
"Several dozen. The I.O.A., N.I.D. and people in the SGC, not to mention the President and several others are trying to figure out how to fix this mess you've made. Woolsey had to come back to tell me the various people that are pissed off at this situation." Carter said.
"Woolsey is here, again?"
"He's suppose to be down talking to Mr. Wallace about what is going to happen to him and the cover story for his daughter." Carter said.
"I could have just let Rodney get captured and then once I located where they took him, I would have crashed in anyway, so.." Ford said trailing off. "We'd still be in this situation, but there probably would have been a few deaths in the process. In this case, the guards were injured and there was property damage."
"You are crazy."
"But you love me for that." Ford said with a smile.
"I know. Seriously though, you've got to start thinking more about the things you do sometimes. I understand why you did it and yes, saving someone is a very good feeling, but I don't like being yelled at because of what you did."
"Why didn't they come and yell at me then?"
"Because you scare people. I'm one of the few people that can yell at you and get away with it."
"Next time, have them talk to me directly. Are you okay?"
"Got a headache from all the complaints, but otherwise…" Carter said trailing off. "I know you want to help and Sheppard told me about the conversation you had with him about why this needed to be done, but there was something more to it wasn't there?"
"Two reasons actually. One being that fixing this could also lead us to using nanites for medical purposes since it helps improve our understand and research into it."
"And the other?"
"I couldn't help but put myself in his place and wonder what I would have done if it was Sally. Or even you." Ford said sadly. "The man was begging, on his knees…"
"I understand." Carter said hugging him. "I would do the same, if not more."
"I'll take over for the day. You go and rest, play with Sally, and I'll be there later to join you two." Ford said after giving her a brief kiss.
"Thanks. If anymore people come and or want to yell, you can talk to them."
Sheppard and Ronan were just glad to be back and not have to go fight or do any searching for missing comrades anymore. The rest of the day went without any problems, Sharon was still under sedation and being worked on. So far, between the group and K-9, they managed to look over what Rodney did to Weir for examples and such. Rodney ended up having to get the Wraith to help them out, which he did so after getting some long lengthy speech from Rodney that eventually worked. By morning they had a good idea of what to do and fix, so a new set of nanites were injected into Sharon that would change the other nanites and make them work as everyone hoped. Ford and Sam came in during the night, after their shifts to help out with the programming as well, to see if they could do anything. With such a large group, it was no surprise when the job actually worked.
The nanites in her body fixed her cancer, ridded her body of the extra medications and fixed her of the chemotherapy and radiation, plus a heart murmur problem. Henry broke down crying as he hugged his daughter who was perfectly healthy according to all test. After doing a quick intensive scan by K-9, they sedated her once more and blasted her body with a specialized EMP pulse that shut down the nanites in her system. Eventually, her body would just rid itself of them over the next few months, but all indications were that she would live a normal life. Taking the info they learned from all the work and results, Rodney and his sister went back to his lab with it, along with K-9 to work on the other two projects they had been on for over a month. Ford took Henry and his daughter, still in the bed, to the SGC and let Lam cover it from there. Sharon was taken to a local hospital that the SGC monitored and left Henry there with her until she was watched for a week to ensure no problems came up. After that, the SGC, N.I.D. and I.O.A. were going to step in and deal with him, leaving his daughter to live on her own with a good portion of the money her father's company made, that was now being run by people from Area 51, the N.I.D., and the SGC.
Ford went back to Atlantis, after talking to a few people who yelled at him in the briefing room at the SGC, Hank not being one of them. Giving them a shrug and telling them he had better things to do than sit there and listen to complaints, he took Jeannie home and apologized for the trouble, which she was just happy to see that the girl got saved and then he went back to Atlantis. Trouble came up the next day as the Wraith was working with Rodney again in the lab, and passed out on the floor after falling.
"He needs to feed. What do we do about this?" Sheppard asked as they were in Carter's office.
"Why don't we just shoot him?" Ronan asked.
"Because, I still need his help." Rodney admitted reluctantly.
"There you are. Where have you been?" Carter asked as Ford entered the room holding a couple thick files.
"When I heard about our recent problem with the Wraith, I went back to Earth for a couple of things. Now, I know only a select few…." Ford said trailing off. "Besides Sam, the only other people who have seen my real past, on file, are SG-1. I have killed many people, many with extreme remorse and many without in cold blood. Depending on the circumstances, situation, whatever, I believe in capital punishment. Considering what I am about to propose…..scratch that, considering what I am about to do, those who do not want to be here for, what will be considered a very unspeakable, cold blooded, heartless, unforgivable crime against humanity, I suggest you leave now before I go into details. Ronan, you may or may not understand, your choice. Sheppard, considering things, you probably should leave. Rodney, you do need to leave, and don't ask questions later. Sam, it's up to you if you want to be here for this or not. What I am going to do, is not pretty in any regard."
"I have a good idea of what you want to do." Carter said nodding her head slowly. "And that I am the only one that could stop you. Give me the files."
"I'm staying." Sheppard stated.
"So am I." Ronan said.
"I can take it." Rodney said.
"Seriously, what I am going to do, may make you dislike or hate me." Ford said.
"We'll hear about it someway or another, eventually." Sheppard said. "Might as well learn what it is now instead of later."
"You were warned. And if you have doubts or problems with me after this, say nothing and do not talk about what is going to take place, ever, to anyone." Ford stated with a order tone that made Rodney sit back in his seat like he was being scolded.
"Oh god, I can't even finish this one." Carter said in disgust as she tossed the file aside and opened the other. "This one is even worse! Take these away!"
"What are those?" Sheppard asked as Ford picked them up.
"Oh god, I need a bath." Carter said getting up with a small shake.
"Sorry Sam, I didn't want you to read them to begin with." Ford said solemnly.
"Not the worst thing you have done, seeing what I read in your file. Considering that line in Star Trek, needs of the many and such, and the fact they die in four hours anyway, go ahead. They deserve it. I'm going to the shower." Carter said walking out quickly with disgust. "And maybe even have that memory device used…"
"Two people are on death row, scheduled to die of legal injection. Let's just say, some of the horror movies that Hollywood and various other movie companies that make real like sadistic rape, killing, molesting and other illegal crimes they portray in those movies, even with the NC-17 sticker is nothing compared to the files on these two psychos." Ford stated while slapping his hand with the thick files. "And I don't watch those sort of things on TV seeing as I have seen them in real life, and that was more than enough…"
"You want to take convicted prisoners, who may or may not…" Sheppard began.
"I went back and watched what they did for a few moments to make sure they were truly guilty John. Trust me, these two guys made the worst dregs of society look good. Even more, it would have been better for the many victims that these two, did do many really…evil things to, to have been fed on a Wraith instead of being tortured by these guys. Right now, I am looking at the many people in the galaxy that need our help from being killed by the Wraith and Replicators. Since our Wraith can't work because he needs to feed, a lethal injection is basically a free painless death for their crimes. Now, do you want to know more, or would you rather walk away and forget about what I am going to do?" Ford said while slowly slapping his hand with the files this time as he gave them a particular look.
Ronan wasn't as appalled, but still was after seeing the files anyway. Sheppard was about the same with Ronan, considering he knew how bad humans could be. Rodney stopped half way through and left to get sick, literally. As they were reading the files, Ford took the two convicts from death row down to the cell where the Wraith was and tossed them to the ground, telling the guards to leave, thankfully not getting any lip or questions.
"What is this?" the Wraith asked tiredly, but with obvious hunger that he couldn't ignore.
"We need your help to finish the code to fight the Replicators. Since we certainly can't give you any of our people and calling in another ship with people you culled would be bad since we'd want to save them instead, I brought a couple of prisoners from Earth that were scheduled for execution for crimes against humanity. No one will care that they are dead and gone and a lot of people will be glad to see that they are finally dead. You both were going to get a lethal injection in…oh, just over an hour." Ford said while looking at his watch. "Instead, he will be taking your lives so that we can have his help to save millions more. Once you have finished, I zat the bodies and you get back to work."
"How do I know this is not some trick to kill me?" the Wraith asked.
"If you don't feed, you die. Painfully from what I understand. Seeing as we need your help with the computer code virus program, I suggest you feed on them anyway since if you don't, like I said, you die from not feeding anyway."
Both men were tied with their hands behind their back and tape over their mouths. Ford opened the door after dropping the shield and kicked the two in after getting them to their feet. No one came in as the Wraith feed on the two and then Ford zatted their bodies away with the zat gun.
"Now, you go back to work on the virus." Ford said as guard came in and took him away. "Rodney, the Wraith is on his way back to the lab. I hope you will be there to work as well."
Having nothing else to deal with for the day, in a serious fashion, the rest of Atlantis went about their work as usual. For those who knew what happened with the Wraith, they did keep it quiet, even though they had some mixed feelings, despite the fact they all agreed that the two men they saw the files for did deserve worse than a lethal injection for their extremely heinous and inhuman crimes.
