CHAPTER 121

EPISODE……………….BE ALL MY SIN'S REMEMBERED

With the core drive now tracking all the Replicator vessels, there was a round the clock watch on the screen now in the command center. Ford was able to successfully recreate the core with the T.A.R.D.I.S. and was also tracking them with his ship, just in case something happened to the one in the command center. Because of the many ships out there, a lot of the planets they knew had people still on them, were being evacuated to safer locations and a lot more of the planets that they found that had people on them and in the path of the Replicator ships, were planets they hadn't even visited yet.

Today was very busy at the moment, many teams off world working to evacuated people the best they could and others working in the city to help with getting supplies for those being relocated, injured and other situations. A lot of supplies were being created by K-9 in the T.A.R.D.I.S. that was by the windows at the top of the stairs near the command center. About a dozen people were taking crates of various supplies created and packed out and then going back in for more. Seeing as Sam managed to get a lot of work done that morning and last night along with a few other days before, considering that they planned this idea over a week ago, Sam was inside the T.A.R.D.I.S. monitoring the creation of supplies and such while also listening to various reports that came in through her earpiece or the Console Room computer she was working at.

Ronan was twirling and looking at his gun while sitting in a vacant seat in the command center while Sheppard was pacing. Ford was ready to go off world with them, his Heavy Arms rifle on his back as he was talking to a few people and giving out orders to others as Sheppard was waiting for Teyla to arrive.

"Don't worry so much Sheppard. We are ahead of schedule." Ronan said.

"I know." Sheppard said nervous anyway.

"All the settlements we've been assigned have been evacuated already." Ronan said.

"I know, I know." Sheppard said still pacing. "It's just that a lot of the planets out there in the Replicators path are planets we've had little to no contact with and I need you and Teyla out there as much as possible."

"Yeah, but I think she might have the flu. She's been looking a little green lately." Ronan said as they saw Teyla enter the room.

"And remember, make sure you double check that." Ford ordered.

"Yes General." the man said before walking away.

"I am just fine. Were are we headed now?" Teyla asked walking up as Ford did.

"M9R-373." Ronan said as he stood.

"The Massinanas." Teyla said knowing the planet. "This should be interesting."

"Look, I'm sorry we are having to go out so much." Sheppard said as they headed for the gate. "I know you aren't feeling so hot, but you are the one with all the contacts so…"

"It is all right, I am feeling much better now." Teyla said as Ford gave her a certain look. "Seriously, I am quite well General."

"Okay." the General said innocently with his hands up.

"You know something…" Sheppard began as Teyla suddenly looked worried.

"Off world activation!" Chuck announced.

Teyla breathed a sigh of relief at the distraction. Some people by the gate got ready to help the people being evacuated to the city from a planet as a lot of people began walking through the gate with a team.

"That must be Lieutenant Kempt's team." Sheppard said.

"We are receiving a video transmission!" Chuck said.

Ford, with them following moments later, went back into the control room to see what it was.

"Lieutenant, what's up?" Ford asked.

"Well General, we have a good number of these people coming through the gate." Kempt said while looking at the camera on the M.A.L.P. "But there is a lot of people here that are staying behind because they don't believe us. I am requesting that Teyla come back and talk to them because I am not getting anywhere with the stragglers."

"I don't think we can do that Lieutenant. The Replicator ship so going to be there within half an hour." Sheppard said.

"Yeah, well…" the Lieutenant began and then looked around.

They all saw a explosion near the M.A.L.P. and him getting down.

"It's too late, they are already here!" Kempt yelled.

"Get off your ass and get your team and everyone you can through the gate, now!" Ford yelled.

"There is too many…." Kempt yelled.

"Move Lieutenant!" Ford ordered.

The screen shut off as they heard another explosion and then they got static. The gate shut down seconds later.

"We've lost transmission." Chuck reported.

"Dial it back…" Sheppard began ordering.

"Belay that." Ford said.

"General…" Sheppard began.

"The gate shut down because it was destroyed." Ford said as they heard a couple people scream down by the gate as medical teams were called to the gate room. "Evident by not only logic, but also because of those limbs without bodies."

"How many people were left in that settlement?" Ronan asked seeing the people that did make it being moved away from the bodies of those that didn't.

"Just under two thousand." Teyla said sadly.

"That is it!" Ford growled. "Forget the virus and the other program. It's time we took the fight to them and finished this."

"Agreed." Sheppard said as Ronan nodded.

After calling the SGC and explaining the situation and a couple ideas, three weeks later, two ships dropped out of hyperspace above the planet. Sheppard and Rodney along with both Carter's were in the command center as they were told the ships jumped out of hyperspace. Sheppard was in his black SGA outfit and Rodney in his grayish one while Sam was in one similar to Rodney's. Ford was in a beige suit and his heavy coat, no cane.

"Wow, both ships at the same time. That's a first." Rodney said.

"We've never needed them both here before." Carter said. After getting a few looks, but not from Ford. "Well, since we both have been here."

Two beams of light appeared before them as the two Colonels in charge of the ships beamed in.

"Colonels." Ford and Carter said as they stepped forward.

"General's, Colonel." the two men said.

"Colonel's." Sheppard said also stepping forward.

"Seriously?" Rodney asked as he stepped forward.

"You should see a Pentagon meeting. It's much worse." Ford muttered. "Which is why I try to avoid or get out of going there when called."

"Did you two have a good flight?" Carter asked.

"A long flight." Colonel Caldwell said.

"We have something good for you." Sheppard said.

"Yes, I hear you have a way of tracking Replicator ships." Colonel Ellis said.

"That will make destroying them a lot easier." Colonel Caldwell said.

"Let's go into my office. We'll brief you there." Carter said.

"Your office?" the Colonel's both asked.

"What? You thought he was in charge? If that was the case, I'd be going off world instead of running the city. All things considered, it is easier this way and less dangerous for me." Carter said as they walked. "I trade being blow up or shot at, or tortured or all the above for paper work any day."

"So General, how many times have you died and came back since coming here?" the Colonel Caldwell asked with a bit of humor.

"A dozen or more. I don't keep track." Ford said shrugging. "Someone at the SGC was doing it, but I even forgot what number I stopped remembering."

She sat behind her desk as Ford sat on the edge, after hanging his coat on a hook rack in the office. The Colonels sat down in the comfy chairs, with Sheppard as Rodney was standing by the large plasma screen that had data on it. Rodney was talking about the complexity of the code and in really technical terms that only two people in the room understood.

"Rodney…" Ford said.

"I'll take questions…" Rodney said as he kept going.

"Rodney!" Ford just about yelled.

"What?" Rodney asked tiredly and annoyed at being interrupted.

"There is only two people in this room that even have a understanding of what you are saying with your brilliance. Can you guess who they are?" Ford asked with a bit of sarcasm.

"You two." Rodney said dejectedly.

"Right." Carter said. "Even though it is interesting, we've already heard it."

"The question here Doctor McKay is do you have a anti-Replicator weapon or not?" Colonel Ellis asked.

"No, not yet. But I am working on it." Rodney said quickly. "I just…"

"Sorry Rodney, but we are running out of time. We move to plan B." Carter said and then continued as he tried to speak. "You can keep working on trying to make the Replicators quit attacking humans and the other idea to permanently shut them off while we move on. Once you have something, then let us know."

"But…" Rodney began.

"Rodney, people are dying by the thousands if not more. One planet had so many people that the Replicators decided to just blow the entire planet away. We can't just sit back and do nothing anymore." Carter stated.

"But going out and blowing up their ships only stops them prematurely. In the end, another Replicator ship can just come by and pick up the frozen crew and continue on. Or someone else can come across them and then get killed when they become activate again. Yes, both the Apollo and Daedalus have the beam plasma weapons now that the Asguard gave us, but…." Rodney said.

"Rodney, we have to do something. My plan involves stopping what ships we can while you do everything you can to finish this." Ford said while pointing at the screen.

"Your plan?" Colonel Caldwell asked.

"The T.A.R.D.I.S. has a shield that is pretty much completely impenetrable. The Replicators are not going to get through it. Ford will take the T.A.R.D.I.S., go on one of the ships in orbit, and then that ship will go hunting. The other will stay here in case the Wraith or Replicators attempt to attack us." Carter said.

"Why weren't we notified of this plan before?" Ellis asked as he crossed his arms.

"The less people that know about the T.A.R.D.I.S., the better." Ford said. "Plus, if any of our transmissions through the gate, on the off chance, are being monitored, or Midway being monitored, or the SGC, like I said, the less people know about her, the better. Which ship that stays and which goes is up to you two to figure out."

"According to the latest data, no Replicator ships will be in attack range of any inhabited planet for at least 12 hours." Rodney said.

"Then we need to extend the time. We have teams out there still evacuating people as fast as they can." Ford said. "The more time they have, the sooner they get home. We don't want what happened to Lieutenant Kempt's team three weeks ago to happen again."

"K-9 is still staying behind?" Rodney asked.

"Yes." Carter said. "Try to finish this as quickly as possible. Have the Wraith help you if you want. And keep me apprised."

"Alright." Rodney said a bit dejected as he left.

"I'll do it. I've had more dealing with you General and more used to your, ideas. The Apollo can stay and keep watch on the city and provide backup if they come under attack." Colonel Caldwell said.

"Works for me. Colonel Ellis, have your ship land on the pier. We are tracking any ships that come close well enough you can get your ship in the air well before another ship arrives." Carter said. "Rather not have your ship up there and possibly have a passive scan pick it up."

"Understood General." Ellis said as Carter dismissed him.

"Is there anything we need to do before we leave?" the Colonel Caldwell asked.

"You can go back to your ship. I'll be landing behind your chair like I did before shortly. Just make sure no one is in the way at the time." Ford said.

"Yes General." Caldwell said.

He walked out as Sheppard stood.

"And what do I do?" Sheppard asked.

"If we end up needing to fight, you'll have to be here to get in the chair at a moments notice." Carter said.

"Got it. Good luck General." Sheppard said with a two fingered salute before walking out.

"Okay, now I'm off to piss off the Replicators." Ford said giving her a quick kiss. "I'm going to say bye to Sally and your parents before taking off. Remember, if a ship is headed this way…."

"I'll call you." Carter said holding up her T.A.R.D.I.S. phone. "Just make sure the Daedalus is about to enter hyperdrive so they can avoid danger until they get back here, before you take off."

"I will." Ford stated.

"We have about ten hours to come up with a finished program to disable the Replicators." Rodney said as he entered the other lab.

"That is improbable. We will not have a finished program by then." the Wraith said.

"That is quitter talk. And we have that incredible, super computer dog machine over there to help us. Besides, when given a deadline, I shine! This is my best moment. Making the impossible, possible within a constraining time limit." Rodney stated.

The Wraith grunted and shook his head, but got to work anyway as he sat down at a laptop in front of him as Rodney went to another. Both were still working when Sheppard entered the room.

"Hey, ten hours. Time's up." Sheppard said.

"What? Already?" Rodney asked as he looked at his watch.

"Yes. I guess that means you don't have anything done. One the bright side, over twenty ships have been destroyed by the Daedalus. No damage to our side as of yet." Sheppard said. "Those fly in and attack before we get hit plans have been working."

"It is good news, but then if any other ships come by…" Rodney said.

"The General had some modified beacons dropped at the locations that repeat the word warning over and over again, in various languages. Hopefully, most people will stay away, but we know the Replicators will not. The bright side of that is no innocents are dying." Sheppard said as he slid a paper to Rodney.

He picked it up, curious and started to read it aloud when Sheppard stopped him. Reading it quietly, he had to laugh. Sheppard wrote that the beacon said warning in all languages but Wraith, which said welcome instead.

"Well, I guess I will get back to work on this and hopefully before the next Replicator ship gets to another planet. Wait, is the time extended then?" Rodney asked.

"By about six hours. The first ships they attacked were five or six close together. Since then, they have been just going around to the nearest ones and getting rid of them." Sheppard said.

After ten hours of blowing up enemy ships, they were happy, but not as happy as when they started. They had taken a few hits, but no damage was ever incurred, just the problem of starting to run out of power on the Daedalus. Dropping out of hyperspace in a location the T.A.R.D.I.S. said the core stated was a drop out point for another Replicator ship, the Colonel got the weapons ready as they came to a stop.

"Shields functioning as normal." Ford stated as he watched the T.A.R.D.I.S. Console.

"Weapons hot and ready sir." the man on the Colonel left said.

"Hyperspace window detected directly ahead." the guy on the right said.

"Fire when ready." Caldwell said.

The Aurora class vessel dropped out and a bit below them. Before they could even really register the Daedalus, four beams hit the ship and blew it away.

"Good work people." the Colonel said. "How many is that now?"

"34 out of, like a hundred." Ford said.

"This seems a bit too easy." the Colonel said.

"We are able to track their movements ad even predict with a almost 100% degree of certainty where they will be next." Ford said. "Going directly into battle with them isn't a great idea, but we got five ships pretty quickly. Since then, we have been targeting ones close by and in known drop points."

"I'm just glad we have your shields and these weapons. Proceed to the next target." Caldwell ordered.

ONE WEEK LATER……….

Caldwell came out of the transporter and into the city near the command center. He would have went with Ford, but he had a few things to do, which included helping with the landing of the ship on the pier. Ford landed back in the command center to talk to Sam, plus see her and Sally as well. Sheppard was outside the door as he came out.

"Hey Colonel." Sheppard said with a small wave.

"Sheppard. How are things going here?" Caldwell asked.

"Pretty well. We've been helping save people on other planets as usual. General Carter, Sam, has been a bit depressed, but we both know why. Moral is pretty high actually. Blowing over forty ships up is a good news for everyone." Sheppard said.

"Yes. If it wasn't for the General, his ship and those incredible shields, we'd be dead already." Caldwell said as they entered the control room. "What about the Apollo?"

"She's been doing just fine. Staying on the other pier and keeping watch on the skies. There was a ship that got close to this solar system, but then it suddenly vanished after a couple of minutes." Sheppard said.

"Yeah, the General noticed it and we went there quickly, going through a ship as he blasted it, then jumped into hyperspace." Caldwell said.

"Hey John." Carter said.

"General." Sheppard said with a small wave.

"We've got some new news." Carter said. "But you probably know what it is."

"A small idea." Caldwell said as Rodney and Ellis entered Carter's office. "Is it true?"

"Yes. Our readings on the core also indicate all the Replicator ships are going back to their home world." Carter said.

"They must have no idea how we are tracking them." Rodney said. "They are making new ships on their home world rather quickly, and with each new ship, we get a new reading as it comes online."

"As powerful as that shield of yours is General, we just don't have the firepower to go to their world and shoot with everything we got." Caldwell said. "Before or just over fifty shots, we start running dangerously low on power ourselves."

"And they have all those drones they can fire not only from all those ships, but from the planet as well. The Replicators are dangerous and almost took out the Asguard General, even though those were slightly different Replicators. Given time, they might find a way past your shield." Sheppard said.

"Possible, but I think unlikely." Ford said as he rubbed his chin. "Considering what happened before when the planet was bombed, unless we do something that totally destroys them, they would just rebuild and return. I wish we could come up with a peaceful solution, but that time has already came and gone."

"What about blowing up the planet?" Ellis asked. "We know it is completely possible, especially with those special naquada enhanced nuke bombs. From what I understand, you'd only have to land your ship somewhere in a deep cave in the planet and then set it off."

"I don't think blowing the planet up would work. They'd probably still survive in some capacity. A couple of their ships could easily jump into hyperspace, or even more." Carter said. "It would only take one ship getting away and hiding somewhere, only to come back in a few weeks to months to even years with a massive fleet we wouldn't be able to stop."

"Then we need a effective means to stop them permanently." Ellis said. "Which you should already have done by now if I am correct Doctor McKay. You said you'd have it done before or within ten hours. It's been that and a week."

"I'm still working on it." Rodney said reluctantly. "We got the program to make them leave humans alone and only attack Wraith done a couple days ago. But beyond that…."

"That would at least buy us some more time." Caldwell said. "And get rid of the Wraith sooner."

"The Replicators have already shown that they are capable of changing their own programming." Carter said. "K-9 is confident that the program would make them stop killing humans, even though we haven't been able to test it. However, he thinks that they would eventually overcome that and go back to killing humans again within a month's time, if not sooner. And since we can't technically test it, the program might not work at all."

"Then we need something more effective." Ellis stated and then began in a sarcastic tone to McKay. "Can you do that within a month Doctor McKay, or do you need more…"

"Colonel…" Carter said, stopping him with a warning voice. "He is working very hard along with several other people, including K-9 helping to the point he has had to have quite a bit of maintenance, along with me when I have the time. You want to dress down someone, do it to your own people, not mine. Do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal General's." he said as he saw both General's giving him hard glares.

"Good, Rodney, go get back to work please." Carter said.

"Yeah, sure thing Sam." Rodney said as he walked out quickly.

"I had to tell them we had nothing. Colonel Ellis just about berated me in front of everyone, but Sam came to my defense…" Rodney said as he was back in his lab sitting besides the Wraith. "And you don't care obviously. Why am I not surprised? The point is, we have absolutely nothing and everyone knows it."

"This is very difficult." the Wraith said.

"You don't think I know that? These things are extremely ingenious in design. I was so sure I was more ingenious." Rodney said sighing.

The two talked for a few moments about different ideas and Rodney kept the info about the fact they had the program to make the Replicators stop killing humans to himself, although he almost talked about it. Then he made mention of the anti-Replicator weapons they had, which the Wraith mentioned that Rodney said it didn't work all the time because the Replicators adapted after a bit of time. Rodney went on about how the plan could work if they was able to effectively hit all the Replicators with one big blast, which wasn't even possible with the T.A.R.D.I.S., but would be if they had the Enterprise, which wasn't possible because it was only a TV show that Ford hadn't ended up in.

"What is it?" the Wraith asked as Rodney turned around in his seat quickly.

"I just got an idea, the first and best idea in a long while." Rodney said happily. "K-9, new plan!"

"Okay, in the past, we used weapons that made the Replicators fall apart into dust, breaking the bonds between the individual nanite cells." Rodney said as he spoke excitedly in Carter's office.

Sheppard was sitting in the chair with his leg up as he twiddled his thumbs. Ford was leaning on the wall behind Sam as she sat in her chair.

"And our weapons still do that, if we get a lucky shot that they haven't gotten used to." Sheppard said.

"Right." Rodney said. "All we have ever done is make them separate each other into dust and then just get rid of the dust."

"Yeah. The only problem is we keep having to change the modulation and frequency. Eventually, they're going to do like the Borg and completely adapt." Carter asked. "What is your point Rodney?"

"What if we did the opposite? I talked with K-9 about it and he believes the idea would work in theory. Instead of making them fall apart, we need to bring them all together. And since, at the moment, all the Replicators are in one place at the moment, this is the right time to do so." Rodney said very excited with his idea as he saw the only people with his intellectual abilities thinking.

"Hmm. Very interesting." Ford said while tapping his chin, then snapped his fingers. "If all the Replicator cells formed into one large…whatever, it would be easier to destroy them then. Assuming that we were able to do something like that in one attack."

"Sounds feasible. It would work theoretically." Carter said as her face showed deep thought. "Hit them all with, something, that takes them all out at one time."

"Wouldn't doing that, making a massive amount of Replicator cells form together just make them turn into, say a super enormous Godzilla sized life form?" Sheppard asked.

"No, not at all. It would be more like a giant blob." Rodney said as he made a ball out of his hands. "The blob would be so tightly compacted together, they would all be rendered inert. The bond occurs on a subspace level…"

"Which helps them get past the normal repulsive force between nuclei.." Carter said as she got up.

"Which means their electrons are fusing with their protons and when that happens, they are essentially toast." Rodney said as he brought his hands together.

"Yes, but then that means neutron star levels of density." Carter said.

"Exactly!" Rodney said with a big smile.

"Do you have any clue what they are talking about?" Sheppard asked while looking at Ford who though watching the two and listening with interest, seemed to be lost in his own world as well.

"Levels that dense would be equivalent to dwarf star metal, or pretty damned close. Or is it called white dwarf star metal?" Ford muttered to himself as he thought. "But it would work seeing as something like that would create its own gravity field drawing in any Replicators and possibly parts even if they are in orbit. Very good idea Rodney!"

"Thank you." Rodney said smugly.

"Okay, I get this idea is really good, since the three best minds in this city all agree on it." Sheppard said.

"K-9 believes it is a great idea." Rodney said.

"Okay, four best minds. Does it involve going to their planet and uploading the program into their system again, because that would be difficult to almost impossible." Sheppard said.

"No, I have a better idea. And even K-9 agrees it would work." Rodney said. "Come…"

They followed him through the city, with K-9 and came into another lab that had a interesting bed in the middle of the room, that was surrounded by various computers. As soon as Ford saw it, he thought it was a strange because it sort of looked like a coffin instead of some fancy table, or bed as Rodney said it was. It was the same sort of bed that the Replicated Doctor Weir was on in the other Atlantis city.

"What is it?" Carter asked with a look on her face that showed she was thinking but not getting much of an idea.

"It was put into storage when it was found and we didn't know what it was at first, and then I found out later while checking on the different items in storage." Rodney said as he walked around to the control panel on its left side. "This is what the Ancients used to do their research on human form Replicators."

Carter only blinked as Ford put his hand on it, feeling the lines with a smile on his face.

"Interesting. I was wondering where this was." Ford said still feeling it and looking it over, just noticing the looks he got. "What? We knew the Ancients did research on the Replicators they made. It's no surprise that the machine they used still exist. And I did see it in the inventory list when I was looking for something else."

"You want to make, something out of Replicator cells, that is what you are saying Rodney?" Carter asked.

"Yes. We have a lot of information about the current Replicators, a lot of information on what the Ancients did and the research as well, not to mention the blueprints of the original Replicators that the Ancients built." Rodney said.

"Rodney, making a human form Replicator is out of the question." Sheppard stated.

"I didn't say I wanted to make a human form, just a block of cells, say ya big." Rodney said making what was possibly a square foot square with his hands. "Just enough to get the ball rolling on the idea."

"I don't know about this…" Carter began and then turned seeing Ford's face showing he was concentrating. "You're thinking otherwise."

"Yeah." Ford said slowly. "With K-9 helping, and me staying here to help, I think we'll be safe."

She sighed as her head dropped.

"Ford, I am really unsure about this." Carter said.

"I know. I leave it up to you." Ford said with a shrug.

"Because I am in command or because you don't want to argue with me?" Carter asked with a slightly serious look.

"Both." Ford said slowly, seeing her grimace and then smile with a shake of her head.

"You really hate confrontation when it comes to me." Carter said.

"Sam, this could really work." Rodney said. "We make this block, switch it on, then beam it into a populated area and wait for all the cells to come together. It couldn't be simpler."

"I hear a but." Sheppard said.

"More like a, hiccup." Rodney said.

"And that is?" Carter asked raising an eyebrow. "I was about to say yes, but it depends on what you tell me."

"It's nothing to do with anything here. Seeing as we will control everything that we create in the programming, I am quite sure nothing bad would happen. However, once we take it to the planet and turn it on, there is a chance the ships in orbit will be able to get away before enough of the cells come together to ensure that no Replicator can escape the pull. It's going to take time for the cells to all come together and by the time the blob is starting, the other Replicators in space will notice the problem and be able to run away." Rodney said.

"We'd need some sort of distraction to keep them from leaving orbit or the planet then." Sheppard said.

"They have almost thirty ships in orbit." Carter said. "Somehow, I don't think sending just the Daedalus in to attack them is going to be enough to make them stay, thinking that an overwhelming force will get through the T.A.R.D.I.S. shields."

"We would need more ships to fight with. And I don't want the Apollo leaving Atlantis, in case the Wraith or something else attacks. Not to mention, the Apollo would barely be able to survive being attacked by a few dozen drones." Ford said.

"We could see if the Wraith would be willing to help." Sheppard suggested. "We could tell him about this plan, which we know he would be happy to hear about since it involves the destruction of the Replicators, which unfortunately means that the Wraith can go back on their culling sprees without much hindrance, but in the long run, it's better than being totally annihilated by the Replicators. Hopefully, he could go to his people and tell them what we are planning on doing and they can send a fleet of their ships in to back us up."

"That sounds like a good idea." Carter said nodding her head. "I don't like this plan, mostly because we are playing with dangerous technology, but seeing as we have little else we can go on, we might as well do it anyway."

All four of them went to the brig and told him of the idea, leaving out the fact that the T.A.R.D.I.S. even existed aside from a name, and the fact it was behind the reason why the Daedalus was able to destroy so many ships, and that it was just them knowing where to be at the right time to destroy all those Replicator ships so easily. They lied, saying the reason the Apollo was going to be unable to help in the fight was because their hyperdrive was down for maintenance and would be for at least a couple of weeks.

"I see. I must say, this plan is ingenious. Even though I have been in captivity for awhile, I believe I may be able to get twelve ships to join in the fight, perhaps more." the Wraith said.

"And they would be willing to fight with us, shoulder to shoulder? Leaving us alone after the battle instead of attacking us right after?" Sheppard asked.

"For a chance to destroy the Replicators once and for all? I am sure I can make sure that agreement takes place. However, I will need to personally convince them that this is the proper course of action." the Wraith said.

"Works for me." Ford said.

"Very well." Carter said. "Sheppard, get your team together, minus Rodney and take him to his people."

"Yes ma'am." Sheppard said.

They banded his hands to his hips and took him to a Jumper. Ronan placed him in the seat behind Sheppard as he sat across from the Wraith with his gun pointed at him.

"The first sign that you try to cross us…" Sheppard said.

"I die, I know." the Wraith said.

The Jumper went to the space gate coordinates that the Wraith provided and were a bit surprised as they exited the space gate and found a lot of Wraith Hive ships sitting in space.

"Well, this is very different." Sheppard said.

"We are receiving a transmission." Teyla said from beside him. "They are docking instructions."

"Let's get this over with." Sheppard said as he headed for the opening that came up on the screen.

Various Darts were flying around inside as they flew over and to a landing pad, closing the side panels as the ship touched down.

"Now what?" Sheppard asked as the back door was banded on.

"You open the door." the Wraith said. "Perhaps you should remove these though. I think it sends the wrong message, don't you?"

Sheppard turned around near the door and reluctantly nodded to Ronan, who took the restraining cuffs off along with the belt.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Ronan said as the belt was tossed aside.

"Yeah, let's see this through anyhow." Sheppard said. "We need their help for this plan to work effectively."

The back door went down and they all saw four of the masked Wraith with the lance stun weapons pointed at them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait guys." Sheppard said. "We're here to…"

The team went down as they were all shot twice or more. The Wraith looked down at them and then smiled as he walked out.

K-9, Ford, and Radek were helping the best they could as Rodney was looking at the screen that had lines of code on it. There was a large silver puddle on the bed/table, not fully on it or spilling over the edge as the three continued to work on the coding.

"Okay, we have the basic nanite material formed, now we just need to make them interact." Rodney said.

"I must say Rodney, this is quite the ingenious idea." Radek said.

"I'm impressed as well." Ford said as Rodney was pushing buttons on a laptop in his hands.

"You expected anything less?" Rodney asked.

"Well…" Radek said.

"Well what?" Rodney asked.

"You have been in a bit of a rut lately." Radek said.

"What? I have been in no rut." Rodney stated.

"Other than the attack no humans program, you really haven't gotten anything really done lately Rodney. Then again, I haven't gotten anything really done either in the last month so…." Ford said. "And then, Sam hasn't done anything scientifically spectacular at all lately…."

"That makes me feel so much better." Rodney said with sarcasm.

"For a guy who says he can accomplish the impossible under insurmountable odds, and we even gave you extra time, you still didn't meet the deadline." Ford said as Rodney grimaced.

"Are we sure that these nanites will stay as they are and only work the way we want them to?" Radek asked.

"Absolutely. I disabled most of the protocols. They should only do the basic commands I give and form into a simple block." Rodney said while typing. "Here we go."

The puddle moved together and then formed into a square block that wasn't solid.

"Reminds me of the terminator." Ford said. "But it worked."

"You doubted me, after all this work?" Rodney complained.

"No McKay." Ford said. "This is just our first attempt at playing with Replicator cells. It working the first time is a bit surprising. Usually it is trial and error."

Rodney muttered something and then looked at his small handheld device as it beeped at him.

"Oh, we have a problem." Rodney said pushing buttons. "The cells aren't communicating properly."

Ford only sighed as he watched the block turn back into a puddle.

"Great, this is going to be tougher than I thought." Rodney said, going back to the main control panel. "I do not want to hear either of you say anything."

Ford raised both hands as Radek closed his mouth and dropped his raised finger.

The Wraith came back sometime later and touched Sheppard's shoulder. He slowly rolled over while groaning and then snapped awake quickly as he sat up against the back of the seats in the back of the Jumper and saw the Wraith before him. All of his team was still in the Jumper, with all their items and weapons, though still unconscious.

"Be calm." the Wraith said as Sheppard was shaking off the effects of the stun. "Here."

Sheppard took his magnum back as it was handed to him.

"What the hell is going on?" Sheppard asked.

"Apparently, my fellow Wraith wanted to speak to me without you being around." the Wraith said.

"Well, they could have just asked us politely to stay in the Jumper instead of stunning us all." Sheppard said.

"You would have never let me leave your sight." the Wraith stated.

"Well, we will never know now will we." Sheppard stated sarcastically.

"We have a deal." the Wraith said while moving closer to the cockpit. "Nine of the Hives will join us."

"Nine, you said twelve." Sheppard exclaimed.

"Not all of the Wraith believe this is the best course of action or that the mission will succeed. Plus, many of our ships are without Queens. And we cannot make new warriors should they fall. However, if you were to prefer none…" the Wraith said.

"We can take nine." Sheppard said while nodding quickly and then looking at Ronan. "Why did I wake up before Ronan?"

"We had to stun him several times. I thought it best that you were awake before he was." the Wraith said.

"Probably a good idea." Sheppard said and then looked past the Wraith to see out the front window. "Wait a minute, the door is closed. Are we in space?"

"Yes. The Hives have already left. This ship was jettisoned before they jumped into hyperspace." the Wraith said.

"Anything else happen while we were unconscious that I should know about?" Sheppard asked while standing.

"I must return to Atlantis to help Doctor McKay complete our plan." the Wraith said as he sat down.

"Ah." Sheppard said putting his gun into its holster. "Help me wake them up and then we'll get out of here."

The cube was there once again, however, their was a blue energy field around it.

"Ah, now things are looking better." Rodney said.

"Rodney, there is a force field surrounding it." Radek said.

"Yes, I know. I'm trying to give the cells time to establish their own internal cohesion." Rodney said.

"Make them learn what we want them to be. Kind of like teaching a child how to talk and walk." Ford said.

"Exactly. Now, we just drop the field and they should stay together." Rodney said as the field went down. "Okay, things are looking good so far. Structure is still intact, the bonds are holding."

"Feels really weird, but it is staying as a cube." Ford said while poking the top with his finger.

"Don't do that. It might screw something up." Rodney said as his machine beeped. "Ah, dammit."

The cube turned back into a puddle quickly as Ford shook his head.

"Scans indicate the bonds between the cells failed to complete total cohesion. The Master touching them had no effect on the experiment." K-9 stated.

"It is no use Rodney. Too many of the basic protocols have been disabled. They were never designed to work this way." Radek said.

"Then we need to reactive some of them." Ford said.

"Doctor Zelenka?"

"Yes." Radek said into his earpiece.

"We are having some troubles with the power distribution in Sector Seven, they need you there right away."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Radek said.

"Go ahead. K-9 and I will still be here to make sure nothing goes wrong." Ford said.

He nodded and left as Rodney was working on his handheld and Ford called for another person to join them.

"Sam is not going to like if you don't tell her about this." Rodney said.

"You work on restoring some of the protocols." Ford said while touching his earpiece. "Sam?"

"Yes." Carter said.

"We've got some problems. The cube we want to make isn't going to work. The cohesion won't take place because there is not enough command protocols active to make them function right. I'm going to allow Rodney to bring some of them back online. I'll be keeping a close watch and K-9 assures me that I still have the right frequency on the Sonic Screwdriver to use to break up the cells if something goes wrong." Ford stated.

"Alright. Just be careful. I trust your judgment and know you'll be safe. It's the city and everyone else that I need to worry about if things get out of hand." Carter said.

"I know. I got Rebecca coming down with a anti-replicator gun to come join us just in case. I'll keep you updated on our progress." Ford said.

"Okay." Carter said.

"Anything on Sheppard and the others?" Ford asked.

"Nothing yet. I figure if we don't have anything in the next hour, you can go looking for them and I'll come there to keep watch if things start going bad." Carter said.

"Let me know when they arrive then." Ford said.

"Got it." Carter said sighing off.

"Alright, let's see if we can get this to work." Ford said as he turned back around.

"I've been doing so for the last few minutes." Rodney said.

"We are really going to have to cause the magnetic effect, as it were, to be at a really high level in order to get the ones in space along with all on the planet." Ford said.

"Yeah, making the calculations on that as we go." Rodney said.

Sheppard was piloting the ship back to the space gate while Ronan was holding his gun, keeping it ready in case the Wraith moved. Sheppard was able to get Ronan to back down, but just barely.

"Ronan, let it go." Sheppard said as he saw Ronan glaring at the Wraith. "Look at it this way, they were afraid of you. Take it as a compliment."

"Hmm." Ronan said with a small grunt of satisfaction.

"Dial the gate please Teyla." Sheppard asked.

As she was doing so, the console beeped.

"I am detecting a hyperspace jump approaching." Teyla said.

"Did you guys forget something?" Sheppard asked.

Ronan didn't say anything, but was startled like the Wraith as Teyla jumped in her seat and grabbed the arms with all her might. Sheppard pulled back on the controls as hard as he could while letting out a small cry of surprise, glad that Rodney was back at Atlantis or he would have blown everyone's eardrums with his screams. The Jumper barely managed to fly up and over the Ancient battleship that dropped out of hyperspace in front of them. He dodged and weaved through or over various things on the ship in an effort to avoid hitting anything as he tried to also get away.

"It's an Ancestral warship!" Teyla stated.

"Replicators! Dial the gate, quickly!" Sheppard said.

"How did they find us?!" Teyla asked while pushing the buttons quickly.

"I have an idea." Ronan stated.

"You are mistaken." the Wraith said to the accusing Ronan.

"We are receiving a transmission." Teyla said.

"What?" Sheppard asked as confused as she was.

"Sheppard, is that you?" a woman's voice asked.

"Larrin?" Sheppard asked extremely surprised.

"What the hell are you doing all the way out here?" Larrin asked.

He brought up a screen on the window that showed her and her crew in the background.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sheppard asked.

"We picked up seven Hives hovering around a planet nearby. We thought something big was going down, so, we decided to stop in and do a little intel." Larrin said.

"Sorry, you just missed seeing them." Sheppard said with a smile.

"I noticed that. Will you tell me what the hell is going on? Or better yet, why didn't those Hives destroy that puny little ship?" Larrin asked.

"I take great offense to that!" Sheppard said insulted. "But, they are good questions, and deserve answers. I think we need to talk."

"Oh, good. Come in Bay Three." Larrin said, not amused or impressed.

He could only smile lightly as the other two looked at him.

"Rodney was right, she is good looking." Ronan said.

"At least Rodney isn't here to hear that." Sheppard muttered.

They landed inside and then went to the back, hearing a few people outside waiting for them. The door opened with Sheppard and Ronan standing side by side and Teyla behind them and the Wraith sitting on the seat. Larrin was standing there in a black leather outfit and three men behind her.

"Hey Larrin. I was wondering about you and your people. How they were doing and such since we last helped you." Sheppard said.

"It's nice to see you to again Sheppard. We have been doing rather well, thanks to all that that General guy gave us. I guess he didn't come this time." Larrin said not seeing him.

"No, he's busy on Atlantis." Sheppard said.

"That Wraith better be a prisoner." Larrin said stepping back as the Wraith stood.

"No, not really. I know how it looks…" Sheppard began.

"Kill it." Larrin ordered.

"Whoa, wait!" Sheppard said getting in front of the Wraith quickly with his gun pointed. "No killing. Just, hear me out first."

"This better be good." Larrin said crossing her arms.

"We've formed an alliance with them…." Sheppard said as her face turned to rage.

They were in the hallway near the hanger bay, with two of the men inside in case the Wraith did try something and the other in the hallway with her in case Sheppard tried something.

"What?!" Larrin yelled.

"Can I at least try to explain? It's a temporary alliance." Sheppard said trying to calm her down.

"What the hell for?!" Larrin exclaimed loud enough Sheppard flinched.

"We have a plan, which involves having them help us. We are going to attack the Replicators home world, which is surrounded by a lot of ships. We only have one that we can send, and they are willing to send nine Hives to help. While we are distracting the Replicators in space, that will give us the time needed to…complete a plan we have going on, on the surface." Sheppard said as he moved his hands lightly in a gesture sense.

"And the plan is?" Larrin asked with some interest.

"A friend of mine, Doctor McKay, is making a….scientific thing that involves making all the Replicators come together into…a giant ball. I'm no good with the science stuff, but the General is helping him get it done. The whole plan is to make all the Replicators come together and then…something to do with them all being together makes them…." Sheppard said rolling his hands. "Inert and useless. They will not be killing innocent human on other planets anymore, but then, the Wraith will unfortunately be allowed to go forth and cull more people again with less resistance. However, if we are lucky, the Wraith will loose a majority of those nine Hive ships, bring them down to less than before. In the long run, this plan is the best idea because very few people can even do anything to the Replicators…"

"I get it. I already know what these Replicators can do and how much of a threat they are." Larrin said.

"You do?" Sheppard asked with some surprise.

"Both our peoples have been sending messages back and forth, when we are in that area of space to send messages." Larrin stated. "There was some people we traded with on a planet, that we came to one day to do more trading with. Except, there was no one there. We at first thought it was the Wraith, but they only cull, not level everything to less than rubble. And with the information that Atlantis gave us, it makes sense."

"Unfortunately, that is not the only planet that the Replicators have leveled. The death toll is in the hundreds of thousands. Now, you can help if you want, but in reality, the General doesn't want any help other than the Wraith." Sheppard said.

"And why is that? Fighting with the Wraith probably wouldn't go over well with our Governing Council, and even then, the individual ship Captains would have say in whether they would help or not." Larrin said.

"The more Wraith taken out, the better for everyone else. We are only using one ship because the General will use that strange blue box to keep our ship from taking any damage." Sheppard said.

"I see. He did talk about that strange ship having very powerful shields. I am beginning to understand this plan more and more, and it sounds very appealing." Larrin said. "Less Wraith are always good for everyone."

"You didn't really say if the Wraith know about your people…" Sheppard began.

"They know, it is just difficult to find us since we travel a lot." Larrin said.

"Okay. How about this, you bring this ship to Atlantis, and since we have scientist with the Ancient gene to help get more things running and further repairs done…" Sheppard said eyeing a few hanging burnt wires. "You could bring this one along to fight afterward and leave before things get to bad. Just to show the Wraith that we all want the Replicators destroyed as quickly as possible."

"Like the idea about getting help with repairs, and I am willing to bet that the General would even help with supplies again…" Larrin said.

"See, no problems." Sheppard said with a smile.

"There is one big problem. The info we got on the Replicators, from your people, states that the Replicators use these ships to fight. Now what is going to keep the Wraith from accidentally firing on us instead?" Larrin asked.

"Oh. Good point. Hmm…well, you could just come for help with repairs and supplies, maybe bring some other ship to the fight. Even though we will have the best possible defense, we're hurting on offense." Sheppard stated.

"I'll have to talk to our Governing Council and see what they say." Larrin said.

"Sounds like a plan. Does that mean we leave and you call us later…" Sheppard said.

"No, that means you go back to your ship, make sure that, your temporary partner doesn't leave that ship or try to get free, because I will have him shot the moment his foot or any other part leaves that ship. I'll will go talk to a few people and then come back to you with the news." Larrin said before pointing so that the guard escorted him to the hanger.

Sometime ago…..

"Are you really sure about this General? I am more than happy to see how this works, but I'd rather not have Sam or you get angry if something goes wrong…" Rodney began.

"Rodney." Ford began. "Did you know, that you sometimes contradict yourself?"

"I do not." Rodney stated indignantly.

"You just did. You assured me that this was the best course of action, which I approved of, along with Sam, and then you just asked me if I was sure after you are mostly done. One moment, you are the most confident man on the base, the next, you're worse than…"

"Than who?" Rodney asked sarcastically as Ford paused.

"I'm not sure exactly. I didn't have a name to say, I just kept talking. K-9 says that everything looks just right. So, let's finish this." Ford said waving a hand.

"All right then." Rodney said more enthusiastically as he ignored Rebecca trying not to laugh. "Just for the record, if this goes wrong, we both worked on this."

"Duh. So did K-9, which means she'll blow up at all three of us." Ford said.

Radek came back a couple hours after getting finished with the Naquada generator problem and found them looking at a very pretty, long red headed young woman, lying on the bed/table, in a light tan outfit that was once worn by various members of the Atlantian people back in the day they were still in the city. There was pants to be seen and some cloth like shoes, but the rest of the outfit consisted of what was a thin closed robe that went down to her ankles and covered everything but her head and hands. At the moment, her eyes were closed as they were still working. Rodney was pushing buttons on the console while Ford was running his Sonic Screwdriver above her and looking at a small handheld device that was linked to his Sonic Screwdriver.

"What is going on? Don't tell me…" Radek began.

"Yes, Rodney and I made a human form Replicator. Sam already knows, K-9 says we have total control, and from all indications, I just turn to a specific setting, activate my Sonic Screwdriver and she turns to dust. A different setting will make her turn completely stiff, and another will cause her to explode." Ford said while still running his device over her.

"Three different ways to stop her if things go wrong." Rodney said. "We kept trying to make a block to work with, while you were gone, and found it was not only more difficult to even try to make it work that way, it was near impossible. The Ancients made the program to make them into human forms, not inanimate objects. After trying over and over again to get the block to stay a block, each time activating more and more of the protocols I had previous deactivated, we realized it was pointless."

"So, now we have this, or her." Ford said as Rodney muttered something about being finished finally. "And, if anything does go wrong, Rebecca is here to use that modified gun."

"Well, that does cover all the bases." Radek said.

She sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed/table and smiled as Rodney set his handheld device aside.

"Hello." she said seeing Radek first.

"Hi." Radek said after a moment.

Coming back from Larrin's ship, later that night, they approached the city, skimming just above the water. One of the moon's was shining brightly in the clear sky as Sheppard brought the Jumper up and then down into the tower. The Wraith was taken back to his cell as they went another direction.

"Let's go see if McKay has anything yet." Sheppard said as the three rounded a corner. "This whole plan of attack rides on him finishing his part."

Ronan only grunted lightly as Teyla stopped and headed in a different direction.

"I must go see Doctor Keller." Teyla said.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Sheppard asked worried.

"I am fine. I was stunned however." Teyla said with worry in her voice.

"We get stunned all the time. Nothing new. Come on." Sheppard said waving a hand for her to follow.

"The circumstances are different this time." Teyla said slowly.

"Circumstances? How so?" Sheppard asked confused as Ronan shrugged in loss.

"I am carrying a child." Teyla stated as she braced herself for what she was pretty sure was coming.

"You're doing what?" Sheppard asked as he got closer, thinking her didn't hear what he just heard.

"I am pregnant John." Teyla stated.

"Is this a joke?" Sheppard asked after blinking a few times and then looking at Ronan.

"Don't look at me." Ronan said. "I didn't know."

"It just happened." Teyla said.

"I, didn't know you were even seeing anybody." Sheppard said with surprise.

"It is no one from Atlantis." Teyla stated.

"Okay, that explains more of why you are really looking to find your people so soon…" Sheppard said carefully. "And why you practically begged the General to do everything he could to find them. You were really devastated when he said he couldn't go back and try anymore, even though he was able to say they were alive. And then that Davos guy said the same, but couldn't…"

"Tell me what I really wanted to know about. I know." Teyla said.

"So, um, how long along are you?" Sheppard asked thinking it was going to be a low number.

"Three months." Teyla said.

"Three?" Sheppard said looking down at her abdomen and now noticing it seemed a bit bigger. "Okay. And how long have you known?"

"Just under two." Teyla said looking away.

"Under two? You've been….we've been out in the field and been in dangerous places, and you didn't think to tell me this sooner?" Sheppard asked harshly.

"I have been trying to tell you…." Teyla began.

"Obviously not hard enough." Sheppard stated.

"I am still more than capable…." Teyla began again.

"Teyla, you got stunned today. Do you have any idea what sort of effect that could have on the child?" Sheppard asked.

"Athosian women remain very active, even with child…" Teyla stated firmly.

"This is different." Sheppard stated forcefully. "We go through that gate almost everyday, into dangerous places were we could get killed in the next second."

"John…" Teyla said trying again.

"As for this second, you are relieved of active duty." Sheppard said holding up a finger.

"Ford and Sam know." Teyla stated as he began walking away and muttering about telling those two.

"They what?! And didn't…" Sheppard yelled as he spun around.

"It was my choice that they not say anything and left it to me to tell you…" Teyla said.

"Took you long enough. By god's grace alone you haven't been injured so bad that you lost the baby…" Sheppard started exclaiming loudly. Stopping himself, he took a deep breath. "Okay, obviously you and your people do things very differently when it comes to having children. Having to avoid the Wraith a lot means being in danger constantly, but now that you live with us, that has changed. Go see Doctor Keller, hopefully get good news that everything is okay, and then get back to me ASAP, so I don't have to worry."

He shook his head and walked away quickly as she lowered her head.

"Hey, congratulations." Ronan said as he patted her on the shoulder.

"Thank you Ronan." Teyla said feeling a bit better, but still down.

"Is it that Kanan guy?" Ronan asked.

"You knew that we were…." Teyla asked surprised.

"It was kind of obvious. The way you talked about him and stuff." Ronan said with a smile.

"He is the father. I will find him." Teyla said with determination. "He is still alive, I am certain. I can feel it."

"We'll find him together, I promise." Ronan said patting her shoulder before grabbing her hand. "Let's go get you checked out."

"What about…" Teyla began while pointing.

"I barely understand what Rodney says half the time anyway. Sheppard will give me a better idea once he knows something." Ronan said.

Before going to Rodney, he met up with Sam in the hallway and talked to her about what happened with the Wraith and then Larrin as they walked.

"She says that they might be able to get a few ships to help, bring us to over ten ships to fight with, but considering the plan, which I told her about, I don't know what is going to happen." Sheppard said.

"Ford still wants only our one ship and whatever the Wraith send to go into the fight. For appearance purposes, having a few of her people's ship helping before they run off isn't a bad idea. I take it that they'll come here first?" Carter asked.

"Suppose to. We won't know anything until they show up. Larrin is also hoping that we can help with supplies since one of their trading partners was a planet of people that the Replicators took out." Sheppard said.

"Shouldn't be a problem." Carter said, noticing something off about John a moment later. "Did anything beyond getting stunned and then talking to that lady happen?"

"No, why?" Sheppard asked.

"You seem…down or something like that. Is everything okay?" Carter asked worried.

"Yeah, for the most part. I took Teyla off active duty." Sheppard stated.

"Oh." Carter said in understanding. "Now I know why that look seemed so familiar. Jack gave me the same look when I found out I was pregnant. We, sort of had a thing, but never moved on it at any point. Then Ford came along and changed all of that. Jack still had feelings for me, despite the fact I moved on and got married. After Ford brought his son back, Jack was happy to be with his ex-wife and son again. I forget when they re-married though."

"Why didn't you or the General say anything to me? I am her commanding officer." Sheppard asked offended.

"If she was enlisted personal from Earth, we would have. Being an alien, technically, and only part of your group because you made her part, it was not up to us to say anything, unless she suddenly got seriously injured. That never happened and we, along with Keller, could only stay back and keep watch until a certain time limit passed, where we would have intervened. Another week or so and we would have." Carter said.

"Do you two also know who the father is?" Sheppard asked.

"One of her people. She told us the name, but I have since forgotten." Carter said thinking.

"Really, I'm not surprised she got with one of her people. This is going to blow the betting pool I heard that was about me and her getting together." Sheppard said.

"We heard, but never betted. Well, if Ford has, he didn't say. But I doubt it." Carter said.

"Hmm." Sheppard grunted.

"Oh, I should tell you, Rodney and Ford did something very different. Try not to act too much surprised when we enter. I did allow it, so remember that too." Carter stated.

"With Rodney, almost everything is a surprise and yet, not surprising." Sheppard said.

Sheppard stopped just inside the doorway as Carter continued in and then turned to see he was following.

"Hey Sam." Ford said while sitting next to K-9 as he held a laptop in his hands.

"Mistress."

"Hello K-9, Ford, Rebecca. How are things looking?" Carter asked.

"Very good actually." Rodney said as he was holding a tablet in his hand that he finished pushing a few buttons. "She's perfectly safe from all indications."

"Hi." the Replicator lady said seeing the two new people, before going back to looking at the line of computer systems on the wall that had lots of different colored blinking lights.

"Rodney, this is not what we talked about." Sheppard stated while waving a hand at the new lady.

"The whole block idea wasn't going to work. And even if it was, we didn't have the time to do it in. This was the only next available choice. Besides, these two approved so…" Rodney said.

"You approved of this?!" Sheppard exclaimed.

"I just told you I did. He wouldn't have done it if we hadn't given him the approval." Carter said. "And Ford was down here the entire time helping out, with K-9. If something goes wrong, we have three fail safes."

"Four actually." Rodney said. "I programmed one in that I can activate. If anything goes wrong with that, Ford has the other three."

"Five counting me." Rebecca said waving her anti-replicator gun.

"That's good to hear. So how much of a Replicator is she?" Sheppard asked, still worried.

"She can walk, talk, interact with people and things, but she can't Replicate into anything or anyone else. And she can't create any other Replicators either." Rodney said.

"For precaution reasons, I made a few adjustments to the table there to make it so only certain people can use it, in case a Replicator got hold of the table. Not saying they couldn't eventually get through the cryptic program, but it would take time." Ford said.

"Rodney, does she know what she was made for?" Carter asked quietly as the lady kept looking at the different lights, touching them every so often.

"Yes." Rodney said.

"Oh brother." Carter muttered while rubbing her face with one hand.

"What? Don't tell me, you look at her as something other than what she is like he does." Rodney said.

"Yes Rodney. There was once a Replicator version of Ford made, and he did everything just like the real Ford did. He may have been another clone technically, even though he was a machine instead of organic…." Carter said.

"But he cared for everyone just like I did." Ford said as he stood. "And died saving Daniel from a bad Replicator version of Sam. I admit, I do have reservations about sending…her, to do this. However, we don't do it, more lives are going to be lost."

"Great, first we work with the Wraith, now we work with a Replicator." Sheppard said.

"She's alive, yes, but she's more a weapon than anything else." Rodney said. "Her consciousness is a program, nothing more, and certainly not a copy of someone else. She has a specific purpose and nothing more beyond that."

"Then why is she looking at all those computers?" Sheppard asked.

"Curiosity." Ford said. "In many ways, she is like a baby, in the mind sort of sense. Everything is new and fascinating. We would have shut down those protocols, but then she wouldn't have even functioned properly."

"She would have been a lot like a remote controlled, robot. We would have had to tell her where to move and what to do, verbally or otherwise. This way, she will blend in with the other Replicators and do what we want her to." Rodney said.

Sheppard only shook his head and said as long as the two General's backed him up, then he'd go along with Rodney's plan. Leaving the Replicator lady to continue looking at the walls and such, leaving Rebecca inside the room, the group left to eat and do other jobs. Rodney and Ford only came back later when Radek called them to the room to say there was a problem.

"What sort of problem is going on?" Rodney asked as he entered. "She isn't attacking anything, or anyone…"

"But she is working on one of our laptops." Ford said as he lowered his Sonic Screwdriver from the other side. "Rebecca, why didn't you call?"

"What she said made perfect sense. And she didn't try to interface with anything and also with this scanner you left to monitor her functions, it showed her not sending or receiving any signals, so I didn't see it as a threat for her to try." Rebecca said. "And K-9 interfaced with the city and said she wasn't doing anything threatening."

"That does work." Ford said then walked over to the Replicator and asked. "What are you doing?"

"I have been going over the calculations made. I thought it prudent for the mission ahead." she said still typing. "I hope you didn't mind?"

"Okay." Ford said slowly as he pocketed the Sonic device. Rodney seemed very surprised at her statement and what she was doing, but didn't stop her as she turned to look at them both. "You've got our attention. What is the problem you found?"

"I think you have underestimated how quickly the nanite cells will adapt to their changing circumstances." she stated.

"In what way?" Ford asked with interest.

"The mass will be able to adapt its form before it reaches critical density." she said.

"Are you sure?" Rodney asked as she punched a few buttons on the laptop.

"I am quite sure. They will be able to halt their own collapse and gain control of what it happening to them well before the critical limit." she stated.

"In other words, we are back to the Godzilla reference Sheppard made." Radek said.

"Thank you Mr. Positive." Rodney said sarcastically.

"It does make sense that they'd be able to do that. With their computing ability and ability to adapt at a rapid pace, what we want to do could end up making things much worse for everyone." Ford said rubbing his chin. "So, I guess you have a idea to keep them from doing that?"

"Yes. I have worked out a solution which would keep the Replicators from gaining control back before then." she said.

"You have?" Rodney and Radek asked in surprise as Ford rolled his eyes.

"Why else would she be working on the laptop?" Ford asked. "Are you done then?"

"Yes, let me show you." she said as Ford came around to see what she had in mind.

"Wow." Rodney and Ford said together in amazement.

"Okay, our plan to bring them all together will work, however, the Replicators would be able to regain control before the critical density limit takes place." Rodney said in the conference room as he explained it to the group. "However, while all the Replicators are being brought together into a large mass, the planet and cities, for the most part, will be clear of human form Replicators. Which means, we can send a team in, put in a program to make the ZPM's to overload, which causes the Replicator mass to condense even further, and in the end…"

"We have a massive Replicator fusion bomb." Ford finished. "They all get wiped out, along with their planet, and we don't have to worry about them ever again. And, if we are lucky, we may be able to grab a ZPM or two from their planet at the same time for Atlantis."

"This information is coming from a Replicator, can we even trust it?" Ellis asked.

"We are trusting it because it comes from Rodney and Ford." Sheppard said.

"I've looked it over as has K-9." Carter said. "I believe it will work."

"The change in the plan will mean that I have to beam down into the core room…" Rodney said.

"Along with Ronan and a squad of marines." Sheppard said.

"Yes. While they keep watch, just in case, I will upload a program that will make the ZPM's overload…" Rodney said.

"At the time the Replicators in orbit begin to degrade and stop fighting, I will go down to the planet, grab a ZPM, or two if I am lucky, and get back to the Daedalus before the implosion happens. Colonel Ellis will take command of Atlantis until we return, and you'll keep the Apollo on the pier unless an attack comes to the city. Since her hyperdrive isn't functioning, we can't bring her into battle. Larrin's Ancient battleship will stay in orbit with a few of our teams going up to help with repairs and such." Ford said. "Seeing as they have no people with the Ancient gene, the exchange of supplies and help for their drones is a good trade off."

"Whatever ships that join us from Larrin's fleet will attack the Replicator ships in orbit, until they start to fall apart to join the mass on the planet. Once that happens, any of their ships that haven't left ahead of time, will head for Atlantis. Once the Daedalus has gotten the people on the surface off and the ZPM's are about to explode, we leave and join the surviving fleet here." Carter said. "However, the Wraith are to go wherever they want as long as it is not here."

"Understood." the Wraith said from his chair. "The Hives will sends out many waves of Darts to disable the Replicators hyperdrive engines in order to ensure none of them escape."

"We'll send out our 302's to help." Caldwell said.

"Very well." the Wraith said nodding.

"Okay, now while I am in the core room, we'll beam Fran down into the city so she…" Rodney began.

"I'm sorry, Fran?" Ellis asked.

"We got tired of calling her, her or it, or thing." Ford said with a small wave of his hand.

"When did we decide to call it names?" Sheppard asked.

"She noticed that Zelenka and I, plus Ford and Rebecca had names, so…." Rodney said uneasily. "She asked for one as well."

"You obviously didn't name her." Carter said.

"Rodney's idea to begin with, so I let him name her. Besides, if I ended up naming her, I probably would have convinced myself she deserved to live." Ford said as he crossed his arms.

"All right then, if that is everything, let's get this over with." Carter said standing.

When no one said anything, they all left to get ready. Once the Wraith had went through the gate, Ford elaborated further on his plan to take the T.A.R.D.I.S. down to the planet and grab the said ZPM, or two, and them come back to the Daedalus, which would have to use its own shields for the time he was gone, in case of an attack or if the Wraith double crossed them.

Half an hour later, the Daedalus and Larrin's few ships that came to help took off, met up with the Wraith fleet and headed out. Larrin and her ship was staying behind in orbit to keep watch over the city and planet, as part of the trade and alliance they had made. Carter was rather impressed with the fleet they had, seeing all the ships, but the feeling went away as she remembered the same thing happening back when the Ori ships came through the Supergate and took out their large fleet then. That feeling went away rather quickly as Ford placed a hand on her shoulder, and she realized they had no chance of loosing with the T.A.R.D.I.S. there to protect them.

Fran was looking out the window, in the lab that Rodney was in as he was working on a tablet in his hands. Zelenka and a guard were there, to help and keep watch in case anything went wrong. K-9 was brought along as well, plus the Sam's parents and Sally, though they were staying in the T.A.R.D.I.S. And they only came because Sam and Ford couldn't say no to Sally who cried about not being able to go and got her way.

"This is quite exciting, isn't it?" Fran asked as she walked over to Rodney.

"It's more a bit, nerve racking, for me." Rodney said nervously.

"I am looking forward to it." Fran said.

"You do?" Rodney asked confused.

"One always looks forward to fulfilling ones purpose." Fran stated.

"That's…nice. And you are fine with all of this?" Rodney asked with mixed feelings.

"Why would I not be? It is my reason for being. The purpose of my creation." Fran stated.

"I know. It's just that…" Rodney said before stopping a moment. "Doing what you're about to do will mean that you cease to be."

"Yes?" Fran said.

"I just rather imagined that you….wouldn't want to do that." Rodney said.

"Certainly you are not worried for me. Are you Doctor?" Fran asked curious.

"Ah, no. No, not at all. That would be silly of me." Rodney said with a smile.

"Yes, it would." Fran stated. "Doing anything other than my purpose would go against my programming and what I was designed for."

"I should have never given her speech." Rodney muttered to Radek, after the two walked away from her.

"Yes." Radek said in agreement. "But if you hadn't, the plan wouldn't work because she wouldn't have pointed out the flaw in the plan."

"Doctor McKay, you need to get down to the transporter room with Ronan and the Marines." Caldwell said over the com.

"I'm on my way." Rodney said.

"Doctor McKay?" Fran said.

"Yes." Rodney said turning to her.

"Good luck." Fran said with a small smile.

"You to Fran, good luck." Rodney said.

She nodded as he smiled back uneasily and then left.

The small fleet of ships, quite heavily outnumbered, dropped out of hyperspace a ways from the planet, that had over thirty Replicator ships in orbit. Sam was sitting on Caldwell's left, controlling that station as the ship moved in.

"Colonel, you have my permission to fire everything you can at any Replicator ship in sight. Deplete the ammo stores if you want." Ford said from behind the chair. "You have the best defense system around you. Let's see if your ship can try and match it with her offense capabilities. No offense intended on that last statement."

"None taken, but you got the point across General." Caldwell said with a smile. "Lieutenant, fire at will."

The Daedalus was the first ship to fire, letting loose with a lot of missiles before her rail guns began firing, followed shortly by the Asguard Beam weapons. The few ships that were part of Larrins fleet fired with the Wraith vessels as they all spread out to keep the Replicator ships busy while also keeping them at the planet. Being surprise attacked, a good dozen Replicator ships were destroyed before the others started firing back.

"Try to hit their hyperdrive systems first and then blow them out of the sky next." Caldwell said while hitting a button on his chair. "Transporter room, you can begin beaming the teams in when you are ready."

"Acknowledged Colonel."

Fran was transported into a hallway that looked exactly like many of the ones on Atlantis. Glancing around, she took off down one of the hallways to find any of the Replicators that had to be around.

In the core room, Rodney and the marines beamed in with anti-Replicator weapons.

"Fan out and keep watch carefully." Ronan said as he took point.

Rodney moved past a guy and started working on the core system nearby.

"It's clear, for the moment." Ronan said as he came back to Rodney's side.

"All right, this shouldn't take more than a minute." Rodney said as he hooked his laptop tablet into the console.

Up in space, the Wraith were beginning to loose Hives, but the Replicators were getting their asses kicked just as bad. The Asguard beam weapons were tearing through the shields after two hits, blowing them up after four if the right areas were hit. The combo of Darts and 302's were doing numbers on the various Replicator ships they hit in the hyperdrive areas before moving onto another vessel so the bigger ships could take out the non moving ones.

"How is it coming McKay?" Caldwell asked. "We are doing just fine up here, but they might start getting antsy when they realize that they aren't harming us at all."

"I just got it. I have control of the power grid, and the Zed PM's." Rodney said typing away with a smile. "And Fran is….Fran is just about to activate."

Fran walked into a room that had several human form Replicators working on a several consoles.

"Hello." Fran said as they looked at her confused.

They looked up at her and tried to figure out who she was as she smiled at them and then closed her eyes as she put her arms out. They were confused as they started noticing their bodies coming apart and heading for her. It wasn't long before she was completely covered and it started turning into a massive blob.

"It's working." Rodney said. "Just hold the ships off for a little longer."

"Not a problem. We're giving them hell." Caldwell said. "How many of Larrin's people are still here?"

"I'm only detecting two of their ships still fighting." Carter said. "The others took off a couple minutes ago before they were destroyed. Luckily, none of their ships were destroyed but they took quite a bit of damage."

"And the Wraith?" Caldwell asked.

"They are down to six ships." Carter said with a small smile.

Rodney was watching the progress on his laptop as Ronan was pacing.

"Wow, this is working much faster than I imagined." Rodney said.

"Does that mean that they are going to start being pulled down from orbit soon?" Ronan asked.

"Soon, very soon. Like in the next couple of minutes." Rodney said.

They passed by another Replicator ship that was blown apart from their beam weapons and headed for another nearby.

"Hey, that must be where Fran was beamed in." Ford said pointing at the window.

Carter tilted the ship slightly and they noticed a small silver object on the surface that was beginning to grow in size rather quickly.

"Sir, some of the ships are beginning to break up." Marks said.

"That's my cue. I'll be right back." Ford said as he went in with Rebecca, who would watch his back while he was getting the ZPM, just in case, and closed the door taking off seconds later.

"Lieutenant, raise our shields." Caldwell said.

"Yes sir." Marks said as the T.A.R.D.I.S. left.

Many of the ships, though still being attacked, started breaking up quickly and others soon followed, making dust trials in space as they headed for the growing mass on the planet. On the surface, the room Rodney and the others were in began to shake and rumble, causing the walls to crack.

"What's happening?" Ronan asked.

"The Replicator mass. It's getting so heavy, it's sinking into the planet." Rodney said with worry.

"McKay, according to our readings, all the Replicators have joined with the mass. Can you confirm that?" Carter asked.

"Give me a moment." Rodney said as he checked his tablet.

"It's been over a minute, shouldn't he have been back by now?" Caldwell asked.

"Ford? Yeah, he should have." Carter said worried.

"Yes, according to my readings, all the Replicators…" Rodney said reporting back, and then stopping as he and the others looked around as they heard a explosion and the room shook slightly.

"What was that?" Ronan asked.

"It wasn't me." Rodney said.

"McKay? What's going on?" Carter asked.

"The power is gone. I was about to activate the countdown, and then everything shut down." Rodney said looking at his tablet. "Oh no. It's the Replicator mass! It blew the power grid and caused a massive black out! I can't overload the ZPM's!"

"Daedalus, this is Ford." came over the coms for Rodney and the ship. "I'm having a bit of trouble down here. A massive power outage has caused some trouble with getting the ZPM out."

"It's the mass Ford. It's so heavy that it is sinking into the planet itself. Doing so blew the entire power grid." Rodney said.

"Wonderful. Well, on the bright side, I can break the holding unit to extract the ZPM without blowing myself up." Ford said and then signed off as he grabbed the enormous thing. "Hmm, I didn't think I'd have to use my sword to do something other than kill."

"This is so not good!" Rodney exclaimed as the room shook.

"Do I need to beam down there and help you?" Carter asked.

"The power grid is completely destroyed! There is nothing either of us can do!" Rodney exclaimed.

"Why don't we just drop some of our nukes onto the planet?" Caldwell asked.

"It wouldn't work. To destroy a mass of this size, it would have to be calculated down to the nanosecond, the force has to be exactly right. A bunch of nukes, even a planet nuke isn't going to get the job done." Rodney said.

Everyone in the room grabbed something as the room shook violently, causing more cracks and parts of the ceiling to come down. Rodney got down and put his hands over his head as Ronan only shook his.

"Hey Rodney, I'm reading that there is a large mass of Neutronium underneath the Replicator mass." Carter said.

"Neutronium? Why is that important?" Caldwell asked.

"It's what the Replicators use to make human form Replicators." Carter said. "It is also an incredibly dense element."

"Sam, we are so geniuses!" Rodney exclaimed.

"I'll let Ford know you said that." Carter said with a smile.

"Fine." Rodney said typing away quickly. "The mass is currently so super heavy that it is sinking into the planet, but, if I dial it up just a little bit more…"

"It will sink all the way to the core, which will cause the implosion we need to eradicate the Replicators as we want." Carter stated.

"Exactly!" Rodney stated while still typing. "Okay, I got it!"

"Readings indicate the mass is sinking into the ground rapidly." Carter said.

Most of the people turned as they heard a winding and grinding noise, then saw the T.A.R.D.I.S. return.

"Get them out of there, now! The planet is going to blow in about thirty seconds!" Ford yelled from the Console as the door opened.

"Transporter room, beam the team up now." Caldwell said.

Rodney disconnected his tablet and ran with Ronan and the others to the middle of the room, getting beamed up less than a second later.

"As much as I want to, I think we should leave." Rodney said as he went to Carter's side as she was still scanning the planet.

"Everyone else has left, but us and the few Wraith that survived." Carter said.

"All right, then let's…" Caldwell began.

"No, wait! We'll be just fine, trust me. Sam turn on all sensors and recording devices." Ford said as he came out quickly and touched a button on the arm of Caldwell's chair. "All hands are advised to look away from the windows! Repeat, all hands do not look out the windows!"

"What are you doing General?" Caldwell asked seeing Sam did do what Ford asked.

"We're staying…." Ford began.

"What?!" many people exclaimed as the planets surface began to break apart and the Wraith began taking off into hyperspace.

"Don't touch that button Lieutenant. We need to stay and witness this historic and scientific event." Ford ordered as he put his glasses on. "I suggest you all close your eyes or look away."

"What are you thinking?! The planet…" Rodney began as the planet did blow up. "Oh crap!"

"Ye of little faith Rodney." Ford said as a bright blast of light engulfed the bridge.

The ship rocked enough the alarms went off, but didn't cause damage or hurt anyone, as the shockwave rushed over the T.A.R.D.I.S. shields. The bright flash that came with stayed for about ten seconds and then died off as large chunks of what was left bounced off the shield and went other directions.

"That, was so damn cool!" Ford said as he removed his glasses and blinked.

"Really cool! At least up to the point I went blind." Rebecca said as she rubbed her healing eyes.

"Okay, we can leave now." Ford said.

"General, I know you outrank me, but this is my ship and I'd appreciate it if you would tell me about your crazy ideas before doing them." Caldwell said as he stood up.

"I'm sorry Colonel." Ford said raising his hands. "It was a last minute thought, seriously. The event needed to be recorded for posterity. But mostly out of scientific curiosity and confirmation."

"If it wasn't for the fact I knew the shields would hold…" Carter said trailing off. "That was almost the stupidest thing I have ever seen you do with the T.A.R.D.I.S. What if the shields had failed?"

"A planet exploding is no where near the force of a supernova." Ford said disappointed as Caldwell told the Lieutenant to get them out of there and back home.

"Well, I do have to agree that the scientific part will be worth it." Rodney said.

"We did get a lot of information here. A hell of a lot." Carter said looking at the sensor readouts in amazement. "On the plus side, it was worth it staying for."

"So, did you get a ZPM or not?" Ronan asked.

"Unfortunately…." Ford said slowly. "Only one, fully charged."

That brightened everyone's day and caused a mass of cheers as he picked it off the floor near the door inside the T.A.R.D.I.S. and gave it to Rodney.

"Atlantis won't be able to fly to Earth just yet, but she'll have the ability to leave the planet if she needs to." Ford said.

"We're clear of the field now sir." Marks said.

"Take us home before anything else happens." Caldwell said. "What is the damage and casualty report?"

"No damage other than some burn outs with the outer hull sensors and a few people who the infirmary is reporting didn't close their eyes completely or in time. The doctor says they will make a full recovery though." Carter said.

"Good, I can't wait to get back home." Caldwell said sitting down with a sigh.

Back at Atlantis, the four ships that Larrin was able to get to come along, other than her Atlantian ship, were being worked on by various teams. A lot of supplies were given to the different ships and hers. Sheppard was on her ship talking to her for the moment as things were getting finished up.

Rodney had already installed the new ZPM, which helped the city out tremendously. The Daedalus and Apollo were back in space, orbiting the planet for the moment until they got new orders. Radek, Rodney, and both Carter's were looking at the info they got from the explosion, that was downloaded to a few laptops and in Rodney's lab. It was quite fascinating and even had K-9 excited along with several other scientist in the city, especially with the scientific info they got about new and unknown elements that formed during the explosion and then disappeared and or continued moving away from the massive blast. No attacks happened or any serious problems while they were gone from Atlantis, so Sam had little to worry about when she took back over. Other than paperwork, the rest of the day went great, especially the celebration party.

"Thanks for all your help Larrin." Sheppard said as they walked through one of the hallways on her ship.

"I wasn't even there." Larrin said.

"No, but your people were and that counts for a lot. I'm just glad they made it out of there before being destroyed." Sheppard said.

"So am I. I was sure that one or more of them weren't coming back. Glad to see I was wrong." Larrin said with a smile. "We lost a few people, but it was better that than a ship full of people."

"Yeah, sorry to hear that. So, did our people help with enough repairs?" Sheppard asked changing the subject.

"More than enough to help us if we have to fight a Wraith Hive. Maybe two. Hopefully never if we are lucky. I will admit, I'm not thrilled with giving our drones to you, leaving us almost defenseless, but since none of our people could fire them anyway…" Larrin said.

"You did make the deal though. In many ways, you got more than we did." Sheppard said.

"Food, medical supplies and spare parts don't make up for space ship weaponry, but we'll make do. It will take time to build the rail gun systems and that laser system you have that the General gave us the specs of, but we can do it. We have so far." Larrin said.

"Hey…" Sheppard said stopping to turn to her. "How about, you try and come by more often. Instead of just sending messages and getting intel from us."

"I'll think about it." Larrin said with a small smile.

"Colonel Sheppard, are you ready to come back?" Rodney said over his com.

"I guess they need me again." Sheppard said.

"Guess so. Goodbye John." Larrin said.

"Goodbye Larrin." Sheppard said, hoping to get a kiss.

She only gave him a sweet smile, seeing what he was hoping for, and then walked off.

"So much for that." Sheppard muttered as he touched his earpiece. "Atlantis, this is Sheppard, I'm ready."

Rodney was currently at a console in the main control room as John beamed in.

"Welcome back. Have fun with Larrin?" Rodney asked with a false smirk.

"Not really. I could only get her to talk, nothing else." Sheppard said disappointed.

"Even while we were off fighting?" Rodney asked.

"She spent more time helping and learning how to repair her ship than talking to me." Sheppard stated.

"Hmm. Wish I could have been here to help her. I might have gotten to second base." Rodney muttered.

"Yeah right. So, what about our Wraith friends?" Sheppard asked while waving a hand at the scanner.

"As expected, they took off to wherever it was and so far, all our scanners show no Wraith within this solar system or beyond that." Rodney said waving at the screen. "Despite being a Wraith, I guess our Wraith kept the secret of Atlantis's location to himself."

"Time will tell." Sheppard said.

"True, unfortunately. On the bright side, if the T.A.R.D.I.S. isn't here for some reason, our shields will last much longer if we have to use them." Rodney said.

"Very true. Point for our side." Sheppard said with a pointed finger.

"Did you notice the look on that Wraiths face when Ford said he was going down to get a ZPM while I was doing my thing on the planet?" Rodney asked.

"The scowl? Yeah. No surprise there. Personally, I think we should have kept that info to ourselves..." Sheppard said while leaning on the console. "But from what I understand, Ford wanted the Wraith to know that there was a good chance we would have one, possibly fully charged, meaning we were going to be much harder to take down if they came after us."

"Makes sense." Rodney said nodding his head while shrugging.

"So, what are you doing? Going over that data from the planet being destroyed still?" Sheppard said.

"No. I'm taking the Replicator planet out of the system. You can't imagine how hard that actually is." Rodney said while typing.

"It shouldn't be, for you anyway." Sheppard said.

"You just can't let the fact I blew a couple of planets up go can you?" Rodney said offended.

"You took out a entire solar system." Sheppard stated.

"It was an accident. Which Ford agrees with seeing as he said he went back in time to that point and did extensive scans the entire time, plus downloaded all the data on the project and found, even with all the technology in the T.A.R.D.I.S., there is little chance that he could have gotten that system to work right either. Had he been there with us at the time, there was a good chance that the T.A.R.D.I.S. would have been blow up with the solar system, plus a bit more beyond that." Rodney said.

"Really?" Sheppard asked thinking Rodney was making it up.

"Well, he stated his idea involved hooking the T.A.R.D.I.S. into the system to help regulate the power, so it didn't overload, but it would have failed and before he could remove all the connections…boom." Rodney said making the gesture with his hands,

"Good thing he was still on Earth with SG-1 then." Sheppard said.

"Probably, but at that point in time he didn't have the T.A.R.D.I.S., so it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Okay, this is it. You want to do the honors?" Rodney asked pointing at the button.

"No, I'll leave it to you. You did blow the planet up…" Sheppard said as he waved a hand.

"Funny. So, goodbye M7R-277." Rodney said pushing the enter key.

The screen showed a red dot that faded away after a few seconds.

"Hmm, if only it were that easy." Sheppard said as Rodney closed the laptop.

"Area 51 is working on it further. Other than the few planet nukes we have at our disposal. So, off to what is left of the party?" Rodney asked.

"Definitely. The General cooked, so I can't wait to see what it is. Or what is left anyway." Sheppard said.

"You know, I wish I could have seen the look on Ellis's face when my plan worked." Rodney said smugly.

"He was surprised to hear it, though extremely glad that it did. He wishes he was there to have seen it though." Sheppard said.

"Huh. I call it payback for what he was probably going to say before Sam jumped in. She surprised me. I never expected her to defend me." Rodney said as they walked out.

At the former home world of the Replicators, what was left of the planet that didn't go flying off into the far reaches of space floated around, banging into each other or just spinning idly in space. Near what was once the core of the planet, a single Ancient Aurora class ship floated.

"Our intel was correct, the planet has been completely destroyed." a Replicator woman at the console on the right said.

"Can you detect any trace Replicator cells?" a man near the back of the bridge asked.

"Negative." the woman said.

"Good. We can finally get to work without looking over our shoulders anymore." Replicator Elizabeth Weir said from the command chair. "It's time for us to begin."