Okay. Here is the fifth chapter. I hope this one is longer than my previous chapter and has a bit more of a 'getting this story going' feel to it.

Edwina B. Karch: Thank you. I don't actually know if I will... know you've got me thinking about that... hmm... I think it'll just have to be a surprise. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Enjoy.

To anyone else, I hope you also enjoy and please review since reviews make me a happy person.

KaseyKC


"The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure." - Oscar Wilde


Six

The term alien can be applied to both law as well as extraterrestrial life forms from another planet. In regards to the term in the confines of the law an alien is a person who lives in a country where they are not a citizen or resident.

There are several different types of people who are considered aliens, these are;

People who are legally permitted to remain in a country which is foreign to them. On specified terms, this kind of alien can be known as a legal alien of whichever country they reside within. This type is quite a broad category and includes tourists, guest workers, legally permanent residents and student visa residents.

There are also illegal immigrants who are considered illegal aliens meaning they do not have permission to live in a country foreign to them.

The other common use of the word alien is used when describing extraterrestrial life. Extraterrestrial life is normally defined as being life which doesn't originate from the planet Earth. The word 'extraterrestrial' is derived from the Latin extra; meaning outside or outwards, and terrestris; meaning earthly or of relating to the earth. In the twenty-first century, the existence of such life is theoretical; unless one is part of the Stargate program, and all of the assertions about it remain highly disputed.

There are several hypotheses regarding the origins of extraterrestrial life and they are as follows;

One hypothesis proposes that it may have emerged, quite independently, from different places in the universe. Meaning that little green men could be in another galaxy to our own, the Milky Way.

Another hypothesis is panspermia, or exogenesis, which theorises that life emerges from one, specific location, then spreads between habitable planets.

The study and theorisation of extraterrestrial life is known as astrobiology, exobiology or xenobiology. There is speculation over the forms of extraterrestrial life; ranging from life with the simplicity of bacteria to sapient or sentient beings which are more advanced than human beings.

Several suggested locations which might have once developed, or presently continue to host life similar to that upon the earth, include the planets Venus and Mars, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as well as Gliese 581 C and D; which was recently discovered to near Earth-mass extra-solar planets that are apparently located in their star's habitable zone; much like the Earth is located near to the sun in our solar system but not too close like Mercury. These planets both have the potential to have liquid water stored upon their surface or under the surface.

As it is, to date, there is no credible evidence of extraterrestrial life that has been discovered which has been accepted by the mainstream scientific community. Of course, the mainstream scientific community doesn't generally work on the Stargate program which is indisputable evidence of extraterrestrial life since, the Stargate itself is made up of a mineral not found naturally upon Earth and can create mostly stable wormholes from one planet to another. If that is not indisputable evidence then stepping into the event horizon and coming out on the other side face-to-face with a little grey man who introduces himself as being from the race known as the Asgard might do the trick.

-SGU-FB-SGU-FB-

They waited in silence, wondering when the travellers would awaken from their slumber; it would not do if they did not wake soon, for the Gat'urs would be even more active when the darkness fell across the jungle.

One of them peeked through the thin material to check on the travellers and saw that one of them looked to be awakening; he was the one who had been performing some sort of ritual with the large one. Perhaps he was gifted? Maybe that was why the sleeping drug was wearing off on him quicker than the other travellers.

-SGU-FB-SGU-FB-

January 21st 2004

"I'm sorry Doctor. I think this is the best thing for you to be working on, I won't change my mind."

He stood there glaring intensely at the pencil-pushing fool who thought he could order him about. Him! A top class scientist who had more intelligence situated in a single electron in a single atom of his body than that jumped up fool did in his entire body.

It was insulting! He needed to work there! He loved the idea of being in a city that was built by the people he admired so much. And he was denied. Why? Because they said he'd be more useful working on the ninth chevron problem. Anyone could do that! He didn't want to be working on that! He wanted to be on Atlantis but they refused to let him go where he wished. Bastards.

He continued glaring at the pencil-pusher and managed to ground out, "Fine. But I will continue to send requests to be transferred to Atlantis regardless of your opinion," before turning abruptly on his heel and stalking out of the small office and off down the corridor towards his lab.

"Bastards..."

-SGU-FB-SGU-FB-

Oh god.... he felt like he had been hit by a puddle jumper, not that he knew what that felt like since he'd never actually seen one in reality but he could always imagine. He opened his eyes slowly, wincing at the rocky-ceiling that he saw. He groaned quietly when he felt a light pounding in his skull from the heavy metal band that had set-up shop there and was slowly but surely increasing in its intensity. What he wouldn't give for his bed back on Destiny instead of the stupid cave with its stupid, hard, rocky floor. Hold on. A cave?

He snapped his eyes open as his system was flooded with adrenalin; he sat up suddenly and though the entire area swarm and wavered he didn't lie back down. After a few seconds, and a few deep breaths, the world stopped wobbling about and he was able to look around without feeling like he was having a severe case of vertigo. He spied Greer, unconscious, on what looked to be a thin blanket not too far from him, and looked to his other side where he saw Eli, also unconscious and lying on a thin blanket, and Scott who looked to be having a nightmare of sorts.

He frowned and crawled over to Scott, fully intending to wake him up, when a hand landed on his shoulder and easily restrained him. He felt his pulse quicken, his breath coming faster, his eyes widening in fear as he turned his head to look at the hand on his shoulder; or rather, the claw on his shoulder. He followed the arm that the claw was connected to until his eyes found a face with large, black eyes staring at him.

I hate Murphy.... he thought when the creature knelt down in front of him and brought its face closer towards him, I really do hate the guy....

-SGU-FB-SGU-FB-

"Does someone want to explain to me why they haven't dialled back?!" Colonel Young shouted as he glared at the technicians, soldiers and scientists who were stood around the edges of the room; all fearing to go near to the angered Colonel, "No? Does no-one know anything?!"

There was no response to his question and he couldn't help but think, sometimes I agree with Rush about these idiots, before he sighed and said; his voice more controlled and quieter, "Does anyone know anything that could help us out?"

A few tense moments before one of the technicians answered with, "We could redial and re-connect to the Kino."

Young looked over at the technician, scrutinising him for a long moment, before saying, "Get to it then!"

The technician scrambled over to the control console and began dialling the gate. Each chevron lit up when it was selected and within a few moments there was a loud whooshing sound as the gate engaged and the vortex burst out of the gate before collapsing back into the event horizon. The technician inputted a couple of commands and was rewarded with footage on the other side of the gate.

"Colonel. You might want to look at this," the technician said as he played the footage from when the gate had disengaged an hour ago.

Young stomped over to look at the screen and watched what transpired on the other side before saying, "I want a team geared up in ten minutes!"

And the gate room exploded with action as soldiers immediately scrambled to get geared up and scientists scurried off to the labs to run various tests as well as to watch the footage from a secure terminal. The technicians continued monitoring the gate and the readouts as well as some of the basic systems that Rush and Eli dictated for them to check on when they were off-world.


TBC...

Alright. I don't know when I'll be updating this; hmm... I seem to be saying that a lot but I always update fairly quickly don't I? Anyway, in all seriousness, I have school tomorrow and so I need an early night tonight so don't be expecting any sudden updates in the week since I'll be going insane from school work.

Anyway, do remember to REVIEW! KaseyKC