Chapter 2
HYPERSPACE
The alien ship was moving through hyperspace effortlessly. The azure and arctic blue plasma waves of hyperspace was an amazing show of fluctuating streams of light as a ship sailed through on its way to a destination. Most humans found this beautiful, peaceful and even mesmerizing, but to the Crintox it was repulsive and painful, which is why all viewing ports on the ship were shielded. The Crintox hated bright light of any kind and preferred the safety and coolness of the dark.
"Oh this is just great!" Dr. Rodney McKay along with the Primori villagers were in a low lite holding cell. The walls and floor had a reptilian metallic sheen to them and in the low light it appeared that the walls fluctuated.
Rodney got to his feet and realized that whoever it was that abducted him, left him with his tablet and Life Sign Detector of the Ancients, which meant that he could probably find a way out of the cell, then what?
"Ok, ok, let's see if there is an access panel or something I can by pass to get access to the ship." He moved along a wall using the LED light from the tablet to illuminate parts of the wall as he examined inch by inch of the section.
"Ah ha, think if I can use a screw drive to pop out the panel…."The cell brighten with an incandescent yellowish light. A raspy voice was talking, then the wall behind McKay shimmered and vanished. Behind the wall was a larger room, but also a cell with others in it. Fearful they all moved to the room, except Rodney. He tried to work quickly and open the panel he found, but the voice was impatient and soon the sound of buzzing grew louder and electric bolts leaped up from the floor and painfully herded everyone out of the room.
"I'm going, I'm going, you don't need to shock us!" quickly Rodney and the Primori elders entered the other room.
"Thank you for trying to save us." An elder approached Rodney as he again resumed his search to find another access panel.
"Don't thank me just yet. We're in Hyperspace going to who knows where and I'm not sure who it is that has taken us. I know it's not the Wraith or a Traveller's ship, but some advanced alien we have yet to encounter and that just makes things a little more difficult."
ATLANTIS
Atlantis command was busy like a beehive trying to come up with what happen to Rodney and the villagers of Primori.
"When is the Daedalus supposed to arrive?" John Sheppard was standing in the command center of Atlantis worried about a member of his team. Feeling anxious not knowing where Rodney McKay was, if he was safe or in harm's way or even dead. Yes that very real possibility, always surfaced when, not just his team, but anyone from Atlantis suddenly disappeared or held hostage or encountered alien technology. They had, in his opinion, the most dangerous job in the universe, galactic peace keepers. He silently chuckled to himself, it was meant as an insult from a Genii spy, but so very true. They, Atlantis Command had the weight, responsibility and duty of combating the Wraith, the Genii, The Replicators and any other faction or alien species that would dare to cause harm on their watch, on his watch.
"Well that ain't gonna happen." John said softly to himself.
"You say something Colonel?" Woolsey asked
"Nothing…. What was the ETA of the Daedalus?"
"Within the hour, Colonel Caldwell sent a message several minutes ago." Amelia Banks informed John as she helped Zelenka run some calculations to help the search for Rodney.
"We don't have a lot a time to just sit around and do nothing. McKay could be out there in trouble up to his neck."
HYPERSPACE
"Sorry, sorry, sorry" Rodney apologized as the unknown person held him by his neck.
"I asked to be left alone, but you couldn't respect me to do that." The very large man towered over McKay in the cell.
"I know, I know, but you're from Earth right and I thought we could have something in common and I wanted to let you that I, I, I too am from Earth." The man looked closely at Rodney as if seeing him for the first time.
"Canada?" the man let go of McKay and sat down on the bench he had been a sleep on when Rodney disturbed his rest.
"How'd you get way out here in the Pegasus Galaxy, that is very unusual to say the least, but being aboard an alien ship in a cell is also pretty amazing." Rodney's mind was racing to solve this enigma. The only way to the Pegasus Galaxy was by Atlantis Stargate, the Midway station or a ship with Hyperdrive.
"How is that amazing?" the man looked puzzled at McKay's analysis of his situation.
"Well because you met me. I think it's amazing that you and I over vast distances of space happened to meet."
"How did you know I was from Earth anyway?"
"Not many villagers or aliens wear snickers with that logo on them." McKay gesturing to the size 16 wide Nike logo.