Disclaimer: SGU and it's Characters belong to their respective owners which, sadly, is not me. I do, however, own Alex and her story line and squad, etc, etc. This has come from my mind because my mind knows no boundaries.

TheSlytherinWolf: I will write another one, plenty of them between these two I promise.

Ava-Knight: Thank you, will definitely keep it up

DarknessRunsCold: I was going to start on Destiny but I thought it would get a bit boring, needed to spice it up a bit and certain circumstances can push people towards each other, Destiny is one of those that will strengthen that bond between them, I also like trying out the unknown, keeps it fun.

Senators and Dinner Invites

=Alex's P.O.V=

I stood next to Rush's whiteboard decked out in my finest uniform, clean, pressed, jet black with the Icarus logo and British Flag and not a speck of dirt on it, I'd even managed to pull my breast length black hair up into a bun for the occasion. I had barely been paying attention to anything around me until Young motioned to me, my thoughts still on the Gatling gun that had started to misfire a few hours ago.

"This is Colonel Alexandra Hunter, she's part of the British Air forces Special Forces detachment of engineers that's been assigned to Icarus, she's currently our lead engineer for this project"

I moved my eyes from Young to the Senator and his aide before extending my hand to him. "Pleasure to meet you Senator Armstrong"

"Aren't you the woman who remodeled and redesigned the F-three oh twos?"

I glanced to his Aide before nodding. "Yes I am ma'am, currently I'm here maintaining them and working alongside Doctor Rush and his team of scientists and engineers to get this Stargate up and running"

"Are you ready for this Colonel?" The Senator motioned to the Stargate behind him.

"As ready as everyone else sir"

He gave a nod and looked to Rush as Telford dismissed his staff.

"Now, as you know, up until now, we have been unable to channel the precise amount of power necessary to unlock the Stargate's ninth and final chevron," Rush stated motioning to the Stargate behind everyone. "However, thanks to some ingenuity form young Mr. Wallace here, that problem has finally been solved"

I glanced my eyes over the boy that they'd plucked from his home and brought to Icarus to help out on this problem.

"We've heard that before" Young stated.

"This time we're sure" Rush retorted.

"That's what I figured out?"

I gave a light nod as Eli's eyes swept over us before glancing to the Stargate.

"I embedded the mathematical problem we had to solve into the game. I then engineered your solution into a practical, workable application" Rush answered.

"What say we get on with it then?" Senator Armstrong asked before Rush nodded in agreement.

Behind his eyes he was excited to see everything he'd worked towards coming to life and the possibility of finally unlocking the ninth chevron had him over the top with joy.

I zoned out watching the gate begin to spin and stood beside Rush watching. He looked over and I gave a nod. "Good luck love"

He smiled wirily. "Thank you"

I nodded lightly leaning against the edge of the table with my arms crossed over my torso, the gate continued to spin, Riley calling out as each chevron locked into place.

I stood as the building rumbled and shook slightly, eyes flicking over the encoding screen and then to the gate as the power began to fluctuate. I glanced to Young who was stood with his hands behind his back watching the gate and the Senators reaction.

"Chevron Nine will not lock" Riley called as the building shook more violently, the capacitors above the gate sparking even more.

I cast Young a look before nodding lightly as he flicked his eyes from Telford to me.

"Shut it down"

"No," Rush called out moving over to Riley. "Wait, wait, wait"

"Shut it down now" Young placed a hand on Riley's shoulder before he shut down the gate. As soon as everything stopped shaking and the gate stopped spinning and groaning I released my breath I'd been holding.

Rush straightened up, disappointment behind his eyes as he forced a smile. "It should have worked"

"Well it didn't and drawing power from the planet core..."

"Dangerous?" Rush spoke over him. "Yes, I'm aware of that"

Young was getting annoyed with Rush. "Perhaps we should run through everything again and make sure we've gone through everything properly" I spoke up calming the situation.

Rush glanced towards me before stalling slightly and nodding. "Of course, Eli?" He turned to the boy genius. "We best go over your equations again," He stated before smiling as politely as he could the group. "Excuse me" He said before leaving us motioning for Eli to follow him.

I shook my head lightly before giving a nod to Young and Telford before turning and saluting the Senator Armstrong and his aide.

"Hunter"

I looked to Young and raised an eyebrow slightly as I nodded. "What is it?"

"There's a dinner tonight, I trust you'll be coming?"

I rubbed the back of my neck groaning softly, Young knew I hated formal events, he knew I hated dinners with politicians. "I don't know Young, I've got shit loads to do still, that jet's still not up to scratch"

He chuckled lightly and nodded. "Alright, good luck with that jet"

I nodded lightly before turning and looking to Rush who was busy working on his whiteboard again. I shook my head lightly before looking to the boy who was sat at one of the seats; I pulled out my cigarettes and checked how many I had left before glancing to him. "So you're the genius who cracked the code huh?"

He looked up wide eyed for a moment. "Yeah I guess so"

I nodded extending my hand. "Colonel Alex Hunter"

He shook my hand awkwardly and looked to Rush. "Is it true what the Senators aide said? You redesigned some jets?"

I nodded lightly. "Yeah, that was a while ago"

"How long have you been stationed here?"

"Six months, well I've been here five months really, I had a month off about a month after I got here"

"Really? What happened?"

I shook my head lightly. "Story for another time love"

He nodded lightly. "So you're the lead Engineer huh?"

I nodded again. "Finished three degrees in two years and my last took me another year to complete"

"How long have you been a part of the air force?"

"Since I was eighteen," I answered looking to Rush and shaking my head lightly before leaning closer to Eli. "Word of advice kid," I nodded to Rush. "He's crazy," I grinned in Rush's direction as he turned to frown at me. "And his insanity takes some getting used to love but once you're used to it you'll be fine," I stated as I stood and pulled out a cigarette sliding it between my lips. "I'll come back and see you later Nick"

"Aye... aye" The Scotsman mumbled absentmindedly, arms folded as he stared at his whiteboard trying to figure out where it had gone wrong.

Ok so I'm going through even more shit now that I was before, apparently I've been an aunt for close to a year now, would have been nice if my brother actually informed me he'd had a kid but anyway, little girl called Hailey, cute little thing too and the next piece of shit is that my father might have cancer, he needs more tests done first, I'm hoping it's not cancer, I might not get along with him at the best of times but he's still my father and I still love him.