SG-1 have been walking the corridors of the Lantis for some time, they passed a number of rooms that upon investigation turned out to be crew quarters and they still haven't located the power room or the bridge.
"Hey Sam, will this be of any use?" says Daniel, standing several feet away facing and shining his torch on to the wall.
Carter goes over, "Could be...it's some type of display panel but doesn't have any power." she says, "Teal'c let me have the Naquadah generator." she adds.
"There's a ladder here, looks like there's floors above and below us." says O'Neill, standing a few feet ahead of them.
Carter removes a small panel on the wall to the side of the display, behind it are a small group of crystals, after inspecting the crystals she uses a cable and attaches the Naquadah generator to one of them which activates and lights up the display, it flickers a few times before stabilizing.
"Got it." says Carter, and everyone gathers around to look.
"Is that a layout of the ship?" asks Daniel.
"Yep, that's exactly what it is." replies Carter.
The display is showing a skeletal layout of the level they're currently on, it has several buttons to the side of the map that allow Carter to flick through the other levels.
"Okay, can anyone see any numbers or markers around here?" asks Carter.
"Yes I saw one..." says Vala, she turns around and takes a few steps shining her light on the wall, "Here it is, but I have no idea what it is." she says.
Daniel goes over and takes a look, he hunches down close to it, "Erm...C7" he says.
"Okay. We're here.." says Carter, pointing at the display, she navigates through the different floor layouts, "We need to beeee...1 level down and here...this is the power room." she says.
"What about the bridge, where's that?." asks O'Neill.
"Errrm...2 levels above us." replies Carter, "But it's a heck of a walk Sir." she adds.
"Alright, I'll take Mitchell and Alisana and head to the bridge. The rest of you get to the power room and see what you can do to get the lights on." says O'Neill.
"Wait, why can't I go with them?" asks Alisana.
"Because if Carter manages to get the systems online, we're going to need you to help us get communications working so we can get in contact with the Daedalus." says O'Neill.
"Oh ok." says Alisana.
O'Neill waits for the others to safely climb down to the lower level and then he, Alisana and Mitchell head up 2 levels and make their way towards the bridge,
The others are walking through the corridors making their way to the power room, they're almost there when they hear a noise behind them and swing around with their torches.
"What was that?" says Vala.
Teal'c stares down the corridor for a few moments, "I do not know." he says.
"It was probably just the weight of the rocks above the ship making the hull creak." says Carter, "Don't be so jumpy." she says with a slight laugh, "Come on." she adds.
They walk a few more meters and come to a large double door, it's partly open with a gap of a few inches in between them.
Carter shines her torch through the gap and briefly looks inside, "This is it." she says, "We need to get this door open." she says.
"DanielJackson." says Teal'c, "Yep. Hold this." says Daniel, passing his torch to Vala and then going over to Teal'c and grabbing the other door, they use all their strength to pull the doors open as much as they can.
"That's as far as it's going to go." says Daniel, hunching down and panting from the exertion.
As they step inside the room they see a large console in front of them, around the sides of the room are 12 large triangular posts with access panels, stretching from floor to ceiling.
"OK, Teal'c, put the generator here please." says Carter, she opens panels on a few of the posts and believes she's found the power distribution system, the crystals appear to have been removed and just thrown around inside the panel, she gets to work, "This could take a while guys." she says.
"O'Neill, we have located the power room, but it may take some time to make repairs." says Teal'c over the radio.
"Great, keep us updated." replies O'Neill.
While Carter gets to work sorting out the ships power and the others walk around aimlessly, O'Neill, Mitchell and Alisana are 2 levels above them.
Alisana tightly zips up her jacket and rubs her arms feeling a little chilly, "I should have kept my Onesie on, it's colder down here than it is at the SGC." she says.
"I don't think a Onesie qualifies as a regulation uniform." says O'Neill.
"I thought she looked kind of cute actually." says Mitchell, having a laugh and joke.
"Cute?" says O'Neill with a light smile.
"For a mouse." replies Mitchell.
"Yeah yeah, OK, make fun all you want but its very comfortable and I like it." says Alisana.
"Where did you get it from anyway?" asks O'Neill.
"I bought it." replies Alisana.
"Bought it, with what?, you don't have any money." says O'Neill.
"I charged it to your discretionary account." says Alisana.
O'Neill stops walking, "You what?" he shouts, as Alisana and Mitchell continue walking forward.
"You said I could use it to get what I need." says Alisana.
"Yeah...essentials." says O'Neill, he starts walking again.
"Comfort is an essential." says Alisana, smiling.
"We're having a talk when we get back about what that word essential means." says O'Neill, "That's going to look great at the next budget meeting when the President is looking over my account." he moans, "How the hell am I going to explain a Onesie." he adds.
Mitchell reaches an open door, "Hey look at this." he says, walking in to the room.
In the middle of the room is a large table with what looks like scientific equipment on the top of it, a large sphere with windows around it is hanging on the back wall and thousands of small cylinders stick out from the side walls, they move to the back of the room and peer in to the sphere but don't see anything inside.
Alisana walks over to one of the walls and runs her fingers over the cylinders as she walks, she stops and takes one out, "It has red liquid inside." she says while twisting it around and shining her torch on to it.
"Looks like a vial." says O'Neill.
Mitchell also takes one out, "They're all filled with some type of liquid." he says.
Suddenly they hear something smash by the door near the opposite wall and turn to shine their torches, they see one of the vials smashed on the floor, then slowly from the front of the room, random vials start shooting out of both of the walls and hitting them, they run to the back of the room and duck down for cover as vial after vial smashes on the walls and their backs.
Moments later the lights blink on and the smashing stops, they slowly look back and stand up, the floor is covered with smashed glass and liquid.
"What the hell was that." says Mitchell.
"General, we got the power back online." says Carter over the radio, "Do you have lights?" she adds.
They stand looking around the room in confusion, O'Neill slowly reaches for his radio, "Yeah lights are on." he says.
"That's good Sir, are you on the bridge?" asks Carter.
"Not yet, if you're finished down there meet us up here." replies O'Neill.
"That was really weird." says Alisana.
"Yeah." says O'Neill, "Lets get out of here, get to the bridge." he says.
They cautiously walk over the broken glass and exit the room, "Wait." says O'Neill as he turns and pushes a button next to the door to close it, "OK lets go." he says, and they head off towards the bridge through the now brightly lit corridors.
In the power room, Carter is finishing up and replacing the panels.
"What's the plan now that we have power?" asks Daniel.
"We get to the bridge and see what condition the ship is in." says Carter, pushing the generator against the wall, "See what we can do to get it out of here." she says.
Daniel is standing at the console, "Can't you use this to do that?" he asks.
"No that's a monitoring station for the ships systems and power, it won't tell us anything useful." replies Carter.
"OK." says Daniel.
"Come on." says Carter, as they all turn round to face the door, they gasp and stop in their tracks.
"Vala" says Daniel, slowly.
Vala is standing by the door with her arms folded and facing in to the room, she smiles, "What?" she asks.
"Don't move." says Carter.
"Why not?" asks Vala, she turns around and quickly unfolds her arms and runs backwards.
Standing at the door to the power room, they see a small black alien, it looks like a modern Asgard and it's just standing there looking at them.
Teal'c slowly activates his radio, "O'Neill" he whispers.
"Yeah?" replies O'Neill.
"We require your assistance." says Teal'c.
"Our assistance...with what?" says O'Neill.
"We have company." replies Teal'c.
Mitchell, Alisana and O'Neill look at each other, "Company?" says Mitchell, they immediately turn around and run back, heading towards the power room, "On our way, Teal'c." replies O'Neill over the radio.