Here's the next chapter for you all, questions will be answered and others will be asked. Note: Sergeant Major Richards is the property of DaniWilder, so thanks for letting me borrow him.

I intend to look at all reviews and try to clear up any questions you may have, so if you have any stick them in your reviews and i will try to answer them without giving the game away at the start of each new chapter.

As some of you may have guessed there will eventually be new ships being built. The tricky part is coming up with appropriate names which is very important, so if you have any suggestions send them in and the best will become the names for the new BC - 305 class ships.

Yes i know, this chapter is shorter than all the others. The reason for this is that the next chapter will feature some very important points but in order to fit them in i am going to have to shorten this chapter a bit. Now lets see what you make of this one as i have included hints of what i am planning for you next. Feel free to PM me about it.

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There's an old saying that goes, there's no place like home, and looking around at the beautiful city of Atlantis as she floated gracefully on the open waves you wouldn't find anyone who would argue. Atlantis was their home and she was finally back where she belonged. All it had taken was a little sneaky planning courtesy of General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey. Of course the fallout from this meant that they were looking at a slightly ticked off IOA but it was nothing they couldn't handle. Besides the other IOA members had been reminded that there was a reason that O'Neill and Woolsey are so good at their jobs.

The best part of all this was that they were technically following all the rules that had been laid down by the IOA. They had followed the agreement to the letter and had even followed up by giving Woolsey his old job back. This meant that they didn't have to worry about the IOA swooping in to fill the seat with one of their own as they couldn't object to Woolsey being in charge when they had originally given him the job, and he was an IOA member to boot so any decisions he made technically counted as being certified by the IOA. A fact that was going to make their lives a lot easier in the future since they wouldn't have to worry about making a mountain of complaints regarding lack of approval for every little thing they did.

Throughout the hallways of Atlantis people were scurrying back and forth, transporter booths were being used constantly and even the lone ring platform was in operation as personnel transferred their things from the Weir to their old living quarters aboard the city. Even the stargate was active, once it had been reinstalled in the gate room, and scientists and military personnel flooded through via Valley Forge after they found themselves relieved of their apparently temporary assignments at the SGC. Slowly but surely the city was becoming a place where people lived and worked rather than a place constant flurry of repair work as it had become during its time on Earth. Of course nobody really complained about this fact as it meant they were no longer troubled by leaks and the occasional bit of flooding and it took a load off everyone's plates.

But even if they had the city back Sheppard wasn't going to be losing his command. The Weir would still be his ship to personally command or, if he so chose, he could leave Lorne in charge while he did other things. In order to make this happen though they needed someone to fill the shoes of head of security for the city, a task that quickly given to Sergeant Major Richards with the promise that yes he would still get to off world now and again.

By the end of a very long day everyone was settled back in and they could finally get down to business, in the morning of course. The command staff saw the logic of giving people a chance to adjust themselves back to city life and of course get some dinner, not to mention the fact that it was movie night. And so, after a little light celebrating by most of the expedition during the night, people reported for duty in the morning and settled back into their old routines.

The first order of business was to try to make contact with some of their more advanced allies. To this effect Atlantis broadcasted an encoded subspace burst on a specific frequency known to be used by the Travellers. If it was received then hopefully Larrin would get the message and head to New Lantea for a meet and greet.

The next item on the agenda came, interestingly enough, from Todd. Obviously now that they had a chance to offer a cure for the whole of Wraith society they would need to try to start establishing connections with the Wraith out there. It was going to be difficult making contact with individual hives as, lets face it, if they could so easily find the hive ships they would have done so by now. However it was believed that if they could establish ties with the Wraith alliance, which Todd had been placed as a de-facto leader of, then that would eventually lead to the rest of Wraith society accepting the conversion process. Unfortunately there was a slight snag in that part of the plan.

"What do you mean you can't convince them to take the cure?" asked Sheppard angrily. "This plan hinged on the fact that you said they would accept it."

In Atlantis's conference room were Woolsey, Carson, Jennifer and the whole of AR-1. They had been finalising the details to progressively cure the entire Wraith society when Todd had decided to drop his little bomb shell.

"They will accept the cure," said Todd. "Unfortunately the queens need someone they can trust a lot more than me in order to put their faith in it. Given my dealings with your people in the past they will most likely assume that I am only going to cure the drones, which I can control, and then wipe the out queens, or at least any that get in my way."

"So who did you have in mind to offer them the cure?" asked Woolsey.

"A woman who I know all the Wraith queens will listen to without a doubt," replied Todd.

McKay raised an eyebrow at this point. "Why do I get the feeling that you are not going to tell us who she is?"

"Because you would be right Doctor McKay. It is not my privilege to tell you her story only hers, so if you want to hear it we will have to go to her."

"So let me see if I have this straight, in the past you made a deal with her and she is the one you adamantly refuse to betray?" asked Sheppard.

"In short, yes."

Everyone was silent for a moment while they pondered this. While it was true that Todd hadn't openly betrayed them, well not until he thought he was had been betrayed first, for Todd to give his un-waving loyalty to someone clearly meant something.

Teyla decided to break the silence, "Does this place we have to go to have a stargate?"

"No," replied Todd. "The stargate was removed some time ago, so the only way to get there is by ship."

Finally Sheppard came to a decision, "Fine then, you give us the address and we'll go and meet this mysterious woman."

Unknown Planet

The planet that the Weir now orbited could be described incredibly simply, it was a rock. The entire planet was pretty much a barren and rocky wasteland with very little fauna of any kind to provide a stable atmosphere to breath. It was no wonder then that the stargate had been removed. With only so many in the galaxy one could find a planet that was much more in need of one than this place.

Perhaps this was the reason then that the planet had been chosen to house the one woman in the whole galaxy that could convince the Wraith queens to accept the gift that they were being offered. After all with no stargate people would not stumble across it during their explorations of the gate network and any ship that came across it would see it for what it was an out of the way barren wasteland not worth the effort to establish a base on. These were the thoughts going through the crews minds as they looked down on the planet through the numerous viewports on the Weir.

"Todd what are we looking for exactly? From what ISIS tells me there are no life signs on the entire planet," asked Sheppard.

"If you give me access to your short range communications I can send a coded signal down to the planet. This will activate a beacon that will signal the presence of a specific location on the planet that is otherwise undetectable by your sensors."

"Okay, go for it."

With Rodney and ISIS keeping an eye on his actions Todd accessed communications on a nearby terminal and sent a coded signal down to the planet. It wasn't long before they got a reaction.

"Commander," said ISIS from her corner of the room. "I am detecting the presence of a beacon emanating from a cave structure, the existence of which has only just become tangible."

"Can you establish a clear sensor lock to beam us down there?" asked Sheppard.

"Confirmed, all sensor shielding covering the cave structure has been lowered."

Sheppard turned to his team. "Gear up gang it's time for us to go on a little field trip."

In a flash of white light AR-1 and Todd reappeared in the middle of a dark cave which immediately brightened up as the sensors lining the cave ceiling detected Todd and Teyla's Wraith DNA. After taking a moment to look around and get his bearings he led them through the caves to a large area of open, albeit underground, space.

Throughout the room there were numerous consoles that were coming to life after so many years of being inactive along with power tendrils snaking across the walls like vines. Every piece of technology in the room, from the consoles to the power tendrils, was clearly wraith in origin. But the one thing that caught their eye was the one piece of technology that had been glowing in the dark even before the lights had come on and that was a single wraith hibernation pod, and from the dark silhouette inside it they could clearly see it was occupied.

Todd proceeded to a console by the pod and keyed in several commands. With a hiss of escaping gas the pod cracked open. As its occupant was revealed Todd spoke.

"Allow me to introduce you to my mother, Echidna."