Cosmic View:
They had been minutes from the Stargate before it shut down. And now they were stranded on this unknown planet; Eli, Chloe, Greer, Varo, and James. They had no way of telling anyone where they were. They had no way of letting the Destiny know that they were alive. The only had the Kino remote to see where the Destiny might drop out next and it was a race against time to get to the next planet fast enough to stop being left behind for good. But they also couldn't deny the view that they were getting. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. And the planet they were looking up at had an eerie similarity to Earth. In fact, it looked just like Earth and they didn't seem to understand why.
But it wasn't like they could sit around and look up the entire time. The Stargate on this particular planet only worked during the day, so they would have to spend the night on the planet. They got to work making shelter for the night and James, Greer, and Varo all took turns keeping an eye out for any unwanted enemies. But there were no enemies to be had on this planet. There was only one person that wanted off this planet. And she knew that she had a way of getting these people back to their friends. She would only approach in the morning. She didn't need to get shot for no reason.
For now, they settled down for the night, switching guards ever four hours. She had silently made her way to the gate and deactivated it so that she would be able to keep them on the planet a little longer. After making sure the gate wouldn't activate, she made her way back to the shuttle that she had been living in. The shuttle had been the only home she knew for the last three years. Her only companion had been her young son, but he had died of a sickness nearly two weeks ago. She'd been looking to latch onto a ship in the area if it ever passed her way, but she hadn't had any luck.
As she settled in for the night, the asteroid shower hit. The stars were something the others recorded but she did nothing. She stayed quiet and watched as they stood from their shelter and took pictures with some sort of remote. They took video and noticed that the other planet looked beautiful in the light of the star shower. They headed back to sleep shortly after. The star shower continued throughout the night like normal but there was no need for them to stay awake for that. In the morning they would realize that they were trapped on the planet with no way off nor a way to contact the Destiny since they could not activate the Stargate.
And she would be waiting once they realized they were stranded from their crew. She would be waiting when they realized that they weren't the only ones on the planet and that there was a possibility of reconnecting with their crewmates, they just had to help a fellow strandee.
Picture by © Christopher Emmons