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Chapter 14: Babylonian Goddess

Dr. Weir studied Sheppard's face during the debriefing. His eyes wouldn't meet hers and she imagined that his eyes were staring beyond the room, beyond Atlantis and to that planet. The others had delivered a straightforward story of what had happened but they had various emotions in their voices. It sounded as though Sheppard had been speaking through an old radio with a monotone voice.

She couldn't help her own curiosity of the thoughts that must have been going through his mind. Her own doubts about Sky came to mind, but she never imagined that Sky had been an enemy of the Ancients thousands of years ago.

"Colonel Sheppard, I would like you to remain for a moment."

She saw the looks of those that were leaving but focused on Sheppard.

She waited for them to leave before she spoke. "How are you dealing with what's happened?"

"Some alcohol would help, if I could get some." John sighed as he ran his hands through his hair. "Don't worry, Elizabeth, I'm fine."

She saw that he was struggling with what had happened and what it meant. "John…I know this is difficult for you."

"Not now, Elizabeth. Not now."

She nodded her head and watched as he walked out of her office. She wanted to help him understand that Sky was not to be trusted. She was concerned how this would affect his work and the rest of the team.

She contacted Dr. Taylor and asked her to find out everything she could about Ereshkigal. She hoped for Sheppard's sake and everyone else that they would find something useful.

McKay sat in an uncomfortable chair across from Teyla and Ronon who were, in his opinion, just trying to hit each other with sticks and not training in some form of stick fighting. It was only about a minute of hearing the sticks clacking together as Teyla and Ronon spun around each other trying to disarm the other that he decided to speak his mind.

He stood up and threw up his hands. "I can't believe this! After we saved her life! She turns on us."

As he paced he continued to complain about Sky. He figured that she had planned this great betrayal from the beginning. He hadn't noticed that he was beginning to sound like a conspiracy theorist that had been up for several days drinking dozens of energy drinks.

"McKay," Teyla said softly as she dodged on of Ronon's swings.

He stopped pacing and turned to look at her. "What?"

"You do not need to express your opinions so loudly. We don't need to be reminded of the events that recently occurred."

"I think we do need to remember that she is a bad guy and that trusting her from the beginning was a mistake."

"I do not want Sheppard to hear what you are saying."

He looked at Ronon hoping that he would join his side but he saw that Ronon was going to stay out of the conversation. "So? He knows that she betrayed us! Don't you remember what she said? She is going to have us all destroyed just because some of us carry the Ancient gene or if we are friends of those who carry the gene."

Teyla blocked Ronon's attack. "Yes, I recall that moment quite well but he is processing that Sky is not Sky any longer."

"McKay, if you don't leave us alone I shall make certain that you will never be able to whine again," said Ronon threateningly.

"I can't leave this alone, Ronon. We need to find out more about her so we can get Sheppard to get out of this Sky-induced fog that is keeping him trapped in this fantasy land."

Ronon signaled to Teyla to stop as he turned to McKay. "You can speak with Dr. Taylor."

"Dr. Taylor?" McKay scoffed.

"She is researching Sky and I'm sure she has already has some information."

"We can go see if she has anything."

"Dr. Taylor, it is good to see you again."

"Same here Teyla."

"We didn't come for a nice little chat and a cup of tea we are here for information."

"McKay, have I ever told you that you are extremely annoying and that it only takes about nine seconds of someone being in your presence to realize that about you?"

"Very amusing, but we are here for some information."

She sighed and turned back to the computer. "Will you leave me alone? I have some research to do and some information to prepare for Dr. Weir."

"What kind of information?" McKay asked as he leaned on the desk and looked at her notes.

She closed the folder and looked up at him with flashing green eyes. "About Sky. About Ereshkigal."

Teyla stepped forward and pulled McKay away from the desk. "That is why we came to see you."

Dr. Taylor looked at her watch. "Well, then you can wait until the meeting that is supposed to happen in about twenty minutes."

"Meeting? We were not invited to the meeting."

"Speak to Dr. Weir about it, McKay, and leave me in peace so I can get my work done on time."

Teyla grabbed his arm before he said a word. "Thank you, Dr. Taylor we shall take your advice and speak with Dr. Weir."

"Thank you, Teyla. I'm sure that all of you will be at the meeting. At least everyone who should be there."

Ronon grabbed onto McKay and pushed him out of the room before he could respond to her remark.

Four out of ten chairs had people sitting in them as Dr. Taylor walked into the room. She greeted them all with a polite nod, except Dr. McKay, in which she sent him a cold glare. She saw Teyla and Ronon, but was surprised that Colonel Sheppard wasn't sitting with his team.

"Hello, everyone. Dr. Weir, is everyone here that needs to be here?"

"Yes, Dr. Taylor, we are all here. Who is Ereshkigal?" Dr. Weir asked motioning for her to begin.

"She was a Sumerian Death Goddess. She was the ruler of the Underworld."

"Any other information that may be useful?" Dr. McKay scoffed as he crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.

She gave him a withering glare before she continued. "There isn't much known about her, but she is also linked with Inanna and Ishtar. They were known to be rather promiscuous but they were also the Goddesses of war."

"So, you're saying that we don't really know anything?"

She looked directly at him letting him know that he wasn't going to push her buttons. "This information is important Dr. McKay. It gives us an insight into Sky…uh…Ereshkigal."

She cleared her throat and continued. "It's connected to Babylon. The information we have about Babylon is mostly guesswork."

Dr. Weir frowned. "She's Babylonian? But the Babylonian's were around 3,000 years ago while the Ancients are a lot older."

"That is true. Ereshkigal may be her real name and the Ancients may have mentioned her to the Babylonians. We do know that some Ancients lived among humans throughout history. We know that Merlin was an Ancient. It doesn't surprise me at all that there were Ancients living among humans during Babylonian times. They may have mentioned Ereshkigal to warn humans if she ever returned."

"Ereshkigal doesn't sound as though she is fond of the Ancients or of us," said Teyla.

"So, Sky, is bad? Like that wasn't obvious since she threatened us!" McKay exclaimed loudly. He opened his mouth and was about to say something else when Dr. Weir shot him a warning look that surprisingly shut his mouth right up.

"That's all of the information I could find. Even the Ancient Archive wasn't much help."

Dr. Weir nodded appreciatively at Dr. Taylor. "Thank you, Dr. Taylor. We all appreciate all of the hard work that you have done. We will have to have some patience in this situation until we can find out more information."

"Patience? I don't believe that Sky or Ereshkigal will wait for us to gather more information. We need to stop talking about this and stop her," Ronon said.

"Ronon, I understand the urgency of this situation but I don't want to put the people of Atlantis at risk. I assure you that we will not take too much time to gather the needed information. Since Dr. Taylor has finished that is all for now."

"Dr. Weir, may I speak with you for a moment." She waited for the room to clear before she spoke again. "I know it may not be my place, but I believe that Colonel Sheppard should have been here."

"I respect your opinion Dr. Taylor, but I believe it was necessary. He sees Sky as a woman who is lost and troubled. According to your information, she may be a dangerous being."

She shook her head. "I don't know if he will see her that way."

"If he doesn't he will soon."

When Dr. Weir dismissed her with a nod of her head, she grabbed her notes and left the room. She hoped that Sheppard would realize that Sky could be dangerous sooner rather than later. She had an ominous feeling deep within her that the more the found out about Ereshkigal the worse it was going to be.