A/N: Hi guys, thanks for all the review of the previous chapter. This chapter is based on the Siege of Atlantis (SG:Atlantis s01e19 to s02e01) which are some of my favourite Atlantis episode. Hope Part 1 of my take on it doesn't disappoint. Enjoy, and please review.
Stargate Operations, Atlantis, 0905 hours. Three days until Wraith attack.
"Wow" said Willow as she walked through the Stargate with Angel and looked at her surroundings, "this is exactly like my dreams and visions."
"Huh?" said Angel, "you dreamt about this place?"
"Yes" replied Willow, "I had visions about it after the General had the entire repository of the Ancients downloaded into his brain. I was the first one to see the city in millions of years, and now… we're all here to defend it."
"It's beautiful, Red" said Faith as she looked at the bright blue sky.
"Angel" said Willow, "we could give the sunlight a try… if you're game that is."
"Maybe later?" asked Angel, "plus, I think Colonel Everett is calling for you."
"Oh" said Willow as she ran to the central stairs.
"Willow" smiled Dr. Weir as she shook she redhead's hand, "it's a pleasure to see you again. Welcome to Atlantis."
"Dr. Weir, ma'am" said Willow as she looked around, "it's a pleasure."
"This is Major John Sheppard" said Dr. Weir as Willow saluted the Major, "and this is Lieutenant Ford."
"Ma'am" said the Lieutenant as he saluted Willow, who returned the salute and nodded.
"And this is Dr. Zalenka, and you've already met Rodney" said Dr. Weir.
"Dr. Zalenka" said Willow as she shook his hand before looking at MacKay, "Rodney."
"Captain" said MacKay, "you still a… you know…. 'Psychic'?"
"The term is Psionic, actually" said Willow as she leaned in and whispered in his ear, "and yea…. Why?… you want me to try it on you?"
"Did he just say psychic, ma'am?" asked Lieutenant Ford.
"That will all be in the briefing" said Colonel Everett, "Captain we'll be meeting in the conference room in thirty minutes. In the meantime.. please settle everything for our….. ummm.. special guest. I'd like our two specialists to join us as well."
"Yes Sir" said Willow as she ran back to where Angel was standing with Faith, "Angel, I need you to come with me."
"Faith" said Willow, "I'll be back. Meet you in the conference room?"
"Sure" said Faith as she squeezed Willow's arm.
"Let's go, Angel" said Willow.
"Sure" said Angel, "do you want me to take the… food?"
"Yes" said Willow as Angel carried the cooler, "come on, we'll go on to the infirmary."
"Ummm… ma'am" said Lieutenant Ford, "Dr. Weir asked me to accompany you to the infirmary, in case you weren't sure of where it was."
"Sure" said Willow, "please lead the way."
"Faith" said Riley as he watched Angel walk off with Willow, "you sure about Angel?"
"Yeah Soldier-boy" said Faith, "he'll be alright."
"But… and I'm just saying… but if he goes over the deep end"? whispered Riley.
"Won't happen" said Faith.
"But…" said Riley again.
"Wont…. Happen…" said Faith.
"Colonels Finn, Miss Lehane" said Colonel Everett as he motioned at them to meet him at the stairs.
"Don't worry about Angel, Soldier-boy" whispered Faith, "worry about whether we survive the attack."
"I'm worried about him and the attack" said Riley as the three of them reached the stairs and met with the Atlantis team. Faith looked at the shock on Dr. Weir's face as she was told that she wouldn't be involved in the tactical planning in regards to the defence of the city before she followed the Colonel and the others to the briefing room, just as the self-destruct was deactivated.
Infirmary, Atlantis.
"Hi Dr. Beckett" said Willow as she, Angel and Lieutenant Ford walked into the infirmary.
"Well, well" smiled the doctor, "look who's here."
"Nice to see you again, Doc" said Willow as she shook his hand, "this is my friend, Angel… he's a specialist for this mission."
"Angel?" said Dr. Beckett, "just Angel?"
"Yes" said Angel as he looked in amazement at the mixture of advanced alien and human medical technology.
"Doc" said Willow as she took the cooler from Angel and placed it on a table, "I need you to keep these under secure lock and key."
"What is it?" said Dr. Becket as he opened the cooler, "blood packs?"
"Special blood packs" said Willow, "for Angel."
"Oh" said Dr. Beckett as he looked at Angel, "you don't need to worry, we have all blood types available in Atlantis. I just need yours so that I could set some aside for you."
"Actually" said Willow as she held on to the good doctor's shoulder as she looked at Angel.
After Angel nodded his head, Willow took the doctor to one side.
"Sir" said Lieutenant Ford as he looked at Angel, "what type of specialist are you? I mean, are you military or civilian…"
"The special kind of specialist" said Angel.
"He's a what!" shouted Dr. Beckett as he stormed back into the infirmary.
"Doc" said Willow as she ran after Dr. Beckett, "trust me, it's true."
"What's true?" asked the Lieutenant as he tightened his hold on his P90.
"Angel" said Dr. Beckett, "you're a vampire?"
"Wraith?" said the Lieutenant as he brought up his weapon and pointed it at Angel.
"Lieutenant" said Willow as she stood in front of Angel, "put your weapon down, that's an order."
"But…"
"He's not a wraith" said Willow, "put down the weapon."
"I really am a vampire" said Angel.
"I know we've seen strange things but…" said the doctor as Angel interrupted him.
"You have high tech toys here right?" asked Angel as he looked around the infirmary, "can you, you know…. scan me?"
"Yes" said Dr. Beckett.
"Then do it" said Angel as Dr. Beckett looked at Willow who nodded her head.
"This way then" said Dr. Beckett as he motioned for Angel to lie on a bed. After he lay down, the doctor, Lieutenant Ford and Willow walked up to a computer as the doctor activated a scanner which passed overhead Angel.
"See" said Willow as she looked at the screen.
"It's not possible" said Dr. Beckett in surprise as he looked at the computer screen and then at Angel, before looking at the computer screen again, "he's registering no heartbeat but there is blood flow, no body temperature…. Well there is, but it's at room temperature."
"Can the scanner here pick him up?" asked lieutenant Ford.
"No" said the Doctor, "our scanners and life signs detector require body heat, but….."
"He's invisible to our scans?" asked the Lieutenant.
"And the Wraiths" said Willow.
"Doc?" said the Lieutenant as he too looked at the screen, "so he's not Wraith? Is that confirmed?"
"Yes" said the Doctor as he stood up and approached Angel, "please sit up."
"Got your proof?" asked Angel.
"How are you still living… well, I guess unloving would be the correct term?" asked the Doctor.
"Doc" said Willow, "maybe we could discuss all that once we've completed defending the city? We've got a briefing to get to."
"Right" said Dr. Beckett as he looked at Willow and then at Angel, "so the blood? It's for…"
"Food" said Angel as he noticed the surprised looks on the faces of Dr. Beckett and Lieutenant Ford, "don't worry, its pigs blood. It's disgusting as hell, but I don't drink human blood."
"Oh" said Dr. Beckett as he walked over to the cooler, carried it and headed to a nearby chiller.
"Angel will take the blood packs from you when he needs it" said Willow, "we just need to track it, at least until reinforcements arrive in four days. The Daedalus will have more packs for him in reserve."
"Alright" said Dr. Beckett as he walked towards Angel, "but with your permission, I would like to perform more scans. Nothing invasive, just something that we could… I'm sorry, but this is all new for me and as a medical professional.. its….."
"Sure" said Angel, "as long as you don't use any wood."
"Wood, Sir?" asked Lieutenant Ford.
"Weakness" said Angel.
"Oh" replied the lieutenant.
"Alright" said Willow, "we need to go."
"Right" said Angel as he turned to the doctor, "see you later, Dr. Beckett."
"Yes" replied the doctor as the three of them walked away, "vampire…. Huh…. What else will we be getting?"
Conference Room, Atlantis, 0945 hours.
As Willow walked into the briefing room with Angel and Lieutenant Ford, they saw Major Sheppard and Dr. Weir walk in before them and approach Colonel Everett.
"Major" said the Colonel, "have you been able to contact the Alpha Site?"
"I asked him to hold off on that until I had a chance to talk to you" said Dr. Weir.
While Dr. Weir and Colonel Everett were talking, Willow saw Faith near the control room as she looked at the Stargate.
"Looks different" said Faith once she noticed that Willow and Angel were standing next to her.
"It's newer than the ones in the Milky Way" said Willow.
"Can we really defend this place?" asked Faith, "I never knew how huge it was, I mean yeah… I saw the schematics with the Colonel, Soldier Boy and Sam but…. When looking at it for the first time…."
"I think we can do it" said Willow, "speaking of whom, where are Riley and Sam?"
"The Colonel told them to assemble the rail guns" said Faith, "since they've already gone through the briefing at the SGC, the Colonel told them to liaise with the security at Atlantis and start on the defensive positions."
"Captain?" said Colonel Everett, "lets get this show on the road."
"Yes, Sir" replied Willow as she led Faith and Angel into the conference as the doors closed behind them.
"Captain?" said Colonel Everett, "you have the floor."
"Thank you, Sir" replied Willow, "we brought along eight manned rail gun positions that are being assembled as we speak by Colonel's Riley and Sam Finn. Six of them will be placed along the central tower and two more at one of the outer buildings."
"Rail guns?" asked Lieutenant Ford.
"Yes" said the Colonel, "They were originally slated for the Prometheus to replace their current close-in armament on her next refit. They will deliver an impact velocity of Mach five at two hundred and fifty miles. A standard magazine will hold ten thousand rounds."
"Neat" grinned the Lieutenant as he looked at Major Sheppard who gave him a small smile.
"We also have some Surface to Air missiles and shoulder mounted rocket launchers" said Willow.
"In addition to the rail guns, SAMs and the rocket launchers" the redhead continued, "we also brought along some Naquada enhanced nukes."
"Nukes?" asked Dr. Weir as she leaned forward on the table.
"Six actually" said Colonel Everett, "about twelve hundred megatons apiece. They emit almost zero EM and are otherwise invisible to radar. Once deployed, they will detonate by proximity fuse."
"Space mines?" asked Lieutenant Ford.
"Yes" said the Colonel, "We use Jumpers in stealth mode to place them in a pattern between the armada and Atlantis. Major, we were hoping you could help us with that."
"But I recommend keeping a couple in reserve" said the Major.
"Negative" replied the Colonel, "We only have one shot at this."
"But…." said the Major when he was interrupted by the Colonel.
"Four of my men are pilots" said the Colonel, "Beckett is giving them the gene inoculation right now. Assuming it takes, you will familiarise them with the Jumpers, and they will become our fighter screen."
"Along with me?" said the Major.
"You'll be heading one of the damage control teams in the event that the Wraith enter the city" said the Colonel.
"We have a Chair weapons platform, Colonel" said Dr. Weir, "I'm sure Major Sheppard would be more useful there flying the drones."
"Actually, ma'am" said Willow as she looked at Colonel Everett who nodded at her to continue, "I'll be using the chair."
"You have the Ancient gene?" asked Major Sheppard.
"Yes Sir" said Willow, "and well, the plan is to use me as the primary defensive weapon; and the rail guns and the SAM's acting as a secondary barrage."
"What are you talking about, Willow?" asked Dr, Weir, "a weapon?"
"I can telekinetically fire solid water bullets or missiles, I still don't know what to call them, at such a great speed that they can drive holes through steel" said Willow.
"Ok" said Major Sheppard, "maybe it's just me, but did I just here you say you're telekinetic? As in moving things with your mind?"
"Yes Sir" said Willow, "and a telepath as well. So yeah, kinda like… you know…."
"You read my mind" smiled the Major.
"You were thinking out loud, Sir" said Willow, "sorry."
"That's fine" said Major, "useful ability."
"Yes, Sir" replied Willow.
"I saw the video" said Colonel Everett as he interrupted the Major before he could speak again, "she gave us a demonstration and it's all true."
"Even so" said Dr. Weir as she composed herself, "why do you need the chair?"
"The chair can access the city's scanners" said Willow turning to face Dr. Weir, "I can get a full 360 degree view of where I need to fire the missiles, and since we're surrounded by water, I'll never run out of ammunition. However, I can only fire ten shots at a time, once one of my missiles destroys a dart.. I just create another one from the water and fire again. And if need be, I can fire the drones as well."
"But we have no way to power the chair" said Major Sheppard.
"We do now" said the Colonel, "We brought a Mark Two Naquada generator."
"We found a way to increase the power output by six hundred percent" said one of the Marines, "It won't last nearly as long but it should be able to power the chair for as long as we need it to."
"We also brought along three suits of Kull armour" said Willow as she nodded at Faith who opened one of the boxes in the room and took out the black coloured armour with the accompanying white under layer.
"Kull?" said Lieutenant Ford as he got up and touched the armour.
"A Goa'uld called Anubis created genetically engineered super soldiers called Kulls" said Willow, "they used this armour which can absorb any energy, including the energy from a staff weapon, Zat gun and even the energy from bullets. It's almost impervious."
"Almost?" said the Major as he looked at the armour in interest.
"If anyone gets hit by a missile" said Willow, "or the massive blast from a self destruct mechanism like the one in Atlantis, you'll die. If you get stabbed by a knife, then the knife will go through the armour and depending where you get stabbed, you would most likely die. Of course drone weapons would destroy it, and the person wearing it as well."
"Oh" said the Major.
"They haven't been tested out in the field" said Willow, "but one drawback is the excessive heat created from the armour due to it absorbing all that energy, but I managed to lower that to a safe level, and together with the under layer developed by Colonel Carter, Dr. Lee and our CMO there shouldn't be any problems with anyone who volunteers to test it."
"I already have dibs on one" said Faith.
"You can call dibs?" asked Major Sheppard as he smiled at Faith.
"Oh yeah" said Faith, "Red here tested it on herself, it's wicked cool."
"Ok then" replied the Major with a grin, "I call dibs as well."
"Cool" said Faith.
"Alright" said Willow as she rubbed her hands together, "just one more volunteer."
"You're sure it's safe, ma'am?" asked the Lieutenant nervously.
"Like I said" replied Willow, "it hasn't been field tested. So there is a risk that you could get injured by the heat that's would be generated. How about this? I'll leave the medical research that the CMO at the SGC conducted, and leave it with Dr. Beckett and anyone who wants to be the last volunteer can approach him and talk to him about the drawbacks."
"That's fine" said Dr. Weir.
"Remember we have three days, people" said the Colonel, "make your decisions quickly."
"Once the battle starts" said Willow after she got the nod from the Colonel to continue, "I'll be in the chair room and most of the personnel will be manning the rain guns and other defensive positions, the third layer would be the damage control teams that would repel any invaders."
"The teams will include our two civilian specialists" said Colonel Everett, "as per the orders of General O'Neill. Major Sheppard as you know Atlantis better than any of us, you are responsible for setting the teams, along with Miss Lehane."
"Cool" said Faith as she nodded at Major Sheppard.
"One more thing, there's something you need to know about Angel" said Willow as she motioned for Angel to join her, "I know the Wraith kill by stealing the life force of human beings and they trick people by some sort of telepathy as Dr. Weir and Dr. Beckett mentioned in their reports."
"Yes" said Dr. Weir, "but…."
"Ma'am" said Willow, "Angel is extremely strong, resistant to telepathy and, most importantly, he has no life force to steal."
"What?" said Dr. Weir as she stood up, "what are you talking about?"
"Captain?" said the Major, "if he doesn't have any life force, that would essentially mean that he's dead. But, he's alive right now, we just saw him walking in.. he's breathing."
"Angel?" said Willow.
"Technically I'm not breathing, it's just a reflex I have" said Angel, "I'm a vampire, and I'm over two hundred years old."
"Ok" said the Major as he leaned forward in surprise, "this is a joke right?"
"I saw the scans, Sir" said Lieutenant Ford, "when I accompanied Angel and the Captain to the infirmary, I saw the scans that Dr. Beckett took of him. He's got no heart beat and his body temperature is almost non-existent."
"Room temperature, actually" said Angel.
"It's not a joke" said Dr. Weir as she stood up and walked over to Angel.
"Elizabeth?" asked the Major, "you knew about this?"
"I've read Willow's file when I commanded the SGC. She faced this sort of thing for a long time before joining the Stargate Program. Ask her to tell you about it sometime" said Dr. Weir as she stood in front of Angel, "amazing, you really are a vampire? I mean the type that Faith… I guess slays?"
"Not that kind" said Faith, "he's one of the good guys, at least now that he has a soul."
"Elizabeth?" said the Major, "some context?"
"I've heard about Faith from Willow" said Dr. Weir, "she's what's known as a vampire Slayer."
"So you kill people like him?" asked the Major.
"I'm different" said Angel, "I was cursed with my soul."
"How's that a curse?" asked Lieutenant Ford.
"How about we discuss that later?" said the Colonel as he stepped forward, "for right now, we've told Dr. Weir about our tactical plans so, Major, please call back all military personnel from the Alpha Site?"
"Of.. of course, Sir" said Major Sheppard as he walked out of the conference room doors, scratching his head in confusion.
"Captain" said Colonel Everett, "please grab a generator and accompany Dr. MacKay to the chair room. I'd like to know how many drones we have available."
"Of course, sir" said Willow as she went up to Mackay.
"Miss Lehane" said the Colonel turning to Faith, "please report to Dr. Beckett for your Ancient gene therapy, I have a feeling that we may be needing as many people with the Ancient gene as possible. And after you're done, please meet up with Major Sheppard and see what you can do about the damage control teams? Four of my Marines will be joining you once you get the inoculation."
"Sure" said Faith as she turned around.
"Ummm…. ma'am" said Lieutenant Ford as he walked up to Faith, "I can show you the way to the infirmary."
"Sure" said Faith, "lead the way."
"Maybe you could tell me more about these vampires?" asked the Lieutenant.
"Sure" replied Faith.
"Now if you would excuse me, Dr. Weir" said the Colonel, "I need to speak to this Teyla Emmagen."
"I think she should be at the gymnasium" said Dr. Weir, "I can get…."
"It's fine" said the Colonel, "I think I can find my way."
"Of course" smiled Dr. Weir as she turned to Angel as everyone left the conference room, "may I interest you in a quick tour of the city. Well, part of the city anyway… we haven't been able to go through the entire city, yet."
"That would be great" said Angel as he followed Dr. Weir to a covered balcony where Angel saw part of Atlantis laid out in front of him along with the deep blue ocean. However, he stopped at the threshold where the sun reached the floor.
"This is many of my expedition member's favourite….." said Dr. Weir as she turned around only to find Angel standing nervously at the door.
"Ummm… sun" said Angel.
"I see, so the legends are true" replied Dr. Weir as she tapped a head set lodged in her ear, "Chuck, I need you to do me a favour."
Angel looked on as Dr. Weir nodded her head and then she thanked the person on the other line and walked towards him.
"It's alright" said Dr. Weir, "according to our scans, the star this planet orbits is similar to Earth's in many ways, however the frequency of the UV light differs slightly. If it burns in any way, we'll just go back in."
"Alright" said Angel as he brought out his arm into the sunlight and when it didn't burn, he stepped out into the balcony and walked up to the railing, "this is a beautiful city."
"Thank you" said Dr. Weir, "the Ancients who created must have really like towers, but it has that regal tone to it."
"How many people can it hold?" asked Angel.
"From the database, we found that there were little more than a million Ancients on Atlantis after it left Earth" said Dr. Weir, "when they came here, they seeded the galaxy with life."
"How about these Wraith?" asked Angel, "do you have any books or data on them?"
"Of course" said Dr. Weir as she turned around, "I can get one of our… Angel?"
Dr. Weir looked on as Angel just stood under the sun and looked out into the distance.
"I don't get to spend a lot of time under the sun back on Earth" said Angel, "I miss the warmth, do you mind if I…?"
"Of course not" smiled Dr. Weir, "I'll get someone to bring a tablet to you with the data we have on the Wraith, and…. thank you for coming to help."
"It was my pleasure" said Angel as he looked at Dr. Weir before she walked away and he turned back and looked out at the towers of Atlantis.
Stargate Operation, Atlantis, 2300 hours; 3 days later.
"Teyla?" said Willow as she approached the Athosian woman who was in the cafeteria having a drink by herself, "Teyla Emmagen?"
"Yes?" said Teyla as she stood up.
"I'm sorry" said Willow, "I should have come earlier to meet you since you're a part of the Major's team, I'm Willow… Captain Willow Rosenberg."
"Ah" said Teyla, "from Earth. You came with Colonel Everett?"
"Yes" said Willow, "may I join you?"
"Of course" said Teyla as she motioned for Willow to sit down.
"I heard that you wont be involved in helping to defend the city" said Willow, "I'm sorry."
"It is fine" said Teyla, "Its just that….."
"Teyla?" asked Willow when she suddenly got hit with the emotions of fear and anger.
"They're close" said Willow and Teyla together as they looked at each other.
"How did you….?" asked Teyla as Willow got up.
"Sorry Teyla" said Willow, "I'm sorry you can't help but I'm sure that we'll need you and your people soon."
"But how did you know?" asked Teyla again.
"I'll tell you later" said Willow as she ran, "just remind me."
"Very well" said Teyla confused as she looked at Willow run off before she started to head to her quarters.
"Colonel Everett" said Willow on her radio, "they're close by."
"Captain" said the Colonel at Stargate Operations, "our scanners aren't…"
"Sir" said Chuck, "we've just detected a wave of objects approaching the planet… hundred's of them."
"Captain" said the Colonel, "get to the chair room, get ready to fire at your convenience."
"Yes, sir" said Willow.
"All Damage control teams and gunners" said the Colonel on the citywide P.A system, "report to your designated positions."
"Wait" said MacKay who had been looking at another computer screen, "those aren't darts, they're rocks."
"Rocks?" asked Major Sheppard who walked in with Dr. Weir.
"Asteroids" said MacKay, "they're asteroids…. The Wraith must have harvested them from the asteroid belt in this system and shoved them our way. Once they hit the nukes, our mines are gone… our protection is gone and…"
"Rodney!" said Dr. Weir.
"We're in trouble" said MacKay.
Chair Room, Atlantis, 2315 hours.
"Dr. Zalenka" said Willow as she ran into the chair room where Dr. Zalenka was kneeling on the floor and powering up the Naquada generator, "everything alright?"
"I think so, Captain" he said, "Rodney said that it should work efficiently now."
"Hope so" said Willow as she sat down on the chair as it immediately activated and she leaned back.
"Our drones?" asked Dr. Zalenka.
"We only have a few dozen drones in storage" said Willow as the chair lit up started to turn, "I talked to Major Sheppard and he said that since I can launch the water missiles, we should keep the drones in reserve. Just in case."
"Captain" said the doctor, "you consider yourself a scientist too, am I right?"
"Yea" said Willow as she activated the long range scanners but all that appeared was static, "what the hell?"
"The scanners are on the fritz?" asked Dr. Zalenka surprised as he stood up, "how about the short range scanner?"
"Works" said Willow as she leaned forward and went on the radio, "Colonel, I don't have any long range sensors available in the chair room."
"We're working on that, Captain" said the Colonel as he looked at MacKay.
"Captain" said MacKay, "the Wraith threw asteroids at the nukes, the reason the sensors aren't working properly is because of the residual radiation.. its blocking the sensors, we won't know the Wraith are here until it's too late."
"Dr. MacKay" said the Colonel, "can you fix it?"
"No" said MacKay, "the explosions not only created the residual radiation, but they also have overload the sensors."
"All we can do now is wait" said Major Sheppard.
An hour passed with Willow staying in the chair room, along with Faith in the modified Kull armour and Angel as Dr. Zalenka went up to the Operations Room to talk to MacKay.
"Hey" said Willow as she got off the chair, looked around and gave Faith a quick kiss, "how has your guys' day been so far?"
"Stressful" said Faith, "waiting for these Wraith is like waiting for paint to dry."
"At least we have some extra time for…." Said Angel as the P.A system was activated again.
"Attention" said the voice of Colonel Everett, "all defence teams to your positions, damage control teams report to your team leaders."
"It's time" said Willow as she squeezed Faith's and Angel's arms, "be careful out there, and look out for Riley and Sam."
"Riley can look after himself" said Angel.
"Please, Angel" said Willow, "keep a look out for them if you can."
"Sam should be alright" said Faith, "she has the armour on."
"Alright" nodded Angel as both he and Faith ran off to meet with their teams as Willow sat back down on the chair and activated both the long range and short range scanners.
"Colonel" said Willow as she looked at the blips that were on a 3D model of Atlantis' surroundings right overhead, "I see them, they're almost to the city."
"Shut off the lights" said the Colonel as he pointed his finger at Chuck, who pressed a button on the console next to him as all the lights in Atlantis shut down.
"Captain" said the Colonel, "fire at will."
"Yes, Sir" smiled Willow as she watched the red blimps coming closer and closer to Atlantis.
It was then that Dr. Weir ran out to the balcony and looked out as bright lights were launched into the air and illuminated the surrounding structures. Looking out into the now illuminated waters surrounding Atlantis, she noticed something growing out of the water.
"Missiles" said Dr. Weir to herself as she saw ten of them speed off into the air, followed by six explosions mid-air as the SAM's and the rail guns started to fire. As another barrage of the missiles was launched, she could see that the missiles were chasing the Darts until they either hit the alien planes or the missile simply lost cohesion, only to be replaced by a new missile from the other direction.
'How much power do you really have, Willow' thought Dr. Weir to herself when she suddenly heard an explosion from the southern pier.
"What's going on?" said Dr. Weir as she ran into the Operations room, "they're launching kamikaze attacks."
"Colonel…. Anyone" said Willow on the radio, "I just heard an explosion close to me, what's going on?"
"Some of the Darts are making a run at the city" said Dr. Weir, "can you get more missiles into the air?"
"Sorry ma'am" said Willow, "ten's my limit."
"Its fine" said Dr. Weir as she looked at Colonel Everett, "the vast majority of darts are being taken down, but some are still coming through."
"I'm getting another wave coming in ma'am" said Willow.
"She's right" said Dr. Zalenka, "we've got twenty.. no, thirty more coming in."
"Firing now" said Willow as she launched more of the missiles.
Suddenly they all heard a massive explosion as the power in the operations room cut out.
"What happened?" said the Colonel.
"We lost primary systems" said Chuck.
"Sir" said Willow, "You've got more coming in, and I'm launching as many missiles as I can."
"Do the best you can, Captain" said Major Sheppard before turning to Colonel Everett, "sir…"
"We'll be alright, Major" said Colonel Everett, "we've just got to hold out till the Daedalus arrives tomorrow."
"Hope we'll still be here, Sir" said Major Sheppard.
TBC.