Unknown Vessel, few light years from Caprica.
In a tank of white, foamy viscous fluid lay a body… a body of an old man similar to the ones that died on Caprica during Willow, Faith and SG3's extraction of SG2 and the bodies of SG14. As the body on the tank snapped his eyes open, he opened his mouth as he took in a deep breath before he looked around his surroundings in confusion. Then he finally settled his eyes on another copy of himself, along with copies of the Blonde woman and the copies of Sharon Valerii. The man who had just awoken in the tank was helped out of it by his 'brother', and given a fresh set of clothes to wear.
"What the frak was that?!" shouted the man as he put on his clothes, "what the frak was that?!"
The old man's shouts seemed to reverberated through the corridors of the strange vessel as he walked, while still putting his pant on, towards another hallway that led to a large room with lights everywhere and a basin that had water flowing on it.
"How did those humans get on Caprica?" asked the man as he looked at his copy once he had taken position on one side of long basin.
"The orbiting basestars never detected any FTL drives from any Colonial vessels" said the other old man, "the only other human fleet that still fraking exists is the one we've been chasing."
"Maybe it was that blue light:" said the Sharon copy.
"What blue light?" asked the two old men together as they looked at one of the copies of Sharon.
"In the basement of the museum" said one of the blonde women as she motioned at herself and the Sharon copy next to her while the others looked on, "we saw a ring shaped object in a corner. The dead humans were lying close to it. There was a strange object attached to it, a burnt out computer and something that looked like a recon vehicle."
"While the Centurions took the bodies, the ruined computer and the strange device to the surface to be collected by one of the Doral copies" said another Sharon, "I saw the ring light up… the edges lit up."
"Lit up?" asked one of the old men, "you know how ridiculous that sounds?"
"You got shot by humans who came out of nowhere" said the other old man as he looked at his copy, "so did I… there was no ship in the area… I checked through the datastream. There was nothing."
"Listen to me" said the blonde woman as she leaned over the basin and looked at both the old men, "we were there in the basement. After the lights lit up we saw some sort of vortex form, and settled back down. It looked like a puddle of vertical water. Then the vehicle came to life and there was a voice speaking in an unheard of language."
"We know every language spoken in the Colonies" said the old man, "maybe it was code."
"The next thing we knew" said the blonde woman, "bullets came through the puddle and killed us. The Centurions at the base of the ring were destroyed first, then when we went to see what was going on… well, I died first."
"I saw the rounds go though Number Six" said Sharon's copy as she pointed at the blonde woman next to her, "and the next thing I know… I'm being pulled towards the puddle. I felt an excruciating pain once I hit the water-like substance and I was resurrected here."
"I want to know what happened after we downloaded here" said the old man as he put his hand into the flowing water, as did the others. Once their hands were in the basin, the bottom lit up as they started to receive information through the link formed between their hands and the water in the basin.
"No" said the other old man as he took his hands out of the basin and stepped back, just like the others, "the humans destroyed the museum and the surrounding buildings, without any nuclear fallout?"
"An EMP blast was caused by the explosion" said one of the blondes, "it affected many of the Centurions still in the city. We lost over eighty centurions in the initial blast alone."
"They must be furious" said one of the blondes as she looked at the Centurian behind her who seemed to be looked straight ahead with its single eyes roving from one side to the next.
"I want them found" said the old man as he looked at the humanoid Cylons in front of him, "I want all of them found. If they are part of this so-called resistance movement, then they will be put down."
"The question that should be asked is, where did they go" said anther Sharon copy as she looked at a screen, "the last images from the Centurions before they were lost showed that a group of humans headed towards the museum."
"Yes" said the old man as he looked at a video on the screen of a group of people running towards the stairs at the foot of the museum when his eyes opened wide, "stop… stop the recording."
"What?" asked a third Sharon copy, "what do you see?"
"Zoom in here" said the old man as he pointed to the center of the screen, "rewind… and play the recording."
As the recording played again, the small group of humanoid Cylons watched the video as the Centurions were being fired at form the top of the stairs, then the Centurion whose recording they were watching looked up at a dark haired woman firing a weapons from the roof. Then the Centurian stepped back after being hit, before it straightened up and saw three more humans running across the street from behind another building.
"There" said the old man as he stopped the video and pointed at the human in the middle of the three, "zoom in, and clear the image."
"Oh" said a Sharon copy as she stepped back in shock as she saw a copy of herself firing a weapon at the Centurions, "that's me."
"We don't have any Number Eights in any resistance on Caprica" said the old man as he looked at Sharon's copy who were the model of humanoid Cylons known as Number Eight, "so who the frak is that?"
"I don't know" said one of the Eights, "we would have known if there was our model involved."
"Another sleeper?" asked the blonde woman.
"No" said the Old man as he rewound the video again, "the only one is on the Galactica, my copy on board that ship is making good work with her."
"Wait" said another blonde woman, this one wearing a black dress, "zoom in on the symbol on the left arm."
The video stopped at a picture of, unknown to the humanoid Cylons, Lauren Satterfield as she was firing at the Centurions. The old man zoomed in on a symbol on the arm that showed a circle floating above a triangle.
"What is that?" asked the blonde in the black dress.
"A regiment symbol?" asked another blonde.
"Could they be Cylons we don't know about?" asked a number Eight.
"Don't be stupid" said the old man as he looked at the Eight who had just spoken, "we would have known if they were Cylons."
"Then where did they go?" asked the Number Eight, "the museum blew up, all they did commit was suicide then. And that copy of me, if she really died in that blast, then where is she?
"That is an interesting question" said the old man as he looked at the screen again and stared at the picture of Satterfield who was firing her P90, "who are you? where are you?"
Buffy's home, Sunnydale, 0100 hours, the next day.
Buffy had found herself outside a cave. Looking around her surroundings, she saw that it was daylight and she was out in the dessert somewhere. She saw small trees surrounded by grasslands and large boulders all around her. Turning back to the cave, a cave that just seemed to extrude darkness and a feeling of dread. Hearing a sound from within the cave, Buffy took one step forward and called out.
"Hello?" said Buffy as she put her hand onto the rough rock that made up its entrance, "hello? Is anyone there?"
Frowning to herself when she didn't get a response, Buffy turned around and walked away from the cave when she heard that noise again. It was as if someone was walking in puddles of water towards her. Turning around, she squinted her eyes and saw the outline of a body, a female body slowly walking towards her until it reached the mouth of the cave. As the mysterious woman walked out into the sunlight, Buffy could see that it was a dark skinned woman wearing ragged clothes who looked straight at her.
"Hi" said Buffy as she walked towards the woman who took a few steps back into the cave, "wait….I won't harm you. Who are you?"
"The day is coming" said the woman as she slowly turned around and walked into the cave, "the day of truth is coming, the day of the end is coming. My mother will be returning… she will return and bring the end."
"Wait" said Buffy as she walked after the woman into the cave, "wait… what day of truth? The end? Are you talking about an apocalypse? Hello? What are you talking about?"
The deeper Buffy followed the woman into the cave, the darker it got; and soon, she found herself looking at two tunnel entrances within the cave.
"You will see. You have already seen, but you still have not seen" said the woman's voice as it reverberated along the cave walls. Closing her eyes, Buffy tried to get a sense of the direction the voice was coming from. Once she got a fix, she ran down left tunnel, and then found herself facing another two tunnels. She took the one on the right, followed by encountering another three tunnels. Frowning at herself, Buffy took the one on the left and ran until she was standing at the entrance of a large room. As she walked into the room, Buffy got a foul stench that wafted into her nose… it was a stench that she recognized very well. The stench of death.
As she took another few steps forward, she saw torches hanging on the cave walls just light themselves. The orange fire bringing an eerie light into her surroundings. Looking around herself in shock, she almost wished that it was dark again. Buffy saw that she was surrounded by bones, the floor was littered with human bones everywhere.
"What is this?" asked Buffy incredulously as she looked around, "what joke is this?"
"Buffy" said Xander's voice as it bounced off the cave walls, "Buffy".
"Xander, why are there so many?" asked Buffy as she saw that the numbers of bones were increasing until it went up to her knees, "what's going on?"
As much as she tried to run out of the room, Buffy found that she couldn't. She felt as if she was being held in place, she felt bony hands grab onto her feet. Looking down, she could only see the bones piling up slowly.
"Buffy!" said Xander's voice as Buffy looked up at the ceiling of the cave as the number of bones increased again, this time it went up to her waist.
"Help" said Buffy as she watched the level of the bones increased again as it reached her chest, "help me!"
"Buffy!" shouted Xander as he shook a sleeping Buffy who kept on saying 'help me, help me' in her sleep.
"No" said Buffy as the bones reached the bottom of her chin, leaving Buffy to strain her neck up so that she could breathe as the pile of bones came up to the bottom of her nose. She tried to use her hands to shove the bones away but she was trapped, she couldn't move her legs or her arms. And now, the pressure of the bones on her chest made it hard to breathe, "Xander…. Help me."
"Sorry, Buff" said Xander as he whispered into his wife's ear before he quickly ran down to the kitchen and filled a glass with cold water. Running back up the stairs and into their room, Xander poured the cold liquid over the Slayer's face; but she still didn't wake up.
"Damn" said Xander as she continued shouting and breathing hard. Worried for his wife, Xander apologized into Buffy's ear again before he drew his hand back and gave Buffy a hard slap across her face, and almost immediately she opened her eyes as tears started to stream out. Xander apologized vigorously to Buffy for the slap and had told her that he did everything to get her to wake up including pouring cold water onto her face which accounted for her wet hair. Once she sat up, Buffy covered her mouth in shock and started sobbing. Wanting comfort his wife, Xander hugged her tightly and whispered into her ear that he was sorry, that he didn't see what else he could do to wake her up. He told her that she sounded terrified, that she was calling out to him… and he felt helpless to do anything.
"No" said Buffy as she shook her head on his shoulder, "it wasn't you… something's going to happen, Xander… I think many people are going to die."
"Another psychic dream?" asked Xander as he rubbed Buffy's back.
"Uh huh" said Buffy as she wiped her eyes, "the bones, Xan… the bones were rising up. They almost covered me… I couldn't breathe. I couldn't breathe at all."
"Oh Buffy" said Xander as he held his wife tight. He had been fighting the forces of darkness alongside Giles and Willow ever since Buffy came to Sunnydale, and this was the first time he had seen Buffy so distraught, "what else did you see, Buff? Maybe it would help to talk about it?"
"There was a woman" said Buffy, "I felt as if I've seen her before… she gave me a warning. She said that the truth will come out soon… that the end is coming. She said that I've seen something, but I still haven't seen."
"That doesn't make sense" said Xander.
"My dreams sometimes do" said Buffy, "and sometimes it doesn't."
"Maybe you should tell Giles?" asked Xander as Buffy shook her head on his shoulder, "wanna call Tara? Maybe she has an idea?"
"It's alright" said Buffy, "they're probably sleeping right now."
"They'd want you to call if it's urgent" said Xander.
"I.. I'll be alright" said Buffy as she looked into Xander's eyes, "just hold me tight?"
"Of course" said Xander as he held on to Buffy as tightly as he could while the both of them lay down.
Briefing Room, SGC, 1300 hours.
Faith walked into the briefing room and smiled at Willow who was already sitting at the table next to Dawn. She walked up behind the redhead, held on to her shoulder and squeezed before sitting on the empty seat next to Willow. Across from them sat Colonel Ferretti and Major Satterfield who, just a few hours ago got back her results, from the thorough examination that Dr. Lam and her staff had conducted on her upon her return from Caprica.
Next to Dawn sat Vala who had passed her psychiatric examination with flying colours…. Especially when she refused the overt suggestions from Woolsey that she would be able to pass the exam if she agreed to be the IOA's mole in the SGC. Faith recalled smiling when Woolsey admitted that even that request was a test of her integrity.. which she passed. Vala, slightly miffed at being played by Woolsey, then accused him of wanting additional sexual favours. The normally unflappable Woolsey's face then turned bright red as he approached General Landry while trying to explain that nothing of the sort happened, that Vala was lying. All Faith could do was try not to laugh at the former space pirate as she gave the Slayer a wink before they headed for dinner. Before she left however, the General had told Vala she was a probationary member of the SGC… and that she'll be a probationary member of SG1 since it was Colonel Mitchell's duty to watch over her. Smiling at the thought, Vala agreed.
A little while later, SG1 along with Major Hailey and Anya entered the briefing room and took their seats. Nodding at Colonel Mitchell as he sat on the other side of the table, Willow remembered what the General had told her and Faith after returning from Caprica. He had informed Willow and Faith that SG1 was infected by some kind of a parasite in Vagonbrei. Willow and Faith had wanted to go to see if there was anything they could do, but General Landry had said that it was Colonel Mitchell's decision not to have anyone else go through the Gate. He told them that Major Hailey and Dr. Reimer of the Red Team, one of the SGC's field medical units, were working on a cure. They were looking for anything on the planet that could have an immunity to the parasite that caused some sort of sleeping sickness, until the infected person died in their sleep from a stroke. The General had told them that one of the Red Team, Lt. Ackerman, had already died.
As SG1, Hailey and Anya slowly walked into the briefing room after a long night of sleep.. the General motioned for them to take their seats. Once everyone had sat down, he nodded at Major Hailey to begin the briefing.
Major Hailey started the briefing with her talking about the parasite and the sleeping sickness that the villagers seemed to have suffered from. Then Daniel spoke up about what he had found in Vagonbrei in regards to Merlin's weapon. He told the group that there was a cave above the village that was thought to be the home of Morgan Le Fay.
"Morgan Le Fay?" asked Faith as she looked at Daniel, "as in the half-sister of King Arthur and Merlin's rival? That Morgan Le Fay?"
'Yep" said Daniel.
"Which suggests that she could have been involved in the disappearance of the weapon we seek" said Teal'c, as Daniel nodded his head.
"So does this mean that Morgan was once an Ascended being?" asked Willow.
"It could be" said Daniel, "she was a purported magic user, and so she could have been once ascended like Merlin was."
"So she knew about the weapon" replied Dawn, "and what? Was told by the other Ancients to destroy it?"
"Maybe" said Daniel, "we don't really know, all we do know is that more information could be located in Atlantis."
"The only ship we have available is the Odyssey" said General Landry.
"How about the Avalon, sir?" asked Willow, "can't we call them back? It would mean one more day in hyperspace for the return journey after they pick us up from Earth. And there is another reason to go there. I mean other than to find the weapon."
"You're referring to Colonel Carter's idea?" asked General Landry. A few hours ago, Colonel Carter had conducted a conference call with both General Landry and Willow on an idea to tie up the Ori Supergate. It involved the use of two Stargates, and a black hole in the Pegasus galaxy.
"Yes, sir" said Willow as she nodded her head.
"What was the idea?" asked Colonel Mitchell.
"We harvest two Stargates from uninhabited worlds in this galaxy" said Willow, "Teal'c flies to the Supergate in a Tel'tak with one of them, and another Stargate will be taken with us on the Avalon to Pegasus, in addition to some additional naquada enhanced nukes. We place one Stargate in close proximity with the Supergate, and the other one we place it near a black hole in the Pegasus galaxy. Teal'c will be watching the Stargate in this Galaxy, while we do everything we can to jump the wormhole created from Pegasus to the Supergate in the Milky Way."
"Oh" said Daniel excitedly as he sat up and looked at Willow, "oh!"
"Daniel?" asked Anya as she looked at the archaeologist, "you alright?"
"Oh!" said Colonel Mitchell excitedly as he pointed at Willow, "you're gonna activate the gate in Pegasus using a dialling program, and then dial the one near the Supergate. The power will come from the black hole, then you'll blow up a nuke near the event horizon in Pegasus so that the wormhole jumps to the nearest gate on the other side of that active wormhole, which would be the Supergate. Like what Carter did when the SGC connected to a world that was getting sucked into a black hole. Right?"
"Yes, sir" said Willow with a smile, "and if we succeed, then the Supergate here could be tied up indefinitely."
"Hold on" said Anya, "you guys connected to a black hole?"
"Yeah" said Daniel sheepishly, "not our proudest moment, but we did it to save a SG team that was on that planet."
"Were they rescued?" asked Dawn.
"No" said Daniel as he sat back on his seat, "they're gone."
"Oh" said Anya and Dawn.
"Sir" said Willow looking at General Landry, "this plan will work, but we need the Avalon or the Odyssey."
"I'll notify the Avalon" said General Landry, "no sense in having this galaxy undefended, we'll have her swing back and pick you up."
"Thank you, Sir" said Colonel Mitchell, "and how many nukes would we need?"
"I think six Mark Eights should give us enough of a breathing room" said Willow, "just to be on the safe side."
"Which means the Avalon would have to beam down some of her nukes to Area 51 to make space" said General Landry.
"Yes" said Willow, "she'll be alright though, the Ancient weapons were tested for a few weeks after her repairs following the initial Ori incursion, and they passed with flying colours. It would take time to deplete the Ori shields, but with how agile that ship is… I think it can be done…. Eventually."
Once the General reiterated that the Avalon will be called back to Earth, he notified Walter to inform Colonel Ronsen that he was needed back immediately. Then the briefing went to what had happened in Caprica with the deaths of SG14, the rescue of SG2 and the discovery of copies of not just Satterfield; but copies of other supposed beings that could be human form replicators.
"If they were replicators" said Faith, "I have a feeling that they'd be coming after us by now."
"True" said Willow.
"And I saw them controlling the chrome robots" said Faith, "from the roof of the museum I saw some old man telling the robots which way to go. He was even telling some skanky looking blonde and her copies which way they needed to go. That's when I said we needed to get out of here."
"We tried dialling again after you returned" said General Landry, "and again a few hours back."
"But no dice?" asked Colonel Mitchell.
"None" replied the General, "the explosion from the naquada reactor must have buried the gate. I think the only way to get back there would be by ship."
"Sir" said Satterfield as she put her hand up, "I know I shouldn't have; but I told one of the copies who looks like me, the one who saved Dawn that if we could.. we would send a ship to search for survivors."
"But Satterfield also let them know that we were in a war" said Colonel Ferretti.
"Yes" said General Landry as he opened a folder and looked at Satterfield, "according to your report, she claimed that you… that your team were from some Thirteenth tribe?"
"Yes, sir" said Satterfield, "and she seemed genuinely shocked that I was human."
"Thirteenth tribe?" said General Landry as he read the report, "that's interesting… the way you described she was acting, it seems as if this tribe is mythical to her… or to her people. I mean to the humans of these Colonies."
"You have the rest of the guide book you got back translated?" asked Daniel as he looked over at Dawn.
"Not exactly" said Dawn, "but from what I've been able to tell, the first few pages are a brief history of the Colonies. Other than that, the museum contains historical artifacts from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Kobol being a planet where, according to the guide book anyway, humanity began. Supposedly, these humans on Kobol lived with the gods and then they left the planet…. And….."
Dawn was looking through another report which she and Satterfield were looking through before the both of them looked up at Daniel.
"And split into thirteen tribes?" said Satterfield as she looked back down at the words in the book in confusion, "we're still translating but the gist is that the Thirteenth Tribe left Kobol first, and then the other Twelve left, and founded the Twelve Colonies of Kobol."
"They lived with the gods?" said Anya, "are we talking about gods or Goa'uld gods?"
"I don't know" said Dawn, "this book isn't exactly their entire written, or spoken, history."
"That should be on the planet itself" said Faith as she nodded her head, "and this Kobol place."
"We know that humans evolved on Earth" said Daniel, "in our first mission to Abydos, Sha're took me to a tomb… the walls were painted with hieroglyphs."
"I read that report" said Faith as she looked at Daniel, "it was the first one I read the day after I joined the SGC. Ra searched the entire galaxy for a suitable host, and the only ones he found were on Earth… humans."
"Yes" said Daniel, "so maybe…. Just maybe, the Goa'uld could have taken humans from here… and seeded them onto Kobol. Then…. then once the people found out that they really were not gods, they were driven away?"
"But before that, they had their history erased" said Faith as she nodded her head, "like what Ra did with the Abydonians. The Goa'uld who took these people must have known about the uprising that occurred on Earth when Ra was driven out by the Ancient Egyptians and so, just like Ra did, outlawed all forms of writing? So they were unaware, or forgot their own history?"
"Maybe?" said Daniel shrugging his shoulders, "until we find this Kobol, or go to the Colonies… or what remains of it. We won't really know exactly what happened."
"What if it was Athena?" asked Willow as everyone turned towards her, "Athena was the one who helped the Sodan flee the Goa'uld, and took them to their planet. Couldn't it have been her and the other Ancients?"
"Willow's right" said Anya, "if this Athena person was an Ancient, then maybe she and the others of her kind took these people away?"
"Like I said" said Daniel smiling at Anya, "we don't know. You're right, these gods could be ascended Ancients…. Or Ancients who descended like Merlin. But then again, they could be Goa'uld. Until we actually examine their civilization, we have no clue who these so called gods could be."
"Our first priority should be the Ori" said General Landry, "I'm as eager to wade through ancient Greek history as everyone in this room…."
"Not me, Sir" said Colonel Mitchell, Willow, and Major Hailey who had their hands up as they tried not to grin while the others looked at them with eyebrows raised.
"As I was assaying" said General Landry as he frowned at the military personnel who had their hands held up earlier, "the Ori will have to take priority over all other needs.. or wants. That being said, Major Satterfield's report also says that they are in a war, and Colonel Ferretti's right… our resources are stretched. We can't do anything, other than offer a scan of Caprica for life signs."
"I understand" said Daniel.
"So" said Colonel Mitchell wanting to change the topic of conversation back to the mission that was carried out on Caprica as he looked at Satterfield, "your doppelganger said that there were survivors, any idea how many?"
"None, Sir" said Satterfield.
"And that's the strangest part" said Colonel Ferretti as he looked at everyone at the table, "there was no bodies anywhere. Even in a nuclear war we'd expect some signs of bodies, there was nothing."
"Maybe the robots cleaned up?" asked Willow.
"Whatever it is" said General Landry, "I'll have the Odyssey divert to Caprica in two weeks, after they've completed their current mission, to have a look through for life signs. Adria and the Ori army are the number one problem we have right now."
"We need to go to Atlantis" said Vala as she shook her head. Willow glanced at the dark haired woman as she felt her immense regret at what Adria was doing throughout the glaaxy. As Adria's mother, Willow could sense that Vala both loved and feared her daughter. Vala was hoping that she would be able to change how Adria felt about the Ori, but Willow could tell that Vala was also conflicted on if she could actually kill her; If she could actually kill her own daughter.
"You're not going" said General Landry as he looked at Vala, "I want you to accompany Teal'c."
"Oh I don't mind that" said Vala as she looked at Teal'c who looked at the General with an eyebrow raised, "it would be nice to have company, don't you think Muscles?"
"Indeed" said Teal'c as he looked at Colonel Mitchell who as giving him a wide grin.
"Miss Jenkins" said the General as he looked at Anya, "I'm sorry but you won't be able to accompany them to Atlantis, I received word that Miss Chase needs you back at the BPRI. Seems as if Buffy had a strange dream, Miss Chase would like for you and Miss Maclay to talk with her, and determine if there is any immediate threat."
"Alright" said Anya nodding her head.
"Colonel Ferretti" said General Landry, "I'd like for you and your team to rest up, you'll have a mission briefing tomorrow."
"Yes, sir" said Colonel Ferretti as Dawn looked at Willow.
Dawn: "I'm jealous."
Willow: "Why?"
Dawn: "You get to go to Atlantis for a second time."
Willow: "You'll get a chance too, Dawnie. How about this, when we test the gate bridge… you come with me?"
Dawn: "Promise?"
Willow: "Promise."
Dawn: "Cool."
Atlantis, Pegasus Galaxy, 1800 hours; two weeks later.
It had taken nearly eighteen days for the Avalon to turn back to Earth, pick up SG1, harvest two Stargates; one of which was deposited at the site of the Supergate with Teal'c reaching the coordinates a few minutes later with Vala. The Avalon then entered hyperspace for her long shakedown cruise to the Pegasus galaxy. All the while, the Navy officers were in awe of the respect that was being given to SG1 on board the Odyssey with them questioning Colonel Mitchell and Willow on the details of their missions and the ship, respectively. Faith and Daniel were in the Mess Hall for most of the time talking about their theories on the Colonies and Kobol. Eventually the topics of conversation turned back to the Ori, and what they expected to find at Atlantis. Daniel told Faith that he already asked Dr. Weir to search for Castiana and Sahal, the remaining two planets where Arthur and his knights searched for the Sangraal, but he had little hope that they would actually find any useful information. He said, and Faith agreed, that the names were surely to have seen massive changes from their original Ancient names… that it could be nearly impossible to find any information.
It was nearly a week into the journey to Atlantis that Colonel Mitchell and Willow, having finished any lingering updates to the computer and weapons systems, joined Faith and Daniel in their daily meetings. She told them that she was in daily contact with Colonel Carter who said that while she was looking forward to rejoining the SGC in two weeks, she knew she'd be suffering from separation anxiety from Debra. Smiling, Willow and Daniel… actually the entire SGC knew that the Colonel absolutely loved Debra, and that General Carter had already said that any nanny would have to go through his twenty-one point inspection process.
A few minutes before reaching Atlantis, Willow was in Faith's quarters as the both of them lay in the Slayer's cot. All of a sudden, Willow started to laugh after Faith gave the redhead a kiss and pulled her towards her body. When asked what was going on, Willow to the brunette that one of the Navy officers had asked her if Faith was available.
"What?!" said the Slayer as she looked at Willow who was trying to stop laughing, "why'd he ask you?"
"He saw you and me together" said Willow, "he thought we were good friends. He told me that he was interested in asking you out for a date once we return to Earth."
"Ummm," smirked Faith and you said?"
"I told him that you're married" said Willow with a grin, "the poor guy's face fell like a sack of bricks."
"Poor guy" said Faith as she smiled at Willow, "I hope you told him that I am married to a wonderful person who's kinda cool, is related to an Ancient, my best friend, and someone who can… well, someone who has placed a lot of trust in me. Someone who's been there for me, someone who'll be there for me."
"Always" said Willow as she gave the Slayer a small smile. "and, I told him that you're with a weirdo."
"I wasn't going to say anything" said Faith with a grin, "but at times, you are weird."
"Hey" said Willow as she slapped Faith's arm.
"So you'll be with the ship?" asked Faith as she looked at Willow.
When SG1 boarded the ship, Willow explained the mission to Colonel Ronsen and the Navy officers who would be observing the mission. She explained that Dr. McKay from Atlantis would be joining them as well once all deliveries of the supplies were made. In the meantime, Faith and Daniel would search the database for Castiana and Sahal.
"Yea" said Willow as she kissed Faith's cheek, and then went down to her neck and shoulder before she went back up and whispered seductively into her ear, "I'll be here, and you'll be checking the database with Daniel and Dr. Weir."
It was then that Faith couldn't help but laugh out loud, as Willow looked on confused.
"Hey" said Willow as she lay her head on Faith's chest, "what's so funny?"
"There is nothing seductive about me staying on Atlantis" said Faith as she laughed so much that she started to cry, "that was just funny, I could hear you being all seductive and stuff, but it just sounded so serious…. It's just so funny."
"Hey" said Willow as she looked up at Faith and pouted, "no snuggles for you then."
"Fine, fine" said the Slayer as she wiped her tears and wrapped her arms around Willow tightly.
It was then that Colonel Ronsen called all members of SG1 and the Navy officers to the bridge; they were finally out of hyperspace and were entering Lantea's atmosphere.
"Come on" said Willow as she helped Faith up from the cot, "I wanna check out the city from the outside… I've only seen it in my visions, at least the skyline…. I want to see it for real this time."
"Let's go" said an excited Faith as the both of them ran to the door that led from the Slayer's quarters to the hallway outside, "I'm excited to see the city from the outside too."
"You know what?" said Willow as the both of them ran down the hallway, "this is Daniel's first time here, he's gotta be more excited than either of us combined."
"That is so true" said Faith as she and Willow ran as fast as they could.
It was a few hours later that Avalon had left for a black hole in the Pegasus galaxy that they would use to power the Stargate in their attempt to use the naquada enhanced nukes to cause the wormhole to jump from the Milky Way Stargate that was already in position, to the nearby Supergate. Four of the seven Navy officers accompanied the Avalon on her journey, while the other three remained on Atlantis; including Lt. Commander Rogers, the same man who had been asking about Faith. Once Willow and the others left, Faith and Daniel walked out of the conference room where they were talking to Dr. Weir about Castiana and Sahal. As they walked down the stairs, the three of them noticed that Lt. Commander Rogers was talking to Colonel Sheppard at the bottom of the stairs, while the other two officers were talking to Ronon, a member of the Satedan race who was the latest member of the Atlantis expedition after Lt. Aiden Ford was infected by Wraith enzymes during the siege of Atlantis, and had escaped. Next to them stood the Athosian warrior, Teyla Emmagen.
"Miss Lehane" smiled the Lt. Commander, "nice to see you again. Will you be going on the tour as well?"
"I've been here before" said Faith.
"That's great" said the Lt. Commander, "maybe you could show me around, I'm sure you know where everything is."
"Yeah" said Faith as she shook her head before nodding at Ronon who she had met when she arrived at Atlantis, "I'm sure Ronon would be able to show you around better than I can. Given that he actually has been living here and all… you know?"
"Besides" said Daniel as he put his hand on Faith's back, "we've got something to check out."
"This way Dr. Jackson, Miss Lehane" said Dr. Weir as they walked past the Lt. Commander and Ronon.
Colonel Sheppard looked on as both Ronon and the Lt. Commander turned around as Faith walked away down the hallway with Daniel and Dr. Weir. He had heard rumours that both Willow and Faith had gotten married from some of the Daedalus crew members the last time they had sent supplies to Atlantis. It was when they arrived in Atlantis earlier that day that he had taken them aside and, along with Dr. Weir, congratulated them. He assured the two of them that only he and Dr. Weir knew about their being married.
"Guys" said Colonel Sheppard as he watched both the Lt. Commander and Ronon just staring at Faith as she walked away, "the both you realize that she's married?"
"She is?" said a surprised Ronon as he stepped back with his hands up, "O.. K, I'm not getting between the both of them."
"Good on ya, Chewie" said the Colonel as he looked at the Navy officer, "come on, Ronon and I'll show you around…. Maybe even play a round of golf, or two."
"Oh no" said Ronon as he glared at the Colonel.
"You know you like it" replied the Colonel as he gently pushed the Lt. Commander.
"Yea, sure" said the Lt. Commander as he walked down another set of stair towards another hallway as he looked behind him as Faith turned around a corner with Daniel and Dr. Weir.
Holo Room, Atlantis, 1805 hours.
After walking for a few minutes, Dr. Weir had led Daniel and Faith into the Holo Room. She told them while they had the ability to access the database from any console in the city, any beginner would have to go through the holographic interface for the ultimate first time experience.
"Let me guess" said Faith as she looked at Dr. Weir, "cause it's so cool?"
"Oh yeah" grinned Dr. Weir, "just don't be too surprised, the avatar is based on a program that was created to teach children the Lantean systems."
"Great" said Faith.
On the way to the room, Dr. Weir had told the both of them that she searched for every pronunciation of Castiana and Sahal with no luck. She had hoped that maybe Daniel would have better luck by using the holographic interface.
Just as they reached the room, Dr. Weir was called out to Stargate Operations, leaving Daniel and Faith alone in the room. Looking around, the both of them saw a pedestal in the middle of the room with a platform and a console in front of it. The both of them looked at each other before lunging for the platform excitedly. However it was Daniel who made it to the platform just before Faith, who in turn pouted at the archaeologist who stuck his tongue out at her. The moment that he stepped on the platform, a glowing dark haired woman in white clothes appeared onto the pedestal.
"Hello" said the woman who looked straight ahead.
"Hi?" said both Faith and Daniel together as they stared in wonder.
"Ummm….." said an amazed Faith as she looked at Daniel, "I suddenly forgot my questions."
"You may enter your query verbally" said the woman as she looked straight ahead, "or by entering it manually on the console before you."
"We'll speak" said Daniel, "thanks."
"Note for future sessions, manual input is required for most system interactions" said the woman.
"Oh this is gonna be real fun" said Faith as she frowned at Daniel.
"Alright" said Daniel, "I'd like a visual representation of the Milky Way… I mean Avalon."
Just then a 3D image of the entire Milky Way galaxy appeared above the woman.
"There's Earth" said Faith as she pointed at a section of the Milky Way as the image zoomed in to show Earth, before it zoomed out again.
"And that's Taonas" said Daniel as he pointed at another section of the image as it zoomed in on the planet that General O'Neill had taken SG1 to the second time he had the knowledge of the Ancients downloaded into his mind.
"Praclarush Taonas was one of the earliest Lantean cities" said the woman, "it was abandoned when the inhabitants learned their sun was nearing the end of its life."
"Yea" said Daniel, "I've been there, show me the order in which all the early Lantean cities were founded."
"You think that would help?" asked Faith as she looked at the woman.
"Won't hurt to try" said Daniel.
"Can I try something?" asked Faith, "just a hail Mary sort of deal."
"O…k" said Daniel as he watched Faith step onto the pedestal on which the image of the holographic woman was being projected from.
"Maybe we're the ones making everything difficult on ourselves" said Faith as she folded her arms over her chest and looked at the woman.
"How so?" asked Daniel.
"Ok" said Faith as she looked back at Daniel, while the woman still stared ahead, "what would happen if we just asked her?"
"Dr. Weir just said she tried it" said Daniel as he leaned forward on the console, "there has to be another way."
"Computer" said Faith as she turned and looked at the woman again, "may I call you computer?"
"If you wish" said the woman as she looked straight ahead.
"Computer" said Faith as she stepped back down from the pedestal while still keeping her eyes fixed on the woman and walked towards Daniel, "We're looking for the names of two planets, known on Earth in ancient times in the dialect of Old English as Castiana and Sahal."
"I'm sure that Dr. Weir….."
"Taoth Vaclarush, and Valos Cor" said the image of the woman as she continued to look straight ahead, as Faith and Daniel looked at each other in surprise. At the same time, two planets in the 3D image were highlighted, as well as the respective Gate addresses.
"Ok" said Faith and she turned to Daniel and whispered, "I had no idea that would work… I swear."
"You're right, it shouldn't have worked" said Daniel as he looked at the woman again and narrowed his eyes at her, "I thought there'd at least be some remnant. Some vague similarity between the words Castiana and Sahal and their Ancient language counterparts. So how can this database translate in real time a language spoken eight thousand years after the Ancients abandoned Atlantis?"
"Show me a visual record of the Ancients who left Atlantis ten thousand years ago" continued Daniel as Faith stepped back.
"Very well" said the woman calmly as she was replaced by various other images of people. The images kept on changing slowly, one after the other, for hours until Daniel told the system to stop. He and Faith looked at each other in surprise and then looked at the image of an old man.
"If I didn't know any better" said Faith as she pointed at the man, "put a pointed hat and a beard on him; and he becomes a splitting image of Merlin."
Daniel then pressed a button on the console as the woman appeared again and stood next to the image of a beardless Merlin.
"Moros was the last High Councillor of Atlantis" said the woman.
"Ok" said Daniel, "but there is one person I'm looking for in the database… Morgan Le Fay."
"Daniel?" said Faith as she turned around and looked at him in shock, "are you saying…."
"Who was the first person to return to Atlantis after the exodus?" asked Daniel as he ignored Faith's question.
"The first human to return to Atlantis was Dr Elizabeth Weir" said the woman, "the leader of the current Atlantis Expedition."
"I think I know what you mean, Daniel" said Faith as she turned back to the woman, "you said human, how about ascended being?"
The both of them looked at the woman as she retained her stoic demeanour while continuing to look straight ahead.
"Could it have been Athena?" asked Faith as she and Daniel saw the woman show a moment of hesitation in providing an answer, before she narrowed her eyebrows and her eyes looked at Faith in surprise, "Daniel's right, isn't he?"
"You're not a hologram" said Daniel as he stood up straight and looked at the woman.
"The both of you have your answer" said the woman as she looked at Daniel and then at Faith, "I suggest you act on it."
Then the woman disappeared in a bright flash of white light, leaving Faith and Daniel in the room alone. It had taken a few hours of both Daniel and Faith shouting at the top of their lungs telling the woman to come back, that they had questions for her.
"I know you're still here" said Daniel as he looked at the ceiling of the room they were in, "there's no point in hiding."
"Come on" said Faith as the both of them walked around in a circle, "we just want to talk.. it won't hurt to talk, right?"
At that moment, Dr. Weir entered the room in surprise as she saw the both Faith and Daniel shouting at no one in particular.
"Ummm… Miss Lehane? Dr. Jackson?" asked Dr. Weir as she looked on with an eyebrow raised, "who are you talking to?"
'Oh" said Daniel as he glanced at Faith before pointing at the ceiling, "just Morgan Le Fay."
"Huh?" asked Dr. Weir as she looked on confused, "as in the Morgan Le Fay? King Arthur's Morgan Le Fay?"
"Yes" said Daniel nodding his head, "I recognized her from her description on Vegonbrei."
"So she was posing as the hologram?" asked Dr. Weir in disbelief.
"Watch" said Faith as she stood on the platform this time as the woman who Daniel had claimed earlier as Morgan Le Fay appeared once again.
The hologram of the woman started to talk again but was interrupted by Daniel as he told her to drop whatever act she was putting up. He told her that he and Faith knew who she really was. However the image of the woman made no move to indicate that she was really not an image.
"This is a computer-generated image of a Lantean woman who lived ten thousand years ago" said Dr. Weir, "I'm pretty familiar with the program. It hasn't changed."
Dr. Weir then turned to face the hologram and asked her whose image her avatar was based on, and what was the purpose of her program.
"I was created by Ganos Lal, in her image, for the purpose of assisting younger minds" said the woman.
"Doc" said Faith as she stared at the woman, "when you first told us about this room, you said that it uses a lot of power right?"
"Yes" said Dr. Weir as she nodded her head.
"Is there any way to know how much power's already been used?" asked Daniel realizing what Faith was wanting to know.
Dr. Weir then pressed her earpiece and connected to Stargate Operations. She asked the technician, Chuck, to access the power usage logs for the holo room. Once Chuck checked the power levels on his computer, the news that he gave Dr. Weir surprised her.
"No power's being used" said Dr. Weir as she looked at Daniel and Faith stunned, "only the lights are being shown as using power. I guess I owe the both of you an apology."
"No" said the woman as she closed her eyes and looked down in embarrassment, "there is no need, Dr. Weir. I'm the one who should be apologizing."
"Holy crap" said Faith as she looked in surprise at the woman, "so you really are Morgan Le Fay?"
"At one point in your history" said the woman, "I was known by that name."
"So you're an ascended Ancient" said Dr. Weir as she walked towards the platform as excitement showed on her face.
"I am" said Morgan as she nodded her head.
"Then you can help us" said Faith, "you know what's going on… you know about the Ori."
"As Dr. Jackson is very well aware" said Morgan as she looked at Faith and then at Daniel, "it is against our highest law to interfere."
"But you're doing that right now" said Faith, "you're talking to us, aren't you?"
"I am sorry" said Morgan as she looked at Faith.
"If you really are Morgan Le Fay, how do I know your intention is to help us?" asked Daniel, "according to legend, you were Merlin's greatest rival."
Daniel then turned to Dr. Weir and whispered to her that Merlin was both, Moros and Myrrdin. Dr. Weir then turned back to Morgan and nodded her head.
"For a time in your history, yes, I was his rival" said Morgan as she sighed, "but we're talking about many thousands of years, Doctor Jackson, as you know. Things change. When we first abandoned Atlantis all those millennia ago, the Earth was so harsh, its people so primitive by comparison, there was no hope of living among them as Lanteans or rebuilding our society. So, instead we spread out to many lands, some of us planting a few small seeds of civilization among the first tribes of man. Others making their way to the Stargate at your southern pole. Still others choosing to live the remainder of our lives in seclusion and meditation. Merlin and I both chose the latter path."
"So you ascended" said Faith.
"Yes" said Morgan as she looked at the brunette Slayer, "it was only some thousands of years later, upon seeing the threat the Ori could one day become, that Merlin retook his human form in order to create the weapon that you seek. He did everything within his power to keep his work secret, but we feared his intentions. I was sent to observe, and if necessary, to stop him."
"Hold on a sec" said Faith as she held up her hand, "If he was human again, then you were interfering. You broke your own law."
"Merlin retained all of the knowledge he had gained while he was ascended, as well as many powers" said Morgan as she looked at the three people before her, "knowledge and powers he used to create a weapon capable of wiping Ascended Beings from existence."
"So he's the one who cheated?" asked Dr. Weir.
"In a manner of speaking" said Morgan nodding her head, "for that brief time in your history, he was the most powerful being on your planet. He created a small enclave of noblemen with whom he entrusted his secret."
"Arthur and Camelot" said Dr. Weir.
"They knew he was a formerly ascended being?" asked Faith.
"Yes" replied Faith.
"So you're telling us that, after doing everything in your power to oppose Merlin, all of the sudden you agree with him?" asked Daniel, "because if you don't, then you're deliberately misleading us."
"I am trying to help you" said Morgan, "I have been helping you through this learning program that I developed before leaving Atlantis."
"If you fell for it" said Dr. Weir, "then you'd have your answer and would have been on your way back."
All Daniel could do was frown before he looked up at Morgan before telling her he understood… he understood better than anyone in that room the fine line that she had to walk as an ascended being. But he also told her, in no uncertain terms, that Merlin was right about the Ori. He even looked up at the ceiling and called out the other Ancients that even they knew that Merlin was right. The Ori were a threat to them, as well as the 'lowers'. Daniel angrily told them that once the war was over with the Ori in the Milky Way, once every soul prayed to them and fed their need to be worshipped; the Ori would be coming after the Ancients in a massive war in the higher planes of existence.
"If we interfere" said Morgan, "then we are no better than the Ori."
"Morgan" said Faith, "we understand that believe in non-interference is at the core of what you are, of what you believe… but this is a battle for survival. If the other Ancients don't do anything right now,, then it would be too late. If they convert this galaxy, then it would be too late. If you're really trying to help, then you need to help yourselves."
"The both of you speak from the heart" said Morgan as she looked at both Faith and Daniel, "that is one of my fondest memories when Dr. Jackson was among us."
It was then that Morgan looked directly at Daniel, "I know you wouldn't be able to recall those memories. They were stripped from you when you were sent back."
"That's it, isn't it?" said Faith as she looked at Daniel who nodded his head, before she looked back at Morgan, "you're afraid of doing the right thing and getting punished for it."
"I've already gone too far" said Morgan looking worried.
"But you can't be the only one to realize the Ori have changed things" said Daniel, "there must be others that…. that see that the time to join this fight is now."
"I know what we're asking you to do" said Faith softly, "you're afraid the others will step in and stop you from helping us. But maybe, maybe they just need someone to cross that imaginary line instead of just walking it."
"There must be others among you, just waiting to follow your example" said Dr. Weir.
"Not enough" said Morgan as she shook her head sadly.
"You've been allowed to go this far" said Dr. Weir.
"Trust you have your answers" said Morgan as Daniel could only frown before looking at Faith.
"At least tell us which planets to go to" said Faith, "please."
Morgan could only bite her lower lip as she looked thoughtfully at the humans. It was then she took a step forward and tried to tell them the location where the weapon would not be located. However, the others pulled her back in a trail of light before she could even finish what she wanted to say; leaving behind three humans who looked forlornly at the place she was standing only a few seconds ago.
"Damn" said Faith as she rubbed the back of her head in frustration.
At that moment, Dr. Weir received a notice from Chuck on her ear piece that the Avalon had succeeded in their mission. She then told Faith and Daniel about how a Wraith hive ship was spotted by the city sensors as it headed towards the Avalon. She told them that from the quick report from Colonel Ronsen that the Avalon managed to use the Wraith ship to amplify the nuclear explosion which not only caused the wormhole formed by the Stargate in the Milky Way to jump to the Supergate; the unstable vortex of the Supergate actually destroyed an Ori ship which Vala and Teal'c witnessed.
"Neat" said an impressed Faith before she looked at the empty room again, "at least we have one win."
"Too bad we didn't get to ask about Athena" whispered Daniel.
"This was more important" said Faith, "Red knew that too. Besides, we'll check again once she gets back."
"The Avalon is getting her Hyperdrive repaired" said Dr. Weir as she looked at the tired faces of both Daniel and Faith, "maybe the both of you should get some fresh air. In the meantime, I'll check in with the Navy personnel."
"Sure" said Faith and Daniel as the both of them followed Dr. Weir out of the room.
Primary Balcony, near Stargate Operations, Atlantis; 2100 hours.
Faith and Daniel were standing next to one another as they looked out into the star laden night sky of Lantea. Faith closed her eyes as she felt the ocean breeze run though her hair, and the sounds of waves as they broke against Atlantis. Opening her eyes again, she sighed before looking at Daniel who was staring off into the night.
"How badly do you think she'll be punished?" asked Faith.
"I don't know" said Daniel as he shook his head.
"She said that we have the answers now" said Faith softly, "she even gave us the Gate addresses for Castiana and Sahal. We have at least that to smile about."
"We're in this alone, Faith" said Daniel as he looked at the Slayer, "we won't be getting any help from the Ancients."
"We've been through worse" said Faith as she smiled at Daniel, "I think we'll be alright."
"Optimist?" asked Daniel.
"I try to be" said Faith as the both of them heard the doors leading to the balcony open as Colonel Sheppard, Ronan, Teyla and Lt. Commander Rogers walked onto the balcony.
"Miss Lehane" said the Lt. Commander, "we're heading for dinner, would you like to join us?"
"It's alright" said Faith, "I'll be having a late dinner."
"As will I" said Teyla as she approached Faith, "I usually practice sparring using the Bantos Rods before dinner, would you care to join me?"
"Bantos Rods?" asked Faith.
"They're kind of like fighting sticks" said Colonel Sheppard as he rubbed his arm, "really painful once you get hit."
"Take it you got hit a few times?" asked Daniel as he noticed the Colonel rubbing his arm.
"Yea" said the Colonel nodding at Ronan who was stand next to him, "Chewie here hits hard."
"Hey" replied Ronan as he shrugged his shoulders, "it's a battle."
"Right" said Colonel Sheppard, "it's funny that you hit harder right after you lose at golf."
"It's your imagination" said Ronan as he turned around and pulled the Lt. Comander after him, "come on, your friends are waiting for you."
"Miss Lehane" said the Lt. Commander, "rain check?"
"Sorry" said Faith, "married."
Faith and the others saw the man frown a little before being pulled by Ronan back into Stargate Operations.
"Miss Lehane?" said Teyla, "would you like to join me?"
"Please just call me Faith" said the brunette Slayer before she looked at Daniel, "come on, let's go."
"You go ahead" said Daniel, "I'd like to b alone for a little bit."
"Dr. Jackson" said Teyla, "I take it that your research wasn't fruitful?"
"Not exactly" said Daniel, "I mean we found the Gate addresses, but…"
"That is not good news?" asked Teyla as she looked at Daniel.
"She's right Daniel" said Faith, "there was nothing we could do, and I don't know about you… but I need to get rid of this frustration. Come on, Teyla can teach us Bantos Rod fighting."
"It would be my pleasure" said Teyla as she motioned towards the doors leading to the balcony, "please follow me."
"Come on Daniel" said Faith as she held on to the archaeologist's arm, "we're doing this, and then we'll have dinner with SG1 once they return, and Teyla."
"Fine" said Daniel as he gave a small smile, "but no hitting me hard."
"Very well" said Teyla as she gave Daniel a small bow, "I shall hit you as softly as I hit Colonel Sheppard."
"Why is it that I don't like that answer?" said Daniel as she followed Teyla who was sharing an evil looking grin with Faith.
Caprica, Milky Way, around the same time.
A green cloud of energy formed in the emptiness of space over Caprica as the Odyssey dropped out of hyperspace at an extreme velocity before slowing down almost immediately without any adverse effects to her crew.
"Colonel Emerson" said Marks, "we've reached Caprica, Sir. Initiating scans of the surface."
The Colonel could only nod as he looked at the planet below from his command chair.
"Sir" said Marks looking back at the Colonel, "scanners showing three ships on the other side of the planet."
"Have they seen us?" asked Colonel Emerson as he saw three strange ships that looked like two 'Y' shaped hulls joined together rise from the other side of the planet.
"Sir" said Marks, "they're transmitting some sort of a virus, firewalls are preventing intrusion into ship's systems."
"Open a channel" said the Colonel, "unidentified vessels, my name is Colonel Paul Emerson of the Earth ship Odyssey. We are here on a mission of mercy to search for any survivors on the planet below."
"Marks?" asked the Colonel, "any response?"
"No, sir" said Marks.
"Sir!" said Womack as she looked at the Colonel worriedly, "they're targeting us."
"Full power to the shields and railguns" said the Colonel as he pressed a button on his chair as the lights in the bridge dimmed slightly, "unknown vessels, our sensors are showing hostile intent. I repeat, we are on a mission of peace, do not fire or you will be fired upon."
The seconds ticked by as the tension rose on the bridge of the ship as the Colonel hoped that someone, anyone, from the strange vessels would respond.
"Sir" said a Captain from the sensor station behind him, "we've started to scan those ships. We're showing that the ship's hull is made up of some kind of organic resin, I'm showing fighters and lots of them, missile pods….."
"Sir!" said Marks as he looked back at the Colonel, "they're firing missiles and nuclear weapons…. Fifty from each ship."
"What!?" said the Colonel as he turned to Womack, "evasive manoeuvres! Get us the hell out of here!"
On one of the ships that the Cylons called Basestars, seven humanoid Cylons looked in surprise as the small ship turned around to the starboard side as a green cloud opened up in space and the ship flew into it.
"What the frak was that?" asked the blonde woman who was known as the Number Six model of the humanoid Cylons.
"There was a massive power spike" said another blonde woman whom the others called D'Anna.
"Wait" said a Sharon copy as she froze an image of the ship, "look at the port side of the 'neck' section, that same symbol that the unknown copy of me had on Caprica before she vanished. The same one the ones on the Resurrection ship had seen on their video screens."
"No one just vanishes" said the Old man as she scowled at the copy of Sharon before turning to the screen, "but that symbol is interesting."
"They contacted us" said a blonde haired man, "maybe we should have responded, it could have been a sign from God."
"A sign?" said the old man, "please…. That ship was just another Colonial secret weapon."
"What about that symbol?" said the Number Six, "Leoben's right, it could be a sign."
"That ship had power that far surpasses its size" said the humanoid Cylon known as Leoben, "it just appeared on our DRADIS in a way that is unknown, we should have made contact."
"And if they were Colonial?" said the old man, "then you would have let in the enemy, I say we keep an eye out for that symbol… and destroy the ship the next time we come across it. If that's humanity's last line of defence against our punishment, then I say our hammer should fall harder… we should destroy every trace of those cockroaches from this universe. Are we in agreement?"
The blonde woman could only frown as she looked at the image of the ship just before it left through that strange cloud in space. She was curious about the ship, about the symbol of the triangle with the circle on top, and she was curious about how such a small ship could give out such power.
'There is no way any human could be flying that ship' thought the Number Six to herself as she looked at the image of the ship, 'A.I's, maybe? Artificial life could withstand the incredible G-forces of how it moved so suddenly. Was Number One right? Could this be a colonial secret weapon that even Caprica Six was not privy to? If so, then what does the symbol mean?'
"Ummm, hello" said the Old Man as he snapped his finger in front of the blonde woman's face, "everyone, including the Number Eight has decided. What's your decision?"
The blonde woman looked at the Sharon copy next to her who frowned back at the blonde woman.
"Fine" said the blonde woman nodded her head still unsure of herself, "I agree."
TBC.