Aganos on the ground (FanFic)

Aganos on the ground

Starring night in Atlantis, all Sheppard’s team was at the mess hall, except from Jade and Alan, both were at her quarters, she was looking through the window, and imagining be with Daniel, she missed him so much, there have passed already two months since they first arrive at Pegasus, and she still didn’t have the confidence with her team, they have been in four missions together, but she hadn’t felt the same bound like with SG1, with them the link was almost immediate, but there, she felt so alone, she didn’t know almost any one, except from Dr. McKay, and Dr. Weir, but both of them, weren’t exactly the kind of people she like to be with at that moment, and her brother Alan, who was with her all the time. both spent almost all their free time in her quarters, and her team was kind of worried about them, but specially, about Jade, Rodney had made an online network, like internet, but in Atlantis, and all personnel had an e-mail address, even Jade, however, she never answered the e-mails, in fact, that night her team was talking about her, “so, where is Jade?” John asked, “maybe at her quarters, you know that she doesn’t like to get out of it, sir, and Alan stays all the time with her, so” Aiden answered to him, “you know, I’m kind of worried about them” Teyla said, “its usual for someone to develop such behavior, in this circumstances” Rodney added, “what do you mean, Rodney?” Carson asked, “Well, she is alone here…” Rodney said, but Teyla interrupted “but, she is not alone here, there are hundreds of people here…”, and John said “what he meant was that here, for her, is an unknown ground, she was used to live with her friends of SG1, with her father and brothers, and just one of them is here”, “I’m going to talk to her, she can’t be alone all her life, if you excuse me”, and all said “good luck, Carson”.

Jade was with Alan, in meditation, inside her quarter, when some one knocked at the door, and said “Jade, hi, is me, Carson, can I come in?”, she walked to the door and said “hi doctor, sure, come in”, and he said “well, I heard that you both spent most of your time here, why?”, and she smiled to the doctor and said “really, we didn’t realize, may be is because we are like that”, and Carson said “hey, you don’t have to be alone, we are all alone here, so better together, than alone alone” she smiled and looked at him, she thought he was right, and she said “you are right, doctor, thanks”, and he said “well, now I’ll leave you, I heard you woke up really early for your training, see you” that said he headed out from her quarter, to his.

Next morning, Jade was on the gym, training with Alan, when Sheppard came in and said “Jade!, hum, we have an off world mission, we’ll meet at the gate room in one hour”, Jade looked at the Major, and said “very well, we’ll be there.” That said, Sheppard headed back to his quarter to pick up his gear, and so did Jade and Alan, taking with them all their gear from the gym.

            An hour later, all of them were in the gate room, the all of them with their usual uniform, then the gate technician dialed to M3G-792, once on the other side, Jade instantly had a strange feeling and so did Alan, so she took on point next to Sheppard, behind them, were Teyla, Alan and Rodney, and Ford watching their six, they headed to a place where there were coming energy spikes, while they were making their way, Jade knew that something was wrong, really wrong, and there was a presence, an evil and dark presence. Soon they arrived into an old ruin; there Rodney was having readings of energy spikes, and he decided to go in, then Sheppard said “hey wait, I’ll go with you, just in case, Ford, Teyla, stay here, and tell us if something happen”, Jade walked next to the Major and said “I’ll go too, there is something about this that looks familiar”, and Alan said “I’ll go too”, but Jade told him “no, this might be…please stay here with Teyla and Ford, ok”, “ok, good luck”, then when they were inside, Rodney found some writings that didn’t belong to the Ancients, then he thought that why on the database appeared the location of this lab if it didn’t belong to the Ancients, then Sheppard looked at Jade, she was worried about the place, and he better asked her about it, “Jade, is something wrong”, she looked at the major and said “something, Dr. McKay? We should…” but before she could tell them to leave, some spirit possessed Rodney, and started to speak through him in a language unknown for the Major, but not for Jade “Naratuss etarnio et contrad Aganos nertus ikos…makarus enaga…” Jade knew what it was doing, and she got to stop it quickly, because he knew a lot of things that could be potentially useful for them and dangerous for the galaxy, Sheppard looked at her, and he got the feeling that she knew something about what was going on, so he asked to her “Jade, you know what’s going on?”, she looked at him, and said “yes Major, but is a long story, please step back, and it would be better if after I do what I have to, we returned to Atlantis, it would be good to have a med team waiting for us both” she answered, and he asked again “for you two? Why?” she looked at him and said “because is possible that we both end badly after this”, “why?” he asked, because the things wasn’t clear enough, and she responded “well…because it is a Aganos, Major…I’m Akaris Lantean knight, and it’s why a came here in the first place, I know sound crazy, but is real, now please, head out”, “ok, hey, wait a second, if what you say is true, what was he saying?” he asked, “being born in the eternity and teaching the knowledge of the Aganos to our sons…in new ground… it’s part of the promise of revenge from the Aganos, now go out, and send someone to the gate, to call Atlantis, I’ll save him” she answered him, that said, Sheppard made his way out, and ordered Ford to do what Jade said to him, then Teyla asked him if everything was alright, and he answered to her “some evil spirit took Rodney’s body, Jade is helping him with it now, she said it was an Aganos, and that she was an Akaris Lantean Knight, but I swear I heard about the Akaris in a school class”, she smiled at him and said “why she didn’t said something about it?” “I don’t know, but now she is inside trying to save Rodney from that creature, I’ll ask her later”, Alan heard that, and fear for his sister, and he was about to go in, when Sheppard stopped him “is too dangerous, don’t worry, she will be fine”

            Inside the lab, Jade was entertaining the creature, while she prepared the attack, “leave him alone, and reveal yourself”, and the Aganos answered “Haha, my name is Kuruat, ancient Lord, and I’ll never leave him, he is mine now” she laugh and said “well, let me tell you that you choose wrong, choosing him, he is my friend. Nakara Irato Neptarus” that said she attack him, with her Akaris sword, he defend himself with an Aganos saber that he had hidden, there they were fighting, for a long time, it was incredible for her see that Dr. McKay could move like that, but she knew that sooner or later he would fall of tiredness, she knew him, but she didn’t knew the Aganos that it took him. Then she remembered her master’s teaching about to how free someone that had been taken by a Aganos spirit, she took her knife, and got the closest she could to the man, but she didn’t see that he took Rodney’s knife too, and before she could cut him, the creature had placed the knife in her abdomen, when she figured that she was hurt, she calmed down, and putted the knife in her wound, then with her blood on it, she made her last effort and placed in his leg and her hand with her blood on his chest, after that, looking like a mist, the spirit leave Rodney and ran away.

            Jade was bad injured, but she knew that she had to get out and ask for help, so with her last strength, she ran out of the lab, but she fell unconscious on the floor right in front of Sheppard and Alan, John realize the severity of the situation and asked Teyla to stay there with them, while he went in for Rodney, and then he radio Ford “Ford I need you to come here and help me with McKay” that said, Ford made his way back to the lab, while Sheppard was inside, there he saw Rodney, laying down in the floor, with a wound in his leg, a few seconds later he went back in himself, and said “Major, what the hell happened?”, he smiled at the doctor, happy that everything was ok with him, and said “well is a long story, can you walk?”, Rodney stood up, with the Major’s help, and said “I think so, but I’ll need some help, whaaat is this? Oh, I’m gonna dieeee!!!!” Sheppard tried to calm down Rodney “hey, it’s a scratch, don’t worry, Carson is waiting for you and Jade in Atlantis”, then, after Sheppard’s words he said “Jade, what happened to her?” and John answered “you better go outside”. Both of them walked out of the place, to find Teyla taking care of Jade and Alan next to them, “Major, she is bad injured, we have to take her back, there is not much time”, seen that Rodney was better, Sheppard took her in his arms and the five of them ran to the gate, when they got there, Ford dialed immediately to Atlantis, and sent his IDC.

            In Atlantis, Elizabeth had already a med team standing by for their arrival, when the gate came on, then Grodin received Lt. Ford’s IDC, and opened the gate’s shield, and a few seconds later, they saw Ford holding Rodney, who got a wound in his leg, Carson ran to him, and putt him on a bed, then Sheppard appeared holding Jade in his arm, when Carson saw her, he ran and took her quickly to the infirmary, she needed an urgent surgery, and sent Rodney there too. The surgery took about three hours, and it was a complete success, after that, Carson went with the news to the team, who were with Rodney, “Major, Lieutenant, Teyla, Rodney, I have to tell you that the surgery was successful, she is well and recovering, but I want to know how she got that?”, then Rodney, feeling guilty, said “I was…but I wasn’t my self, I don’t know why I did it, but if it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here now”, “you weren’t yourself, how is that possible?” Carson asked, didn’t understanding what was he saying, then Sheppard answered to the confused Doctor “well, she said that it was a Aganos’s spirit, or something like that, and she said that she is an Akaris Lantean Knight…”, and Carson said “a Akaris Knight, what is that?”, but John couldn’t answer that. After that, Carson headed back to where he leaved Jade, she was still unconscious, and she was going to be like that for a few days more, Alan was at that moment next to her, when Sheppard came in and said “She is going to be alright”, and he answered “I know, she have never left me alone”, “she is a good sister, isn’t she?”, “yes she is”, “come, she will be there for a day or two, let’s go to the mess hall”, and the boy agreed, on their way, John asked “so, how old are you?”, “twelve”.

            A week later, John went to visit her, it was 12 pm and he was eating a chocolate bar, the problem was that he never knew that Jade loved the chocolate, and the smell of his bar, woke her up, but she made no noise where she was, and made, with her powers, that something moved, Sheppard turned his attention to that, and there she took the chance to take his bar, when he realized, she had already eaten the half of the bar. He smiled at her, and said “I’m glad that you are well again”, and she answered him “thanks Major, and, hum, sorry for you chocolate bar.” He smiled, and then he said “please call me John, I hate the formalities” “ok, John, well, my friends call me Jay” she answered him, then both remained quiet for a moment, until John said “I’ll better get Beckett here, he have to check you, and, oh, Rodney wants to talk to you, he might come after lunch…bye Jay” walking out from the room, “bye John, hey…” she said while he was leaving. Ten minutes later, Carson walked in the room, and approached to her “hey lass, how are you? ...I’ll check your vitals, ok?” she smiled at the doctor and said “ok doctor, do what you have to do”, Carson smiled back, and said to her “ok, and you don’t have to call me doctor, Jade, I go by Carson”, she looked at him, he was a really kind man, “ok Carson, but you have to call me Jay, deal?” Carson smiled at his patient, and said “deal…hey, hum, now is lunch time, and I’ll bring yours…” but he was interrupted by Sheppard, who took the chance to break the ice with her, and said “I’ve already bring it, Carson, you can go and have your lunch.” Carson thanked John, and headed out to the mess hall. Then he was alone with Jade, and asked her “so, you are an Akaris Lantean, right?” “Yep, I am and I’m sorry I didn’t told you, but I wanted to keep a low profile, because of the dangerous level of our mission, oh by the way, where is Alan?” she answered him, “he is with the team, so don’t worry”, but he was more interested in the Aganos, so he asked her “oh, and who are those Aganos?” she figured that he wanted to know, and it was too dangerous, but she needed him to trust her, so she started “well, they are like humans, but with powers, they are evil, and powerful, they want the power, and it’s our believe that they ran out from Andor’s Galaxy, to others, like Landor, Pegasus or Milky Way, that’s why I was sent here with Alan, and Sean and Nicky stayed with SG1, because they would do everything that they can to gain power” then he asked “and who was the one on Rodney, and how did you know it?” “His name was Kuruat, an old lord Aganos, that we thought he was dead, and I felt his presence when we stepped through the Stargate to that planet” then he asked about her, “ok, let’s talk about something else, mmm, what do you like, I mean, what do you do in your free time”, she smiled, and said “well, I like different sports, pods race, flightboard races, some arts, like wood working, writing, and some of your stuffs too, like music, my dad was teaching me how to play the guitar, and other things”. After half an hour, both ended their meals, then he said to her that he got to leave, but that Rodney was coming to see her, that said he walked out from the room.

            Twenty minutes later Rodney walked in the room, and approached to where she was, then he said “thanks, and I’m sorry”, she looked at the doctor and said “hey, you welcome, and don’t worry, I get wounds like that one all the times” Rodney felt the big relief, hearing her words, then he said “hey, hum, when you said that I was your friend, it was true?”, she smiled at the Doctor, and said “yes Doctor, you are my friend, despite our last encounter, when I was with SG1”, he smiled back, then gave her a package, and then said “well, mmm I wanted to give you this…” she opened and said “what is it?” “Is a chocolate box, I heard from Sheppard that you like it a lot, don’t you?” she thanks Rodney, and then he leaved the room for she to rest.

            The next day, Carson gave her the go, and she returned to her quarter, there she took part of her Akaris uniform out of her trunk, the Lantean medallion and tool belt, and she dressed with her Atlantis uniform and the medallion ever her chest, and around her, she wore the tools belt that was part of her uniform and life. Then with her new outfit she walked out of the room, and headed to the mess hall with her brother, and her new friends. Now she was getting used to the situation, and she started to look Atlantis as her new home, and her new partners as her family, and that she could trust them. It wasn’t the similar bound that she had with SG1, but at least it was something.

To be continued….

By Jade Berny O'Neill