Title: The Dream, Stargate: Atlantis
Title: The Dream
Word Count: 832
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: John Centric
Series: The Sharing part five
Summary: John dreams and meets someone willing to help.
John walked thru the empty halls of Atlantis, wandering, not really sure where he was. The halls were much like the halls all over the city, but he was in a tower, one he’d never been in, yet something was drawing him upward. Level after level he went up till he came to the end of the stairs, John looked over to the hall, it held three doors, one on the right, one on the left, and one at the far end of the hall. There were markings on the doors but in the dim light he couldn’t make anything out.
John jumped and brought up his hands when the center door opened. After a moment he slowly began to make his way to the newly opened door. As he neared the door he saw that behind the door was a flight of stairs. Slowly he made his way to and up the stairs. Half way up the steps they turned to the right then opened up into a large room that encompassed the top level. A large green-topped table dominated the center of the room with chairs surrounding it; but what really stood out was that all the walls and even the peaked ceiling were all glass. The view was breath taking. John walked over to one of the walls and gazed over the city. The gleaming spires and shafts were painted in fiery oranges and mellow reds by the waning sun. The tower he was in dominated one of the piers and it gave him a full view of the center city. John turned and walked to the other side to see the sun slowly setting into the Ocean. The view extended to the horizon before him allowing him to perceive the curving of the planet as the ocean seemed to fall away at the edges. Swelling waves that overtopped their neighbors showed strongly in gleaming orange against the cerulean blue water. Off to one side John could trace a zephyr as it blew spray from the unruly waves and made ribbons of splendid colors from the riotous last light of the day.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” a voice asked from behind him.
John spun around to face the voice drawing his sidearm. “Who are you?” he demanded.
The man raised himself from one of the chairs and stepped over to the ocean side wall, ignoring both John’s gun and question, “I used to watch the sun set all the time,” the man stopped smiling at the memory, “the night before we sank the city I stayed in this room all night watching the stars,” the man turned to the other wall, “I watched the sun rise over the city for the last time all those years age, so long ago,” he ended in a whisper.
John lowered his gun and studied the man, he looked to be in his late twenty’s with short brown hair and a solid build of someone trained to fight, but he looked relaxed, calm. “You’re an Ancient aren’t you?” John questioned.
“That’s one of our names, yes,” the man answered looking at the sunset.
“Why are you here, why now?”
“Chaya opened a doorway that she hoped others would use,” the man said before turning to face John, “I have…you look just like him…she knew I couldn’t stand by and do nothing.”
“Then you’ll help us?” came John’s surprised reply as he holstered his gun knowing that it would be of not help if he were forced to fight this man.
“Only with words…you and the Admiral have a lot in common, more than just your looks, you act the same…” the man paused before walking over to the green table, when he passed his hand over the table a hologram rose out of it and showed the Pegasus Galaxy, “what you need is here” he said as he pointed to a dot out outside of the galaxy it self.
John looked over the map to see that most of the dots had gate address next to them but this one didn’t, “I don’t see a gate address, what is it?”
“There is not one, you have to go by ship,” was all he said.
“We don’t have one and the Jumper would take years,” John said looking for the closest world with a gate.
“Jumper…no you can’t use them, there are ships hidden on other worlds,” the man’s eyes searched the map looking for one, “you need to go…” the man stopped and look over at the horizon.
John looked as well to see an orange glow that didn’t look like the sun, “wh...?”
“I have to go” the man cut John off.
“Wait” John shouted as he tried to grab the man. The man half turned and looked John in the eyes…
John woke with a start, breathing hard as he jumped half out of his bed before his mind kicked in and overrode his instincts. “It was a dream, just a dream.”
Word Count: 832
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: John Centric
Series: The Sharing part five
Summary: John dreams and meets someone willing to help.
John walked thru the empty halls of Atlantis, wandering, not really sure where he was. The halls were much like the halls all over the city, but he was in a tower, one he’d never been in, yet something was drawing him upward. Level after level he went up till he came to the end of the stairs, John looked over to the hall, it held three doors, one on the right, one on the left, and one at the far end of the hall. There were markings on the doors but in the dim light he couldn’t make anything out.
John jumped and brought up his hands when the center door opened. After a moment he slowly began to make his way to the newly opened door. As he neared the door he saw that behind the door was a flight of stairs. Slowly he made his way to and up the stairs. Half way up the steps they turned to the right then opened up into a large room that encompassed the top level. A large green-topped table dominated the center of the room with chairs surrounding it; but what really stood out was that all the walls and even the peaked ceiling were all glass. The view was breath taking. John walked over to one of the walls and gazed over the city. The gleaming spires and shafts were painted in fiery oranges and mellow reds by the waning sun. The tower he was in dominated one of the piers and it gave him a full view of the center city. John turned and walked to the other side to see the sun slowly setting into the Ocean. The view extended to the horizon before him allowing him to perceive the curving of the planet as the ocean seemed to fall away at the edges. Swelling waves that overtopped their neighbors showed strongly in gleaming orange against the cerulean blue water. Off to one side John could trace a zephyr as it blew spray from the unruly waves and made ribbons of splendid colors from the riotous last light of the day.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” a voice asked from behind him.
John spun around to face the voice drawing his sidearm. “Who are you?” he demanded.
The man raised himself from one of the chairs and stepped over to the ocean side wall, ignoring both John’s gun and question, “I used to watch the sun set all the time,” the man stopped smiling at the memory, “the night before we sank the city I stayed in this room all night watching the stars,” the man turned to the other wall, “I watched the sun rise over the city for the last time all those years age, so long ago,” he ended in a whisper.
John lowered his gun and studied the man, he looked to be in his late twenty’s with short brown hair and a solid build of someone trained to fight, but he looked relaxed, calm. “You’re an Ancient aren’t you?” John questioned.
“That’s one of our names, yes,” the man answered looking at the sunset.
“Why are you here, why now?”
“Chaya opened a doorway that she hoped others would use,” the man said before turning to face John, “I have…you look just like him…she knew I couldn’t stand by and do nothing.”
“Then you’ll help us?” came John’s surprised reply as he holstered his gun knowing that it would be of not help if he were forced to fight this man.
“Only with words…you and the Admiral have a lot in common, more than just your looks, you act the same…” the man paused before walking over to the green table, when he passed his hand over the table a hologram rose out of it and showed the Pegasus Galaxy, “what you need is here” he said as he pointed to a dot out outside of the galaxy it self.
John looked over the map to see that most of the dots had gate address next to them but this one didn’t, “I don’t see a gate address, what is it?”
“There is not one, you have to go by ship,” was all he said.
“We don’t have one and the Jumper would take years,” John said looking for the closest world with a gate.
“Jumper…no you can’t use them, there are ships hidden on other worlds,” the man’s eyes searched the map looking for one, “you need to go…” the man stopped and look over at the horizon.
John looked as well to see an orange glow that didn’t look like the sun, “wh...?”
“I have to go” the man cut John off.
“Wait” John shouted as he tried to grab the man. The man half turned and looked John in the eyes…
John woke with a start, breathing hard as he jumped half out of his bed before his mind kicked in and overrode his instincts. “It was a dream, just a dream.”