Chapter 37

Destiny

Knocking on the door to Eli's quarters stood Lt. Scott. Having just returned from the scheduled check in with Home World Command he was carrying out his orders from General O'Neill. The door to Eli's quarters opened after a brief twenty second wait.

"Sorry, was listening to my ipod" said Eli.

"No problem, I didn't wait long. I'm supposed to give you some information. This is coming from General O'Neill and my orders to give this directly to you and not Rush" said Scott.

"Is my mother ok" quickly asked Eli.

"It's nothing about your mom Eli. It's a code for Destiny he said. Something about activating Destiny's avatar" answered Scott.

"Avatar? Um, ok. What's the code" Eli asked.

"I've got the instructions written down for you. They made me memorize them before the stones were disconnected" said Scott handing Eli a piece of paper.

"Cool. Ok, I'll go do this now, want to come with" Eli asked absently.

"No, it's probably nothing I would even understand. I'm off duty in a few minutes and I'm going to meet up with Chloe. Have a good one Eli" said Scott while walking away.

After putting on a sweatshirt and putting his belongings away Eli left his quarters. Heading towards the control interface room Eli scanned the piece of paper Scott had given him. He wasn't sure what the code would do, but he was certain it wouldn't be in his hands if it wasn't important. Having little interaction with General O'Neill other than the day he had shown up at his front door Eli thought the man had little if any sense of humor. Colonel Young had told him several times that the general had one of the better senses of humor of anyone he had ever known in the SGC. Eli still wasn't sure if Young was kidding or not.

Arriving at the interface room Eli sat at a data terminal. Following the instructions he quickly found the prompt to enter the code. After entering the code the screen went blank for several moments.

"Oh god, I broke the ship" muttered Eli.

Just when the young man was beginning to panic a man appeared out of thin air feet from him. The man was fair skinned, with blond hair, and deep blue eyes. He was dressed in a dark grey outfit with military looking insignia on his shoulders. The man smiled at Eli, and bowed his head slightly before speaking.

"Hello Eli. Please do not be alarmed. Thank you for allowing me to be present with all of you" said the man.

"Who are you" asked Eli warily.

"I am a visual representation of my designer. Although you do not yet know me I know all of you well. I am Destiny" said the avatar.

"Destiny as in the ship? This is the coolest thing ever" exclaimed Eli.

"I am pleased to finally be able to interact with all of you. When launched my visual interaction functions were not activated. Until now I have not been able to access this function as it was password protected. Eli, I detect systems are not set to optimum efficiency. I will change this. Would you please introduce me to Colonel Young so he is not alarmed at my presence" asked Destiny.

Picking up his radio Eli quickly radioed Young. The gruff commanding officer answered in seconds.

"What is it Eli" asked Young.

"Can you come to the interface room? I have someone that would like to speak with you" said the smiling young man.

Atlantis

During the scheduled dialing of Earth the information passed to Destiny was passed to Dr. Zelenka. With the data on his tablet computer the awkward Czech quickly scurried to the city sh.i.p.s auxiliary control center. Sitting down before the control screens in the room Radek opened the encrypted file on his tablet. Reading the contents he was thankful Mckay was no longer a member of the expedition, as he would have voiced his sometimes far too loud opinion on the instructions contained in the file. Thinking it wise to notify the commander of the instructions he was to carry out he tapped his radio earpiece.

"Mr. Woolsey, this is Dr. Zelenka" he said.

"Go ahead Doctor" replied Woolsey.

"The file contains instructions I am to enter into the city's main computer. I'm unsure of what exactly this will do, and systems may be affected for a few moments" Zelenka said.

"Proceed Doctor. Keep me appraised of the situation" responded Woolsey.

With speed and efficiency Radek accessed the password screen. Quickly he typed in the given text, while thinking it was a very true statement. In moments all systems city wide began to shut down and reboot. Before he could access the city's information display to see if a problem existed a voice came through his earpiece.

"Doctor, we need you in star gate operations please" said Woolsey.

"I will be there in one moment" responded the Czech.

Grabbing his tablet laptop Zelenka sprinted towards the transporter booth. Thinking his actions had caused something ominous he was filled with anxiety. Exiting the booth and running up the stairs into the control center he stopped in his tracks. Standing next to Mr. Woolsey was a woman he had not seen before. With flowing black hair, pale skin, and deep grey eyes the woman was striking. Radek caught his breath and managed to take his eyes away from the woman for a moment.

"Is something malfunctioning" he asked quickly.

"Not at all Doctor, but I believe you should meet our new arrival" replied Woolsey.

"Hello, I am Doctor Zelenka, you may call me Radek if you wish" said the doctor shyly.

The woman looked upon the blushing man and smiled a kind smile. Stepping towards him she bowed her head slightly before speaking. "Hello Radek, I am Atlantis" she said.

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