NOTE: This is now just the prologe the first season of six chapterd will be comin this fall.

The Daedalus dropped out of hyperspace, almost instantly earth was visible on the view-screen. Dr. Rodney McCay of the Atlantis expedition stepped onto the bridge. He was followed by Lt. Col. Shepard. It wasn't long after their entrance, that they were beamed to earth. They were here to pick up supplies and Rodney had insisted that he go himself to make sure they equipment they were picking up was operational.

Soon they were standing in the briefing room at the SGC.

"Well I must say," Rodney spoke up, "I'm rather glad to be back here on earth." He smiled and looked around the bridge.

"Yeah?" Shepard asked. "This wouldn't have anything to do with Col. Carter, would it?"

"Oh grow up." McCay shot back.

"So you're not attracted to her?" Shepard pushed further.

"I never said that," McCay defended himself, and was about to speak further when footsteps were heard on the stair and Mitchell, Vala, Daniel and Teal'c entered the room and sat down. McCay looked downcast but quickly recovered. "Um… Where's Sam?"

Several uncomfortable looks passed between the members of SG-1. After a long and very awkward silence, Daniel spoke up.

"She's," he paused, "missing presumed dead." He finally got out. The entire team seemed to take a moment as though they were honoring her memory.

McCay fell into his chair. "What? Dead? How?" Then he seemed to get angry at no one in particular. "Why would you let something like this happen," then he turned his attention at Cameron. "Do you know how special she was? She was smarter then me." Shepard raised an eyebrow at the admission. After a short time McCay looked up. "What happened?"

Mitchell began to explain.

"About seven days ago, we were asked to come to the planet P9S-227. We thought we were meeting up with a band of Jaffa on a recon mission. Instead we walked right into an ambush. We were flanked on all sides by at least ten Ba'al's. In our escape Sam got shot in the back we paused to get her but she told us to keep moving. When we went back later we couldn't find her." When he was finished Cameron stood up and moved over to the window that overlooked the stargate.

"but that doesn't mean she is dead." Rodney looked around the table as if searching for a spark of hope, he found nothing.

"I'm sorry to say this Rodney, but we'd better hope she is dead." Vala said.

"Why?"

"Let's just say that Ba'al did not have the best reputation when it came to treating prisoner, especially, well female prisoners."

"You mean if she is alive..?" McCay's voice trembled as he asked.

"Yeah. Sorry"

McCay still didn't believe that Carter could be dead, so he began to write a computer code. With his skill set it only took him five days and it was ready. Standing up from his computer he left his room.

Back on board the Daedalus they were about to return to Atlantis.

"Where the hell is Rodney?" Shepard asked the crewman who was stationed at the transport panel.

"I don't know sir, he has not beamed aboard yet."

"Well tell me when he does." The airman nodded his understanding. However before Shepard could leave the room the airman said.

"He's just requested been up, sir."

"Go ahead." There was the standard bright flash of light and the. Rodney was standing right in front of them. Without even acknowledging their existence he went straight to one of the panels on the Daedalus. He plugged in what looked like a thumb drive.

"Rodney?" Shepard asked, a concerned tone sneaking into his voice. McCay just waved and soon everyone in the room was beamed off the ship.

Down in Stargate command there was quite the commotion as the crew of the Daedalus tried to figure out just what happened. One moment they were aboard the ship the next they were scattered throughout the hallways of the SGC. Gen. Landry approached Shepard.

"What the hell happened up there son?" Shepard looked up.

"Rodney beamed us out, damn it, he going after Sam."