New Home (Stargate Atlantis fanfiction)

27 The beginning of a new road

It looked like everything was against their case the following week. The Hak'tyl resistance asked for her for some reason and all the other SG teams were out doing important things. There was some crap that Landry had to address personally in San Francisco, to add, so John was forced to stay and take care of the situation. He phoned Elizabeth and apologized but it was still a little disconcerning for him. She was going to fight alone for all of them. Just as always it would seem. Beckett tried to calm him down but had little success in it. The doctor was as nervous as his friend. Hailey observed that Ronon was also a little apprehensive as well.

"Why are you all so nervous?" she asked when they were sitting with Porter in the mess hall. "Sheppard is angry, Beckett started messing up the drugs and Ronon can hardly sit still for a second. It's so not like you all."

"They didn't tell me anything..." Started Allison.

"But you know something..."

"I've heard the colonel and Carson talking about 'Elizabeth talking to the president about Atlantis'"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Whispered Jennifer. "The Pegasus Project was aborted after the City came back to Earth. And the only Elizabeth I could think of that could talk with the president about it would be Elizabeth Weir who WAS left in the dead of space more than a year ago."

"I don't think she stayed there..."

"What?"

"It's a closely guarded secret, but I was helping dr Lee last week and I accidentally saw a part of Sheppard's file and it said that he married a little while ago to a certain Elizabeth Weir."

"Yeah, you've 'accidentally' broken into 'need to know' database of the base commander..." murmured Hailey with a smile.

"And he keeps calling 'Mrs Weir' on the phone every week."

"That is soooo great."

"But, Jen, please don't tell anyone, okay?" Asked Allison. "It is all supposed to be a secret, I think."

"My lips are sealed, don't worry.

"It's good to see you again, Dr Weir." The president's hand was outstretched towards her and she took it. "It was a really hard blow each time there was a news of your death. I hope you are in good health."

"I am happy to be back, Mr president. And I feel very well, especially since I regained my memory." Answered Elizabeth taking the offered seat on the couch beside Hayes. "But my health is not why I am here today."

"Yes, the idea of going back to Pegasus..." started the president. "And how exactly do you think it would be possible? All the vessels are currently engaged in our own galaxy, I was informed."

"I thought about the big ship that is currently floating on the coast of San Francisco."

"I was not informed it could fly again."

"It can't, right now, but the systems maintenance is nearing its end and Atlantis will be ready to fly."

"Okay, so you have the ship. You would need men..."

"I can gather the old expedition members who will be willing to go."

"...and supplies. And that's the problem with the IOA, because they would refuse to supply another expedition. And you have no power to move the city, isn't that right?"

"I can deal with the IOA and I can lead SG teams to find at least three ZPMs that were left here in Milky Way."

"So you have everything covered..." He looked at her seriously. "There is the last part of the proposal, personally I'm not really comfortable with this one."