Chapter XIV
It has been a month since the Ling planet events. In that time Destiny’s repairs were well under way, the Fortunus returned with news that Chloe’s actions did indeed stop the Drones and the their Home Galaxy was made safe. Unfortunately Chloe’s health didn’t improved; T.J. was still baffled with her condition.
After the return of the Fortunus, the crew felt safe enough to leave the Ling planet and return to Destiny initial flight plan. They found a nice habitable planet to rest until Destiny repairs could be finished. From the start Col. Young made clear that he would not allow a repeat of last time, when they found a habitable and Dr. Cain and a group of people stayed behind, everyone agreed. The possibility of a return home provided by Jonas Quinn and his men quelled any desire of staying behind.
When the repairs were almost complete the Fortunus returned home. It was a bit hard of Eli; he had been with those people for seven years. The farewell was simple yet brutal, Eli made a lot of friends in those seven years but his family was on Destiny and he always knew if they ever found Destiny he would not be returning with the Fortunus. Petrosh was a tall and lean man with very dark hair and brown eyes, he sported a clean shaved face now that he was appointed acting captain of the Fortunus. After saying goodbye to Eli he stood in front of Col. Young and saluted him, Col. Young responded equally. Petrosh informed him that they would try and visit them from time to time, at least until the voyage between Novus and Destiny was affordable. Col. Young remembered Eli’s explanation that even with hyperspace capabilities the distance between Novus and Destiny would, eventually, be so astronomical that a round trip would be impractical. Before he left, Petrosh gladly told Col. Young, that they would leave behind one of their shuttles. Destiny was in need of another and for them it wouldn’t be a problem, he offered to leave more but since there was only two working docking station in Destiny leaving more was impossible. After that he turned around and entered the shuttle and took off. Scott went with them so he could return with the shuttle. They could hear the sound of the engines taking off. A few minutes later Scott was back aboard.
After a few days, everyone that was down on the planet had returned to Destiny, they were in the final preparations for the dial home. For security reasons they were going to dial the Beta Site within the Pegasus Galaxy, from there they could use the gate to travel back to Atlantis, from there they could use the Gate or the Odyssey. Col. Young was on his way to the infirmary to check on Chloe. When he entered the infirmary, he saw T.J. working of Camile’s wrist; she apparently hurt it while carrying supplies back to Destiny when they left the planet. On the corner sitting next to Chloe was Scott, who got up when he saw Col. Young enter. Col. Young waved his hand to signal “at ease” and Scott sat back down.
COL. YOUNG: How are you, Camile?
CAMILE WRAY: I’ll be fine. It’s just sore from carrying a barrel of water back to the shuttle.
He looked at T.J. looking for confirmation. T.J. nodded yes.
COL. YOUNG: What about Chloe?
LT. JOHANSEN: No change, yet.
COL. YOUNG: When will she be ready to move?
LT. JOHANSEN: Sir?
By this time, Scott had gotten up and was near them.
COL. YOUNG: I want her ready for the return home.
LT. JOHANSEN: She can’t leave.
