SGA-06 by Martha Wells

Author:Martha Wells [Wells, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

The Wraith were taking their time searching the roof, so Ronon went into the jumper’s rear cabin, sitting on the bench to check his gun and sharpen his knives. Much as he would like to take on the whole group, he knew destroying the Mirror was more important.

Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, and McKay had died for it.

Finally Zelenka ducked into the rear cabin, saying anxiously, “They are leaving the roof. There are only two left near the place where the others — Two, that’s good?”

Ronon’s mouth twisted in grim amusement. “That’s good.” He pushed to his feet, sliding his long knife back into the scabbard.

From the cockpit, Kusanagi said, “I can lift the jumper further up the shaft.” Ronon looked through the hatchway to see the HUD pop up a skeletal outline of the space directly above the jumper, showing the straight shaft and then what looked like a large doorway, maybe two levels up. The image was fuzzy on the edges, the Mirror still interfering with the ship’s scanning abilities. Kusanagi pointed. “There. That opening, maybe it would give you a quicker route to the roof.”

Ronon nodded. “Try it.”

While Kusanagi slowly guided the jumper up the shaft, Ronon let Zelenka fuss around checking his radio and making sure his air tanks were topped off. The odd thing was that Ronon thought Zelenka was doing it because he really wanted Ronon to come back alive, not because he was afraid of being left with no one to guard him. “You have enough guns?” Zelenka asked him finally, waving a hand around at the supplies and weapons stored in the overhead racks. “There are extras.”

“I’ve got enough,” Ronon said, but he took a few of the small explosives meant for throwing, the ones called “grenades.”

Kusanagi found the opening, a shattered hatchway leading into a space that might be for unloading freight, and rotated the jumper so the ramp was facing it. Ronon took a last look at the life signs screen, committing the Wraith’s current positions to memory. The handheld detector wouldn’t work unless somebody with the Ancestors’ blood, like Sheppard or McKay or Kusanagi, was close enough to touch it. But Kusanagi and Zelenka could follow his progress with the jumper’s screens, and warn him if the Wraith were about to cross his path. Ronon had survived a long time without that kind of help, but he wasn’t fool enough to turn it down when it was freely offered.

He waited in the rear cabin while Kusanagi sealed the cockpit door to keep the air in, then opened the ramp. All that was left of the hatchway into the freight bay was jagged metal and broken stone, leading into a dark dusty passage. Ronon didn’t wait for the ramp to open all the way; he caught the edge of the hatch and swung across, landing on the platform. The metal creaked under his boots, but didn’t give, and a moment later he was moving fast down the passage. He heard the ramp closing behind him, and Kusanagi’s soft voice on the radio, whispering, “Be careful.

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