Okay, so after finally bringing myself to watch the final season of Stargate Atlantis :S I felt the need to do a companion piece. The first chapter is set directly after The Ghost in the Machine but then it flashes forward to sometime around Brain Storm. Hopefully addresses some of the issues I had, the main ones of course being no Elizabeth and the fact Sheppard seemed a lot more reckless/complacent about making decisions. Although that last one could just be me reading into things a little too much :P

Current word count is about 25,000 words, that's a bit epic for me so I apologise in advance for not getting chapters up sooner. Constructive criticism is very much appreciated, especially with longer stories as I can be a bit out of my element... anyway, happy reading!