Literature
Unexpected
Somewhere in the Pegasus galaxy, the city of Atlantis rested comfortably on the ocean, gleaming like an upturned abalone shell in the late afternoon light. The Gate room was a pleasant hub of activity, as several dozen people went about their jobs as usual. Well, most of them, anyway. Dr. Elizabeth Weir, commander of the Atlantis expedition, was staring blankly at the wall instead of at her computer. Again.
She thought she'd be used to it by now: Sheppard and the usual crew-Teyla, Rodney, and Ford wandering off through the Gate to another planet, and returning a few hours later. Now and again they'd run into a problem, like Wraith activity,