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Title: The darkness of it
Author: sharpes_hussy
Rating: G
Prompt: sense
Summary: Sheppard had wandered to the spaces below....

He had tried to sleep, but like so many other times when they had returned from off world it soon proved futile.
Sheppard left his quarters and taking the ladder two steps at a time, ambled into facilities control to see what was happening, but he soon realized it was just as bad as remaining in his quarters.
He wondered if he should just run, but then decided instead to take the transporter to the spaces below.
They had never really been accessed other than an initial look when they had
moved into Atlantis.
When he stepped into the transporter he hit the bottom button figuring it would be
only a matter of minutes before their dank darkness would make him seek the upper levels.
The door slid open and the air felt close, almost too close.
Sheppard stepped out into the darkness, only lighting provided by intermittent security lamps which left shadows in every recessed area.
It reminded him of the first time he had entered a hive.......and then
momentarily he was drawn back to the incident featuring Colonel Sumner.
It had been shocking initially as he had never seen anything like the Wraith
and never mind the 'queen'. She was something else and remembering her,
he momentarily shuddered.
The Wraith made the insurgents in Afghanistan look like munchkins in comparison.
As he wandered the passageways he was struck by how easy it would be to
miss a corridor and think you were somewhere else and. . .
Was it possible to get lost down here??
Patting his earpiece he felt some assurance.
After what seemed like too much time had elapsed, he headed back in the direction of the transporter feeling that perhaps he could now sleep.............

Comments

[hoktauri]

Thought I left a comment before, but I see I didn't. I really liked this, and I think it's interesting that Sheppard needs to remind himself of the "nightmares" that are part of living in Pegasus in order to be able to sleep.

Great stuff!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading it...I see him clearly doing that sort of thing even though it does not sound like something most would do.
I wrote it based on some experiences of my own.
When I was in the Navy and had the duty, part of it was conducting a 'security/fire watch' through secured spaces, ie everyone gone
for the day.
What I hated about it was they were so poorly lit. The only light came from emergency 'lanterns' positioned up on the walls which illuminated the area so it always cast shadows etc. I hated doing those security checks and was always relieved to be back in my regular spaces where there was adequate lighting and other people.
Sheppard was of course in the bowels of Atlantis...where they had not really been with the exception of their initial inspection when they first accessed her.