When they got up to the Control Room, Sam saw that Daniel, Rodney and Evan were already there. Chase immediately reached out for Daniel, and once he had taken her from Aislin, Sam looked over at her and nodded her thanks. Aislin inclined her head before hurrying out to return to the daycare.
"Let's go into my office," Sam said. She knew that with the other senior staff members coming it would be a tight fit, but the kids would be more comfortable on the couch in there than in the chairs in the briefing room.
In the office, Alex immediately climbed up onto the couch while Sam went over to lean against her desk as she held CJ to her.
"Any ideas why the Gate isn't connecting?" Sam asked as Ronon, Carson and Cait came in.
"I think the crystals must have been taken out of the Gate's DHD," Rodney said. "There was nothing geology-wise to indicate that anything could happen to take it out, and from the way our Gate is trying to lock, it's there, but there's no power on the other end to complete the circuit, so to speak.
"So we can pretty much safely assume that whoever these 'bad men' are who took John and Fred, they also took the crystals out of the Gate," Sam said. Looking at Ronon, who had a confused look on his face, she quickly explained what was going on.
"The Daedalus is still here," Rodney pointed out.
Sam nodded and tapped her headset. "Chuck could you please ask Colonel Caldwell to teleport down to Atlantis. We have a situation we need his assistance with."