Five years after the disease meant for military warfare had leaked and turned millions upon billions of people into inklings of their former selves, they survived. Five years after the genocide explosion almost rid the earth of any signs of life left, those who craved the taste of human flesh and their victims were buried below a carpet of ash. They retreated underground. Five years later when assigned to wipe out the formation of the rebellion, Teyla's loyalty is tested. She doubts the purpose of her position to the stirrings in her own heart.