Past

CHAPTER 1: Somnium of preteritus

Once again the planet Chamita was under siege. The sound of screams was muffled by the humming of wraith darts. The once beautiful land was covered with the dead and the dying, covered with the flaming ruins of the tiny village. She had seen this culling's many times before, but not like this. The wraith seemed almost enraged. She could feel it. Cold, dark and evil.
"Momma!" screamed a frightened voice behind her. She turned round to see her six year old son running towards her. As he got closer she bent down and he ran into her arms. She pulled him in to a tight embrace as she kissed the boys forehead.
"Where is your farther?" She asked the little boy who was visibly shaking with fear. He shook his head as a few tears ran down his dirty cheek, Teyla wiped them away with her thumb, starting for the village. The boy clung tightly to his mother as she raced to see what was left of her broken home.
"Teyla!" A rough voice called out from behind her. Teyla spun round and saw her husband rushing towards her. He was barley recognizable from the amount of cuts, bruises and other wounds he had on his face and other parts of his body.
"Callum" Teyla said relived as he leaned in to kiss her.
"You have to make it to the ring" he ordered pointing towards the stargate that was only a few yards away.
"I am not leaving you." Teyla disobeyed, she couldn't leave him there to die she just couldn't.
"Teyla you have to."
"No!"
"For Kyle's sake." he whispered running a hand through the frightened boy's hair.
"I have lost too many Teyla, I don't want to lose you too." He argued, a tear running down his cheek. He pulled Teyla and the boy in to a tight embrace then kissed Teyla.
"Go"
Teyla looked at her husband then started for the gate, she ran as fast as she could but was knocked down by something, Hitting the floor hard beneath her. Her little boy was knocked out of her arms and she stared in horror as he was swept up in the beam of the wraith dart.
"Kyle!"
"Kyle!"
"Kyle" Teyla screamed as she jolted up from her bed breathing heavily and covered in a coat of sweat. She closed her eyes in anguish and wiped away a tear that ran down her cheek. Memories she had tried so hard to forget came flowing back to her. She flopped back down in to her pillow, waiting for the sun to rise.

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Teyla sat silently at the briefing table listening to both Ronon and John discuss the latest mission. Across the table she watched a very annoyed Doctor McKay and an even more frustrated Doctor Zelanker bicker about which hockey team was the best back on earth. She was alerted towards the entrance when Doctor Weir came strolling through the door.
"Well let's get started shall we!" She said, it was more of a demand then a question. She strolled to the front of the room, putting her folder on the table in front of her.
"Oh Elizabeth?" Rodney greeted, clearly stating that the conversation between Zelanker and him was over.

"So, what is the great news that you could not wait till after breakfast to tell us Rodney?" Elizabeth asked raising an eyebrow. Teyla could see she was cranky, as she had not yet had her coffee and bagel for breakfast.
"Well, I was going through the ancient data base and I came across a planet that may hold the key to defeating the wraith"
At this, Elizabeth directed her full attention on Rodney making him shift in his seat.
"Really" both John and Doctor Weir said, not even trying to hide the delight in their voices.

"And what is this planet called?"
"Well it's something like ch… ch...Chamita? Yhea that's it."
Immediately, John's attention was torn away from Rodney and rested on who was slightly shacking. Her face was a mask of pain, fear, and sadness that clenched Johns heart like glacier fingers.
"You ok" he whispered leaning forward and putting a light hand on her arm, at his touch, Teyla tensed up in her seat, holding back tears that threatened to fall. She looked at John, took a shaky breath then nodded. She did not trust herself to speak. His looked at her in concern but to her relief, decided to let it go, directing his attention back to McKay whose eyes were as big as a child who had just been given a huge lollipop.
"So we can go?" he shouted, unable to contain his excitement.
"Yes I don't see why not" Elizabeth said with a smile "suite up"

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The planet looked like any other planet the team had been to except for the metal pathways stretched over a huge black hole. It was so deep, you would think if you threw something down there it would never hit the bottom. Not to mention the big metal gates that lay ahead at the end of the path.

The team took a slow walk towards the gate. Ronan led, McKay was behind him muttering something about owing Zelanker something and Teyla and John fell behind.
Teyla had not said a word since they stepped through the gate and John was starting to worry. No matter how much he tried, he could not forget the pained expression she had on her face in the briefing room.
"Hey Teyla, you sure you're OK?" he asked making, her jump at the sound of his voice which made him even more paranoid.
"I am fine, why do you ask?"
"Well it's just you haven't said anything since we got here and the way you acted before...?"
"I assure you colonel there is nothing wrong" she cut him off "I appreciate your concern"
He opened his mouth to say something but shut it again when she gave him a death glare.
"We are here" Ronan announced throwing his hands up in relieved gesture. The gates swung open with a screeching sound that gave you chills and made your hairs stand up on end.

The team walked forward not expecting that of the manor they were greeted.
Instead of being greeted by a warm welcome and occasionally a big hug, they were greeted with sharp pointy things and the occasional gun here and there. The team immediately held their weapons high as they were not going down without a fight. The man that stood in front of the others was the leader, the way he stood was a dead giveaway.
"Surrender your weapons!" he said with a smirk
"No chance man" the colonel bravely spoke. More bravely then he felt, but with three other people with him two of them being deadly trained warriors, his hope started to build even though they were massively outnumbered.
Grabbing a knife from his waistband the man repeated "Surrender you weapons NOW" and with inhuman speed he lunged towards Teyla. Before she could react she had a blade of a knife against her throat and a arm wrapped tightly around her chest. So tight she could hardly draw breath.
"Or she dies."
The colonel did not put down his weapon however his grip got tighter when the son of a bitch ran the sharp edge of the knife down the side of her face, stopping just under her chin. His arm got tighter round her chest as he drew a thin line of blood across her neck.
"Ok, ok" the colonel surrender, dropping his gun with a clatter to the floor and putting his hands up in defeat, the others followed
"You made a wise choice"
The last thing John remember, was the look of fear in Teyla's eyes as she went limp, then blackness.

Well what do you think?????? sorry i have not posted in a long while but my computer has been down and things like that so sorry. Anyway can you please tell me what you think of this... it will all come together in later chapters.