A/N: ok finally I'm posting whether you want to read or not. And it's longer and it is getting better. Promise! :P

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Carmiha looked on proudly as wraith of different ranks gathered in the dart bay. As usual a drone would control the dart, while others of higher status would be beamed onto the planet's surface. They had been in rest for 2 days now, all three hives had gathered.

Yet already there was tension.

Carmiha had attempted to have her hive lowered closer to the planet's surface something that caused riot within the other hives.

Not a good start to their plan.

But Carmiha stood her ground. She had moved closer and it would now be her darts that would reach the planet first. Choosing their areas to cull and mark it from the other hives.

The young queen looked around her. Already darts where leaving. As she turned to watch them she almost smacked into someone, causing her to jump. Daynygh stood with his head lowered, behind him a lower ranking male and several drones, obviously part of his hunt party. She shifted as she regained her posture.

"A real companion would look me in the eye Daynygh" she raised an eyebrow.

She smirked as his eyes met hers. She snorted satisfied as she pushed past him.

"Better."

He followed her as she walked towards his located dart, using the mental network to talk as they went. Even though he would be the one in it he would never dream of leading her to it. He would be severely punished for indicating he thought he was better than her.

"You are satisfied with the plan?" Carmiha's voice broke his thoughts.

He bowed his head in agreement. Not that anyone would dare argue with the young queen's plans. He nearly walked into her as she came to stop at the dart, quickly swerving to the right. The was a snort behind him as the lower ranking hunter laughed at his commander.

Something he would have regretted if times had not been so desperate to follow.

Carmiha watched as Daynygh's face quickly went from pale to dark, then swiftly back to pale. She had always found his over active emotions amusing. Even as children he would blush when he made more mistakes or when she beat him in training. As he had gotten older he learnt to control them better. Yet he still blushed when he thought no one would see.

However, she stepped aside and allowed a drone to enter the dart. The dart made a wailing noise as it lifted off the ground.

Carmiha moved to the side, bowing her head slightly and smiling at Daynygh as he was swept up into the tractor beam. She tilted her head to the side and smirked to herself and she walked away.

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"Are we there yet?" colonel Sheppard cringed as the wailing scientist continued his rant.

"For the last time, NO McKay!" Sheppard had just about had enough of this.

Four days.

FOUR DAYS! The time he had been stuck with McKay, and what for? To investigate a planet that had no Stargate and was on imminent threat from the wraith. Of joy of joys.

"Fine! There's no need to get snappy!" McKay flopped into a chair and begun his sulking session.

John massaged his temples and sighed. Now he had to stop him sulking as well.

"McKay?" john tilted his head up in an attempt to see the small scientist from his chair.

"No. I'm fine. Don't worry." McKay's voice had an edge to it that john didn't like. It was coming. He mentally did a countdown...3…2…1…

"You know what?! I'm not fine actually!" McKay seemed to jump from the chair.

"Here it comes…" john muttered as he sunk gradually into the cushioned chair.

"I'm fed up with everyone yelling at the scientists, we work our butts off all day and what do we get? Yelled at I mean come on…"

Sheppard shut his eyes and counted to twenty while trying to think of things other than McKay being beamed aboard a hive ship as a 'complementary meal'. Something that looked appealing to the Colonel at the moment.

His attention was snapped back.

"Typical not even listening!" Sheppard turned on his heel.

He sighed again. He got up and walked towards Rodney, putting his hand on the scientists shoulder. The smile that formed was sickeningly sweet. "I'm sorry McKay." He turned around and almost skipped out the room.

Although he swore he could have heard a clang as McKay's jaw hit the floor.

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Carmiha stood at the large panel in the control room. She watched hypnotized as darts swan in and out of each other. Each going to their separate hives, full of their latest 'meals'.

For some reason the darts had always fascinated her. Mainly their power, everyone feared the hive ships. Simply because of size. Yet the darts were much more deadly. Able to sneak up on towns or villages. Fair to say their position was given away by the wailing of the engines, but the speed had made that fact unimportant. Hence why they were so used during large scale cullings.

She was suddenly knocked of balance as the hive shook to the side. She landed with painful force against the glowing panel. A screeching siren swept through the hives interior. Commanders rushed around her, one briefly stooping to assist her.

A dot had appeared on the holographic screens hovering in the middle of the room.



She screeched, not a normal screech, one full of anger and disappointment, forcing the others to cover their heads. This was unfair.

Her fist slammed into the screens.

She was forced to call back darts, ones that could now be seen being blown to pieces so very close to her.

She looked on in horror and boiling anger as the ship was identified as lantean.

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A/N: There you go chapter 2! Review??