(Sorry I haven't been updating recently. The truth is that I changed around a major detail in the story and needed to make the necessary changes. Hope you enjoy.)
"This is a bad idea." McKay said about fifteen minutes into their trip to the Hive ship. The stargate was a few kilometers away from the ship and since the entire area was a forest, puddlejumper was out of the question so the rest of the journey had to be on foot.
"Lighten up Rodney." groaned Sheppard. Quite frankly, the doctor was starting to get on the Colonel's nerves. He's been spouting on and on about what a terrible idea this was since the briefing.
"Bad things happen every time we step onto a Wraith Hive ship, whether it's occupied or abandoned. It's a proven fact." complained McKay.
"And yet we always get through it." said Teyla. Sheppard snickered while McKay threw her a look.
"My point is that we shouldn't go looking for trouble and going inside any Wraith constructed objects always ends up with us in trouble. I am now a big believer in Ronin's shoot Wraith ships first and don't ask questions later policy." continued Rodney.
A short distance away, Teldy and her team were walking through the woods just within sight of Sheppard and his team. All three teams were spread out a few meters. "I can't believe I have to work with him." said Vega.
"Who?" asked Sergeant "Dusty" Mehra, chewing on a piece of gum.
"You know who." answered Vega, referring to Lieutenant Michael Venner. That man drove her insane. Whether it was his cocky attitude, his sense of humor, his cute smile…Vega wanted to slap herself for thinking that.
"Ah come on Alice, he's not that bad." responded Doctor Alison Porter. Unlike Dusty and Vega, Porter actually didn't mind the Lieutenant.
"Yeah well you're not the one he constantly harasses. You'd think he realized that superior officers do not fraternize with lower ranking ones." said Vega.
"Two things Vega. First, fraternizing isn't exactly a cause for concern for Stargate Command. Everybody knew General O'Neill and Colonel Carter were shacking up and they didn't care. And the other thing is, you never ordered him to stay away from you." smirked Teldy.
"What?! I order him to stay away from me all the time." shot back Vega.
"No, you always say go away or something to that extent. You never order him as a superior officer to leave you alone." said Porter, now having a smirk on her face as well.
"Oh no, you do like him." moaned Dusty.
"No I don't!" growled Vega. Teldy and Porter were both laughing while Dusty was still grumbling. "You know what? Forget we ever had this conversation. It never happened." said Vega.
It took about a total of half an hour to reach Lorne's team who were set up on a hill overlooking the entrenched ship below them. "Major." said Sheppard, acknowledging him.
"Colonel. I take it we're going inside." said Lorne, coming to that conclusion upon seeing that Sheppard brought three teams with him.
"Yep, another pleasant trip into Wraithville." replied Sheppard who pulled out his binoculars and scooped out the lower area.
"Swell." mumbled Lorne. The Major moved back with the rest of his own team: Sergeant William Fuller, Lieutenant Ryan Venner, and Doctor James Eckhardt. They were standing beside the marine team which consisted of Lieutenant Eddie Alverez, Staff Sergeant Ray Myers, Sergeant Sam Wilkins, and Staff Sergeant Jon Weathers.
"It looks like we can get inside through the Dart Bay, looks like they never closed it after they landed." said Sheppard, putting away his binoculars.
"Reminds of the first time I drove a car. The very next day it got stolen." piped McKay. Sheppard throws him a look. "What? I had no reason to assume that I needed to lock the doors after I was done. I lived in Canada for crying out loud." continued McKay. Sheppard rolled his eyes.
When they finally got to the bottom of the valley, McKay was ready for a rest but of course he wasn't going to get one. "Remember McKay, inhale…exhale…" chuckled Ronon. McKay rolled his eyes.
The four teams entered the Dart Bay, which was covered in vegetation. After hundreds of years being opened, various plants have begun spreading inside. No doubt animals as well but as long as they weren't Wraith, they shouldn't be a problem.
The majority of the Dart Bay was covered in total darkness, the only source of light came from the open hangar bay door but that didn't bring in nearly enough to light up the entire room. The team activated their flashlights on their P-90s except the Marines who used G-36 assault rifles.
"Okay, there should be an access door this way." said McKay, who was looking over his Ancient Scanner. So far the scanner also showed no life signs but you can never take that into account on a Wraith ship. The teams found the access door and opened it up.
And just like the hanger bay, the hallway inside was completely dark. No doubt it was like this across the whole ship. "Alright, let's split up into teams. Mine will find the bridge, the rest of you fan out and search the rest of the ship. Check every corridor and every room. I really don't want any surprises." said Sheppard.
Venner followed Lorne's lead as their team made their way towards the engineering sector. "I'm just saying, what kind of a nickname is Dusty? I mean, is she older then she looks?" said Venner, in mid-conversation with Sergeant Fuller.
"I heard it had something to do with her ride. During basic training, she would drive around in an '84 Cadillac El Dorado. She never cleaned it and that's why she's called Dusty." said Fuller. The team turned another corridor.
"An El Dorado?...I see. Personally, I always thought that her nickname was referring to her age rather then a car." chuckled Venner. Doctor Eckhardt tripped and fell to the ground. The others all rolled their eyes and waited for him to get back up. The doc turned his flashlight to see what he tripped on and realized it was a decomposing body. He fell back, nearly screaming.
Lorne and the others shined their lights on the body. It was definitely a Wraith but looks like he had been dead for a long long time. "I wouldn't worry about him. I don't think he'll try to eat you doc." said Lorne. Fuller passed his light around the room and realized something.
"Sir, we've got more bodies." said Fuller. Lorne and the other started snapping glow sticks and tossed them around the whole room. It was clear that a massacre took place here because there were at least twenty Wraith bodies.
"So much for this ship being abandoned." said Venner. Eckhardt leaned down and inspect two of the nearby corpses.
"These Wraith weren't fed on. The claw marks and wounds indicate that they probably killed each other." said Eckhardt.
"A bunch of dead bodies, that's never a good sign. All we need now is some freaky monster and we can call this a Wes Craven movie. " said Venner.
"That's enough Lieutenant." said Lorne.
"I'm just saying sir." shrugged Venner.
Lorne tapped his radio. "Colonel Sheppard, we've found some bodies. Definitely Wraith. From the looks of them, they've been dead for quite a while." he said.
"Any idea what happened to them?" asked Sheppard over the radio.
"Yeah, it looks like they killed each other." replied Lorne.
"Great. Keep your eyes open. Sheppard out." muttered Sheppard.
(Like Venner said, a bunch of dead bodies is never a good sign. Things are going to pick up next chapter, I promise. Please review if you would.)