Part Two

Adora spent three days asleep but even as she dreamed she knew all that went on around her and she knew something was wrong. When she woke she threw on her clothes and rushed from her room to the gate room with her guards right on her heals.

"What's wrong" she said as soon as she ran into Mr Woosley

"I can't talk now"

"Mr Woosley you will talk to me now" she said in a voice she would reserve for naughty children.

"I'm sorry Adora Atlantis One is missing and we can't find them"

"Perhaps I can help"

"Thankyou but I think we've got just about all the help we can handle" he turned towards the gate as it activated and their so called friend Todd the Wraith came through seemingly un armed.

"I see" she said. Todd was escorted up to the observation deck to stand in front of the two of them.

"Todd I don't believe you've met Adora" said Mr Woosley. He looked at her like he didn't care and she gave him an evil smile.

"So let me get this strait, you Atlantis One team"

"And every team we sent after them"

"Right, are missing and you'd rather trust a Wraith rather than someone closer to your own species"

"We've known Todd much longer and he has information we could use to get them back"

"And you assume I don't"

"Well do you"

"No"

"Well there you go then"

"If you are both done I'd like to get on with it" said Todd

"Get on with what exactly and no I was not done"

"To put it quite frankly saving them" said Todd, Adora moved forward closer to Todd

"And just what do you get out of this"

"That's for me to know"

"Take me with you"

"Absolutely not" said Todd and Mr Woosley at the same time.

"If I go I can keep an eye on him and I can tell you what he wanted" Mr Woosley seemed to like that option.

"Very well you may go" Todd looked a little uncomfortable he was out manned, out gunned and in cuffs.

"Fine but if you die it's not my fault"

"Don't worry I won't" Adora followed Todd to the gate, the cuffs were taken off and he turned to Adora.

"When we get to the other side do what I say or you'll die"

"Right" The gate opened and they stepped through. Adora came out the other side to find she was on a Wraith hive.

"What is this, you tricked me"

"Silence" said Todd. He tuned to the Wraith "Tell your Queen I have bought a gift" the Wraith walked away leaving them alone.

"A gift" said Adora

"It was all I could think of to keep you alive"

"I am not as helpless as you may think, I am capable of so… much… more" The Wraith returned leaving Todd's unspoken questions unanswered.

"She will see you now" They were led; Adora was more pushed into what looked like a war room.

"This is nice" she said before noticing Atlantis one was on their knees before the Queen.

"Silence" said Todd before back handing her face; she glared at him as if to say 'You dare'.

"You say she is a gift, do you usually give gifts to your enemy's"

"Tis merely a show of good faith"

"I see" the Queen stood in front of Ronon "And what is it you want from us"

"Not me, my Queen wishes to combine forces so we can deal with the fall out of the recent events" Adora read his mind and instantly knew what he was planning. "The Queen grabbed Ronon, "What are you doing"

"I know what you've been doing and I know what you have planned for my hive" Todd didn't say a word and Atlantis One stayed silent watching everything that went on. "I think I might save this one for last" Ronon spat on her face and she smacked him so hard across his face he fell to the floor dazed.

"Don't, don't do that" said Adora. The Queen stalked over to her and grabbed her by the throat.

"This one has a mouth on her; I think I'll start with her"

"No" said Ronon "Take me first"

"Oh a lover's couple" Ronon was restrained by being zapped.

"Not really, its ok Ronon I'll be fine" at this point all of Atlantis one began to struggle against their bonds.

"Kneel"

"I kneel before no one" said Adora

"You will" said the Queen and she began to feed off of Adora's energy. She stopped almost immediately "This one is strong, stronger than any I have ever had" The Queen put her hand back on Adora who sank to her knees "I knew you would bend to my will" If they had known about Adora's capabilities they would never have let her leave Atlantis. She grabbed the Queen's hand and looked her dead in the eye saying,

"As I said before I kneel before no one… you are a very bad creature" the Queen dropped to her knees and Adora rose from hers "And you need to be punished" The Queen screamed with rage just before she exploded. The Wraith guards who moved in on her exploded along with all the other Wraith in the room except Todd. Atlantis One's bonds popped open and they got to their feet, all except Ronon. Adora was at his side trying to wake him, he stirred and sat up.

"What happened" He said as Adora helped him to his feet.

"That's what I'd like to know" said Sheppard

"This is not the place for that conversation, I have already set the self-destruct they cannot turn it off, and we need to go now"

"Are you serious" she walked Ronon out the door and as she did she said

"John Sheppard I never say anything I don't mean and I'm almost never not serious" The Atlantis One team grabbed their belongings which had been removed from them when they were captured and followed Adora to the Stargate on board the hive. The gate was already active and they walked straight through with Adora leading the way. No one knew what happened to Todd but they assumed he got out ok. Adora knew he would be fine everyone else thought he had died because the very second they arrived at Atlantis the ship blew up severing the connection. All Atlantis one could do was stare at her as Mr Woosley came running down the stairs with a woman she had not met before. Mr Woosley stood in front of them and before he could say a thing the woman spoke

"I am Shen Xiaoyi I take it you the one called Adora"

"I am" said Adora. Shen looked over the team.

"I take it all went well"

"As well as can be expected" said John

"Good bring her to the conference room"

"What you're going to question her now"

"Yes as a matter of fact" John was getting angrier and angrier,

"For your information she just single handily saved our buts and blew up a Wraith hive at the same time so in my opinion she deserves a rest at least until tomorrow"

"Not going to happen I need to question her while the memory is still fresh in her mind"

"I am sorry Shen but somehow I do not think you will get what you desire" said Adora

"And why is that" before anyone could say anything else Adora feinted, Ronon only just had time to catch her.

"Does that answer your question" said John "Ronon take her down to Carson get him to run some tests" Ronon carried her from the room as Shen was saying.

"I want copies of all the tests done"

"And you'll get them" said John. As Ronon rounded the corner he couldn't hear any more being said. It was almost a week before she woke up and in the whole time Ronon had sat there beside her, much to the annoyance of his girlfriend Amelia Banks. On the second day of his sitting there with Adora whose colour had not got any better in fact it had seemed like she had gotten worse. Amelia approached Ronon,

"So this is where you are, can you please tell me why this woman takes precedence over me your girlfriend"

"Ex-girlfriend"

"We were working things out"

"There's nothing to work out and she's a prisoner of sorts we have orders from the IOA to watch her at all times, you know that"

"That doesn't explain why you broke out meeting just to sit here and don't give me the she needs to be guarded crap because John came to relieve you last night and you refused him"

"Look Amelia I can't do this right now"

"Then maybe we shouldn't do this at all"

"I've been trying to tell you this for the past three weeks but you're would not let it go" Amelia stormed from the room. Ronon knew she would come back and try again but he was positive they were done. He told himself he stayed because she had to be watched he really stayed because she had no one and he subconsciously wanted to be the one there for her. Ronon was asleep when she woke up, he looked so sweet she really didn't want to wake him but she didn't have much of a choice since his head was on her leg and he was giving her a dead leg. She stroked his face until his eyes opened, mostly because he couldn't believe he allowed himself to show a vulnerable side let alone be viewed by someone he didn't even know.

"You're awake now"

"It would seem so" she smiled at him making him almost fall over his own mouth.

"CARSON" he yelled at the top of his lungs. Poor Carson came running

"What happened" he said when he got to Adora's bed a little out of breath.

"She just woke up"

"Ronon there was no need to yell for me over that" Then he turned his attention on Adora "And how are you feeling today" Adora smiled at him and said

"I feel fine, and don't blame Ronon for the dramatics he can't help it"

"Can you explain why you feinted like that?"

"I can try, but you may not understand. It has been many years since I have used that much power and it is quite possible I was overwhelmed"

"I think I might go inform the others you're awake" said Ronon who was just about begging for an excuse to leave. After he left Carson began talking again.

"I am sorry about him sometimes he can be a little hart less"

"Oh there's no need to apologise for him I know he is not what he seems"

"How do you know that?"

"Let's just say that to me he's like an open book" she didn't elaborate any further, she didn't see Ronon till the following day when he along with Atlantis One walked her down to the cells were a stone faced Mr Woosley and Shen were waiting. Adora could feel a lot of tension and as a rule she did not read other peoples thoughts unless permission was given however feelings were uncontrollable. She knew the only person who wanted her down there was the Shen woman.

"Ah Adora I'll get to the point, I want you to show me exactly what you did to that Wraith Queen on the hive" as she spoke Adora was walked inside one of the cells where a very weakened and hungry Wraith lay on the floor. It was so weak it could not even move. The door was closed behind her and she knelt next to the Wraith as she connected with its mind.

"I know your weak and I will not hurt you, if you ask for my help I can help you" The Wraith was confused.

"Who are you?"

"Someone who can help you if you just ask me to"

"I will never ask for help from food"

"These people wish me to kill you but it is not in my nature to do so to any living creature who has not harmed me in any way"

"It is not my problem" Adora sighed

"Then I guess I have no choice but to show you a matter of good fortune and faith, I only hope you will do the same for me some day, Todd" Adora stood and turned her back on Todd, she knew who he was and why the IOA wanted him dead.

"I refuse to kill this helpless creature"

"It is not a helpless creature it is a Wraith, you will either kill it or you will be imprisoned yourself"

"And experimented on of course, just to see what I'm capable of" Shen looked awquidly at Adora.

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"Of course not, when this Wraith has fully recovered you will return him to where you found him and you will never ask me to do this again, am I understood".

"Who are you to tell me what will happen around here, I'm a representative of the IOA who runs Atlantis" Adora's eyebrows rose along with her voice.

"Oh really" in a flash both Adora and Shen were gone which had everyone scrambling around looking for them. But they couldn't be found anywhere; they appeared still on Atlantis but in a different part. They had appeared on one of the verandas near the gate room.

"Where are we?"

"On Atlantis, Just in a different time"

"You took us into the past"

"No this is the future"

"But it's deserted"

"Not quite"

"I don't understand"

"You will" no sooner had Adora said that than a patrol of Wraith came out on to the veranda. "You lost the war"

"Why did we lose" the scene shifted to show Adora in the future sitting in the corner of a cell thoughraly depressed curled up into a ball. "That's you"

"Yes for some reason I seem to have lost the will to live"

"Why"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes" The scene shifted again back to Atlantis and its final moments; the Wraith had found them and breached their walls.

"I've seen enough"

"I don't think you have, you see the real reason I lost my will to live is about to present it's self, I mean this is sad and all but there's one thing that really shattered me"

"What is it" Adora nodded towards the scene where Ronon was defending one of the scientists. A nearby Wraith shot him through the heart killing him and the scientist.

"I don't see how a scientist dying would shatter you"

"Not the scientist, you see in this version Ronon never got to love me back"

"You're in love with him"

"Yes"

"You said in this version, why aren't you here"

"Because when I went to earth your deciding vote kept me there, I was not able to return here to stop this from happening"

"And if you were able to return" the scene shifted once more to show a happy family having a picnic at the beach. "That's you"

"And those kids are mine and Ronon's" Shen and the rest of Atlantis one came around the bend to join them. "In this version you are my friend. I don't know what your deciding decision will be but whatever it is I hope you can live with it". The scene shifted and they had returned to present Atlantis "Now we've been gone for about a half hour"

"That would explain the funny looks"

"Where have you been" said Mr Woosley, Shen looked at Adora as she said.

"Having some sense knocked into me, I will think over everything and make my decision when I make it"

"I already know" said Adora. Shen left with Mr Woosley and Adora realised this was the first time she had been left alone without military escorts. She took a walk and stopped only when she reached a familiar veranda. She sat alone staring out at the sea till Sheppard and Ronon walked out onto the veranda deep in conversation.

"Sorry" said Sheppard "Didn't know anyone was here" Adora said nothing just continued to stare out to sea. John and Ronon became worried, not sure what to do they sat next to her on either side so she was sandwiched between them. It was only then they realised she was silently crying and that there were flowers sprouting at her feet where her tears dropped.

"What's wrong" said Ronon

"Nothing's wrong" she sniffed "Just this very place was the last place I ever saw my family"

"Before they left for earth" said John

"Yes, they're dead now"

"How do you know that, after all they could be like you" She smiled a small smile,

"I just do, I used to be able to feel them and for a long time they've been gone, enough about that Colonel Sheppard tell me about earth"

"You know about Ra"

"Of course I do I met him once, horrid child"

"You understand the child had no choice the Goauld…"

"Are snake like creatures who inhabit your body and try to gain control. Hey did you know Ra's queen was actually his third"