3. Partial Answers

"My," Ura whispered, her ice blue eyes blazing with excitement. "We thought that the ancient city had been destroyed."

"You mean," Teyla began tilting her head to one side. "You heard of our battle against the Wraith?"

"Yes." Yenara confirmed. "We were trading on a near-by world and they told us that the mighty city of Atlantis and the people who inhabited it had fallen to the Wraith. We were most disappointed. When word had come to us that the city had risen again and that those inhabiting it were fighting against the Wraith and winning we were most pleased."

"Why?" Elizabeth asked.

"We may have been untouched for generations," Ura explained. "But no one knows why. We are a peaceful people Elizabeth. We have no offensive weapons and no armies, we couldn't fight against the Wraith. When we heard that you were fighting, we thought that our brothers and sisters among the stars would one day be free, like us."

"I see." Elizabeth sighed. "Well, trust me when I say that Atlantis is still standing. Although, the Wraith don't know that." Elizabeth pointed out quickly. "So please, do not tell any of your other allies- we wouldn't want our cover to be blown."

"How did you win last time?" Ura asked.

"We won by means of a diversion." Teyla explained.

"What kind of diversion." Yenara asked intrigued.

"We interfaced our shield with the cloak from one of our ships." Elizabeth explained, figuring that she could trust these people. "We then detonated a weapon above the city. The Wraith were blind in those moments and we switched from our shield to our cloak. They thought that we had destroyed and they have left us alone ever since."

"How very interesting…" Ura murmured with a tone of respect. "…but fear not Elizabeth, your secret shall remain safe with us."

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John was getting anxious. The feeling that something was wrong was growing and as he glanced in the hallway he saw a group of Traisorans walking briskly walking past them with familiar clothing.

"Guys," He whispered getting Ronan and Rodney over to him. "I just saw two Traisorans wearing the clothing of the Asurans."

"What?" Rodney asked panicking. "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Then should we get Dr. Weir out of here?" Ronan asked. "If this place is run by the Asurans-"

"No," John stated shaking away his awful feeling. "Let's just follow them and see what is going on."

"Sheppard-" Rodney argued. "The Asurans- what if they want Elizabeth?"

"Let's not jump to any conclusions McKay." John ordered, picking up his P-90 and preparing to move out. "We'll just follow them alright?"

"Alright." Ronan agreed looking at Rodney.

"Rodney?" John asked, looking out the hallway.

"Alright, alright," Rodney muttered falling into line. "Let's go."

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They had followed the small group of Traisorans through the glass corridors, and thankfully no one else seemed to be around. This, more than anything concerned John

"Ok," Rodney whispered coming up beside John. "Now, I'm not liking this."

"McKay is right." Ronan whispered as well. "It's so empty."

"Why would an entire glass city be so empty?" He muttered to himself as they rounded a corner- only to come face to face with a whole battalion of Traisorans. "Ok, not so empty."

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"But I must ask…" Ura stated coldly, giving Elizabeth cause for alarm. "-if you have beaten them before, why do you need us?"

"Well, just because we have beat the wraith once, doesn't mean that we are going to do it again." Elizabeth explained her negotiating mind in full swing. "And besides, there are other threats in this galaxy that we could use allies against."

"I see." Ura stated, not asking who the other threats were. "Tell me Elizabeth what is it that you can offer us?"

"Well, we have various medicines-" Elizabeth began before she realised how silly that was. "But I assume that you have sophisticated medicine."

"Yes."

"And you wouldn't need weapons, would you?" Elizabeth asked, praying that they'd say no because she didn't like trading weapons.

"That would be correct." Ura confirmed.

"Well, how about other technology then? Or history of our world?"

"Elizabeth," Ura chastised. "Do you really think that we would need such things?"

"No," Elizabeth admitted with a small embarrassed smile not noticing as another Traisoran entered the room and whispered in Yenara's ear. "I suppose not. But surely there is something that I can offer you?" Elizabeth watched as Yenara whispered in Ura's ear, and as she watched the exchange, warning bells were going off in her head.

"Yes Elizabeth." Ura stated slyly. "There is something that you can offer us."

"And what would that be?" Elizabeth asked, trying to asses the situation with the warning bells getting louder.

"You."

A/N- teehee evil cackle I'm known for my evil cliff-hangers, but I think that this one is one of the worst...Ura wants Elizabeth. But what for? Gotta wait till tomorrow folks!

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