There it was. The light high pitched swoosh of the door opening. The lights returned to illuminate the small human female, Teyla. She stood before me and I could feel her mind brush against my. I just cocked my head to the side as I looked into those dark eyes. I was older and stronger than any she had come across before. I was not going to let her in.

"You are much stronger than any I have seen before," her voice was light and strangely melodic.

Only silence greeted her. I wasn't going to respond. I wasn't going to give her anything.

"Acatha," I blinked at my given name and she smiled, "there is some response," she paused as she looked me over, "John believes that you have information that we could use. Ronon says we might as well just kill you. I think that it would be easy to talk to you. We are really not all that different."

"You and I," I scoffed and the woman smiled at me, "There is no comparison. You don't know who I am."

"No, I do not," her voice was light as she took another step towards my cell, "Who are you?"

"Hmph," I turned away from her, causing my silver hair to fall over my face. I wasn't going to say more. I was done with the pleasantries and I was going to make sure she knew it.

"Well," there was another pause before she spoke again, "I will not be the only one to come and speak with you," with that she left the room. Leaving me alone in the dark again. With only my thoughts and occasionally the sound of the other's voice drifting through my barrier.

…The door slides open again to admit another human. This time the large man, Ronon, steps into the room. Nothing much is said. He just stands there with his arms crossed over his chest and his dark gaze is locked on mine.

Sadly, my interaction with this human has been my favorite so far. He's not trying for anything. Just sizing me up as I am him. It was almost pleasant…

…The door opened a third time and Sheppard stepped through the door. He stepped right up to the cell and opened the door. A pistol pointed right at me. A single pistol wasn't enough to kill me, if I had been at full strength, but I hadn't fed since before I had left my galaxy, "Tell me how many others know about Earth," I smiled at the human as I took a step towards him, "Not another step, Acatha!"

I cocked my head to the side as I let my hands fall to my sides, brushing against the smooth material of my gown, "Kill me. End my existence. Then try to get any answer out of me."

The man lowered his gun as I called his bluff, "Smart. Bring in Todd!"

Moments later, the door opened again and another of my kind was ushered into the room. There was a strange glove over his feeding hand, but he looked almost as if he belonged here. How could one of my kind be content to stay here? These kind were the enemies. The descendants of those that created our kind and then tried to kill us off. How!

"Todd," the human spoke as my comrade stepped up to his side, "meet Acatha. We found her in a head of bodies in the wreckage of that cruiser," he turned to smile at me, "Acatha, meet Todd."

'How could you let them degrade you in such a way?'

The creature took a deep breath as he took another step towards me and I had to look up at him, "Forgive me, Majesty, but not all humans are for feeding."

I glared at him, "Unless they are pets," I hissed, "they are food. We do not simply make them our friends."

He offered me a simple smile, "I am not their friend. I am captive as are you, Majesty," he glanced back at Sheppard, "John Sheppard just seems to have a soft spot for me."

Sheppard gave the creature a smirk before he nodded, "Yeah," he looked over at me to offer me that same smirk that I just curled my lip at, "So, Acatha, Teyla said something about you saying something about being special. How are you special?"

"Bringing this traitor before me won't make me open up," I hissed as I looked to the open gateway. I was so close to freedom, but I could also see that Sheppard was more than ready to shoot me. If only I could feed then I would be more than able to make my escape.

"I never thought it would," Sheppard patted the creature's shoulder before he took a step back and the cell door slid closed to confine me in the same space as the traitor, "Just thought you would like the company."

I hissed at the human as I looked started for the door, "Sheppard!" I hissed at the human, but he didn't listen to me. I was alone with the traitor. It was torture. And being so close to him made it nearly impossible to close my mind off to him.

"John Sheppard," his voice was light and there was an amused lilt as if he enjoyed the human. How could he like the human? They were all insufferable.

I stepped over to the creature and placed my feeding hand to his chest, "You worked with these humans!"

He looked down at my hand on his chest with an amused glint to his gaze, "It is these humans that saved me from a fate far worse than they have given me. You may not see it, Majesty, but not all humans are so pathetic."

I pulled away from the traitor and made my way across the cell to look at the closed door. Torture. This was pure torture. Sticking me in the same cell as one of my kind that would call these beasts comrades. Torture!