Chapter 4:
Alex was being dragged down the hall carelessly. She felt her feet hit many bumps and on more than one occasion they hit the wall. She could feel the growing pain in her head and chest and as she was jerked around the corner, she gasped in pain. Finally she stopped and was thrown into a room, the pain overwhelmed her and she fell into darkness.
When she awoke, Alex was dimly aware of the talking in front of her. She kept her eyes shut and strained her ears to hear who was talking and what about.
"I'm not going to tell you about anything!" yelled a man.
"You better! Or you're little friend will pay!" screamed a raspy female voice.
"Don't touch her!"
"Then you will be the one to pay!"
Alex heard a yell of pain and her eyes shot open. The sight she saw was horrible. A female wraith was standing over a man, he looked horrible.
"John," she mumbled.
The man's head spun around and faced her. Their eyes met and Alex started to remember everything. "Be strong," she whispered and she briefly saw John nod before passing out again.
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John looked across at Alex, his face containing only concern.
"It's been too long," he said under his breath. The last time Alex had woken up was in the Queen's chamber, eight hours ago! "Okay Alex! It's time to wake up!" John nudged Alex's shoulder and he heard a quiet groan.
"No need for concern," mumbled Alex, "I'm alive!"
"Thank goodness! You had me frightened for a while!"
"I'm alright...I think,"
"You think!"
"My backs a bit sore,"
"It's not bad is it?"
"No, just a little sore,"
"Are you sure its not bad?"
"I'm positive!"
"You better not be lying!"
"I'm not, hey, where's Rodney!?"
"He never came here; I don't know where he is."
The ship suddenly swerved to the side knocking John and Alex along with it.
"Why are they attacking?" asked Alex once they recovered from the sudden impact.
"I don't know, maybe they want to destroy the wraith,"
"But doesn't that mean they'll destroy us along with it?!"
"No! They're proberly here to rescue us!"
"I hope so!"
The two suddenly stopped talking when a wraith walked up to the cell. "The queen wants you," he said, opening the door. Alex and John simply looked at each other than back at the wraith.
"Why are you alone?" asked Alex, but before she could get an answer another blast knocked the wraith into the wall, and he slid onto the floor either unconscious or dead.
"That was lucky," said John.
"Yeah," replied Alex staring at the wraith.
"We have to find Rodney,"
John grabbed Alex's hand and they started running through the corridors of the wraith ship until they ended outside their previous cell, but it was empty.
"Do you know where they might take him?" asked Alex.
"No."
"Would he be d-d-dead!"
"No! He won't! Do you know which direction they took him?"
"Yeah! They went the opposite direction of me,"
"That's a start!"
"I guess,"
oOo
Elisabeth Weir was pacing in and out of her office. John and Rodney were a day late checking in and Lorne's team didn't find anything on the planet.
"Anything?" she asked the people in the control room.
"No ma'am," replied one of the men.
"Elisabeth!" called out Carson from behind her.
"Carson! What do you want?" asked Elisabeth.
"I'm here to order you to sleep...again!"
"I can't sleep at the moment Carson!"
"I don't think you've even tried!"
"John and Rodney are still missing Carson! I need to organise rescue teams and a way to find them!"
"You would work better if you slept, and ate!"
"Carson,"
"I won't have it love! You need to sleep,"
Elisabeth smiled. "I'll try after I talk to Dr Zelenka,"
"I'll make sure you have,"
The gate suddenly activated and Dr Zelenka's voice came through the radio.
"Dr Weir," said Dr Zelenka, "I think I know what happened to them,"
"What?" asked Elisabeth.
"Well, we know they didn't leave via the gate, so that only leaves a ship. We found a hyperspace trail in the sky, we think its wraith!"
"WRAITH!"
"I'm afraid so,"
"How did they get there?"
"We don't know that but there is a wraith ship in orbit on a nearby planet, with another ship,"
"Another wraith ship?"
"I don't think so, but I can't tell from here,"
"Okay, come back here and we'll set out some teams to the planet,"
"Very well, I'll see you soon,"
The radio shut off and after a few minutes Dr Zelenka and his team came through the gate.
"Now we're getting somewhere," mumbled Elisabeth.
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Alex sighed in concern, "Where could he be?" she said.
"It's a big ship," replied John, "But we'll find him!"
Alex opened her mouth but another jolt stopped her from saying anything. "Soon it'll be a ship in pieces," she grumbled, trying to sit up.
"No it won't! Not before we're gone!"
"Ok," another jolt slammed the two into the wall and John winced in pain.
"Hey, are you alright...wait! What's wrong with your arm?" demanded Alex.
"Nothing!" replied John, "it just hurts a little, it's nothing big!"
"Are you sure,"
John groaned and pulled on Alex's hand. "Come on, we have to go!"
"But your arm!"
"You're sounding like Carson now,"
"Carson?"
"He's our doctor,"
Alex frowned as they ran down the hall, but another jolt threw them into the wall extremely hard, the last sight Alex saw was John slumping to the ground, then, her sight was clouded by darkness
