Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis or any of its characters. I own MacKenzie 'Mac' Jordan, Riley Livingstone, Lynx, Luxriana, and Ta'non and Dr. Maranez.

When I opened my eyes I found myself lying on the kids' bed dressed in a slightly different attire; I blinked I raised my hand to rub the sleep out of my eyes when I froze. My hand is green, not pale like it had been 2 years ago when I was half Wraith; I bit back a scream as I stood up, I ran into one of the small closets and looked into a mirror at myself.

"Oh my God," I whispered; they hadn't just changed me they had made me into a full Wraith the same way they had with Emily..Only with Uncle John's sister the Genii had put the DNA into her.

My skin was a light color of green; my hair was still blazing red, my eyes were amber and cat like; I looked at my hands, like a Wraith I had long fingers with long black and sharp finger nails. My attire was now a leather ankle length black coat with blue decorations on the collar and puffy sleeves around the shoulders; my pants were dark gray and made of a softer material; the boots were more like combat boots than the boots I had seen Emily wear.

"Mac?" Questioned Luxriana as she walked into the closet and looked at me, "why are you sad?"

"I'm....Just...Surprised," I said softly; I have no idea what I had done to be "accepted" into the Hive and I was certain that I've been more of a trouble maker than a help. At least I had an advantage now: I could free my friends.

"What do you mean free your friends?" Questioned Luxriana.

"Huh? What?" I asked as I jumped, "did you just read my mind?"

"Yes," Luxriana replied, "daddy will be mad if you let our new servants and soldiers go."

"I'm not talking about them, sweetie, I'm talking about the Wraith...Jitsu."

"Who?" Ta'non and Luxriana asked at the same time.

"He's a Wraith warrior...Whose over 10,000 years old...His uh...Supply ship crashed and um..Well...he's uh stranded and the 'Lanteans wouldn't do anything about it," I exclaimed, I blocked the kids from reading my thought: though Sheppard did find him and kill him, and the Wraith was nameless far as we know.

"OK! So can we play now?" Ta'non asked as he jumped onto the bed as I walked out of the closet.

"What would you like to play?" I asked as I put my hair into a pony tail; I'd guess I'd get an ear full from Lynx later if the hairstyle was acceptable or not in Wraith society.

"I wanna play Scout!" Ta'non beamed.

"Scout?" I asked confused, I realized now the kids would be teaching me a game.

"Yes, Scout," smiled Luxriana.

"OK...How do I play Scout?"

"Well, we have to pick whose going to be Colonel Sheppard, the Wraith Slayer; then I'm going to be the Scout and the other person will be my back up! We have to make a mission to watch the 'Lanteans and see what they're doing, and then we have to get away from Colonel Sheppard and he if chases us I 'kill' him and the Wraith rule the galaxy again without problems!" Beamed the little boy.

"Wow...Sounds fun," I smiled. Oh great, the game was training them to be another enemy of Atlantis...Poor Uncle John!

"I'll be Colonel Sheppard!" Exclaimed Luxriana.

"Why? I wanted Mac too since she knows him!" Whined Ta'non.

"NO! I'm Colonel Sheppard this time!"

"NO! MAC WILL BE!"
"NO ME!"

"MAC!"

"ME!"

"ENOUGH!" I shouted as my head pounded and I started to get dizzy.

"Sorry," grumbled the brother and sister at the same time.

"Mac, you ok?" Ta'non asked, wide eyed.

I felt sick to my stomach, I was dizzy, and my entire body felt like it was on fire; what was wrong with me?

Luxriana's eyes went wide, "you're hungry! Ta'non get dad, hurry!"

I watched Ta'non run out of the room, "how did yo know what to do, Luxriana?"

"When our first nanny got hungry she was dizzy and she said her body was on fire, so I just...Knew."

I nodded and smiled, "you're a very smart little girl."

"I know," beamed Luxriana.

"And your not the slightest bit humble," I laughed.

"What is humble?" Questioned Luxriana as she turned her head to the side some.

"Humble...Means you uh...Don't say you know, you smile or blush.." I replied, I wasn't quite sure how to put it into words at the moment; my stomach twisted and I wrapped my arms around my mid section. I tried to appear calm as ever, I don't want to scare Luxriana.

"It's ok! Father gets pains when he is hungry also," she smiled.

I gave her a small smile before it felt like a sledge hammer was slammed through my stomach, I let out a cry before doubling over; a moment later two hands went under my arms and pulled me to my feet. I looked to see Lynx, his look wasn't harsh as it usually was, instead it looked concerned.

"It's your first time of hunger, it will hurt more than the rest. I would carry you, but you must build up the strength to walk to the hallway yourself or you will depend on another Wraith each time you are hungry," he said.

I nodded and followed, I walked slow; Ta'non walked alongside his father, glancing back at me in concern every now and then; Luxriana walked beside me holding onto the bottom of my coat and yelled at every Wraith and Drone in the hallway to move that a "hungry Wraith" was coming through. If I hadn't been in so much pain I would have laughed.

I walked into the hallway and froze at seeing humans inside of cocoons; some were tied between cocoons and they stared at me and the other Wraith in wide eyed terror. My heart wrenched, I was going against my rule: never kill. I didn't want to do this! Suddenly I understood why Emily didn't like to talk about her eating habits, she felt extremely guilty.

"Here, I can't give you a whole meal because you are not yet ready for one," Lynx said as he took my hand and pulled me over to a man with graying hair; he looked middle age. I froze as I looked him and recognized him: Dr. Maranez! He was one of the Botanists that my Aunt works with! But he was only in his early 30's! I realized he was half way fed upon, did he recognize me? I felt as if a dagger was being shoved through my heart and tears welled.

"Why are your eyes watering? It is just a meal," Lynx frowned.

"I know him," I said softly, it was then that I was actually paying attention to my voice I noticed that it too had changed. "He works with my Aunt Tina-"

"MacKenzie?" Dr. Maranez asked, "please, make them let me go....Why do you look like that?"

"SILENCE!" Shouted Lynx, he looked at me, "you are no longer human...he is only food. Put your feeding hand onto his chest, then pull slowly once you see the skin started to tighten into a mere husk then let go."

I stared and looked at Dr. Maranez, his green eyes from behind his thick glasses stared at me in horror; I leaned whispered how sorry I was before putting my hand on his chest. The hunger won; the pain started subsiding and I suddenly felt stronger and prepared for anything and everything! My vision cleared, I no longer feel dizzy and the pains in my stomach and mid section are gone. I look to see the skin clinging tight, I let go slowly and finally pull away; I stared at the husk and froze at realizing what I had just done.

"Wow! Mac! You really are one of us!" Beamed Ta'non.

"You did well for your first feeding, you will feed again in one week...Then you shall be on the same feeding schedule as all Wraith are on," Lynx exclaimed.

I nodded.

"Can we play Scout throughout the Hive now, father, since Mac is Wraith now?" Questioned Luxriana.

Lynx froze near the entrance of the hallway, "you may play in your hallway to the nursery that is it."

"Thank you father!" Beamed Ta'non and Luxriana.

I followed behind Ta'non and watched as Luxriana went to go hide; I tried to push what I had just done out of my mind and just hoped that Dr. Maranez had forgiven me before he died.

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"Something's wrong, something is very, very wrong," Tina exclaimed as she paced in the control room.

"Why don't you sit down?" Mr. Woolsey said in concern.

"I would but I can't right now," Tina replied, "something is horribly wrong, I can feel it in my bones...Mac's in trouble."

"Are you sure?" Mr. Woolsey asked.

Tina nodded, "I'm positive; I may not be Mac's birth mother but I've raised her since her mother died. Something's wrong...Are they any where near that trail yet?"

"We had contact with Colonel Sheppard two hours ago, they have the trail but it's extremely long; Todd's Hive had just arrived and they were going to see if they could catch up to the Hive in it," a technician exclaimed.

Tina nodded, "be careful, John...Come back safely with Mac." She whispered.

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Riley pushed his hair back, "what do you mean we're no where near the Hive yet? We have to be!"

"But we are not human! Now be patient! We will be getting your people back, however you must realize the rogue hive is at least 2 Jumps ahead of us! As long as we continue to stay in Hyper Space we should catch up with them by tomorrow!" Todd exclaimed, it was taking his entire strength not to hit the human.

"Can't you rig this thing to go faster?" He asked.

"Hey," Colonel Sheppard exclaimed, "enough, you forget Mac's my niece now and I'm worried about her and the others too. But I'm not going to go jumping around and yelling when there's only so much one man, erm, Wraith can do."

"Since when were you always on his side?!" Shouted Riley.

Todd had enough he shouted and raised his feeding hand about to slam it down onto Riley's chest when a hand grabbed his wrist; he froze when he felt the familiar feel of his mate. He let his arm drop before looking at her, "thank you."

"You're very welcome," Emily smiled back to him, she looked at Riley with a frown, "patience, Riley. My brother and I would not be alive right now if we were not patient that time when we were captured by the Genii."

"But-"

"You dare back talk the queen?" Todd asked, sounding angered and appalled.

"Todd," Emily said softly, "he's not Wraith-"

"None the less he needs to respect you," Todd replied, he glared at Riley and took a step forward.

"Hey!" Sheppard exclaimed, "he won't do it again!"

"I won't!" Riley replied.

"One thing you need to learn, human," Todd softly growled as he cornered him near the controls of the Hive Ship, "is that you always respect a Hive's Queen and you respect your commanding officer...You also respect every female you meet...When you see your future mate you will need to be there to offer support and strength, not to ridicule her."

"Who said I was going to-" Riley started.

"My kind can read minds," replied Todd, "personally I think you both are too young to mate...But the 'Lantean race is so strange that I would not know if this is true or not."

"It's definitely something to be considered," Sheppard replied, "though I know Mac doesn't want to get married until she's 21."

"Who told you that?" Riley asked.

"Mac did," replied Sheppard, he stepped up and looked at Riley, "I'm glad we're spending this....Quality time together because right now I'm seeing something that I don't like and I don't know if I want my niece around. I'll decide when we get back to Atlantis if you two will marry or not."

"You don't have the power to decide-"

"Yes, I do," replied Sheppard, "and I know that Mac trusts me, where as I'm not certain if she fully trusts you. Keep that in mind, if I tell her what just came from you and how you're acting I'd leave it up to her to decide what to do...I know she trusts me so she'll believe me...I can't say she'll do the same for you."

Riley went silent before clenching his mouth shut and started to stare angrily at the wall in front of him. Todd smiled, Sheppard was a good judge of character...Todd didn't like this Riley fellow either.