Chapter 8
(A/N: Ok I am soooo sorry for the long wait especially on a cliff hanger! But I have two more updates coming for you guys very soon!
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When Sophie opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was that she wasn't on Atlantis. The last thing she could remember was running. She remembered running and then stopping, turning towards the others and their faces showing only horror.
Sophie couldn't get their faces out of her mind.
Sitting up slowly, Sophie looked around the room, trying to work out where she was. She was in a cell, but something felt familiar about this place, yet she couldn't work out why. The sound of approaching footsteps caused Sophie to stand up. A wave of dizziness crossed her causing her to reach out and grab something to steady herself. When she opened her eyes again, she saw she was holding the net-like bars to her cell. On the other side was the monster. The Wraith.
It all came flooding back to Sophie. She had run because the monster that had attacked her was like the one out of her nightmare. It was a Wraith that was haunting her sleep. Sophie however was still confused because today was the first time she had seen a wraith, therefore how could she have experienced the dreams about them before she even knew they existed let alone met one?
Sophie looked at the wraith. It was disgusting, just like in her dream. Quickly, she removed her hand from the front of her cell and backed up against the far wall, putting as much distance as possible between her and the wraith. She looked down at her hands and she could see them shaking. She knew her whole body was shaking and she knew it was with fear.
At either side of the wraith there were two of guards with masks covering their faces. The wraith signaled to these guards and they opened her cell, moving forward to grab her. Sophie pushed herself as far into the wall as she could and tried to push the advancing guards away. She kicked one, causing it to stumble and as she turned towards the other she received sharp blow across her face. She fell heavily to the wall. While she was still disorientated, the guards grabbed each of her arms and dragged her off.
Sophie hoped that the others didn't get captured as well, or worse killed. Scolding herself, she pushed that thought to the back of her mind and instead concentrated on the thought of rescue.
The wraith led the way throughout the whole journey and when they went into a room she saw it bow down in front of something. Sophie looked up to where he was looking and she saw a large grotesque throne chair. Its occupant, however, was nothing less than grotesque.
It was a female, a queen. Sophie remembered reading mission reports about the queens. They were powerful, more powerful than the males. Their telepathy was stronger and could cause people to hallucinate. Yet it was the sheer view of her that struck Sophie with the most fear. She was truly terrifying.
The queen beckoned the guards to bring her forward; Sophie tried to fight it. She really didn't want to get any closer to that thing. As she managed to get away from one of the guards, a blow to her ribs sent her reeling back into its hold. Wincing in pain, she looked for the source of the blow. She could see that it came from the back end of a wraith stunner, which was now being held by the male wraith.
"Bring her to me." the queen's eerie voice ordered.
The guards complied but this time kept a tighter hold of Sophie's arms. Arms that were getting sore from where they were holding her and she was sure she had a few broken ribs. She was dragged until she was only a meter away from the queen - who smiled at Sophie. It was a smile that crushed any sense of hope that Sophie was trying to hold onto.
The next thing Sophie felt was the searing pain of the queen entering her mind and filtering through her thoughts and memories, taking what she needed. Sophie closed her eyes trying to block her out, but she was too strong,
"What a boring mind you have."
The queen's voice echoed through Sophie's head as she explored the darkest corners of her mind.
"Ahh!…What's this then?"
Just as Sophie thought she couldn't take any more the pain lessened in intensity, the queen had left her min. As Sophie opened her eyes, she saw that once again the queen was smiling.
"Hmmm…you're different. Your friends knew that and they didn't tell you. That hurt you didn't it. They think you're a monster, don't they?"
Sophie felt tears well up in her eyes even though she knew the queen was trying to get into her mind, trying to get a reaction from her, she just couldn't pretend that she didn't think that. Why hadn't they told her? Were they scared of her? Another part of her brain however tried to reason with this by saying 'If they didn't trust you then why did take you off-world with them?' unless it was a test to see were her allegiances were.
Sophie shook her head and said with tears freely flowing down her cheeks
"I AM NOT A MONSTER!" Sophie cried.
"Oh but you are! You are more like us than you can imagine!" hissed the queen.
Sophie stared at the queen wide eyed, could it be true was she more wraith than human? Panic was setting in and Sophie felt herself begin to shake.
She didn't even hear the queen order them to take her away, her mind was racing so fast. She couldn't hear anything other than her own thoughts pounding through her brain.
The next thing Sophie knew she was being thrown into a room. She cast a brief glance around that was only good enough to ascertain that she wasn't back in her cell but in a different room, a strangely familiar room.
The door shut behind her and she was left alone. Sophie walked to the far wall and sat down leaning against it. With her head in her hands Sophie closed her eyes.
When she arrived on Atlantis she had immediately known there was something different. For the first time in her life she had a home: Atlantis. She had made friends easily, especially with Colonel Sheppard's team, well, except for McKay, he had seemed suspicious of her at first and things had only deteriorated from there. Now she knew why.
The Queen had said she was like the wraith, was it true?
Maybe it was for the best she had been captured if she had stayed on Atlantis she could have put the entire expedition in danger. At least now she could no longer pose a threat to them.
Sophie woke with a start. She was lying against the wall at the back of the room and had no idea how long she had been asleep.
Sophie slowly stood up feeling the pain in her ribs. The room was dark and she walked towards the middle and looked around.
She gasped.
This room was the room from her dream.
Seconds later the sound of approaching footsteps filled her ears. Her dream, it was true. All along she had maintained that it was just a dream and it wasn't real.
All along she had been wrong.
The footsteps grew closer and Sophie desperately searched the room for an escape or at least a weapon. Too soon the doors opened and the wraith stood there before her. Sophie backed up, straight into the arms of the guards who had moved round her unnoticed. The wraith outstretched its hand and began moving towards her.
This was it, thought Sophie, this was were she died. Her dreams tried to warn her but she didn't listen to them.
The wraith hissed; it was only a meter away from her now. Sophie tried to escape, but the guards held on tight. The wraith stepped closer its hand only inches away from her chest.
Sophie squeezed her eyes shut determined not to see the pleasure on the wraith's face as it fed from her. She felt its hand touch her and instantly felt pain - she screamed. Sophie expected the pain to worsen, but it didn't. The hand fell away from her chest. Sophie opened her eyes to see the wraith fall to the wall.
