A/N: Sorry this one is short, I'm hoping to add more chapters soon they will be short because of the layout I have in mind. Please read and review I hope you enjoy!

"Why would she say such things?" Mckay shrieked as the color drained from his face.

"She's protecting us you idiot." Ronon stated as everyone turned to find him in the doorway. "When I couldn't find any of you I figured this was the next place to look. You realize how hard it is to find your lab."

"Well I guess the plan to not tell Ronon about this is out of the picture now.." Sheppard said running his hand through his hair.

Ronon kept staring at the screen, it was killing him to watch her be with such a monstrous man. Dr. Weir leaned closer to Mckay whispering something to him while pointing to the screen, it looked as though he was about to turn off the video and yet Teyla couldn't let it go. She knew there was something there, something Riska would be hiding from Koyla that they needed to find.

"Rodney what is her left hand doing?" She quickly asked before he could he contemplate shutting off the video.

Before he could respond Sheppard quickly answered for him as his eyes lit up. "She's doing morse code, I was teaching her a little while she was still in Atlantis. Rodney I need you to zoom in on that hand and have a copy for me five minutes ago. Oh and Rodney get this to me as if a wraith colony was chasing you down to feed on you."

"But...I...wait….Sheppard!" Rodney yelled after him but he was already out the door with Ronon close behind him.

Dr. Weir looked from the door to the rest of the team and back again. "Well I guess that means you have work to do Rodney. I'll leave you to it."

Riska had found herself still tied to the chair but she didn't know how she found herself looking to the ceiling. The thoughts that had been running through Kolya's mind while she was still conscious was vile enough to make her lose her stomach. But surviving was what she did best though, after he told his guards to leave them she said as many things to make him angry as possible. The more angry he became the safer Atlantis was and the safer were the people that inhabited it. As she rolled her neck cracking it and stretching what parts of her she could on her back still tied to the chair, she wondered how long she was out. Was it minutes..hours...or just merely a day or two? That's when she sensed someone different, it wasn't someone she sensed near her before.

"I mean you no harm…" He was a younger man slowly coming from the shadows looking deeper into him he was once traveling by himself running from the Wraith when Kolya and his group found him and found a way to have him join their cause. "My name is Fikre, how badly are you hurt?"

Riska shook her head not sure how to respond to him, although she was in pain it was nothing she hadn't handled before. Looking into his mind she found she had been unconscious for several days, "My name is Riska….would you please stand me up it feels strange trying to look at you around my legs."

Fikre tried not to laugh but who could blame him she had a moment where the statement made sense. As he got closer to her she was able to get a better look at him, he was slightly taller than her with and a lean muscular build about him. "There's nothing I can say to make you believe me but when I get the chance I'll get you out of here...I just have to wait for the right time…"

She wasn't sure why he was saying these things, he knew nothing of her or where she was from for all he knew she could deserve the way Kolya was treating her. "I can wait...All good things happen in time.." That's when she felt the overwhelming anger coming from outside, she knew what would happen next wasn't on Fikre's plan but she had to protect him now. "He's coming back what I do next don't take personally but when I do grab my hair pulling my head back. Look enraged and have a story because what you say will keep you safe….I'm sorry for this.."

Before he had a chance to think she bit the inside of her cheek hard enough for blood to pool in her mouth she leaned back and put her whole body into spitting the blood on Fikre's face. Riska felt horrible about doing this but he knew what she meant when she said 'He's coming back'. Doing as she said he took a hard grip of her hair pulling it back while bringing his face close to hers with a sneer and brought a hatred in his eyes, they heard the footsteps coming around the corner as he lifted his hand in the air as though he was planning on slapping her.

"What do you think you're doing?" Kolya asked as he started clenching his fists.

Fikre quickly let her go and put his attention to his commander, "She was making odd noises so I came to check on her. It was a trick that I won't fall for again sir."

"Hmm looks like she spit blood on your face….Go clean yourself up and take a break." He said as he walked up to them and patted Fikre on the back. "Now my dear it's time to make another video for your friends."