Title: Show No Fear

Author: Feral Geek/Mad Hatts Munky

Rating: uh…R? Damned if I know

Summary: A doctor from Atlantis and a Wraith meet several times off-world, romance ensues, this is chapter eleven.

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate, Stargate owns ME.

A/N: Uhh….chapter eleven? Yay? Be joyous and stuff? I love feedback, and have gotten some nifty warm fuzzies lately -- thankiee to all.

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Slowly the smile faded, the look on Cavan's face wiping away all traces of mirth.

The anger that radiated from the Wraith was so intense she could almost feel it burning into her. She could only meet his gaze for a few minutes, before having to look away.

Now was not the time to play.

Adrienne opened her mouth for a moment, and then closed it, lightly biting her lip as she watched Cavan, a sinking feeling in her stomach as she finally spoke.

"If…" she trailed off, staring hard at the stone upon which he laid drawing in a breath before continuing, "If you let me take samples…I…promise to leave you alone."

Something inside her rebelled at this statement, she didn't want to, but she gave her word there was no going back on it now.

The single word that ripped from his lips startled them both, a sharp "No" his voice shaky and upset.

It was that single word that opened the flood-gate of his mind, everything that had been tormenting him since his first encounter with this human came spilling out.

"No." he repeated himself, the word slightly less shaky but still full of anger.

Once again she had to marvel at his speed, wishing she could move like that, one moment sprawled out on a nearby boulder, the next his snarling face but a few inches from her own.

"This is all. Your. Fault." He jerked back, head turning away, eyes narrowed as he paced back and forth, quivering with energy. "I am changing and it is because of you" the last word was spat out; full of venom as he looked over at her, "I cannot keep you from my mind and it drives me mad."

Adrienne was like a drug to him, and he was the addict, wanting to stop but needing and craving more.

She couldn't leave him alone when he didn't want to be left alone.

"It is tormenting me." Cavan stopped in his tracks, drawing in a somewhat shaky breath as he watched her, "Everything I think and feel is wrong, and it is because of you."

Somewhere along the line the anger had fallen from his voice, and now the low tones held only weariness.

The display of emotion startled her, even with all of her encounters with this Wraith, her 'David', nothing had shown through quite like this…the other members of the expedition said that the Wraith were heartless, soulless monsters, they felt nothing.

"I am going against everything I have been taught."

Adrienne's mocking attitude had been rubbing off on him, the changes barely susceptible unless one looked for them.

Finally she spoke, the words slow, "Everything must change in the end…even if we don't want it to."

Cavan was not the only one who was worried about changing; Adrienne could feel it inside of her, ideas that had been formed changing slowly and it scared her.
She was not afraid of the change itself, she was afraid of how others would react to the change if they discovered it.

Carefully she slid from the rock, stepping closer to Cavan, but keeping a safe distance, "Change is the essence of life…it is everything."

"To you perhaps" he snapped back, "I do not want to change." "Well neither do I." she replied calmly, staring up at the Wraith, arms crossing over her chest, "I don't want to be different, I don't want to feel anything for you."

Surprisingly, Cavan smirked faintly, "And I do not want you to leave me alone."

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A/N:

Gaaah…short chappie . I think I may revise it and submit a new one since this one kinda sucked…if you have an idea for the revision of this chapter, say so.

My courses have resumed, so it may take longer for me to write, if you read this, and want more leave me a review, it helps me write faster.

And it gives me the warm-fuzzies -giggle-