30/11/2007 16:57:00

Oberoth's hand exited Raine's mind. Raine looked at her fellow teammates, other than Alek (he was in another cage thing, next to the others) out stretched on the floor. "What the hell are they!" Amber and John shouted.

"They're Replicators!" Rodney said.

"I hate Replicators," Raine moaned. "Damn painful ancient experiments!" She mumbled the last part to herself. She put head against a bar and could hear Alek growling very loudly. He was mad, but when was he not? The first reason he was pissed was that he wasn't in the same cell as Raine. The second reason was that there were other men in the cell with Raine; and finally, there were Replicators causing Raine pain and he can't do anything about it. The Replicators were the only, we stress, ONLY thing that could stop him from helping Raine. (gasp in shock).

"What the hell was hat for?!" John asked Oberoth.

"I needed information that you would not freely give up," Oberoth smirked and exited the cell with his men. The cell door shut behind them. Raine looked over at Amber and thought, Amber, if they say anything about who we really are, we are so fucked.

Amber ignored her and whispered, "Is it just me or is it getting smaller in here?"

Since Raine was on the opposite side of the cell, she didn't here Amber whisper. Amber, are you listening to me!? Raine thought to her.

"AMBER!" Raine shouted at the top of her lungs. Everybody in the cell jumped at the sudden shout.

Amber moaned loudly and slowly turned her head to face Raine. "Y-y…yes?" she said.

"Were you even listening to me?" Raine asked.

"You only just screamed her name," Rodney said.

"No, piss off!" Raine snapped at Rodney, who jumped and cowered in fear. Alek smirked as Raine snapped at Rodney. That's my girl, he thought.

"N-n… no," Amber muttered.

Raine threw up her arms and said, "I give up! Jeremy, do the step thingy."

"What step thingy?" Jeremy asked, dumbly.

"The thing that you do when Amber's in an enclosed place," Raine said, rolling her eyes at him.

"Oh right," Jeremy replied and started to walk from one side of the cell to the other. Once he finished the first side, he said, "Damn, 18."

He did the of side and sighed, "God damn it, 19."

Rodney looked at them confused. "What the hell are you doing?" he asked.

"If she's in a room that is less than 20 steps by 20 steps, her claustrophobia kicks in," Jeremy replied to Rodney and noticed Amber doing something.

They all turned to see Amber's hand out of the cell and touching the pole; she was trying to open the door. Rodney looked at Ronan and he nodded. The slowly crept up behind Amber and pushed her through the hole between the horizontal bars. Amber got to her feet and shouted, "I'M FREE!" She began to runs towards the door.

"AMBER!" Elizabeth shouted. Amber stopped and realized she had to let them out. She waved her hand over the sensor, but it didn't work. "Ronan, Teyla, Rodney, and Elizabeth, please close your eyes," Amber said.

Hesitant, they did so. Amber punched the sensor, with the white fire around her hand. The sensor shattered and the shield around the cell was deactivated, the door opened.

Dr. Weir opened her eyes and walked out of the cell, not asking any questions that she wouldn't receive answers for. She looked at the others and they began to run toward the jumper bay.

Raine was left behind as she let Alek out of his cell. "You ok?" he asked placing a hand on her cheek.

Raine nodded her head slowly. "Fine," she lied. "Lets go."

"You better tell me the truth later," Alek grumbled both of them running to catch up with the others, which they did in a matter of seconds. They all traveled to the jumper and went inside. They brought the jumper down to the gate room and as they began to dial the gate Replicators were flowing into the gate room.

All the Replicators had the Replicator weapons at hand and were shooting at the jumper. Once the gate was activated John sent a message to Atlantis saying they were coming in hot. They received a reply message saying that they had lowered the shield. They flew the jumper through the gate.

The jumper entered the gate room of Atlantis and the shield was raised. The team sighed with relief and the jumper went up into the jumper bay of Atlantis. The rear hatch of the jumper opened at the returning team walked out, sighing with relief.

"Atlantis," Amber sighed, beginning to tear.

"I'm glad that we're out of there," Raine muttered, glancing at Alek.

The team left the jumper bay and went their separate ways; most went to their quarters. Alek and Raine went to the quarters that they shared and Raine sat on the bed.

"Now tell me," Alek grumbled, "are you alright?"

"I said I was fine," Raine mumbled.

Alek glared at her, knowing she was lying. "Tell me the truth," he growled.

She sighed and said, "They brought back memories of the experiments."

Alek's dark eyes softened a bit. He sat besides Raine and then pulled her into his lap. He buried his head into her neck and said, "I'm sorry Raine. I promised you wouldn't have to remember that."

Raine snuggled against him. "It's fine, you couldn't do anything. Besides I never held it against you, nor will I ever."

Alek made a light-calming growl as he kissed her neck.

Amber sat in her quarters, alone and packing her black bag. Her laptop had iTunes® open and was playing "On a Night Like This" by Trick Pony. Her quarters' door opened and John walked in. Amber jumped, pushing the bag into a corner.

"What are you doing?" John asked.

"Nothing!" Amber exclaimed, shutting off the music.

"Really?" John replied, walking passed her and putting the bag on the bed. "Then why are you packing a bag?"

"Well, um…" Amber muttered and drifted off. "I'm… I'm… um…"

"Just spit it out!" John snapped.

"I DON'T WANNA!" Amber shouted.

"Amber, just tell me!" John replied, trying not to shout. He didn't want a repeat of what happened last time.

"Fine," Amber sighed. "Tomorrow morning, I'm being shipped back to Earth for an undercover mission with my brother. Don't give me that look! I have to go."

John sighed and sat down on the bed. He looked at her with the "why didn't you tell me" look. "How long have you known about this?" he asked.

"Two weeks," Amber replied, sitting in her computer-rolling chair.

"Let me guess, you haven't told anyone," John said.

"You're right!" Amber smiled, spinning around in the chair. She stopped, after she nearly fell over, and looked at her father. "I'm sorry, I should have told you," Amber sighed.

"Yeah, you should have," John replied, getting up. "Just be careful and come back in at least one piece."

They laughed, and John left the room. Amber put iTunes® back on and began to jump around her quarters as she finished packing her bag.

About 20 minutes later…

The music stopped and Amber sat on her bed, her black bag on the floor and only a dim light was on. She looked at the clock, it was nearly ten pm and she would have to get up at 4:30 am to be in the Gate room by 5:15. "God, this sucks," Amber exclaimed.

Holy crap, Alek has a sensitive side!

Obviously, Alek's my boy.