Turning point Chapter 26 Spoils of War
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The wormhole seemed stranger than anything Miranda had ever seen. Instead of the silver tunnel she has used to see during the travels through the Stargate now the walls of the tunnel were vibrating with blue veins. Like the texture of the tunnel was getting frayed.
She looked at Alarick. He gently touched her mind giving her courage. None of them dared to speak.
Finally the Jumper emerged through the wormhole and the collective sigh of relief filled the cabin. The cloak was engage immediately.
A second after the exit from the Stargate Miranda headed the ship as far as possible from the Gate.
'If my suspicion is correct the shock waves of the planetary explosion will fuck up this Stargate as well', she thought concentrating fully on piloting the ship.
They have emerged from the Gate in the space above a planet and Miranda set the course straight to the blue atmosphere of the world bellow, hoping that this will be enough to shield them from the explosion.
"It's good that you choose a space Gate than a planetary one. This will limit the damage from the explosion…" she said and turned to see why Alarick was so quiet.
He was staring through the front window with surprise on his face. The other Wraith stared shocked as well.
Miranda too focused on piloting hadn't noticed the other data the Jumper's computer had displayed,
"Oh, my…"
The upper atmosphere of the planet in front of them was crowded with big pieces of something that has ones been a fleet of Wraith Hives. Miranda could recognize in one of the remains the bridge of a Hive ship.
Something drifted towards the view screen and she gasped. It was a dead Wraith drone, frozen from the moment he has been blown into the space. Miranda became aware that many of the small pieces in the distance were actually dead bodies.
"What is this place?" she couldn't hide her distress.
Alarick met her eyes,
"I don't know. I dialed one of the human worlds in my Hive territory. And I am sure that there was no such a thing in our area of space", he threw a look again at the dead body.
The alarm beeped and the Stargate behind them which hadn't shut down started to dimmer. The symbols on the ring lit in red and exploded turning the ones working Stargate into pieces of metal. The explosion wasn't as bigger as Miranda expected – it even didn't reach the atmosphere.
'It is logical. Such situations must have been predicted and taken security measures'
The metal shards were caught by the gravity of the planet, joining the pieces of the Wraith fleet.
While looking at the place where ten seconds before has been the Stargate, Miranda blurted out,
"We are stranded!"
An Hour Later
During the last hour they have searched for life signs and found none. The stars constellations around them were unknown for Alarick except only one and Miranda wasn't such a specialist on astronomy as McKay. The space maps in the data base of the Jumper's computer and her own tablet's memory finally found a match.
According to them they have been fetched up in a remote system of Pegasus Galaxy that according to Alarick and the computers have been and is still unpopulated and with that no interest to the Wraith. This data was in strong contrast with the sensor's readings – a village with about ten thousand inhabitants has been spotted on the surface of the planet. It was located in the Northern hemisphere of the planet around the line of a big river that flew into the ocean.
All of the readings showed no signs of advanced civilization and this rejected the theory some unknown experimental weapon like the one on Doranda to have brought the destruction they were witnessing.
One of the warriors has noticed a Wraith Commander's body nearby and Miranda had moved the ship to come closer to the body. From the markings on his chin and left cheek Alarick had deduced that Wraith has been a low ranking officer on a cruiser. And the cruiser had been a part of the Alliance of one of the leading Queens during the War with the Lanteans. This meant that these bodies have been here at least from ten thousand years.
"I remember when I came to Atlantis and studied the maps that this sector of Pegasus has been marked as lacking any Ancient Cities or any others installations. Then what a Wraith Fleet that has supposed to be besieging Atlantis back then is doing here?" Miranda thoughtfully muttered while eating the last power bar from her emergency pack. The energy requirements after the recovery and the mind control of Oberoth have made her hungry. Once they have reached a safe point in the numerous shards of Wraith ships she has allowed herself to lose the controls and have a snack.
The other Wraith were resting on the back seats and Alarick after reading the data from the sensors have just leaned on his seat, gazing absent mindedly at the view of the half Hive floating peacefully ahead.
"We have always thought that this Fleet has been destroyed in hyper space on his way to The Siedge. But they are too far away from the system they have been supposed to be destroyed. I have no idea what they have been doing here. This Queen was the Primary of one of the Alliances that have been attacking the sector around Lantea…And from the status of the bodies I am sure they have not been wiped out from another Wraith faction. They haven't been fed upon… ", the last was said with reluctance.
"Hm…" grunted Miranda, still digesting the sticky chocolate, "You are right. There is no residual radiation that usually leaves after Wraith and Ancient weapons. Or from Replicators. After ten thousand years it is impossible to be left no traces…"
She finished the bar and wiped out her hands with a wet issue. Her hands were finally stopped trembling with the influx of sustenance. She took a deep breath and faced Alarick and the other Wraith.
"We are at least one thousand light years from the nearest Stargate. This Jumper doesn't have a warp drive and if we try to reach it with conventional speed it will take 30 000 years. We don't have nor the energy for such a trip nor the oxygen. Actually the oxygen will be depleted after 10 hours. I can run the recycling but the energy levels are low because of the shielding. Water has already finished and the food too. I can't survive without them either", Miranda was speaking looking at their blank faces. "So we are cut off the rest of the Galaxy until a rescue party comes. And honestly I am not sure it will come soon. This system will be the last one they will search for us. Not to mention that there is a high probability that we are considered dead. I don't know what the protocol with the Wraith…is?" she looked with a mute question at her Wraith.
Alarick shrugged his shoulders,
"The same as yours. Although I won't expect a searching party. In the moment they have lost our life signs when we entered under the shield they would suspect us dead. We won't show up on any other world nor in the Atlantis areas and the Queen will assume we are dead" he sat straight in the chair focusing on her,
"Miranda we must think now about your survival. And being here in that ship won't ensure it. On the planet down there we can find food and water to sustain you. If you are healthy we will be too. This is the only option till Atlantis sends a rescue…"
She frowned and knew that the other Wraith mentally agreed with him. The unspoken 'If they come at all' hang in the air.
"Very well then", she touched the controls and the engines lit up, "We are going to stay on this planet …for a while"
The Jumper touched the ground of a clearing in the wood. This place was chosen because the sensors showed the ground is hard and there is a river and a lake nearby. Besides the sensors has also indicated that the wood is full with animal life signs.
Human village was three hundred kilometers north on the other side of a huge forest. They have decided to stay away from the humans at least they are settled.
The climate on this part of the planet was mild and the air was very fresh and saturated with the scent of the pine trees around them. Bird's songs and buzzing of the insects filled the air.
She took a look – trees, river and more trees.
Alarick was close to her, sniffing the air and ready to face any danger. His warriors disperse studying the place.
'So this will be our home, huh?!' she wasn't particularly fond of forests, 'Even as a kid I thought the Adventures of Robinson Crusoe were something that happens only in the books. And now I will have to experience it in a first hand…'
'Who is this Crusoe?' Alarick asked in her mind and she felt his hands fondling the bare skin on her lower back where the Replicator's beam has vaporized the cloth. Another hand with glistening finger armors plunged on her naked belly where the beamed had crossed her body. Wave of pleasure and arousal stroke her from head to toes.
'A shipwrecked sailor who has been stranded on a island for twenty years and then saved', his body came into close contact with her back and she lost her thought as his hands now roamed freely on her belly and under the bullet-proofed vest. Miranda leaned on him feeling the metal insignias on his chest.
'Alone?' he whispered in her ear and the hot breath made her shivers, closing her eyes in delight.
'Huh?' she opened her eyes, completely forgotten what was the conversation about.
'Has he been alone on that island?' licks on the outer rim of her right ear almost sky-rocketed her.
"For the most part of his stay yes", she finally managed to remember what the story in the book was.
His hands turned her around and she faced his handsome face. He slowly started kissing her lower lip nibbling on it,
'Then you are luckier that that human. You are stranded here with Me.', his thong touched her upper lip and then engaged with her own in a full deeper kiss.
She felt her vest falling on the ground and hands lowering down the zip of her jacket, removing it and the chill air sent goose bumps on the naked skin of her arms and collar bone.
Her own hands by their independent will have already untied his chest armor and now were exploring the intricate zipping of his leather coat.
"We can spend this time here fulfilling our wildest dreams…" whispered Alarick tracing the line of her neck with slight kisses. She was aware that one of his hands was making maneuvers around her belt while the other was playing with her nipple.
Looking at his shining eyes she smiled faintly, "Oh, and what are yours?"
"Since the first time I saw you I wanted to capture you and take you to my quarters", the belt followed her jacket on the ground and then his armor.
"Like the Old Stories I told you about", he undressed his coat and laid it on the grass, "One of the stories is my favorite. It is about a Wraith Commander and his Spoils of War – a captured a Lantean woman during the Battle for the City of Faenea. She has been beautiful …" her T-shirt fled to the grass and the hot air of his mouth closed around the hard nipples making her whimper, "With long blond hair, the most beautiful Lantean woman he has ever seen. She has tried to run but he has been faster, chasing her and capturing her…"
His own top was tossed at the bush revealing the naked torso. For a moment Miranda just stood there enjoying the view.
"Oh, my…you are beautiful!" she felt how the blush warmed her cheeks. She knew he was taking a look at her naked chest and liking what he saw.
He was strong muscular built but lean, with exotic tattoos over his shoulders and belly. The skin was pale under the sun light and the long white hair fall in thick clusters on his shoulders.
'Absolute eye candy. With predatory smile'
'Now is not the moment to play shy!' she decided and stepped closer, touching the tattoo on his flat belly.
"You are my wet dream…", the unbuckled belt was thrown at the place where her clothes were, "Absolutely hot , seductive dream…", she enjoyed the feel of his skin placing slight kisses on his breasts and belly when her groping fingers touched something hard on his back, "What?!"
Her touch provoked a loud cry of pleasure. His hands grasped her head and she felt the shivers shaking his body.
Curious Miranda looked at his back and gasped. On the line of his spine hard ridges in a shade of silver were running down his torso disappearing in the pants. She carefully touched the ridge and his pleasure hit in her brain.
'Whoa…' she blinked feeling stunt by the enormous rapture that coursed through his body and her mind.
'Did we just share the first orgasm?' she smiled widely taking a bold kiss on the ridge near the waistline of his pants.
This time the cry of pleasure could be heard a mile away. She felt her knees melting with the sensation and Alarick almost fall on the outstretched coat.
Hearing his shout Miranda realized that they could be heard. She knelt to the panting Wraith and carefully removed the hair from his face. He opened dazed golden eyes looking unfocused in her.
"Alarick, what about your warriors?" she asked.
"I told them to go and not come back until I call for them" smug grin spread on his lips, revealing the sharp fangs.
"Good", she grasped his shoulder turning him on his back. Looming over his body, she flipped on him without warning. Positioning herself above him, she said softly,
"Because I am in the mood to play my own dark fantasy of …" her breath brushing against his belly as she spoke, "being a bad girl!"
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