PurpleYin: oO… wow…. you are good at guessing. And yes. It keeps the readers hanging around to find out what happens next. I think this chapter is longer and I always have two or three more chapters every time I post, that way I don't run out of stuff to post.
lady rosebit: Huh?
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Chapter 5Silence descended on the room.
"Now she mentions it, she does look like you… a bit," John said looking between Aiden and Lucy.
"So that makes Alex mine as well, and James," Aiden said slowly, looking over to Maigan.
"Yep," James answered, "you're stuck with us."
"So… who's your mother?"
"Not saying," Maigan said firmly before anyone else could answer, "telling you would disrupt the time line too much."
"Haven't you done that already?" Rodney asked her.
"Yes, but that bit of information could drastically change the way in events play out and we can't have that happening!" Maigan shouted.
Another silence descended as Maigan took a couple of deep breaths to calm herself down.
"What about the rest, can you tell us who half of their parents will be?" Carson spoke up.
"Who'd you want to know first?" Ava asked.
"How about Andrew?" Elizabeth asked looking down at the boy sitting on her.
"Mother," Maigan declared.
"He's yours," Ava answered.
"Mine?"
She nodded.
"Keayna and Helen?" Teyla asked.
"Obvious."
"Carson's their father, you should have been able to guess that."
"How?" John asked.
"Scottish accent for one," Keayna smiled.
"What about Ava and Maigan?" Rodney asked.
"They're mine," John smiled.
"How…" Elizabeth began.
"What Maigan said when you asked her name," John explained.
"Did you do the whole daughter of a Sheep Keeper thing?" Ava asked her sister.
"Yep."
Ava smiled and shook her head slightly. "That's getting old."
"So? Old stuff is the best. Take this city for example."
"I give up," Ava muttered.
"Let me get this straight," Elizabeth spoke up, "you are our children, from the future?"
"Well, we can't be from the past. That's just silly," Andrew answered.
"Captain State the Obvious strikes again," James declared smiling.
"So, what else can you tell us?" John asked.
"Like what?" James looked over.
"What was on that knife for starters," Carson stated.
"No," Maigan answered.
"Why not?" Rodney looked confused.
"You're not meant to discover that until later and it's staying that way," Maigan replied with a fake smiled.
"Why do you act like you're smarter than me?"
"Because I am. I'm fluent in several languages, including English and technobable."
"That doesn't make you smarter."
"Ei tinra yón'i fiera teh dosara," she retorted before sticking her tongue out momentarily.
"How about you tell us what you can?" Teyla asked them, changing the subject.
"To start, we need to get back to our own time," Keayna replied, "that should be obvious."
"But daddy's here," Helen spoke for the first time, "I wanna stay."
"We can't," Keayna told her sister.
"But why?" Helen asked, tears beginning to form.
"We just can't," Maigan snapped.
Alex immediately climbed off of Maigan and ran over and climbed up onto Aiden. Helen turned around and started to cry, Carson put his arms around her and started to rock back and forth gently.
"You are leaving now," Keayna ordered.
"Ei wí deo nou sehuo heera," she hissed.
"You will."
"Fiees," she stood up, pushing the chair back and stormed out.
"What's with her?" Rodney asked quietly.
"She gets like that sometimes," Andrew replied, "Keayna won't say why."
All eyes, apart from Helen's turned to face Keayna.
"And I'm not telling you," Keayna answered their unspoken question, "there's a reason for doctor-patient confidentiality."
"For god's sake Keayna, she's my sister!" Ava shouted.
"I don't care. She's asked me not to tell and I'm staying by that!"
"I think we should take a break, calm down…" John suggested, leaving it hanging.
"I agree," Elizabeth looked around, "we'll meet back once everyone has had a chance to calm down and vaguely understand what we've been told."
All the children got up and Lucy grabbed her bear before they all left.
"Teyla?" John asked slowly.
The Athosian leader had been looking out the door since Maigan had stormed out. At hearing her name she turned to face the others.
"You alright?"
"I am fine."
"What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked, concern mounting.
"It is nothing."
Everyone continued to look at her until she gave in.
"As you know I can sense Wraith."
"And…" Rodney prompted.
"When Maigan spoke in that other language I felt as though there was a Wraith in the room, or at least part of a Wraith. The feeling went when Maigan did."
"You're saying that Maigan is part Wraith?"
"I do not know."
He, he, he….. how's that for a twist in the plot? The language Maigan spoke is one I've made up and used in my fantasy story so you won't have a clue about what she's saying…. But you can guess if you want to.
PLEASE if there's anything you'd like to see happen let me know and I'll probably put it in the story.