PurpleYin: Nope. Possibly. They gotta get Maigan back in one piece first (you'll find out why if you read chapter 8). One scene with Andrew, Rodney and Elizabeth will appear later. I promise to make a whole (or at least most) of a chapter for it.

Gothic Minerva: You'll find out later, and thank you. I got the idea about his reaction to children in 'Childhoods End'

I do not care about spelling though corrections are welcome.

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Chapter 8

Kavaghnah looked up from his work to see two small children staring up at him, one holding a bear. He turned around in his seat to face them.

"What do you want?" he asked looking down at the two of them.

The little girl held up her bear. "Do you like my teddy?"

"Yes, now go away," he replied irritably, "I'm doing important work."

They looked at each other for a moment before turning back to face him.

"You're mean," Alex said as he kicked Kavaghnah's shin.

"What do you want?" he demanded, one hand on his injured shin.

Lucy's eyes started filling with tears and she hugged her bear tightly as she began to cry.

"Come on, stop crying!"

Lucy just began to cry harder. Alex looked at his sister before kicking Kavaghnah's other shin.

"You're mean!" he yelled before he took Lucy's hand and they both left.

The two of them walked down the corridor and went into Rodney's lab. Lucy had stopped crying and wiped her eyes as they entered. They walked over to John and looked up at him.

Ava looked up and sighed as he passed them chocolate.

"You know that could be considered child labour," Ava smiled.

"It's Kavaghnah," John smiled as he led the two of them out, "who cares?"

Ava shook her head, smiling and turned back to face Rodney and Andrew. Andrew was sat on Rodney's knee and they were both looking at results from computer simulations, talking quietly to each other. Andrew looked up at her and smiled.

"Having fun?" she asked.

He nodded.

"Good. Rodney?"

"Yes," he looked up.

"Do you actually need me here for anything?"

"Not really," he said slowly, "why?"

"I'm gonna go check on Maigan and make sure dad doesn't make the twins sick."

"Okay," he went back to the results.

"We'll yell if we want you," Andrew called after her as she left the lab.

Ava made her way up to the control room. She spotted Maigan and Peter sitting working on a laptop and went over to them. She lent on her sister's shoulders.

"Watcha doin'?" she asked them.

"Picking ships to be destroyed. I've set a limit of twenty," Maigan replied, not looking up.

"Are you as fluent as your sister in the Wraith language?" Peter turned to Ava.

"No. I'm not. I didn't know that Maigan knew the language," Ava stood up straight and looked at her sister, "thanks for telling me. I'll talk to her later."

"I'm sorry, I thought she knew," Peter turned back to Maigan.

"It's alright, she would have found out sooner or later. I'd have rather preferred later though."

"Don't you talk to your sister?"

"Not much."

"Why?"

"It's my life so why should I get other people's opinions on it?" she looked up.

"Fair point," he replied before they both went back to looking at the information displayed on the screen.

Ava was slowly making her way down to the infirmary when she bumped into James as she turned a corner. He quickly put out a had and managed to stop her from falling to the ground.

"Hey, you okay?" he asked once she was standing properly again.

"I'm fine," she sighed.

"What is it?"

"Maigan. She's keeping things from me again."

"What was it this time?"

"She's fluent in Wraith."

"In Wraith?" James repeated slowly.

Ava nodded.

"What's Wraith?" John asked as he turned a corner with the twins and Aiden.

"Lucy, Alex, Lucy's teddy," James crouched down, "I need you to take Ava to go see Keayna. She's in the infirmary, okay?"

They both nodded and took a hand each and led Ava away. James turned back to John and Aiden.

"What's that all about?" Aiden asked, confusion showing.

"Maigan keeps stuff from Ava, and she gets upset about it," James explained, "Ava's just discovered that Maigan is fluent in Wraith."

"Does Maigan have a people problem or something?" John asked as they all started walking in the opposite direction from Ava and the twins.

"Kinda. She's only been like this since you and her mum died."

"So it's an emotional problem more than anything?" Aiden asked after a moment.

"Basically, yeah. But the other stuff didn't help much."

"Other stuff?" John asked slowly.

"What's she like?" Carson turned to Keayna, breaking the silence in his office.

"Who?" Keayna looked up.

"Your mother?"

"Erm… a mother?"

"You know what I mean."

Keayna smiled slightly.

"She has long hair like mine," Helen looked up from the picture she was colouring, "and it's always folded up somehow. And she has blue eyes like Keayna's. And she likes helping people get better."

"So she's a doctor or a nurse?" Carson sat up slightly.

"She prefers the term 'healer'," Keayna smiled, "and she's not on Atlantis right now. You meet her later."

"Oh," he sat back again.

The three of them turned to look at the door when they heard people coming. Lucy and Alex led Ava over.

"What's wrong?" Keayna got up and walked over.

"James said to bring her to you," Alex looked up.

"It's Maigan, she been keeping things from me again," Ava replied quietly as tears began to form in her eyes.

Keayna hugged her and Ava buried her face on Keayna's shoulder as the tears began to fall.

"So, you'll destroy these twenty ships?" Elizabeth looked up from the list at Maigan.

She nodded.

"What do you need to do this?"

"A puddle-jumper."

"Anything else?" Elizabeth broke the silence.

"Nope. I work alone."

"Why?

"Less to worry about."

Elizabeth put the paper down and sat back in her chair, thinking about this mission.

"And you can operate a jumper?"

Maigan nodded. A silence settled over them for a few minutes.

"Alright. But are you sure about not taking anyone else with you?"

"I'm sure. No one needs to know I'm gone," Maigan stood up, "they'll just worry about it. If anyone asks tell them I've got to the main land."

Elizabeth nodded and Maigan turned and quickly left, heading to the jumper bay. A few minutes later Elizabeth watched at the ship was lowered to be in front of the activated Stargate. Ava ran in and looked down at the address and then at Elizabeth, who had turned to face her.

"What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked.

"Why are you letting her go?"

Maigan flew the ship through the gate and a few moments later the gate shut down as Atlantis lost its main power.

Don't you just love cliffhangers like this? They're so much fun! But I'll be nice and write the next part soon and post it to keep you all happy.

QUESTION: Would you like to see future Wraith that have come back and are sharing info with the Wraith in this time or not?

By the way..... ideas are still welcome hint, hint