The first thing Lorne saw when he opened his eyes was darkness. Then the pain hit him. A sudden jolt down his left arm, a sharp pain in his chest, and a dull throb at the back of his head. He tried to move his right arm to see if there was blood, and realised that his hands were bound together behind his back. He was face down on the floor. He vaguely remembered being thrown in the air and hitting a wall before he blacked out. 'What the hell…?' he thought wearily. Suddenly, a hand roughly grabbed him and forced him to sit up. He stifled a yelp, the hand had grabbed his left shoulder, and caused another stab of pain to shoot down his arm and across his chest, not to mention the abrupt movement had startled him. But the jolt of pain was nothing compared to the shock he felt when he saw his attacker. Facing him, was a pale-skinned, long-haired creature with sunken eyes and a ruthless glare that would strike fear into the bravest of people. Lorne was looking at a Wraith. It snarled at him and stood up, making it look even more menacing, as Lorne was sitting on the ground completely defenceless.
Lorne analysed his situation. He was alone in an unknown area of the city with a Wraith, tied up in the dark, probably with a broken arm and a couple of cracked ribs, and he was weaponless – the Wraith was dangling his gun holster in its hand. He also had no way of calling for backup. 'Great. I'm a dead man', he thought to himself. 'And I'm also talking like McKay, which is never a good thing.' Lorne looked up at the Wraith.
"How did you get in here?" He said, trying to ignore the pain in his upper body. The Wraith had bound his hands tightly.
"What is that to you, human?" The Wraith hissed.
"Well, I'd like to know, so that when my team comes in here and busts your ass, I can let them know what they did wrong by letting you go unnoticed." He said daringly, successfully hiding his fear.
The Wraith snarled again. "No one is coming."
Lorne swallowed. "What makes you say that?"
The creature smiled, and it sent a chill down the Major's spine. "No one has been down here for some time."
Lorne's heart sank. He was in a restricted area of the city. He must have pressed the wrong area on the transporter panel.
"You are all alone, human." It smiled again. "It is just you…and me."