Lorne wondered why he wasn't dead. The gunshot had been pretty much point blank and aimed at his head, there was no way he could have survived that. He didn't feel dead. He felt… wet. Wetter than he'd been before. Lorne slowly opened his eyes. The Wraith was still standing in front of him holding the gun. It was no longer pointed at the Major's head, but a few feet above him. Lorne realised that he was getting soaked from above. Looking up, he just managed to make out a pipe, and a steady stream of water pouring from somewhere about the size of a bullet hole. The Wraith was smiling.
"Now that was nasty, Gordon, makin' me think you were gonna shoot me." He said, letting out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding .
"If I had wanted to kill you, this would not be my method of choice." Gordon replied, brandishing the gun. "I have not fed in some time." He added. Lorne got his point.
"So why don't you then?" Lorne asked. "Kill me, I mean. It's not like I can fight back or anything, while I'm tied up like this." The Major suddenly wondered why he was pointing this fact out.
The Wraith cocked its head to one side and remained silent for a few moments, before clenching its teeth and hissing.
"I need you to complete my plan." It said, with some reluctance.
"Need me? What plan?" Lorne said, hoping that whatever he was needed for would take a long time so he could figure out a plan of his own. "Cause, you know, you still haven't filled me in on the details of that yet. And I can't exactly help you if I don't know what I'm supposed to help you with." The Wraith looked at him suspiciously before coming to the conclusion that the human was right.
"Tell me, Lorne, what do you think the other humans of Atlantis will do when they realise that the city is flooding and they have no way of stopping it, making it unsafe for everyone here?"
"Uh…" Lorne said, taken aback by the question. He thought for a moment, unsure whether to answer. "I guess they'd go to a safer place until they could figure out how to stop it flooding."
"And how would they get to that safer place?" The Wraith asked. Lorne had a feeling it already knew the answer, and it was just testing him.
"They would…gate offworld." Lorne realised where this was beginning to go. "Leaving the city unattended, and leaving a Wraith behind." Gordon smiled.
"Very good, Lorne. Once the humans have abandoned the city, I will have complete access to the stargate, and all of the information in this city."
"And let me guess, the address of the stargate on Earth?" The Major said in disgust.
"Exactly. The humans will not be able to stop me."
"Yeah, there are just a few flaws in your plan." Lorne answered. "Firstly, I doubt there's enough water in those pipes to flood this joint." He said, hoping he was right about that. "Secondly, you won't be able to access the information in the database OR the stargate. It's been programmed so that only humans can use it." Lorne emphasised the word humans, hoping to hide his blatant lie. "And thirdly, do you really think my people would be naïve enough to leave all of that information here for anyone to get at? Our scientists have figured out a way of taking the information with them, and deleting everything here. You wouldn't be able to access a thing." The Major knew this was untrue, McKay and Zelenka could only save a small proportion of the database, but hopefully the Wraith wouldn't know he was bluffing. "And besides, if the city becomes too dangerous for my people to remain, how do you think you'll manage to stay here?"
"That is where you come in." Gordon replied. "Once your people have left, you will enter the codes to shut the bulkhead doors to the control room. The area will remain safe while the rest of the city floods. I can then contact the others of my kind in this galaxy. Many will come, and we will all be able to gate to Earth. I am sure, after all, that you know the address to your home planet. If what you say is true about the database being erased, you will give me the information I need."
"Oh, I will, will I?" Lorne said with contempt. "Sorry pal, not gonna happen. You're gonna have to suck the life outta me instead, because I'm never going to tell you anything."
The Wraith stood up abruptly, unnerving Lorne slightly. Lorne could tell it was angry from its body language, it had stiffened and was standing at its full height. It took a deep breath, looked at the Major, and smiled maliciously. The gun that had been in its hand the entire time was now pointed at Lorne's leg. The Major inhaled sharply and widened his eyes in horror. The Wraith squeezed the trigger. Lorne screamed. In the darkness, the pool of water he was sitting in became spotted with scarlet droplets.