Atton: "Umm... all right? I'm guessing that Republic ship that just docked isn't carrying friends of yours."

Kreia: " I hope your talent for understatement is offset by your skill with a blaster. If not, I fear our time together will be very short indeed."

Atton: "Yeah, and I'm also good at running and drinking, your majesty."

CHAPTER 7

The trip through the Stargate wasn't anything the Exile had ever experienced and it had not only chilled her entire body to the core but she felt sick. Stumbling around a little she used the Major to gather her Barings as she held a hand over her mouth trying to stop her body from vomiting. 'By the Sith! That wasn't fun.' She thought to herself.

Aiding the Exile to stand up Major Lorene had to grimace a little as he saw the woman trying her best to not toss her cookies like some did when they weren't expecting the after effects of rematerializing on the other side. "Are you okay?" He asked as he ordered the men to start doing a sweep around the gate before they advanced outwards.

Peering over at the Major if looks could kill he would have been dead already. "I'll be fine…I'm just caught off guard by your Stargate device…Your people use this thing all the time?" She asked wearily watching as the Stargate shutdown behind them.

"Yes, but like I said after a few times of doing it you get used to it, sorry this wasn't on a more friendly based mission or I'd let you have more time to gather yourself but we need to go towards those caves and you're my lucky map." He beamed patting her shoulder.

Groaning the Exile raised her hand and cuffed him on the back of the head with her hand, "Don't touch me or I'll make a mess on them nice boots." She grumbled moving ahead of him slowly, HK-47 beside her prepared and alert more than her.

"Hey! That wasn't necessary you know, Exile." He half pouted following her.

"No…if I were to lock you in a room with HK-47 you would find that is a much worse thing than me merely cuffing you on the back of the head." She dead panned moving with Lorene at a steady pace towards the cave's location. Her blaster in her hand as she was saving her lightsabers remaining power in the crystals until she could put in new ones. "By the way, while we're at it could you please tell me a little more about these Wraith creatures? I've only heard they got suckers in their hands and kill you with them."

The Major looked at her and then turned his attechion back to their surroundings, "Want the long version or the reader's digest version?"

"Long version, but short works just as well if we come under fire." She mused.

"Well than I hope you can listen and watch at the same time good, but anyway the Wraith are…" The Major would begin to inform the Exile of the Wraith, what they were, what they did, and how they fed on human lives and how they could even restore it to the victim they took life from. One thing was certain though as he told the Exile she was making mental notes to avoid these 'suckers' on the hands of these humanoid creatures.

Mean while…

For Lt. Colonel Sheppard the mission had started out as your simple every day trip through the Stargate and than following through on the objective, but finding the Wraith on the planet inside the crystal caves was quite unexpected. However it made sense now how they had managed to make a ZPM of their own a few months ago, if it weren't for Todd the Wraith they wouldn't have managed to get Atlantis saved yet again from the brink of disaster by giving them two extra ones which Earth had ever so kindly taken to use for themselves for other intents and purposes. He had lost track of Ronon and the others nearly an hour ago and had assumed his team mates had been captured, he knew the Wraith wouldn't kill them out right considering they were always looking for a way to reach their 'new' feeding ground.

"McKay, Teyla, Ronon…This is Colonel Sheppard please respond if you are anywhere so I can come help you." He whispered low into the radio he had and waited patiently as he hoped to get a response back. Sighing he leaned back aghast the large red crystal behind him eyeing the many other vibrant colors in the portion of the crystal cave he was in. There were all sorts of sizes and shapes to pick from but he couldn't help but eye the small bunch of purple ones nestled a few feet from him. Leaning forward his hand moved as if on its own accord and reached down pulling out a small crystal shard that seemed to send that same tingling feeling the Exile had given him when she promised to try and learn to accept him and adjust to being around him.

He wanted to ask her what that feeling was, but she had not made an effort to seek him out in the past couple of weeks. Her use however to Atlantis only grew when Dr. Weir told him she was able to read the Ancient database information. Ripping a small portion of his shirt he gentlely placed the crystal into the fabric wrapping it up as he tucked it into his pocket and deiced he would try to give the thing to her later and attempt to make some sort of conversation with her. He didn't know why she was on his mind, but it made him jealous when he saw her with everyone else but him. He almost felt like someone was stabbing him in the chest at times when he saw her smiling and getting along with others, but she completely ditched him.

His former wife, he had never even felt such possieve feelings for her but this woman since he had discovered her and caught her from her 5000 year sleep he had felt something inside of him almost shiver in anticipation, like a part of him knew she was met to cross his path in some strange way or another. One thing was certain if he had to pin her to a wall to just talk to her he would do it, he didn't like having these types of over whelming feelings that left him confused and often flustered. He had snapped at McKay for rambling on about her brilliance and how she was great to work with. He almost wished he 'could' and could being the key term here stick himself in McKay's place to have that time to get to know her. Teyla, Ronon, McKay, Weir, and even General O'Neill knew more about her.

Well to an extent, nobody had yet to prey the Exile's true name from her. She had drank Ronon under the table a week ago in hopes she would tell them her real name, instead she merely sat poking at Chewie for a source of amusement and merely buzzed.

"Snap out of it John." He muttered to himself in a low voice, almost wishing for once he had McKay's annoying logic about something to distract him from pretty women.

The sounds of footsteps in the distance could be heard echoing in the caves making him tense as he gripped his P-90 more tightly in his hands. It was only a matter of time before they made their way into here which only confirmed for him the Wraith had taken the others. Moving more into the shadows among the crystals he kept his P-90 slightly lowered, but ready to fire as quickly as needed to try and make a run for it.

"Spread out and search, the Atlantian couldn't have gotten far." The Wraith barked out as five drones moved in with the other Wraith to locate the final human that has escaped their grasp.

John looked back and forth between the Wraith drones, trying to calculate a possible escape route, he had a 50/50 chance and knew he could maybe get out or he'd be hit with one of the stunners and taken down. He wasn't sure if Weir and even sent reinforcements yet, but chances are she was beginning to now. When the Wraith moved towards the direction of the other crystal cave that was connected to the one he was n he began to creep out of his spot in silence as much as possible and began to inch his way towards the exit.

He was almost their to, his eyes constantly moving back and forth to the other wraith and the doorway, but it seemed like luck wasn't on his side as two drones stepped into view of the doorway he was going, 'Shit.' Was all he thought to himself as two stunners hit him knocking him down into unconsciousness.

Elsewhere…

The Exile paused in her walking up the mountain side as she felt something tugging at what she could only make sense to be a ravaged training bond or a prematurely formed one. Furrowing her brows in confusion she tried to reach out into the force more to sense that this person was, but she couldn't fully feel them. It was enough to alert her to something being wrong. "Major, would it be too bold of me to order you and your men to remain out here?" She asked looking at him.

Looking back down at the Exile he heard her question and noticed her body seemed tense, he wondered what it was that would make her want to move on her own. "I can't really let you go off and get hurt yourself Exile, weather you know it or not you're really important to everyone in Atlantis." He said moving down towards her.

"I'll be fine, I can move faster than you using the force, your men I would advise to take cover about four clicks down in the thick brush. If these Wraith are as bad as you claim it will give us an advantage having a strike force outside if I can find Colonel Sheppard's team and extract them from any prison they might be in and we're persuaded. There are three other crystal caves still in this system to choose from and I would rather not see your people hurt because they blindly rushed into getting something when I even warned the caves might not be safe." She said looking him directly in the eyes, her words alone taking on an Authoritive tone showing how she had some morals much like they had.

Lorene listened to her intently seeing the determination in those teal colored eyes and her words, rubbing the back of his head he found her points were good, but he still didn't want to send one of Atlantis biggest assets to what could also be her death. "If I let you go you better come out ALIVE also with the Colonel and the others Exile, do we have a deal?" He asked holding out his hand. "We don't leave our people behind and that includes you."

Moving her hand out to clap his in a shake of promise more or less she nodded, "I don't plan on dying in some cave Major. I'll be back, please get into your location I suggested…Sorry if I might have taken command briefly but once a General…always a General." She smiled thinly as she ran past the Major and the rest of SGA-2 in a blur leaving some of them slack jawed at her first real raw display of her force powers.

"Good luck Exile." The Major whispered as his words seemed to be carried off by the wrong wind that swept past him and made a gesture for everyone to follow him back down to get into position.

TBC…

Note: I just want to give everyone a head's up I know of the new SW:TOR has Revan and the Exile in it and their is a book about the two of them but I will not be following neither of those. I'm not happy with the way Bioware and Lucas let the two become 'weaklings'. Also I will not be using the Exile's name that was finally given for those sources. I'll be going with the one I intended back when I began this is 2008.