Chapter Eight
The Frung creature was calmly walking along the capsules, peering into them as he monitored his prisoners. His interest was currently on McKay who seemed to be dreaming about lemons attacking him - well, that's what Radek could gather from his screams...
"Why do you continue to defy me?" uttered Frung.
Radek couldn't move; the capsule seemed to have shrunk. Whenever he struggled the walls would close in.
"The bond between you and that female of your species, it is so strong..."
Radek could tell where this was heading. Frung wanted Elizabeth too. There was no way that he was going to let him get her.
"Release me!" he shouted, trying to push his way out of the capsule.
"Why should I? Tell me who the female is and I'll let you go free!" Frung was now leaning against the capsule.
"Never!" roared Radek.
Frung glared at Radek and injected a substance into the capsule. Radek once again fell asleep.
"I'll know in time who she is..." Frung walked away from the capsules, beginning to plan his next move.
Frung walked back to his lab and probed the dead Wraith on the slab. "This enzyme is interesting. With a bit more time it should work as well on the others as it does on him. The female is already telepathically linked to these creatures. One of the new males has been linked with another female - not telepathically but still linked in some way. I need to give them a larger dose to see if it produces just as strong a reaction in them, and to see if I can establish a link so I can see their home world. First I must get more of this enzyme." He went over to three more capsules that held Wraith and started to inject fluid directly into them.
On Atlantis, Elizabeth was dreaming; the link was getting stronger. She could see through Radek's eyes; she saw Frung, she also saw John and the others trapped like Radek was, she saw Frung come towards Radek and then everything turned to blackness - Radek must be asleep. She slowly opened her eyes.
"Hello, luv," said Carson.
"Carson, it's some kind of experiment, I saw an alien...I saw John and the others in... test tubes..."
"Where? Elizabeth, stay with me, luv," pleaded Carson. "Tell me more. Lorne and his men are searching. Please, Elizabeth."
Suddenly she felt another presence in her mind, but it wasn't Radek - the mind was cold. "Wraith," she gasped. "In my mind, he's using the Wraith to find me... Stop him..."
Elizabeth lost consciousness once more, but what Carson had heard was enough for him to act. "Someone contact Major Lorne immediately! I think Elizabeth just gave us a clue!"