what happened?" John asked. He and Jen where standing away from her bed.
"Her mind has shut down. At least parts of it. She resembles someone in a coma."
"Why would that happen? She was fine and joking then she just kinda laid down and closed her eyes."
"My best guess, and it is a guess, would be withdrawal."
"Did the wraith have her o something."
"That could be likely but my guess is her mind. She has lived for ten thousand years straight adapting to the hive. Her very mind changing in the process. So what happens if your mind is suddenly cut off from the thing it has been functioning around for thousands of years?"
John looked at the doctor his mouth shut.
"Right…. Her mind has disengaged from the hive and it has to learn to function alone again."
"will it?"
"Like I said this is all best guess."
"well thanks doc." he said, nodding and turning away.
"Oh hi John, Ronan." Jenifer said as she rounded the corner with charts in hand. "what are you two doing here?"
"We just came to check on her. Since no one else would want to." Ronan stated bluntly standing up.
"how is she?"
"I'm afraid there has been no change."
"john I need you down here immediately." Jenifer's voice came over the radio.
"What's up?" he asked already running with Ronan and Teyla hot on his heels.
"Alisha is gone."
"what do you mean gone?" he asked as they all crammed into the transportation and he jabbed his finger at the button.
Once the door opened they were running again.
"I came to check her over this morning and her bed was empty."
"alright have Wasley order everyone back their quarters that doesn't have to be elsewhere. I went teams 5 and 8 to split into two man groups and helps us look. Ronan you and Teyla go and I'll take Jen." they split up and chose a direction. "and remind everyone to keep an eye open for her."
the voice behind them startled them. Spinning his gun raised Ronan found himself face to face with Alisha.
She spoke again her voice musical and flowing, her head cocked curiously.
The language she spoke was beautiful raising and falling.
"Alisha. It's time to get you back." Ronan said pointing the way.
She questioned them in the same language. Her face held fear.
"It's alright." Teyla said stepping between them. She lowered Ronan's gun and spoke carefully.
"we mean you no harm." she lightly took hold of Alisha's arm and began to lead her back.
"all teams this is Teyla, she has been found. I repeat she has been found."
"great Teyla I'll meet you back at the infirmary."
Alisha tried talking to them in the language all the way back. She walked close to Teyla as if trying to get away from Ronan, as if the big man with the gun scared her.
"where was she?" John asked.
"wondering. And since we found her she has been blabbering in some other language." Ronan answered as Teyla guided the girl to her bed.
"what do we do?" John asked.
"hope she will come out." Jen said and shrugged.
"well tell me when we know something." He patted the bed and left. Alisha looked at Jen and smiled. She said something. Jen shrugged.
"I'm sorry I don't know. I'm sorry."
She checked the girl over and turned away. By the time she was to her desk the girl was behind her following. All day no matter how many times she took the girl back she always ended up behind her again. She gave up and let her carry things.
When she woke the next morning John was sitting by her bed reading.
"John Sheppard." she greeted solemnly.
"Alisha." he nodded back.
"I am confused."
"yes. Yesterday you seemed off and you spoke something weird. Am I guessing that you are the old you again?"
"yes. I remember everything. But not yesterday. Not since we tried the bacon. But it seems long ago."
"yes. A couple days at least." Jen seems to think it had something to do with your mind being cut of from the hive.
"for the first time in so long it hurts, it is quiet. My mind is my own and my thoughts are free. I am free of her."
"who?"
"there is only one her in my life." she stated emotionless. As if it didn't happen to her.
"well now there are more. Jen, Teyla….. Well. Two is more." John said with a grin. "Now since our mission to that planet was last minute and five minutes before we left even we didn't know we would be there. And you showed up right after we did there is no way the wraith could have sent you." John said. "but some people still have doubts. You have been scanned and no further tracking or communication devices were found. Your are welcome to stay here. It's probably the safest place you can be from the wraith."
"For a time perhaps." she said looking down at her feet.
"do you have any items for keeping track of records." She asked Jen when she came near her bed.
"I can get you a pen and paper." she answered hesitantly not sure about the question. In answer to the girls blank stare she got the items and showed her how they worked.
"this will work fine."
Whenever she passed the girls bed she was hunched over the notebook writing.
"lights are out in five minutes." Jen said preparing the hospital for bed. Alisha looked up the now half full notebook. The next day continued the same.
On the third day John come in with Rodney and sat be her bed.
"A room is ready for you. I came to spring you." he announced proudly. He looked over the side of the notebook confused. The page she was working on was filled with a series of lines and curved dashed separated into groups by spaces.
"what is that?"
"It's how my people write." she explained. She shut the notebook and showed them the front where she had carefully drawn out the gate address she vaguely remembered. She sounded out the name of the planet. It felt alien on her tongue. Too many years had passed since she had last spoken the name.
"Rodney when we get back want to run the address through the data base?" John questioned.
"sure." He took a small square from the table and wrote out another address. "how would you say this one?"
She sounded that one out and looked up. "there are wraith there. A small research lab. Not fully manned because of the war." she stated.
"how would you know this?"
"I was my queen's pet. She would take me places to show me the power of the wraith. And if she ever got hungry she would use me to sate the hungry until we returned to the hive."
"well. Rodney and I will take you to your new rooms."
"there will be a guard outside your door if you need anything." John said. "but now we have a planet to explore." he and Rodney headed down the corridor.
"I want to put her system of writing in the database as well when we get back. See if the ancients had anything on her people."
"We'll be on careful lookout." John told Ronan and Teyla as they entered the gateroom. "Alisha seems to think there might be wraith here."
they both nodded and stood back as the wormhole burst forward.
"Now let's move."
a/n fortunately this story is complete and i will post a new chapter as often as i can which i will try to make everyday so no waiting for more.... reviews are appreciated though