The rings came up in the Wraith hive. A second later, a white light filled the room, emanating from inside the rings. Four people materialized inside the rings. These rings were smaller and four people filled up most of the space. Dacey and Wen automatically fell to one knee. Zola brought up her gun and looked around for Wraith. Shaun's eyes widened and he fumbled with the P-90. As he raised his weapon, he dropped the life-signs detector and soved the bomb into a bag on his vest. Dacey held her hand up for silence and Shaun looked up with alarm. Dacey pivoted on her foot to get a 360 view. No Wraith appeared. The room was fairly tiny and held only the rings and a control panel on the wall. The room looked just like a Wraith hive, except the panel was clearly Ori and so were the rings. Wen stepped to the side of the door. She stood far enough away so it did not open automatically. Dacey stood and took a step back so that she was beside Shaun.
She whispered, "Where are we? And pick up the damn life-signs detector. We need to find the ship's core. Any clue where it is?"
Shaun leaned down and swiped up the device. He shifted on the screen. He nodded and replied, "Yeah, I think so, not like I have much of a choice now anyway. I calibrated this detector to find the biggest energy output. The machine that does should be the generator for the ship. So, if I'm correct, the core should be three rooms to our left and two floors down."
Dacey stepped to the opposite side of the door from Wen. Zola motioned for Shaun to move beside Wen. Confusion made his eyebrows curve down. A few seconds later, he understood and did as he was told. Zola then moved forward, still crouching. The door, which looked like skinned road-kill, slid open silently. Dacey gave Wen a slight nod. Both women nearly jumped into the hallways. They had swiveled and were back-to-back. The hall was just as empty and to the shock of the group, no Wraith came. Dacey held out her hand and flipped her fingers, motioning for the remaining two. Zola came and Shaun walked out. He glanced down at his detector.
"Go left. At the end of the hallway, turn right."
Dacey led. The trio followed. Multiple doors lined either side of the passage and Wen became twitchy. Her short dreadlocks flipped and hit her shoulders. Zola moved stealthily, looking only forward. Finally, the end of the hall came. The passage T-ed. Per the instruction of Shaun, Dacey led them right. This hall, however, was different; it wasn't Wraith looking, it looked Ori. The walls were white and smooth with gray panels on the bottom. Lights shined above the groups head on the walls. Ori symbols plagued the wall surface. Gray material coated the floor and ceiling. Dacey waited for Shaun to speak as she crept forward. Doors passed by and he said nothing. After about ten doors, Shaun halted in his steps. Slowly, he turned and faced the door on the left wall and walked in.
Dacey whispered to the other two, "I guess that's our ticket down," as she started towards the door.
