Abbie was briefing Ronon and Wen, in the ring room. "As I said before, I want you to get in and get out. The Wraith most likely know we will send people to rescue them. I think it's very likely you will be surrounded the minute you step through the rings. Be careful."
Ronon and Wen adjusted their matching leather belts and tied up their dreadlocks. Both wore leather sleeveless vests and long pants. Ronon had his red gun in his hand, set on stun. Wen was in the same position with a blue one. Both switched the guns' settings to kill. Wen resembled her father, in the way that her features were fierce and Satedan looking. Abbie looked affectionetly at both. They had become her family since she had come to Atlantis. Stepping forward, Abbie grabbed both and pulled them into a bear hug. Ronon awkwardly stood still while Wen patted Abbie slowly on the back. She stepped back and the duo stepped into the center of the giant ring. Ronon gave a slight nod. Abbie pressed a few buttons on the console. A few seconds later, the rings came up and enveloped the two in white light.
On the Wraith hive, the rings came up and white light indicated an incoming traveler. Wraith soldiers brought up their stunners to shoot. Wen and Ronon began shooting as the rings disappeared back into the floor. Stun blasts assailed them but, all missed. When all nine of the Wraith had fallen, Wen followed Ronon out of the ring. The door opened as they approached. Wen and Ronon jumped into the hallway, facing opposite each other. The hall had no Wraith. Ronon began walking forwards and his daughter pivoted and followed. Ronon grabbed a life-signs detector from a case on his belt. It showed multiple dots. A few were moving quickly towards them from a passage that T-ed into theirs. Wen glanced at the device while she turned down an empty hall. "Father, go to a map of the entire deck. Find the holding cells."
Ronon pressed on the edge of the touch screen. Instantly, a map of the deck appeared. A concentration of dots appeared a little ways away. Wen guessed this was the section of the hive for prisoners. Wen poked the screen at this cluster of dots and a bright white dot appeared over the blue ones. Ronon understood; that was their destination. Moving forward, the hall shifted from skin-like walls to Ori metal. The metal on the bottom of the walls arched and revealed blue circuitry. Wen's soft leather boots made no sound on the smooth metal floor. The map automatically zoomed as the two came closer to the blue dot. As they neared the target, a dozen blue dots appeared on the edge of the screen, heading straight for them. Wen glanced to Ronon, waiting for orders. Ronon raised his right hand and motioned for her to go to the opposite wall. Wen slid her back against the wall and held up the blaster. Wraith marched around the corner, carrying Ori staff weapons. This sudden revelation made her falter. Wraith soldiers usually used stunners from their own race's manufacturing. She came out of her shock when she heard Ronon fire. Shaking her head, she shot at the first orderly line of the Wraith unit. Shots fired from the staff weapons hit the wall in front of Wen. One finally reached her and burned through her pants and seared her lower thigh. She yelled a fierce warrior cry as she shot the soldier through the heart, or at least where she assumed it was. Ronon dodged a blast as he took down another. Wen took down the one next with a blast to the head. Ronon ducked as an Ori staff blast flew a few inches above his head. The Wraith began falling on top of their dead comrades as they died. When the last was down, Wen and Ronon stood and paced to the middle of the hall. Ronon bent and surveyed her left thigh. He poked it and Wen could taste blood in her mouth as she bit her tongue to prevent screaming. Ronon ripped a strip of cloth from his shirt and tied the strip around the burn, to prevent it from being ripped open and bleeding. He stood, "Ready?" Wen nodded. Wen tested her leg as Ronon turned and continued down the hall. Wen quietly hissed as pain shot up her leg. Closing her eyes, she concentrated. After a few seconds, she opened them and started after her father. Wen limped but, caught up quickly.
