Wow, it's been so long since I have posted. I'm really sorry, but I have had exams and projects for school. Fortunately, only one week till spring break so you will probably getting more chapters soon. Probably sometime in the mid week to next weekend give or take depending on assignments. Anyways hope you enjoy! Especially in the stargate lull.
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After several hours, I slowly become aware of my surroundings. Faintly, I can hear two voices in the background. "How is she?" asks one, a female.
"Well, considering, I heard Michael has not been---um---cooperating?" says a high pitched voice I recognize as the doctor.
"No, he hasn't. He's concerned about her, I think. Teyla wants to try and read him, but I did not think it would be best after everything see went through." Says the female quietly.
"True." Answers the doctor with a sigh.
"What are we going to do with them?" asks the female. Her voice is louder, perhaps they have moved closer to me.
"I thought you were dealing with that, Dr. Weir. I don't----"
Suddenly another voice, Dr. McKay's, interrupts the doctor, "Dr. Weir, Dr. Weir! We picked up something on the long range sensors."
"Calm down Rodney, what is it?" asks the woman.
"Hive ships." He says out of breath.
"A hive ship?" says the woman.
"No, not a hive ship, twenty or so hive ships!" yells McKay.
"Twenty Hives!" she says in shock, "When will they be here?"
"Three days at this rate. Dr. Weir there is no way that we can win this one!"
"We will worry about that later. How did they find us?"
"I---" there's a sudden pause. I open my eyes just enough to see that they are all staring at me.
"But—there's no way that she could communicate that far." Arguers McKay.
"For now, we need to discuss possible means of fighting back. Could she tell us anything doctor?"
"I'm sure she could," says the doctor, "But I doubt she will. Michael might be the more willing of the two." After a minute or two I hear footsteps meaning they have left. I sigh quietly and fully open my eyes. My rounded pupils quickly narrow to slits by the bright light glaring down at me. My wrists and ankles are bound as usual and my side hurts from the wound, but my mood is lighted by the news that the others are coming for me. The need to feed gnaws at me. I have not fed in sometime which does not help my situation any. I wish I could see Michael. I sigh in frustration and close my eyes to rest.
A little while later I wake to see the doctor next to me. "You're awake." He says surprised. "Are you feeling alright?" I stare at him then look away. "Still not talking." He mutters more to himself than me. I sigh again at this monotonous existence. "Bored?" he asks chuckling once more to himself. I glance up at him suddenly starling him slightly
"Michael?" I ask trying to sound in pain hoping that empathy might make him grant my request, since my former approaches have produced no results.
"Are you in pain?" he asks concerned.
"Michael?" I ask again staring at him.
"Alright, I'll see what I can do." he says patting the bed then leaves. I smile smugly to myself.
Several minutes later, I can here multiply footsteps in the hall. The door cracks open and a guard walks in. After that I can hear the clanking of chains and Michael appears followed by another guard and Sheppard. His eyes brighten as he sees me. I smile to him as he comes closer. I stare upset at the harsh chains around his wrists and most likely ankles too, though I cannot see them. Michael smiles back at me and reaches for my hand but can't reach it because of the chains. He turns to Sheppard and asks for his hand to be released. Sheppard obliges after he pulls out his side arm. Michael takes my hand with a smile.
"How are you faring?" He asks in wraith receive some strange looks from the guards.
"Well enough, and you?" I respond staring into his gentle eyes. These humans are lucky, I have seen him angry only once, and I would not want to be in his way when enraged.
"Ready to get out of here." He sighs.
"I know." I sigh also with exhaustion and pain, "Our people are coming for us."
"Really? They know we are missing, how?"
"I assume that there were guards watching us. It is a normal occurrence I have grown use to, but they do allow us our privacy, that's why they did not assist us."
"There are guards watching us all the time."
"Yes Michael, when you won me you won all escorts as well." I squirm in pain.
"You can't heal yourself?" Michael asks concerned.
"No, it has been too long since I last fed. I can heal the most serious of the injuries but not the whole wound completely."
"Here." He says placing his hand on my chest. The guards raise their weapons higher.
"Michael, no you need your strength."
"You need it more than I." I nod slightly to him in resignation. Michael breathes deeply and releases his strength. Sheppard raises his weapon to Michael's head and rushes forward.
"What are you doing?!" he says alarmed.
Michael sighs. "He did not harm me; on the contrary, he was helping me." I hiss. Sheppard lowers his weapon and signals for the others to do the same.
Michael smiles weakly at me and strokes a loose piece of my henna hair back. I nuzzle my face against his hand. It feels so good to have him touch me.
"Can your pendant help us any?" he ask in my ear like he is whispering love to me.
"Possibly, I know the lay out of most of the city." I whisper back.
"And I their tactics."
"I'll figure out someway out."
"You? But-"
"Yes, they're expecting you to escape not me."
"True"
"Besides you know that I have an advantage over others of our kind."
"Till then" he states as Sheppard leads him out.
I sigh and close my eyes recalling the information I have learned. I rest, but do not sleep waiting for time to pass.
Some time later, outside of the room, my highly tuned ears pick up a hushed conversation.
"We have to do something." Said a voice I recognized as Sheppard's.
"And what do you suggest? I say we kill them now." Says a deep voice recognized as Ronon's.
"We can't do that! That would just give them a reason to kill us." Says nervous McKay.
"Even if we give them back to their people we would still be destroyed. They are Wraith. They show no mercy." States Teyla, a new voice I'm not accustom to hearing.
"Could we cloak the city?" asks the queen.
"Even if we did, our guests would give us away. Even if they were sedated, they may still be able to communicate thoughts on some level. We still don't know how this physic network works." Says McKay.
"We have to do something. We can't just stand by and do nothing." Says the queen, "Doctor Beckett wants to see me in my office perhaps you should join me." I hear footsteps fading in the distance. Opening my eyes, I notice only one guard. I stare in disbelief, and wait a few minutes to see if another will appear to my surprise one does not. Gently, I try to work one of my hands out of the straps only to make a loud scraping noise. I draw in a quick breath as the guard turns to me. Suddenly though, I look the guard in the eyes entrancing him. Slowly, painfully slowly, he walks towards me. I order him to release me. Gradually the guard un-straps me. I sit up slowly careful not to break eye contact with him. With a rapid movement, I grab his weapon and pounced on him knocking him to the floor. I clamp my hand over his mouth and rip his shirt feeding. I roll my head back in relief and pleasure, life drain swiftly from my victim. I grab his weapon and glace out the hall way making sure it is clear.
I race down the hallway heading towards the main tower all the while knowing that solders will soon be coming after me. I find one of the panels which my pendant says will house the controls. I quickly rip the covering off. Inside, crystals glitter like in a cave. I quickly begin maneuvering them until the lights in the hallway go out and I can hear alarms in the distance signaling a lock down. That should slow my pressures for a little while.
I run down the halls my bare feet making no noise. I can see solders ahead and duck into a hidden hallway as they pass. Dashing through the infirmary, I notice Dr. McKay apparently there because of a paper cut on his finger. I grab him quickly ripping his shirt and placing my hand on his chest ignoring his cries of, "Oh my god, oh my god!"
"Drop your weapons," I order the soldiers, "or he dies."
"Guys maybe you should think---" McKay quibbles.
"Shut up." I hiss. I glare at them. Pressing my hand harder on McKay's chest making him plead for mercy. The soldiers quickly comply with my orders. I dash towards the round ship bay leading my captive in front of me.
Finally I me arrive at my destination. I climb into one of the ships forcing McKay in front. Closing the hatch, I force the scientist into one of the chairs and scan the controls.
"Um, I don't want to disturb you Miss Wraith, but you won't be able to fly this ship." He says.
"We shall see." I answered back sitting the other seat. The controls light up, responding to my touch. McKay is about to say something when I shoot him a menacing glare. I quickly cloak it and wait for the Atlanteans to find me.
Within a few minutes they arrive. The leader is there along with Sheppard, and his team as well as the doctor and lots of soldiers. I uncloak the ship and smile smugly. I know they are shocked to see me.
"Carson, how's that possible?" asks the queen.
"That's what I was telling you," says the doctor, "She has the ancient gene."
"Yes, I do." I answer, "And if you would like to continue living, you will bring Michael here, and get the soldiers out of here."
"I suggest that we stay." Says Sheppard, "May we stay?" Nodding I grant his request allowing his team to stay.
"How do we know you will not kill us any ways?" asks the leader.
"You have my word. Also I can call off the ships heading towards this city and have your chief scientist. How about a strait trade? But if you do not meet my demands you will die any ways." I answer.
"May I have a little time to think it over?" she asks. I nod consenting their request. They talk among themselves. Finally the leader nods and all of the soldiers but Sheppard's team leave. A couple minutes later they bring in Michael. He is chained, but otherwise normal.
I open the back compartment keeping Dr. McKay between me and them. "Let Michael go and come in and I will return Dr. McKay to you." Reluctantly, they let him go. Michael walks into the jumper smiling to me; I knew you could do it.
Get ready to drop to the floor. I answer. He nods. I push the scientist forward and out closing the hatch and falling to the floor as soon as he is gone. As I suspected shoots are fired but do not hit the target. Quickly I head to the pilot's seat cloaking the ship and opening the bay doors. I quickly fly out.
As I had suspected, we are followed. "Hold on," I shout to Michael. Even cloaked I know they will be hunting us. Suddenly I double back towards the city hoping to throw them off. It appears to have worked until we are jostled by a hit, taking out the cloak. I head for the city.
"What are you doing?" yells Michael, by now sitting in the other pilot's seat.
"The only thing between us and them is air and a little space. They won't risk the city to destroy us." I answer.
"I would not be so sure." He replies.
I swerve avoiding the main tower and flying lower into the city. After a slight bump I remind myself that these things are not as stream line as our darts. Suddenly another jumper appears. I quickly lower the ship and fly beneath them, surprising the pilot. "Matia! What are you doing?" asks Michael.
"This takes a good amount of concentration, please." I answer not taking my eyes from the glass shield. I arc around one of the lower piers avoiding its glistening spires. I the other ship is behind me so I hug the walls going as fast as I dare hoping that the other ship will give up or crash. "I wonder where they are?" As if responding to my thought, a display appears up on the glass shield. It shows the pursuing ship behind one of the piers. I quickly fly behind another spire and another watching as the other ship falls further behind.
I decide to make a run for it. I fly in a horizontal line with the city then quickly bank up pushing the ship as fast I can. To my good fortune, the other ship does not notice us until it's too late. We quickly pull out into space. "Michael, Take the controls." I order.
"But don't think I can fly it." He says.
"Yes, you can. You've piloted a dart before, and it's active now." I say from behind his seat. He nods and walks over to the seat. I sit in his seat and begin to work with the controls. After a few moments I hiss in frustration.
"What?" he asks.
"I'm trying to send a signal to our ships but this thing will only broadcast a general signal not a specific one. All that will do is make our kinsmen blast us out of the sky." I sigh.
"Maybe there is another way." He says.
"How?"
"When the Atlanteans captured me for a second time, I and my fellow captives were able to contact a hive mental by working together. We could do the same thing."
"We are only two wraith."
"One wraith male and a queen. Last time I check your mind was much more powerful than a normal wraith's."
"Worth a try." We kneel down facing one another. Leaving the ship to its own devices. Grasping one another's hands, we close our eyes and meld our minds together. Using his strength I reach out for the others. After searching a while, finally I make a connect with another queen, Kelata. "Matia? Is that you? Thank goodness your safe."
"Yes, anyways, I'm on one of the Atlantean's round ship coming your way, so please do not shoot us." I answer.
"How shall I know that is you?" she asks.
"I'll be yelling don't shoot!" I answer laughing.
"Very well then, when can we expect you?"
"It will be a while, a day or so given your current location."
"We await your arrive. I will send out darts to meet you. And Matia, good escape very impressive"
"Thank you." I sigh returning to my present situation. Michael and I separate. He sighs with exhaustion and groans with hungry.
"Here" I say lifting my hand to his chest.
"No, Matia, keep your strength." He answers.
"But I have recently fed, and you have not." I insist.
"We both know that was little more than a dent in your hunger."
"So, then I am better off than you."
"And you're going too stay that way. I insist." He says harshly. I jump startled. I did not expect, nor was use to such resistance to my desires. "Did I startle you? I'm sorry. I only want the best for you." He says pulling me into his embrace.
"I know." I whisper to him, "I should check the ship." He nods and lets me up. I head over to the controls. After a few minutes search, I find the auto pilot which I turn on. I also set a proximity alarm to alert us if when we near another ship. Michael has already produced a blanket from somewhere and made a makeshift bed for us. I slip into his warm embrace he nuzzles my face purring softly. He pulls me into a deep loving kiss re-establishing our bond. "I love you," he murmurs in my ear as I lay down next to him. With in minutes we are both asleep.
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